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Ep 9 Title: "Are There Instructions on Donkey Handling" 1/18
puddin:
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race5/show/episode06/index3.shtml
Because they had a shorter distance to travel by kalesh, Colin & Christie and Brandon & Nicole arrived at their Detour selection first. While Colin & Christie demonstrated considerable efficiency using donkey transportation, Brandon & Nicole struggled somewhat. Nicole pulled too hard, causing the donkey to veer off its course. After a bit of bickering over the best way to guide the donkey, the Christian couple completed the task behind Colin & Christie, who reclaimed first place. (Brandon & Nicole on their troubles) Opening their clue, they learned they must take a marked taxi to the Habu Temple, an ancient structure filled with carved symbols of ancient mythology, to find the next Route Marker. (Brandon & Nicole assess their position)
Is this our roadblock Haydon has maybe a red /roadblock in her hand , and she's by herself ? Remember TAR5 when the task was to match a face to a photo..could it be something like that or ...? just throwing that out there .. ?:)?
as posted by Banzai~ :)_{}
http://www.bengm.com/pictures/ethiopia?page=4
http://www.bengm.com/pictures/ethiopia/IMGA0338_1
The rock-hewn churches of Lalibela
Axum began to decline in the early decades of the 7th century following the rise and rapid expansion of the Muslim Arabs throughout the Middle East. Both Byzantium and the Persian Empire fell to the Arabs and this dealt a deathblow to the trading endeavors of the Axumite kings. Little is known of what became of the Axumite kingdom between the 8th and 11th centuries. Around the middle of the 11th century the Ethiopian state reappeared as the Christian Zagwe dynasty with its center in the town of Roha in the Amhara region of the Ethiopian highlands. The Zagwe dynasty, ruled over by eleven kings, lasted until the 13th century, when its last king abdicated in favor of a descendant of the old Axumite dynasty.
The most notable of the rulers of the Zagwe dynasty was King Lalibela who reigned from 1167 to 1207. A brilliant achievement of his reign was the construction of a dozen beautiful rock-hewn churches. According to legend, a dense cloud of bees surrounded the Prince Lalibela at the moment of his birth. His mother, claiming that the bees represented the soldiers who would one day serve her son, chose for him the name Lalibela, meaning "the bees recognize his sovereignty". Lalibela's older brother, King Harbay, was made jealous by these prophecies about his brother and tried to poison him. While Lalibela was drugged, angels transported him to various realms of heaven where God gave him directions to build a New Jerusalem with churches in a unique style. Lalibela also learned that he need not fear for his life or his sovereignty, for God had anointed him so that he might build the churches. After three days of divine communication, Lalibela returned to mortal existence and accepted the throne from his brother, who had also been visited by God (and told to abdicate to Lalibela). Both brothers traveled to the city of Roha and began the construction of the churches. Assisted by angels and St. Gabriel, they built twelve extraordinary churches over a period of twenty-five years. The Ethiopian Orthodox church later canonized the King and changed the name of the city of Roha to Lalibela.
The churches of Lalibela are among the most extraordinary architectural creations of human civilization. Each church is sculpted, both inside and out, directly from the living bedrock of the earth (this type of architecture was not new to the area for there are numerous other examples around Ethiopia dating to earlier periods; the Zagwe constructions, however, took the art form to a new level). There are two basic types at Lalibela: rock-hewn cave churches which are cut inward from more or less vertical cliff faces and rock-hewn monolithic churches which imitate a built-up structure but are actually cut in one piece from the surrounding rock and separated from it by an encircling trench. The probable method of construction was for craftsman to first sink trenches directly into the stone, then to slowly chisel away excess stone to reveal exterior and interior spaces. Narrow, labyrinthine tunnels connect several of the churches, and the walls of the trenches and courtyards contain cavities and chambers filled with mummies of pious monks and pilgrims. The churches are still used for worship today and many are filled with richly painted biblical murals.
http://www.sacredsites.com/africa/ethiopia/sacred_sites_ethiopia.html
puddin:
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banzai ..what really stuck out while watching the preview were the Freddy/Kendra confessionals ..just really odd? Can I ask what you use to capture the Vidcaps? I use something called handysnap/freeware and am unable to capture a Full screen ?
puddin:
See that printscreen doesn't work for me ..lol it never did , yep I have XP . And you watch the preview in real media ? I watch it in AOL broadband and I love the full screen pictures but, can't capture really large Vidcaps ..I'm no PC expert either .. I just learn things as I go :D. Hey banzai while your here , do you watch BB ? We are going to be looking for volunteers to do live updates , vidcaps, transcripts or anything ..let me know if your interested ? :)_{} :-*
dameche:
?:) Is BIg Brother on???!! Please tell me that I didn't miss the first episode. >:( :'( |:(
If you are referring to something else Puddin, then excuse the brain fart. :)*
puddin:
:()() I'm getting off topic dameche 8-)' sorry about that ..i'm trying to plan ahead for the summer , we need help with the BB Live feeds do you wanna volunteer ? :)_|
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