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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #50 on: May 20, 2006, 10:54:52 AM »
Here is my updated list of countries and places that TAR has not been to but certainly could add some well needed new blood to our teams' travels:

No America:
  Canada - Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Vancouver and Victoria

  Guatemala, Beliz

  Carribean Islands - Virgin Islands, Bermuda

Europe
  Belgium
  Denmark
  Ireland
  Finland
  Estonia
  Latvia
  Lithuania
  Ukraine
  Slovakia - Bratislava
  Czech Republic - Prague
  Romania - Translvania (Dracula!)
  Bulgaria - Veliko Tarnova
  Serbia-Montenegro - Belgrade, Novi Sad
  Croatia - Osijek - Dubrovnik Coast
  Slovenia
  Malta
  Greek Islands

Africa
  A problem here due to widespread drought, famine, and genocide

  Algeria
  Zimbabwe and Victoria Falls

Asia
  Israel
  Turkey (Asian part)
  Jordan
  Taiwan
  Mongolia

Oceania
  Guam
  Saipan
  Micronesia
  Marshall Islands

South America

  Hard to find a new country here that doesn't have somekind of political problem

One more suggestion:  Why not for once go around the world EAST to WEST?  Start in Asia or Oceania and end up coming through the Carribean?




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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #51 on: May 20, 2006, 11:16:53 AM »
TAR has been in many of the united states also, either as part of the family edition or as starting and ending locations. What states have not been visited at all?
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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #52 on: May 20, 2006, 03:32:49 PM »
I think one of the reasons the race course goes first usually to south America then to Europe or Africa, instead of going to Asia first is not to just kill all theplayers.

Usually every season has several players who speak spanish.  We have had few who spoke any of hte asian country's native tongue.

Seriously.

Season 1-Africa, I don't rember which country but its the one with Victoria falls.

Season two:  Argentina
Season Three:  Mexico
Season four:  I want to say Switzerland, but it was definetly a European country.
Season 5:  I want to say Brazil (but again definelty south America, though it might have been Argentina since tleg 2 featured the cementary with Eva Peron.


Season 6:  Iceland, I think.
Season 7:  Chili, I think
Season 9:  Brazil.

If a team went straight to Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, ect.  They take a huge risk that the not so good teams (usually the first four to six eliminated) would be so out of their element and lsot that there would be a huge time difference between first team and the next to last.  So that  tehy would have to have huge equilizers to get the teams back together.

Again, though that leaves such fairly safe places like Australia or New Zealand or even hawaii for the first leg (I know we have had taks in Hawaii, but have we had a whole leg there).

The teams might just be killed on the large amount of travel time. 

Talk about Zet lag from hell on just the first leg, if htey went that route.

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #53 on: May 20, 2006, 11:06:45 PM »
First legs for TAR were as follows:

1.  Johannesburg, South Africa and then on to Zambia (Victoria Falls)

2. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

3. Mexico City, Mexico

4. Milan, Italy

5. Punte del Este, Uruguay

6. Iceland

7. Lima, Peru

8. Family Fun

9. Sao Paulo, Brazil

Brazil is the only country used twice in leg one.

Race started in South America 4 times; Europe 2 times; Africa 1 time; No. America (Mexico) 1 time

A race from East to West could start out as follows: to Hawaii, to Guam, to New Zealand.  This would pose no problems for the teams since all three locations speak English.  And the effects of jet lag are minimized when you actually gain time as you fly west.

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #54 on: May 20, 2006, 11:10:32 PM »
thanks g-man, i do think this upcoming race is either going togo first go mexico again or to europe and a location that we havnt seen in the race like ireland. since germany is holding the world cup when tar10 will be filming you can count out that country.


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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #55 on: May 21, 2006, 07:12:54 AM »
First legs for TAR were as follows:

1.  Johannesburg, South Africa and then on to Zambia (Victoria Falls)

2. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

3. Mexico City, Mexico

4. Milan, Italy

5. Punte del Este, Uruguay

6. Iceland

7. Lima, Peru

8. Family Fun

9. Sao Paulo, Brazil

Brazil is the only country used twice in leg one.

Race started in South America 4 times; Europe 2 times; Africa 1 time; No. America (Mexico) 1 time

A race from East to West could start out as follows: to Hawaii, to Guam, to New Zealand.  This would pose no problems for the teams since all three locations speak English.  And the effects of jet lag are minimized when you actually gain time as you fly west.

I believe one reason for heading to South America is the weather.  For the races that start in late Fall in the US, it is early spring in the southern hemisphere.  Not as much travel disruption in warmer times of the year.

One could use Gman's excellent list and coordinate with starting dates.  Because TAR10 starts in summer, my guess is that they stay in the northern hemisphere for the first leg.

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #56 on: May 21, 2006, 01:46:01 PM »
my guess for tar10 leg1 is either somewhere in mexico or ireland. thats just my total guess though  :lol:

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #57 on: May 22, 2006, 08:22:04 AM »
jeff, don't have a list of unvisited states, but here are the places they've gone in the US w/seasons in parentheses...

UNITED STATES {Absarokee MT (8 ), Anchorage AK (1, 2), Chicago IL (6), Dallas TX (5), Denver (9), Fort
Lauderdale FL (7), Fort McDowell AZ (8 ), Huntsville AL (8 ), Lake Powell AZ (8 ), Lancaster PA
(8 ), Las Vegas NV (2), Lewiston NY (8 ), Long Beach CA (7), Los Angeles (4), Maui HI (2), Miami FL (3), Middleburg VA (8 ), New Orleans LA (8 ), New York City NY (8 ), Phoenix AZ (4), Salt Lake City UT (8 ), San Francisco CA (2), Santa Monica CA (5), Seattle WA (3), Yellowstone National Park (8 )}

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #58 on: May 22, 2006, 08:33:02 AM »
Thanks for the info.
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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #59 on: May 22, 2006, 03:06:06 PM »
States used for start and ending locations:

Starts:               
1.  New York
2.  Nevada
3.  Florida
4.  California
5.  California
6.  Illinois
7.  California
8.  New York
9.  Colorado

Ends:
1.  New York
2.  California
3.  Washington
4.  Arizona
5.  Texas
6.  Illinois
7.  Florida
8.  New York
9.  Colorado

States Visited by Family Fun Time:   
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
District of Columbia
Virginia
South Carolina
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Arizona
Utah
Wyoming
Monana

Other states visited during the running of TAR
Alaska
Hawaii
       


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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #60 on: May 22, 2006, 05:55:52 PM »
Don't forget Puerto Rico.  It's almost a state.

I think we are due to start in Boston. 

But I'm still going to keep my eyes open for another LA area start.  I will be at the airport on the 17th.
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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #61 on: May 22, 2006, 06:09:03 PM »
chateau ur absolutly right about la or boston. rose bowl start in pasadena? or the patriots stadium in foxburrough

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #62 on: May 22, 2006, 06:53:15 PM »
I'd definitely like to see them go to the Southern Hemisphere for this race. All the TARs that have been filmed during the summer (3,6,8) stayed strictly in the Northern Hemisphere, so we never got to see a Southern Hemisphere winter.

I'd really like a route like this

Leg 1: Boston, FL to Bogota, Colombia (it really isn't that bad of a place)
Leg 2: Bogota to Salvador, Brazil
Leg 3: Salvador to Antananarivo, Madagascar
Leg 4: Antanarivo to Chennai, INdia (a decent India leg is long overdue)
Leg 5: India to Melbourne, Australia
Leg 6: Melbourne to Suva, Fiji
Leg 7: Fiji to Belmopan, Belize
Leg 8: Belmopan to Vancouver

(teams get a clue that says "Sorry, we're going home the long way, so fly to....)

Leg 9: Vancouver to Sapporo, Japan (this would be better for a winter TAR, so they could visit the winter festival)
Leg 10: Sapporo to Lhasa, Tibet
Leg 11: Lhasa to Kiev, Ukraine
Leg 12: Kiev to Dublin, Ireland
Leg 13: Ireland to Virgin Islands to Boston

KF for sure

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #63 on: May 22, 2006, 08:50:18 PM »
Oh Yeah! Rose Bowl !  That would be great because I get within spitting distance Monday through Friday!  I will have to keep an eagle eye out for unique vehicles going there in the mornings.
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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #64 on: May 22, 2006, 09:13:58 PM »
nothing on filming permits YET but hopefully something comes abound in the next week before they leave for where, and thanks chateau please do. that would be awesome if im right.

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #65 on: May 22, 2006, 09:14:37 PM »
:welcome: hanzz 



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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #66 on: May 22, 2006, 10:05:47 PM »
If it's an L.A. permit you're after, it's going to be a little harder to get. What used to be an open, friendly office a few blocks from Grauman's Chinese is now tucked behind a couple extra layers of security at Los Angeles Center Studios. Appts are needed in Pasadena; they're too busy for walk-ins.

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #67 on: May 22, 2006, 10:11:27 PM »
If it's an L.A. permit you're after, it's going to be a little harder to get. What used to be an open, friendly office a few blocks from Grauman's Chinese is now tucked behind a couple extra layers of security at Los Angeles Center Studios. Appts are needed in Pasadena; they're too busy for walk-ins.

remeber this course was planned out months in advance. but yeah i saw that

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #68 on: May 25, 2006, 01:29:56 PM »
Here's my speculation for a TAR race to mostly NEW places:

1.  Start in Boston, Massachusettes - fly overnight to:

     Dublin, Ireland.

2.  Brussels, Belgium

3.  Helsinki, Finland

4.  Riga, Latvia

5.  Bratislava, Slovakia

6.  Dubrovnik, Croatia

7.  Amman, Jordan

8.  Hyderabad, India

9.  Christchurch, New Zealand

10. Suva, Fiji

11. Quito, Ecuador

12. Charlotte Amalie, U. S. Virgin Islands

13. Concord, Massachusettes

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #69 on: May 25, 2006, 01:34:30 PM »
nice  course g-man, how many miles is that?


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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #70 on: May 25, 2006, 02:01:48 PM »
Yeah that ^^ keep the lists coming guys !

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #71 on: May 25, 2006, 08:22:47 PM »
nice  course g-man, how many miles is that?

Not counting the miles the teams might travel within a country (such as to Bruges or Ghent while going to Brussels) it covers a tight 29,845 miles. 

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #72 on: May 25, 2006, 08:42:43 PM »
we need some schnitzel  Gman !!

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #73 on: May 25, 2006, 08:45:55 PM »
heres my spec route

leg1. Start in chicago at soldier field in chicago-
fly over night to dublin ireland. teams will fly on united through boston-american direct to dublin, and connental through newark
2. paris
3. Manchester england
4. Capetown south africa
5. findland
6. checz republic
7. latvia
8. switserland
9. South korea
10. somewhere in nz
11. beejing
12. hawaii
13. back to soldier field

a nice hockey/soccer country theme with olympics just being over and the world cup starting after tar begins shooting  :lol:

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Re: Amazing Race 10 Race info ...
« Reply #74 on: May 25, 2006, 09:17:18 PM »
we need some schnitzel  Gman !!


Puddin, dear, haven't you yet learned the difference between a Schnitzel and a half-meter Bratwurst?????

And with the World Cup taking up most of June in Germany, a good excuse not to go there in TAR10. But they do have good Bratwurst!!