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PepeLePew13 17714 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-12-08, 07:18 AM (EST) "Survivor 17: New Location - GABON, West Africa" Hi folks... Please use this thread for new spoiling information on the location for Survivor 17 to be aired in the fall (I presume) of 2008. Thanks! to UncleRich1 for bringing us the original announcement of the location - I'm starting a new thread so the correct information is shown in the title. Please do not bump the old thread. Here's the information gathered so far: DanieuBleau posted that the location is Gabon, West Africa and that filming will probably start in late June (not May 11th as originally reported - Jiffy's in the U.S. for the Survivor finale so he couldn't be in Africa then). From a poster on the above link, some background on Gabon: Gabon This West African country with the Atlantic as its western border is also bounded by Equatorial Guinea, Cameroon, and the Congo. Its area is slightly less than Colorado's. Most of the country is covered by a dense tropical forest. Government: Republic. History The earliest humans in Gabon were believed to be the Babinga, or Pygmies, dating back to 7000 B.C., who were later followed by Bantu groups from southern and eastern Africa. Now there are many tribal groups in the country, the largest being the Fang peoples, who constitute 25% of the population. Gabon was first explored by the Portuguese navigator Diego Cam in the 15th century. In 1472, the Portuguese explorers encountered the mouth of the Como River and named it “Rio de Gabao,” river of Gabon, which later became the name of the country. The Dutch began arriving in 1593, and the French in 1630. In 1839, the French founded their first settlement on the left bank of the Gabon estuary and gradually occupied the hinterland during the second half of the 19th century. The land became a French territory in 1888, an autonomous republic within the French Union after World War II, and an independent republic on Aug. 17, 1960. Albert-Bernard Bongo became Gabon's second president in 1967. He changed his name to Omar in 1973, on converting to Islam. Strikes and riots led to a transitional constitution in May 1990, legalizing political parties and calling for free elections. In its first multiparty election in Dec. 1993, Bongo received just over 51% of the vote, while the opposition candidate alleged fraud and tried to establish a rival government. In Dec. 1998, President Bongo, who had by then ruled the country for 31 years, was elected for an additional seven. Gabon lacks roads, schools, and adequate health care, yet the oil-rich country has lined the pockets of its ruler, who, according to the French weekly L'Autre Afrique, is said to own more real estate in Paris than any other foreign leader. Despite his reputation for corruption and authoritarianism, Bongo has a strong national following. In July 2003, the country's constitution was changed, allowing Bongo to be reelected indefinitely; that year, he changed his name again, to El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba. In Dec. 2005, he was reelected for another seven-year term. (from infoplease.com) A sample photo of Gabon from the above link: A map of Africa - you can see Gabon on the west coast, right in the middle of the continent and it's right on the equator (can you say "Sunburn City?" I knew you could!): Tribephyl posted this close-up of Gabon and outlined some possible Survivor-themed parks: And as far as (survivorthemed)beach locations go we have ... Akanda (540 KM2 Gabon's principal stopping off point for migratory birds) Loango (1550 KM2 Elephants on the beach, surfing hippos, with humpback whale acrobatic offshore) Mayumba (80 KM2 The most important nesting site for leatherback turtles on earth) Moukalaba Doudou (4500 KM2 Relict savanna fauna such as waterbuck and jackal) and some protected areas like... Rabindogo, Wonga-Wongue and Ogooue. (Thanks for digging this info out, Tribe!) Further information posted by Danieu (This may be good for determining tribe names): More on Gabon: http://www.essortment.com/all/gaboninformatio_nof.htm Ethnic groups: Bantu tribes including four major tribal groupings (Fang, Eshira, Bapounou, Bateke) Administrative divisions: 9 provinces; Estuaire, Haut-Ogooue, Moyen-Ogooue, Ngounie, Nyanga, Ogooue-Ivindo, Ogooue-Lolo, Ogooue-Maritime, Woleu-Ntem *Information obtained from the Central Intelligence Agency’s World Fact Book. Some of Danieu's original information came from this link which has some incorrect information, but in turn linked to Wezzie's original hints as to the location for the next season. Can I just say that some of the peeps on that last thread are total morons? Canada infested with black flies and mosquitoes? Only at certain times of the year, but wouldn't be so bad in August which is when the ideal filming times would be - and besides mosquitoes are nothing compared to some of the things they have out there in tropical climates. A stocking stuffer from Agman! It will be a great day when every one of our schools get all the money they need while the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to raise enough funds to buy a bomber.   Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Subject     Author     Message Date     ID    RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Scarlett O Hara 03-12-08 1  RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... PepeLePew13 03-24-08 2    RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... toad8098 03-30-08 3  RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Brownroach 03-31-08 4    RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... UNCLERICH1 04-08-08 9    RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... tribephyl 04-08-08 10        RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... byoffer 04-09-08 11        RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Brownroach 04-09-08 12            RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... tribephyl 04-09-08 13                RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Brownroach 04-09-08 14                    RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... UNCLERICH1 04-10-08 15                        RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... UNCLERICH1 04-10-08 16                        RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Brownroach 04-10-08 17                        RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... PepeLePew13 04-10-08 18  RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... fullofgrace2470 04-03-08 5  RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... dabo 04-07-08 6    RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... byoffer 04-07-08 7        RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... dabo 04-08-08 8  RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Georgianna 04-29-08 19    RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... PepeLePew13 04-29-08 20        RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Georgianna 04-29-08 21        RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Georgianna 05-15-08 29    RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Runnr3003 04-30-08 22  RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Georgianna 05-13-08 23    Description of potential Gabon cont... Brownroach 05-13-08 24        RE: Description of potential Gabon ... citywitch 05-14-08 25            RE: Description of potential Gabon ... UNCLERICH1 05-14-08 26  RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Dragonfire 05-14-08 27  RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... sittem 05-14-08 28    RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... sittem 06-03-08 32        RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Georgianna 06-03-08 33  RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... Georgianna 05-20-08 30    RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... UNCLERICH1 05-27-08 31        RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GAB... UNCLERICH1 06-03-08 34  Production problems are starting to... Estee 06-05-08 35    RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 06-05-08 36    RE: Production problems are startin... byoffer 06-05-08 37        RE: Production problems are startin... Estee 06-05-08 38        RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 06-06-08 39    RE: Production problems are startin... sittem 06-10-08 40        RE: Production problems are startin... byoffer 06-10-08 41            RE: Production problems are startin... Estee 06-10-08 42                RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 06-11-08 43                    RE: Production problems are startin... Runnr3003 06-11-08 44                        RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 06-12-08 45                            RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 06-15-08 46                                RE: Production problems are startin... Sunny_Bunny 06-17-08 47                                    RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 06-18-08 48                                        RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 07-21-08 49                                            RE: Production problems are startin... PepeLePew13 07-21-08 50                                                RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 07-21-08 51                                                    RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 07-24-08 52                                                        RE: Production problems are startin... PepeLePew13 07-24-08 53                                                            RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 07-25-08 54                                                                RE: Production problems are startin... tribephyl 07-25-08 55                                                                    RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 07-26-08 56                                                                    RE: Production problems are startin... PepeLePew13 07-26-08 57                                                                        RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 07-30-08 58                                                                            RE: Production problems are startin... b1whois 08-04-08 59                                                                                RE: Production problems are startin... UNCLERICH1 08-05-08 60  Just resetting the margin Snidget 08-05-08 61

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Scarlett O Hara 2734 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Survivor-themed Cruise Spokesperson" 03-12-08, 03:05 PM (EST) 1. "RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GABON, West Africa" Great work Pepe and tribephyl!! Who said that peeps here weren't into educating themselves on world geography! And a special thanks to UncleRich for getting this subject started! I hope you keep coming back!   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

PepeLePew13 17714 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-24-08, 09:43 AM (EST) 2. "RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GABON, West Africa" Bumping. Info is slow to come in, but it's still trickling in on how tough it is to get into Gabon by plane and other tidbits. I expect this thread to really pick up when the current season is over.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

toad8098 144 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 03-30-08, 11:36 AM (EST) 3. "RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GABON, West Africa" LAST EDITED ON 03-30-08 AT 11:37 AM (EST) I was always hoping Survivor would eventually go back to Africa.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Brownroach 10675 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 03-31-08, 04:26 PM (EST) 4. "RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GABON, West Africa" Here's President Bongo's MySpace page: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=30834224 Bleauin' ze bleus eaué, coeurtesie oeuf agmanne   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

UNCLERICH1 115 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Blistex Spokesperson" 04-08-08, 11:30 AM (EST) 9. "RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GABON, West Africa" Hi Brownroach: I just contacted President Bongo on his Myspace page and ask for Him to be a friend of mine!! If He accepts me as a friend,I will ask him about Survivor 17 information. President Bongo is 36 years old, has 571 myspace friends,is from Iceland,loves to dance,loves all kinds of music,is bi sexual,and is single!! HIS Myspace e-mail url is http://www.myspace.com/presidentbongo anyone who wants to contact me or become my friend on myspace, my url e-mail page is http://www.myspace.com/unclerich1 I told all my Survivor friends that I'm a friend first and a spoiler second, and they will tell you what they can about the show !!! I want to be your friend!!!! thanks UNCLERICH1   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

tribephyl 6581 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 04-08-08, 08:47 PM (EST) 10. "RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GABON, West Africa" LAST EDITED ON 04-08-08 AT 09:13 PM (EST) Gah...I hate to be the poohead but ummm ...I'm not quite sure what the relevance of a 30something bisexual white guy from iceland has to do with the nation of Gabon, other than he partially shares a moniker of similarity to the reigning president. The real President of Gabon, El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba, was 31 when he took office back in 1967. And he's not from Iceland. From Wiki   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

byoffer 10355 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 04-09-08, 02:07 PM (EST) 11. "RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GABON, West Africa" Gah... details. I wondered what that Myspace thing was all about.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Brownroach 10675 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 04-09-08, 03:26 PM (EST) 12. "RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GABON, West Africa" LAST EDITED ON 04-09-08 AT 03:31 PM (EST) Well I was assuming that everyone would realize that I posted that as a joke. I guess it didn't quite go over as planned.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

tribephyl 6581 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 04-09-08, 03:50 PM (EST) 13. "RE: Survivor 17: New Location - GABON, West Africa" oh you little.....roach. Don't you know there's no joking in preseason spoiling.   Remove | Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

Brownroach 10675 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold" 04-09-08, 05:41 PM (EST)