Episode 7 location is revealed:
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| Leg 7 (Maun, Botswana (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Flag_of_Botswana.svg/22px-Flag_of_Botswana.svg.png)) | |
| (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/filming.png) Filmed | 24-25 Nov |
| (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/tv2.png) Broadcast | Unknown |
| (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/routeinfo2.png) ROUTE INFO | Unknown |
| (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/roadblock-1.jpg) ROADBLOCK | Propel a Mokoro, a traditional canoe, down the Thamalakane River and exchange two goats for the next clue. |
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| (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/fastforwardicon.png) FAST FORWARD | Water ski in crocodile-infested waters. |
| (http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb140/ga--peach/TAR%2022/Ep%207%20Botswana%202/Press%20Pics/FFBates-Anthony.jpg) (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,28582.msg851643.html#msg851643) | |
| (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/routeinfo2.png) ROUTE INFO | Unknown |
| (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/pitstop-1.png) PIT STOP | Unknown |
| (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/tick.png) Safe | (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/mfpink.png) (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,28049.msg815893.html#msg815893) (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/ffbrunettes.png) (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,28049.msg815682.html#msg815682) (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/mmred.png) (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,28049.msg815944.html#msg815944) |
| (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/question.png) At Risk | (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/ffblondes-1.png) (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,28049.msg815680.html#msg815680) (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/mfalabama.png) (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,28049.msg815792.html#msg815792) (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/fforange.png) (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,28049.msg815939.html#msg815939) (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/mfgrey.png) (http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,28049.msg815957.html#msg815957) |
| (http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb40/domel9/cross.png) Eliminated | Unknown |
These are the caps from the intro related to Botswana (I don't know if they can add any further info but here they are):
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And they are BAAAACKK! :lol3:I loved re-watching that. Such Memories. :badhorse:
I guess Chuck&Wynona will be eliminated in the next leg. ???
I think the rowing task is a Roadblock?
I guess Chuck&Wynona will be eliminated in the next leg. ???
I don't think so, Promos are usually misleading.
OMG! Belle Book is here! :hearts: :hearts:I guess Chuck&Wynona will be eliminated in the next leg. ???
I don't think so, Promos are usually misleading.
Or perhaps they will be eliminated, just not for the reason implied in the promo! Maybe they have bad luck with the donkeys and fall behind as a result.
Which reminds me -- I loved the donkeys of Season 12 -- especially the one that Nate & Jen had! When Jen yelled at Nate that he couldn't yell at the donkey, the way the donkey reacted made me think it was laughing at them! That was a total riot! :lol3:
Belle Book
The special thanks are what you would expect--except for Roger Dugmore (http://www.rogerdugmoresafaris.com/), which may have something to do with next week.
The Boteti River runs through Maun and on into the Okavango Delta. On the other side of the Delta, the flows out consolidate from 3 prongs into one Okavango River. I expect that the water skiing was on the Boteti River and not the Okavango River.
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For this episode, we spent time at the Royal Tree Game Reserve outside the city of Maun. It's easy to feel at one with nature when you're sleeping in a wonderful tent under the stars on a private reserve on the banks of the Thamalakane River.
How close are we to Royal Tree Lodge here? (GE still lists it as Motsentsela Tree Lodge I think)
From the Elise post:QuoteFor this episode, we spent time at the Royal Tree Game Reserve outside the city of Maun. It's easy to feel at one with nature when you're sleeping in a wonderful tent under the stars on a private reserve on the banks of the Thamalakane River.
Chateau,The Boteti River runs through Maun and on into the Okavango Delta. On the other side of the Delta, the flows out consolidate from 3 prongs into one Okavango River. I expect that the water skiing was on the Boteti River and not the Okavango River.
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Then you would be wrong. :o
Here is the location of the crocodile water skiing: Thamalakane River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamalakane_River), 8 miles northeast of Maun
Unfortunately, Dr. Green does not identify precisely where the change from the ThalamakaneFaultRiver to the Boteti River happens.
apskip......I suspect that you have a mis-typed word.Unfortunately, Dr. Green does not identify precisely where the change from the ThalamakaneFaultRiver to the Boteti River happens.
I can tell you after over 40 years professional experience, that faults do not morph/transform into rivers. They are two completely different landforms. In this case, the Thalamakane River follows the Thalamakane fault. This is because the land on one side of the fault is upthrust, creating a natural dam and redirecting the flow of the river.
Unfortunately, Dr. Green does not identify precisely where the change from the Thalamakane Fault to the Boteti river happens.
The Thalamakane Fault acts as a 150-mile-long natural dam: Here the channels abruptly change direction and join to form one river, the Boteti.
Actually, Dr. Green says that the channels change into a river:QuoteThe Thalamakane Fault acts as a 150-mile-long natural dam: Here the channels abruptly change direction and join to form one river, the Boteti.
Apskip has merely misunderstood what Dr. Green wrote.
Chateau,The Boteti River runs through Maun and on into the Okavango Delta. On the other side of the Delta, the flows out consolidate from 3 prongs into one Okavango River. I expect that the water skiing was on the Boteti River and not the Okavango River.
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Then you would be wrong. :o
Here is the location of the crocodile water skiing: Thamalakane River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thamalakane_River), 8 miles northeast of Maun
I guess where the Thalamakane flows and when it becomes the Boteti River is open to some differences depending on your source. Here is one I have discovered after additional research on this subject:
Great Places Physical Geography by Dr. Cecil Keen July 2007
2 parallel faults now control the direction in which the Okavango River enters the Kalahari Basin, in an area called the Panhandle. Other faults also direct its exit from the Delta, flowing south into the ocean of sand. As the Okavango flows over the Gomare Fault, a continuation of the Great Rift Valley of east Africa, that runs southwest to northeast, the slope of the land breaks it up into numerous channels, which fan outwards over the Delta. These are blocked by 2 southern faults, the Kunyere and the Thalamakane, which redirect the Delta's myriad channels. The Thalamakane Fault acts as a 150-mile-long natural dam: Here the channels abruptly change direction and join to form one river, the Boteti, which flows eastwards through a break in the fault towards the Makgadikgadi Pan. A small channel, the Nghabe River, continues southwest toward Lake Ngami, serving as both inlet and outlet depending on the strength and direction of the annual floods.
Unfortunately, Dr. Green does not identify precisely where the change from the Thalamakane Fault to the Boteti river happens.
I have also discovered sources which recognize a Thalamakane River (not mentioned at all by Dr. Green). One is tourist literature from the Thalamakane Tourist Resort. It states "This metropolis (Maun) is now spread out along the wide banks of the timeless Thamalakane River. It also shows photos of canoes being poled.
My money is on the 'water-skiing' to be our first Fast Forward of the season :tup::winner
Hmmmmm. Double Roadblock?
Sorry, no. Max & Katie are both performing the donkey thing.
Doesn't matter. They both are performing the task so it clearly can't be a Roadblock.
Doesn't matter. They both are performing the task so it clearly can't be a Roadblock.
Which task are you referring to? The goat/boat or the donkey? And what is RUWD? ???
Which task are you referring to? The goat/boat or the donkey?
BE Safe PREVIEW CAPS! Can anyone get a clear read of the CLUE??
On Cap 14 of the Show Preview Caps, is Max holding a clue?
It's pretty clear that Joey & Meghan will be eliminated next :'( they are one of my fav teams this season
It's pretty clear that Joey & Meghan will be eliminated next :'( they are one of my fav teams this season
why? it could be Chuck & Wynona or Caroline & Jennifer too xp :(
It's pretty clear that Joey & Meghan will be eliminated next :'( they are one of my fav teams this season
why? it could be Chuck & Wynona or Caroline & Jennifer too xp :(
I read a comment from a guy in a article (unfortunately i forget the link) and he said Joey/Meghan will be the next to go. He also know who won the race. Well.. he has no proof, but in the preview, Phil's waiting at the pit stop, and the last 2 teams are Joey/Meghan & Max/Katie. We all know that Max and Katie are in the top 3.
oh well :( But I don't understand how do we know that they will be in the final?
Still finding CBS a bit odd. They have been spoiling the FF episodes for a few season's now...but giving us WHO takes it? ??? odd...However, it might be instructive to check out what percentage of completed Fast Forwards have gone unchallenged. The only easy way I know to do this is a historical analysis for the entirety of Amazing Race seasons to develop the data from scratch for seasons 15 to 21 but use as a database for seasons 1 to 14 a favorite Amazing Race reference book "Circumnavigating the Globe: Amazing Race 10 - 14 and Amazing Race Asia 1 - 3" pp. 261-265:
Of course, it isn't clear if their attempt is successful...or not!! :lol:
I don't like the FF in a linear leg either. It needs to be after a bunch so anyone has a chance.
And of course....when was the last time a team didn't get a FF? :res: Jersey Shore?
I don't like the FF in a linear leg either. It needs to be after a bunch so anyone has a chance.
And of course....when was the last time a team didn't get a FF? :res: Jersey Shore?
Yeap, Azerbaijan. Hay stack, Joey Fitness & Danny vs. Davechel.
Apskip, don't forget the UNAIRED because went UNUSED FF's too.Peach,
Y'all aren't helping me...
CAP 12. Who is just before or after Mona/Beth?
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I read a comment from a guy in a article (unfortunately i forget the link) and he said Joey/Meghan will be the next to go. He also know who won the race. Well.. he has no proof, but in the preview, Phil's waiting at the pit stop, and the last 2 teams are Joey/Meghan & Max/Katie. We all know that Max and Katie are in the top 3.
I read a comment from a guy in a article (unfortunately i forget the link) and he said Joey/Meghan will be the next to go. He also know who won the race. Well.. he has no proof, but in the preview, Phil's waiting at the pit stop, and the last 2 teams are Joey/Meghan & Max/Katie. We all know that Max and Katie are in the top 3.
How do we know that it's a race for last place between Max & Katie and Joey & Meghan? It could easily be misleading editing. I don't see Phil in the same shot as the teams.
For all we know, it's a race for first place! Or, considering the Fast Forward, perhaps second and third.
I read a comment from a guy in a article (unfortunately i forget the link) and he said Joey/Meghan will be the next to go. He also know who won the race. Well.. he has no proof, but in the preview, Phil's waiting at the pit stop, and the last 2 teams are Joey/Meghan & Max/Katie. We all know that Max and Katie are in the top 3.
How do we know that it's a race for last place between Max & Katie and Joey & Meghan? It could easily be misleading editing. I don't see Phil in the same shot as the teams.
For all we know, it's a race for first place! Or, considering the Fast Forward, perhaps second and third.
New "Sneak peek" video up in post #2!
The last time somebody didn't get an FF is... Jaymes and James if you consider somebody who went to the location and wanted to get it.On the former assertion even though Jaymes and James made a late start for the FAST FORWARD Natalie and Nadiya were finished by the time Jaymes and James arrived at the start point at the cafe, so I count that as an Uncontested FAST FORWARD. See post #86 above.
The last time somebody didn't get an FF even after trying the task would be Joey and Danny. There are not a lot of instances of teams who tried the FF and didn't win it.
Donkey race , nail in the coffin by a tree? :luvya:
http://www.teen.com/videos/tv-clips/amazing-race-clip-joey-meghan-africa-video/
Donkey race , nail in the coffin by a tree? :luvya:
http://www.teen.com/videos/tv-clips/amazing-race-clip-joey-meghan-africa-video/
still confused as to weather this is a RI or a DT... or a race to the pitstop.. go meghan and joey!
Have we gotten any Speed Bump clips?
Who is that in the blue????
Mona/Beth in the background of cap 13!! Looks like they're possibly behind Youtube and Max/Katie then.. maybe not a race to pitstop? just the detour?
Mona/Beth in the background of cap 13!! Looks like they're possibly behind Youtube and Max/Katie then.. maybe not a race to pitstop? just the detour?
The Donkey in 13 does not match the lead donkey of either Max and Katie, #12, or Youtube, #14
Mona/Beth in the background of cap 13!! Looks like they're possibly behind Youtube and Max/Katie then.. maybe not a race to pitstop? just the detour?
I read a comment from a guy in a article (unfortunately i forget the link) and he said Joey/Meghan will be the next to go. He also know who won the race. Well.. he has no proof, but in the preview, Phil's waiting at the pit stop, and the last 2 teams are Joey/Meghan & Max/Katie. We all know that Max and Katie are in the top 3.
How do we know that it's a race for last place between Max & Katie and Joey & Meghan? It could easily be misleading editing. I don't see Phil in the same shot as the teams.
For all we know, it's a race for first place! Or, considering the Fast Forward, perhaps second and third.
What you doing in the spoilers?? :hearts:
Hooky rulez. But Page 1 of timeline thread will tell you everything, Hooky.
What's the rule for speeding?
3 the polling station's name in one word.....about 6-7 letters long.
3 the polling station's name in one word.....about 6-7 letters long.
Believed to be MATSHWANE
picture?
picture?
picture?
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Doesn't look like him .. I think we're just overlooking things now :lol:
Max has a detour clue in his back pocket so it's entirely possible that the donkeys could be a DT option
Max has a detour clue in his back pocket so it's entirely possible that the donkeys could be a DT option
I'm just thinking that the Donkeys are an Active Route info. Any racer who has seen season 12 (or other seasons) knows that animals, especially donkeys are risky.
Max has a detour clue in his back pocket so it's entirely possible that the donkeys could be a DT option
I think we can say a YELLOW clue which could be an envelope...I never saw a Detour on it.
Just throwing it out there, if donkeys were the BEST option the other must really have been bad!!
In the clue: ... then find your next clue at the A Polling Station B.
And work B is shorter than word A, B ends with an 'a'.
I'm just thinking that the Donkeys are an Active Route info. Any racer who has seen season 12 (or other seasons) knows that animals, especially donkeys are risky.
In the same line of thought, in TAR12 the donkeys were the Active Route info after the RB and before go checking at the PS.
In addition, Keoghan reveals, "We have a switchback coming that's a classic Amazing Race moment that we're going to repeat. We know from past experience that this is going to tweak them."
OK, I did some more digging and found a few Facebook sightings from Maun, Botswana. I'm convinced now that some version of TAR was there for the last few days. I'm also thinking it's very likely that it's TAR 22 and not TAR Norway, but no one has quite spelled it out. I'm thinking that it would have been mentioned if they were speaking Norwegian and I'm guessing the Norwegian version doesn't have the budget for the Hummer mentioned below.
TAR Witness
Wow, Bots recognized, a certain reality TV show is been shot right in front of me at Maun International Airport and Mack Air Offices. I'm wondering where are these guys going from here. They are couples traveling together with each couple followed by 2 Camera crews. Somebody remind me of the name, Please <Friend 2>, you know it and watch it
Sunday at 4:08am
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Friend 2
Oh okay,the amazing race
Sunday at 11:52pm via mobile
TAR Witness
yeah Dear. they are racing in Maun.
Monday at 12:33am via mobile
The same person posted yesterday
TAR Witness
Monday at 10:55pm ·
and the race continues, Amazing race or the travel show as they told. Met one couple today as i was walking down the dirty road and they had to find the Mokoro Station. Poor people, always with camera crew. Jus gave them direction to the Mokoro Station and they refused to tell me the name of the show. Good luck Guys
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I checked out Mokoro Station and it seems to be the starting point for dugout canoe tours of the shallow waterways of the Okavango River Delta. Here's a couple of links to pictures of Mokoro canoes. The second was taken earlier today, but doesn't appear to be TAR related.
https://twitter.com/worldamazingpic/status/272716801232740352/photo/1 (https://twitter.com/worldamazingpic/status/272716801232740352/photo/1)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/31893776@N02/8225737057/ (http://www.flickr.com/photos/31893776@N02/8225737057/)
From reading a couple of blogs, they may see herds of elephants, hippoes, giraffe, zebras, kudus, antelopes, and buffaloes. Should be very scenic.
Also, in a moment of extreme synchronicity, Google maps announced a few hours ago that street level mapping of Botswana is now on line, including the Okavango River Delta where TAR 22 was seen.
http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/11/street-view-on-google-maps-now-live-in.html (http://google-africa.blogspot.com/2012/11/street-view-on-google-maps-now-live-in.html)
Day 4 Okavango Delta
An early departure from Maun, with a vehicle of the camp, we proceed on to the Poling station. A poling station is the place where the dug-out canoes, better known as mokoros, are kept.
From here we will be travelling on the Delta waterways by means of mokoro. The propulsion is in the form of a man standing at the back of the mokoro and using a long pole to propel the mokoro forward. This person is called a ‘poller’ (African Gondolier). The tranquillity that one experiences while gliding through these waterways was previously described by clients as the African Venice!! Upon arrival on one of the Islands in the Delta, we will do a game walk on the Island with an experienced African Guide who will share his knowledge and expertise on this specific area.
Having returned to our mokoros after the game walk, we will have a well deserved lunch and enjoy a bit of rest. After this stop, we will travel back in our mokoros to the Polling station. From there we will travel with the vehicle of the camp, back to our camp in Maun.
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 22, Episode 1, "Business in the front, party in the back"
The first flight combination to Bora Bora was probably
TN101 LAX-PPT 23:54-06:02+1
VT402 PPT-BOB 09:00-09:50
This carries:
Chuck & Wynona
Pam & Winnie
Idries & Jamil
Dave & Connor
Jessica & John
The second flight was probably:
AF076 LAX-PPT 02:01-06:56
VT452 PPT-BOB 10:00-10:50
This carries:
Max & Katie
Bates & Anthony
Matt & Daniel
Caroline & Jennifer
Joey & Meghan
Mona & Beth
I see the issue as World Race Productions not having a first task near the AR22 start line to "separate the wheat from the chaff" as Phil has said earlier. If they had, probably the composition of the first flight would have been closer to the teams now remaining.I disagree. The way I see it, most of the teams eliminated so far weren't inept continuously, they were pretty competitive people who ran into just one inconvenience that sealed their fate:
I see a pattern!
Jessica & John: 2nd > 8th (eliminated)
Dave & Connor: (quit)
Max & Katie: 2nd > 7th (NEL)
Pam & Winnie: 2nd > 7th (eliminated)
Could Mona & Beth be next?
hi guys!!!!!
this map might help you all on the location of boro village. it says there that it is in moremi okavango.
http://tracks4africa.co.za/listings/item/w149568/ (http://tracks4africa.co.za/listings/item/w149568/)
I see the issue as World Race Productions not having a first task near the AR22 start line to "separate the wheat from the chaff" as Phil has said earlier. If they had, probably the composition of the first flight would have been closer to the teams now remaining.I disagree. The way I see it, most of the teams eliminated so far weren't inept continuously, they were pretty competitive people who ran into just one inconvenience that sealed their fate:
* The twins are done by facing the one challenge they were not ready to deal with
* Jessica & John were done for their bad luck and lack of judgment, after they had been racing consistently well
* Dave & Connor were leading the pack in spite of their injury and only had to withdraw out of medical concern
* Pam & Winnie were also leading in later legs but were done by what could only be considered a "brain fart"
I believe these four teams wold have had a chance at the million had they not tripped.
That's why I love this season.
We could say it's "unpredictable" (only if we don't have spoilers :lol: ) but still, when was the last time we've had all frontrunners in the first quarter/half of the race eliminated?
Actually, you can go back to season 2 in Namibia for the origin of this.
In that season, and in a couple of subsequent seasons the teams were instructed in the clue instructions not to exceed a stated speed limit. The stated limited was a lower speed than what was legally permitted. In these cases, the teams would receive a penalty of 30 minutes plus the amount of time saved from speeding. (The documentation was in the film shot by the camera crew, who were recording the speedometer during the task.)
When teams violated local traffic laws, the teams has to deal with the local police on the matter, and pay whatever fine was assessed. That was the case in this last episode with both teams that had to pay the fine out of their cash they had accumulated by that point in the Race.
That latter rule also applies to violating other traffic laws, as was the case for one team that ran afoul of the Moscow police; I'd have to look for which season, but the show did show the team getting a traffic ticket (IIRC, the team had driven in to an area where traffic had been temporarily blocked.)
Hope that helps.