Topic: TAR 24 EP 5 "Can't Make Fish Bite" Colombo, Sri Lanka

[georgiapeach]

We KNOW Margie and Luke have the airport delay in KL.

[paradoxinee]

Wow, in the first photo Luigi are showed at night (take notice of the flashlight on Margie's head), but they're then shown on a train headed to Galle AT DAYTIME! So perhaps they get bunched or something? By an HoO perhaps?

Which photo did you talk about? I don't see any photo where Margie wears a flashlight.

[georgiapeach]

So Press Photo confirm:


receive a blessing from a monk at the Buddhist temple before receiving the next clue (first task (Find a "sil reddha" (probably a typo, a "silk reddha" perhaps) at Mulagandakuti Viharaya Welisara, then bring it to Gangaramaya Temple for a blessing from a monk) spoiled here by Neobie??)

Travel by train to Galle (what is in Galle? ??)

Take a tuk tuk to a marked King Coconut stand in Koggala, Sri Lanka (this will be for stilt fishing for sure)

 Speed Bump, Newlyweds Brendon (left) and Rachel (right) must screen print 15 t-shirts with the Sri Lankan flag (at same T Shirt factory??)

Pit Stop at the Colombo Rowing Club  (spoiled here. Location ID'd  already by Jobby)

[Alenaveda]

Wow, in the first photo Luigi are showed at night (take notice of the flashlight on Margie's head), but they're then shown on a train headed to Galle AT DAYTIME! So perhaps they get bunched or something? By an HoO perhaps?

No flashlight. Margie's glasses.



Look at this pic from the Detour on KL:

[georgiapeach]

This is one episode you won't want to miss.

Read Neobie's Story here: http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,29853.msg983119.html#msg983119

And be sure to check out Oval's timeline on page 1 of this thread.

[georgiapeach]

Wonder if this yet another Detour option that BE can't do? (Stilt fishing)

How many does that make?

BE couldn't do the high wire, the rappel down the waterfall, and what else?

And Luke could not do the DJ task.

UGH.

[MrDeerShank]

Isn't Trendy Connection in Galle?

[georgiapeach]

According to our Fan wiki it is in Colombo, at least the one TAR Aus used.

http://www.realityfanwiki.com/index.php?title=The_Amazing_Race_Australia_1_Leg_10

Their FB page gives this address: NO.36, Pangiriwatta Road, Delkanda, Nugegoda, 10250 Nugegoda

[Lutpay]

So Press Photo confirm:


receive a blessing from a monk at the Buddhist temple before receiving the next clue (first task (Find a "sil reddha" (probably a typo, a "silk reddha" perhaps) at Mulagandakuti Viharaya Welisara, then bring it to Gangaramaya Temple for a blessing from a monk) spoiled here by Neobie??)

Travel by train to Galle (what is in Galle? ??)

Take a tuk tuk to a marked King Coconut stand in Koggala, Sri Lanka (this will be for stilt fishing for sure)

 Speed Bump, Newlyweds Brendon (left) and Rachel (right) must screen print 15 t-shirts with the Sri Lankan flag (at same T Shirt factory??)

Pit Stop at the Colombo Rowing Club  (spoiled here. Location ID'd  already by Jobby)

Travel by train to Galle and make their way by tuktuk to Koggala? I checked it's just 15 minutes driving. Probably Detour Decision at that King Coconut stand..

[georgiapeach]

That works!

And Neobie shows the re-used tasks here...three peater tasks!!

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,29853.msg983608.html#msg983608

So where is the dance/spinning task? I see a building and a bus..

[kiki]

So fishing is definitely in Galle. 

[georgiapeach]

Not so sure kiki.

I had found this when I was looking earlier:

Sri Lanka's Famous Stilt Fishermen of Koggala

Sri Lanka is unique for
its Stilt Fishermen of its west coast - fishermen who sit on small benches on
poles stuck into the water a few meters offshore and fish for small reef fish
called ‘Bollu’ and ‘Koramburuwo’

Before the tsunami of 2004, these
fishermen could be found off shore south of Galle, and most tour books and
photographers show that they are from Walligama - however, currently they can
only be seen north of Walligama along the beaches of Koggala - and the few who
still fish make more from tourists for photos than they do from fishing.


In case you want to know more, please check out the following article by
By Nizla Naizer in the Bottom Line, which is the only good writeup I have seen
at http://www.thebottomline.lk/2009/01/28/index 10.htm

http://www.samsays.com/Stilt%20Fishermen.htm
 
 
So I was thinking Koggala....  Maybe they do just take the train to Galle and go from there?

[georgiapeach]

Article by Nizla Naizer is here too as that link is dead.

But much of what I read suggests this is mostly done now for tourists.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/samsays/sets/72157614639237218/comments/

[Alenaveda]

Koggala. Found this on Panoramio:

http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/5728655.jpg

[Alenaveda]

And this one:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5718956

[georgiapeach]

The problem is it is done along the coast, some pics are also labeled Galle.

This is a nice read about the tradition :

http://scribol.com/anthropology-and-history/the-stilt-fishermen-of-kathaluwa

[Alenaveda]

And this one:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5718956

It's just me or this pic and the cap 23 of the second preview look like the same place?

[georgiapeach]

Can someone bring over the relevant Intro photos??

And where might that spinning task be? If they are stilt fishing vs Spinning it should be nearby, and we might find that building in Koggala...or Galle


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[georgiapeach]

And this one:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5718956

It's just me or this pic and the cap 23 of the second preview look like the same place?

23

Looks pretty good to me!

[Alenaveda]

And this one:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/5718956

It's just me or this pic and the cap 23 of the second preview look like the same place?

23

Looks pretty good to me!

The irony here is that I was looking for the spinning task building .

[Alenaveda]

Talking about the travel to Koggala, what teams are looking for is a stand or kiosk that sells Thambilis, the variety of coconuts that grows in Sri Lanka.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_coconut

[Puppet]

The pics on reply #51 aren't loading for me

[georgiapeach]

The pics on reply #51 aren't loading for me

I don't know what to tell you, I can see them fine. Anyone else having trouble??

Maybe try clearing your cache, logging out and back in, and see if that helps. If not, you can see them here also:
http://www.cbs.com/shows/amazing_race/photos/

[Jobby]

Loads fine.

[Puppet]

Thanks peach. They are loading fine now.