Edwin Pawlowski wrote:
> "Nancy2" > wrote in message
> The Amazing Race is great - more of a travel show than a reality show,
> the scenery sometimes is spectacular. I watch a lot of reality shows
> which have professionals competing or where you can learn
> something ... the ones like Big Brother, Bachelor (in all its forms),
> Survivor and the like don't appeal to me at all because they are so
> whiney and the winners have nothing nobody in the real world would
> ever want. Ick.
>
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> I never watched the first few season, now I regret it. The travel aspects
> make it worthwhile, IMO. You get to see some off the beaten path places and
> sometimes how people live in other parts of the world. I especially like it
> when they go to some place I've been to.
>
> They seem to spend a fair amount of time in India. That was one of the last
> places I'd ever want to visit, but the more I see, the more I think I'd like
> to go. While a poor country, the people seem happy.

Sounds like The Amazing Race may be worth recording. As far as India, I
have friends who love the country and the people. They follow a couple
of ice skaters around the world, and they attend their ice skating
competitions. That is why they visited India, but that was several
years ago.


Becca