If you wonder where did I get Nagpur from? Back in June 27 I sent this private message with my Nagpur speculation:
ON JUNE 27- This is what I may have found:
1.- Phil tweeted "CONGRATS!!! #robinfarina from #nownovartis #prowomens cylcing 2011 #roadcycling national champion @iamspecialized @nooppwasted" 8 hours ago.
2.- Then I looked for whoever else was mentioning TAR in the area and found:
http://twitter.com/#!/arnandar/status/85170822599286786, which reads in Indonesian: the amazing race s.19 edisi indonesia akan muncul di ep.3 dan 4, di edisi 4, lebih ke prjlanan mereka menuju phuket&koh samui dari jogja, and the Google translation is: the amazing race s.19 Indonesian edition will appear in ep.3 and 4, in 4th edition, they headed over to prjlanan & phuket koh samui from jogja
3.- Then I moved my pin pointers to Thailand, and looked for a TAR favorite destination in the 1000 mile radius from Bangkok, found Kolkata (Calcutta), India.
4.- Then I did a search within 1000 miles of Kolkata to see who else was also communicating (tweeting) with @iamspecialized in that area, which Phil mentioned in his earlier tweet. Common friend or co-worker theory.
5.- I found this tweet:
http://twitter.com/#!/geargals/statuses/83810298317897728 and by triangulating between Buthan, Nepal, New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Chennai, I was able to nail it down within 3 miles of downtown Nagpur, India:
http://search.twitter.com/search?q=+%40iamspecialized++near%3Anagpur+within%3A3mi6.- This tweet happens to be from 3 days ago, so I (very far fetchingly) may think that @geargals shares a like for bikes with Phil, works for a specialized sport gear shop in Anchorage and possibly be ahead of the teams in Nagpur. Notice: Why does her bio only says "Out in the world", why isn't she sharing her experiences or trip in India? Why did she travel to such a far place away from the tourist beaten path? Says she'll be back (where from?) within 24 hours... and while her biz is in Alaska, Colorado and Washington tweets from India?
7.- If you visit Nagpur's tourism site it has a lot of places TAR loves:
http://www.nagpuronline.co.in/attraction.php including, guess what? An international airport with flights to... Sharjah, UAE!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr._Babasaheb_Ambedkar_International_AirportJuly 9 Note: Later on we had them on the J-burg-Lilongwe flight instead of Sharjah, that's why I had to re-route them through Mumbai to make it fit as a possible speculation.
8.- The more my imagination flies, the less far fetched I believe this is.