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TAR 22 Ep 6 East Coast SHOW updates and commentary **Please read the rules**
apskip:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on March 25, 2013, 01:53:13 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dånooky on March 25, 2013, 01:46:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: apskip on March 25, 2013, 01:39:36 PM ---I could not figure out how Chuck was selecting countries, but using the voluminous list of visas they started AR22 with is a very logical, but not obvious, prediction. I believe kudos are due to Dr. Rox. Note that Chuck only got it right after using someone's (presumably his taxi driver's) cellphone.
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Well, if you pay attention you will notice that Wynona has her passport out in that scene, probably flipping through their visas.
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Wynona's approach, although brilliant, would not have yielded the answer. No visa is required by US passport holders:
Embassy of the Republic of Botswana
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--- Quote from: Chateau d If on March 25, 2013, 01:53:13 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dånooky on March 25, 2013, 01:46:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: apskip on March 25, 2013, 01:39:36 PM ---I could not figure out how Chuck was selecting countries, but using the voluminous list of visas they started AR22 with is a very logical, but not obvious, prediction. I believe kudos are due to Dr. Rox. Note that Chuck only got it right after using someone's (presumably his taxi driver's) cellphone.
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Well, if you pay attention you will notice that Wynona has her passport out in that scene, probably flipping through their visas.
--- End quote ---
Wynona's approach, although brilliant, would not have yielded the answer. No visa is required by US passport holders:
Embassy of the Republic of Botswana
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Chateau,
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on March 25, 2013, 01:53:13 PM ---
--- Quote from: Dånooky on March 25, 2013, 01:46:15 PM ---
--- Quote from: apskip on March 25, 2013, 01:39:36 PM ---I could not figure out how Chuck was selecting countries, but using the voluminous list of visas they started AR22 with is a very logical, but not obvious, prediction. I believe kudos are due to Dr. Rox. Note that Chuck only got it right after using someone's (presumably his taxi driver's) cellphone.
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Well, if you pay attention you will notice that Wynona has her passport out in that scene, probably flipping through their visas.
--- End quote ---
Wynona's approach, although brilliant, would not have yielded the answer. No visa is required by US passport holders:
Embassy of the Republic of Botswana
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Nobody said that Wynona would have found a Botswana visa in her passport. Chuck and Wynona did not find one there for the reason you cited, Chateau: U.S. citizens are permitted stays up to 90 days total within a 12-month periodwithout a visa.
However, what I did say is that chuck's cellphone was the eventual conduit for the needed information on where Maun is to get into the travel agency.
kiki:
From this episode we can deduce one thing: None of the racers, except Pam and Winnie, has ever watched Survivor!
All of us reality tv junkies know how difficult is to light a fire.
Jobby:
Dan, I got what you were trying to say, it's okay.
Chateau d If:
--- Quote from: kiki on March 25, 2013, 11:57:04 PM ---From this episode we can deduce one thing: None of the racers, except Pam and Winnie, has ever watched Survivor!
All of us reality tv junkies know how difficult is to light a fire.
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And they certainly have not applied for Survivor either! Every Survivor contestant I have ever talked to learned how to make a fire with sticks before going. I think the technique used in the detour is tough to do. Blisters-a-plenty that way. The split bamboo technique, shown on Survivor, looks much easier.
DrRox:
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on March 25, 2013, 01:53:13 PM ---Wynona's approach, although brilliant, would not have yielded the answer. No visa is required by US passport holders:
Embassy of the Republic of Botswana
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Chateau, personally I think you are completely wrong in your assumption that Wynona did not have a visa for Botswana in her passport. From your link, it is true that US passport holders do not need a visa to enter Botswana, if they enter Botswana as tourists or visitors.
So the question is, do TAR racers enter foreign countries as tourists/visitors? I think not. For many reasons (legal,liability,etc), I suspect they are listed on the books as employees of WRP. It only makes sense.
So now we get to the question of WRP. Does it enter a county as a "tourist organization," such as a tour operator? No, it is a commerical/business operation/venture. As such, the rules governing entering a country are much different than the rules for tourists/visitors. From the main webpage that you listed, commerical filming in Botswana requires a filming permit. One of the questions on that permit is a list of all employees.
Also from that website, for a foreign national to work in Botswana, a "work permit" is required. Guess what??....to get a "work permit" to work in Botswana, you have to fill out a Visa application.
From my own experience as an ex-pat living and working abroad, I know it was always much more complicated for me to get my "papers in order" than for normal tourists. So I will reiterate that it is/was perfectly possible for Wynona to come up with Botswana from her passport. So there is a good question to ask the racers at either TARcon or any other watching party.....did/do they have visas for every country they visit.
One question I have always had about TAR is this. Do they outsource the visa aquisition process to a visa service or do they have an inhouse department that does this. What I mean, does WRP actually have an employee(s) that actually walk the passports to the different consulates or do they pay another company to walk the passports around. Many, but not all, countries will let you mail your passport to their consulate/embassy to get a Visa, but I would think that WRP would actually walk them to the consulate, since they have to get visa for so many people, racers, crew,management. I just can't see an operation that is as big as WRP trusting the mail system.
I certainly could be wrong.
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