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TAR 20 Speculation and Discussion **of Spoilers**
redskevin88:
--- Quote from: Leafsfan on March 23, 2012, 10:29:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: redskevin88 on March 23, 2012, 09:31:35 PM ---Episode 8: possibly Tanzania II
Episode 9: Uganda
Episode 10: India
Episode 11: Japan and Hawaii (finale)
Ta-da!
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Uganda would be pure spec at this point. As apskip has suggested a country in Asia previously visited by the Race is likely or a double leg in Japan.
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Or how about double leg in India?
weihen:
--- Quote from: redskevin88 on March 24, 2012, 03:43:51 AM ---
--- Quote from: Leafsfan on March 23, 2012, 10:29:54 PM ---
--- Quote from: redskevin88 on March 23, 2012, 09:31:35 PM ---Episode 8: possibly Tanzania II
Episode 9: Uganda
Episode 10: India
Episode 11: Japan and Hawaii (finale)
Ta-da!
--- End quote ---
Uganda would be pure spec at this point. As apskip has suggested a country in Asia previously visited by the Race is likely or a double leg in Japan.
--- End quote ---
Or how about double leg in India?
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Two legs in Japan make more sense to me...since we know they possibly went to Kyoto and Osaka from intro
theschnauzers:
Last season, teams only spent one leg in Panama before heading to Atlanta.
As I recall south India (which IIRC is the speculated locale) has been a little more difficult to fly out of than other parts of India with more numerous international connections. It would make sense to me for two legs to be filmed there (with a minimum pit stop) and that would allow the legs to be laid out in a way to get teams on flights to Japan.
The other thing about Japan is that the producers would want flights that are direct towards Osaka (again the speculated locale) so as to avoid the areas north and northeast of Tokyo which were heavily damaged by the earthwuake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster. That, presumably means the teams would likely be going to an international airport on the west coast of Japan.
apskip:
Is there a way I can disagree more with the schnauzer's hypothesis about airports in the western coast of Japan being used. First, you have to establish a distance criterion for how far away a city can be from Osaka and still be usable given Japan's excellent rail system. Here is a list of Japan west coast cities of reasonable size:
Sapporo (Hokkaido Island and long way from anywhere)
Nagasaki (Kyushu Island and a long way from Osaka)
Fukuoka (Kyushu Island and a long way from Osaka)
Niigata (I've never even heard of this city before, so what kind of an international airport could it have as the 14th most populous city in Japan?)
Let's contrast the above places to the ones on the east coast I consider most reasonable and logical:
Tokyo - Narita
Osaka - Kansai
Nagoya
Sendai - the only one that was genuinely impacted by the nearby earthquake and nuclear disaster
There is also two other places which are on neither coast:
Hiroshima
Nagano
My thesis is that the east coast airport are many times biggest and busier than the west coast airports, the west coast airports are all a very long way from Osaka and the serious damage within Japan did not extend as far southwest as Narita. I say that entry to Japan was most likely through Osaka-Kansai airport and if not then Narita.
Declive:
Two legs in Japan are more probable than 2 in India... why that?
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