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EP5:' We're Getting out of the Country Girls '
kraziladi:
--- Quote from: supsandalee on October 24, 2005, 09:57:52 PM ---Thanks I got it to work. So it's about 2 miles from the Miraflores Visitors Center to the dock that looks it may have water taxis. One mile of it is straight down those tracks. If they had to wait a while for a bus they might take off walking. And if you had 2 miles to walk you probably would just walk it and not run. They would be walking to the southeast. Does the shot look like they could be walking southeast?
I know it's pure speculation but we seem to have alot of speculation this episode.
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I don't know if this will help, but this is a pretty accurate description of how to get to the STRI docks:
http://www.stri.org/english/site_tools/help/index.php
How do I get to the Gamboa Dock to take the boat to Barro Colorado?
Drive along the Gaillard Highway passing Albrook and Clayton on your right and the Miraflores locks on your left.
Continue past the Pedro Miguel locks, past the community of Paraiso, past the Summit Golf Club and go under a small railroad bridge inscribed 1929.
Immediately after the underpass, turn left on to Gamboa Road.
Pass the entrance to the Summit Botanical Garden on your right.
After approximately 11 kilometers you will arrive at a single-lane bridge that crosses the river to Gamboa.
To STRI dock (follow the signs from the Gamboa bridge): After crossing the bridge, continue straight. Pass the former gas station and the ACP dock (Dredging Division) on your left, and the Gamboa Post Office and the colorful Santa Cruz houses on your right. Before this road turns to the right, take the sand road to the left to the STRI dock.
The road trip to the Gamboa docks takes about 40-45 minutes (without traffic jams). You can follow the Gamboa (Rainforest Resort) signs.
charlierose:
This is plain speculation.
How about if the problem in Belize involves a current team, that went Thu Belize to Panama, and somehow got stranded in Belize and could not get to Panama, until one or two days later. Maybe the flight that was suppose to take them to Panama did not arrive until the next day and they did not have another possible route. That could count for the missing days we have in between New Orleans and the Team sightings in Panama on the 16 or 17 of July. :] {|
gingerman28:
I know I started a lot of speculation about the 11th team and trouble in Belize, but I am starting to have my doubts. I think that the producers may be giving teams more frequent 36-hour rest periods (never announced as such of course) because of the young, tender age of some of the racers. If this is the case in New Orleans, it would account for that missing day and teams would be leaving in the early morning of July 15th, arrive in Panama in the late evening of the 15th and be ready and raring to go early on the morning of the 16th.
With most of the tag numbers accounted for we are only faced with the strange fact that there always were one more than enough vehicles, boats, logs, carriages, SUV's than were needed for the number of teams still in the race. This is strange.
Now I think that teams were in Belize for sequestered vacation. Belize (according to my son who is an avid scuba diver) is a great vacation place, not as crowded as CanCun or Cozemel but great diving, great beaches, fantastic reefs to explore, all kinds of jungle adventures (zip lines, etc.) good food, fantastic soveigner shopping (lots of native crafts for sale cheep). So it seems like a good spot for sequestered tribes and would give the first four castoffs at least some "foreign adventure". But with teams with young kids who get bored easily, the forced layover may have started to sour and there indeed may have been trouble brewing in paradise. So the rumors we heard of strife in Belize may have been strife between the losers. The Schroeders may be especially upset since they were almost "home" when they got snuffed and instead of getting back into their own beds, they were shuffled off for another three weeks in a strange location.
Just guesses. But it doesn't help solve the mystery of what in the world is going on in Panama. It is getting late and I haven't had a clue on how to put everything together.
If they are taking boats from Gamboa to the Isla Barro Colorado they would be travelling in a northern direction and we see at least one boat on the water with the sun low and directly behind it. So could this mean it is mid morning? Especially on the Paolo boat the sun seems to be coming in low over the starboard railing.
And it could be that the teams camp out again either on the Isla Barro Colorado or some other island since they seem to be lugging all their camping gear (tents, sleeping bags, matts) with them in many of the shots.
Any ideas Puddin?
rmax:
FWIW, I think Rolly Weaver smokes the baseball roadblock, and the Weavers beat at least the Godlewskis to the pitstop (I'm think they are the team mentioned in the previews where the person doing the roadblock is annoyed by the encouragement from the other team members).
If this was already proposed by others...then I'm in agreeance! :)
puddin:
:cheeky: You want my ideas ??
since you asked :kuss:
just wanted to add this is a Wild Guess ,I really don't know how it plays out
spec ,in a nutshell
the teams arrive in Panama City , they find their way to one of the locks for a clue ?
They make their way along the tracks near the Canal
climb some stairs near the canals..location unknown but we do see muddy waters in the background...some sort of visitors center, lighthouse ??
clue takes them to the docks/ boats ..head to STRI , Barro Colorado Nature Monument in Panama
we see the Paolo's/Godlewskis/Linzes/Weavers
Somehow the Gaghans fall behind , maybe they were last to arrive from the airport?
Anyway ..as the teams land at STRI the Paolo's snag the Fast Forward , this could be why the Gaghans don't know that another team has already taken it ..,
The Fast Forward takes the Paolo's back to near the Bridge of the Americans where DJ performs the task ..Bungee ? and are sent on there way to the Pitstop
The trip back & forth from STRI can take an hour and a half round trip
Meanwhile ... the other teams at STRI get a clue sending them to the Ballfield /Roadblock
We see the Weavers / Bransens both looking good with the Godlewski sister struggling .
then
Maybe this is where the teams grab the dingo bus whatever to take them to the town of Casco Viejo, district to find the Hoochy Coochy Punta dancers to recieve there next clue to the detour
Bird watching or unknown ??
The Bird watching is not on STRI , Barro Colorado but somewhere else ..with the pitstop around the corner ???
I'm going to guess the Weavers place second .. I think mom has 2 fingers up ? and thats why they are cheering ..I don't think they would be that excited if they were next to last ..last team being the Gaghans who " couldn't catch a break" changing buses and all ?
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