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Your favorite/least favorite Routes

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TheWarrior:
Hi everyone,

I'm a newbie here. Let's put aside everyone's thirst for interteam tensions and dramas and look at the route. I'm sure many of us watch TAR because we want to take a look at countries which we may not be able to travel to in our lifetimes.

What's everyone's favorite route? 

I like the routes of 5, 6, 12 and 17. They travelled to many exotic countries which are pretty much unheard of, the challenges and the culture shock factor was there.

My least favorite route would be 7, 8 and 13.

8 is a no brainer. I think for obvious reasons, the route pretty much blowed.

7. To fans of this season, let's face it, without the much hyped up drama between Romber and the rest of the teams, this season is as boring as watching paints dry just by looking at its route. They travelled to many English speaking countries, where people could at least get by with basic English (South Africa, Botswana, India, England - Duh!, Jamaica, Puerto Rico - part of USA), there were little culture shock factors in terms of language. Of all the Asian countries, why India again? And out of so many European countries, why England? It did not feel like a race-around-the-world, more like a race halfway-around-the-world.

13. The route was pretty bad too as they stuck in the same city (Delhi and Moscow) for 2 legs. They could have done better with exploring the other parts of the country.

Air:
TAR2 is HORRIBLE. Double legs everywhere and NO EUROPE  (:;).

On the other hand, I really like TAR10 and 17.

10: Exotic locations and great tasks.

17: GHANA AND BANGLADESH FTW! Also St. Petersburg and epic South Korea leg (IMO).

supah:
5, 10, 12, 17, and 20 had the best routes.

14 was WAY too bland for me  :groan:

Sam‽:
I quite like the TAR2 route actually, apart from the lifetime they seemed to spend in Australia and New Zealand! There's lots of legs in Europe anyway! :lol:

My favourite routes countrywise are 12, 17, 18 and 19.

I like the new countries that 12 visited, and they showcased them relatively well, a minority of the tasks were a bit of a let down (why so many bicycles?  (:;) ) but overall I find the legs very entertaining.

17 has the great locations and tasks, the first detour in Saint Petersburg might just be my favourite detour ever.

18 had great locations as well, the first 6 legs are fantastic. Varanasi and Austria were okay in the middle but they could've been better. But the legs after that go back to the fantastic level!  :hearts:

I like the way 19 was structured in most of the legs, and how they started to switch up where the main travelling section was located. For example, the Bangkok leg doesn't seem to be popular, but I really like that leg for some reason, the buses caused a bit of chaos there.

Although I do like the routes of basically all of the seasons, there are some that are more iffy than others.


I think Season 5's route is overrated. Sure, they went to 6 continents, but there was no opportunity to really learn much about the places. They stayed in one place for like 5 minutes then all of a sudden they were jetting off to somewhere a few thousand miles away. I actually prefer seasons which have two legs in a few of the countries. I like the 2-leg cities (like Delhi, Moscow, Shanghai). Maybe I'm just weird.  :lol3:

Welcome to the forum, TheWarrior!  :hello2:

ianthebalance:
Best: Seasons 6 and 9
6: 7 episodes in europe, awesome africa locations, sri lanks (1 of the best legs EVER in my opinion.)
9: Brazil legs, Nice Europe locations, Australia, Japan, Alaska in the winter. 59,000 miles and it didn't feel rushed in each continent.

Worst: Seasons 8, 13
8: No explanation neccesary.
13: If only 11 legs, why have 4 legs that only took place in 1 city (delhi, moscow)

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