No aviation moments this week :-(.
BJ & Tyler leaves at 2:29 a.m. and have to drive to Catania, Sicily
Let's drive to that town that we can't pronounce they said as they were talking bad about the Frat boys saying they were dumb.
Next were Eric & Jeremy, said they have not traveled the world as much as the hippies and they were bitching.
Joseph and Monica was next saying that they are working well together, but they did not have a map, so they stopped and asked a guy for directions taking his map.
Fran & Barry were next, saying they were lovers, companions and best friends they were reading from an Italy tour book; looked like Lonely Planets.
BJ & Tyler got to the place but it did not open until 8:30a, so they left a sign saying that the teams should sign in.
Lake Michelle were next talking about how they bicker and fight, but all is well.
Dave & Lori were next to leave, Dave saying how frustrated he was with Lori in the last leg.
And finally Ray & Yolanda saying that she understand why she love him so much; they did not have a map so they stopped and asked for directions
Funny, the Frat boys were arguing about the sign in list; trying to think if it was real or not
Of course Fran & Barry got lost, but that was expected.
The Frat Boys and BJ & Tyler were the first to get in; the Frat Boys finding the clue first
They had to count the heads around the place they were (there were 41).
A Detour was the next clue; Big fish or little fish
Big fish - take a swordfish to the market for the clue
little fish - go to the market and sell 4 kilos of trilia for their clue
Fran & Barry frustrated and still lost after what seemed like hours...
The 4 boys pick up one fish each and then head for the market arriving at the same time and then getting their clues
Now they had to drive themselves to Siracusa for the next clue
BJ& Tyler seems to be having a good time.
Finally Fran & Barry found the first clue box.
So the dentist and his secretary arrived in the city and there is traffic
Dave & Lori are stuck in the traffic jam as well
Ray & Yolanda are also stuck in traffic, so they decided to park and walk
Fran & Barry decided to do little fish
Joseph and Monica carried the swordfish, but had trouble finding the guy to which to give the fish; Monica saying that this the worst thing that she had ever done. Finally they found the guy; now they are in 3rd place and of course Joseph could not pronounce the name of the city they were going.
Fran & Barry continue to sell fish with some success, selling their 4 kilos pretty quickly; now in 4th place.
Monica is seen complaining they she would smell of fish all day.
Lake just arrived at the first clue, but did not find the grounds keeper initially.
So now Monica decides that she wanted to borrow some clothes from a local; but had no success doing that.
Finally Ray and Yolanda found the first clue and decided to carry the fish
Last to find it was the lost Dave & Lori arriving and did their first clue and decided to carry the fish
The next clue was to Play Kayak Polo and just score one goal for their team
Jeremy scored and was done
So now Eric & Jeremy are in 1st place
BJ & Tyler just arrived as the Frat boys left they scored quickly and left for the pit stop on foot as the rules dictated.
The race is on for 1st place now... and the Frat boys arrived first amid a band playing and they won a cruise for two on Freedom of the Sea. Phil told them they stunk; the band dude (the local greeter) from Sicily did not think it was funny.
BJ & Tyler were next and happy to be that way.
Joseph & Monica were next to finish the challenge, then Fran & Barry.
Lake & Michelle were the next to arrive for the Kayak game, Lake kept yelling at Michelle, saying that he should have done the challenge.
Joseph & Monica were the third to arrive.
Fran & Barry were #4
Lake & Michelle were #5
Ray & Yolanda just arrived at the kayak and Ray did the task, capsizing his boat.
Dan & Lori were right behind them, Ray scored and then they ran to the pit stop to a waiting Phil
Dave & Lori just arrived as Ray & Yolanda left. Dave did the challenge.
Ray & Yolanda were the 6th team to arrive, So Dave & Lori are last now...Let's see if they get eliminated. Dave says that if this is a non-elimination round he would wash Lori’s clothes. The music got somber as Phil told them they were done!
"We had a ball, Thank you so much" says Dave and so did Lori.
Then they got sobby... walking off hand in hand
Nerds rule Dave signed off by saying...
I love it that each week someone gets eliminated; I can't stand that begging stuff when they have no money...
I hope they fly somewhere next week.
Next week they are Greece from the scenes from the next week’s episode.
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
Wednesday, March 29, 2006
Amazing Race 9 - Episode 5
This week’s episode started with the teams in Munich, Germany.
Their first task was to fly from Munich, Germany (MUC) to Palermo, Italy
it was 3 a.m. when the first team of Eric & Jeremy (the Frat boys) departed
BJ & Tyler is second
Lake & Michelle third
Of course I went to http://www.eskyguide.com to check schedules and here is what I found:
6:35am 12:05pm FCO 5h30m AZ435/AZ1779 / ER4/M82 via Rome, Italy (FCO)
6:35am 1:30pm 6h55m AZ435/AZ1797 / ER4/M82 via Rome, Italy (FCO)
6:35am 2:35pm 8h00m AZ435/AZ783 / ER4/M82 via Rome, Italy (FCO)
7:05am 2:40pm 7h35m LH3896/LH2780 via Milan-Malpensa, Italy (MXP)
At the airport, Eric & Jeremy checked with the Information Desk who told them that that the first flight from MUC- to Palermo via Rome was on Alitalia. Of course being typical of the Frat boys, there were flirting with the Information girls
As they were bored, they and BJ & Tyler started playing with the wheel chairs at the airport
BJ & Tyler got smart and went down to the Internet café and bought their tickets on the Internet
for a 10:15a arrival; the same flights that Eric & Jeremy were upstairs waiting to buy in person.
For some reason, Lake & Michele had trouble using the Internet to buy the tickets, saying it was all in German.
Fran & Barry left the pit stop next followed by Dave & Lori at 5:28 a.m., then Joseph & Monica after that.
Oddly enough, none of the racers can pronounce Palermo, Italy properly
By the time the ticket office opened, the flight was booked, so Eric & Jeremy had to see if they could stand by for the flight, but had to wait for the last minute to do so; luckily they did get on the flight.
LH at a 9:30a arriving at 2p
Ray & Yolanda were next
Joseph & Monica took the LH to AZ connection
Danielle & Dani were last
4 teams were on the 9:30a
They very briefly showed one of the teams deplaning in Rome coming off a Bombardier CRJ200 for Alitalia.
They basically showed planes taking off and landing with no rhyme or reason to it; very disconcerting.
The Frat boys were silly as they missed all the early flights having arrived at the airport first.
There were 4 flights in all
They showed a MD88 first landing, then an A321 as another plane landing, then a DC9 landing all operated by Alitalia.
BJ & Tyler are in the lead now.
Found the piece of clothing first
Then went to the Teatro di sugesra
There was a Yield ahead
BJ & Taylor says they will yield the frat boys as they wander off
Now the Frat Boys are in 2nd place; how did they do that?
Joseph & Monica in 3rd.
Interesting that Phil recorded the Yield video at night, but the video explaining the task during the day...
They chose not to yield anyone
Fran & Barry lost again
Joseph & Monica carried the bell
Fran & Barry walked by the clue again
and decided to do the laundry as Barry said he could not lift the bell
Ray & Yolanda is 6th
Lake & Michelle is 7th
Double Ds bitching about being young and inexperienced
BJ & Tyler were in first place and they won a digital imaging package
Eric & Jeremy and they were the second to arrive
said "Holy Hottie"
Joseph & Monica were team #3
Fran & Barry is team #4
Danielle & Dani got yielded by Lake & Michelle
It was night by now.
Lake & Michelle is 5th to arrive.
Dave & Lori had the statue finished but were thrown off by the two pieces that did not fit, so Lori pulled it down and got frustrated trying to put it together.
So now they are in 6th. place
Lake & Michelle was #5 to arrive
Dave & Lori were the 6th team to arrive
Dave crying about being frustrated at Lori and he was sorry
So now it is Ray & Yolanda and Double Ds racing for the end
Ray & Yolanda were ahead of the Ds.
They were team #7
So the Double Ds from New Yawk were last and were eliminated, said they had fun with Eric and Jeremy; LOL
Their first task was to fly from Munich, Germany (MUC) to Palermo, Italy
it was 3 a.m. when the first team of Eric & Jeremy (the Frat boys) departed
BJ & Tyler is second
Lake & Michelle third
Of course I went to http://www.eskyguide.com to check schedules and here is what I found:
6:35am 12:05pm FCO 5h30m AZ435/AZ1779 / ER4/M82 via Rome, Italy (FCO)
6:35am 1:30pm 6h55m AZ435/AZ1797 / ER4/M82 via Rome, Italy (FCO)
6:35am 2:35pm 8h00m AZ435/AZ783 / ER4/M82 via Rome, Italy (FCO)
7:05am 2:40pm 7h35m LH3896/LH2780 via Milan-Malpensa, Italy (MXP)
At the airport, Eric & Jeremy checked with the Information Desk who told them that that the first flight from MUC- to Palermo via Rome was on Alitalia. Of course being typical of the Frat boys, there were flirting with the Information girls
As they were bored, they and BJ & Tyler started playing with the wheel chairs at the airport
BJ & Tyler got smart and went down to the Internet café and bought their tickets on the Internet
for a 10:15a arrival; the same flights that Eric & Jeremy were upstairs waiting to buy in person.
For some reason, Lake & Michele had trouble using the Internet to buy the tickets, saying it was all in German.
Fran & Barry left the pit stop next followed by Dave & Lori at 5:28 a.m., then Joseph & Monica after that.
Oddly enough, none of the racers can pronounce Palermo, Italy properly
By the time the ticket office opened, the flight was booked, so Eric & Jeremy had to see if they could stand by for the flight, but had to wait for the last minute to do so; luckily they did get on the flight.
LH at a 9:30a arriving at 2p
Ray & Yolanda were next
Joseph & Monica took the LH to AZ connection
Danielle & Dani were last
4 teams were on the 9:30a
They very briefly showed one of the teams deplaning in Rome coming off a Bombardier CRJ200 for Alitalia.
They basically showed planes taking off and landing with no rhyme or reason to it; very disconcerting.
The Frat boys were silly as they missed all the early flights having arrived at the airport first.
There were 4 flights in all
They showed a MD88 first landing, then an A321 as another plane landing, then a DC9 landing all operated by Alitalia.
BJ & Tyler are in the lead now.
Found the piece of clothing first
Then went to the Teatro di sugesra
There was a Yield ahead
BJ & Taylor says they will yield the frat boys as they wander off
Now the Frat Boys are in 2nd place; how did they do that?
Joseph & Monica in 3rd.
Interesting that Phil recorded the Yield video at night, but the video explaining the task during the day...
They chose not to yield anyone
Fran & Barry lost again
Joseph & Monica carried the bell
Fran & Barry walked by the clue again
and decided to do the laundry as Barry said he could not lift the bell
Ray & Yolanda is 6th
Lake & Michelle is 7th
Double Ds bitching about being young and inexperienced
BJ & Tyler were in first place and they won a digital imaging package
Eric & Jeremy and they were the second to arrive
said "Holy Hottie"
Joseph & Monica were team #3
Fran & Barry is team #4
Danielle & Dani got yielded by Lake & Michelle
It was night by now.
Lake & Michelle is 5th to arrive.
Dave & Lori had the statue finished but were thrown off by the two pieces that did not fit, so Lori pulled it down and got frustrated trying to put it together.
So now they are in 6th. place
Lake & Michelle was #5 to arrive
Dave & Lori were the 6th team to arrive
Dave crying about being frustrated at Lori and he was sorry
So now it is Ray & Yolanda and Double Ds racing for the end
Ray & Yolanda were ahead of the Ds.
They were team #7
So the Double Ds from New Yawk were last and were eliminated, said they had fun with Eric and Jeremy; LOL
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Amazing Race 9 - Episode 4
Eric & Jeremy were the first to arrive
Fly to Frankfurt from Moscow was the task, they showed a Boeing 737-500 landing in an airport to depict this.
Here were flight choices between the two cities per www.eskyguide.com
9:45pm Depart Moscow-Sheremetyevo RU (SVO)
Arrive Frankfurt DE (FRA) 10:55pm Aeroflot Russian Airlines
3h10m Meal Codes: 109
320
Daily
7:05am Depart Moscow-Sheremetyevo RU (SVO)
Arrive Frankfurt DE (FRA) 8:15am Lufthansa
3h10m Meal Codes: B 3189
AB6
Daily
5:50am Depart Moscow-Sheremetyevo RU (SVO)
Arrive Frankfurt DE (FRA) 9:05am Austrian / Austrian
5h15m Meal Codes: B 606 / 7201 *
319 / 320 Vienna AT
Daily
Schedule is slightly different at different times of the year
Lake & Michelle was the second team to arrive
Ray & Yolanda were the third to arrive
it was already dark at that moment
BJ & Tyler were the fourth team to arrive
still late at night
Fran & Barry were the 5th to arrive
They showed a Continental 737-800 w/winglets taking off at 9:05p as Flight 1 to Frankfurt; geez…
Danielle & Dani 6th to arrive
Wanda and Desiree 7th to arrive
Joseph & Monica are the 8th team to arrive
Dave and Lori were the last to arrive; but were not eliminated
But there are no more flights anyway
Lake & Michelle got the 9:15p flight
They were on an airplane with red seats which I think was Aeroflot
So now there are 7 teams at the airport
They showed a Boeing 747-400 landing looked like a Singapore Airlines flight
Eric & Jeremy then got on what looked like a high speed train to Stutgart!
BJ & Tyler also got on the 9:15p Aeroflot flight
But the flight was closed for the others
only four got on that flight
They showed a 737 taking off
First flight was the next day at 7a.
Nobody thought of connecting flights.
Eric & Jeremy got to Stuttgart, Germany at the Mercedes plant; race is at 8:30 a.m. the next morning; they still have a little lead though
Then Lake & Michelle and BJ & Tyler arrived
At 5 a.m. the other bought tickets for their flights
showed a Lufthansa (LH) B737-500 taking off from Moscow
Clue was to drive 200 miles to the Bavarian country side in Mercedes Benzs of course, driving on the autobahn to get there.
Then train 3 arrived with all the others, they went to Mercedes for the ride
Amazing what a car does at 170km/h! says one of them.
Eric & Jeremy arrives in Ellbach Field to search for the Travelocity Gnome
Then they have to drive themselves to Bavaria; well that was easy...
The next team: they met some drunken German guy and they drove him to the field
Lake & Michelle found the next one, then BJ & Tyler.
So then Lake & Michelle had to take the German drunk guy to his house so then BJ & Tyler followed them as they did not know where to go next. Then Fran & Barry arrived; found the gnome and headed for the Bavarian Film place
Wanda & Desiree and Danielle & Dani drove in circles
At Bavaria Film, they had a Detour; break the stunt bottles or perform a German folk dance
Eric & Jeremy did the bottle over the head piece and asked one of the German girls out for a date.
Even with dropping off the guy they made good time.
I need a changing room as I'm not wearing an underwear says one of the hippies before changing into the local garb.
The Seigestor is the Pitstop for the race and Eric & Jeremy is off to find it; the girl kissed them both on the cheeks.
Then Lake & Michelle found a label in the broken bottles.
BJ & Tyler continued and then found one; speaking to the girl in German
Fran & Barry did the dance lesson, Fran could not get it
Eric & Jeremy arrived first; way ahead of the others; they won a trip for two to the heart of Africa heading to Victoria Falls.
Phil asked for their gnome back.
Lake & Michelle were arguing again
Next to arrive was BJ & Tyler running backwards to the pit stop
then they said "Santa" to the guy as had a gray beard.
Lake & Michelle were team number three.
Then Dave & Lori did the bottle breaking thing and found a label
Fran & Barry was team number 4
Ray & Yolanda changed to the dance as they could not get the bottle thing done
Dave & Lori were the 5th to arrive
Wanda and Desiree were the last to arrive at the film place.
Danielle & Dani passed them as they went through the door
Wanda & Desiree were quick to do the dance.
They and the Double Ds ran to the pit stop, but Double Ds (Danielle & Dani) were the 8th team to arrive.
So Wanda & Desiree (daughter) were the last team to arrive and so they were eliminated
Not sure where they are next but I think it is Rome…
Fly to Frankfurt from Moscow was the task, they showed a Boeing 737-500 landing in an airport to depict this.
Here were flight choices between the two cities per www.eskyguide.com
9:45pm Depart Moscow-Sheremetyevo RU (SVO)
Arrive Frankfurt DE (FRA) 10:55pm Aeroflot Russian Airlines
3h10m Meal Codes: 109
320
Daily
7:05am Depart Moscow-Sheremetyevo RU (SVO)
Arrive Frankfurt DE (FRA) 8:15am Lufthansa
3h10m Meal Codes: B 3189
AB6
Daily
5:50am Depart Moscow-Sheremetyevo RU (SVO)
Arrive Frankfurt DE (FRA) 9:05am Austrian / Austrian
5h15m Meal Codes: B 606 / 7201 *
319 / 320 Vienna AT
Daily
Schedule is slightly different at different times of the year
Lake & Michelle was the second team to arrive
Ray & Yolanda were the third to arrive
it was already dark at that moment
BJ & Tyler were the fourth team to arrive
still late at night
Fran & Barry were the 5th to arrive
They showed a Continental 737-800 w/winglets taking off at 9:05p as Flight 1 to Frankfurt; geez…
Danielle & Dani 6th to arrive
Wanda and Desiree 7th to arrive
Joseph & Monica are the 8th team to arrive
Dave and Lori were the last to arrive; but were not eliminated
But there are no more flights anyway
Lake & Michelle got the 9:15p flight
They were on an airplane with red seats which I think was Aeroflot
So now there are 7 teams at the airport
They showed a Boeing 747-400 landing looked like a Singapore Airlines flight
Eric & Jeremy then got on what looked like a high speed train to Stutgart!
BJ & Tyler also got on the 9:15p Aeroflot flight
But the flight was closed for the others
only four got on that flight
They showed a 737 taking off
First flight was the next day at 7a.
Nobody thought of connecting flights.
Eric & Jeremy got to Stuttgart, Germany at the Mercedes plant; race is at 8:30 a.m. the next morning; they still have a little lead though
Then Lake & Michelle and BJ & Tyler arrived
At 5 a.m. the other bought tickets for their flights
showed a Lufthansa (LH) B737-500 taking off from Moscow
Clue was to drive 200 miles to the Bavarian country side in Mercedes Benzs of course, driving on the autobahn to get there.
Then train 3 arrived with all the others, they went to Mercedes for the ride
Amazing what a car does at 170km/h! says one of them.
Eric & Jeremy arrives in Ellbach Field to search for the Travelocity Gnome
Then they have to drive themselves to Bavaria; well that was easy...
The next team: they met some drunken German guy and they drove him to the field
Lake & Michelle found the next one, then BJ & Tyler.
So then Lake & Michelle had to take the German drunk guy to his house so then BJ & Tyler followed them as they did not know where to go next. Then Fran & Barry arrived; found the gnome and headed for the Bavarian Film place
Wanda & Desiree and Danielle & Dani drove in circles
At Bavaria Film, they had a Detour; break the stunt bottles or perform a German folk dance
Eric & Jeremy did the bottle over the head piece and asked one of the German girls out for a date.
Even with dropping off the guy they made good time.
I need a changing room as I'm not wearing an underwear says one of the hippies before changing into the local garb.
The Seigestor is the Pitstop for the race and Eric & Jeremy is off to find it; the girl kissed them both on the cheeks.
Then Lake & Michelle found a label in the broken bottles.
BJ & Tyler continued and then found one; speaking to the girl in German
Fran & Barry did the dance lesson, Fran could not get it
Eric & Jeremy arrived first; way ahead of the others; they won a trip for two to the heart of Africa heading to Victoria Falls.
Phil asked for their gnome back.
Lake & Michelle were arguing again
Next to arrive was BJ & Tyler running backwards to the pit stop
then they said "Santa" to the guy as had a gray beard.
Lake & Michelle were team number three.
Then Dave & Lori did the bottle breaking thing and found a label
Fran & Barry was team number 4
Ray & Yolanda changed to the dance as they could not get the bottle thing done
Dave & Lori were the 5th to arrive
Wanda and Desiree were the last to arrive at the film place.
Danielle & Dani passed them as they went through the door
Wanda & Desiree were quick to do the dance.
They and the Double Ds ran to the pit stop, but Double Ds (Danielle & Dani) were the 8th team to arrive.
So Wanda & Desiree (daughter) were the last team to arrive and so they were eliminated
Not sure where they are next but I think it is Rome…
Wednesday, March 08, 2006
Amazing Race 9 - Episode 2
My friend Lonestar IMed me while the show was going on...
He was on the West Coast in Oregon state.
Lonestar: is amazing race on at 7 or 8
Me: at 9C
Me: started :27 mins ago
Lonestar: so started at 9
Me: yes
Lonestar: shoot that means 10P
Lonestar: not for 3 more hours
Me:
Lonestar: well 2.5
Me: odd that it started at 9p this time
Lonestar: i dont know if i will be up that late
Me: i hear u
Lonestar: i was hoping it was 8/7 E/C
Me: me too; this waiting until 9p sucks!
Me: they added that new show the unit to the line up so that was after NCIS
Me: i slept through the whole thing
Me: well, i won't tell u anything about it
Me: i'll be quite
Me: i missed the first 11 mins as i was asleep
Me: show is back on
Me: they definitely need the map to show where each one is
No report of the beginning, but here is what happened at the end.
Hot Dog we got a date with Phil says BJ & Tyler as hey approached the it stop
BJ & Tyler were the first to arrive
Shut up and stop it! they said
They won a trip for two to Tahiti from Travelocity.com
Eric & Jeremy were the second to arrive
Where's the damn Phil at they said.
Joseph & Monica were the third to arrive at that time the others were still completing the tasks
Jim & Lori are team #4
Ray and Yolanda were team #5
Double D's were team #6
Fran & Barry had a dead battery; a replacement car was given to them, but no time credit (standard rules)
Lake & Michelle are having a hard time getting there; following some guy who had to get gas
Lake & Michelle were team #7 to arrive.
Danielle & Dani were team #8; right behind Lake & Michelle
Now they show Fran & Barry at night driving so are the two sisters
The drama heightens as we see Fran and Barry arriving as team #9, saying that they thought that Phil would be sleeping.
Now we see the two sisters arguing as usual and arriving last and crying
Lisa & Joni were the last team to arrive and so they were eliminated.
It is always fun to hear what they say when they lose :-)
They are in Moscow next; I have to figure out how they get there.
He was on the West Coast in Oregon state.
Lonestar: is amazing race on at 7 or 8
Me: at 9C
Me: started :27 mins ago
Lonestar: so started at 9
Me: yes
Lonestar: shoot that means 10P
Lonestar: not for 3 more hours
Me:
Lonestar: well 2.5
Me: odd that it started at 9p this time
Lonestar: i dont know if i will be up that late
Me: i hear u
Lonestar: i was hoping it was 8/7 E/C
Me: me too; this waiting until 9p sucks!
Me: they added that new show the unit to the line up so that was after NCIS
Me: i slept through the whole thing
Me: well, i won't tell u anything about it
Me: i'll be quite
Me: i missed the first 11 mins as i was asleep
Me: show is back on
Me: they definitely need the map to show where each one is
No report of the beginning, but here is what happened at the end.
Hot Dog we got a date with Phil says BJ & Tyler as hey approached the it stop
BJ & Tyler were the first to arrive
Shut up and stop it! they said
They won a trip for two to Tahiti from Travelocity.com
Eric & Jeremy were the second to arrive
Where's the damn Phil at they said.
Joseph & Monica were the third to arrive at that time the others were still completing the tasks
Jim & Lori are team #4
Ray and Yolanda were team #5
Double D's were team #6
Fran & Barry had a dead battery; a replacement car was given to them, but no time credit (standard rules)
Lake & Michelle are having a hard time getting there; following some guy who had to get gas
Lake & Michelle were team #7 to arrive.
Danielle & Dani were team #8; right behind Lake & Michelle
Now they show Fran & Barry at night driving so are the two sisters
The drama heightens as we see Fran and Barry arriving as team #9, saying that they thought that Phil would be sleeping.
Now we see the two sisters arguing as usual and arriving last and crying
Lisa & Joni were the last team to arrive and so they were eliminated.
It is always fun to hear what they say when they lose :-)
They are in Moscow next; I have to figure out how they get there.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Amazing Race 9 - Episode 1
Me is located in Houston, TX and Lonestar was in Detriot, MI; we always enjoy The Amazing Race together if we can; usually by phone; today, Lonestar IMed me instead; this is our conversation as we watched the show.
[Feb., 27, 2006] Me: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060227/dam048.html?.v=60
[Feb., 28, 2006] Lonestar: the southwest fares go no where
Lonestar: race is on
Me: hiya
Me: watchin'
Me: r there 2 gay couples?
Lonestar: did you see the city pairs for the $28 special?
Me: no; what are they?
Me: so if u r last u r eliminated [responding to Phil explaining the rules]
Me: good!
Me: no maybes
Lonestar: their has to be non-elimination legs
Me: i guess, but he did not say that...
Me: they will fly Continental I think [in response to the first clue that told them to get to Sao Paolo, Brazil; the racers started in Denver, Colorado]
Me: from IAH
Lonestar: Denver to IAH to San Pabalo
Me: it is the afternoon
Me: so they have time to catch the same day flights from DEN to IAH to SAO
Lonestar: But united must have a flight
Me: or UA to MIA or IAD
Lonestar: none direct out of denver
Me: nope
Lonestar: its their hub
Me: go to www.cruisinaltitude.com for the schedules of the airlines
Lonestar: UA sucks
Me: nope; MA to SAO works better
Lonestar: MA?
Me: MIA
Me: they did this last november i think
Lonestar: would be about right
Me: Choices: UA over IAD
Me: CO over IAH
Me: DL over ATL
Lonestar: dating for 5 years [to Ray and Yolanda being introduced]
Lonestar: give here a ring or move on
Me: AA over DFW
Me: UA over MIA or ORD as well
Me: i know what a dweeb
Me: what a dweeb
Lonestar: this is going to suck next week when i am in oregon
Me: how come?
Lonestar: it wont be on till so late
Me: aargh...
Me: i'll try not to tell u the results
Lonestar: i ve been there
Lonestar: denver airport
Lonestar: it is out in the middle of no where
Me: i love the old couple!
Lonestar: off of open road
Me: yes it is
Lonestar: you always like the old couple
Me: yup
Me: looking for AA348
Me: no longer flying
Me: they have an MD83 AA1406 to DFW
Me: AA416 to DFW
Me: AA1924 to DFW
Lonestar: the gay buddies
Me: more direct flight! LOL
Me: CO498
Me: oh oh [to the couple that called in to make a reservation; which they had to cancel]
Lonestar: now i wonder what happens
Lonestar: do they cancel their reservation
Me: bummer that they took that rule out
Me: yes they will have to or perhaps penalized for it
Me: previous games allowed it
Lonestar: it will be interesting to see how they work it in
Me: yup
Me: CO498 is at 2:30p connecting to CO93 arriving in SAO at 9:55a the next day
Lonestar: don’t forget to update your blog
Me: AA will arrive at 8:52a over DFW
Me: and 9:20a over DFW and MIA
Lonestar: we need character summaries, thoughts
Me: will do; actually thinking of including this conversation if you don't mind
Me: oh i hate doing that
Me: can i just talk about who i like? do i have to do them all?
Me: Internet connection sucks!
Lonestar: for several of these shows i will be on the west coast
Me: UA will arrive at 11:00a over ORD
Me: AA963 [flight numbers been called out by the contestants]
Me: UA861 [flight numbers been called out by the contestants]
Lonestar: Were they referring to their breast size [two of the guys saying they will call two of the girls Double Ds; their names start with Ds and they have big breasts]
Me: arrives at 9:25a
Me: not sure
Me: I think the names
Me: as they both start with D
Lonestar: all i heard was the comment, can we call you double D
Me: John and Scott "Lifelong friends?"
Me: what kind of description is that?
Lonestar: they might be gay
Me: Wanda and Desiree on UA
Lonestar: California gay
Me: Dave and Lori on UA
Lonestar: land of fruits and nuts
Me: that black girl will out run you [said one of the guy contentants]
Me: funny!
Me: Lake and Mitchell on CO
Lonestar: I thought so also
Me: Ray and Yolanda on CO
Me: well they showed the right plane
Me: but a 737 taking off
Lonestar: Monica is cute
Me: shows AA MD80 taking off
Lonestar: John and Scott are so gay
Me: never been to that hotel
Me: love Sao though
Me: dense city but cool
Me: UA does not have a 744 to SAO [to being shown a United Boeing 747-400 landing in what should be Sao Paolo]
Me: LOL
Me: cool she knows Portuguese [to one of the girls speaking Portuguese to the drivers]
Me: not true they arrived first [one of the contestants wondering if they were beaten by the other crew]
Me: big boobs! [finally seeing one of the Double Ds]
Lonestar: but they don’t know that
Me: how PC
Me: now the AA flight landing as a Boeing 777
Lonestar: as I said the Double D is their breast size comment
Me: not from DFW; they use a Boeing 767-300
Me: flattery always works
Lonestar: maybe the schedule has changes
Me: u r correct mon ami!
Me: so the CO flight is last
Me: they did show the correct aircraft landing a Being 767-200
Lonestar: good for them
Me: Phil said they had delays
Lonestar: maybe they [the producers of the show] are learning
Me: Spanish was the universal language of the world! [a comment by one of the ladies; Lori I think]
Lonestar: lady that would more be English
Me: good grief
Me: next clue says to travel 3 miles to Viaduto
Lonestar: most places have a few people who speak English
Me: I guess they will have to jump off the bridge
Lonestar: those two v-ball players are not PC at all
Lonestar: Eric and Jeremy are the V-ball players
Me: they two boys are like Shaggy and Scooby [BJ & his friend]
Me: that they are not [to the not PC comment]
Lonestar: I don’t think they are gay
Me: me neither
Me: soz; i lost my connection
Me: not sure if it is my Airport Express
Lonestar: what did you last get?
Me: crap
Me: huh?
Lonestar: what was the last line of the conversation you got
Lonestar: before you got your internet back
Me: "i dont think they are gay"
Lonestar: Lonestar: they are after the Double D duo [copied the conversation Me missed]
Lonestar: stop flirting and people won’t pass you, think with the head on top your shoulders
Lonestar: E& J are now the Frat boys
Lonestar: Just to update we have Double D's, frat boys, gay guys, hippies, nerds, ken and Barbie [these are the names being blurted out by the contestants for each other]
Lonestar: the black team
Lonestar: who am I missing?
Lonestar: Amazon sisters
Lonestar: Mom and daughter
Lonestar: I would take the flight, it would be so much fun [to the detour where they get to take a helicopter or assemble a bike]
Me: me neither [to the “don’t think they are gay comment]
Me: soz; i lost my connection
Me: not sure if it my Airport Express
Lonestar: what did you last get?
Me: crap
Me: huh?
Lonestar: what was the last line of the conversation
Me: the last line was "I dont think they are gay"
Lonestar: i just pasted in what i said while you were sleeping
Me: lol
Lonestar: it was a recap of the what the team nicknames are
Me: i think you got them
Me: i would take the flight of course
Me: never done a helicopter
Lonestar: so would i
Lonestar: not a doubt
Me: not mechanically included
Me: the problem is not the helicopter
Lonestar: i have several times [flown on a helicopter]
Me: it is identifying the building
Lonestar: flew over DB in one [a city in Florida]
Me: all the bldgs in Sao look alike
Me: oh really? [to the flew over DB in one comment]
Lonestar: I think all they have to do is pick it out of a book
Me: never done a glider nor a helicopter
Me: oic
Lonestar: never done a glider
Me: neither
Me: why can't they find the box? [to the old couple wandering pass the box on the bridge]
Me: they walked right by it
Me: u think they would have seen the camera pointing o it
Lonestar: i missed that part
Me: BJ & Tyler - Best Friends
Me: the older couple cannot find the clue on the bridge
Me: is that double Ds
Lonestar: its double Ds
Me: "lifelong friends" how about “gay guys” for the description for John and Scott?
Me: geez
Lonestar: is that Scott and whoever
Me: Sao is a really difficult city to navigate
Me: yes
Me: they need a twist [the show needs some spunk]
Me: funny as the airport in RIO is called Santos Dumont
Me: the local airport
Me: it is too hard to follow 22 people!
Me: at least the helicopters have the correct registrations
Me: of course they signed their lives away LOL
Lonestar: nerds, yes that is a helicopter [the nerdy couple was asking if that is a helicopter]
Me: LOL
Lonestar: and no flying in a helicopter is not the trip of a life time [to BJ & Tyler’s comment]
Lonestar: $50 at the grand Caynon
Me: those are cute helicopters
[at the almost one hour mark] Lonestar: did you see this is two hours
Me: they just had the trip of a lifetime; flying to SAO from the U.S.
Me: well, i assumed so since this the opening show
Me: it usually is
Me: doubles ds are putting a bike together?
Me: Fran and Barry still lookin'!
Me: geez
Lonestar: that is what i was thinking
Me: stop worrying about why you missed it; just go! [to Fran and Barry worrying that they will now lose]
Me: see they just got to 8th place [to being showed the 8th place contestant arriving at the bridge to pickup the clue]
Me: these are the people on the Continental flight
Me: ok those two will be fighting before it is over
Lonestar: he is the jerk of the show
Me: "don't second guess me"
Lonestar: another Bryan i think his name was [a guy from a previous show]
Me: good attitude ladies [Lori and her friends bitching about something]
Me: I think so
Me: God; the gay guys are still sitting around [they seemed to have been stuck in traffic]
Me: so two Americans get out of a taxi in Sao
Me: how smart was that?
Me: give the gay guys the booby prize
Lonestar: they are OUT
Lonestar: and not of the closet
Lonestar: they have been that for a while
Me: LOL
Me: I so hear you
Me: I mean u r in a strange country and you get out of the cab in a strange neighborhood
Me: how stupid
Me: the producers must have been going nuts at that moment
Lonestar: yea
Me: hey which commercial are u seeing? [commercial break]
Me: zetia?
Lonestar: a movie
Me: no; some drug
Lonestar: special ops
Me: ok
Lonestar: type
Me: now they are showing the shorts for a tv show, the unit
Me: a new show
Lonestar: the unit
Lonestar: a new show
Me: and now taco cabana commercial?
Lonestar: nope Toyota
Me: so they have local ads as opposed to national
Me: Toyota now
Me: so not in the same order
Me: of course now the Mercedes ad
Me: do they really need to advertise Mercedes?
Me: http://www.archidose.org/May04/051004-pic.html [This is the place hey get their first clue in Sao]
Me: The gay dudes again
Lonestar: cool building
Me: Lisa and Joni are the negatives ladies
Me: yup
Me: i do love the city
Lonestar: frat boys in the lead
Me: just never seen it though
Me: yup
Me: how the heck did they find that clue?
Me: the next clue says travel 5 miles to santa cecelia
Lonestar: where was it?
Me: frat boys are first
Me: BJ & Tyler second
Lonestar: wow that one would be tough
Me: it was under the stairs
Me: 'Dude is this the most James Bond thing you've ever done"
Me: ? [says BJ & Tyler]
Me: they are having the times of their lives BJ & Tyler
Me: this may be the first time out of the US for them; sweet
Me: Dave and Lori is kind of an odd couple...
Me: ok they are an odd couple
Me: Wanda & Desiree is 4th after doing the helicopter on the roof thing
Me: i wonder how double ds are doing with the bike
Me: ?
Lonestar: i wonder also
Lonestar: i wonder what guy helped them out
Me: well they paid that guy they met and he left
Me: i think they gave him 2 bucks
Me: of course he would leave them lol
Lonestar: good or bad pay?
Me: i doubt it; it is in reals
Lonestar: i don’t know anything about their economics
Me: but two bucks?
Me: please
Me: well; how about a five or a ten?
Me: get out of the car and walk people [reaction to the cab driver passing the airport with the helicopters]
Me: amigo? [to the couple calling the driver that name]
Me: how about Sir?
Lonestar: is that the doctor and his wife?
Lonestar: the "right"
Me: so why would two girls decide to do the bike?
Me: ironic how they [the older couple] are thinking of helping the girls and the girls left them when they were looking for the clue
Me: gracias?
Me: how about obrigado?
Me: good karma is good.
Me: did u see that ass shot?
Me: of the black girl?
Me: dude chill [to the camera looking at the black guy’s expression]
Me: the black guy is getting jealous; dude your girl is hot, just face it
Lonestar: the frosties
Me: dude; you just flew two flights about 6,000 miles; get over the fear of flying bit [to John freaking out about the helicopter and his fear of flying]
Lonestar: but this time it is in helicopter
Me: 3 point turn in a chopper? [to one of the couples saying that]
Lonestar: yea
Me: true; but get over it
Me: there is a million dollars at stake
Lonestar: that did not take long
Me: so is "dude" a unisex phrase now? [to the doctor calling his wife “dude”]
Lonestar: not yet their is a million dollars
Me: mojo-Wanda and Desiree
Me: did u get that one?
Me: i like the geeks though
Me: although they are weird
Lonestar: the geeks are cute
Lonestar: that is cool how many building have heliports
Me: didn't they have a plan for the bike building to follow?
Lonestar: i don’t think so
Me: why don't Fran and Barry just leave and go to the next stunt? [they could not put the bike together]
Me: Sao has lots of tall bldgs; that is why
Me: u should head down there
Me: sweet!
Me: Lake and Michelle is the first to get the bike done
Lonestar: yea
Lonestar: moves them back up
Lonestar: don’t think like that
Me: Fran and Barry need to leave the bikes and go to the helicopter
Lonestar: what about Double Ds
Me: they went to the helicopter; they ditched the bike
Lonestar: no they stayed
Me: did u get the place to text RACE to? [there was an ad on TV to do this]
Lonestar: they were outside when Ken and Barbie left
Me: nope they left when Fran and her husband showed up
Lonestar: nope
Me: well they said they were leaving
Lonestar: but then they stayed
Me: idiots
Lonestar: and continued working
Me: maybe it is 'cause the guys were whistling at them
Lonestar: thinking they could cheat off Fran
Me: oic
Lonestar: I can’t watch that Thursday i have not seen the last 2-3 weeks
Lonestar: Survivor
Lonestar: the Olympics screwed up my TV watching
Me: i've never watched Survior
Me: oh did it?
Me: i did miss a few shows as well
Me: but the Olympics was well worth it
Lonestar: we did well, beat those Canadians
Me: hey, i like the Canadians
Lonestar: I like two of the
Me: well it took Fran and her husband that long to change their minds
Lonestar: them
Lonestar:
Me: see double ds are not there at all
Lonestar:
Lonestar: ok
Lonestar: you were right
Me: ok; enough of the drama now
Me: see there is double ds doing the chopper now
Me:
Lonestar: yes yes yes, i was wrong, the great You was right again
Lonestar: the gay guys still have not found the bike/airport
Me: they [the show] need an overhead map
Me: so you can see where everyone is
Me: well; i've been wrong before...
Me: LOL
Me: they just got turned away from the gate
Lonestar: what happened to the black couple?
Me: i wonder if they have 11 clues on the roofs?
Lonestar: funny
Me: well 10
Me: the black couple is fixing the bike
Me: ok enough of that screaming [Lori and her friend screaming]
Me: Fran reminds me of Meredith from a few shows ago
Lonestar: yea
Lonestar: that is who it reminds me of
Lonestar: r they last?
Me: the bigger guy [John] just won’t give the other guy a chance to contribute at all
Me: nope; the gay guys are
Lonestar: of course one is the dom and the other the sub
Me: LOL
Me: remember this will be on a blog; so be nice...
Lonestar: you have to change the SN on this if you post it
Me: of course i will
Me: LOL
Me: if they work together it would be so much better;
Me: so back to my location indicator; they need one
Me: just telling me who is in what place is not enough
Me: i want to see an overview of where is everyone
Lonestar: yes, and time stamps at the major points so we can see who is behind and ahead and by how much
Me: maybe an interactive web site that i can go to during the telecast
Me: exactly
Lonestar: that won’t happen
Me: i know due to the time zones
Lonestar: ruin it for the west coast folk
Lonestar: s
Me: but you could set it up so that you can only access it from a certain time zone
Me: lost connection again
Me: drama from the gay guys
Lonestar: always
Me: ok; i could not do the snake thing [as they walk into this ritual and someone has a snake]
Lonestar is using a different version of Yahoo! Messenger with BT Communicator.
Certain features may be unavailable.
Lonestar: wb
Me: lost connection again
Me: thx
Me: glad John got it together [as he got on the helicopter and relaxed]
Me: see the last one will be eliminated [to Phil saying that the next stop is the pit stop]
Me: so who is last now?
Lonestar: i think the black couple
Me: pit stop is at the football stadium
Me: did u see the homeless guy sleeping on the street as the camera panned by?
Me: possibly
Me: Lisa and Joni (the screamers) are just landing
Me: The producers love the drama
Lonestar: yes they do
Me: i wonder what is their prize for this trip?
Lonestar: gotta love mark burnett
Me: yup
Me: he keeps us watching...
Me: u'd better get online next week so we can blog the show again
Me: well; IM
Me: did u see the Apple announcement today?
Lonestar: yes i did
Lonestar: but the price went up
Lonestar: i will be in Oregon
Lonestar: so i will be 2 hours late
Me: crap;
Me: the price of what?
Me: the boom box or the mac mini
Me: i hope the screamers get eliminated; I've had enough of them...
Me: so
Lonestar: the following week i will be home
Lonestar: week 3
Me: 1st: Derrick & Jeremy winning $10,000 each [as they arrive at the Stadium by taxi]
Lonestar: second
Me: ok so we will have to get the IM going again
Lonestar: get squat
Me: 2nd: BJ & Tyler winning nothing LOL u r right
Lonestar: nerds in third
Lonestar: that rhymes
Me: 3rd: Dave & Lori the geeks; well maybe [editing showed the nerds arriving before Wanda & Desiree]
Lonestar: nope double Ds
Me: 3rd: Wanda & Desiree as Dave & Lori used the wrong entrance
Me: 4th is Dave & Lori
Lonestar: not the double ds
Me: I love the geeks
Me: double ds are far away
Me: i think Ray & Yolanda may be last
Lonestar: there they are
Me: but Double Ds are stuck in traffic
Me: umm... there are two behind them
Lonestar: I wonder how long they had to keep that party going [reacting to the ritual ceremony]
Me: I think they should be called quad Ds
Me: 5th: Lake & Michelle
Me: geez...
Me: i'd say all day
Me: 6th: Joseph and Monica (the arguers)
Me: John is an idiot! what's with the genie power? [they talk about calling on the genie power when something goes wrong]
Me: 7th: Ray and Yolanda
Me: 8th: Fran and Barry
Lonestar: old couple
Me: I think the gay dudes are out
Lonestar: yep
Me: so much for the genie
Me: 9th: Danielle & Dani (double ds)
Me: oh, there is still Lisa and her friend left
Me: this will be close (or edited to seem that way LOL)
Lonestar: yea
Me: tick, tick...
Lonestar: only 6 min left
Me: run you two! [to John and Scott sitting in the cab]
Lonestar: and they still have previews
Me: drama...
Me: 10th: Lisa and Joni (the screamers)
Lonestar: gay guys out
Me: the gay dudes (John and Scott) are out; bummer
Me: How come he said it in English (the welcome) [the Brazilian guy did not say Bem Vindo as he did for the others]
Me: 11th: John and Scott are the last to arrive
Me: at least they get the free trip to Sao
Me: and John flew again
Me: sweet!
Lonestar: yep
Me: aww... how sweet
Me: well, as usual, the aviation events showed the wrong planes; but I think the airlines just want to show their best planes in the footage...
Me: so what do you want to be called in the IM stream?
Lonestar: lonestar
Lonestar: will work
Me: i think they will stay in the Southern Hemisphere for the next one perhaps
Me: i will be theotherguy
Me: LOL
[Feb., 27, 2006] Me: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060227/dam048.html?.v=60
[Feb., 28, 2006] Lonestar: the southwest fares go no where
Lonestar: race is on
Me: hiya
Me: watchin'
Me: r there 2 gay couples?
Lonestar: did you see the city pairs for the $28 special?
Me: no; what are they?
Me: so if u r last u r eliminated [responding to Phil explaining the rules]
Me: good!
Me: no maybes
Lonestar: their has to be non-elimination legs
Me: i guess, but he did not say that...
Me: they will fly Continental I think [in response to the first clue that told them to get to Sao Paolo, Brazil; the racers started in Denver, Colorado]
Me: from IAH
Lonestar: Denver to IAH to San Pabalo
Me: it is the afternoon
Me: so they have time to catch the same day flights from DEN to IAH to SAO
Lonestar: But united must have a flight
Me: or UA to MIA or IAD
Lonestar: none direct out of denver
Me: nope
Lonestar: its their hub
Me: go to www.cruisinaltitude.com for the schedules of the airlines
Lonestar: UA sucks
Me: nope; MA to SAO works better
Lonestar: MA?
Me: MIA
Me: they did this last november i think
Lonestar: would be about right
Me: Choices: UA over IAD
Me: CO over IAH
Me: DL over ATL
Lonestar: dating for 5 years [to Ray and Yolanda being introduced]
Lonestar: give here a ring or move on
Me: AA over DFW
Me: UA over MIA or ORD as well
Me: i know what a dweeb
Me: what a dweeb
Lonestar: this is going to suck next week when i am in oregon
Me: how come?
Lonestar: it wont be on till so late
Me: aargh...
Me: i'll try not to tell u the results
Lonestar: i ve been there
Lonestar: denver airport
Lonestar: it is out in the middle of no where
Me: i love the old couple!
Lonestar: off of open road
Me: yes it is
Lonestar: you always like the old couple
Me: yup
Me: looking for AA348
Me: no longer flying
Me: they have an MD83 AA1406 to DFW
Me: AA416 to DFW
Me: AA1924 to DFW
Lonestar: the gay buddies
Me: more direct flight! LOL
Me: CO498
Me: oh oh [to the couple that called in to make a reservation; which they had to cancel]
Lonestar: now i wonder what happens
Lonestar: do they cancel their reservation
Me: bummer that they took that rule out
Me: yes they will have to or perhaps penalized for it
Me: previous games allowed it
Lonestar: it will be interesting to see how they work it in
Me: yup
Me: CO498 is at 2:30p connecting to CO93 arriving in SAO at 9:55a the next day
Lonestar: don’t forget to update your blog
Me: AA will arrive at 8:52a over DFW
Me: and 9:20a over DFW and MIA
Lonestar: we need character summaries, thoughts
Me: will do; actually thinking of including this conversation if you don't mind
Me: oh i hate doing that
Me: can i just talk about who i like? do i have to do them all?
Me: Internet connection sucks!
Lonestar: for several of these shows i will be on the west coast
Me: UA will arrive at 11:00a over ORD
Me: AA963 [flight numbers been called out by the contestants]
Me: UA861 [flight numbers been called out by the contestants]
Lonestar: Were they referring to their breast size [two of the guys saying they will call two of the girls Double Ds; their names start with Ds and they have big breasts]
Me: arrives at 9:25a
Me: not sure
Me: I think the names
Me: as they both start with D
Lonestar: all i heard was the comment, can we call you double D
Me: John and Scott "Lifelong friends?"
Me: what kind of description is that?
Lonestar: they might be gay
Me: Wanda and Desiree on UA
Lonestar: California gay
Me: Dave and Lori on UA
Lonestar: land of fruits and nuts
Me: that black girl will out run you [said one of the guy contentants]
Me: funny!
Me: Lake and Mitchell on CO
Lonestar: I thought so also
Me: Ray and Yolanda on CO
Me: well they showed the right plane
Me: but a 737 taking off
Lonestar: Monica is cute
Me: shows AA MD80 taking off
Lonestar: John and Scott are so gay
Me: never been to that hotel
Me: love Sao though
Me: dense city but cool
Me: UA does not have a 744 to SAO [to being shown a United Boeing 747-400 landing in what should be Sao Paolo]
Me: LOL
Me: cool she knows Portuguese [to one of the girls speaking Portuguese to the drivers]
Me: not true they arrived first [one of the contestants wondering if they were beaten by the other crew]
Me: big boobs! [finally seeing one of the Double Ds]
Lonestar: but they don’t know that
Me: how PC
Me: now the AA flight landing as a Boeing 777
Lonestar: as I said the Double D is their breast size comment
Me: not from DFW; they use a Boeing 767-300
Me: flattery always works
Lonestar: maybe the schedule has changes
Me: u r correct mon ami!
Me: so the CO flight is last
Me: they did show the correct aircraft landing a Being 767-200
Lonestar: good for them
Me: Phil said they had delays
Lonestar: maybe they [the producers of the show] are learning
Me: Spanish was the universal language of the world! [a comment by one of the ladies; Lori I think]
Lonestar: lady that would more be English
Me: good grief
Me: next clue says to travel 3 miles to Viaduto
Lonestar: most places have a few people who speak English
Me: I guess they will have to jump off the bridge
Lonestar: those two v-ball players are not PC at all
Lonestar: Eric and Jeremy are the V-ball players
Me: they two boys are like Shaggy and Scooby [BJ & his friend]
Me: that they are not [to the not PC comment]
Lonestar: I don’t think they are gay
Me: me neither
Me: soz; i lost my connection
Me: not sure if it is my Airport Express
Lonestar: what did you last get?
Me: crap
Me: huh?
Lonestar: what was the last line of the conversation you got
Lonestar: before you got your internet back
Me: "i dont think they are gay"
Lonestar: Lonestar: they are after the Double D duo [copied the conversation Me missed]
Lonestar: stop flirting and people won’t pass you, think with the head on top your shoulders
Lonestar: E& J are now the Frat boys
Lonestar: Just to update we have Double D's, frat boys, gay guys, hippies, nerds, ken and Barbie [these are the names being blurted out by the contestants for each other]
Lonestar: the black team
Lonestar: who am I missing?
Lonestar: Amazon sisters
Lonestar: Mom and daughter
Lonestar: I would take the flight, it would be so much fun [to the detour where they get to take a helicopter or assemble a bike]
Me: me neither [to the “don’t think they are gay comment]
Me: soz; i lost my connection
Me: not sure if it my Airport Express
Lonestar: what did you last get?
Me: crap
Me: huh?
Lonestar: what was the last line of the conversation
Me: the last line was "I dont think they are gay"
Lonestar: i just pasted in what i said while you were sleeping
Me: lol
Lonestar: it was a recap of the what the team nicknames are
Me: i think you got them
Me: i would take the flight of course
Me: never done a helicopter
Lonestar: so would i
Lonestar: not a doubt
Me: not mechanically included
Me: the problem is not the helicopter
Lonestar: i have several times [flown on a helicopter]
Me: it is identifying the building
Lonestar: flew over DB in one [a city in Florida]
Me: all the bldgs in Sao look alike
Me: oh really? [to the flew over DB in one comment]
Lonestar: I think all they have to do is pick it out of a book
Me: never done a glider nor a helicopter
Me: oic
Lonestar: never done a glider
Me: neither
Me: why can't they find the box? [to the old couple wandering pass the box on the bridge]
Me: they walked right by it
Me: u think they would have seen the camera pointing o it
Lonestar: i missed that part
Me: BJ & Tyler - Best Friends
Me: the older couple cannot find the clue on the bridge
Me: is that double Ds
Lonestar: its double Ds
Me: "lifelong friends" how about “gay guys” for the description for John and Scott?
Me: geez
Lonestar: is that Scott and whoever
Me: Sao is a really difficult city to navigate
Me: yes
Me: they need a twist [the show needs some spunk]
Me: funny as the airport in RIO is called Santos Dumont
Me: the local airport
Me: it is too hard to follow 22 people!
Me: at least the helicopters have the correct registrations
Me: of course they signed their lives away LOL
Lonestar: nerds, yes that is a helicopter [the nerdy couple was asking if that is a helicopter]
Me: LOL
Lonestar: and no flying in a helicopter is not the trip of a life time [to BJ & Tyler’s comment]
Lonestar: $50 at the grand Caynon
Me: those are cute helicopters
[at the almost one hour mark] Lonestar: did you see this is two hours
Me: they just had the trip of a lifetime; flying to SAO from the U.S.
Me: well, i assumed so since this the opening show
Me: it usually is
Me: doubles ds are putting a bike together?
Me: Fran and Barry still lookin'!
Me: geez
Lonestar: that is what i was thinking
Me: stop worrying about why you missed it; just go! [to Fran and Barry worrying that they will now lose]
Me: see they just got to 8th place [to being showed the 8th place contestant arriving at the bridge to pickup the clue]
Me: these are the people on the Continental flight
Me: ok those two will be fighting before it is over
Lonestar: he is the jerk of the show
Me: "don't second guess me"
Lonestar: another Bryan i think his name was [a guy from a previous show]
Me: good attitude ladies [Lori and her friends bitching about something]
Me: I think so
Me: God; the gay guys are still sitting around [they seemed to have been stuck in traffic]
Me: so two Americans get out of a taxi in Sao
Me: how smart was that?
Me: give the gay guys the booby prize
Lonestar: they are OUT
Lonestar: and not of the closet
Lonestar: they have been that for a while
Me: LOL
Me: I so hear you
Me: I mean u r in a strange country and you get out of the cab in a strange neighborhood
Me: how stupid
Me: the producers must have been going nuts at that moment
Lonestar: yea
Me: hey which commercial are u seeing? [commercial break]
Me: zetia?
Lonestar: a movie
Me: no; some drug
Lonestar: special ops
Me: ok
Lonestar: type
Me: now they are showing the shorts for a tv show, the unit
Me: a new show
Lonestar: the unit
Lonestar: a new show
Me: and now taco cabana commercial?
Lonestar: nope Toyota
Me: so they have local ads as opposed to national
Me: Toyota now
Me: so not in the same order
Me: of course now the Mercedes ad
Me: do they really need to advertise Mercedes?
Me: http://www.archidose.org/May04/051004-pic.html [This is the place hey get their first clue in Sao]
Me: The gay dudes again
Lonestar: cool building
Me: Lisa and Joni are the negatives ladies
Me: yup
Me: i do love the city
Lonestar: frat boys in the lead
Me: just never seen it though
Me: yup
Me: how the heck did they find that clue?
Me: the next clue says travel 5 miles to santa cecelia
Lonestar: where was it?
Me: frat boys are first
Me: BJ & Tyler second
Lonestar: wow that one would be tough
Me: it was under the stairs
Me: 'Dude is this the most James Bond thing you've ever done"
Me: ? [says BJ & Tyler]
Me: they are having the times of their lives BJ & Tyler
Me: this may be the first time out of the US for them; sweet
Me: Dave and Lori is kind of an odd couple...
Me: ok they are an odd couple
Me: Wanda & Desiree is 4th after doing the helicopter on the roof thing
Me: i wonder how double ds are doing with the bike
Me: ?
Lonestar: i wonder also
Lonestar: i wonder what guy helped them out
Me: well they paid that guy they met and he left
Me: i think they gave him 2 bucks
Me: of course he would leave them lol
Lonestar: good or bad pay?
Me: i doubt it; it is in reals
Lonestar: i don’t know anything about their economics
Me: but two bucks?
Me: please
Me: well; how about a five or a ten?
Me: get out of the car and walk people [reaction to the cab driver passing the airport with the helicopters]
Me: amigo? [to the couple calling the driver that name]
Me: how about Sir?
Lonestar: is that the doctor and his wife?
Lonestar: the "right"
Me: so why would two girls decide to do the bike?
Me: ironic how they [the older couple] are thinking of helping the girls and the girls left them when they were looking for the clue
Me: gracias?
Me: how about obrigado?
Me: good karma is good.
Me: did u see that ass shot?
Me: of the black girl?
Me: dude chill [to the camera looking at the black guy’s expression]
Me: the black guy is getting jealous; dude your girl is hot, just face it
Lonestar: the frosties
Me: dude; you just flew two flights about 6,000 miles; get over the fear of flying bit [to John freaking out about the helicopter and his fear of flying]
Lonestar: but this time it is in helicopter
Me: 3 point turn in a chopper? [to one of the couples saying that]
Lonestar: yea
Me: true; but get over it
Me: there is a million dollars at stake
Lonestar: that did not take long
Me: so is "dude" a unisex phrase now? [to the doctor calling his wife “dude”]
Lonestar: not yet their is a million dollars
Me: mojo-Wanda and Desiree
Me: did u get that one?
Me: i like the geeks though
Me: although they are weird
Lonestar: the geeks are cute
Lonestar: that is cool how many building have heliports
Me: didn't they have a plan for the bike building to follow?
Lonestar: i don’t think so
Me: why don't Fran and Barry just leave and go to the next stunt? [they could not put the bike together]
Me: Sao has lots of tall bldgs; that is why
Me: u should head down there
Me: sweet!
Me: Lake and Michelle is the first to get the bike done
Lonestar: yea
Lonestar: moves them back up
Lonestar: don’t think like that
Me: Fran and Barry need to leave the bikes and go to the helicopter
Lonestar: what about Double Ds
Me: they went to the helicopter; they ditched the bike
Lonestar: no they stayed
Me: did u get the place to text RACE to? [there was an ad on TV to do this]
Lonestar: they were outside when Ken and Barbie left
Me: nope they left when Fran and her husband showed up
Lonestar: nope
Me: well they said they were leaving
Lonestar: but then they stayed
Me: idiots
Lonestar: and continued working
Me: maybe it is 'cause the guys were whistling at them
Lonestar: thinking they could cheat off Fran
Me: oic
Lonestar: I can’t watch that Thursday i have not seen the last 2-3 weeks
Lonestar: Survivor
Lonestar: the Olympics screwed up my TV watching
Me: i've never watched Survior
Me: oh did it?
Me: i did miss a few shows as well
Me: but the Olympics was well worth it
Lonestar: we did well, beat those Canadians
Me: hey, i like the Canadians
Lonestar: I like two of the
Me: well it took Fran and her husband that long to change their minds
Lonestar: them
Lonestar:
Me: see double ds are not there at all
Lonestar:
Lonestar: ok
Lonestar: you were right
Me: ok; enough of the drama now
Me: see there is double ds doing the chopper now
Me:
Lonestar: yes yes yes, i was wrong, the great You was right again
Lonestar: the gay guys still have not found the bike/airport
Me: they [the show] need an overhead map
Me: so you can see where everyone is
Me: well; i've been wrong before...
Me: LOL
Me: they just got turned away from the gate
Lonestar: what happened to the black couple?
Me: i wonder if they have 11 clues on the roofs?
Lonestar: funny
Me: well 10
Me: the black couple is fixing the bike
Me: ok enough of that screaming [Lori and her friend screaming]
Me: Fran reminds me of Meredith from a few shows ago
Lonestar: yea
Lonestar: that is who it reminds me of
Lonestar: r they last?
Me: the bigger guy [John] just won’t give the other guy a chance to contribute at all
Me: nope; the gay guys are
Lonestar: of course one is the dom and the other the sub
Me: LOL
Me: remember this will be on a blog; so be nice...
Lonestar: you have to change the SN on this if you post it
Me: of course i will
Me: LOL
Me: if they work together it would be so much better;
Me: so back to my location indicator; they need one
Me: just telling me who is in what place is not enough
Me: i want to see an overview of where is everyone
Lonestar: yes, and time stamps at the major points so we can see who is behind and ahead and by how much
Me: maybe an interactive web site that i can go to during the telecast
Me: exactly
Lonestar: that won’t happen
Me: i know due to the time zones
Lonestar: ruin it for the west coast folk
Lonestar: s
Me: but you could set it up so that you can only access it from a certain time zone
Me: lost connection again
Me: drama from the gay guys
Lonestar: always
Me: ok; i could not do the snake thing [as they walk into this ritual and someone has a snake]
Lonestar is using a different version of Yahoo! Messenger with BT Communicator.
Certain features may be unavailable.
Lonestar: wb
Me: lost connection again
Me: thx
Me: glad John got it together [as he got on the helicopter and relaxed]
Me: see the last one will be eliminated [to Phil saying that the next stop is the pit stop]
Me: so who is last now?
Lonestar: i think the black couple
Me: pit stop is at the football stadium
Me: did u see the homeless guy sleeping on the street as the camera panned by?
Me: possibly
Me: Lisa and Joni (the screamers) are just landing
Me: The producers love the drama
Lonestar: yes they do
Me: i wonder what is their prize for this trip?
Lonestar: gotta love mark burnett
Me: yup
Me: he keeps us watching...
Me: u'd better get online next week so we can blog the show again
Me: well; IM
Me: did u see the Apple announcement today?
Lonestar: yes i did
Lonestar: but the price went up
Lonestar: i will be in Oregon
Lonestar: so i will be 2 hours late
Me: crap;
Me: the price of what?
Me: the boom box or the mac mini
Me: i hope the screamers get eliminated; I've had enough of them...
Me: so
Lonestar: the following week i will be home
Lonestar: week 3
Me: 1st: Derrick & Jeremy winning $10,000 each [as they arrive at the Stadium by taxi]
Lonestar: second
Me: ok so we will have to get the IM going again
Lonestar: get squat
Me: 2nd: BJ & Tyler winning nothing LOL u r right
Lonestar: nerds in third
Lonestar: that rhymes
Me: 3rd: Dave & Lori the geeks; well maybe [editing showed the nerds arriving before Wanda & Desiree]
Lonestar: nope double Ds
Me: 3rd: Wanda & Desiree as Dave & Lori used the wrong entrance
Me: 4th is Dave & Lori
Lonestar: not the double ds
Me: I love the geeks
Me: double ds are far away
Me: i think Ray & Yolanda may be last
Lonestar: there they are
Me: but Double Ds are stuck in traffic
Me: umm... there are two behind them
Lonestar: I wonder how long they had to keep that party going [reacting to the ritual ceremony]
Me: I think they should be called quad Ds
Me: 5th: Lake & Michelle
Me: geez...
Me: i'd say all day
Me: 6th: Joseph and Monica (the arguers)
Me: John is an idiot! what's with the genie power? [they talk about calling on the genie power when something goes wrong]
Me: 7th: Ray and Yolanda
Me: 8th: Fran and Barry
Lonestar: old couple
Me: I think the gay dudes are out
Lonestar: yep
Me: so much for the genie
Me: 9th: Danielle & Dani (double ds)
Me: oh, there is still Lisa and her friend left
Me: this will be close (or edited to seem that way LOL)
Lonestar: yea
Me: tick, tick...
Lonestar: only 6 min left
Me: run you two! [to John and Scott sitting in the cab]
Lonestar: and they still have previews
Me: drama...
Me: 10th: Lisa and Joni (the screamers)
Lonestar: gay guys out
Me: the gay dudes (John and Scott) are out; bummer
Me: How come he said it in English (the welcome) [the Brazilian guy did not say Bem Vindo as he did for the others]
Me: 11th: John and Scott are the last to arrive
Me: at least they get the free trip to Sao
Me: and John flew again
Me: sweet!
Lonestar: yep
Me: aww... how sweet
Me: well, as usual, the aviation events showed the wrong planes; but I think the airlines just want to show their best planes in the footage...
Me: so what do you want to be called in the IM stream?
Lonestar: lonestar
Lonestar: will work
Me: i think they will stay in the Southern Hemisphere for the next one perhaps
Me: i will be theotherguy
Me: LOL
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Amazing Race 8 - Episode 4
O.K. They preluded this episode with a statement that the scenes were filmed in Louisiana and Alabama before Hurricane Katrina and Rita passed through.
It was interesting, I am sure creepy for the affected families who lived there, to see downtown New Orleans sans water...
One thing that is sick about this whole show is how bad some American families are... Again, I'd never talk to my parents the way some of these kids do.
Still another dull episode of listening to families bitch at each other. In the end the family that lost is the one that did not keep it together and sadly enough they were from Louisiana.
Let's hope they fly somewhere next week, sigh...
It was interesting, I am sure creepy for the affected families who lived there, to see downtown New Orleans sans water...
One thing that is sick about this whole show is how bad some American families are... Again, I'd never talk to my parents the way some of these kids do.
Still another dull episode of listening to families bitch at each other. In the end the family that lost is the one that did not keep it together and sadly enough they were from Louisiana.
Let's hope they fly somewhere next week, sigh...
Amazing Race 8 - Episode 3
O.K. It continues to be dull, ut this week, they actually do some flying; geez...
Well, it started with them in some town at about 2:26 a.m. Today, they had to fly from Washington-Dulles airport in Sterling, Virginia (IAD) to Charleston, SC (CHS).
In Dulles, they showed Independence Air taking off using the correct aircraft type. However, they did show a US Aurways Embraer E-170 taking off as opposed to the Boeing 737 that they boarded.
One thing was odd though is that they showed one of the families in an airplane that was not one of the ones at the airport; the interior of the airplane was definitel that of a Continental aircraft. They really need a proper aviation consultant :-).
Once in Charleston, they showed the correct airplane arriving for Independence Air; kind of hard to screw that one up as they only have two aircraft types. They also did good by showing the same type of aircraft for US Airways that left Dulles arriving in Charlotte; kudos. However, United got cheated as they did not show their plane landing.
Well, it started with them in some town at about 2:26 a.m. Today, they had to fly from Washington-Dulles airport in Sterling, Virginia (IAD) to Charleston, SC (CHS).
In Dulles, they showed Independence Air taking off using the correct aircraft type. However, they did show a US Aurways Embraer E-170 taking off as opposed to the Boeing 737 that they boarded.
One thing was odd though is that they showed one of the families in an airplane that was not one of the ones at the airport; the interior of the airplane was definitel that of a Continental aircraft. They really need a proper aviation consultant :-).
Once in Charleston, they showed the correct airplane arriving for Independence Air; kind of hard to screw that one up as they only have two aircraft types. They also did good by showing the same type of aircraft for US Airways that left Dulles arriving in Charlotte; kudos. However, United got cheated as they did not show their plane landing.
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Amazing Race 8 - Episode 1
Well, the new Race started on Tuesday, September 27, 2005. In one word, "boring."
There were no aviation segments as they started in New York, made their way to Soho then to 91st Street across the George Washington Bridge to Pennsylvania, where they are staying until next week's show.
O.K. there are 10 families of four persons each. Some are a little mismatched as there are kids and parents, young and older kids as well as annoying moms and very rude older children. If I spoke to my parents in that manner, I'd be slapped before I even thought of the word to say. Oh, wait, I would never even think of talking in that manner to my parents. How these parents put up with such crap from their kids is beyond me.
The funniest part I think is that there is a black family whose last name is Black. Just hilarious. I am sure the producers planned this; silly I think, but funny anyways. I do wonder how come the families are not more diverse though, no Asian or Hispanic familes; come on, tons of people audition for this show, don't tell me there were no Asian nor Hispanic families that "qualified?"
This is America, so I think we should be a little more diverse.
Even worst, the Black family lost so they are out of it now.
Will see how next week's episode comes out.
There were no aviation segments as they started in New York, made their way to Soho then to 91st Street across the George Washington Bridge to Pennsylvania, where they are staying until next week's show.
O.K. there are 10 families of four persons each. Some are a little mismatched as there are kids and parents, young and older kids as well as annoying moms and very rude older children. If I spoke to my parents in that manner, I'd be slapped before I even thought of the word to say. Oh, wait, I would never even think of talking in that manner to my parents. How these parents put up with such crap from their kids is beyond me.
The funniest part I think is that there is a black family whose last name is Black. Just hilarious. I am sure the producers planned this; silly I think, but funny anyways. I do wonder how come the families are not more diverse though, no Asian or Hispanic familes; come on, tons of people audition for this show, don't tell me there were no Asian nor Hispanic families that "qualified?"
This is America, so I think we should be a little more diverse.
Even worst, the Black family lost so they are out of it now.
Will see how next week's episode comes out.
Wednesday, May 11, 2005
Episodes 11/12 - The Final Episodes
When we last saw our contestants they were in London, England. The show opened up with them getting instructions for their next leg of the journey and sure enough I was right, they were heading to Jamaica. Sadly, they showed a NW Boeing 747 landing in KIN when Phil was talking about the next clue. This was the same shot they used in earlier episodes. They did show an Air Jamaica Airbus A340 flying though (a little redemption).
The first team, Rob and Amber picked up there clue and left at 2:47 a.m. and headed for London-Heathrow International (LHR), destination, Kingston, Jamaica (KIN). Of course, leaving at this time everyone will catch up with them. Seems kind of pointless sometimes to win a leg, but oftentimes there are rewards.
I had been thinking about this since last week. How would they get to Kingston? Naturally, I check my eSkyGuide timetable and they had a few choices, British Airways (BA) from London-Gatwick (LGW) or Air Jamaica from Heathrow nonstop or American Airlines connecting via Miami, Florida (MIA). Actually they had many connecting opportunities if they wanted to use multiple carriers. But I think Air Jamaica were the sponsors of this particular round as they showed the Air Jamaica A340 flying when they mentioned that the teams had to fly to Jamaica. I can't quite remember if the instructions said to fly from London to Kingston or from London-Heathrow to Kingston.
The BA flight is seasonal and does not operate at the time of year I think this was filmed.
Well, they got to Heathrow and of course at that time of the morning there are no flights to Jamaica. The only flight apparently was JM2 at 12:40 p.m. This flight actually goes to Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ) and then continues on to Kingston, arriving at 7:15 p.m. I am assuming that this was filmed in November last year; not sure. Otherwise, the flight times are slightly different.
They arrived in Kingston at night and headed for the beach where they had to do their next task a limbo. This determined what time the next morning they would have to leave.
It was quite an adventure ad Rob and Amber got pulled over by the Police and Uchena and Joyce who had the lead had a flat tire and ended up losing the lead.
We actually got to see a lot more of the airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ) as Uchena and Joyce was the last to finish at the last pit stop and were stripped of all their belongings. So they had to go to the airport at about 2:45 a.m in the morning after begging a local guy a drive. at the airport, they asked customers who were at the airport way too early for money. they were unsuccessful at first, but eventually as the morning wore on they got luckier and amassed some money.
Once the teams completed the day's task which was to collect 50 onions and take them to a Jerk Pork stall and cut them into small pieces, it was time to fly to San Juan, Puerto (SJU) from Montego Bay (MBJ). The producers then showed an American Airlines Boeing 757 taking off and landing in what I guess was Montego Bay and San Juan.
Now, here is where the show took a great leap. There is no jet service between Montego Bay and San Juan, Puerto Rico. To do this, you must first go to Miami, Florida (MIA) and then take another plane to San Juan, Puerto Rico. So this is what all three teams had to do.
Rob and Amber were the first at the airport as Air Jamaica JM23 was leaving for Miami. They tried to buy tickets and the agent told them that due to security reasons they could not get on the flight. at 9:15 a.m. They were furious and if looks could kill... Of course the Air Jamaica employees, kept their steadfast look and said No.
So he ran over to the American Counter and got a ticket on the AA858, the 9:54 a.m. flight to Miami. AA858 is usually the first flight out, at about 8:01 a.m., but they were in luck as the agent said it was delayed and was leaving at 9:54 a.m. Otherwise they would have had to wait for the next flight and Ron and Kelly would have caught up with them.
Of course they showed an Airbus taking off from MBJ (wrong) and a Boeing 757 landing in SJU. Geez...
For the second flight with Ron and Kelly, took AA1152 and then connected to AA1299. They showed a Boeing 757 taking off for second flight and a Boeing 757 landing in SJU, which is totally plausible so they did good there.
Finally, Uchena and Joyce took the 4:58 p.m. AA flight. They got lucky as this was the last flight that would properly connect to SJU. The producers showed a 757 taking off and another landing in SJU. OK there.
In true Amazing Race style, they all met up in San Juan, actually Aguadilla so they could jump off a bridge. After that, they were to board a plane to MIA.
At the airport, Rob got there first and was able to get on the earlier flight after buying a ticket for the 11:15 a.m. and then standing by for the 10:00 a.m. He and Amber got on and they closed the door on the Airbus A300, pulled the gate and then Uchena and Joyce asked if they could get on and the Captain said Yes. Go figure...
They then showed an American Airlines Boeing 757 taking off and landing in Miami, sigh...
Once Ron and Kelly showed up, they got on the Boeing 737-800, which they showed, but end up showing a Boeing 757-200 landing in Miami.
That was the last aviation event of the show as the three teams tried to get to Benet House in Fort Lauderdale for the finale.
Congrats to Uchena and Joyce for outwitting Rob and Amber to win the $1M! Bad on CBS for having really bad continuity throughout the show and having viewers having to try and figure out the aviation aspects of the show. I think that a better job of that could be done.
Looking forward to the next one.
The first team, Rob and Amber picked up there clue and left at 2:47 a.m. and headed for London-Heathrow International (LHR), destination, Kingston, Jamaica (KIN). Of course, leaving at this time everyone will catch up with them. Seems kind of pointless sometimes to win a leg, but oftentimes there are rewards.
I had been thinking about this since last week. How would they get to Kingston? Naturally, I check my eSkyGuide timetable and they had a few choices, British Airways (BA) from London-Gatwick (LGW) or Air Jamaica from Heathrow nonstop or American Airlines connecting via Miami, Florida (MIA). Actually they had many connecting opportunities if they wanted to use multiple carriers. But I think Air Jamaica were the sponsors of this particular round as they showed the Air Jamaica A340 flying when they mentioned that the teams had to fly to Jamaica. I can't quite remember if the instructions said to fly from London to Kingston or from London-Heathrow to Kingston.
The BA flight is seasonal and does not operate at the time of year I think this was filmed.
Well, they got to Heathrow and of course at that time of the morning there are no flights to Jamaica. The only flight apparently was JM2 at 12:40 p.m. This flight actually goes to Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ) and then continues on to Kingston, arriving at 7:15 p.m. I am assuming that this was filmed in November last year; not sure. Otherwise, the flight times are slightly different.
They arrived in Kingston at night and headed for the beach where they had to do their next task a limbo. This determined what time the next morning they would have to leave.
It was quite an adventure ad Rob and Amber got pulled over by the Police and Uchena and Joyce who had the lead had a flat tire and ended up losing the lead.
We actually got to see a lot more of the airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ) as Uchena and Joyce was the last to finish at the last pit stop and were stripped of all their belongings. So they had to go to the airport at about 2:45 a.m in the morning after begging a local guy a drive. at the airport, they asked customers who were at the airport way too early for money. they were unsuccessful at first, but eventually as the morning wore on they got luckier and amassed some money.
Once the teams completed the day's task which was to collect 50 onions and take them to a Jerk Pork stall and cut them into small pieces, it was time to fly to San Juan, Puerto (SJU) from Montego Bay (MBJ). The producers then showed an American Airlines Boeing 757 taking off and landing in what I guess was Montego Bay and San Juan.
Now, here is where the show took a great leap. There is no jet service between Montego Bay and San Juan, Puerto Rico. To do this, you must first go to Miami, Florida (MIA) and then take another plane to San Juan, Puerto Rico. So this is what all three teams had to do.
Rob and Amber were the first at the airport as Air Jamaica JM23 was leaving for Miami. They tried to buy tickets and the agent told them that due to security reasons they could not get on the flight. at 9:15 a.m. They were furious and if looks could kill... Of course the Air Jamaica employees, kept their steadfast look and said No.
So he ran over to the American Counter and got a ticket on the AA858, the 9:54 a.m. flight to Miami. AA858 is usually the first flight out, at about 8:01 a.m., but they were in luck as the agent said it was delayed and was leaving at 9:54 a.m. Otherwise they would have had to wait for the next flight and Ron and Kelly would have caught up with them.
Of course they showed an Airbus taking off from MBJ (wrong) and a Boeing 757 landing in SJU. Geez...
For the second flight with Ron and Kelly, took AA1152 and then connected to AA1299. They showed a Boeing 757 taking off for second flight and a Boeing 757 landing in SJU, which is totally plausible so they did good there.
Finally, Uchena and Joyce took the 4:58 p.m. AA flight. They got lucky as this was the last flight that would properly connect to SJU. The producers showed a 757 taking off and another landing in SJU. OK there.
In true Amazing Race style, they all met up in San Juan, actually Aguadilla so they could jump off a bridge. After that, they were to board a plane to MIA.
At the airport, Rob got there first and was able to get on the earlier flight after buying a ticket for the 11:15 a.m. and then standing by for the 10:00 a.m. He and Amber got on and they closed the door on the Airbus A300, pulled the gate and then Uchena and Joyce asked if they could get on and the Captain said Yes. Go figure...
They then showed an American Airlines Boeing 757 taking off and landing in Miami, sigh...
Once Ron and Kelly showed up, they got on the Boeing 737-800, which they showed, but end up showing a Boeing 757-200 landing in Miami.
That was the last aviation event of the show as the three teams tried to get to Benet House in Fort Lauderdale for the finale.
Congrats to Uchena and Joyce for outwitting Rob and Amber to win the $1M! Bad on CBS for having really bad continuity throughout the show and having viewers having to try and figure out the aviation aspects of the show. I think that a better job of that could be done.
Looking forward to the next one.
Episode 10
This week, the teams had to make their way from Istanbul, Turkey (IST) to London, England (LHR/LGW). They all arrived at about midnight and found out that the next flight was the 8:30 a.m. nonstop flight on Turkish Airlines (TK) which departed the next day arriving at 10:30 a.m.
Well, Rob was not satisfied based on his previous performance when his actions caused Uchena, Joyce, Meredith and Gretchen to catch an earlier flight, so he found an airport employee's Internet access and discovered that Lufthansa (LH) had a flight at 5:50 a.m. that connected in Frankfurt (FRA) arriving at 9:00 a.m. The only problem was that the connecting flight was full. Ron and Kelly also took this flight and followed Rob and Amber. Rob and Kelly got lucky as since they arrived last, they were stricken of all their stuff and had to beg money to get a cab to the train station for their mission.
In the meantime, the others took the TK Airbus A310 nonstop flight. The eSkyGuide timetable showed that there was also an Aeroflot (SU) flight over Moscow (SVO) that would have arrived at 9:30 a.m. A visa would have been required for Moscow, so I don't know if they had one.
I could not find the Turkish Airlines flight on my eSkyGuide, but I did find the Lufthansa flights. I went to http://www.turkishairlines.com to check and it was there of course.
The continuity problems continued when they showed a Turkish Airlines (TK) Boeing 737 landing at the airport in what should be London-Heathrow (LHR). Not correct at all.
They also end up showing a Boeing 737 taking off when Rob, Kelly, Amber and Ron departed instead of the Airbus A321 and then a LH Boeing 737 landing in FRA; sigh...
They then showed a LH A340 landing in Heathrow, which does not occur; it should have been a Airbus A300-600R.
Ron uttered a comment when he arrived in London that of course not too cool "thank God we are in a country where people actually speak English." says the POW. What is that supposed to mean?
When the others arrived, they showed a TK Boeing 737-800 landing in LHR when the flights is actually on an A310. This was the last of the aviation events in this episode.
At the end of this episode, Gretchen and Meredith were eliminated. Great competitors, despite Gretchen's constant whining.
Well, Rob was not satisfied based on his previous performance when his actions caused Uchena, Joyce, Meredith and Gretchen to catch an earlier flight, so he found an airport employee's Internet access and discovered that Lufthansa (LH) had a flight at 5:50 a.m. that connected in Frankfurt (FRA) arriving at 9:00 a.m. The only problem was that the connecting flight was full. Ron and Kelly also took this flight and followed Rob and Amber. Rob and Kelly got lucky as since they arrived last, they were stricken of all their stuff and had to beg money to get a cab to the train station for their mission.
In the meantime, the others took the TK Airbus A310 nonstop flight. The eSkyGuide timetable showed that there was also an Aeroflot (SU) flight over Moscow (SVO) that would have arrived at 9:30 a.m. A visa would have been required for Moscow, so I don't know if they had one.
I could not find the Turkish Airlines flight on my eSkyGuide, but I did find the Lufthansa flights. I went to http://www.turkishairlines.com to check and it was there of course.
The continuity problems continued when they showed a Turkish Airlines (TK) Boeing 737 landing at the airport in what should be London-Heathrow (LHR). Not correct at all.
They also end up showing a Boeing 737 taking off when Rob, Kelly, Amber and Ron departed instead of the Airbus A321 and then a LH Boeing 737 landing in FRA; sigh...
They then showed a LH A340 landing in Heathrow, which does not occur; it should have been a Airbus A300-600R.
Ron uttered a comment when he arrived in London that of course not too cool "thank God we are in a country where people actually speak English." says the POW. What is that supposed to mean?
When the others arrived, they showed a TK Boeing 737-800 landing in LHR when the flights is actually on an A310. This was the last of the aviation events in this episode.
At the end of this episode, Gretchen and Meredith were eliminated. Great competitors, despite Gretchen's constant whining.
Episode 9
Teams now had to fly to Istanbul, Turkey (IST) from Jaipur, India (JAI). Naturally, I grabbed my eSkyGuide timetable once more. It did not have schedules for the JAI to DEL portion, so I checked Indian Airlines' site and found a schedule. The producers chose to show an MD-80 and a Boeing 747 flying, when they talked about the journey.
Rob had an off the cuff comment at one point: I'm so over India," now what is that supposed to mean? Well, I'm so over these contestant and their crappy comments. One should be thankful.
Basically, their routing had to be Jaipur to Delhi to Istanbul. They all arrived in Delhi the same time. It looked like they took Indian Airlines (IC http://indian-airlines.nic.in/scripts/index.asp). The showed an Airbus A320 taking off which is possible as they have A320s and Boeing 737 flying the route. Now really bad, they showed a Northwest Boeing 747 landing in Delhi!
In Delhi, it was kind of a rush to find the best way to get to Istanbul. Rob and Amber went to buy their tickets on the nonstop Turkish Airlines (TK) flight. Gretchen was walking by Rob and he joked that if they had booked on the earlier flight? Well, Gretchen told Uchena and he started calling around. And of course, there was a flight that went via Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB) to Istanbul. It would arrive at 6:30 a.m. 1h 15 minutes before the nonstop flight. Only drawback, is that they would have to leave at 8 p.m. This is a race afterall.
So Rob, Ron, Kelly and Amber left on the 4:00 a.m. TK1071 nonstop flight that arrived at 8:45 a.m. They were actually surprised not to see the others on the flight and spent a few hours wondering where they were until they found out from one of the boat drivers in Istanbul that the others had already passed by.
They end up showing a Boeing 767 taking off and also showed a Asiana Boeing 747 flying as well as an Austrian Airlines MD-80 landing in Istanbul, all incorrect and had nothing to do with the aircraft type or airlines they were flying.
There was no mention of the airlines being flown on the DEL-DXB-IST routing, which would have been Gulf Air (GF) based on the departure times; 8 p.m. this flight actually connected through Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AUH) to get to Dubai. Dubai to Istanbul was perhaps on Turkish Airlines A310-300 TK1165.
I hate it when I have to guess the routings. Why can't they just tell us?
That was it for aviation items for this episode.
Rob had an off the cuff comment at one point: I'm so over India," now what is that supposed to mean? Well, I'm so over these contestant and their crappy comments. One should be thankful.
Basically, their routing had to be Jaipur to Delhi to Istanbul. They all arrived in Delhi the same time. It looked like they took Indian Airlines (IC http://indian-airlines.nic.in/scripts/index.asp). The showed an Airbus A320 taking off which is possible as they have A320s and Boeing 737 flying the route. Now really bad, they showed a Northwest Boeing 747 landing in Delhi!
In Delhi, it was kind of a rush to find the best way to get to Istanbul. Rob and Amber went to buy their tickets on the nonstop Turkish Airlines (TK) flight. Gretchen was walking by Rob and he joked that if they had booked on the earlier flight? Well, Gretchen told Uchena and he started calling around. And of course, there was a flight that went via Dubai, United Arab Emirates (DXB) to Istanbul. It would arrive at 6:30 a.m. 1h 15 minutes before the nonstop flight. Only drawback, is that they would have to leave at 8 p.m. This is a race afterall.
So Rob, Ron, Kelly and Amber left on the 4:00 a.m. TK1071 nonstop flight that arrived at 8:45 a.m. They were actually surprised not to see the others on the flight and spent a few hours wondering where they were until they found out from one of the boat drivers in Istanbul that the others had already passed by.
They end up showing a Boeing 767 taking off and also showed a Asiana Boeing 747 flying as well as an Austrian Airlines MD-80 landing in Istanbul, all incorrect and had nothing to do with the aircraft type or airlines they were flying.
There was no mention of the airlines being flown on the DEL-DXB-IST routing, which would have been Gulf Air (GF) based on the departure times; 8 p.m. this flight actually connected through Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (AUH) to get to Dubai. Dubai to Istanbul was perhaps on Turkish Airlines A310-300 TK1165.
I hate it when I have to guess the routings. Why can't they just tell us?
That was it for aviation items for this episode.
Updates Coming
Sorry for the lag in updates. They are forthcoming... Tune in later tonight for the commentary on the last three episodes.
Wednesday, April 20, 2005
Episode 8
Well the new episode was quite good, picking up right where they left off last week. There were no aviation aspects this week though as they were running around India.
We did lose the couple Lynn and Alex as they went to the wrong castle for the pit spot. This gave Gretchen and Meredith time to catch up to them, sparing elimination. Uchena and Joyce did the fast forward which cost Joyce her locks as she had to do an Indian ritual that required her to shave her head. Lucky for Uchena his head was already shaved. Not to be outdone, Rob and Amber came in third behind the POW and the beauty queen who are just not right for each other, as each week shows.
I'm guessing that next week they will head to somewhere in Europe as they seem to have wrapped up their Indian adventure.
Somehow this episode was kind of a yawn.
We did lose the couple Lynn and Alex as they went to the wrong castle for the pit spot. This gave Gretchen and Meredith time to catch up to them, sparing elimination. Uchena and Joyce did the fast forward which cost Joyce her locks as she had to do an Indian ritual that required her to shave her head. Lucky for Uchena his head was already shaved. Not to be outdone, Rob and Amber came in third behind the POW and the beauty queen who are just not right for each other, as each week shows.
I'm guessing that next week they will head to somewhere in Europe as they seem to have wrapped up their Indian adventure.
Somehow this episode was kind of a yawn.
Thursday, April 14, 2005
Episode 7
By far, this was the most confusing episode ever!
It all started with the teams leaving Botswana for Lucknow, India (LKO). I had never heard of this city, so of course I went to Google to find a map of India. Well, Lucknow was not on it; sigh... But here is a link to a map of the small town: http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/uttarpradesh/Lucknow-city-map.htm. I looked on Air India's site and realized that it is Southeast of New Delhi. Here is a link to Air India's route map: http://www.airindia.com/page.asp?pageid=89.
I tried to use my timetable from SkyGuide, but that did not find Lucknow as it is not served by major carriers it seems. This one was going to be tough...
Here is what they had to do:
1). Get on a charter flight to Francistown, Botswana (FRW) from the game reserve where they were
2). Once in FRW, they had to get to LKO.
The Race producers tried to explain how they would get there, but failed to mention that they had to go back to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB). The route map they showed actually showed a line from Francistown directly to Lucknow, LOL.
As it turns out, here is the routing they took:
Francistown, Botswana (FRW) to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) on Air Botswana
Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) on South African Airways to Mumbai, India (BOM)
Mumbai, India (BOM) to Delhi, India (DEL) can't tell on which carrier possibly Air India
Delhi, India (DEL) to Lucknow, India (LKO) can't tell on which carrier either, possibly with Indian Airlines or Air India again, depending on the day of week they got there
They could have also done Mumbai to Luknow on Indian Airlines, but it is possible that there were no seats available. There are also daily flights from Delhi to Lucknow on Indian Airlines.
This was quite the journey. LKO is not served daily by Air India
You can check out their schedule here at http://www.airindia.co.in/yatrik/ytimetable.html.
The ride from the resort to Francistown was on a Cessna Caravan that was at least registered in Botswana.
At Francistown, they had to buy their tickets for the rest of the journey. This was intersting as there was just one agent there to help. So half of the team worked with her and the other half got on a cell phone and called some travel agent and got their tickets booked.
My timetable program does not have schedules for Air Botswana, but the Race producers did well, as they did show Air Botswana's ATR being boarded and also landing in what appeared to be JNB. They then showed the contestants getting on a South African Airways Airbus (just the open door, but I know it is South African)
At that point it got weird; they showed a FedEx DC-10 taking off from some airport; not sure which and they even showed what looked like a Northwest Boeing 747-400 landing in what was supposed to be Lucknow! Although this may have been an Air India Boeing 747-400 landing in Delhi or possibly Mumbai, who knows. In the background at Lucknow, there was what looked like an Airbus A320 from Indian Airlines.
By the time they landed in Lucknow, India, I was wondering where the heck they were since there was no sign that they had arrived at their intended destination.
In terms of the show itself, it was interesting as I'm not sure what was going on with Gretchen as she was whining about having to search through the tins in the tin factory for the clue while almost all of the residents of Lucknow watched. It was quite funny to see her frustration, but I think it was also the fact that it was quite hot there.
Lynn and Alex had a little quarrel about whether or not to take a rickshaw or a cab for a 3 mile journey, as did the POW and the beauty queen. It was pretty much a no-brainer to take the rickshaw as the cab would get stuck in the traffic. The intense heat had a lot to do with as well. They were all sweating like pigs.
The POW and the beauty queen failed to yield Rob and Amber when they had the chance; what a mistake! So of course, Rob and Amber got to Phil first; just ahead of the two of them.
The saga continues next week from the same town as there was no pit stop this week.
It all started with the teams leaving Botswana for Lucknow, India (LKO). I had never heard of this city, so of course I went to Google to find a map of India. Well, Lucknow was not on it; sigh... But here is a link to a map of the small town: http://www.mapsofindia.com/maps/uttarpradesh/Lucknow-city-map.htm. I looked on Air India's site and realized that it is Southeast of New Delhi. Here is a link to Air India's route map: http://www.airindia.com/page.asp?pageid=89.
I tried to use my timetable from SkyGuide, but that did not find Lucknow as it is not served by major carriers it seems. This one was going to be tough...
Here is what they had to do:
1). Get on a charter flight to Francistown, Botswana (FRW) from the game reserve where they were
2). Once in FRW, they had to get to LKO.
The Race producers tried to explain how they would get there, but failed to mention that they had to go back to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB). The route map they showed actually showed a line from Francistown directly to Lucknow, LOL.
As it turns out, here is the routing they took:
Francistown, Botswana (FRW) to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) on Air Botswana
Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB) on South African Airways to Mumbai, India (BOM)
Mumbai, India (BOM) to Delhi, India (DEL) can't tell on which carrier possibly Air India
Delhi, India (DEL) to Lucknow, India (LKO) can't tell on which carrier either, possibly with Indian Airlines or Air India again, depending on the day of week they got there
They could have also done Mumbai to Luknow on Indian Airlines, but it is possible that there were no seats available. There are also daily flights from Delhi to Lucknow on Indian Airlines.
This was quite the journey. LKO is not served daily by Air India
You can check out their schedule here at http://www.airindia.co.in/yatrik/ytimetable.html.
The ride from the resort to Francistown was on a Cessna Caravan that was at least registered in Botswana.
At Francistown, they had to buy their tickets for the rest of the journey. This was intersting as there was just one agent there to help. So half of the team worked with her and the other half got on a cell phone and called some travel agent and got their tickets booked.
My timetable program does not have schedules for Air Botswana, but the Race producers did well, as they did show Air Botswana's ATR being boarded and also landing in what appeared to be JNB. They then showed the contestants getting on a South African Airways Airbus (just the open door, but I know it is South African)
At that point it got weird; they showed a FedEx DC-10 taking off from some airport; not sure which and they even showed what looked like a Northwest Boeing 747-400 landing in what was supposed to be Lucknow! Although this may have been an Air India Boeing 747-400 landing in Delhi or possibly Mumbai, who knows. In the background at Lucknow, there was what looked like an Airbus A320 from Indian Airlines.
By the time they landed in Lucknow, India, I was wondering where the heck they were since there was no sign that they had arrived at their intended destination.
In terms of the show itself, it was interesting as I'm not sure what was going on with Gretchen as she was whining about having to search through the tins in the tin factory for the clue while almost all of the residents of Lucknow watched. It was quite funny to see her frustration, but I think it was also the fact that it was quite hot there.
Lynn and Alex had a little quarrel about whether or not to take a rickshaw or a cab for a 3 mile journey, as did the POW and the beauty queen. It was pretty much a no-brainer to take the rickshaw as the cab would get stuck in the traffic. The intense heat had a lot to do with as well. They were all sweating like pigs.
The POW and the beauty queen failed to yield Rob and Amber when they had the chance; what a mistake! So of course, Rob and Amber got to Phil first; just ahead of the two of them.
The saga continues next week from the same town as there was no pit stop this week.
Wednesday, April 06, 2005
The Recap
This is the recap episode on a non-show night (Wednesday).
They did explain what happened to Patrick; he bumped his head while getting on the bus and had to get stitches.
Of course the blunders continued as they showed them on a map going from Cusco to Lima as opposed to Arequipa to Lima. They did talk about the two brothers (Brian and Greg) sharing a room with the two girl roommates (Megan and Heidi) while waiting for the connecting flight out of Lima to Santiago; nothing happened. So they did take an early morning flight from Lima to Santiago, which makes it a little confusing as I thought they had taken a red eye flight over to Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE).
So looking back at my timetable program, I still can't figure it out; unless they went to a hotel in Buenos Aires and not Lima. That makes more sense, as there is a Lineas Aereas (LR) flight that arrives in EZE at 3:19 a.m. I'm tired of racking my brain...
They still showed the same 747-200 landing in Johannesburg; so I guess that is the only footage they have of South African Airways.
I got a glimpse of the next episode and it is apparently somewhere where the people are of Indian descent; that could be many countries in Asia...Stay tuned.
They did explain what happened to Patrick; he bumped his head while getting on the bus and had to get stitches.
Of course the blunders continued as they showed them on a map going from Cusco to Lima as opposed to Arequipa to Lima. They did talk about the two brothers (Brian and Greg) sharing a room with the two girl roommates (Megan and Heidi) while waiting for the connecting flight out of Lima to Santiago; nothing happened. So they did take an early morning flight from Lima to Santiago, which makes it a little confusing as I thought they had taken a red eye flight over to Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE).
So looking back at my timetable program, I still can't figure it out; unless they went to a hotel in Buenos Aires and not Lima. That makes more sense, as there is a Lineas Aereas (LR) flight that arrives in EZE at 3:19 a.m. I'm tired of racking my brain...
They still showed the same 747-200 landing in Johannesburg; so I guess that is the only footage they have of South African Airways.
I got a glimpse of the next episode and it is apparently somewhere where the people are of Indian descent; that could be many countries in Asia...Stay tuned.
Episode 6
Well, the teams are still in Africa, Botswana to be exact on an African Safari. To my dismay, there were no aviation aspects this week, so there was no need for me to take out my trusty downloadable timetable. I'm sure they will fly somewhere next week as they've been in Africa too long; so Asia or Europe are my guess, LOL!
Wednesday, March 30, 2005
Episode 5
Well, last night was awesome as usual. We were treated to two back to back episodes!
We pick up with our teams at the pit stop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. So the teams left in the order they arrived the previous night. They had to go from Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE) to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB). It was 3 a.m. when the first team left the pit stop. Having done the South America to JNB trip myself just last November (2004), I knew that they had to get to São Paolo, Brazil (GRU) and then take South African Airways (SA) evening flight arriving early the next morning. This was a part of my round the world trip in the Southern Hemisphere, but that is another story :-).
I immediately, loaded up my downloadable schedule (eSkyGuide) and verified the flight times:
From: Buenos Aires-Pistarini BA AR (EZE)
To: Johannesburg ZA (JNB)
Date: 29 November 2005 [I used this date as I think it was this time of the year last year when they traveled]
Flight From Depart To Arrive Via
SA7851*/SA206 EZE 10:55am JNB 6:55am +1 GRU
RG8617/RG2328/RG7390~ EZE 12:00N JNB 6:55am +1 POA-GRU
So they had to make that 10:55 a.m. flight to São Paolo. Which they all did with ease and now were all together. As Jay said in a comment to Episode 4; it is just sad when they let everyone catch up. Also, why would they let them leave at 3:55 a.m. to catch a flight that they knew did not leave until 10:55 a.m.? I guess we will never know.
I did check the EZE to GRU flights and they could still catch three other flights just in case they had been late for some reason:
LH503 EZE 11:30am GRU 3:00pm
AR1242 EZE 11:40am GRU 2:27pm
BA246 EZE 1:25pm GRU 4:55pm
While Lufthansa (LH) is daily, British Airways (BA) and Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) are not. But they had options at least.
SA7851 is actually operated by Varig (RG) as RG8649 an MD-11. The producers showed an aircraft at the gate in EZE, but it was just the nose and I did not see it long enough to determine if it was a MD-11 or not. It was a wide body Varig aircraft though. It could have been a Boeing 767-300 as Varig uses that equipment on that route as well. So I give them the benefit of the doubt that it was a MD-11.
The next aviation thing they showed was one of the couples sitting in South African Airways' Business Class cabin. This was not explained at all; I thought they always flew Economy...
The next shot showed a South African Airways Boeing 747-200 landing in Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB). The GRU to JNB route is flown using an Airbus A340-300 aircraft! How difficult would it have been to get an aircraft that was in the current fleet, geez...
So they all arrived in South Africa safely and while some of the team members were able to take their bags on board, others were not so they had to wait to get the bags. Once that was done they were off for the next mission.
This involved going to different parts of South Africa including Soweto. Here are some pictures from my trip there last year.
Once the mission was over, they had to leave Johannesburg and head for Gaborone, Botswana. Once at the airport, the first team headed to South African Airways (SA)
to check the departure times. The agent told them that Air Botswana (BP) had a noon flight. At that point I was figuring that not all the players would make this noon flight.
I checked my timetable and verified the SA times, but did not see the Air Botswana schedule as that airline's schedule is not in the eSkyGuide schedule (not all airlines provide their schedule). So I went over to Air Botswana's Web site and verified the flight times.
Johannesburg to Gaborone
Flight No M T W T F S S Depart Arrive
BP210 X X X X X 0730 0830
BP220 X 0830 0930
BP208 X X X X X 1040 1140
BP204 X X X X X X X 1200 1300
BP206 X X X X X X X 1515 1615
BP202 X X X X X X X 1845 1945
BP218 X X X 2030 2130
Here is the schedule for South African from eSkyGuide
From: Johannesburg ZA (JNB)
To: Gaborone BW (GBE)
Flight From Depart To Arrive Via
SA1761~ JNB 5:55am GBE 7:00am
SA1781~ JNB 7:55am GBE 9:00am
SA1771~ JNB 8:15am GBE 9:20am
SA1787~ JNB 9:00am GBE 10:05am
SA1763~ JNB 9:25am GBE 10:30am
SA1793~ JNB 9:30am GBE 10:35am
SA1785~ JNB 11:00am GBE 12:05pm
SA1777~ JNB 11:15am GBE 12:20pm
SA1775~ JNB 11:35am GBE 12:40pm
SA1765~ JNB 1:45pm GBE 2:50pm
SA1773~ JNB 3:00pm GBE 4:05pm
SA1767~ JNB 4:45pm GBE 5:50pm
SA1791~ JNB 5:10pm GBE 6:15pm
SA1769~ JNB 7:20pm GBE 8:05pm
It was neat to see the departure hall of JNB as I'd been there a few times and even picked up timetables from that very Air Botswana counter.
I think three teams made the Air Botswana (BP) flight; an ATR-42-500 and yes they showed the correct aircraft type. This would have been very difficult to mess up as according to Air Botswana's site, that is the only aircraft type they operate.
The other teams made the SA1765 which at that time of the year was departing at 1:35p.m. Again, they did get the aircraft correct as this flight is operated by South African Airlink (YB) using a Dash 8 and that is what they showed them getting on and off. Redemption!
There were no other aviation reference for the rest of the show.
And quite the show it was too. We saw Ray and Deana eliminated, as they should be; they treated Meredith and Gretchen really badly in a previous episode and did the same in this one by not giving them any money when they were stripped of all their cash when they arrived in Soweto last.
Not to be outdone, the famed Rob and Amber, who were recognized almost everywhere they went, did not stop when the brothers Greg and Brian had an accident. The others at least slowed down and asked if all was well. If that kind of behavior is what it takes to win a million dollars, then I don't want to win at all.
Gretchen was injured in the caves, but was such a trooper and insisted to stay in the race and told her husband Meredith to continue searching for the clue, which he did.
Lynn and Alex somehow ended up in a bad part of town; it looked a bit like downtown Johannesburg. Not sure how that occurred, but eventually, they made it to the airport.
Next week promises to be good!
By the way: If the show is taped, why is the CBS Web site not updated immediately after the show? Or is that too much to ask?
We pick up with our teams at the pit stop in Buenos Aires, Argentina. So the teams left in the order they arrived the previous night. They had to go from Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE) to Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB). It was 3 a.m. when the first team left the pit stop. Having done the South America to JNB trip myself just last November (2004), I knew that they had to get to São Paolo, Brazil (GRU) and then take South African Airways (SA) evening flight arriving early the next morning. This was a part of my round the world trip in the Southern Hemisphere, but that is another story :-).
I immediately, loaded up my downloadable schedule (eSkyGuide) and verified the flight times:
From: Buenos Aires-Pistarini BA AR (EZE)
To: Johannesburg ZA (JNB)
Date: 29 November 2005 [I used this date as I think it was this time of the year last year when they traveled]
Flight From Depart To Arrive Via
SA7851*/SA206 EZE 10:55am JNB 6:55am +1 GRU
RG8617/RG2328/RG7390~ EZE 12:00N JNB 6:55am +1 POA-GRU
So they had to make that 10:55 a.m. flight to São Paolo. Which they all did with ease and now were all together. As Jay said in a comment to Episode 4; it is just sad when they let everyone catch up. Also, why would they let them leave at 3:55 a.m. to catch a flight that they knew did not leave until 10:55 a.m.? I guess we will never know.
I did check the EZE to GRU flights and they could still catch three other flights just in case they had been late for some reason:
LH503 EZE 11:30am GRU 3:00pm
AR1242 EZE 11:40am GRU 2:27pm
BA246 EZE 1:25pm GRU 4:55pm
While Lufthansa (LH) is daily, British Airways (BA) and Aerolineas Argentinas (AR) are not. But they had options at least.
SA7851 is actually operated by Varig (RG) as RG8649 an MD-11. The producers showed an aircraft at the gate in EZE, but it was just the nose and I did not see it long enough to determine if it was a MD-11 or not. It was a wide body Varig aircraft though. It could have been a Boeing 767-300 as Varig uses that equipment on that route as well. So I give them the benefit of the doubt that it was a MD-11.
The next aviation thing they showed was one of the couples sitting in South African Airways' Business Class cabin. This was not explained at all; I thought they always flew Economy...
The next shot showed a South African Airways Boeing 747-200 landing in Johannesburg, South Africa (JNB). The GRU to JNB route is flown using an Airbus A340-300 aircraft! How difficult would it have been to get an aircraft that was in the current fleet, geez...
So they all arrived in South Africa safely and while some of the team members were able to take their bags on board, others were not so they had to wait to get the bags. Once that was done they were off for the next mission.
This involved going to different parts of South Africa including Soweto. Here are some pictures from my trip there last year.
Once the mission was over, they had to leave Johannesburg and head for Gaborone, Botswana. Once at the airport, the first team headed to South African Airways (SA)
to check the departure times. The agent told them that Air Botswana (BP) had a noon flight. At that point I was figuring that not all the players would make this noon flight.
I checked my timetable and verified the SA times, but did not see the Air Botswana schedule as that airline's schedule is not in the eSkyGuide schedule (not all airlines provide their schedule). So I went over to Air Botswana's Web site and verified the flight times.
Johannesburg to Gaborone
Flight No M T W T F S S Depart Arrive
BP210 X X X X X 0730 0830
BP220 X 0830 0930
BP208 X X X X X 1040 1140
BP204 X X X X X X X 1200 1300
BP206 X X X X X X X 1515 1615
BP202 X X X X X X X 1845 1945
BP218 X X X 2030 2130
Here is the schedule for South African from eSkyGuide
From: Johannesburg ZA (JNB)
To: Gaborone BW (GBE)
Flight From Depart To Arrive Via
SA1761~ JNB 5:55am GBE 7:00am
SA1781~ JNB 7:55am GBE 9:00am
SA1771~ JNB 8:15am GBE 9:20am
SA1787~ JNB 9:00am GBE 10:05am
SA1763~ JNB 9:25am GBE 10:30am
SA1793~ JNB 9:30am GBE 10:35am
SA1785~ JNB 11:00am GBE 12:05pm
SA1777~ JNB 11:15am GBE 12:20pm
SA1775~ JNB 11:35am GBE 12:40pm
SA1765~ JNB 1:45pm GBE 2:50pm
SA1773~ JNB 3:00pm GBE 4:05pm
SA1767~ JNB 4:45pm GBE 5:50pm
SA1791~ JNB 5:10pm GBE 6:15pm
SA1769~ JNB 7:20pm GBE 8:05pm
It was neat to see the departure hall of JNB as I'd been there a few times and even picked up timetables from that very Air Botswana counter.
I think three teams made the Air Botswana (BP) flight; an ATR-42-500 and yes they showed the correct aircraft type. This would have been very difficult to mess up as according to Air Botswana's site, that is the only aircraft type they operate.
The other teams made the SA1765 which at that time of the year was departing at 1:35p.m. Again, they did get the aircraft correct as this flight is operated by South African Airlink (YB) using a Dash 8 and that is what they showed them getting on and off. Redemption!
There were no other aviation reference for the rest of the show.
And quite the show it was too. We saw Ray and Deana eliminated, as they should be; they treated Meredith and Gretchen really badly in a previous episode and did the same in this one by not giving them any money when they were stripped of all their cash when they arrived in Soweto last.
Not to be outdone, the famed Rob and Amber, who were recognized almost everywhere they went, did not stop when the brothers Greg and Brian had an accident. The others at least slowed down and asked if all was well. If that kind of behavior is what it takes to win a million dollars, then I don't want to win at all.
Gretchen was injured in the caves, but was such a trooper and insisted to stay in the race and told her husband Meredith to continue searching for the clue, which he did.
Lynn and Alex somehow ended up in a bad part of town; it looked a bit like downtown Johannesburg. Not sure how that occurred, but eventually, they made it to the airport.
Next week promises to be good!
By the way: If the show is taped, why is the CBS Web site not updated immediately after the show? Or is that too much to ask?
Tuesday, March 22, 2005
Episode 4
Well, the new episode just finished and it did not disappoint.
In this episode they leave Mendoza, Argentina (MDZ) and head for Buenos Aires-Newbery, Argentina (AEP), the local airport. At first I use my trusty eSkyGuide Airline Timetable (using the 7-Day Lookup feature) and looked up MDZ to Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE) and saw that there were no nonstop flights between the two unless a connection was made through Santiago, Chile (SCL). Then I remember that Buenos Aires has two airports and then it all worked.
Taken from eSkyGuide
From: Mendoza MD AR (MDZ)
To: Buenos Aires-Newbery BA AR (AEP)
Flight From Depart To Arrive Via
AR2403~ MDZ 8:10am AEP 9:42am
AR1405 MDZ 9:50am AEP 11:22am
AR1417 MDZ 2:30pm AEP 4:02pm
AR1429 MDZ 7:50pm AEP 9:22pm
AR1423 MDZ 8:20pm AEP 9:52pm
AR1421 MDZ 9:20pm AEP 10:52pm
AR1407/AR1535 MDZ 5:05pm AEP 8:15pm COR
Not all these flights operate all day.
The teams have to catch either the 9:30 a.m. or the 2:30 p.m. flight (the schedule changed slightly as I am not sure when they flew; I picked December as they mentioned that it was Summertime [seasons are flipped in the Southern Hemisphere]; it may have actually been earlier since they need time to edit, etc. but who knows).
The flights are both Boeing 737-200 flights lasting about 1:32 in length. Well the cameras did show them boarding a Boeing 737-200 (Yes!) and the interior was also that of a Boeing 737-200 as well (Yes!). A lot of footage was shown at the airport on the tarmac and the interior as the cunning Rob and Amber showed up at 9:25 p.m. and was still able to get on the flight, much to the dismay of the other three teams that were already on board. To add insult to injury , Rob and Amber ended up winning this round!
The second group was able to catch the 2:30 p.m. and no one was left behind; although there were later flights, but would not have worked as they had assignments that required daylight in Buenos Aires; actually Tigre, Argentina. Which the train lovers would have liked as they had to take a train out to Tigre.
Of course the continuity was flawed, when they showed the first team arriving in a Boeing 767 (they showed a Boeing 767 landing). Which I don't even think go to the local airport. They did redeem themselves though when they showed the second team arriving in a Boeing 737-200; one out of two is not bad I guess.
I have not been to AEP, so I could not tell if they were at that airport or another airport in Argentina when they were getting the cabs or their bags, so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one.
Oh, my favorites, Patrick and his Mom, lost and deservedly so; Patrick whined the whole time and just about gave up when he thought that they did not have a chance, much to the chagrin of his Mom. Based on Patrick tantrum in Episode 3, I figured they would not last another episode and so said so done. I'm gonna miss them; sorry Mom...
Looks like they are heading to Africa next week, so that should be a blast to see how they get there.
In this episode they leave Mendoza, Argentina (MDZ) and head for Buenos Aires-Newbery, Argentina (AEP), the local airport. At first I use my trusty eSkyGuide Airline Timetable (using the 7-Day Lookup feature) and looked up MDZ to Buenos Aires, Argentina (EZE) and saw that there were no nonstop flights between the two unless a connection was made through Santiago, Chile (SCL). Then I remember that Buenos Aires has two airports and then it all worked.
Taken from eSkyGuide
From: Mendoza MD AR (MDZ)
To: Buenos Aires-Newbery BA AR (AEP)
Flight From Depart To Arrive Via
AR2403~ MDZ 8:10am AEP 9:42am
AR1405 MDZ 9:50am AEP 11:22am
AR1417 MDZ 2:30pm AEP 4:02pm
AR1429 MDZ 7:50pm AEP 9:22pm
AR1423 MDZ 8:20pm AEP 9:52pm
AR1421 MDZ 9:20pm AEP 10:52pm
AR1407/AR1535 MDZ 5:05pm AEP 8:15pm COR
Not all these flights operate all day.
The teams have to catch either the 9:30 a.m. or the 2:30 p.m. flight (the schedule changed slightly as I am not sure when they flew; I picked December as they mentioned that it was Summertime [seasons are flipped in the Southern Hemisphere]; it may have actually been earlier since they need time to edit, etc. but who knows).
The flights are both Boeing 737-200 flights lasting about 1:32 in length. Well the cameras did show them boarding a Boeing 737-200 (Yes!) and the interior was also that of a Boeing 737-200 as well (Yes!). A lot of footage was shown at the airport on the tarmac and the interior as the cunning Rob and Amber showed up at 9:25 p.m. and was still able to get on the flight, much to the dismay of the other three teams that were already on board. To add insult to injury , Rob and Amber ended up winning this round!
The second group was able to catch the 2:30 p.m. and no one was left behind; although there were later flights, but would not have worked as they had assignments that required daylight in Buenos Aires; actually Tigre, Argentina. Which the train lovers would have liked as they had to take a train out to Tigre.
Of course the continuity was flawed, when they showed the first team arriving in a Boeing 767 (they showed a Boeing 767 landing). Which I don't even think go to the local airport. They did redeem themselves though when they showed the second team arriving in a Boeing 737-200; one out of two is not bad I guess.
I have not been to AEP, so I could not tell if they were at that airport or another airport in Argentina when they were getting the cabs or their bags, so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt on that one.
Oh, my favorites, Patrick and his Mom, lost and deservedly so; Patrick whined the whole time and just about gave up when he thought that they did not have a chance, much to the chagrin of his Mom. Based on Patrick tantrum in Episode 3, I figured they would not last another episode and so said so done. I'm gonna miss them; sorry Mom...
Looks like they are heading to Africa next week, so that should be a blast to see how they get there.
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Episode 3
Well, the saga continues. There were no aviation aspects in the show last night. The only thing was that the announcer said the following in his re-cap:
"Teams had to get from Cuzco, Peru (CUZ) to Santiago, Chile (SCL)."
When in fact, they had to get from Arequipa, Peru (AQP) to Santiago, Chile (SCL), oh well.
They show pretty much had them going from downtown Santiago to a town in Argentina; Puento Vallejo I think. They had to cross the beautiful Andes mountains (which I've only done by air; check out the pictures). A few of them got lost (one team heading up on the beach) another driving around the city for almost 1.5 hours before finding the highway exit.
Despite how much I can't stand Rob and Amber, they actually did good this week and kind of redeemed themselves by using good strategy to not be eliminated. Knowning the rules of the game is a big part of it all.
All in all, entertaining as usual. Hopefully, they will fly somewhere next week; see you then.
"Teams had to get from Cuzco, Peru (CUZ) to Santiago, Chile (SCL)."
When in fact, they had to get from Arequipa, Peru (AQP) to Santiago, Chile (SCL), oh well.
They show pretty much had them going from downtown Santiago to a town in Argentina; Puento Vallejo I think. They had to cross the beautiful Andes mountains (which I've only done by air; check out the pictures). A few of them got lost (one team heading up on the beach) another driving around the city for almost 1.5 hours before finding the highway exit.
Despite how much I can't stand Rob and Amber, they actually did good this week and kind of redeemed themselves by using good strategy to not be eliminated. Knowning the rules of the game is a big part of it all.
All in all, entertaining as usual. Hopefully, they will fly somewhere next week; see you then.
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