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"Where is a Lonely Planet when you need one?"
AmazingFan 121 desperate attention whore postings
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10-25-01, 06:55 PM (EST)
 
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"Where is a Lonely Planet when you need one?" |
I'm a newcomer to this board so I hope I'm not going over old ground here. But what are the rules regarding how the contestants can go about finding their way to various destinations?It was painful(-ly funny)to watch the contestants try to find that hotel. I've read some posts saying that contestants seemed to assume the Taj Mahal was in Delhi - but my impression was different - I think they missed the Taj Mahal clue entirely! They were in such a rush they just grabbed the piece of paper with the name of the hotel on it and ignored the rest of the clue. Except for the Guidos they all assumed the hotel was somewhere in Delhi which is why they all jumped into taxis and started barking nonsensical (to the drivers) orders to take them to this non-existant hotel, then berating the poor drivers for failing to get them to this imaginary destination!! Are they not allowed to ask for directions from knowledgable tourist-oriented people - like desk clerks in larger hotels, travel agents, tourist information booths? Is even a stop by a bookstore for a quick peek in the index of a Lonely Planet, Fodors or Lets Go India prohibited? They don't seem to be stopped from contacting airlines, etc for information. I realize that being prohibited from using some sources of information may add to the challenge of the race, but as I sit at home armchair quarterbacking the show, I'd like to know, the next time I see a scene like the one we observed with Momily attempting to obtain directions to luxury hotels from beggars on the streets of Delhi, whether the contestants are being obtuse or are just trying to be resourceful with the limited tools they have available to them! Hmmmm....
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Ru_Man 15 desperate attention whore postings
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10-25-01, 10:13 PM (EST)
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1. "RE: Where is a Lonely Planet when you need one?" |
Yo, Amazing fan - I'm pretty sure almost everything is permitted re Lonely planets, Travel agents, whatever, it's just that in the past, the clues and nearby taxis etc. have been enough to get them to the next place - plus, it IS a race, so probably finding a bookstore or hostel in Delhi would have been a huge waste of time - ideally they should have seen the Taj in the model, climbed back on the foot-taxi, said, take us to the taxi-stand or train station, get transport to the Taj and then that's where you ask for the hotel - but easy for me to say all that from my barcalounger with the roach burns
but on the other hand - these teams we are watching are not getting the TRUE 3rd World treatment in Bazaars, medinas, marches, etc because of the camera crew - they get much more uh, respect, i. e. space, cause to the locals they are "famous" -
a few episodes ago they were asking and getting directions, guidance from street hustlers in Tunisia - uh, I have been in Marches in West Africa and those kids (if ya don't have a camera crew) are all over you - not pickpockets like gypsy kids in Europe, but definitely the hard sell . . . and if you say, NO - haha, that, to them, just means you're negotiating - so what I'm sayin is that these TAR teams are actually getting off easier - in India, you know, they'll amputate a kid's limb at birth to make a better begging prop . . . whups, way, way off subject
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