Race Across the World (BBC)

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Warpaint said:
Not too bad for a first episode. I didn't think I'd warm to them at first but started to more as it went on. Canada looks pretty but really dull culture wise.
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Yeah, it’s all about the scenery. I was due to go to the Vancouver Island area in 2020, but covid put the kibosh on that! Yet to rebook.

Finding a few of them irritatingso far.

Like Ladi, and the Asian husband. Not keen on the daughter and the wife respectively. I am hoping the fearful brother becomes more positive and confident. The two middle aged ladies are the stoic types.
 
I love to know how they pick the contestants for the show. Also that father and daughter spent so much on taxi and blown quite alot of their budget. Like it looks as if they did not even try to find people on the boat to give them a lift. Not sure who I am going for at the moment. I liked the father who washed the bus.
 
One of the things (amongst many) that annoys me about this show is how much emphasis is put on where you are in the race and yet the production can make that invalid (the fact they all ended up on the ferry together being an example already).

Anyone remember in series 2 Jen and Rob having nearly a 4hr lead, being made to leave the hotel only just to have to wait 4hrs for the first bus out of their and Jamal and his uncle rocking up all refreshed and getting on?

I know that you are tied by timetables but surely thought should be given to the checkpoint locations, no sense for them to be stuck on an island with one way in and out.

And as for those women being stuck in Vancouver park for hours, it’s pretty much in the middle of the city with 1000s of people and major routes running through it 🙄

Can’t see this being as good as 1 and 2, no language barriers, no currency issues or really cultural issues to overcome.

Just realised I said I wouldnt rant…
 
I lived in Canada for 2 years, and the lack of public transport (when you're not in a city) is very frustrating, as they discovered.

For those that are saying about a lack of a language barrier, in Quebec, the main language is French, admittedly tho a lot of the Quebecois can also speak English.
 
Jusa said:
I lived in Canada for 2 years, and the lack of public transport (when you're not in a city) is very frustrating, as they discovered.

For those that are saying about a lack of a language barrier, in Quebec, the main language is French, admittedly tho a lot of the Quebecois can also speak English.
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The lack of public transport though showed us a whole new culture of lift sharing and that's a good thing, but then on places like Vancouver Island it's probably safer - there'd be the trust and safety element in play, and if you were a lone traveller, maybe not so great?

I was wondering what you call residents of Quebec, so thank you. What's the betting that they encounter people , like you sometimes do in Paris, who can speak English, but really really really make you attempt French?
 
Irena said:
The lack of public transport though showed us a whole new culture of lift sharing and that's a good thing, but then on places like Vancouver Island it's probably safer - there'd be the trust and safety element in play, and if you were a lone traveller, maybe not so great?

I was wondering what you call residents of Quebec, so thank you. What's the betting that they encounter people , like you sometimes do in Paris, who can speak English, but really really really make you attempt French?
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Yes, that wouldn't surprise me if that happens in Quebec.

I'm Nova Scotia they sound Irish when they talk, but I'm not sure if that's a province they'll be travelling through.
 
I think this first leg was more about their various expenditures and some earned income, to show their different approaches, it was never going to be much of a race to start with given the check point and the possibilities open to them.

The father and daughter teams seem to have fairly fractured relationships, or at least some friction between them and it's seen as an opportunity to strengthen or rebuild them, as opposed to the couples who have good bonds, like the two friends, Cathie and Tricia.
 
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