costa rica itinerary
Will “The Amazing Race” make a visit to Central America, perhaps costa rica?
I’ve looked @ the itineraries of all the past seasons on “The Amazing Race” on their website. Central America remains virgin territory (although “Survivor” has paid more then one visits there.} I dunno if the political situations in countries like Honduras, Nicaragua, & El Salvador r still as bad as they were in the ’80s, but if so, is that reason y no season of the show’s been there? What about Costa Rica? When I visit a bookstore & look @ the travelogues, most of them in the Central America section r of that country. & there’s also Belize, which was the only non-Spanish possession of C.A., & Panama, where the canal used 2 b American property until ‘99. I’m hoping that the new season that begins next week will @ least start or finish there. & @ least I was pleased from last season that I got 2 c the race travel in a generally west direction, actually starting in Asia rather than almost ending there.
The political situation in Nicaragua is not something to rule it out. The war has been over for over two decades. Also, Nicaragua is statistically the safest country in Central America (google it for fact). Nicaragua has the best atmosphere for the show but since everyone thinks costa rica is “better”, has more “biodiversity” and is more “gringo friendly” that is why all the other countries don’t get mentioned much. El Salvador has the highest homicide and murder rate int he region and Guatemala has the highest crime rate. Honduras is quite unsafe as well with the most gang members in the region, or so facts state. As for Belize, the majority of people speak Spanish rather than English (a creole-type English) and crime, the country itself does not have over 1 million inhabitants so i assume it is quite safe.
Nicaragua actually has the largest rainforest north of the Amazon in Brazil, the two largest lakes in Central America (Lake Nicaragua being the 2ns largest in Latin America) and a load of biodiversity. In my opinion, Costa Rica doesn’t come close.
Earthquake in Costa Rica, January 8th, 2009, During the Taping of the TV Program Qué Rico