Even though it has been on my “to do” list for years, it wasn’t until last week that I finally got around to downloading the first season of “The Amazing Race”. It is pretty old – a scene of the New York skyline still had the World Trade Center towers standing, so it was filmed well before I came to Japan.<\/p>\n
After watching a few episodes, I’m really impressed. I’m guessing that probably everyone that reads this blog is more familiar with the show than I am, so I don’t think I need to describe the premise. <\/p>\n
I think I like it because it plays into one of my childhood dreams of going to an airport, and just buying a ticket somewhere and flying off. I am also a big Survivor fan, because I like watching how people react to stressful situations. The Amazing Race so far is like 80% stressful situations – throwing these teams into foreign and strange environments and watching how they deal with it. And like an American teacher I know at Shin-Cat says, the players are so annoying. As the stress gets to them they begin shouting at African people in English, which never works out too well. <\/p>\n
Also the idea of pulling into a foreign airport and trying to find your way to some unknown destination tends to remind me of some of our overseas travel adventures. I envy the players the experience, but also feel bad for them that they only get to see most of the world while running like hell through the streets with a giant backpack on.<\/p>\n
Now I have thirteen seasons of the Amazing Race to catch up on (which will be a very slow process), but I’m hoping that it continues to hold on to my attention the way that the first few episodes have. Great show!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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