User blog:TurbulentlyApathetic/Fanmade Race Route

Leg 1 (United States → New Zealand) For the race's very first Roadblock teams were asked, "Who's jaded?". This Roadblock required one team member to correctly classify twelve pieces of carved greenstone in the four categories of greenstone traditionally used by the Māori to receive their next clue. In the first Detour of the race, teams had a choice between Hobbits or Giants. In Hobbits, teams had to go to the Lord of the Rings Anduin River View Point 12 kilometres (7 mi) away and use a map of New Zealand labeling Lord of the Rings filming locations to correctly match up nine real life locations with fictional locations on a map of Middle Earth located further along the road and receive their next clue. In Giants, teams had to go to the Te Anau Rugby Club 1 kilometer (0.6 mi) away and score a try against a team of professional players in touch rugby.
 * Paradise, Washington, United States 🇺🇸 (Sluiskin Falls) (Starting Point)
 * ✈️ Seattle (Seattle-Tacoma International Airport) to Queenstown, New Zealand 🇳🇿 (Queenstown Airport)
 * Paradise (Dart River)
 * Glenorchy (Glenorchy Airport)
 * Fiordland National Park (Lake Quill) 🚫
 * Fiordland National Park (Milford Sound Airport)
 * Te Anau (Takahe Statue)
 * ↔️ Manapouri (Lord of The Rings Anduin River View Point) or Te Anau (Te Anau Rugby Club)
 * Manapouri (Murrell Avenue) 🗺️

Additional tasks
 * At the starting line at Sluiskin Falls, teams had to search through a pile of national flags for flags that match the nations from the list of countries with towns named Paradise given to teams by Phil (Australia, Canada, Grenada, New Zealand, Suriname, United Kingdom and United States). Once they retrieved the flags, teams would then have to sequence them by alphabetical order of the nations' capitals to receive their first clue and a ticket on one of two flights to Queenstown, New Zealand. The first flight connected through Vancouver and Auckland carrying the first four teams and the second flight connected through San Francisco and Auckland carrying the last eight teams, arriving fifty-five minutes later.
 * At the Dart River teams had to take a number from one to twelve to secure their place in line. Once it was their turn they would be taken on a jetboat down the Dart River into Lake Wakatipu where both team members would have to successfully manoeuvre through a training course. If the team was successful they would be taken on the jetboat to Glenorchy Airport and given their next clue. If not, they would be taken to the back of the line of the teams waiting to attempt the course before trying again.
 * At Glenorchy Airport teams would have to take a number between one and twelve to secure their charter flight
 * At Milford Sound Airport teams would have to find one of the marked cars which they must use to find the Takahe Statue where they will encounter their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams had to drive to the Westernmost street in the Westernmost town in New Zealand for the Pit Stop

Leg 2 (New Zealand) In this leg's Roadblock, teams were asked, "Who has wheely good attention to detail?". For this Roadblock one team member had to use a replica of one of Burt Munro's modified Indian Scout motorcycles to make eleven adjustments to their own motorcycle matching those of the completed model. At the Robert Burns Statue, teams found the Detour: a choice between Baking and Racing. In Baking teams had to drive to the Governer's Cafe 1 kilometer (0.6 mi) away and make four cheese rolls to the satisfaction of the head chef to receive their next clue. In Racing teams were instructed to drive to the world's steepest residential street 3 kilometres (2 mi) away and run up it in less than four minutes to receive their next clue.
 * Invercargill (Invercargill Water Tower)
 * Invercargill (Burt Munro Statue) 🚫
 * Slope Point (Slope Point End)
 * Chaslands (Cathedral Caves)
 * Chaslands (Frances Pillars)
 * Chaslands (Waipati Beach)
 * Dunedin (Robert Burns Statue)
 * ↔️ Dunedin (Governer's Cafe or Baldwin Street)
 * Dunedin (Dunedin Chinese Garden) 🗺️

Additional tasks
 * At the Invercargill Water Tower teams were required to march along with a marching band while the band played through the entirety of Invercargill March. If the band's leader approved of the marching, teams would receive their next clue.
 * After the Roadblock teams were told to travel by car and on foot Southernmost point of the South Island of New Zealand to search for their next clue.
 * At Slope Point End teams were required to go back to their cars and drive to Cathedral Cove where they would have to take a waka and paddle it to Frances Pillars where they would find their next clue.
 * At Frances Pillars teams were told to paddle back to Waipati Beach, return to their cars and drive to the last of four statues of a Scottish poet made by John Steell to be unveiled to find their next clue
 * After the Detour teams were told to drive to the Southern Hemisphere's first authentic Chinese Garden and search the courtyard for the Pitstop

Leg 3 (New Zealand → Australia) The race's first forward required teams to hike down the end of the Chandler Walking Track and once there each consume a plate of Witchetty Grubs. This leg's Detour was a choice between Big Banana or Bunch of Bananas. In Big Banana teams had to drive 7 kilometers (4 mi) away to the Big Banana where they would listen to a local tour guide explain the history of Australia's "Big Things" and then use that information to match up 10 normal sized items with the year their big counterparts were built as well as the town and state in which they are located in. In Bunch of Bananas teams had to drive 15 kilometer (9 mi) away to Cunningham's Bananas where they would have to transport a delivery of bananas from truck and set up a display of bananas to the satisfaction of the owner to receive their next clue. This leg's Roadblock said, "Who's ready to celebrate?". The chosen team member would have to participate in Brisbane's massive Buddha's Birthday Festival by performing a dragon dance to the satisfaction of a local troupe to receive their next clue.
 * ✈️ Dunedin (Dunedin International Airport) to Armidale, New South Wales, Australia 🇦🇺 (Armidale Airport)
 * Oxley Wild Rivers National Park (Chandler Viewpoint)
 * ⏩ Oxley Wild Rivers National Park (End of Chandler Walking Track)
 * Coffs Harbour (Forest Sky Pier)
 * ↔️ Coffs Harbour (Big Banana or Cunnningham's Bananas)
 * Gold Coast, Queensland (Q1)
 * Brisbane (Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary)
 * Brisbane (Streets Beach) 🚫
 * Brisbane (The Gabba) 🗺️

Additional tasks
 * After the Detour, teams were directed to drive to the tallest building in the home of "The Banana Benders"
 * At the Q1 teams were told to change into the Meter Maid outfits provided and find ten tourists in Surfers Paradise to pose with them for photos and present the photos to a Meter Maid waiting at the Q1 to receive their next clue.
 * After the Meter Maid approved their photos, teams were told to drive to the world's largest koala sanctuary and do a head count of the koalas in the "Koala Forest" and report the total to a staff member. If teams returned the incorrect number, they had to wait 10 minutes before making another guess.
 * After correctly guessing the number of koalas, teams were told to travel to the beach closest to the city's center to find their next clue at the lifeguard tower.
 * After Roadblock teams were directed to travel to the Brisbane Cricket Ground, which teams must figure out is known by locals almost exclusively as "The Gabba"

Leg 4 (Australia → Colombia) In this leg's Detour teams had to choose between Sweet or Savoury. In Sweet teams had to take their taxi to a chain restaurant location of Bogota's Crepes and Waffles in Las Aguas, 14 kilometres (9 mi.) away, go into the kitchen and both cook eight crepes all to the chef's satisfaction to receive their next clue. In Savoury, teams had to take their taxi to El Mejor Ajiaco Del Mundo also 14 kilometres (9 mi.) away and start bringing in customers to take their orders. Once they got eight customers to order Ajiaco, they would receive their next clue. In a Speed Bump, the team that came in last in the previous leg had to use a lost-wax casing to make the receptacle component of a poporo out of ceramic to the satisfaction of a local artisan before being allowed to continue racing. In this leg's roadblock teams were asked, "Who can carry your team to victory?" The chosen team member would have to carry a pile of bags full of coffee beans out to the front of the farm, ready to be picked up.
 * ✈️ Brisbane (Brisbane Airport) to Bogota, Colombia 🇨🇴 (El Dorado International Airport)
 * Bogota (Cinema Paraiso)
 * ↔️ Bogota (Crepes and Waffles Las Aguas or El Mejor Ajiaco Del Mundo)
 * Bogota (Gold Museum) ↩️
 * San Antonio del Tequendama (Tequendama Falls Museum) ⚠️
 * Armenia (Parque de la Vida)
 * Armenia (Catedral la Inmaculada Concepcion)
 * Salento (Las Acacias Coffee Farm) 🚫
 * Los Nevados National Natural Park (El Cisne) 🗺

Additional tasks
 * After the Detour, teams were directed to take their taxi to the world's largest collection of golden artifacts to find the Double U-Turn Board and their next clue inside
 * After the U-Turn Board, teams were directed to take their taxi to "La Casa del Salto del Tequendama" which teams must realise was the name of the Tequendama Falls Museum when it was a hotel.
 * At the Tequendama Fall Museum teams were told to take a marked jeep parked along the side of the road and drive it to Parque de la Vida in Armenia where they will find their next clue at the entrance
 * At Parque de la Vida, teams had to take an assortment of goods, load it onto their jeeps and drive it along a course as part of a Yipao Parade without anything falling off to receive their next clue.
 * After completing the course teams had to unload their Jeep and drive to Catedral la Inmaculada Concepcion where they would have to set up a stall selling carriels that matched the example in a picture that they were given in their clue.

Leg 5 (Colombia → Brazil)
 * ✈️ Pereira (Matecaña International Airport) to Recife, Brazil 🇧🇷 (Recife International Airport)
 * Recife (Kahal Zur Israel Synagogue)
 * ↔️ Recife (Paço do Frevo (in Portuguese) or Escola de Capoeira Perna Pesada)
 * Igarassu (Igreja de Nossa Senhora das Dores)
 * Itapissuma (Itapissuma Pier)
 * Brejo da Madre de Deus (New Jerusalem Theater)
 * Paulo Alfonso (Prainha de Paulo Afonso) 🚫
 * 🚢 Paulo Alfonso (Prainha de Paulo Afonso) to Paulo Alfonso (Maranhão Avenue)
 * Paulo Alfonso (Ilha do Urubu) 🗺️

This leg's Detour was a choice between Umbrella or Capoeira. In Umbrella teams had to travel on foot to Paço do Frevo just 120 metres (0.1 mi.) away where there would have to learn an umbrella dance in the Frevo genre and perform it correctly to receive their next clue. In Capoeira teams had to take their taxi to Escola de Capoeira Perna Pesada 4 kilometres (2 mi.) away and perform a percussion routine for the Maculelê form of Capoeira, using sticks instead of the traditional machetes. If they can keep the beat up for the duration of the performance, they will receive their next clue. For the roadblock, teams were asked, "Who's crafty?" The chosen team member would have to paint an already carved carranca to look like the example they were given in order to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks
 * At the start of the leg teams were directed to drive to Pereira Airport and then travel by air and marked taxis to the oldest synagogue in the Americas to find their next clue.
 * After the Detour, teams were told to take their taxi to the starting point of Buscada de São Gonçalo where they will have to take a marked jangada and sail it along a marked course to find their next clue.
 * At Itapissuma, teams were told to take one of the marked cars and drive it to the the world's largest outdoor theatre to find their next clue at the entrance.
 * At the New Jerusalem Theatre, both team members were required to learn to the lines to parts in the passion play in Portuguese and recite them. If their acting was to the satisfaction of the director they would receive their next clue.
 * After the Roadblock, teams were told to take a their carranca with them on steamboat to Maranhão Avenue where they would have to disembark and board a fishing boat to take them to Ilha do Urubu where they would have to search for the island's highest point for the Pit Stop.