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AR19 Primary TRANSPORTATION OPTIONS
walkingpneumonia:
--- Quote from: Neobie on June 28, 2011, 09:02:26 AM ---
It seems to have become a production rule for TPTB to direct teams through the same entry port in each country to smoothen out customs.
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I think this has something to do with the carnets that are used for the camera equipment etc. When you enter a country with a carnet you leave the voucher part with the local customs officials. When you leave the country, the voucher is checked against the equipment. So if you don't leave the country by the same port of entry - the vouchers aren't available.
Neobie:
Thanks for the explanation WP!
Would it be possible that they use the Malawi tour company to head to Zambia for a short leg, and then use charter flights a la TAR 1 to get to Johannesburg?
georgiapeach:
Neobie...are you spec'ing an extended pitstop in Kenya? If so, why? I was thinking that any extended pitstop might be Phuket, primarily to let Phil jump ahead...
Plus might explain the lack of sightings if they are "paused" somewhere...
And I think that IF we are right and we do see a Kenya leg...that we could well see a charter flight to somewhere then. Pull a number...
I would hope that they would want us to see more of Kenya than Nairobi, and with a charter flight, they could get us to any of the more impressive areas and/or game parks.
Neobie:
Nope, not speculating any (unusually) extended legs in Kenya or Phuket!
Diverging a little into timelines, but I'm guessing:
25 Jun: Teams race in Phuket, check in around midday, Phil flies out of Phuket
26 Jun: Phil flies to Kenya arriving 6.05am for stand-up filming, teams fly out of Phuket in afternoon/evening
27 Jun: Teams fly to Kenya arriving 6.05am, check in time depending on how far from Nairobi they go, no good flights for Phil
28 Jun: Phil flies to Malawi leaving 8.25am and arriving 12.35pm for stand-up filming
29 Jun: Teams fly to Malawi leaving 8.25am and arriving 9.35am
georgiapeach:
--- Quote from: Neobie on June 28, 2011, 11:59:24 AM ---Nope, not speculating any (unusually) extended legs in Kenya or Phuket!
Diverging a little into timelines, but it's looking like this:
25 Jun: Teams race in Phuket, check in around midday, Phil flies to Bangkok evening
26 Jun: Phil flies to Kenya morning for a day of filming, teams leave afternoon/evening for Bangkok
27 Jun: Teams fly to Kenya for leg, check in around afternoon, Phil gets ready to leave from Nairobi
28 Jun: Phil flies to Malawi morning for day of filming
29 Jun: Teams fly to Malawi morning for leg
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If they do 12 hours Pitstop in Phuket, they could be released by 1 AM or so on 6/26 and catch the earliest flights out... ~0600
If they are not released until afternoon 6/26 that supposes a 24 Pitstop, right? ???
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