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EP8 Title: 'Here Comes the Bedouin! '
gingerman28:
This ep is a tough one. Hard to get the sequence of events down in any kind of reasonable order.
From the start, do the teams do something in Greece before hightailing it to the sands of Oman?
There is one early morning flight from Athens on Lufthansa leaving at 6:15AM via Frankfurt and Riyahd arriving in Muscat at 9:25PM. Two and a half hour drive to Athens from Rio so the Beach Boys could make this flight. But some teams, The Old Timers and The Hippies arrived after sunset at 5:11PM so they won't be able to make this early flight.
Most other flights don't leave Athens until 12:00, 2:15, 2:30, and 3:15PM arriving in Muscat at 10:30PM, 11:05PM, 11:30PM, and 11:05PM.
So it looks like no matter what flight the teams get on, there will be an over night BUNCH POINT as the teams get somewhere and wait until the breaking of dawn at 6:24AM.
And we do see at least four teams together getting of the water taxi or whatnot together: The Beach Boys, The Hippies, The Old Timers and MO/JO. Are Rayolanda ahead or behind?
Which comes first the DETOUR or the ROADBLOCK?
DETOUR is two parter: (1) Drive a camel to Market or (2) Carry water or shop in the local market.
ROADBLOCK now looks out in the middle of nowhere desert. Barry, MO, Yolanda and BJ are hard at work. But no sight of
The Beach Boys. BJ is either faking it or having fun smashing the sand hills down with his body. But they could be the team that is hinted at as having trouble in the sand.
This seems to combine the hayfield of Norway with the archelogical dig in Egypt. Both were team killers! But have no fear kiddies, this just has to be a NEL. Otherwise we are going to end up with three NEL's in a row! Boring!
So can anyone put this mess together. And don't forget they are driving Toyota SUV's through a flooded wadi somewhere or other.
Boingo:
Just a little bored here. Yet another picture of Sur. *yawn* :zz:
puddin:
thats a good one Boingo !
me too some of this and that
castles of Sur
31. Snaislah Castle Sur (East)
32. Bilad Sur Castle Sur (East)
33. Aijah Castle Sur (East)
34. Ras Al-Hadd Sur (East)
Sur is situated in the northeastern province of Sharqiya. It is a seafaring town, a fishing village and a trading port all rolled into one. Famous for its traditional ship building, Sur started trading along the African coast as early as the 6th century. It is an old town with winding streets, carved wooden doors and old arabesque buildings.
puddin:
before I empty my files
puddin:
--- Quote from: gingerman28 on April 18, 2006, 08:55:20 PM ---
So can anyone put this mess together. And don't forget they are driving Toyota SUV's through a flooded wadi somewhere or other.
--- End quote ---
I'll take a shot
skip to Oman since it appears the task at the Rion Bridge is nothing more than a clue to send the teams to Athens to Muscat ( where not sure of the flight times because were not exactly sure of the date Nov 17th ? 18th ?19? ....) .Regardless, seems like we have an equalizer ..BJT have caught the pack
Teams bunch up in Muscat HoursOfOperation ?
Catch a Taxi boat to Sur/ Ayjah area , we see all but RaYolanda exit the boat onto the docks /beach whatever .
Teams climb up to the Ayjah to recieve the detour clue .
time estimates thanks to Chateau & banzai
MoJo running up to the Ayjah fort between 11:25 am and 11:42 am ( assumes Nov 18th 19th )
RaYolanda hurding the benches near Sur Harbor or whatever its called 12:25 pm ( assumes the date is Nov 17th)
RaYolanda have not taken the boat ride YET ! Why Ray & Yolanda are not seen on the taxi boat with the rest of the gang is unknown.
One detour we know ,TRANSPORT A CAMEL !
Per vidcaps we see E&J along with MOJO doing this task as they are riding in the back of the small Toyota ? trucks
Also we see Jeremy having a talk with a camel after its been delivered " I don't need your riff right now"
Teams doing the Camel task perhaps deliver the camel to a Bedouin in the Wahiba Sands in A'Sharqiya Region of Omani ,approx 38 miles out and back .
the other Detour maybe the faster task that doesn't require strength just luck ( more later )
this is where I get lost
After completing the detour teams are givin a clue to head to the Roadblock to dig for a KEY in mounds of sand
How do they get to the Roadblock ? Do they drive the trucks /Toyotas back to Sur area and catch the Taxi boat back to Muscat ? or do the teams drive through the Wadis from Sur to Muscat and the Roadblock is along that route where we see MOJO & E&J racing side by side through the flooded roads ?
Wheres the Roadblock ? I'm going to guess its an Oasis with some fort ruins in the background ,Nizwa? Why not its my guess .
At the Roadblock we see all but E&J digging for the Key in the mounds of sand
Yolanda / Monica / BJ/ Barry
To note when Barry is digging in the mounds of sand , the other mounds appear full/untouched and BJ's mounds of sand appear all dug up and he says so " they've all been dug ".
It's not known if their are other teams with Barry digging , same goes for all teams .
Clues suggest a lonely duo entertains themselves by invoking the ghosts of previously eliminated teams is it to early for the second yield ? If we have a yield I'll guess RaYolanda yield BJT
with this clue being BJT One duo falls into last place. Will they wither in the desert sun or fight to stay in the Race? per web promos .
I'm guessing Barry & Fran took the easy /luck detour and have moved ahead of the pack but we all know finding the KEY is pure luck .
Who finds it first ? " I dunno " but E&J are usually the " Lucky ones " so I'll guess they find the Key first and head on out to the unkown pitstop where Phil might ask " do you have the key ?" , E&J win a car B:) , hey its my story so neener neener .
Second to arrive MoJO
Third Franknbarry
4th RaYolanda
NEL and Phil gets some stinky Hippie Clothes, BJT .
its 2 am ..and this is my story ;)
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