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Pékin Express 2012
Flamant:
beerwithduncan Duncan Schieb
Looks like a version of amazing race being filmed in byron bay. http://lockerz.com/s/180828047
10 minutes ago
Is that Jean-Pierre & François?? ???
Plaidmoon:
Here's another sighting from Twitter:
Belinda Hoy @buibielicious
Just got asked for a lift to Tenterfield by people from France's Amazing Race...
3 hrs ago
From Wikipedia:
Tenterfield is a town in New South Wales, Australia. It is located in the New England region at the intersection of the New England and Bruxner Highways. Tenterfield is a three-hour drive from Brisbane, 2.5 hours from Byron Bay, two hours from Armidale, New South Wales and 10 hours from Sydney. It is 699 km (434 mi) N of Sydney and 275 km (171 mi) SW of Brisbane. The town sits in a valley astride the Great Dividing Range.
It appears that the main attractions in the area is Bald Rock National Park, which has unusual rock formations, and arches and cattle and sheep ranching.
Plaidmoon:
A close encounter of the third kind from a couple that gave one of the teams a lift. From Facebook:
<Witness> 3 hours ago near Casino, New South Wales
Whats happend down town at 24hr?
Camera crews and police everywhere.
<Friend 1> amazing race
3 hours ago
<Witness> We hav them in our car.
Lol
3 hours ago
< Friend 1> LOL REALLY?
3 hours ago
<Friend 2> What happened
3 hours ago
<Friend 3> Oh what happened what happened????
2 hours ago
<Friend 4> We saw that
We blockied like 6 times so if its on tv you'll see me, aunty sandra and mum atleast once hahaha
2 hours ago
<Friend 5> Witness - we're tryin to ring you and Brody - we have people waiting for us!
2 hours ago
<Witness> It wont b on tv in casino its the french version but it was the most randomest arvo ive ever had lol
39 minutes ago · 1
More information follows a couple of hours later.
<Witness> WOW RANDOM!!!!!!! Ok so this is what happend.... Brody and i are now celebrities.... :-) We just drove 2 contestants off the AMAZING RACE - french version to tabulam where they will b campin for the night!!!!
28 minutes ago|
<Friend 6> The poor ****ers will wake up in the mornin and all their **** will be gone ! Good on ya
22 minutes ago · 1
<Friend 7> At the mission? ****in sootys!
21 minutes ago
<Witness> Hahahha oh well. Nothin i could do the time stoppd tickin so we had to pull over. We couldnt break the rules. They were excitd to b at tabulam.,. They wit b in a couple hrs time lol
20 minutes ago
<Witness> Wont*
19 minutes ago
<Friend 7> Bahaha did brody beep the horn heaps and say "suzie! Are ya home?" Bahaha
18 minutes ago · 1
<Friend 3> bahahahahaha!!!!!!
18 minutes ago
<Witness> Bahah na he didnt. We knew she wasnt home cause she was passed out at the pub hahahha lol
17 minutes ago
<Friend 7> Did he get us any pumpkins while he's there?
17 minutes ago
<Friend 7> Tabulam don't have a pub they got a riverbank
16 minutes ago
<Witness> Bahaha.....
13 minutes ago
<Friend 7> Haha bloody soot town Haha
8 minutes ago
From Wikipedia:
Tabulam is a rural village in the far north east of New South Wales, Australia, 800 kilometres (500 miles) from the state capital, Sydney. Tabulam is located on the Bruxner Highway (Highway 44) between Tenterfield and Casino and on the Clarence River. Tabulam is a picturesque village and its position on the northern catchment of Australia's most voluminous river affords it geographical and environmental significance
White-water rafting, camping, fishing, bushwalking and other nature activities are all available at the town. A local company offers weekend or single day river adventures in one of the continents most unspoiled waterways, with expert guides and the opportunity to spot a platypus or wedge-tailed eagle.
Aussie:
OMW I know all these places! It's a shame I went up to the Sunshine Coast instead of the other way today.
LoveRocked:
http://northphiltimes.blogspot.com/2012/02/foreign-reality-show-producer-films.html#.Ty5CH0-eG88.twitter
Foreign reality show producer films Peking Express in Bontoc
BONTOC, Mountain Province. -- An episode of the 8th Peking Express, a spectacular elimination race, was filmed in this capital town at SitioChakalan of Bontoc Ili and Chakso rice terraces on Jan.21 and 22, 2012.
Organizers said the competition has a similar concept with the Amazing Race and Survivor Philippines.
It commenced with eight pairs of contestants in Seoul, South Korea. The second destination was the Philippines and finally Sydney, Australia.
The show was produced by a Belgian-based Kanakna Productions with Thiery Guillaume as producer and Stephane Rotenberg as program host.
Each contestant was given one euro or equivalent to about P60 per day as allowance.
Along the route, the contestants had to look for free rides to reach their designated destination.
At their stopovers, they had to find hosts who could provide them free meals and sleeping quarters.
From Cervantes, Ilocos Sur, pair Jean Pierre Bouveè and Francois Genevet, both French and defending champion of last year’s 7th season performed in Africa, was the first to arrive at 5:45p.m. on Jan. 21 at the provincial plaza here.
They were welcomed by the Bontockhiyag cultural dance troupe that performed indigenous dances.
The pair was escorted to the family house of a certain CamiloUt-tan as their host for the night at sitioChakalan.
Before they had supper of native dish of pinikpikan and rice, the contestants pounded, through the use of indigenous pestle and mortar, four bundles of palay for their breakfast the following day.
One of the organizers said that there was an advantage of the first couple to arrive in Bontoc because they had a ready host to entertain them.
According to Francois, they slept well as they were tired of hitching rides from Cervantes, Ilocus Sur to Bontoc.
They had to transfer rides because the two vehicles they rode in had engine problems.
At Mankayan, Benguet, they were able to hitch a Land Rover that brought them to Bontoc.
Jean Pierre, who has difficulty in communicating in English, said that Bontoc was one of the best rural communities he visited.
The place is imbued with natural and fresh cool air and hospitable and simple living people, he related.
The other two couples who were not able to reach Bontoc night of Jan. 21 arrived the following morning.
They were tasked to find the Lao-inganato and a traditional pigpen with a native pig at sitioChakalan to find the clue what to do next.
Afterwards, the pairs proceeded in front of the Bontoc museum to register and report to the program host that they arrived in this town.
A point is deducted if the last two couples will be able to see the first couple hence, Jean Pierre and Francois hid in the village.
A spectacular game was performed at Chaksoricefield. The three couples were requested to find the three knives packed in bamboos submerged in a wet paddy ready for planting palay.
They used the knives to cut the ropes that were connected to sacks of rice suspended in bamboo poles in the upper dry paddy. Each sack contains 40 kilos of rice packed in 40 smaller sacks.
As the pair found the knife they proceeded to the upper paddy, cut the rope, untied the sack and carried the smaller sacks through the use of two bamboo sticks as carriers.
They brought their cargo to the third terrace below through obstacles such as 1 wooden ladder, wet paddy and another wooden ladder until the third paddy where the winnowers and host was located.
The couple who filled the winnower with the most number of sacks was declared the winner.
After the game, they had another race to Baguio. They hitched vehicles and dropped by some communities along the Halsema highway that were designated by the program host.
The first stopover was in Nacagang, Sabangan. There was traffic in the vicinity of Nacagang bridge when all the vehicles plying to the south were flagged down by the contestants for free ride until Mount Data, Bauko which was the next stopover.
Rotenberg said that there will be succeeding filming of reality shows in the forthcoming months probably in the Philippines.
This will be participated by Dutch contestants and other nationalities. Moreover, he said that Kanakna is a multi-awarded producer of entertainment shows in Europe since 1996.
It started as a documentary production company in 1993 and became part of the Swedish Zodiak television in 2007.
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