Topic: Run out of countries?

[Jobby]

OMG please visit Istanbul again. A night leg, if possible, running through the shopping streets packed with people (the lights will be gorgeous!), selling Simit or idk finding belly dancers etc. PLEASE.

[Neobie]

Now that we've just about run out of countries to talk about...

Some new regions within countries we've already visited before!
- Hokkaido in Japan
- Crete in Greece
- Sulawesi in Indonesia
- Naples/Amalfi/Pompeii in Italy
- Nazca in Peru
- Nunavut in Canada
- Ephesus/Pamukkale/Cappadocia in Turkey
- The Amazon in Brazil
- Tibet in China (I know, altitude and travel restrictions may pose a problem)
- Monaco/Côte d'Azur in France
- Normandy/Mont-St-Michel in France

[ZBC Company]

wait tibeit cant be vist

[naejae91]

Now that we've just about run out of countries to talk about...

Some new regions within countries we've already visited before!
- Hokkaido in Japan
- Crete in Greece
- Sulawesi in Indonesia
- Naples/Amalfi/Pompeii in Italy
- Nazca in Peru
- Nunavut in Canada
- Ephesus/Pamukkale/Cappadocia in Turkey
- The Amazon in Brazil
- Tibet in China (I know, altitude and travel restrictions may pose a problem)
- Monaco/Côte d'Azur in France
- Normandy/Mont-St-Michel in France

Add on for some places:
Jeju Island,any region other than Seoul & DMZ in South Korea
Xinjiang Uyghur in China
Hainan Island in China
Sumatera in North Indonesia
Kalimantan and Sarawak in Borneo Island of Indonesia & Malaysia respectively.
Baltimore in India
Arctic Circle region in Finland
Any region other than Moscow & St. Petersburg in Russia
Lviv in Ukarine
Territories Island (Eg. Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Nieu, Tokelau) in Australia and New Zealand

[Bookworm]

^^^More suggestions:
- Almost everywhere in the Philippines
- Ryuku Islands, Japan
- Guadalajara/Oaxaca/Acapulco, Mexico
- Capri, Italy
- Faroe Islands, Denmark
- Granada, Spain
- Svalbard, Norway
- Pushkar/Ajmer/Kottayam, India
- Harbin/Chengdu/Wuhan, China
- Al Khasab, Oman
- Wellington, New Zealand

[Declive]

South Brazil with another visit to Foz do Iguaçu would be super nice! Also , more of the uruguayan and paraguayan coutryside.

[Declive]

This was supposed to go to the "run out of countries" thread but my phone went crazy LOL

[Jobby]

Tbh it would be cool if they do a leg in Indonesia, fly to Batam, then travel by ferry to Indonesia. Or do a leg in Singapore, then take a ferry to Bintan or Batam, have some ARI then fly to some major cities in Indonesia

[Valentts]

Now that we've just about run out of countries to talk about...

Some new regions within countries we've already visited before!
- Hokkaido in Japan
- Crete in Greece
- Sulawesi in Indonesia
- Naples/Amalfi/Pompeii in Italy
- Nazca in Peru
- Nunavut in Canada
- Ephesus/Pamukkale/Cappadocia in Turkey
- The Amazon in Brazil
- Tibet in China (I know, altitude and travel restrictions may pose a problem)
- Monaco/Côte d'Azur in France
- Normandy/Mont-St-Michel in France

Add on for some places:
Jeju Island,any region other than Seoul & DMZ in South Korea
Xinjiang Uyghur in China
Hainan Island in China
Sumatera in North Indonesia
Kalimantan and Sarawak in Borneo Island of Indonesia & Malaysia respectively.
Baltimore in India
Arctic Circle region in Finland
Any region other than Moscow & St. Petersburg in Russia
Lviv in Ukarine
Territories Island (Eg. Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Nieu, Tokelau) in Australia and New Zealand

Xinjiang is extremely dangerous since 2009. Besides, even though Hainan has rich tourism resources, the awful development there ruined its reputation. If TAR wants to go to China again, Chengdu and Chongqing are the best choices.

[SuperTux]

Now that we've just about run out of countries to talk about...

Some new regions within countries we've already visited before!
- Hokkaido in Japan
- Crete in Greece
- Sulawesi in Indonesia
- Naples/Amalfi/Pompeii in Italy
- Nazca in Peru
- Nunavut in Canada
- Ephesus/Pamukkale/Cappadocia in Turkey
- The Amazon in Brazil
- Tibet in China (I know, altitude and travel restrictions may pose a problem)
- Monaco/Côte d'Azur in France
- Normandy/Mont-St-Michel in France

Add on for some places:
Jeju Island,any region other than Seoul & DMZ in South Korea
Xinjiang Uyghur in China
Hainan Island in China
Sumatera in North Indonesia
Kalimantan and Sarawak in Borneo Island of Indonesia & Malaysia respectively.
Baltimore in India
Arctic Circle region in Finland
Any region other than Moscow & St. Petersburg in Russia
Lviv in Ukarine
Territories Island (Eg. Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Nieu, Tokelau) in Australia and New Zealand

Xinjiang is extremely dangerous since 2009. Besides, even though Hainan has rich tourism resources, the awful development there ruined its reputation. If TAR wants to go to China again, Chengdu and Chongqing are the best choices.

I agree that Chengdu and Chongqing would be good choices (see China Rush 1), but Hainan is also a decent place to visit. The World's Strongest Man Championship held in Hainan once.

Xinjiang is not dangerous in my view because the controversy there is not towards foreigners. But places like Tibet and Amazon... I think they're for the show like Expedition Impossible, not for TAR.

 

[Neobie]

Aah yes Chengdu! 25 seasons and we haven't seen pandas on the show?!

[Valentts]

Now that we've just about run out of countries to talk about...

Some new regions within countries we've already visited before!
- Hokkaido in Japan
- Crete in Greece
- Sulawesi in Indonesia
- Naples/Amalfi/Pompeii in Italy
- Nazca in Peru
- Nunavut in Canada
- Ephesus/Pamukkale/Cappadocia in Turkey
- The Amazon in Brazil
- Tibet in China (I know, altitude and travel restrictions may pose a problem)
- Monaco/Côte d'Azur in France
- Normandy/Mont-St-Michel in France

Add on for some places:
Jeju Island,any region other than Seoul & DMZ in South Korea
Xinjiang Uyghur in China
Hainan Island in China
Sumatera in North Indonesia
Kalimantan and Sarawak in Borneo Island of Indonesia & Malaysia respectively.
Baltimore in India
Arctic Circle region in Finland
Any region other than Moscow & St. Petersburg in Russia
Lviv in Ukarine
Territories Island (Eg. Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Nieu, Tokelau) in Australia and New Zealand

Xinjiang is extremely dangerous since 2009. Besides, even though Hainan has rich tourism resources, the awful development there ruined its reputation. If TAR wants to go to China again, Chengdu and Chongqing are the best choices.

I agree that Chengdu and Chongqing would be good choices (see China Rush 1), but Hainan is also a decent place to visit. The World's Strongest Man Championship held in Hainan once.

Xinjiang is not dangerous in my view because the controversy there is not towards foreigners. But places like Tibet and Amazon... I think they're for the show like Expedition Impossible, not for TAR.

The mess in Hainan's tourism hit all the headline of Chinese medias several months ago. But the scenery is gorgeous.

But there're huge travelling difficulties in Xinjiang. If TAR doesn't want to restrict the race course only in Urumqi, the racers have to travel at least 6-9 hours to another meaningful destination. Driving themselves is impossible, and weather conditions are frequently changing. Temperature will be below 0℃ in December.

[georgiapeach]

  to RFF, Valentts!!

[SuperTux]

Now that we've just about run out of countries to talk about...

Some new regions within countries we've already visited before!
- Hokkaido in Japan
- Crete in Greece
- Sulawesi in Indonesia
- Naples/Amalfi/Pompeii in Italy
- Nazca in Peru
- Nunavut in Canada
- Ephesus/Pamukkale/Cappadocia in Turkey
- The Amazon in Brazil
- Tibet in China (I know, altitude and travel restrictions may pose a problem)
- Monaco/Côte d'Azur in France
- Normandy/Mont-St-Michel in France

Add on for some places:
Jeju Island,any region other than Seoul & DMZ in South Korea
Xinjiang Uyghur in China
Hainan Island in China
Sumatera in North Indonesia
Kalimantan and Sarawak in Borneo Island of Indonesia & Malaysia respectively.
Baltimore in India
Arctic Circle region in Finland
Any region other than Moscow & St. Petersburg in Russia
Lviv in Ukarine
Territories Island (Eg. Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Nieu, Tokelau) in Australia and New Zealand

Xinjiang is extremely dangerous since 2009. Besides, even though Hainan has rich tourism resources, the awful development there ruined its reputation. If TAR wants to go to China again, Chengdu and Chongqing are the best choices.

I agree that Chengdu and Chongqing would be good choices (see China Rush 1), but Hainan is also a decent place to visit. The World's Strongest Man Championship held in Hainan once.

Xinjiang is not dangerous in my view because the controversy there is not towards foreigners. But places like Tibet and Amazon... I think they're for the show like Expedition Impossible, not for TAR.

The mess in Hainan's tourism hit all the headline of Chinese medias several months ago. But the scenery is gorgeous.

But there're huge travelling difficulties in Xinjiang. If TAR doesn't want to restrict the race course only in Urumqi, the racers have to travel at least 6-9 hours to another meaningful destination. Driving themselves is impossible, and weather conditions are frequently changing. Temperature will be below 0℃ in December.

Yeah, those are problems. So just visit one city in Xinjiang in summer

Plus, is it a good idea to travel 2 cities by plane in one leg? (I suddenly realize that the Australian edition did this before...)

[Valentts]

Now that we've just about run out of countries to talk about...

Some new regions within countries we've already visited before!
- Hokkaido in Japan
- Crete in Greece
- Sulawesi in Indonesia
- Naples/Amalfi/Pompeii in Italy
- Nazca in Peru
- Nunavut in Canada
- Ephesus/Pamukkale/Cappadocia in Turkey
- The Amazon in Brazil
- Tibet in China (I know, altitude and travel restrictions may pose a problem)
- Monaco/Côte d'Azur in France
- Normandy/Mont-St-Michel in France

Add on for some places:
Jeju Island,any region other than Seoul & DMZ in South Korea
Xinjiang Uyghur in China
Hainan Island in China
Sumatera in North Indonesia
Kalimantan and Sarawak in Borneo Island of Indonesia & Malaysia respectively.
Baltimore in India
Arctic Circle region in Finland
Any region other than Moscow & St. Petersburg in Russia
Lviv in Ukarine
Territories Island (Eg. Ashmore and Cartier Islands, Christmas Island, Cook Islands, Nieu, Tokelau) in Australia and New Zealand

Xinjiang is extremely dangerous since 2009. Besides, even though Hainan has rich tourism resources, the awful development there ruined its reputation. If TAR wants to go to China again, Chengdu and Chongqing are the best choices.

I agree that Chengdu and Chongqing would be good choices (see China Rush 1), but Hainan is also a decent place to visit. The World's Strongest Man Championship held in Hainan once.

Xinjiang is not dangerous in my view because the controversy there is not towards foreigners. But places like Tibet and Amazon... I think they're for the show like Expedition Impossible, not for TAR.

The mess in Hainan's tourism hit all the headline of Chinese medias several months ago. But the scenery is gorgeous.

But there're huge travelling difficulties in Xinjiang. If TAR doesn't want to restrict the race course only in Urumqi, the racers have to travel at least 6-9 hours to another meaningful destination. Driving themselves is impossible, and weather conditions are frequently changing. Temperature will be below 0℃ in December.

Yeah, those are problems. So just visit one city in Xinjiang in summer

Plus, is it a good idea to travel 2 cities by plane in one leg? (I suddenly realize that the Australian edition did this before...)

Maybe one leg in Xinjiang, and fly to Chengdu for next leg.  Flight from Urumqi just take 3.5 hours.
But if the 2nd Leg includes Chongqing, I'm 100% sure that all teams will have a miserable day in navigating. 

[Declive]

If you go to the LIVE SPOILERS thread of TAR26 , you can see the list of countries and airlines forbidden by the production of TAR.

[Pi]

If you go to the LIVE SPOILERS thread of TAR26 , you can see the list of countries and airlines forbidden by the production of TAR.

That list doesn't neccesarily mean that those places are no-gos for TAR. Like peach said there is a lot of red tape required with bringing cameras in airports and other stuff; production may not want to do that paperwork on the off chance someone makes a stopover in Timor-Leste.  Laos is on that list and it was supposed to be visited in season 19; mainland China is on the list and was visited several times.

[Genius]

Any chance that they will visit Belize? It was supposed to be featured in TAR8, but a hurricane forced them to cancel the plan.

[Pi]

Any chance that they will visit Belize? It was supposed to be featured in TAR8, but a hurricane forced them to cancel the plan.

IIRC, there's a problem about homosexuals in that country.

[topaz]

what about Colombia?  I'm guessing that country will be feature on upcoming TAR 26 right after 2 Australian legs and before Europe leg but that country is unsafe for the tourist because of drugs and high crime rates. 

[naejae91]

What about Zimbabwe or Swaziland? Both countries are in Southern part of Africa, neighbouring with South Africa. I'm not sure about the safety is allowed for TAR filming in the above countries. 

[Keepcopz]

Anyone know why Burma/Laos/Brunei still got zero visit? It's relatively safe country with some touristy place. (Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon,Burma / Laung Prabang in Laos / All beautiful palaces and Kampong Ayer as Eastern Venice in Brunei) It could provide some great legs instead of going back and forth to Thailand & Indonesia.

Brunei can be access easily from other SE Asia country or Australia. Both Laos and Burma can be access via Bangkok with lots of flight. So why are these 3 countries didn't get the chance to show their potential yet is still a big question mark to me?

[inomu]

Burma has civil war going on in the northern parts of country. It has been reported that Muslim tribes living in the area are suffering even a genocide. However very few tourists visit this area as the entrance is only by special permission.

Eventhough tourism is growing fast and Burma is opening up to the world it still has many problems for race purposes. The country is constantly in politically unstable, big protests can start at any moment and they can lead even to an armed conflict. This is also reason why foreign tv shows have really strict rules for filming. I'm not sure if it's even allowed yet at all.
Burma is also still not totally open for rest of the world. For example they huge lack of ATMs, internet connections are very bad and restricted. Infrastructure is also lacking behind. 

So, no Burma for long time. Laos and Brunei, why not?
Btw, they still have 18 countries in Europe waiting for visit so race is not going to run out of countries anytime soon   

[Hysha]

In the Spanish TV reality "Pekín Express", they went to Burma, and it's completely safe and beautiful. They didn't had any problem.

In another season of the same reality, they went to Laos, and I can say the same. 100% safe, wonderful, and zero problems, so... I think they can go to both countries.

P.D: The french "Peking Express" went there too.

[inomu]

^Ok, interesting to know! Last time I watched tv show from Burma it was filmed secretly #im_old

But Pekin Express and foreign TAR versions seem to be anyway much more open-minded in their destinations (Burma, Israel, Bosnia, Cuba) which I would like to see more in US version!