Archive > The Amazing Race
Promo Vidcaps " We Got A Gnome "
Chateau d If:
I have a positive location in Istanbul for the teams: Uskadar
See the same posts that make the quayside rail for the fishermen. They are the same as the ones seen with Uchenna & Joyce and Mereidith & Gretchen in caps #44 and #45.
Info about Uskudar
--- Quote ---Relatively unknown to tourists, the suburb of Uskudar, on the Asian side of the Bosphorus, is one of the most attractive suburbs. Religiously conservative in its background, it has a tranquil atmosphere and some fine examples of imperial and domestic architecture.
The Iskele, or Mihrimah Camii is opposite the main ferry pier, on a high platform with a huge covered porch in front, often occupied by older local men watching life around them. Opposite this is Yeni Valide Camii, built in 1710, and the Valide Sultan’s green tomb rather like a giant birdcage. The Cinili Mosque takes its name from the beautiful tiles which decorate the interior, and was built in 1640.
Apart from places of religious interest, Uskudar is also well known as a shopping area, with old market streets selling traditional local produce, and a good flea market with second hand furniture. There are plenty of good restaurants and cafes with great views of the Bosphorus and the rest of the city, along the quayside. In the direction of Haydarpasa is the Karaca Ahmet Cemetery, the largest Muslim graveyard in Istanbul. The front of the Camlica hills lie at the ridge of area and also offer great panoramic views of the islands and river.
--- End quote ---
puddin:
]**] Chateau d If 's photo finds , click on the thumbnails for the full version .
Pedaler:
I've never seen a place with so many flights with a takeoff time between 1:50 and 4:45 in the morning.
One of Chateau's posts states that they are performing the Istanbul tasks on Sunday, December 12,2004.
I looked up flights for a Sunday in December of this year. The results:
Two flights are non-stop to Istanbul and they arrive at 8:45
A flight goes through Vienna and arrives at 10:15
A flight goes through Moscow and arrvies at 11:40
A flight goes through Frankfurt and arrives at 12:50
A flight goes through Vienna and arrvies at 13:00
A flight goes through Milan and arrvies at 13:45
You get the idea. Delhi must be the red eye capital of Asia (%#
I could only find an earlier flight to Istanbul on Sundays, Mondays, and Wednesday.
The flights leave at 20:55 and arrive the following morning at 6:20 am.
Chateau d If:
This shot taken near the Semsi Pasha Mosque in Uskadar may have some of the same structures on the opposite shore that are in the screen caps.
Pedaler, That date is not solid! I slipped in an extended pitstop just for fun. So check the 10th (travel day), 11th and 12th to be sure.
Another possible location is Bursa where they have the Theology Faculty`s mosque
I’m thinking whirling!
gingerman28:
Hey guys, we're making headway (and about time with very little time left to nail this baby down!)
We see the teams leave early in the morning while it is still dark (R/K AND R/A) share one Tuk Tuk going somewhere. We have a large gap until we pick the teams up again at what looks like the New Delhi airport early in the morning. A typical producers' bunchup. It looks like very early in the morning again in a half-deserted terminal building. So me thinks they are on the 4:40AM flight to Istanbul arriving at 8:45AM.
I think they go to a land mark first such as the Tokapa Palace or Blue Mosque to get clue which will instruct them to go to the ferry terminal in Eminono and get a ferry across the Bosphorus to the suburb of USKADAR. Perhaps this clue is found in a Gnome at the location.
Don't know what happens now, but the shots on the ferry look like it is early or mid-moring (the sun rises at 7:24AM) so it looks like they take the ferry ride first.
From here they could travel back across the Bosphorus by cab across the northern bridge to the Rumeli Fortress.
Here the evidence is pretty solid that the teams do the ROADBLOCK: climb up the wall on a jacobs ladder and rappel down from the tower before they get the next clue.
From here it looks pretty solid that they take the metro back to the old city. Uchenna has his pants still tucked in his sox when we next see him in the metro station and Gretchen is carrying her yellow jacket. So it looks like these two teams are finishing up together but are they the two teams in front or in back of the pack?
One part of the DETOUR is to search through the Yerebaten Saray for a particular column with the head of Medusa upon it. And we think the other part of the Detour could have something to do with spotting a particular Whirling Dervish dancer at the Sidkeci Station. Both places are near eachother. And both places can be reached by transferring from the Metro to the Modern Tram line at the Taksim transfer station. (And a good place to get lost since none of our teams seem to be able to read a map or follow instructions.)
To sum up:
Teams leave Jodhpur and travel to New Delhi
Teams fly from New Delhi to Istanbul arriving at 8:45AM
Travel to a landmark, perhaps Tokapi Palace or the Blue Mosque
Travel by Ferry Boat across the Bosphorus to Uskudar
Find next clue at some mosque (Semsi Pasha Mosque is near the Ferry Terminal)
Travel by cab back across the Bosphorus on the Northern Bridge
Arrive at Rumeli Hisari Fortress to climb and rappel as part of ROADBLOCK
Travel by Metro and Modern Tram from 4Levent Station back to old town
Find the Yerebaten Saray or the Sidkeci Station to do DETOUR
Go to the PITSTOP again at either the Blue Mosque or Tokapi Palace (whichever they did not go to in the morning)
NON-ELIMINATION
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
[*] Previous page
Go to full version