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Posts: 1074 (12/11/09 03:18 PM) Registered user |
foreign versions like TARLA & TARA go to countries deemed to be dangerous, & nothing bad happened to them Were there any Americans participating in the foreign shows? There are groups that target Americans so countries that may be safe for others could be considered dangerous for Americans. |
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Posts: 658 (12/11/09 03:44 PM) |
I'm still a little surprised there are some big cities that after 15 seasons have not been visited.
Melbourne, Australia Dublin, Ireland Madrid, Spain just to name a few. Some Countries that should be visited: Denmark Israel Brussels Indonesia (Bali) Fiji just to name a few. Its pretty lame there some recent seasons have had very few new country visits. |
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Posts: 87 (12/11/09 06:08 PM) |
Uhh.... Brussels is the capital of Belgium, not a country.
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Posts: 1480 (12/11/09 06:21 PM) |
I hope they go to South America in season 16.
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Posts: 1214 (12/11/09 07:02 PM) Registered User |
I don't wanna see another season where they go to China and India.. way overdone. I wanna see more Africa and Europe.. the rest I couldn't really care
much less about.
And time to come to Canada again!! |
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Posts: 13771 (12/11/09 07:57 PM) Registered user |
They generally stick to the side of the world that has warm weather. The race filmed in the winter spends lots of time in South America, Australia and Africa
and the race filmed in the summer goes to Europe and Asia.
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Posts: 11563 (12/11/09 09:33 PM) WRP Official Spokesperson |
survivorchick wrote:It's already on a spoiler thread. Jordan could be visited for TAR16 and it is a safe country. |
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Posts: 1481 (12/12/09 04:22 AM) |
Apprentice Talker wrote:Oh-my-god! Did they go to Peru or Bolivia? I love Jordan, We went there in 2007 and it was AMAZING. By far my favourite place for Archealogy. |
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Posts: 351 (12/12/09 11:33 AM) |
ghostbusted wrote: been reading the foreign office website much? if anything USA is more dangerous than say, uzbekistan. at least i haven't heard about gun-toting 15 year olds who go on a killing spree in samarkand. plus, the security surrounding these teams are ridiculously tight anyway. see the thing is, if you actually do go to other countries (& by this i don't mean bermuda or arruba), they really don't hate us. in fact a lot of the people i met in the arab countries were extremely nice. sure there are the token loonies who rant on & on about america & americans, just like there are token loonies that go on & on about mexicans & mexico. big fucking deal. |
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Posts: 11577 (12/12/09 04:29 PM) WRP Official Spokesperson |
The reason Colombia is an only dangerous country in South America selling or smuggling drugs.
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Posts: 665 (12/12/09 05:12 PM) |
streetlightrox wrote: I Know Brain Fart, but you get the point. |
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Posts: 1482 (12/12/09 07:21 PM) |
Apprentice Talker wrote:No, It isnt. FARC kidnap hundreads of tourists per year. It's just to dangerous for them to go there. I cant see TAR going to Colombia ever. |
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Posts: 11584 (12/12/09 11:31 PM) WRP Official Spokesperson |
survivorchick wrote:American travelers in Colombia can't travel because of FARC kidnappings. Indonesia is also a dangerous country with a fear of Jemaah Islamiyah. |
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Posts: 352 (12/13/09 12:45 AM) |
oh please. the last kidnapping incident was years ago when a dutch (?) tourist went trekking on some remote jungle in northern colombia. fat chance the race is
going to go there anyway, since production's too cheap to scout for awesome locations these days. i bet if they do go there, they'll stick to the
cities like bogota, cartagena, medellin, cali, popayan. & have you been to colombia? it's filled with american tourists, a lot of them decent, but some
staying for months for the chicks & drugs. nobody (unfortunately) kidnaps them.
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Posts: 9928 (12/14/09 04:46 PM) Registered user |
wakwakwak wrote: Why not? It'd be more memorable than half the places the show has went to. |
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Posts: 11621 (12/14/09 11:59 PM) WRP Official Spokesperson |
Tierra del Fuego is close to Antarctica. The weather in December is slightly mild.
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Posts: 471 (12/15/09 04:53 PM) Registered user |
Apprentice Talker wrote:I really hope this is true! I've been hoping they would go to Jordan, Nepal or Kyoto, Japan for years now and it just never happens! *crosses fingers for luck* I'm hoping the shittiest race course since TAR4 was only because they wanted to save a bunch of money for this next season. |
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Posts: 10 (12/15/09 06:54 PM) |
I lived as an expat in Indonesia for over a year. There is a significant expat community there and it's safer to stroll the streets of Jakarta than the
streets of Chicago. Come on now...let's not be so close-minded.
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Posts: 11629 (12/15/09 07:02 PM) WRP Official Spokesperson |
Nepal has been included in travel warnings list.
http://travel.state.gov/t...cis_pa_tw/tw/tw_927.html The problem that the country abolished its monarchy in 2008 and the violence are came from local Maoist groups. |
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Posts: 2433 (12/16/09 08:38 AM) Registered User |
eagleeye007 wrote:I think it's because Indonesia is on the travel warning list thing and if I'm not wrong, not only could that by itself scare/turn off the producers/race-planners, I believe the insurance companies of TAR would not allow TAR to venture into such countries. Or perhaps they have to pay high premiums if they go to those countries. Therefore, as the shows try to lower its budget, those countries become not feasible to travel to, unfortunately, no matter how safe it ACTUALLY is and its potential. Sucks... |
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