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EP3 Title : I'm in Russia Playing with the Dolls
gingerman28:
The sun sets at 4:30PM. We know that at least one diver jumps at 2:56PM. After the pool they have to find a cab and get to the dolly place near Red Square so that doesn't leave much time before it gets dark to finish the task. And traffic in late afternoon in Moscow is more at a stand still than on the move. A nice touch would be for them to take the Underground - famous and fast. But with every sign only written in crylic letters it could be a real task to find the right stop.
banzai:
Yolanda's dry hair
Yolanda's pony tail after the pool task
Yolanda's pony tail at the doll task
Slowhatch:
I found an interesting site--virtual reality Novodevichy (quicktime needed)--that shows what the racers would be up against (find-the-grave is still unconfirmed, but I can't imagine any other reason to go there). Everything is in cyrillic, and unless they're given maps they'd better find a friendly local.
gingerman28:
I went back and checked the scenarios of all 8 previous TAR's and the only leg that did not have a DETOUR was leg 13 (the last leg of TAR2) which only had the one ROADBLOCK. So unless TPTB have introduced something new (which they very well may have) the only place that I can see where a DETOUR would fit would be while the teams are still in Brotas Brazil and possibly at the Alaya Adventure Center which features a variety of adventure tasks such as ziplines, etc. Just doesn't seem to be any where else.
And we have at least three bunching points: (1) at the Alaya Adventure Center, (2)The bus station back to Sao Paulo, (3) Sao Paulo Airport and flight to Moscow. And as we have seen during the day, the last place team has caught up with the first place team: both Bj/Tyler and the Old Folk at Home are together at the doll house (or vice versa).
gingerman28:
Up dated the scenario from yesterday to reflect new information and new ideas. Some notes on the fact there is a van service at Sheremetevo 2 airport with vans with three rows of seats behind the driver. TPTB probably have 3 or 4 of these vans marked for the teams to use upon arrival. Smart idea since in Moscow unlike most other western European cities, taxi drivers and very few others speak or read any English and direction signs and street signs are only written in crylillic letters.
We have now spotted all teams at the swimming venue except Our Old Folk at Home. It looks like BJ, Eric, Michelle, Wanda, Yolanda, Dani, Monica and David do the dive. Monica and David are not first as we see them watching someone dive and the walkway is wet with water (from previous dives) where they are standing.
Puddin, anything new on TES this morning? My recorder failed to record.
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