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!

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[stands2reason]

Now with Jon and Burton gone off the island, the plotting will begin.

[Ima Lurker]

All the women seem to be playing for 3rd or 4th place instead of playing to win. I can't understand that.

[stands2reason]

Who else could he have taken, though...he burnt all his other bridges... He really F'ed up by not assuring Lil she wasn't with him all the way.

[HighWheeler]

Now that these stupid women won't have anyone lying to them for awhile, I wonder if they will get smart enough, fast enough, to realize they are so stupid to listen to these guys.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

This could be one of those moments that loser survivors look back on and wonder how they could have been so stupid.

Personally I would have picked Sandra. It would keep her from plotting while I was gone and I would have promoted it to the other members as, "Hey, we are voting her off next, why not give her a little treat?"

[stands2reason]

Jon is so clueless -"We can step away from the camp without anything changing" LOL!!!

[dwilli]

Don't need a drivers licence in Panama?

[mystery-ak]

Sandra would have been a good move...are you listening to these too?

[mystery-ak]

I don't know...the last time my hubby was there he was carrying a 9mm....LOL

[stands2reason]

Those guys are going DOWN!!!


"We're smarter, blahblahblahblah"

Well, three is still more than two, guys.

I loved Burton talking about bringing Sandra in. At least Jon was smart enough to realise that ain't gonna happen.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

They think that they have it all sown up. Maybe they do. But wouldn't it be sweet if they didn't?

[stands2reason]

Sandra would have been a good move

I really really want her to win.

[Ramtek57]

Anybody but the guys needs to win. Sandra is cool with her plotting. I am sick and tired of that lying turd Jon, with his #@%^ eating grin.

[mystery-ak]

I would love to see someone wipe that smirk off Jon's face.

[mystery-ak]

Lil's gonna crack

[stands2reason]

Let the tap-dancing begin...

[mystery-ak]

this should be interesting...

[mystery-ak]

ok girls...do it!

[stands2reason]

Damn woman just hold it togather til tribal council...

[Ramtek57]

Now, who are they gonna vote for. Darrah won immunity again.