Amazing Race: Canada

Are you watching Amazing Race:Canada? This time the ARC's host is not Phil Keoughan but a Canadian actor who has resemblance with Virgin Airlines founder and owner. He's also a look-alike of Chuck Norris (younger version) I forgot his name. You can google it for your perusal. Uhm should not say something like that because the contestants major airline of choice is Jazz or Air Canada. lol. I watched the premiere episode which started in Niagara Falls in Ontario and from there the contestants have to get their first clue card at the Butterfly Conservatory. From Ontario they all have to fly to Kelowna, BC. where they have to follow the clue cards list of tasks. They have to undergo many crucial tasks such as scuba diving down the "ogopogo site to get their first clue. The pit stop is at the winery which is adjacent to the "extinct volcano." Is that the scenery chosen for the movie of Brendan Fraser? (Journey To The Center of the Earth). I could be wrong. The twins were eliminated in this leg of the race. I first thought they were police women and they were the first to be booted off? Weird! It was the team Kristen and Darren who won this first episode of Amazing Race: Canada. In this race they use Flash Interac card. One team was shown with only $40.00 worth of budget. What? That's crazy! Other contestants received such amount? They didn't show. The prize for the winner of this ARC receives QUARTER of a MILLION DOLLARS ONLY not ONE MILLION DOLLARS! Eh?!!!!!!!!! For all the death defying stunts?

Anyway, it's a mind boggling race okay? Worthy of a "script for movies."

The second episode was last night. The whole cast were to find their way to British Columbia in Vancouver City. They had the chance to ride the Skytrain. Then to the Richmond Speed Skating rink from there they have to speedskate. In  Chinatown they have to drink tea and then have to remember the Chinese character printed on their tea's saucer and have to print them on a piece of bond paper and have to show it to the Chinese lady for approval. If they made a mistake of printing the original Chinese characters then the lady have to torn the paper into pieces. Some have easy way out and others have to do it again and again until they can manage to write it nicely and correctly. Other contestants have to dance the dragon dance and let the dragon ate the green leafy lettuce hanging up from the pole.. Fun for Kristen and Darren. From the top of the dockyard tower and down below where containers are stocked for inspection in downtown main Vancouver they have to use binocular to search for the Pit stop which is located at the Convention center. On top of that building they must have to be there first and the winner for this leg of the race is > Holly and Brett.

Now the question is why it's no longer Phil Keoughan to do the race hosting? Phil is American and it's a Canadian race this time so that's probably the case or the reason why. If you have seen the last episode of the Amazing Race Canada, the very first leg of 2013, months ago...the two brothers who won the race which they were ushered to Washington DC to meet the Pres. of the United States > Mr. Obama. Which turned out it was sort of a prank? They met Mr. Obama in the form of a "card board" right there at the shopping mall where camera lens await them to be photographed. The last pit of that leg of the race was in Vernon. It was at the old haunted house of Dolly Madison and Madison family. Hmm...cracking cracking codes? Where's my nutcrackers....Hu! hu! hu!