After keeping my mouth shut, but following along and enjoying RFF for years, it’s time for me to speak...
I believe that there is at least a decent chance that the
Philippine legs are only legs 9 & 10. Why?
I think that the Sicily/Malta leg could have easily been JUST ONE leg. There is scant evidence that the teams were even in Sicily (only one pic by Phil of a tunnel). The teams could easily have missed Sicily, picked up a RI there, or performed one task there, before heading to Malta. Once again, there is no evidence the teams were even in Sicily.
Here’s my alternate route scenario.
Leg 1: New York, USA → St Thomas, US Virgin Islands FILM DATES: May 31
Leg 2: St Thomas, US Virgin Islands → Oxford, England FILM DATES: June 1-2
Leg 3: Oxford, England → Shetland Islands, Scotland FILM DATES: June 4-5
Leg 5: Copenhagen, Denmark → Marrakesh, Morocco FILM DATES: June 9-10
Leg 6: Marrakesh, Morocco → Unknown, Morocco FILM DATES: June 11-12
Leg 7: Unknown, Morocco → Sicily, Italy → Valletta, Malta FILM DATES: June 14-15
Leg 8: Valletta, Malta → Singapore FILM DATES: June 17-18
Leg 9: Singapore → Cavite, Philippines FILM DATES: June 19-20
Leg 10: Manila, Philippines FILM DATES: June 21
Leg(s) 11 and/or 12 still to come
Is this scenario even plausible?