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TAR 20 Transport
apskip:
There are 46 different combinations to go Nairobi to Baku. Here are the major connecting points (with the ones in London and Moscow and Amsterdam not listed because to me they don't make sense given the other options):
Istanbul
Dubai
Doha
Many first connecting points (DXB, CAI, DAR) leading to IST as the second and final one
Many first connecting points (ADD, KGL, MBA, BAH) leading to Dubai as the second and final one
For those not familiar with some of these DAR is DarEsSalaam, KGL is Kigali and MBA is Mombasa
Now, Neobie has raised the important and valid question of how to leave Baku and I will specify that it should be in an eastward direction. That means China Southern Airlines, which flies to Guangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai and a few other places from Baku. The perfect solution to this problem is via Urumqi at teh western end of Szechuan province. Here are the nonstop flights from Baku to Urumqi (note: they do not fly every day of the way):
GYD URC 0810 1625 on AZAL Airlines
GYD URC 2045 0700+1 China Southern 6024
What a perfect solution, as Urumqi, on many of those ancient trade routes in use in Marco Polo times, has to be a very interesting place! It is also so isolated that it could easily have not been the site of an Amazing Race leg with few outsiders noticing.
Neobie:
Our Asuncion > Bavaria > Turin route has two problems:
1. The Bavaria leg would have been run at night.
2. Teams don't need to go through Rome to get to Turin.
An Asuncion > Turin route doesn't make sense either:
1. Teams can get into Turin by the afternoon of 3 Dec.
2. Instead they are seen at Rome on the morning of 4 Dec and check in that same evening.
Can we figure out how we can rearrange the schedule so an arrival in Rome on 4 Dec makes sense? Taking some leaps of faith based on Elizabeth's Twitter posts, she was probably on EasyJet from Rome to Geneva, departing at 9.50am.
georgiapeach:
Suppose Bavaria comes after?
Neobie:
Bavaria could come after, but then we still have a half-day gap in the afternoon of 3 Dec.
If teams went straight from Asuncion to Turin they'd be racing on the 3rd, not the 4th.
theschnauzers:
Maybe some of it was handled with non-standard length pit stops? Or HOOs?
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