APHUG Amazing Race Project
Kate Bussert and Brigid Fitzgerald
Starting Point
• Team members will begin the race in New York
and then fly from 1.5 hours from JFK to their
first destination.
First Stop: Quebec, Canada
• Team members start in
Montreal, where they
will spend the day
studying at the
National Circus School.
• Each team will be
given a (relatively
simple) act to study
and can move on as
soon as they master it.
• Circus arts are an
important aspect of
Quebec’s culture.
A Cirque tent set up in Toronto.
• Cirque du Soleil, a world
famous circus troupe, was
founded in Montreal.
• For a pit stop, teams will
travel to Québec City, one
of the oldest cities in
North America.
• It was founded in 1535 by
French explorer Jaqcues
Cartier.
• Although it is a North
American city, it is set up
in the European style,
• From the Jean Lesange
with wealthier housing
International Airport in
closer to the CBD and
Québec City, team
lower income housing in members will travel for a
the suburbs.
total of 26 hours, with
stops in Toronto and Lima
to their second destination.
Second Stop: Galapagos Islands
• Charles Darwin
observed finches on
these Ecuadorian
islands, which led him
to develop his
theories on natural
selection.
• Teams must identify 5
of the 13 species of
Darwin’s finches
present on the islands.
• Team members
will spend the
night camping
on San Cristobal
Island, the first
of those Darwin
visited.
• From the Quito International Airport in Ecuador,
teams will travel for a total of 28 hours, with a stop
in Amsterdam. After their arrival at the Kilimanjaro
International Airport, they will take a 1.5 hour bus
ride to the third destination.
Third Stop: Tanzania
A photo of the Olduvai Gorge.
• Tanzania is home to the
Olduvai Gorge, a
paleoanthropological site
that has provided to the
most continuous evidence
of human evolution over
the past 2 million years.
• Both hominid fossils and
evidence of tools have been
found.
• At the Gorge, teams will compete in a faux
archeological dig in which they must locate and
excavate three specimens before they can move on.
• Team members will
stay in Arusha, an
international
diplomatic center and
the de facto capital of
the East African
Community.
• Arusha is also the
closest major city to
the Olduvai Gorge, an
important
archeological site that
many refer to as the
“Cradle of Mankind”.
• From Kilimanjaro, teams
will fly a total of 15 hours,
with stops in Dar Es Salaam
and Cairo.
Fourth Stop: Greece
• Teams will arrive in Athens
and then take a 6.5 hour
bus ride to Thessaloniki.
• In this challenge, teams will
have to race to to top of
Mount Olympus, the
highest mountain in Greece.
• Mt. Olympus is is extremely
important culturally
because it is known as the
home of the gods in Greek
mythology.
• Teams will then fly 2 hours from Athens
International Airport to the Rafik Hariri
Airport and then take a 1 hour bus to the
fifth destination.
• Teams will stay in
Thessaloniki
which is a major
economic,
industrial,
commercial and
political center in
Greece, as well as
being a major
transportation
hub for
southeastern
Europe.
• It is also the
closest major city
to Mt. Olympus.
Fifth Stop: Lebanon
• Teams will have
to race through
the lower caves
of the Jeita
Grotto, a
Lebanese
national symbol
and a top tourist
destination in
the country.
Inside the Jeita Grotto.
• Teams will stay in
Byblos, the oldest
continually
inhabited city in
the world.
• They will then travel
approximately 20 hours from Rafik
Hariri Airport to the sixth
destination.
Sixth Stop: China
• For this challenge,
teams will have to
complete a full days
work (no matter how
long it actually takes) in
a factory in the Pearl
River Delta region of
China.
• This is a major industrial
zone.
• The Pearl River Delta,
or Guangdong
Province, is one of the
most urbanized areas
in the world.
• Since China adopted a
free-market system in
the 1970’s, this region
has emerged as a
major economic hub.
• Although the area is
only 0.4% of the land
area and 3.2% of the
population, it accounts
for 8.7% of the GDP
and 35.8% of total
trade.
• From Baiyun International
Airport, teams will travel 11
hours to Auckland airport for
their seventh destination.
Seventh Stop: New Zealand
• Waka Ama, or
outrigger canoe,
racing is a popular
sport in New
Zealand with
Polynesian roots.
• The teams will race
across the channel
between the North
Island and the
South Island.
A team of racers in an outrigger canoe.
• Once the teams
reach the South
Island, they will
rush to
Christchurch
International
Airport.
• The first team to
arrive will win!
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