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TAR 19 Locations/Destinations **Spoilers**
north09:
I did find it funny they skipped right over India, seeing as they love using it. Bin Laden's death may very well have made them stay away from the vacinity around Pakistan which includes India. The event didn't have to happen right when the race was about to depart to the aborted location.
Prophet:
They actually have skipped India in the summer filming several times as it is the rainy season there.
georgiapeach:
Hmmm...perhaps just before June 23. Thanks WP!
theschnauzers:
Here's a site that complies world news headlines that can be checked by date.
Here's the link for June 23rd:
http://rwfracingsite.net/RamrodsWorld/2011/06/23/world-headlines-6232011/
The one that I noticed was that Michele Obama, her mother, and her daughters were on a tour in South Africa; and as I recall, they were then going to be headed to a safari.
If TAR had planned to be in the same area, there might have been security issues that forced a change in plans.....and that would fit in with what we've been trying to find, right?
In any event this can help check the dates immediate before and after the 23rd of June.
Chateau d If:
--- Quote from: Leafsfan on August 17, 2011, 08:57:11 PM ---In Nepal around that time was protests about Tibet that got violent. (Remember the early Nepal rumors, maybe teams were going there and it was cancelled due to the said reason.
I think we could rule out Pakistan. Sri Lanka had a huge contingent of media there for 2018 Commonwealth Games evaluation committee, so maybe they decided they didn't want to be spotted? :lol: :snicker:
India/Bangladesh were visited pretty recently so I have a feeling it wasn't them either.
As for North Africa/Middle East maybe Jordan which has had random violence through the last year.
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Signs of the trouble appear in this news article in The Himalayan. You can pin the date and time of the spark at Wednesday evening on the 22nd of June. The news report went out the next day at 11:48 pm on the 23rd. That would probably be when production learned about it and had to make a decision to forgo the 'cold climate' leg for season 19. Not a decision to be made lightly! (:;) At the time of the news release we have that Teams were in probably still in their Pit Stop preceding the leg that ended in Borobudur.
--- Quote ---12 Free Tibet activists in police net
Added At: 2011-06-23 11:48 PM Last Updated At: 2011-06-23 11:48 PM
KATHMANDU: Police last night intervened in a Tibetan exiles’ condolence meeting in Bouddha and rounded up 12 Free Tibet activists. The crackdown came when the exiles were holding a candlelight vigil on the Bouddhanath Stupa premises to wish for eternal peace to Phuntsok (21) and protest the Chinese excesses.
The Buddhist monk had immolated himself near the Kirti monastery in Amdho, eastern Tibet, on March 16 in protest of the Chinese rule in Tibet. The incident sparked a wave of protests in Tibet, prompting the Chinese military to crack down on Free Tibet activists.
Those detained in yesterday’s crackdown are Lopsang Sherpa, Wangdi Gurung, Gato, Yote Lama, Tenzing Lama, Thendup Chhiring, Thumten Ghyamchho, Gyalchhen, Dorjee Chhiring, Rabygyal, Tenzing Phinchow and Dorjee Lama. Of them, Wangdi and Thendup are Nepalis.
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image from 2009 protests BBC News
My speculation is that, for lack of a better plan, the Phuket leg was turned into a double leg with the second leg happening within Thailand in general.
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