During Christmas break of 04-05, my family and I travelled to India. My grandfather immigrated to the US from India almost 50 years ago and it was his dream to bring his entire family back home. All of us were there for that trip, we met all our cousins and aunts and uncles while in the South. Then we went back up north to Delhi and the Taj Mahal. I was so excited when the Race went to India because I saw so many familiar sites and know what the Racers felt if it was their first time. If you ever get the chance, GO TO INDIA!!! It is an amazing trip.

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I had no idea what to expect on my first night in Istanbul. I had just gotten in that day from a long trip from St. Petersburg, Russia, and was excited to wal. k around. The performance by the Dervishes was simply magical

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We do not need to see reruns of the same players.....give another new personality a chance.

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I had never been outside of North America in my 21 years of living. November 2006 I had my chance. So i took the leap. I traveled for 13 hours by plane to the beautiful land of Australia. Upon arival in Australia i finally get to meet my now fiance face to face for the first time in over 8 years of being internet pen pals. The first day i made my way over the Harbour Bridge to the Sydney Opera House. The city is beautiful. I spent the weekend camping with his church then went on a 5 day road tirp across New South Wales to meet his family and friends. I also got to venture across beautiful country side and through the great divide. Small note about the great divide... if you are driving through it follow the speed limit signs they are there for a reason. Taking the curves at a higher speed will end in disaster. This is from observation not personal experience. If anyone ever has a chance to visit Sydney and Australia I highly recomend it. I will be moving there after My soon to be husband and I save some money and get settled in out marriage. The wedding date is set for July 14th 2007!

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I lived in Spain for a year and was chagrined that TAR didn't visit there really until last season. I know that in one of the earlier seasons they crossed over a small portion of it at night from Portugal to catch a ferry to Morocco, but you couldn't see anything. Barcelona is a great city but there is so much more of Spain to see!! The other country that they've been able to avoid, for some reason, is Ireland. It is the only English-speaking country that they've ignored. Considering Ireland's well-earned reputation for confusing directions, I would think that it would be an ideal destination to send people. I've visited there and the people couldn't be nicer.

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My name is Lars and i`am from Denmark, I´am a very big fan of The Amazing Race. So I very much hope that the race come to Denmark, Copenhagen is a beutiful city.
I hope that Rob and Amber wins this time!!

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I'm in Japan studying Japanese for a year. I certainly hope the race comes back here, I can't believe they've only been here once in 10 seasons! It's such a culturally diverse and interesting country that you could do an entire season here. Tokyo itself has at least a few episodes worth of nice locations, then there's Kyoto, Osaka, Hiroshima, Hokkaido and Okinawa... I can only assume it was a visa issue (Japan after all being one of the (if not the) toughest countries in the world on immigration and working visas.

Anyway, I'd love to catch a team come running down the streets of Tokyo this summer. :D

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Went to Seoul, South Korea, back in 1973 when my dad (US Army, retired now) got orders and was able to bring the family over there for 2 years. I got there a few months later due to a commitment to finishing up my 2nd year of college and stayed until August, 1974. South Korea was an amazing country to live in! The S. Koreans were very friendly, gracious, and helpful. They are great with hospitality and very hard workers in their various jobs that they do every day. The countryside is just awesome to see, and this country has over 5,000 years of history to read about and see in their museums and buildings. I had more fun working with them in a couple of summer jobs and going on field trips to various places in and around Seoul. I learned about their customs and traditions, and even learned enough of the Korean language to get around in those crazy "kimchi" cabs! Their cab drivers are amazing when it comes to getting around Seoul, and their driving records are remarkable in that their accident rates are so low! Riding a train from Seoul to Jesus Abbey in northern S. Korea was a real experience, and I enjoyed those train rides a lot! I am recommending to anyone that is interested in South Korea to go there in person to experience the people, places, and traditions of this great country. Have fun when you get there!
Chari :)

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