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TAR 18 INTRO caps!!
theschnauzers:
Let's not forget TAR has a history of using the (a?) samba club to set something up in Rio for the Race. (TAR 2).
DrRox:
Just a note for everyone....Samba Schools are not schools......the are private social clubs similiar to country clubs in the US. They hold dances on certain nights of the week for their members. From late Nov/Dec to Feb/March, whenever Carnaval is, they are usually open to the public. Carnaval is the Spanish/Portugues equilivent to French Mardi Gras......the pre-Lenten festival.
The main colors on the costumes in that screencap, to me, are red and yellow/gold. The main Niteroi Samba School, Unidos do Viradouro. Its address is: Avenue of the Contour, l6 - Barreto – Niterói. The schools colors are blue and rose.
There are many schools......the top 12 get to dance in the Sambadrome every year. None of the top 12 this year use red and yellow/gold. The schools that dance in the Sambadrome might have between 3,000 and 5,000 dancers. They do sell spots to tourists that want to come down and dance with them.
I suspect that they were going to use Mangueira in TAR2. It is probably the most famous for tourists. Mangueria is open to tourists year round. I think the word got out and a huge crowd was expected, so Production switched to a smaller, less well known school.
theschnauzers:
DrRox, my recollection is that WRP set up a "fake" samba club location in TAR 2 to replace the original location that was going to be used. I do remember that the taxi drivers had trouble finding the address, and IIRC the Racers that season later confirmed the last minute switch.
apskip:
--- Quote from: DrRox on February 22, 2011, 12:52:36 PM ---http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=24761.0;attach=171065;image
I would think this screencap came from the Kolkata leg. It appears to me to be taken on one of the distributaries in the Ganges/Bhramaputra delta. Although Varanasi is also on the Ganges, from looking at pics of the Ganges at Varanasi....there appears to be higher topography near the river. The topography in this screencap is just so flat, it appears to be much closer to the Indian Ocean than Varanasi. Plus all those seagulls in the pic, mean ocean is close to me. I wouldnt think there would be seagulls at Varanasi. Since Peach has been there, maybe she can fill us in on that aspect.
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Dr. Rox,
I have been to Varanasi and Kolkata (back when they were Benares and Calcutta), but I remember Varanasi as fairly flat at the level above the Ganges River. the altitude of Varanasi is listed as 80.71 meters (250 feet) and the Ganges has another 600 km to go before reaching Kokata and near sea level.
However, I expect as you do that the photo in question is somewhere in the greater Kolkata area.
north09:
Well number 3 is the Golden Horse & Jade Rooster archway we know they visit in Kunming.
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