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^ Alaska. Though that is probably part of the Finale leg.

Most times Alaska and Hawaii stops are for tasks only. Along with territories like Puerto Rico / Guam as well as Canada (you can pre-clear at certain Canadian airports inbound), it is a way to clear US customs before the final US airport. That way sore losers can't complain that some lower 48 customs guy cost them the race and production has closer finishes (they hope). Only TAR1 had an Alaska pitstop (TAR2 had a Hawaii one but just tasks in Alaska on the final leg and TAR9 just had tasks the final leg there too).

And I'm still not buying a second African country until it happens. I hope it does. Less Europe, more rest of the world please. But the two African countries thing seems based on one production person's comments only and he could have counted Burkina and Faso as to separate countries at first since he said he had to look it up. But there have been more and very public stuff about FIVE new countries. Unless they went to an African countrry they already visited in the past in which case the production guy should know that country already; then what about that statement? It seems to trump the "two African countries" allusion by that one single guy.

So we already have five new countries withOUT another new African state. Ireland, Burkina Faso, Lithuania, Croatia and Taiwan. The first four are pretty darn solid so Taiwan would have to be bogus or a TARA2 location instead to allow a second African country under the more widely circulated "five new countries" bit. Or someone can't count any better than Zach in Switzerland. "3 + 2 + 1 = 5."

Also India has been cited by some. Jaisalpour (spelling) was it? I know it has the Amber Fort (start the jokes now) and is in western Rajasthan in the desert area. I saw it as a major location on an Indian movie on PBS once. Just don't know how to spell it. Now is that confirmed or possibly a TARA2 location? TARA1 went to Calcutta and Delhi. TARA1 and TAR12 shooting at the exact same times makes spoilers more interesting this time around.