THE AMAZING RACE 32 WISHLIST (revised and improvised)Option B: with Europe and no Latin AmericaTeams: 5 F/F, 2 M/M, 4 M/F
Starting line: Huntington Library Mansion, San Marino, Los Angeles, USA
Starting line task: Teams would walk into the Huntington Library Botanical Garden to find a flower native to Fiji.
Leg 1: Nadi, Fiji (including Mamanuca Islands) -
elimination legTasks: Teams must sign up for one of three charter flights to Malolo Lailai Island each within 10 minutes apart, canoeing RB, traditional hunting task at Solevu in Malolo Island, Pit Stop at Denarau Golf Club
Leg 2: Melbourne, Australia -
elimination legTasks: Teams involving a visit at Old Melbourne Gaol to learn Australia's early history where the convicts (British settlers) arrived in Australia, footy (Australian football) RB at Scotch College, DT decision point at Royal Exhibition Building, one of the DTs involve street art at Hosier Lane and the other involve to learn an Australian poem at State Library and recite the poem to memorize completely, Pit Stop at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre across the Yarra River
Leg 3: Port Campbell, Australia -
elimination leg Tasks: Self-driving leg, travel to Geelong to find Eastern Beach where teams involve to find a man on a boat for a "fish of the day"; drive to Port Campbell to explore Twelve Apostles that could the remainder of beach-related tasks (including DT), Pit Stop at Loch Ard Gorge
Leg 4: Shanghai, China -
non-eliminationTasks: Teams involve to perform a traditional Tai Chi, herbal remedy RB, Pit Stop at China Pavilion
Leg 5: Siem Reap, Cambodia -
elimination leg Tasks: Teams are involving to eat crickets at Old Market, Detour in Downtown Siem Reap or surrounding towns, RB in Angkor Wat to match a pendant to a monk with an offering, Pit Stop at the grounds of Pre Rup
Leg 6: Mumbai, India -
elimination legTasks: W-Turn decision point at King Shivaji museum, spice market DT involves spices, traditional Indian wrestling called
kushti for the other DT, Clay pot (un)loading RB, Pit Stop at Kamala Nehru Park overlooking Mumbai skyline
Leg 7: Cape Town, South Africa (rural) -
non-eliminationTasks: Self-driving leg, involve a task to bring supplies and materials at Khayelitsha Township, winery-related Detour tasks at Nelson Creek Wine Estate to hunt a rosé (carry a barrel
or hunt a piece at the vineyard), cave rappelling roadblock, Pit Stop at Lanzerac Manor in Stellenbosch
Leg 8: Cape Town, South Africa (urban) -
elimination legTasks: Self-driving leg, travel to District Six Museum to learn about Apartheid, race across 8 laps at Killarney Motor Race Track, Detour decision area at Victor & Alfred Waterfront, one of the Detours about searching gem stones, the other Detour is about to build a radio from scratch, Pit Stop at Rhodes Memorial
Leg 9: Cologne, Germany -
elimination legFirst city: Cologne
Second city: Bonn
Tasks: Teams take a train from Frankfurt Airport to Cologne, involve to perform a ceremonial blessing at Deutz Abbey to receive the clue, Detours about making things in Cologne like 5 pieces of chocolates at Schokoladen Museum and a cologne where Johann Maria Farina invented the fragrance in 1709, W-Turn decision point at Kölner Philharmonie, lap with a dachshund into a whole course in Volksgarten, train to Bonn for Pit Stop at Poppelsdorf Palace
Leg 10: Granada, Spain -
non-eliminationNote: Teams would take a train back to Frankfurt Airport for a flight to Granada via Madrid or Barcelona
Tasks: Self-driving leg, one of the tasks would be based from the Medieval era on the outskirts of Granada, tasks about Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, tomatina (tomato throwing) RB, Pit Stop at Palace of Charles V
Leg 11: Dublin, Ireland (a penultimate leg in the British isles) -
elimination legTasks: Teams are standing for a pray at Saint Patrick's Cathedral, beer-related Detour at Guinness Storehouse that one of the DTs involve wheeling stacks of beer to a pub, order authentic seafood dishes on the other DT at Dublin restaurant, Irish stepdance RB, Pit Stop at Irish National War Memorial Garden
Leg 12: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA (an East Coast finish)
Tasks: Involving an obstacle course race Roadblock with a zip-line at Fairmount Park, find a person related to American Revolution at Liberty Place, tasks about American Revolution to solve a riddle (Independence Hall recreating the people are signing the Declaration of Independence to look for Thomas Jefferson impersonator; Find a Benjamin Franklin impersonator at Franklin Square and find an original copy form of the Declaration of Independence), exchange three souvenirs from the Declaration of Independence to the mayor at Philadelphia City Hall, eating cheesesteak at Geno's Steaks, memory challenge at Philadelphia Museum of Art to have an art installation to choose 36 sections of paintings in the race to arrange these paintings into the correct places in all 12 legs, with three each to exact in order
PIT STOPS- Denarau Golf Club, Denarau Island
- Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, Melbourne
- Loch Ard Gorge, Port Campbell
- China Pavilion, Shanghai
- Pre Rup, Siem Reap
- Kamala Nehru Park, Mumbai
- Lanzerac Manor, Stellenbosch
- Rhodes Memorial, Cape Town
- Poppelsdorf Palace, Bonn
- Palace of Charles V, Granada
- Irish National War Memorial Gardens, Dublin
FIJI LOCATIONSShow content
Nadi International Airport (charter flights)
Malolo Lailai Island
Solevu, Malolo Island
Denarau Golf Club
MELBOURNE LOCATIONSShow content
Old Melbourne Gaol
Scotch College
Royal Exhibition Building
Hosier Lane
State Library of Victoria
Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Center
COLOGNE LOCATIONSShow content
Deutz Abbey (Benedictine Monastery)
Schokoladen Museum
Fragrance Museum
Kölner Philharmonie
Volksgarten
Poppelsdorf Palace, Bonn
DUBLIN LOCATIONSShow content
Saint Patrick's Cathedral
Guinness Storehouse
The Brazen Head
Klaw (seafood restaurant)
Gaiety House
Irish National War Memorial Garden
PHILADELPHIA LOCATIONSShow content
Fairmount Park (Zip-line obstacle course)
Liberty Place
Independence Hall, Franklin Square and Museum of Declaration of Independence (American Revolution)
Philadelphia City Hall
Geno's Steaks (Cheese steaks)
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Memory task)
College Hall, University of Pennsylvania
Finish line: College Hall at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia (must run to the verandah to the finish)
IN REVIEWLegs 1-3 Oceania (Fiji, Australia)
Legs 4-6 Asia (China, Cambodia, India)
Legs 7-8 Africa (South Africa)
Legs 9-11 Europe (Germany, Spain, Ireland)
Leg 12 Philadelphia
5 continents, 10 countries and 34,000 miles of travel
Expect of one new sovereign country and a few underused nations a la TAR 25.
Route map