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Re: "Around the World for Free!"
Pedaler:
Even though I've retired from TAR detective hood, I still can't help myself. Jeff arrivied in Thailand on September 1. As I write this, it's now September 13 in Thailand. Well, what's the delay? My understanding is that Jeff wants to go to India. As Alex and Zsolt found out in season 1, visitors must get a visa to visit India. Well, getting a tourist visa shouldn't take long. But Jeff, Zsolt, and Josh are more than visitors. They are documenting Jeff's travels for cbs.com. I don't know if they are considered journalists, but look at all the stuff that a video journalist must go through to visit and film in India. http://www.indiacgny.org/php/showContent.php?linkid=217 (the link is from the Indian consulant in New York) It appears that the team just can't go to India and film as they please like they have in the other countries. India appears to be one big bureaucratic place. I hope the team gets on their way soon. They've been in S.E. Asia and Thailand way too long.
apskip:
Pedaler, you may be right that the timing of going to India was the result of not having a visa for India. However, where visas are required for U.S. citizens the process of obtaining them can be time-consuming, so I bet that Zsolt and Jeff had all reasonable visas in advance when possible. I believe that what has kept them in Thailand is a vibrant culture plus the distance being Chiang Mai and Bangkok.
Pedaler:
You may be right Skip, it's no big deal. I guess I'm just losing my enthusiasm and was bored. Anyway, Jeff tweeted that he's on his way to Bangalore, India tomorrow. I can't complain about that since that's the place that I also recommended over at cbs.com. It looks like a great mix of the old and the new.
Here's a link to a video made by his future hostess in Bangalore. http://kennyanderica.com/jeff
apskip:
Pedaler, thanks for the excellent video of Erica Jones. We will soon know how she is supporting Jeff's trip. I have been all over India and through Bangalore in the middle of the night on a long-distance train, but did not stop there. Bangalore is the high tech capital of India and currently has an estimated population of 8 million, as big as New York City.
Pedaler:
I enjoyed this behind the scenes planning episode but I still don't understand the lack of webisodes during their Bangkok/Siem Reap stay. In almost two weeks, there was a trip to the Thailand BB house, a trip to the War Elephants, traveling to see the Monks in Siem Reap, and then this episode. Most of Jeff's time was spent in Bangkok but there was no Bangkok episode. Oh, well.
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