Topic: TAR 29 Speculation and Discussion of **SPOILERS**

[kiki]

One of the U-turns has a plate of baklava next to it, so I'm pretty sure there is a U-Turn in Greece

That's not a baklava, but the U-turn is in Greece and most likely in Arachova. The table  and the ribbons match the ones in the pictures from that blog from Arachova. You can see on the table a plate of greek salad with feta cheese, black olives, a plate of something (might be stuffed vine leafs with rice) with a sauce with lemon and eggs and what you saw as baklava it's actually spinach pie.

[BritishTARFan]

We saw that rock climbing task.

Could that have been in the Panama episode whilst it was a 90 minute premier but when it changed to normal they had to cut it out?

[georgiapeach]

The season promo from last night is up...can we take any screencap discussion from that over there please? Then we'll be in one place!

[BritishTARFan]

Looking at the timeline:

Wouldn't it make sense for the Basket bikes to take place in Ninh Binh? I feel it's less likely to occur in Hanoi but I have no evidence for this.

Also, I kinda think there will be no Dar Es Salaam leg because we only evermore see Zanzibar in previews, Phill never says Dar or Tanzania but Zanzibar. Teams may just transit similar to S11.

[Zack.]

Dar es Salaam was one of the cities listen on the sign in Wrigley Stadium so I feel like it's gotta host a leg in some capacity (like how 'Panama City' was listed despite the actual tasks occurring in Gamboa).

[ianthebalance]

In a sneak peak posted on youtube for episode 2, Jessie says "on our way to the heliport" while in a taxi in daylight. So are they not signing up for helicopters for morning departure?

[ianthebalance]

I also have a theory (rather out there, but still a theory) for the whole "do we have a Dar es Salaam leg or not."

What we know:
1. Teams left Sao Paulo on June 14, meaning they should arrive in Tanzania on the 15th
2. The Johannesburg to Dar es Salaam flight was scheduled to arrive at 2:55 pm, and if teams took a flight to Zanzibar, it would arrive at 4:30 pm
3. Sunset was at 6:16 pm that day for both locations (only 3 hours and 20 minutes of daylight for Dar es Salaam, 1 hour and 45 minutes for Zanzibar)
4. Teams were said to be at the Zanzibar airport on the morning of the 18th, meaning that they finished Leg 4 in Zanzibar
5. The episode 3 description says the race is in Zanzibar
6. Dar es Salaam is on the Wrigley Field scoreboard

So that all leads to my crazy theory: Legs 3 and 4 will follow the formula of TAR 27's TBC legs in Zambia and Zimababwe!
Leg 3:
Teams land in Dar es Salaam on the 15th at 2:55 pm
They do a task or two
Then they sign up for dhows for the next morning to Zanzibar (I think I recall seeing a screencap of dhows in some promo)
Then land in Zanzibar (meaning the description is correct) on the 16th
They do a task or two there
And then reach Phil and they continue racing.
Leg 4:
Continue racing that day.

[kiki]

From the promo we know that there are 3 U-turns. Every one has a different setting that fits the place it is in. One is definitely in Arachova, Greece. The Blind U-turn is decorated with palm leaves and bamboo(?) and at the back you can see the sea and boats. Could that be in Zanzibar? That would fit the Zambia-Zimbabwe repeat that Ian just speculated.
Finally the third is placed in a leafy place with a gold border and the number 2 is written in Roman Numerals as II. Maybe Lake Komo, Italy? But that would mean that we have all the U-turns early in the race one after another.

[BourkieBoy]

I just LOVE how good the U-Turns look!

[ianthebalance]

From the promo we know that there are 3 U-turns. Every one has a different setting that fits the place it is in. One is definitely in Arachova, Greece. The Blind U-turn is decorated with palm leaves and bamboo(?) and at the back you can see the sea and boats. Could that be in Zanzibar? That would fit the Zambia-Zimbabwe repeat that Ian just speculated.
Finally the third is placed in a leafy place with a gold border and the number 2 is written in Roman Numerals as II. Maybe Lake Komo, Italy? But that would mean that we have all the U-turns early in the race one after another.

There is a picture of that Roman numeral U-Turn board taken on the day the leg was filmed. It was the Lake Como leg. So we have the U-Turns on legs 3/4 (that background looks like where teams are shown in Zanzibar in the season preview), 6, and 8. I like it as teams won't expect them so close together.

[BourkieBoy]

According to Wikipedia (yes I know, yell at me), that we have 2 legs in Tanzania?
Is that true?

[claude_24hrs]

According to Wikipedia (yes I know, yell at me), that we have 2 legs in Tanzania?
Is that true?

Yes. The first leg will take place in Zanzibar (Pemba Island) while the other half of the second leg will partly take place in the nation's largest city and former capital Dar es Salaam.

[WafflesAndpancakes]

Excuse mo for being out of topic but did they really go to north korea?

[Oliveira]

Lets see if I get the right placements for the teams for this leg 

[georgiapeach]

Looks like someone stole our timeline. Could you please give us the link to that page? Thanks!

Route can be seen in the timeline. But be careful lots of spoilers!

[gamerfan09]

A random throwaway line from Vanck & Ashton:

Ashton: We found something in common!
Vanck: Maybe by Leg 5 we'll find three more (:

Potential foreshadowing of them maybe winning Leg 5? 

[ianthebalance]

So for Leg 5, we have what appears to be a roadblock climbing up the bonfire tower, a detour option involving carrying torches, and Floyd skydiving. Since we already have a roadblock and skydiving would be an odd detour to pair up with something with torches, and we have only seen Floyd skydiving, so unless it's a Season 27, Leg 6 situation, I think that skydiving is a Fast Forward

[BourkieBoy]

Excuse mo for being out of topic but did they really go to north korea?

 

No, they did NOT go to North Korea. However, they did go to South Korea in Leg 10 (I think)

[Platrium]

A random throwaway line from Vanck & Ashton:

Ashton: We found something in common!
Vanck: Maybe by Leg 5 we'll find three more (:

Potential foreshadowing of them maybe winning Leg 5? 

Maybe Vanck was only making a bad math joke. (Leg 5 minus Leg 2 = 3!?)

[PikaBelleChu]

On Wikipedia page,  They've added somewhat 2 countries today which is not even in our timeline. a Marseille, France and Istanbul, Turkey.

[BourkieBoy]

On Wikipedia page,  They've added somewhat 2 countries today which is not even in our timeline. a Marseille, France and Istanbul, Turkey.

And Pyongyang, North Korea 

[NumfarPTB]

 
Heh. Even if we don't refer back to our detailed timeline, we'd just have to point to the picture taken from the final leg, for the board that could be viewed for the memory challenge.

[georgiapeach]

On Wikipedia page,  They've added somewhat 2 countries today which is not even in our timeline. a Marseille, France and Istanbul, Turkey.

Which is why if you really want to know what is going on you read our posts...esp our own fabulous  WIKI!

[naejae91]

Any idea or opinion on this season NEL/TBC placings so far?

Edit: I can only guess Leg 4 and Leg 9 being the 1st and final NEL respectively due to the 2 hour schedule.

[cbacbacba1]

Any idea or opinion on this season NEL/TBC placings so far?

Edit: I can only guess Leg 4 and Leg 9 being the 1st and final NEL respectively due to the 2 hour schedule.

I guess it would be Leg 4, 7 and 9 as we know that Leg 6 and Leg 8 have u-turns
So Leg 5 > 8th place
     Leg 6 > 7th place
     Leg 8 > 6th place
     Leg 10 > 5th place
     Leg 11 > 4th place