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TAR 18 Ep 7 "You Don't Get Paid Unless You Win" Varanasi, India
Slowhatch:
:tup: India it is; the ad is for a guest house in Varanasi.
theschnauzers:
Dr. Rox notice the sign behind the brahma bull (If I remember my Asian civilizations course from college correctly all these years later, that is what a brahma bull looks like.) It's in English. And to me it appears to be in a style more common to India than it would be in China or Japan.
Peach and I have already asked about the holy man. It's India, notice the white lettering on the red painted wooden column behind the holy man to our right. I would bet the lettering is Hindi.
DrRox:
--- Quote from: theschnauzers on March 30, 2011, 12:38:56 AM ---Dr. Rox notice the sign behind the brahma bull (If I remember my Asian civilizations course from college correctly all these years later, that is what a brahma bull looks like.) It's in English. And to me it appears to be in a style more common to India than it would be in China or Japan.
Peach and I have already asked about the holy man. It's India, notice the white lettering on the red painted wooden column behind the holy man to our right. I would bet the lettering is Hindi.
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Certainly the Holy man is in India.....but what about the incense and brazier in the small screencap.......where does it belong....I dont remember seeing anything like that in Japan or China......did you?
Coutzy:
--- Quote from: DrRox on March 30, 2011, 12:43:14 AM ---
--- Quote from: theschnauzers on March 30, 2011, 12:38:56 AM ---Dr. Rox notice the sign behind the brahma bull (If I remember my Asian civilizations course from college correctly all these years later, that is what a brahma bull looks like.) It's in English. And to me it appears to be in a style more common to India than it would be in China or Japan.
Peach and I have already asked about the holy man. It's India, notice the white lettering on the red painted wooden column behind the holy man to our right. I would bet the lettering is Hindi.
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Certainly the Holy man is in India.....but what about the incense and brazier in the small screencap.......where does it belong....I dont remember seeing anything like that in Japan or China......did you?
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The background and the bell look like the Detour areas from Lijang.
Plaidmoon:
--- Quote from: DrRox on March 30, 2011, 12:07:33 AM ---From the TAR Intro thread.......
Varanasi?
These remind me of water taxis. Cheap way for people to get back and forth across the river. The big modern bridges and the pontoon bridge are really at the extreme ends of the waterfront in Varanasi shoreline. Do our teams have to ride in a water taxi?
Ram Nagar Fort
Surely this cant be the only fort in Varanasi. The Brits built forts everywhere. Why is this one in the screencaps? It sure is looking good for a pit stop.
Does anyone think these two go together?
Japan, China and India......all known for incense. The remaining countries are not really known for incense and brasiers.
India or Brasil?
I think the cow is India. It is way to calm, in my mind, to be in the Rio area. But it looks like there are spent fireworks on the ground beneath the cow.
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Having looked at several hundred pictures of Varanasi in the last couple of days, I can say that those row boats are very typical of Varanasi. They are everywhere along the Ganges. I'm sure they are used as water taxis, cargo transportation, tour boats, funeral boats or just about anything else you could think of. If the teams do go to the east bank of the Ganges for the wall umm... plastering task, a boat like that would be the most efficient way, as well as being telegenic. Varanasi looks like a fascinating place to visit. I doubt I'll ever go there, but if I ever get to India, I'll definitely make an effort to get to Varanasi.
I haven't looked for forts, but since it's in the intro, that would be a likely place for a pit stop.
Clutch mentions the incense being from the detour in Lijiang. I can't remember it that specifically, but I seem to recall seeing it somewhere in the Lijiang leg. However, I may be recalling the speculation here from before that episode.
I agree with the others about the bull being in Varanasi. They are everywhere in Varanasi, at least in the pictures I looked through. In the roads and streets, in the narrow alleys, even along the ghats and banks along the river. No doubt making dung a overly abundant and cheap building material.
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