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"Survivor: Guatemala Location Information"
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"Survivor: Guatemala Location Information" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-16-05 AT 00:24 AM (EST)I found some information on the specific location in this blog. Now, it's all in Spanish, so don't go unless you do know.  I have no idea right know where some of the information is coming from, but it is from a Guatemalteco (or whatever they're called in English). April 24: S/He reports that they were discussing filming the show in Yaxhá, Petén, a region in the north of Guatemala. There was controversy, as there would be in any place. Source (Spanish). April 28: S/He reports that they finally approved the shooting in Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo. The filming will be supervised by members of various governmental divisions like the Department of Culture, etc. (Possible information leakage?) May 12: S/He reports filming dates as May 18 until August 10, though judging from the span, it's more than likely the amount of time that CBS will be in the park. Once again, it's the Parque Nacional Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo in the Petén region of Guatemala. (Note: I read here that the time frame is 57 days. Who knows?) ETA: I found here that those three months were when the national park is suspending tourist activity there. Who knows when actual filming dates are! More to come as I find out more. Happy spoiling! ETA: Here's a map of Guatemala with the national park outlined in the little triangle. 
 
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05-16-05, 00:52 AM (EST)
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1. "RE: Survivor: Guatemala Location Information" |
Laugh if this is a "stupid, anyone would know the answer to that question-question" so they're not gonna be on the water this time?
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05-16-05, 01:07 AM (EST)
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2. "Choice of Atlantic or Pacific" |
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05-16-05, 02:29 AM (EST)
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3. "RE: Choice of Atlantic or Pacific" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-16-05 AT 03:00 AM (EST)LAST EDITED ON 05-16-05 AT 02:42 AM (EST) I thought I recognized some of the preview shots as Tikal, Mayan ruins very near Flores on that map. Flores is on a very large lake and there are other, smaller lakes in the area, so there could be a lake. I have been there and will try to locate more info. ETA:
A link with photos of Tikal:
<http://mayaruins.com/tikal.html> And a link with photos of Yaxha Nakum Naranjo Natural Monument (which now appears to be a National Park):
<http://www.parkswatch.org/parkprofile.php?l=eng&country=gua&park=yanm&page=inf> Maybe that's where the filming took place and they used photos of the more spectacular Tikal for the preview.
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05-16-05, 12:44 PM (EST)
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6. "RE: spoilers never sleep" |
It was an hour and a half after the finale ended out here on the left coast. I took a few deep breaths.
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05-16-05, 06:26 PM (EST)
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14. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
From what I've been reading today about the park, the Yaxha park is very close to Tikal, another ruins site. Tikal is already pretty much restored. The ruins at Yaxha is still very much in the restoration phase. Because of this, there was a lot of controversy over letting CBS run amuck in the park. Tikal is a much more popular tourist stop than Yaxha, giving EPMB more reason to pick the lesser of the two. There is only one hotel in Yaxha, called El Sombrero. I e-mailed this hotel prodding for information regarding whether or not the cast/crew will be staying there. Hopefully s/he'll give me some information. (Basically, I asked if I could come to the park in July or August, when filming will be. I also asked if s/he knew where in the park the Survivors would be.) The nearest sizeable town is Flores, also where the airport is.I am seriously considering going to Guatemala around August 10, just to see what I can see. Anyone want to join me? (I'm serious.)
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05-16-05, 06:40 PM (EST)
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15. "Oh, and" |
Fishing is supposedly illegal. Locals still do it, though.
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05-16-05, 08:18 PM (EST)
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20. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
Check your e-mail! 
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05-16-05, 09:09 PM (EST)
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23. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
You've got mail!
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05-17-05, 10:31 AM (EST)
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32. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
My advice: If you have a large traveller's backpack, take that, or you might even want to buy one. They're carry-on size, which makes for easy airport times, and plus, you don't have to worry about lugging a suitcase through the muddy trails. Just put it on your back! Yes, it is possible to pack for two weeks. I made it in Spain for 3 weeks with just that bag, plus another bag that I had collapsed in that bag that I put souveniers in the last day.
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05-18-05, 02:07 PM (EST)
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47. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
In guatemala we dont care about canadian flags, british flags, anything, all are foreiners and all are called gringos. (nickname for americans) This place is packed anyhow with americans each day that come to tikal, the main city.
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05-17-05, 12:42 PM (EST)
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39. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
and possibly Volsfan, too!
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05-17-05, 09:57 PM (EST)
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42. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
I am giving it some serious thought. I am going to do some digging this weekend when I get a chance. I will make up my mind in the couple of weeks for sure.
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05-18-05, 06:21 AM (EST)
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45. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
Thats the best thing about spoilers. Theres always someone ready to pick up the torch and run with it. Already the interest in next season is building.RedBeard
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58. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
Seriously?? Wish I could take off and go out prodding with you.
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05-16-05, 07:08 PM (EST)
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17. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
From Fever:"VoiceOver by Jeff Probst
Hidden deep in the rainforest of Central America, stand the ruins of an ancient civilization that once prospered and then vanished. These were the Maya people and this is the country of Guatemala. These stunning cities of the past stand as clues to a mystery thousands of years old.
While Europe was in the dark ages, it was the Maya who harnessed the knowledge of the stars and the celestial movements to create a mystical union of man, nature and the Gods. It was a world of great kings, elaborate ceremonies, fierce battles and even human sacrifice. 18 Survivors will be marooned within this mysterious and rugged terrain. For the first time, the castaways will actually live within the ruins of a vanished civilization and they will be forced to embrace the ancient Maya lifestyle. Join us this fall as the adventure continues with Survivor: Guatemala, The Maya Empire." 
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05-17-05, 11:02 AM (EST)
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34. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
"For the first time" and "within" sounds like they are going to get to live within a pre-existing shelter and not have to build one this time, to me.
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05-18-05, 02:11 PM (EST)
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48. "RE: How can they live in the ruins?" |
They cant, the only ruins preserved are the temples for ceremonies, the actual houses where the mayans used to live in where made of wood and palm trees, they are unexistent.
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05-16-05, 05:27 PM (EST)
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13. "RE: Survivor: Guatemala Location Information" |
LAST EDITED ON 05-16-05 AT 05:30 PM (EST)Mayo 12, 2005
Sobrevivientes en Yaxhá
Survivor, el "Reality Show" de la cadena televisiva estadounidense CBS será llamado "The Ancient World". Desde el 18 de mayo hasta el 10 de agosto será filmado en Petén dentro del Parque Nacional Yaxhá-Nakum-Naranjo This is from Clemson's link. So Yaxha-Nakum-Naranjo National Park is the location and filming is from May 18 to August 10.  Charter Member: Club Anti-DAW
I know Clemson said that, but there was still speculation about the actual location and dates.
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05-16-05, 07:28 PM (EST)
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Since I have been looking at them off and on all day, thought I would share them here.
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05-17-05, 10:19 AM (EST)
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31. "RE: Survivor: Guatemala Location Information" |
This sport, called, pok a pok is quite interesting because, if I recall correctly, the winner got to take the spectators clothing! The losers, well, sometimes, the losers lost their heads.Here are some details about the game. In that link, you'll also see another game, juego de pelota, described. 
©Syren, 2005. Bounced by IceCat!
I've been to Guatemala but I didn't have a chance to go to Tikal which I truly want to do someday.
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05-17-05, 10:35 PM (EST)
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43. "RE: Survivor: Guatemala Location Information" |
that game, sounds like a possible reward challenge, and sounds like maybe the reward would be to loot the other tribe.
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05-18-05, 04:51 AM (EST)
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44. "RE: Survivor: Guatemala Location Information" |
Thanks for the links Karchita.I hope that these folks will eventually supply us with some very valid and informative snippets about the location, pre-show.
(Aside from Ticotim, that is.  Can't look too deeply at the clues if you're too busy blaming everyone for asking for them in the first place.) I wouldn't know about your "world's colliding" as the only boards I participate are survivor oriented. But I feel for you anyways. tribe
I imagine it to be right up there with having to go to a sexaholics meeting ... and your mom is there.
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53. "Rainy Season in Guatemala" |
Looks like the new batch of contestants have a brutal time ahead of them. Rainy season + mosquitoes = misery! Really hoping that it's not raining for most of the season like it did during all-stars. It just doesn't make for great scenery shots. Hoping the rainy season is more like parts of Florida in that it rains everyday but only for half an hour. CBS story from a few days ago ... (CBS/AP) Guatemalan officials are hoping that the new edition of the CBS reality show "Survivor" will draw more tourists to the spectacular Mayan ruins of the Peten jungle. "It is a program seen by 200 million people and we have the opportunity to show our archaeological riches," presidential tourism commissioner Willy Kaltschmitt said on Friday. The American television network announced last week that the next edition of Survivor would be called "Guatemala — The Maya Empire." Earlier versions were shot in places such as Australia's Outback, Palau, Thailand and the Amazon region. The CBS program not only presents the contestants' antics, survival challenges and personalities, but also showcases the wonders of nature surrounding the drama. For example, on "Survivor: Palau," winners of a challenge swam with rare non-poisonous jellyfish. Others were greeted by friendly dolphins. Kaltschmitt said he hopes the program, set at the Yaxha archaeological park, will fit into government efforts to promote the heritage of the Maya cultures that flourished across the region about 2,000 years ago. "If we wanted to pay a minute of television around the world to promote Yaxha, it would take the annual budget" of the government tourism institute, he said, noting that Palau saw increased tourism attention from the just-finished series. Kaltschmitt said a camp for the series' staff and competitors would be established next week and filming would start in June. Yaxha is a few miles northeast of the famed Maya city of Tikal. The region is noted for mosquitoes as well as ancient architecture and the competition will take place during the rainy season in an area that sees rain, on average, 185 days a year. CBS accepted restrictions required for activity in a national park, Kaltschmitt said, and Guatemala promised to facilitate the program.
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