Survivor Episode One - My Thoughts

Ok, so the first episode of Survivor has come and gone so I thought I would share my thoughts about this season on Survivor (if you would like to share yours, click the link at the bottom and give us your opinions....come on you know you want to....lol).
The thought of dividing the tribes by ethnic background seemed like it would spell disaster for Survivor, but that does not really appear to be the case. I think by doing this it will make the individual tribes more determined to “represent” and play harder. At least that is the thought with the Afirican-american tribe. Let's just hope they can come together and not all try to run the tribe. As one of them put it, none of us like to be told what to do. They will have to swallow some pride and learn to work together otherwise they will be gone before they can make a shelter.
This Survivor started off as has past Survivors with the players being dumped into the middle of the ocean with whatever they could take with them. The only difference was that the Survivors were able to take anything they could salvage from the ship they were on such as firewood and chickens. It was funny to see someone chase a chicken in the ocean. I guess he was smart enough to know, protein will be hard to come by!
Once all the tribes make it to their respective beaches, we begin to get a feel for the characters who are now playing the game. In the Asian tribe, we get the wacky Cai Boi, who is the only true full blooded Asian (his words not mine). He was not born in America but came to America as a refuge from Vietnam and laments that his appearance and lifestyle labels him more of a 60’s hippie than an Asian. I get a kick out of him because he is definitely old school and takes his heritage seriously. Like for instance when Brad, an Asian-American within his tribe got a headache. Weren’t you laughing too when he performed his headache releasing technique on Brad? If you weren't you surely were when he finished and Brads headache went away but was replaced with what looked like a bad brush burn centered in between his eyes....lol
The challenge was kinda cool, especially the puzzle boat they had to put together. Seems like the Caucasion tribe did not get their boat completely put together as it started coming apart while they were rowing in the water. How great was it to see the Asian’s come in first in the immunity tribe. I mean, come on who would have thought the smallest in size would beat the muscles that were on the other tribes. I guess dynamite really does come in small packages.
I really think the Afirican - American tribe made a mistake by getting rid of the big guy, especially if the next challenge involves the need for strength.
And how about the body on Adam, in the Caucasion Tribe.....OMG....I hope he plans to do the rest of Survivor shirtless.....lol
Exile Island looks like it will be harded to take this year. Did not see any form of shelter to guard you from the weather elements. Just a blank beach with a small piece of a shipwrecked boat. I guess you better be good at fishing with your hands if you want t0 have something to eat because I did not see many trees to be able to get coconuts from.
Not a lot of alliances being formed just yet, but suspect that will change in upcoming episodes.
All in all I think Survivor is off to a good start and I look forward to the rest of the season. I wonder how long before they will merge the tribes?

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