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Zack.:
Potential realistic but more ambitious route for 37:

START: Los Angeles, CA (lol)
LEG 1 - Iguazu Falls, Brazil
LEG 2 - Curitiba, Brazil
LEG 3 - George/Garden Route, South Africa
LEG 4 - Bloemfontein, South Africa to Thaba Bosiu, Lesotho
LEG 5 - Port Louis, Mauritius
LEG 6 - Chamarel/Black River Gorges NP, Mauritius
LEG 7 - Istanbul, Turkiye
LEG 8 - Edirne, Turkiye (given recent legs in India I don't think Turkiye is too big a stretch but this could be replaced with another European country)
LEG 9 - Thoddoo, Maldives
LEG 10 - Colombo, Sri Lanka
LEG 11 - Singapore
LEG 12 - LAX/Palm Springs, CA

Final memory task is a photo-based one, where the teams will have to parse out the differences from the relatively similar destinations they encountered (the multiple jungles, the multiple islands, the multiple urban areas).

RachelLeVega:
It's about that time here in the north, an autumn-minded race route!

Setting the starting line aesthetics...
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STARTING LINE: Grandview Farm - Stowe, Vermont
-Teams to show crossing Gold Brook Covered Bridge before battling for tickets out of Burlington International Airport.
Leg 1 (United States -> Germany) | flights via Washington-Dulles and NYC-JFK to Munich, train to Nuremberg
*Oktoberfest stein-holding risk vs. reward task to determine train ticket time to Nuremberg
*Klingender Waterfall, Waldseilpark Rummselsburg high ropes: autumn color-gradient puzzles vs. Fichtelgebirge: Weißmainquelle hike Detour
*Roadblock: Recruit 10 people to "volksmarch" with from Burg Burthann to Villa Flaire in Pfeifferhutte to reunite with their blindfolded teammate.
Pit Stop: Kloster Gnadenberg
Leg 2 (Germany) | train to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, by foot-only leg around city
*Detour: Leyk Lichthäuser Factory: make and deliver ornament to old town shop or Medieval Crime Museum: hanging cage replica and testing
*Roadblock: Taubertal Festival lineup hung down from a 4.5 meter-high PVC beam; racers take turns laying out the order of the performances.
Pit Stop: Pension Herrnmühle
Leg 3 (Germany -> Eswatini) | flight to Mbabane
*Mlilwane Wildlife Sanctuary beehive hut time slot battle, Mantenga Cultural Village greeting and clue
*Sibebe Rock, Detour: Ngwenya Glass: crooked wine flute model glassblowing or Tintsaba: sisal weave a cup as an answer to a pattern
*Roadblock in Malolotja Nature Reserve- junkyard jeep repair, check engine, battery jumpstart, and drive to Pit Stop at a marked campsite
Leg 4 (Eswatini -> South Africa) | flight to Cape Town, Stellenbosch and Franschhoek
*Cape Winelands-themed leg, Old Nectar Gardens, drama-inducing fake grapevine in a vineyard task :2hearts:
*Roadblock: Industrial conical fermenter cleaning from a list of specific wineries around the region
Pit Stop: Tokara Wine Estate
Leg 5 (South Africa -> Romania) | flight to Bucharest, train to Brasov
*Pumpkin carving marathon Roadblock in Bucharest, Strada Sforii
*Detour: "Balkan Breakfast" charcuterie spread feast or TAR14 Vlad the Impaler Switchback
Pit Stop: Posada Hunting Museum
Leg 6 (Romania -> Bhutan) | flight to Thimphu
*Carry a prayer flagpole through the Lungchu Tsey Pilgrimage, meditation retreat-style tasks
Pit Stop: Wangdue Phrodang Dzong
Leg 7 (Bhutan -> Japan) | flight to Osaka, high-speed rail to Kyoto
*Detour: Zen garden landscaping at residence, completing an augmented reality video game level at Nintendo HQ
*Higashiyama District, Fushimi Inari-taisha torii path gate counting Roadblock
Pit Stop: Kiyomizu-dera stage
Leg 8 (Japan) | high-speed rail to Kobe
*Wagyu kobe beef ranch visit, Nishiki-e printmaking Roadblock
*Kobe Jazz Street and Kobe Collection fashion show curating Detour
Pit Stop: Zuihoji Park
Leg 9 (Japan -> Tonga) | flight to Nuku'alofa, ferry to 'Eua
*'Ana 'Ahu, Detour: locating Ovava tree inspired for the Avatar movie or rock climbing
*Roadblock: Mulberry tree bark stripping to fill different length piles for tapa cloth production
Pit Stop: 'Eua National Park - Lokupo Lookout reached on 4WD
Leg 10 (Tonga) | ferry back to Nuku'alofa
*Langafonua Handicraft Centre and Gallery, kava ceremony at Ancient Tonga, 3 Headed Coconut Tree
*Detour: Cathedral Cave scuba diving and spearfishing, self-boat navigation with a Polynesian star compass
*Roadblock: "Join" fishing pigs to collect crustaceans for an umu feast
Pit Stop: Mapu'a Vaea Blowholes
Leg 11 (Tonga -> Canada) | flight to Montreal, more rural leg
*Mont Royal, Érablière Mont-Rouge, La Ferme Forget corn maze
Pit Stop: Saint Benedict Abbey
Leg 12 (Canada -> United States) | flight to Boston
*Fenway Garden Society & Fenway Park, Plimoth Patuxet Museums in Plymouth
*Cape Cod Canal Railroad Bridge for a stunt Roadblock, Nobska Lighthouse in Falmouth
*Chartered catboat to Tisbury, Martha's Vineyard, then ride a marked electric bike to Flying Horses Carousel in Oak Bluffs
*Bike to Joseph Sylvia State Beach, Jaws-inspired final memory task involving shark teeth pieces
FINISH LINE: Edgartown Harbor Lighthouse - Edgartown, Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts
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Pi:
Paging WRP... this route needs to happen! :clap2:

QuizMan92:

 Another one (kinda inspired by TAR13 and TAR22)
Starting Line: The Getty (LA)

Leg 1: Guatemala City and Antigua, Guatemala (PS: Cerro de la Cruz)

Leg 2: Barranquilla, Colombia (PS: Malecon de Rio)

Leg 3: Cartagena, Colombia (PS: Plaza de Santo Domingo)

Leg 4: Auckland, New Zealand (PS: Howick Historical Village) (keep on racing)

Leg 5: Rural NZ (PS: Lake Taupo)

Leg 6: Cebu, Philippines (PS: Monterrazas de Cebu)

Leg 7: Colombo, Sri Lanka (PS: Kelaniya Raja Maha Viharaya)

Leg 8: Male, Maldives (PS: Victory Monument)

Leg 9: Basel, Switzerland (PS: St. Alban Tor)

Leg 10: Luxembourg City, Luxembourg (PS: Fort Obergrunwald)

Leg 11: Lyon, France (PS: Amphitheatre des Trois Gaules)

Leg 12: Minneapolis, Minnesota (Finish Line: Spoonbridge and Cherry)

Bookworm:
A race centered on new or under-visited cities, new outlooks on tried and true cities, and encouraging The Amazing Race's continued push into hosting legs in Southeastern Europe.

1. Malibu, California to Melbourne, Australia: Teams start at Point Dume, where Planet of the Apes filmed the iconic half-submerged Statue of Liberty shot. Teams recreate the statute in a puzzle to get flight tickets. Once in Melbourne, teams travel outside the city to a small airport, where they join smokejumpers and attempt to hit targets with water bombs from the air. Detour between matching patterns on boomerangs or fighting against a rugby maul.  Pit Stop at the National Gallery of Victoria.
2. Melbourne to Devonport, Tasmania: Teams take the ferry to Tasmania, where they visit a penguin nest before roughing it at Cradle Mountain. Teams participate in a half-blind Detour, cheekily named “The Devil You Know,” in which they have to prepare meat for and feed Tasmanian Devils, and “The Devil You Don’t,” wherein teams find out once they arrive they have to herd much-less-dangerous sheep.
3. Tasmania to Singapore: Teams start the leg taking the ferry back to Melbourne, where they encounter a penal-themed memory Roadblock wherein team members watch part of The Story of the Kelly Gang before selecting from a selection black and white stills to put scenes in order. Teams then fly to Singapore, where, inside Jewel Changi, teams are fitted with a ball and chain with weight scaled to how many questions they get wrong. Detour between making birdcages at a Birdsinging Club and making coffee in a caramel wok, but the leg ends in a KOR so teams have to wear their chains for longer.
4. Singapore: Downtown Singapore- teams visit Supertree Grove, Sentosa Island, and play a life-sized game of mahjong at Fort Imbiah, looking for the symbols they saw on the Fort Siloso Skywalk while being pelted by paintballs. Teams take a cable car to the Pit Stop at Mount Faber.
5. Singapore to Siem Reap, Cambodia: Fast Forward requiring one team to balance Angkor beer bottles on a wooden board while their feet are dancing in a fish massage tank. APOPO mine-detecting Roadblock and a Detour on the grounds of Angkor Wat between shadow puppets and counting the faces at Bayon Temple. Pit Stop at Ta Phrom.
6. Siem Reap to Tonlé Sap, Cambodia: after retrieving a clue surrounded by crocodiles at the Kampong Phluk Crocodile Farm, teams measure fuel for boats using plastic water bottles as a unit of measurement, clean snakehead fish for fish paste, and join the Cambodian Circus.
7. Siem Reap to Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A necessary transit hub. Teams begin the leg by driving to and back from Jebel Jais for a zipline, solve a Survivor-inspired pulley maze based on the Dubai Maze Tower, and pack a dhow for shipments along the Dubai Creek.
8. Dubai to Ivrea, Italy: After a flight to Milan, teams either take a direct bus or train via Turin to Ivrea, known for its “Battle of the Oranges.” After fighting their way through the insanity, teams brave a  canoe slalom course in the middle of the city and drive themselves to the Pit Stop at the Forte di Bard at the gateway to the Aosta Valley.
9. Ivrea to Ksamil, Albania: In a franchise first, teams visit the Albanian Riviera. Teams dive into the Blue Eye in Butrint, match songs to artists from the Albanian diaspora (Due Lipa, Bebe Rexha, and Rita Ora), and travel by boat to the floating Ottoman fortress at Ali Pasha’s Castle at the mouth of the Butrint Archaeological Park.
10. Ksamil to Gijrokaster, Albania: Teams drive through the Albanian countryside to the medieval town. Once there, teams bike to the base of the Ali Pasha Bridge, search a Cold War bunker for their clue, and learn the Pogonishte dance as part of the Gijrokaster Folk Festival. The Roadblock requires one team member to decorate an Ottoman palatial room according to an example before checking in to the Pit Stop at the house’s terrace.
11. Gijrokaster to Helsinki, Finland: In Finland, teams dress up as husband and wife to compete in wife-carrying through a boggy obstacle course, with racers having to change clothes (and therefore cross- or cross-cross-cross-dressing) to determine who carries whom, find a clue amongst a heavy metal knitting competition, and choose between building a village swing or receiving a birch branch spa treatment.
12. Helsinki to Door County, Wisconsin: Teams fly to Green Bay via Chicago, where teams have to run football drills while balancing comically large Cheese Heads on top of their heads. Teams then take a helicopter to the Door Peninsula for a Scramble featuring kayaking amongst and diving into Lake Michigan’s sea caves, pouring kerosene on an explosive Door County Fish Boil, and joining Door County’s cherry festivals.

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