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Amazing Race 10 Spoilers
puddin:
The posters location is Singapore if that helps Slowhatch ?
( edited because i cannot spell :lol3:)
Slowhatch:
:waves: There's a 6-hour difference between the two cities, so it synchs up nicely. Even without adjusting, you can still learn a few things: some teams, for example, are almost an hour behind others leaving the bag drop.
Neobie:
23 June, 9.00am to 11.00am. That doesn't leave the teams much time to travel from Barcelona does it? The Barcelona Pit Stop catering is offered from 11.30am to 4.00pm the previous day, which means that teams will most likely depart from 11.30pm on the 22nd until 4.00am on the 23rd.
Now the earliest flight I can find on Air France (horrible grappling with both French and Spanish) is AF2349 leaving at 7.05am and arriving at 9.00am. Iberia offers IB4422 leaving at 7.25am and arriving at 9.05am, but at Orly Airport.
Orly is 6km from the city centre, Charles de Gaulle 26km. By taxi, travelling time is at least 45 minutes on the A1 expressway, and that is during off-peak hours. Getting to the Eiffel Tower quickly during Friday morning rush hour? I don't think so.
Train services aren't that much more promising. Both airports require a change of train (from Line B to C, and Orly requires an extra light-rail shuttle) to get to the Eiffel tower, and a journey from either airport takes about 50 minutes. No idea how they'd be able to make it, unless they shorten the Pit Stop duration. Now if the just-eliminated team gets on a flight to Paris to join other Sequester II teams though...
Now for the tower itself. I agree with gingerman28 that this looks like an exact repetition: climbing up the Eiffel Tower on foot. The pictures were taken on the second platform, with the first (lowest) platform (http://www.clt.astate.edu/wallen/digits/eiffel/tower03.jpg) enclosed, and the third platform (http://www.clt.astate.edu/wallen/digits/eiffel/tower04.jpg) using squarish netting instead of diagonal ones. I also found this (http://photos.pkicentral.com/albums/userpics/10001/IMG_2585.jpg) but I have no idea where it belongs, but the lower level of the second platform (http://www.painetworks.com/photos/ih/ih1319.JPG) seems to fit nicely. And guess what? One is only allowed to climb on foot up to the second platform. Guess the TAR producers ran out of ideas! (I really really hope this is a decoy though.)
woden:
These teams in Paris and NYC CAN'T be decoys. Here's why. There are 5 teams spotted in Finland -- Tyler/James, Lynn/Karlyn, the brunette couple, the Asian couple, and the blonde girls. This is the 10th leg of the race, so these are probably the only teams left. Just a couple legs later, we have 3 teams spotted in Paris -- Tyler/James, Lynn/Karyln, and the brunette couple. There are simply NOT ENOUGH teams left in the race at this stage to send these 3 teams as decoys. The Asian team and the blonde girls would be the only teams left. Make sense? Puddin called it - TBTB just put the last leg wide out in the open.
Updated route spec -- not a TON new, but it's become a lot easier to figure out where some of our teams get eliminated...
EP1: Seattle, Washington (USA) to Beijing, China
DATES: May 27-29, 2006
EV: Teams start on Kite Hill in Gasworks Park, near Burke Gilman Trail, teams spotted by pilot in Seattle airport, teams spotted on plane (blonde F/F and couple specifically)
TASKS: UNKNOWN
TEAMS: 11 left after episode
EP2: Beijing, China to Terelj, Mongolia
DATES: May 30-31, 2006
EV: Mongolian blogger helps Lynn/Karlyn
TASKS: Train to Chinese/Mongolian border, Chojin Lama monastery in Ulan Bator, Proceed to Terelj
TEAMS: 10 left after episode
EP3: Terelj, Mongolia to Devonport/Auckland, New Zealand
DATES: June 1-2, 2006
EV: Sighting at ferry
TASKS: Old war tunnels(?), naval base(?)
TEAMS: 9 left after episode
EP4: Devonport/Auckland, New Zealand to Queenstown, New Zealand
DATES: June 3-4, 2006
EV: Rented field(?), Teams spotted on flight from Queenstown in South New Zealand
TASKS: UNKNOWN
TEAMS: 8 left after episode
EP5: Queenstown, New Zealand to UNKNOWN (possibly Singapore?)
DATES: June 5-6, 2006
EV: Teams spotted on flight from Queenstown to Auckland (en route to Singapore)
TASKS: UNKNOWN
TEAMS: 7 left after episode
EP6: UNKNOWN to UNKNOWN
DATES: June 7-8, 2006
EV: UNKNOWN
TASKS: UNKNOWN
TEAMS: 6 left after episode
EP7: UNKNOWN to Kuwait City, Kuwait
DATES: June 9-10, 2006
EV: Teams spotted in airport
TASKS: Drive to Kuwait Towers
TEAMS: 6 left at START of episode (Asian team, blonde F/F, Lynn/Karlyn, Tyler/James, M/F (yellow shirts), brunette M/F), 5 left at END of episode (Asian team, blonde F/F, Lynn/Karlyn, Tyler/James, brunette M/F – yellow shirt M/F eliminated)
EP8: Kuwait City, Kuwait to Grand Baie, Mauritius
DATES: June 11-12, 2006
EV: Teams spotted on beach in AM of June 12
TASKS: Something involving kayaks near Merville Beach Hotel
TEAMS: NEL? 5 left at END of episode (Asian team, blonde F/F, Lynn/Karlyn, Tyler/James, brunette M/F)
EP9: Grand Baie, Mauritius to Madagascar
DATES: June 13-14, 2006
EV: Told by one racer "couple" to a Finnish woman in the train – brunette or Asian M/F?
TASKS: UNKNOWN
TEAMS: NEL? 5 left at END of episode (Asian team, blonde F/F, Lynn/Karlyn, Tyler/James, brunette M/F)
EP10: Madagascar to Lohja, Finland
DATES: June 15-17, 2006
EV: Told by one racer "couple" to a Finnish woman in the train – brunette or Asian M/F?
TASKS: Climbing tower at Helsingin Olympiastadionilla, not known how they travelled from Helsinki to Tampere (maybe with a train since teams with cameras spotted in the train station), proceed to Ylojarvi (to do obstacle course in swamp), and back to Tampere, train to Turku where cars waiting at the station, task at quarries in Lohja
TEAMS: 5 left at START of episode (brunette M/F, Asian team, blonde F/F, Lynn/Karlyn, Tyler/James), 4 left at END of episode (Asian team eliminated?)
EP11: Lohja, Finland to Belarus
DATES: June 18-20, 2006
EV: UNKNOWN
TASKS: UNKNOWN
TEAMS: 3 teams left at END of episode (blonde F/F eliminated?)
EP12a: Belarus to Barcelona, Spain
DATES: June 21 (arriving around 8:35pm) – June 22, 2006 (ending in afternoon)
EV: Spotted/Race agenda revealed
TASKS: Something involving tomatoes, something in Colonia Guell (art picture car?), something at Maremagnum
TEAMS: NEL? 3 teams left at END of hour (Lynn/Karlyn, brunette M/F, Tyler/James)
EP12b: Barcelona, Spain to Paris, France to New York City, New York (USA)
DATES: June 23-24, 2006
EV: All teams spotted at Eiffel Tower (Paris), Lynn/Karlyn spotted near Rockefeller Center (NYC)
TASKS: Climb Eiffel Tower (Paris), go to News Building (NYC)
TEAMS: 3 teams race to finish (Lynn/Karlyn, brunette M/F, Tyler/James)
puddin:
You must have heard me calling you mwooden :jumpy: ! I'll update page one . Thanks everyone !!
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