The Amazing Race is my favorite reality TV show. The previous couple of seasons weren’t as interesting… esp. when they did the US special and the family special, but this season is coming back in full force. I love watching the contestants scramble to perform ridiculous tasks in foreign countries!
Yesterday’s espisode was based on Beijing. I wish they had better tasks then eating scorpians and painting Beijing opera faces… how about trying to get on the subway during rush hours?
During one part of the race, the contestants needed to find a clue box in a nearby location. They have the name of the place in pinyin, but no directions. So they all asked the locals for help, which seemed to be a logical idea (and their only option actually). What happens next is typical in China - people start pointing them in all sorts of directions and they ended up running in circles.
What I can’t quite figure out is: how can people have such different answers to one seemingly straightforward question? Did they not know the answer to start with? Or, they think they know but they are wrong? Or, perhaps the question was not clear?
