Topic: pre-TAR 22 Speculation

[ZouLy]

Hopefully back to Indonesia.

lol please no i need a break 

even though I'm Indonesian but I have to agree with supah3ro, I think Oceania deserves a chance to visit...

[georgiapeach]

Spec is fine, but let's put wishlists elsewhere, okay?

[Kandace]

I think its a prime time to visit New Zealand, especially with it being "olympic year" and New Zealand having lots of sports types(like the bridge fall in southern nz)
 and with the tweet, Philippines can be visited to, maybe TAR5 esque route?

[Leafsfan]

Since S21 went to Asia first I think a South America leg in Brazil first or western Europe is likely.

[ianthebalance]

My Predicitons:
1. A reverse season 13 route.
(North America-Europe-Asia-Oceania-South America-North America)
2. Australia wont be visited, but 2 legs will be spent in New Zealand.
3. No legs in South Asia.
4. Patagonia

Those are all my predicitions. I would be surprised if this came true at all.

[claude_24hrs]

I agree with Kandace, New Zealand is most likely and it will be the second visit to Oceania for the first leg after Unfinished Business (where returning teams traveled from U.S. to Australia), that will make three Oceania legs and it will be the first since 20 seasons ago.

Then, it will be Asia and the Philippines leg would be planned as possible, seen from Phil's tweet in the previous page.

[Theodorus]

I think they will visit England, following TAR tradition to visit Summer Olympic host country.

[topaz]

I want Philippines, Kenya in Africa, more Ireland, Norway and Belgium in Europe and more Australia as well and please no more India and China.

[Airlinesguy]

My route spec:

L1: Los Angeles - NZ (Auckland) (about 100 % according to me)
L2: Auckland - Rural NZ/Melbourne/Fiji
L3: Rural NZ/Melbourne/Fiji - Melbourne/Fiji/Philippines
L4:Melbourne/Fiji/Philippines - Philippines/India
L5: Philippines/India - India
L6: India - Finland/Africa
L7: Finland/Africa - Latvia/Africa
L8: Latvia/Africa - England/Finland/Slovenia
L9: England/Finland/Slovenia - Finland/Slovenia
L10: Finland/Slovenia - Portugal/Africa
L11: Portugal/Africa - Portugal
L12: Portugal - US

[ovalorange]

L1: Los Angeles - NZ (Auckland) (about 100 % according to me)

You're 100% certain on Auckland?? Cause I don't think anyone was remotely close with Shanghai last season

[Theodorus]

Hopefully back to Indonesia.

lol please no i need a break 

even though I'm Indonesian but I have to agree with supah3ro, I think Oceania deserves a chance to visit...

Yeah, me too

[Airlinesguy]

L1: Los Angeles - NZ (Auckland) (about 100 % according to me)

You're 100% certain on Auckland?? Cause I don't think anyone was remotely close with Shanghai last season

Fine, 99.9% 

It is a spec thread, so everyone could be wrong. 

[Dom]

I think we're going to see long overdue visits to Spain, New Zealand and Malta and perhaps even a new country in Africa like Gambia!

[georgiapeach]

Again, spec based on something is fine. If it is just something you WANT to see,  it is a wishlist and should go into that thread please.

And we had Spain THIS season....

[Jimmer25]

I'm think we might see somewhere around the area of Poland, Belarus, Ukraine, Slovakia, and Hungary, all of which hasn't been visited in Post All-Stars. I think we could also see Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines, as well as Oceania (Which is due for a visit).

[claude_24hrs]

I bet if the next season will follow TAR21's format, it will be no new countries race. Sri Lanka, Greece and Peru (all are pre-All Stars countries) will plan as second-time visits as well.

I also think the penultimate leg will be in South American non-Brazil country, Peru.

[Mug Costanza]

In case anyone was curious, here's the current list of US Travel Advisories:

Tunisia    10/19/2012
Colombia    10/03/2012
Pakistan    09/19/2012
Lebanon    09/17/2012
Sudan    09/15/2012
Algeria    09/13/2012
Libya    09/12/2012
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of    09/11/2012
Republic of South Sudan   09/10/2012
Guinea    09/07/2012
Mali    08/29/2012
Syria    08/28/2012
Israel, the West Bank and Gaza    08/10/2012
Iraq    08/09/2012
Congo, Democratic Republic of the    08/02/2012
Central African Republic    07/11/2012
Kenya    07/05/2012
Afghanistan    06/27/2012
Nigeria    06/21/2012
Haiti    06/18/2012
Somalia    06/15/2012
Philippines    06/14/2012
Mauritania    05/24/2012
Saudi Arabia   05/18/2012
Iran    04/27/2012
Cote d'Ivoire   04/23/2012
Burundi    04/18/2012
Eritrea    04/18/2012
Mali    04/09/2012
Niger    04/06/2012
Chad    03/29/2012
Yemen   03/27/2012
Mexico   02/08/2012

Source: http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_1764.html

[Kandace]

Wasn't there one on Indonesia when TAR19 visited?

[Kandace]

I think we're going to see long overdue visits to Spain, New Zealand and Malta and perhaps even a new country in Africa like Gambia!

I think we're going to see long overdue visits to Spain, New Zealand and Malta and perhaps even a new country in Africa like Gambia!

 

[Leafsfan]

When race has started in SA

new-brazil
new-uruguay
new-peru
old-brazil
new-ecuador
old-brazil
old-chile
old-argentina

new? for s22 Venezuela is the only option.

Peach what do you think will be some destinations visited?

[Alenaveda]

When race has started in SA

new-brazil
new-uruguay
new-peru
old-brazil
new-ecuador
old-brazil
old-chile
old-argentina

new? for s22 Venezuela is the only option.

Peach what do you think will be some destinations visited?

And Colombia.

[Leafsfan]

When race has started in SA

new-brazil
new-uruguay
new-peru
old-brazil
new-ecuador
old-brazil
old-chile
old-argentina

new? for s22 Venezuela is the only option.

Peach what do you think will be some destinations visited?

And Colombia.

I purposely left Colombia off the list as its on the USA warning list.

[supah]

South Asia has been completely skipped in the following seasons:
2
3
9
11
15
16
19
Maybe we're due for no South Asia this season?
However Sri Lanka has been named the top destination to visit in 2013 so I wouldn't be surprised if they go there.

Africa is always unpredictable - we weren't expecting it in TAR20

Latin America/Brazil is hard to say. I think would either be the opening legs or the penultimate legs. The seasons that went to South America first generally spent a bit more time there (as in more than one leg). That happened in seasons:
2
5
7
9
11
13
16
20
We definitely could be due for South America, but I think Europe deserves a shot at Leg 1 again.

I predict we're looking at:
a TAR13 route in the OPPOSITE direction
OR
a TAR18 route
OR
a TAR14 route (especially considering a tight budget)

ETA: I also think we may have an Olympic season by following the trend!

[claude_24hrs]

South Asia has been completely skipped in the following seasons:
2
3
9
11
15
16
19
Maybe we're due for no South Asia this season?
However Sri Lanka has been named the top destination to visit in 2013 so I wouldn't be surprised if they go there.

Africa is always unpredictable - we weren't expecting it in TAR20

Latin America/Brazil is hard to say. I think would either be the opening legs or the penultimate legs. The seasons that went to South America first generally spent a bit more time there (as in more than one leg). That happened in seasons:
2
5
7
9
11
13
16
20
We definitely could be due for South America, but I think Europe deserves a shot at Leg 1 again.

I predict we're looking at:
a TAR13 route in the OPPOSITE direction
OR
a TAR18 route
OR
a TAR14 route (especially considering a tight budget)

ETA: I also think we may have an Olympic season by following the trend!

Supah3ro, here the other Asian regions have skipped in the following seasons:
Southeast Asia - 6, 7, 12, 17, 18, 20
East Asia - 3, 5, 7, 13

Enough of East Asia already. No more China and Japan.

[Dom]

I think we're going to see long overdue visits to Spain, New Zealand and Malta and perhaps even a new country in Africa like Gambia!

I think we're going to see long overdue visits to Spain, New Zealand and Malta and perhaps even a new country in Africa like Gambia!

 

None of them came true so I repeated my prediction (with the exception of Spain, but I'm thinking Madrid and Barcelona, not the islands). Nice to know you're cross checking though!