heres my dream route
Leg 1: United States - England - South Africa
(STARTING LINE: ELLIS ISLAND IMMIGARTION MUSEUM [with new york skyline in background] olympic RB in England before heading to Cape Town)
PIT STOP: Dias Cross in Cape of Good Hope National Park
Leg 2: South Africa - Benin (NEL)
(Dantokpa Market!!! intersection at le port de peche)
PIT STOP: the beach outside Hotel Novotel Cotonou Orisha (where the coast meets the ocean)
Leg 3: Benin
(a leg in Ouidah, home of voodoo, and teams visit the port of no return and pay tribute)
PIT STOP: Snake Temple (teams must carry a real snake to the pit stop)
Leg 4: Benin - Finland
(a christmas themed leg in kakslauttnen!! a roadblock sorting through christmas lists!! a detour with reindeers and a FF where a team must finish a serving of Surstromming)
PIT STOP: Igloo Village Kakslauttanen (teams sleep in igloos at Pit Stop)
Leg 5: Finland - Serbia
(a visit to the BD Agro AD farm with a frustrating Detour and a Double U-Turn)
PIT STOP: Despot Stefan Tower in Belgrade
Leg 6: Serbia
(RASPBERRIES!!!! a tough detour involving rasberries [a third of the worlds raspberries are produced in Serbia])
PIT STOP: Saint Achillius Church in Arilje
Leg 7: Serbia - Turkey - Qatar (NEL)
(train from Belgrade to Istanbul, RB at Istanbul park, fly to qatar for detour in Khor Al Adaid)
PIT STOP: Museum of Islamic Art (buy a falcon bird at Souq Waqif and take it with you to the pit stop)
Leg 8: Qatar - Bhutan
(PARO TAKTSANG!!!!! and a RB where teams must learn the dance of the black hats)
PIT STOP: Tashichho Dzong
Leg 9: Bhutan - Laos (TBC)
(eating laos delicacies detour, fake pit stop)
PIT STOP: the village of Hat Yan
Leg 10: Laos
(physical detour at rice field, riding elephants across the Mekong)
PIT STOP: Wat Xieng Thong
Leg 11: Laos - South Korea
(a Route Info where teams must cross multiple tightropes from building to building to get to the pitstop)
PIT STOP: Busan Yachting Center (view of skyline behind Phil at Pit Stop)
Leg 12: South Korea - United States
PIT STOP (finish line): NEW POINT LOMA LIGHT IN SAN DIEGO!!!!
^ under each leg i have written SOME of the tasks teams will perform. there are lots more
and if you dont think this race will work, ive written the whole thing out, and ive calculated transport and the race should last 23-25 days from April to May. hope you like it!!