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redskevin88:
--- Quote from: DianeC on March 08, 2010, 04:49:21 PM --- :-[ Can someone remind me what exactly takes place during a Blind UTurn....I vaguely remember someone did it to Rob & amber to slow them down from 1st all the time or am i not remembering correctly?
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I don't think it is to Rob & Amber as the u-turn came on after Season 12
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--- Quote from: Evan_Weinstein on March 20, 2010, 02:48:38 AM ---i am confused by one user in the wikipedia, i don't know is a he or a she, ok, this is the question, did the teams travel by train or plane to singapore from penang, this user said that is by train, i am confused?? could someone here give me an answer. thanks
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There are trains from Penang - KL - Singapore perhaps this could also go into time line thread georgiapeach? But Evan, note Wiki isn't reliable...
http://www.seat61.com/Malaysia.htm#Train%20times%C2%A0
Evan_Weinstein:
i know, the thing is i am confused by the travelling route, TAR 3 sees teams travel from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore by train, and this season also same route of travel, also i am helping to edit the wikipedia page, that's why i am trying to make the page as accurate as possible.
--- Quote from: redskevin88 on March 20, 2010, 04:14:30 AM ---
--- Quote from: DianeC on March 08, 2010, 04:49:21 PM --- :-[ Can someone remind me what exactly takes place during a Blind UTurn....I vaguely remember someone did it to Rob & amber to slow them down from 1st all the time or am i not remembering correctly?
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I don't think it is to Rob & Amber as the u-turn came on after Season 12
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--- Quote from: Evan_Weinstein on March 20, 2010, 02:48:38 AM ---i am confused by one user in the wikipedia, i don't know is a he or a she, ok, this is the question, did the teams travel by train or plane to singapore from penang, this user said that is by train, i am confused?? could someone here give me an answer. thanks
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There are trains from Penang - KL - Singapore perhaps this could also go into time line thread georgiapeach? But Evan, note Wiki isn't reliable...
http://www.seat61.com/Malaysia.htm#Train%20times%C2%A0
apskip:
--- Quote from: DianeC on March 08, 2010, 04:49:21 PM --- :-[ Can someone remind me what exactly takes place during a Blind UTurn....I vaguely remember someone did it to Rob & amber to slow them down from 1st all the time or am i not remembering correctly?Here is what happened
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Here is what happened to Rob and Amber in AR11:
Ecuador leg - in first place from departure from Pim's restaurant
Calama leg - bunched on flight from Santiago to Calama, then took first by completing the front-loader DETOUR quickly
Puerto Montt leg - they were ahead on the drive from Metri to Petrohue area and possibly before that
Patagonia leg - they did poorly on the Magellan sign DETOUR, had to switch DETOURS to navigate, were on the second charter from Puntas Arenas to Ushaia and were tied for next-to-last with Uchenna/Joyce on the boat trip to Isla Redonda before elimination
Here is what happened to them on AR7(Dawne - thanks for the reminder below allowing me to fix this):
Lima Peru leg - they appeared to catch the next bus available to Ancon and stayed in front
Arequipa/Santiago leg - Rob's skill in stacking books in DETOUR Schlep earns them the lead
Mendoza leg - Rob's decision to not do the Meat-Eating ROADBLOCK put them 3 hours behind
Gauchos/Buenos Aires leg - Rob and Amber barely made the 930pm plane with lead group; in Tigre they are lucky on the "Shipwreck DETOUR (I think they did that over Island) and retook first place
South Africa leg - they fought Ray/Deana for reaching the cooling tower DETOUR first, lost and finished in 5th place
Botswana leg - spear-throwing ROADBLOCK and Land Rover performance puts them 2nd of 4 teams finishing close together
Botswana 2 leg - in a close Land Rover drive to the Khwai River Lodge they finished 1 minute ahead of Ron/Kelly
Lucknow/Jodhpur leg - finished with Ron/Kelly 2 minutes behind Uchenna/Joyce winning with FAST FORWARD by head shaving
Istanbul - Rob's taunt resulted in Mereigh?Gretchen (thanks for Dr. Rox for the correction) and Uchenna/Joyce finding an earlier flight arrival and pushing Rob/Amber to 3rd place
London - they build a substantial lead by Yielding Ron/Kelly and good performance at the double-decker bus parking task
Jamaica - Ron/Amber and Ron/Kelly finish in dead heat
Puerto Rico/Miami/ft. Lauderdale - probably the most famous finishing episode in AR history, Rob/Amber cannot find a Cuban cigar store in Spanish in Little Havana, Miami
I had stated previously and Evan Weinstein above that the U-turn was instituted in season 12, so Rob/Amber not participating after season 11 makes it impossible for them to have been U-turned by anyone. However, Yields were in effect. In AR5, Rob/Amber Yielded Ron/Kelly but no team used it on them in legs 3 and 8 when it went unused. In AR11, Dustin/Kandice and Danny/Oswald used the yields on Eric/Danielle, but nobody got the opportunity to do so on Rob/Amber. Since they were seldom out of first place in the first 3 legs, that would have been quite difficult to impossible.
I think your memory is deceiving you, as the only penalty that Rob/Amber ever received was for the Mendoza meat eating ROADBLOCK caused Rob to elect the 4 hour penalty for non-completion with the knowledge that if even one other team did, they practically could not be eliminated or if as it turned Debbie/Bianca finished one hour later they were safe.
River:
Just a reminder that Rob & Amber were in TAR 7..
DrRox:
Great summary, apskip!!
--- Quote from: apskip on March 20, 2010, 07:05:53 AM ---
Here is what happened to them on AR7(Dawne - thanks for the reminder below allowing me to fix this):
Istanbul - Rob's taunt resulted in Ron/Kelly and Uchenna/Joyce finding an earlier flight arrival and pushing Rob/Amber to 3rd place
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Guess my memory is fading. I thougth Rob's taunt got Uchenna/Joyce and Meredith/Gretchen the early flight and resulted in a NEL for Ron/Kelly? Rob/Amber still came in 3rd though.
--- Quote from: apskip on March 20, 2010, 07:05:53 AM ---Puerto Rico/Miami/ft. Lauderdale - probably the most famous finishing episode in AR history, Rob/Amber cannot find a Cuban cigar store in Spanish in Little Havana, Miami
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Just a little more in depth. Rob/Amber were first out of the Miami airport and got the first taxi. The driver was Haitian and French speaking. He was not at all familiar with Little Havana. Uchenny/Joyce were 2nd to the taxis and got a Cuban driver that was very familiar with Little Havana and drove them right to the cigar store. I remember when I was watching the episode and going UH OH when Rob/Amber got that clue to go to Little Havana.
I have always wondered about the time differential between U/J and R/A at the finish line.........anyone know the answer? Editing made it seem that it was very close..........but we know how that goes.
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