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TAR 18 Ep 7 "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win" Varanasi, India
Prophet:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on March 29, 2011, 09:37:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: The Prophet on March 29, 2011, 06:07:34 PM ---Peach, have we considered this Mumbai sighting?
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,23690.msg580196.html#msg580196
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Yes of course. I think it boils down to the fact that it isn't all that easy to get out of Varanasi.
Delhi and Mumbai are two flight options.
The best lights into Vienna in the early morning are from Delhi...
SO IF all the flights into Delhi were fulll from Varanasi, and teams had to go V>Mumbai>Delhi, then the timing is possible. But makes much better sense to go V>Delhi>Vienna. And IIRC, apskip found some Bangkok routings that also work.
And while I found the source for the Delhi sighting of the Cowboys completely reliable ...this one seems not so much.
Not enough to rule it out, just...funny. :duno:
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To go through Mumbai perhaps they are leaving India, on the way to Austria. This sighting was on 12/5. He did identify three teams.
He does seem a little odd though, once again no mention of being in India, tweeting kevjumba (what's with that) I don't know.
apskip:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on March 29, 2011, 09:37:34 PM ---
--- Quote from: The Prophet on March 29, 2011, 06:07:34 PM ---Peach, have we considered this Mumbai sighting?
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,23690.msg580196.html#msg580196
--- End quote ---
Yes of course. I think it boils down to the fact that it isn't all that easy to get out of Varanasi.
Delhi and Mumbai are two flight options.
The best lights into Vienna in the early morning are from Delhi...
SO IF all the flights into Delhi were fulll from Varanasi, and teams had to go V>Mumbai>Delhi, then the timing is possible. But makes much better sense to go V>Delhi>Vienna. And IIRC, apskip found some Bangkok routings that also work.
And while I found the source for the Delhi sighting of the Cowboys completely reliable ...this one seems not so much.
Not enough to rule it out, just...funny. :duno:
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Here is what I had on the PRIMARY TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS thread from Varanasi to Delhi on 12/4:
IT336 1358 1521
9W724 1530 1707
SG119 1615 1750
Flight from Delhi to Vienna on Saturday 12/4:
OS34 0254 0556
This could be off by one day if there was an extended pit stop. It is trivial for teams to fly from Mumbai to Delhi. From 1300 to 2100 on a Saturday (Dec. 4), I counted 17 nonstop flights.
The problem is getting to Mumbai from Varanasi. There is only one flight AI695 1330 1530. There are 3 flights from Varanasi to Delhi, so my bet is that most teams went direct to Delhi.
As to going through Bangkok, there is an equivalent to OS 34 above, OS26 nonstop from Bangkok to Vienna 2355 0535+1. However, getting from Varanasi to Bangkok takes two connections (which is 3 total to get to Vienna)
Prophet:
Here are the two Tweets:
--- Quote ---Want to tell the world I might be on tv!I was in Mumbai airport before. I saw cameraspeople running to the desks. Cowboys, blonde,Asians
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--- Quote ---Anyway I saw they were carrying these envelopes marked amazing race. I was curious. Some sort of race? Hope I was on tv!!!
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I'm guessing Jet\Cord, Gary\Mallory, Ron\Chris. :duno:
Whoever it was, they had to have gone through Mumbai. Unless of course it is a fake which cannot be ruled out.
Interesting to see all the connections from Mumbai to Delhi.
theschnauzers:
Without going back to look, I believe that in other seasons with stops in India, teams frequently had to get to Mumbai to get out of India, and often had to go to Dehli from elsewhere to do that. Conversely when teams were on a west-to-east route through India, teams often had to fly into Mumbai in order to connect to other locations in India.
Bottom line: except when Mumbai is the destination, teams often have had to fly in or out of Mumbai to get elsewhere.
apskip:
theschnauzers,
Why talk in generalities when we have the specifics available. The flight listings I utilize have this as the top 7 flights from Mumbai to Vienna:
via Delhi (all on OS34) 4
via Dubai (on OS840) 2
via London 1
Combine that with the information above that there are 3 flights from Varanasi to Delhi and only 1 from Varanasi to Mumbai.
What are the most logical conclusions? I conclude that although it is possible that teams flew through Mumbai to get to Vienna, most of them would have probably gone through Delhi either directly or less likely via Mumbai.
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