I can't do The Amazing Race

I can't do The Amazing Race

I watched the second episode of the Amazing Race 10. I was a real nut about this show before I left the U.S. As it happens it seems to be very popular in Asia and I can watch it as the series is released, rather than delayed by months or years as many U.S. programs are on Asian television.

When I watched the first episode last week I actually found it "stressed me out". What I felt was excitement in the past I actually found disturbing. The style of travel is completely unlike anything I have done. Catching trains and planes and busses and taxis is about patience and waiting, and watching people run and panic while doing so makes me anxious.

After spending a whole day leisurely taking in the Taj Mahal earlier this year, I simply cannot imagine rushing around the Taj grounds in a matter of minutes.

I was convinced when the show was first released that my brother and I would be great at it and it would be fantastic. I have become convinced since then I would be terrible at it. I hate not sleeping, not eating, and rushing around. I get frustrated when I get lost.

I would still do something like the Amazing Race if given the opportunity. It would be a completely unique opportunity that could not be replicated. There's no way I could arrange something like it myself; only a production company could arrange the complicated and expensive legs of travel along with the unique physical challenges and locations.

But it is not meaningful to compare it with travel. It would be a unique experience to itself and nothing like what I am doing now.

I can't do The Amazing Race