Thx! I held my nose this morning and watched Matt Lauer on the Today show broadcasting from Panama. It was really interesting and well done, showing a lot of the country and the canal. How I miss the good travelogue aspects of earlier TARs! They seem too cheap to hire helicopters for scenic shots now.
I'm wondering if TAR is getting shafted by CBS on promotion and on advertising revenue so they have gone "cheap". It's twice as expensive to get those 4 person teams around the Race.
I've noticed that BP seems to be the sponsor this season, American Airlines isn't mentioned hardly at all. First place prizes are cheaper too.