Topic: EP6: "I'm Sick Of Doing Stuff I Can't Do "

[kraziladi]

Maybe this site will yield some help:

http://www.poasvolcanolodge.com/index.html


The activities page lends area attractions, etc. within an hour of the lodge.


The Lodge is in El Cortijo farm in Vara Blanca, village on a T junction between many destinations. Directions in Spanish - del Cruce Sarapiqui/Volcan Poas (crossroads), en Vara Blanca 500 mts Oeste (west) 700 mts Norte (north) .   
     
    Things to do and destinations within one hour drive from Lodge – incl.driving time 
     
    1. Poás Volcano - 20 minutes.

2. Doka Coffee Estate tour - 40 minutes.

3. Sarchi – centre for Costa Rican artisan shops - 55 minutes.

4. Poasito Canopy Tour - 15 minutes

5. La Paz Waterfall Gardens - 10 minutes

6. Laguna Hule or Bosque Alegre, Cariblanco – jungle crater lake - 40 minutes   

7. Neotropical Centre of Sarapiquí, La Virgen - 55 minutes

8. Pozo Azul tourism centre, La Virgen - 45 minutes.

9. Sarapiquí River white water rafting centres, La Virgen - 50 minutes.

10. City of Heredia and colonial town of Barva - 50 minutes San Jose 30 minutes from those.

11. Airport and City of Alajuela 45 minutes – San Jose further 30 minutes.

12. Horseback riding into tropical rain forests using our horses - 30 minutes to start.

13. Woodland and farmland walks inside El Cortijo farm take up to 4 hours
magnificent trees, much bio-diversity and good bird-watching.

14. Observe Dairy operation of El Cortijo farm – 4 pm .

15. Hire our mountain bikes. Use games room. Read, rest and relax!
 
           

[Chateau d If]

Behind this ridiculous statue there is a river.

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[puddin]

Great eyes Chateau  :tada: !!



playing around with last weeks end of show promo ...



Also sat here and watched all the episodes , the only teams that get this sort of interview or editing are team #1  . I'm calling the Paolos to come in first place based on this editing . Who goes ? I dunno ? I'm going to guess the Gaghans or   *(^ ??

[Slowhatch]

A little late maybe, but I found this resource site with maps, photo galleries, links, bus schedules (if I'm reading it right, it takes 3.5 hours to get from San Jose to Quepos), etc.
Supsandalee was right: the more I see of this place, the more I want to vacation there.

[supsandalee]

Also sat here and watched all the episodes , the only teams that get this sort of interview or editing are team #1  . I'm calling the Paolos to come in first place based on this editing . Who goes ? I dunno ? I'm going to guess the Gaghans or   *(^ ??

Hey puddin, you think the Paolo dad says "a 1 out of 5 chance of winning a million dollahs" is during this interview. It's after they checked in so they know there are now only 5 teams!

[Chateau d If]

Nice site Slowhatch.  Is this our bird?

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[kraziladi]

Might be getting closer to the statue?  Or at least why they are in the race.  Possibly from the Indigenous Cultures in Costa Rica.  There is a lot of info out there, but here's a start:

Guayabo Artifacts
http://www.mcguinnessonline.com/guayabo/artifacts.htm


Mapped locations of Indian Reserves
http://www.maptak.com/cr/pn/pn.html#

[puddin]

Also sat here and watched all the episodes , the only teams that get this sort of interview or editing are team #1  . I'm calling the Paolos to come in first place based on this editing . Who goes ? I dunno ? I'm going to guess the Gaghans or   *(^ ??

Hey puddin, you think the Paolo dad says "a 1 out of 5 chance of winning a million dollahs" is during this interview. It's after they checked in so they know there are now only 5 teams!

I cant tell who it is supsandalee , it sounds like too many of the males but not Papa Paolo ..could be a son could be a Linz , could be anyone ?  *(^

thanks Slowhatch & Krazi .. :t-up:

[Slowhatch]

Thanks for the site, Krazi. Lots of good stuff there, including links to a Poas road map (see below) and some Indiana Jones stuff.

That's the right bird, Puddin. I'll think we'll see one tonight--a real one, not wooden.  ]][

On a different subject, can we assume they left Panama on a Sat. or Sun.? Copa Air has three direct flights PTY-SJO on the weekends: 10am, 11am, and 7pm.

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[puddin]

OMG .. it looks like the Big Ball they just used in Survivor Quatemala EP6  {l{
LOL at the lame wooden birds ..that was just plain stupid !!

[supsandalee]

On a different subject, can we assume they left Panama on a Sat. or Sun.? Copa Air has three direct flights PTY-SJO on the weekends: 10am, 11am, and 7pm.

Maybe they caught the 6 a.m. flight since they would be at the airport very early. According to Airwise:

Depart           Arrive               Carrier/Flight Duration
 
6:00am PTY    6:03am SJO     TA 0522       1:03 hrs.
 
10:15am PTY  10:30am SJO    CM 0116       1:15 hrs.
 
11:00am PTY  11:17am SJO    CM 0824       1:17 hrs. 
 
11:50am PTY  12:10pm SJO    YH 0229       1:20 hrs.
 

[gingerman28]

TES announced this morning that the latest castoff family from TAR8 would be on TES tomorrow morning.  So it is indeed an ELIMINATION LEG tonight!!

I'm puzzled about the shots of the Paolo Family wandering around seemingly deserted streets - they are ambling along in the middle of the road - at night.  If the arrived at the Miraflores Lock pit stop between 9 and 10AM they would be leaving after a 12 or 36 hour pitstop at 9 or 10PM. If the clue said to proceed to fly to Costa Rica, then wouldn't they head to the airport directly by cab?  So what are they doing wandering around Panama City at night?  Or do they receive a clue to proceed somewhere else first? Or are these shots in San Jose?  We have other shots of teams in Panama, particularly the Godlewski Sisters begging with lots of traffic and people about at night. Which could be late at night around midnight.

But once they get to San Jose, Costa Rica it is early morning.

We have:

1. Visit to Vocan Vistor's Center

2. ROADBCLOCK - Coffee Bean, coffee bean, where fore art thou?
We know we have the Linz, Gaghan, and Bransens there at the same time at the Doka Estates
It is starts early in the day and then gets warmer as the hunt gets colder.

3. DETOUR - Carry the Idol over troubled waters: Bransen, Linz, Weaver
Carry the bananas over the split - Paolo

Missing in action: Godlewskis and Gaghans

If the policy follows then the Gaghans will be the penultamate family once again and the Weavers go home. Or vice-versa

Not very good, but a lot of time spent putting up Halloween decorations to freighten away all the neighborhood kids, and now they must all come down before it rains tonight.

Will be very curious to see how all this plays out tonight.

[cinni]

i keep getting this weird vibe at work that the godlewskis are going home. the canada spoiler is sounding more and more like a decoy run to me. especially if the family with kids is the gaghans. they both go sooner and it would be cheaper to run them around north america while the teams still in it run elsewhere.

that being said, i have the gaghans to go home tonight.

my thoughts from the previews, the weavers are shown stuck (very safe), the branson and linz families having fun with the heights (safe), the paulos lost in the street (also very safe), and the godlewskis begging for money (unsure). no real sign of the gaghans? they've been falling behind maybe once too often.

[supsandalee]

They made a point last week of the Gaghans saying "we just have to stay ahead of one team". They said it during the race and to Phil at the mat. Sounds like a setup to me.

[puddin]

and Daddy Gaghan cussed infront of the children ..sonofabitch , & Damn !  ! sorta gives them the ugly editing ..  )<

[Chateau d If]

We’ve got shadows!

We’ve got orientation! Well, a slope up a volcano.

So I’ve got times.

And the Gaghans got trouble!

It looks like the row of white pole goes east-west (maybe pointing to the north a little).  We see sister Linz with a morning shadow.  I guess to be from 9:30 to 10:30 am.  Then Ma Gaghan has her bean at what looks like 11:30 to 12:00 noon.


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[charlierose]

That could only mean that not all teams got on the early TACA flight leaving al 6:00AM.  Usually this flight is very full, and I dont think they could fit the 6 teams of 4, plus cameraman and soudman. This means 36 people.  Maybe the Gahgan took a later flight. {**}.

[puddin]

Oh Boy Chateau  |#' !!!!!!!!

Another family struggles with a seemingly simple task and watches their lead over the others quickly dwindle.
Will a single coffeebean cause one team the race


PANIC !!

[Chateau d If]

Yeah, I was just about to say ...

They go from this to this:


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[Chateau d If]

Lucky bean
Lucky bean
got find my lucky bean...

la la la

[cinni]

wow, way to go everyone. i won't be sorry to see them go.

[supsandalee]

wow, way to go everyone. i won't be sorry to see them go.

I kinda like the boy. He reminds me of the little guy on 2 1/2 men. Funny.

[Chateau d If]

Definitely, he's got spunk.

[gingerman28]

But if Ma can't find the bean, all the spunk in the world ain't goin' to get you a million.

[Pedaler]

You mean Chateau got this right???

Still not as good as Puerto Rico/Jamaica last season  :t-up: