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TAR: Latin America (previous seasons)** includes spoilers**

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Neobie:
I think it's pretty much impossible to fit in a Cancun sighting before 5 Jun. Panama could come later though.

27 May: Puerto Iguazu, Argentina
(mysterious time gap?)
30 May - 1 Jun: Two legs in Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Belo Horizonte, Brazil
2 Jun onwards: Peru
After Peru: Bogota, Colombia
7 Jun: Buenos Aires, Argentina
8 Jun onwards: Neuquen, Argentina
After Neuquen: Chile
(not much room to manoeuvre after this, I suppose we'd fly back up to Central America and the Caribbean?)

Looks like the TAR:A style of having two legs in each country...


--- Quote ---Hello to all our brothers from Latin America! I'm speaking to you from Buenos Aires, Argentina, and I can happily say that the competition has made a stop in my city. It's incredible... That's definitely one reason why I'm subtitling this series from the beginning, because you'll get to see the three legs in the capital Buenos Aires, Bariloche, Neuquen and other provinces in my country. It's very emotional! The post this week has been delayed for a day so I could investigate more details about this leg. How nice, now for the report of the week! During the second week of the competition TAR:LA made a visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina: ...

Ten teams left from Puerto Iguazu, on the border of Argentina, and travelled all the way to Brazil. At the end of each of the two legs on the east of the continent, a team was eliminated from the competition. Aliances and rivalry formed, while the legs gave a liguistic advantage to the Brazil team, who had no problem in their own country. But this luck would end soon, a new leg means the teams would be headed for Peru. Not only am I going to tell you about the teams, I'll talk about the production, the legs, and you can follow the details of TAR:LA every weekend. And this time, the post is dedicated to the leg in Buenos Aires, which took place early last week.

Route Info: Floralis generica

In the beginning of the leg the teams received instructions telling them to fly to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where they would have to find a place called "Floarlis generica". That's the name of a metal sculpture situated in the Plaza of the United Nations (on Figueroa Alcorta and Austria Avenues). One thing about the flower is that it has an electronic system that opens and closes the petals automatically depending on the hour of the day, and that means the park has hours of operation: it opens its doors every morning at 8am and closes at sunset, at 8pm. It's very important to keep that in mind! Some teams caught up to the rest of the group because of this. [Bunching!]

Detour: Jockey Club at San Isidro

A Detour is a choice between two tasks, each with its own pros and cons. The teams would have to choose which task they can complete quicker. The cluebox in this occasion is at the Hippodrome of San Isidro, located in the district of San Isidro.

The Hippodrome is ten minutes from Jorge Newbery Intl Airport and 35min from Ezeiza Intl Airport. I don't think the opening hours of the Detour and the Roadblock matter too much, the tasks were well planned, and the opening hours of the flower was the big leveller in this leg. You can be sure that the teams will have trouble with the traffic in the Federal District.

Speedbump: Distributing newspapers

(Note: This photo is only for illustrative purposes, it was taken last year.)

As the leg before Argentina was not an elimination-leg, the last team that came in the previous leg must now complete a Speedbump, an extra task that only this team must perform. In this Speedbump, they must complete the task of distributing stacks of newspapers and orders in the district of Palermo. Only when the team has completed this task will they be able to continue the race, with the hope of making up this valuable lost time.

Roadblock: Buenos Aires Zoo

A Roadblock requires one member from the team to perform a task. In this leg the Roadblock takes place in the heart of Buenos Aires, in the district of Palermo. This was the only place that none of the teams had problems finding. Comprising the Botanic Gardens, the Rose Gardens and the 3 Feb Park, the Buenos Aires Zoo is one of the most important green spaces in our city. Its main entrance looks over Plaza Italia, accessible by land transport or by metro, more specifically Las Heras and Sarmiento Avenues.

So far this has been all I could tell you about TAR:LA through the city of Buenos Aires. The next leg also took place in Argentina, in the province of Neuquen; teams must cross the Andes. Here it is! I can confirm that Chile will also host the race, and teams will travel there not by air, but by land.

I have more good news! The competition is happening without great problems, and nothing is stopping the race from being run as planned originally. That is to say, I can tell you at last that none of the legs had been cancelled as feared, and that the race will visit the major countries in Latin America. The schedule has been moved a day forward [?] but these changes were due to the frequency of flights and stuff.

From Buenos Aires, Argentina, on the 7 of [June], I can confirm that TAR:LA is exactly the mid-point of the production. Less than two weeks to finish the competition! There is so much to tell you, but I'm not sure what else you want to know about... It'd sure be made known during the week, haha! Until then, goodbye to all!
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puddin:
Looks like Amazing Race 11 route Neobie :lol:

Awesome Neobie map <3<3<3<3

apskip:
There are two Copa Airlines nonstop flights Santiago to Panama City on, let's say, Tuesdays like June 9. I expect that Panama city was next.

GonzaloChileno:
That map is so cool!!!, thanks Neobie!!!  :hearts:

georgiapeach:
Santa Dominica!!  Dominican Republic!  Friday 6/12!!


--- Quote ---Then, we walked to the oldest church in the Western Hemisphere. Funny story: we went inside to tour the church and there was some weird box next to one of the chapels in the church.  Come to find out that it was a clue for the TV show “Amazing Race.” While we were there, two guys competing together came in to get their clue with a cameraman close on their tail. Some of us helped direct them to where the clue was located. What a random coincidence!
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From a medical mission group....

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