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"Bus Ride Costs"
aquariaqueen 2616 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Survivor-themed Cruise Spokesperson"
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08-18-04, 10:20 AM (EST)
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"Bus Ride Costs" |
I didn't come into fruition why they edited the show with the mom's saying how much the bus ticket cost ($5.00) until Brandon and his "limo" ride was shown......Those Kenyans want TAR to come back year after year. LOL
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Just Plain Bill 76 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square"
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08-18-04, 11:43 AM (EST)
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1. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
>...Those Kenyans want TAR to come back year after year. LOL>That was actually Tanzania that the bus ride took place in. In Kenya they never got out of the airports (int'l and domestic). But I'm sure all the bus drivers are now on the lookout for frantic Americans so they can charge 30 times the correct fare!
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ARnutz 13937 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-18-04, 12:08 PM (EST)
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4. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
Welcome to the boards Bill!!I know that in a lot of foreign countries the locals are just waiting for travelers (usually Americans) so they can take advantage. I just can't wait until those 2 teams realize when talking to others at the Pit Stop that they got screwed. Perhaps this is why they show Nicole freaking out about money in the previews for next week?
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nailbone 27263 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-18-04, 11:58 AM (EST)
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2. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
C&C and C&K paid $5, Shmirna and the Moms paid $3. B&N and the Twins paid over $100, cuz they offered to in order to get the driver to leave sooner. The guy smelled sucker and took advantage. Hilarious!! Handcrafted by RollDdice
The order of Banana delivery should be organized by location to save on shipping costs. o-
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dajaki 1454 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Beef Jerky Spokesperson"
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08-18-04, 12:54 PM (EST)
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5. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
He even got B&N to pay $20 for the gas. Too funny!
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nora_q 6 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
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08-18-04, 11:25 PM (EST)
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7. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
Yeah, they definitely wasted a lot of money. In every third-world(or Eastern Europe) country there are locals who hunt for ignorant tourists to ripp them off. Even for paying for the bus to leave earlier, that was too much. I imagine teams didn't have time to bargain, but they should have never gotten on the bus before negociating the price. The showed they were in real hurry and that their fate was probably in the bus driver's hands, he felt it and was not afraid to push on, certain they won't go away to another bus. By the way, did they even had to travel by bus? For 100$ or less they could have picked up a local driver at the station, he would have been happy to change direction for a good reward. I'm not sure if the clue specified they HAD to take the bus.
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Estee 57126 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-18-04, 12:59 PM (EST)
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6. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
The lesson, as always: B&N and K&K are idiots. Five dollars, three dollars, one hundred dollars with threats extracting more... Was anyone else waiting for the other people on that bus to line up in front of the Racers' seats and come up with their own blackmail demands? 'Give me ten dollars or I'll say something bad about your lord and savior on camera.'
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Redemption 57 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square"
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08-18-04, 11:38 PM (EST)
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8. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
Also, the bus that Brandon and Nicloe were on did not run out of petrol. It was just a scam. Why? Notice that the amount of petrol they put back in the bus was about 1 litre and it traveled a long distance after that. They just thought, "How do we get more money out of these dumb Americans?"I know i have posted this but a pretty white boy should not get into a money quarrel with a poor african man with nothing to lose and also, keep your girlfriend quiet or you will get hurt.
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Mistral 205 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Network TV Show Guest Star"
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08-19-04, 00:42 AM (EST)
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10. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
Well....the whole thing was just a scam. Which happens fairly frequently to American tourists in foreign countries. You ever been to Mexico and had about 1000 people try to get you into a timeshare? Ick. To be fair, we on American soil attempt the same sort of thing on our tourists. Or maybe I should only speak for the San Francisco area where ripoffs abound. I guess if you aren't on your home turf, you're fair game, whatever country you're from. But as for Brandon....this is at least twice now where he hasn't stood up for his woman. Wasn't she pawed in the Buenos Aires club or wherever that foam disco was? Frankly, if this were me and my dearest hubby, that bus driver would have been paying us....
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nora_q 6 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
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08-19-04, 09:05 AM (EST)
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11. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
Speaking of Brandon, back at the foam disco he should have interviened, but in this situation he should have told Nicole to shut up earlier. What was that girl thinking? I guess she wasn't at all when she argued with that driver. Maybe cameras gave her courage, but she totally lost her calm, got into a dangerous situation, and throwing the money on the ground was just plain rude. The driver yelled back at her, but I'm syrprised he didn't spit on her of worse. All for the stupid ten bucks! and Brandon could be of no autority in Tanzania(or anywhere in the world for that matter)
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erina 6 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "American Cancer Society Spokesperson"
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08-19-04, 00:31 AM (EST)
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9. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
Team Pretty is stupid. Why can't they befriend the locals, or at least be nice.. Look at the cousins, they get along well with locals, especially with the "Habibee" ("my lover") word. Haha... Chances are you won't have a hard time like that. Maybe Team Pretty were unlucky to meet the suckers in the first place.And wasn't it funny when they saw the rainbow and announced that it was a good sign for THEM?
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procrastin8tor 26 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Beauty Pageant Celebrity Judge"
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08-19-04, 07:43 PM (EST)
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13. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
Yes, unfortunately, traveling in the third world has it drawbacks, one of them is that people might try to scam you. Let's face it 120 bucks is nothing to Americans with TV crews following them. Nothing. Amazing Race is a game, a contest while this guy is trying to make a living in a poor, poor country. Yes, of course he could be more honest, but he choose to take advantage of a situation and perhaps make as much money in a day as in a year. He's still a crook, though.But, Nicole's behaviour when the man was demanding his money was appalling. I couldn't believe it when she THREW the money on the dirt ground. I mean, how tasteless. Why humiliate someone like that? It was awful and demeaning. Luckily, Brandon redeemed the team by picking it up and giving it to the man to get rid of him. He was smart enough to realize that 10 bucks more is nothing compared to already being scammed out of 110. ***pr0cRaStiN8tor**
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Redemption 57 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Hollywood Squares Square"
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08-19-04, 10:28 PM (EST)
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14. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
Lets not forget to that the man was only asking for the money that Brandon agreed to pay him, nothing more.When the bus "broke down' he said Brandon must pay US$20 more and Brandon agreed. At the stop they only gave him US$10, which is why he was persistent. Fair call in my books.
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dabo 26942 desperate attention whore postings DAW Level: "Playboy Centerfold"
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08-20-04, 00:27 AM (EST)
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15. "RE: Bus Ride Costs" |
God wanted that man to have that money so he could do good things with it, obviously.
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