Guest post written by my buddy Angelo Cooper
It may sound offbeat, but my favorite travel show to watch is the reality program, The Amazing Race. It is required viewing when we watch it on DiretTV International Packages.
The Amazing Race has been on for several years now. In TV time, they claim 17 TV seasons at this point. While it is competition show where couples face off against one another for the ultimate cash prize, the series is essentially a travel catalog of the world.
Oftentimes, the program begins in a place like Los Angeles, but over the weeks that the action plays out, the teams crosses the globe, visiting Russia, Australia, India, Vietnam, and just about anyplace you can think of.
Here's the best part of this 'travel' show in my opinion. It's not just that viewers see the big name sites, but we get exposed to the culture. The road blocks and detours the teams have to take and successfully complete before moving on are an adventurous way to examine unique parts of how the peoples of these nations live.
The downside is that the show is only an hour and squeezing in a country's culture in sixty minutes is difficult. On occasion, the show will stay in a country for two or even three episodes, but that isn't often the case.
The Amazing Race brings the world to our homes.
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