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puddin:
great we could move the Thailand vidcaps here !!

Thailand
    Hanuman Mask/Thailand   ( thanks to Slowhatch )

More evidence

Slowhatch(this thread ) notices the cans of soda in the Hanuman Mask vidcap .
Chateau d If adds a link to the Coke press.
more evidence found @ this site Monkey with soft drink in Lopburi, Thailand.

  Lopburi Monkey Festival, Thailand ( thanks to Slowhatch& Chateau d if  )

  Ayuthaya Elephant Kraal or "Phaniat"   ( overall team work )
New~ thanks to banzais vidcaps

puddin:

--- Quote from: Neobie on March 18, 2006, 09:18:35 PM ---Was still pondering about the temple/monkey puzzle, so I got on a flight to Thailand to try to clear things up. (Well, actually, it was a holiday. But hey, who would go to Lopburi on their own?) Here's what I found...

Prang Sam Yot, Lopburi, Thailand

Your guesses were right! The temple in the previews are of Prang Sam Yot in Lopburi. Not as famous as I thought it would be, though, many locals couldn't recognize which temple the picture in the preview was. Finally got some help from the Tourist Office to get me to the temple. The picture is taken from the east side of the complex, framing only the two southern tops (out of three). Yeah, yeah, the monkeys are there alright. Everywhere.

Wanted to get some team and production information, but the two ladies mannning the ticket office didn't speak English (and I, unfortunately, not Thai). They did, however, show me where the field with the Thai boy monk was... right outside the temple, on Thanon Wichayen. The picture was taken facing east.

Elephant Kraal, Ayuthaya, Thailand

Following the suggestions from the board, made my way to Ayuthaya. It's a two hour bus ride to the town from Lopburi (the Thai bus system is surprisingly brilliant, the teams won't have any trouble) and a half-hour tuk-tuk ride out of town to the Elephant Kraal. I'm still not sure if the race came here. It's a kinda small area (say, three football fields) and not a lot of people (certainly not tourists) around. There's not much going on, though I did see a platform where one can ride on an elephant. Didn't see any uniformed people (from pre-race promotion videos) in the area.

The sandy patches, yeah, they match, and the fences kind of do too. While asking a lady working in the management there about filming and stuff, she did say that there were production teams from time to time, but doesn't remember anything happening in December last year. She seemed genuine enough, didn't seem like a cover up. Take a look at the photos and decide for yourselves?

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mswood:
I swear, if the teams had access to you guys they would have no problem getting where they need to go.

Chateau d If:
Well, they almost did.  On the flight from Alaska back to Denver, we knew about it and posted while some teams may have still been looking for flights.

If someone in Denver read the boards they could have been waiting at the airport to observe the race in action.

I know, this is bad.  Must not interfere with the action.   B:)

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