SURVIVOR 7: PEARL ISLAND

14 Aug, 2003 | Cuz_it_aint_their_money

[cuz_it_aint_their_money]

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This here's Captain Cuz bringing you scurvy scallywags the latest in Survivor news!
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Well ping-ees, it’s that time again!
Mark Burnett Productions has once again permitted 16 media whores to ply their trade just to bring us a few hours of blissful enjoyment. So without further ado, here is what your intrepid Captain Cuz has come up with so far.

During the final show of Survivor 6: The Amazon, Jeff Probst provided the following voice over for the first Survivor 7: Pearl Island Promo:

This Fall, 16 new Survivors journey off the coast of Panama, to a land steeped in a bloody history of piracy.

A hidden chain of more than a hundred tropical islands, located in the blue-green waters of Central America. These are the PEARL ISLANDS. It is a place of ancient riches, with a turbulent history of looting and plundering. The ruins of Spanish forts and sunken ships are monuments to a violent and infamous past, where the deeds of pirates like Drake and Morgan are legendary.

In these Panamanian waters lurk some of the most exotic and dangerous marine animals anywhere in the Pacific Ocean. Schools of sharks, sting rays, dolphins and sea turtles thrive in a spectacular world beneath the sea.

And our Survivors will begin their adventure during the migration of the humpback whale. For the first time, each tribe will have its own island and the marooning will be unlike anything experienced by the previous Survivors.

Who will outwit, outplay and outlast all the others to become the sole Survivor? Find out this Fall as the adventure continues in the Pearl Islands.

Well, you just knew that with all the Survivor Junkies out there in Webland, it wouldn’t be long before someone came up with some pictures about the Pearl Islands, and here are a few I have selected from the many out there in cyberspace: Photos courtesy of claycritters.com

Tribal Council view from right rear

Tribal Council from left side.

Close up of Tribal Council. Stairs under construction leading from the beach to the fort.
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Here is a brief “History of the Pearl Islands” – (an excerpt from SurvivorFever.net)
These islands have a long history as they were the first islands to be explored by Spanish Conquistadors. In fact the most famous conquistador and the person who gave the Pacific Ocean its name, Balboa, lived on these islands after having crossed the Panamanian Isthmus. He chose the islands because the weather was cooler and the mosquitoes non-existent.

After Balboa left, the islands were a center for pearl divers and the greatest of pearls, La Peregrina was found off their shores.

La Peregrina was given to Queen Mary Tudor by Philip the II of Spain in 1554; later the pearl ended up in the hands of Napoleon the III and today Elizabeth Taylor has the pearl in her possession. Richard Burton gave it to her as a Valentine's Day gift in 1969. Who knows maybe there are more such pearls to be found? In the 20th century the Pearl islands, especially Contadora were developed into vacation spots for Latin Americans and Europeans.

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Well intrepid ping-ees, that’s just about all Captain Cuz has for now.
The show will debut Thursday, September 18th, 2003 at 8 PM EDT.
And hopefully, the official Survivor Website will list the contestants sometime next week.
If so, I’ll be back next Thursday with the bios of the players.

Until then, feel free to post your own spoilers!
And remember, don’t take any wooden doubloons! Har Har Har!

P.S. Remember to Freepmail me if you want on or off the Survivor Ping List.

[mystery-ak]

LOL...jonny is such a girly-man, he can't even beat Lil

[SC Swamp Fox]

She's pretty awesome in that last "stamina" immunity. It was a "balance on the raft" challenge. (Which favors women, lower center of gravity, better balance.)

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

That...is no man.

Don't you dare call him a girl.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Hmm Sandra would be the first person to go to the final two without ever winning personal immunity I think.

[SC Swamp Fox]

Well, he is no man.

Take a poll of the ladies here....

How many ladies here could imagine a night of passion with Johnny Fairplay? lol.

[stands2reason]

Mr. S2R is wondering--is it the first all-girl final two?

[stands2reason]

I'm sorry, did you say a "night of passion with Burton"?

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Yes. Always before it has been two men and two women in the final four with a man and a woman final two.

This Survivor has been filled with firsts

[mystery-ak]

...come here, I want to slap you....I may be lonely, but not THAT lonely!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Excuse me while I throw up at that mental picture.

Not even if he was the last male on earth. Let's just call him a snake and leave it at that.

[SC Swamp Fox]

I see that my point has been made.

[NYTexan]

Hey Cuz!

Thanks for all the pings and predictions!

Please keep me aboard for the All Star episodes.

FReegards, NYTexan

[SC Swamp Fox]

....a snake he is.

[HighWheeler]

Of the two, Sandra is by far the best. She was the best negotiator on the island with the awesome deals she was cutting. She made it all tolerable for the Drakes with the huge pile of stuff she got.

[mystery-ak]

...I agree...I hope Lill does not when this...Im 35min behind the rest of you.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

It is almost a pleasure to watch Lil beat him.

[SC Swamp Fox]

They are starting the Jury comments/questions.

Ryan O. Lil is it fair that I vote for you when you were out of the game for 8 days?

[stands2reason]

Excuse me while I throw up at that mental picture.

You have to block those things out.

[HighWheeler]

If Jon was the last male on Earth, the human species would have to be put out of its misery and go extinct.

[SC Swamp Fox]

Ryan O: Sandra why should I vote for you when you rode others coat-tails?