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Jobby:
I'll start from TAR 3 which i can really remember.

The Switzerland leg was amazing.


--- Quote ---The Detour on this leg was Extreme Swiss or Very Swiss. In Extreme Swiss teams had to walk on a narrow red bridge then bungee jump 620 ft (190 m) from it. In Very Swiss teams searched through Swiss bells on the necks of sheep for keys to unlock a box with their next clue. The Fast Forward was to eat enough of a wheel of cheese sliced into cubes to reveal the clue underneath it. The Roadblock was to assemble a Swiss army bike from a pile of parts with a completed bike as a reference.
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Love the bungee jump, the sheeps and the Fast Forward.. was funny because JVJ had to eat so much cheese!

Vietnam leg was great because of the originality of the tasks.


--- Quote ---The Detour on this leg was Basket Boats or Basket Bikes. In Basket Boats teams take a basket boat across the river to the clue box. In Basket Bike teams took a bike laden with shrimp baskets and travel 1-mile (1.6 km) down the road to the clue box. The Roadblock was to use a fishing platform to raise a net out of the water with the clue dangling underneath.
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TAR 4:

South Korea Leg -

--- Quote ---The Roadblock was to plunge into the icy river and swim under the ice to an exit hole. The Detour choices in this leg were Strong Hands or Strong Stomach. In Strong Hands, teams had to go to a local Tae Kwon Do dojang and break three boards before being receiving their clue. In Strong Stomach, teams had to go to a restaurant where they had order and eat a Korean delicacy. What they didn't know until it was given to them is that the delicacy was a large bowl of live octopuses.
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Love the Tae Kwon Do, the octopus and nearly driving to the North Korea border!

TAR 5:
Tanzania Leg -

--- Quote ---The Detour was Buzzing or Busy. In Buzzing, teams had to travel by bicycle to a local honey farm and harvest two kilograms of honey. When its successful, they would receive their next clue. In Busy, teams had to travel to a furniture store and deliver two chairs to a specified house. When the chairs are delivered in a right address, the house owner would receive the next clue. The Roadblock required one team member to eat an ostrich egg. When the bowl is cleaned, a food owner would receive their next clue.
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Loads of Tanzania scene seen when teams were travelling around. Not much of an amazing detour.. but i remembered there was also a zipline before the Pitstop at nowhere? And the Ostrich Egg.. was too memorable.

New Zealand -

--- Quote ---The Detour was Clean or Dirty. In Clean, teams had to drive 13 miles (21 km) to Okere Falls and complete a 1 mile (1.6 km) whitewater river sledge course to receive their next clue. In Dirty, teams had to travel ten miles (16 km) to Hell's Gate and search for clues buried in a hot mud pit. In the Roadblock, one team member had to inflate a Zorb and ride it down a hillside. At the bottom of the hill, the rider had to walk the Zorb a short distance to cross a finish line, then get out and join his/her teammate and run to the Pit Stop.
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Love the Detour, it's exactly what we would want to do if we go to New Zealand! The mud pit, the whitewater river and the Zorb! LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEE it.

TAR 7:
Botswana Leg 1

--- Quote ---In this Roadblock, that team member had to do a traditional bushmen hunting activity (throwing a spear into a swinging bag) 20 feet (6.1 m) to hit a moving target, once the target has been hit, teams would receive their next clue. In this Detour, teams choose between Food or Water. In Food, teams used a device called Kika to pound corn until it was mashed, then transferred to a basket, once it reached the specified line, the woman supervising them would hand them their next clue. In Water, teams had to fill 12 ostrich eggs with water from an underground spring using a reed straw, once completed, they had to bury them to the ground before receiving their next clue.
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It has to be one of the coolest pitstops ever, cool busman hunting roadblock and 2 cute detours..

TAR 9:
Australia

--- Quote ---At the airstrip was the second of two Yields hidden on the race. The Roadblock for this leg of the race saw one member of each team had to choose a plane and doing a 12,000 feet (3,700 m) tandem skydive. The instructor hands over to get their next clue. This leg's Detour offered teams the choice of Wet or Dry. In Wet, teams drove 6 miles (9.7 km) to a swimming hole called Buley Rockhole, then hiked and swam 1 mile (1.6 km) down a river infested with "spiders and poisonous plants" to receive their next clue. In Dry, teams drove 6 miles (9.7 km) on-road, then another 6 miles (9.7 km) off-road to a rock formation known as The Lost City. Once there, teams must selected a didgeridoo and following the sound of music in the air from a locate in nearby aboriginal. Then, they had to find an Aboriginal musician with a matching didgeridoo and each team member had to play a note to receive the next clue.

Additional task
At Crocodylus Park, teams had to wade into a pond full of crocodiles to retrieve their next clue above from crocodiles.
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Love the Detour, showed the culture and less developed surroundings of Australia and the additional task and Roadblock was darn cool!

TAR 11:
Argentina -

--- Quote ---Teams chose between Navigate It or Sign It for this leg's Detour. In Navigate It, teams had to use a map of Punta Arenas to get to the town plaza where a sailor would hand them a compass. Then, using the compass, the teams needed to walk directly south to find the Nautilus Building, a deep-sea salvage business. In Sign It, teams had to choose a pole and building supplies and carry them up a flight of stairs to Magellan's Map. Using the map as a reference, teams needed to figure out his journey around the world began and ended in Seville. Then, they had to build a traditional local signpost listing in order the fourteen ports of call in his voyage. While the signs didn't have to point in the right direction, all the cities had to be spelled correctly. The Roadblock on this leg was to sort through 1,600 pieces of mail and find one of two messages addressed to their team, written by one of the other teams from their season. The team member then had to read the message inside it to their partner, after which they received their next clue.
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Post office at the end of the world. Very local Detour task and because Romber was eliminated. :funny:

TAR 12:
Burkina Faso -

--- Quote ---In the Roadblock, the teams visited an area inhabited by Tuareg people, where one team member had to milk a Dromedary and collect the camel milk in a dried gourd bowl, up to a marked line. Once finished, they had to show their bowl to a local for approval and then drink all the milk. If a team member was unable to obtain the sufficient amount of milk from his or her own camel, he or she had to wait until another team has completed their Roadblock and try milking their camel. In this Detour, teams had to choose between Teach It or Learn It. In Teach It, they would have to teach schoolchildren who did not speak English to memorize ten words of English, in which they will later be tested by a local teacher. In Learn It, teams have to learn from the local schoolchildren ten words in the More language. Teams will later be tested for these words by a local teacher.
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Love the Detour, the "Lorenaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa" Roadblock and the 5-way footrace to the pitstop. But the tasks were the ones which made this leg amazing to watch!

TAR 13:
Cambodia -

--- Quote ---The Detour was a choice between Village Life or Village Work. In Village Life, teams had to retrieve a set of toy teeth from a dentist, a doll from a tailor, and a basketball from a floating basketball court all on Tonlé Sap. Each team member had to score a basket before returning all the items they had collected to the Siem Reap Harbor. In Village Work, teams had to go into Tonlé Sap and retrieve two full baskets of fish and return them to the Siem Reap Harbor on Tonlé Sap. In this leg's Roadblock, teams had to go into Angkor Wat and find an Echo Chamber where they had to beat their chest to hear the echo. They could then pick up a stone frieze displaying their next clue on the reverse.

Additional tasks
When first arriving in Siem Reap, teams had to fill a truck with 25 litres (6.6 U.S. gal) of diesel fuel and then ride the truck to Siem Reap Harbor on Tonlé Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. Teams then rode a marked boat to the boat stop Kho Andeth for their next clue.
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Really showed us Cambodia!

TAR 14:
Romania:

--- Quote ---At this Leg's Roadblock, one member of each team had to go through a series of Olympic gymnastics events including the balance beam, the parallel bars, and floor exercises before receiving their next clue. The Detour was a choice between Gypsy Moves or Vampire Remains. In Gypsy Moves, teams had to help a family of gypsies move from one camp to another by loading their belongings on a traditional horse-drawn cart and unloading them at another location. In Vampire Remains, teams had to drag a chained coffin to a field of stakes on the land of Bran Castle. Once there, they had to undo the chains of the coffin to find several antique frames which they then had to smash against stakes (i.e., impale, a reference to Vlad the Impaler) until they found one containing a flag that they could trade for their next clue.
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I love the creativity of the Detour and the Roadblock was a good one which really showed us what Romania is good at.

India:

--- Quote ---In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to tend to a herd of camels belonging to the Maharaja by using traditional tools to pile hay up to a marked line and fill a trough with water. This leg's Detour was a choice between Movers or Shakers. In Movers, teams headed to the Sanganeri Gate, chose two rickshaws loaded with barrels of hay and transported them 1.5 miles (2.4 km) to the Zorawar Singh Gate. When they reached the Zorawar Singh Gate, they then had to search through the hay for a metal elephant charm which they could then trade for their next clue. In Shakers, teams dressed in traditional costumes and joined a local dance troupe to collect Rs.100 (around US$2) worth of tips. They then gave the money they earned to the band leader to receive their next clue. In this leg's Speed Bump, one team proceeded to Kala Hanuman Temple and had to decorate an elephant's face with various paints. If the mahout was satisfied with their work, they will be able to continue with the race.

Additional tasks
At the Sacred Tree at Dhula Village, teams were left to figure out that their next clue would be revealed to them by picking up one of two telephones and calling one of the four telephone numbers provided. The person on the line then told them the location of their next clue: Amber Fort.
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One of the best Indian legs i enjoyed the best. And the speedbump was cool, not to mention the dancing detour as well.

China Leg 1

--- Quote ---In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to direct a cormorant to retrieve fish they had thrown in the river. Once they retrieved 10 of the fish, they received their next clue. In the Detour, teams chose between Choreography or Calligraphy. In Choreography, teams had to perform a traditional dance routine. If their dance won the approval of two judges, they received their next clue. In Calligraphy, teams had to copy Chinese characters written by a calligrapher at four stations. Once the calligrapher was satisfied with the teams' calligraphy, he stamped their paper, and they proceeded to find the next station, which was named in the characters they had just copied. Once they had received all four stamps, they received their next clue. In this leg's Speed Bump, one team had to wash and dry the hair of two women before the team could resume the Race.

Additional Tasks:

At Folded Brocade Mountains, in an unaired task, teams had to climb to the Peak of the Luminous Moon and strike the "Drums of Life" before receiving the clue to the hair salon
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You truly feel that you're in China and that you seriously appreciate the art and culture and the way of life there. Even the hair-washing Speedbump was lame, but inevitably cool.

China Leg 3:

--- Quote ---In the leg's second Detour, teams chose between Beijing Opera or Chinese Waiter. In Beijing Opera, teams had to travel to the Huguang Huiguan Opera House; once there, they had to apply make-up onto each other exactly like the two models next to them. After approval, they had to go to the stage and bow to the master, who would hand them their next clue. In Chinese Waiter, teams had to travel to Huguang Huiguan restaurant; once there, they had to record four customer orders, spoken in Mandarin. Then, teams had to take their pad to a chef and pronounce the Mandarin orders correctly to have the chef prepare them. When teams served the plates to the customers, they would receive their next clue. In this leg's second Roadblock, one team member had to eat four fried Chinese delicacies: a grasshopper, larva, scorpion, and a starfish. After they finished, they would receive their next clue.

Additional tasks:

At Beihai Street Mall, teams had to search its stores for a Travelocity gnome, which had their next clue on the bottom of its base.
Upon arriving at Gugong Xibei Jiao, teams had to locate electric bicycles and use them to transport themselves past the Forbidden City and cross Tiananmen Square to Dongdan Station where they would find their next clue.

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Opera, Chinese Restaurant, Chinese food which involves anything, Chinese Olympic Stadium. How much more China can you see from this leg? And the early moment at Tian-an Men Square was darn cool as well!

And this are the legs that i really like as i reviewed the past summaries of the races.. there are a few more that i really like too.. but there's just too many to list. Those that i listed are the ones that really left me with a strong impression which i will never forget for a long long time or with very good tasks OR left me a very strong urge to want to visit the country/place immediately after seeing the episode. :funny:

Dċnooky:

--- Quote from: Joab on May 26, 2009, 10:38:43 AM ---TAR 14:
Romania:

--- Quote ---At this Leg's Roadblock, one member of each team had to go through a series of Olympic gymnastics events including the balance beam, the parallel bars, and floor exercises before receiving their next clue. The Detour was a choice between Gypsy Moves or Vampire Remains. In Gypsy Moves, teams had to help a family of gypsies move from one camp to another by loading their belongings on a traditional horse-drawn cart and unloading them at another location. In Vampire Remains, teams had to drag a chained coffin to a field of stakes on the land of Bran Castle. Once there, they had to undo the chains of the coffin to find several antique frames which they then had to smash against stakes (i.e., impale, a reference to Vlad the Impaler) until they found one containing a flag that they could trade for their next clue.
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I love the creativity of the Detour and the Roadblock was a good one which really showed us what Romania is good at.

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I somehow sense a "paid actors" rebuttal is coming...

Jobby:

--- Quote from: cdfe88 on May 26, 2009, 11:18:18 AM ---
--- Quote from: Joab on May 26, 2009, 10:38:43 AM ---TAR 14:
Romania:

--- Quote ---At this Leg's Roadblock, one member of each team had to go through a series of Olympic gymnastics events including the balance beam, the parallel bars, and floor exercises before receiving their next clue. The Detour was a choice between Gypsy Moves or Vampire Remains. In Gypsy Moves, teams had to help a family of gypsies move from one camp to another by loading their belongings on a traditional horse-drawn cart and unloading them at another location. In Vampire Remains, teams had to drag a chained coffin to a field of stakes on the land of Bran Castle. Once there, they had to undo the chains of the coffin to find several antique frames which they then had to smash against stakes (i.e., impale, a reference to Vlad the Impaler) until they found one containing a flag that they could trade for their next clue.
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I love the creativity of the Detour and the Roadblock was a good one which really showed us what Romania is good at.

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I somehow sense a "paid actors" rebuttal is coming...

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 :funny: My reply first would be, please tell me where you can get a real vampire. It would be cool, but we won't have TAR on screen probably anymore after the episode.. :funny:

georgiapeach:
I loved seing the gymnastic hall, that was an inspired choice! We all think gymnastics when we hear Romania I think.

And I loved the team insights we got on this leg.

But once I heard that the gypsy village was a "created" village, I was unhappy. There must have been so many better cultural tasks that could have been chosen, not one that perpetuates a whole cultural stereotype.

Kind of like the cow suits ...  funny as Dallas made that.

The coffin task was fun and campy and challenging for the racers. And the one view AT NIGHT with Brad and Victoria was amazing. That was a success I think, whereas the gypsy village one was not.  IMO.....

Jobby:
The Gypsy village was definitely lame and one thing i didn't like.. i'm glad everyone think alike. :tup:

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