FTA-TV Race Across the World/TAR thread

[Hamingja]

Good to see Beau's toned down on the group hugs...

The small talk with the locals that don't speak English is the only thing he brings to the show as host

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Broken ribs is the worst

Torn groin is up there

 

[Peter Sidorkiewicz]

Next weakest team to go is gay lumberjacks.

 

[winty]

Thanks for telling us who's going to win tomorrow's leg already Channel 10!

 

[cats_09]

Thanks for telling us who's going to win tomorrow's leg already Channel 10!

Did they - I wasn't paying attention to the promo

 

[Shell]

Yeh me either dont say anything

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Pink dress Shell

 

[winty]

Did they - I wasn't paying attention to the promo

Yeh me either dont say anything

One of the remaining teams end up coming first.

Oops, spoilt it. My bad.

 

[The_Todd07]

So ill be here The_Todd07 did u miss me?

Always

 

[The_Todd07]

Ivebeen on camels. Great fun

Got to do it past the pyramids.
Was interesting when they upped the speed a bit

 

[Shell]

Got to do it past the pyramids.
Was interesting when they upped the speed a bit

Lol nah this was in a reserve in Melbourne on st patricks day.

I have never been to Egypt

 

[Cats_R_Cool_4_Ever]

Been on a camel too was fun.

 

[The_Todd07]

Lol nah this was in a reserve in Melbourne on st patricks day.

I have never been to Egypt

One of the best weeks of my life.
Between booking and going they had a slight revolution and it looked for ages that I wouldn't be able to go but it all settled down just in time.
Then there was bugger all tourists there so some places we went that would usually be packed, we were the only ones there

 

[Vader]

Via an animated diagram that showed the multi leg flights they took & said all on the same flights

So kinda pointless showing too much of it

To be fair, there wouldn't be a whole lot of flight options from Hanoi to Ulan Bataar.

I'm hoping (not expecting) that we might see some flight/airport action if/when the race goes to somewhere a little bit less obscure, with more flight options.

 

[GeelongFTW]

The "animated every team on the same flight" thing happens all the time in the US version.

 

[Plugger35]

They haven't really traveled that far either, they've gone from South Korea to Vietnam to Mongolia which are all in the same continent and would only require one short flight.

If they go to another continent with connecting flights there might be a chance for teams to take different flights and mix things up a little.

 

[Vader]

They haven't really traveled that far either, they've gone from South Korea to Vietnam to Mongolia which are all in the same continent and would only require one short flight.

If they go to another continent with connecting flights there might be a chance for teams to take different flights and mix things up a little.

Even the US version doesn't do the airport/flights drama when they're going to relatively poorly serviced cities. Teams usually travel together when they have legs going to Africa. It's a very different option if you're going to somewhere in Europe, or a major city like Tokyo, where options abound.

TAR-A is supposed to do 3x continents and 8x countries. So far the count is 3x countries and 1x continent. I'm hoping that tonight's 2nd leg in Mongolia will be the last we'll see of Asia. I'm assuming that 1 of the 3 continents is Australia, so they're really only racing through 2 continents plus a home leg to the finish line.

 

[Chicago1]

I'm hoping that they might have to fold napkins into animal shapes tonight.

 

[Shell]

Were ON

 

[Chicago1]

Every time I see the nuns in the intro I shed a tear and say a quick Hail Mary.

 

[The_Todd07]

Surely they all didn't finish that close together

 

[Hamingja]

Simon Black was cast on the wrong show

 

[Shell]

This is like Survivor. Get digging you shitheads!

 

[The_Todd07]

This challenge needs Probst or JLP commentating

 

[Shell]

Simon Black was cast on the wrong show