VirtualGlobetrotting: The Amazing Race China 3

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Juyong Pass
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The Great Wall of China passes through, and the Cloud Platform was built here in the year 1342.

2008 Olympics - National Stadium
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Site under construction - National Stadium - 2008 Olympics Games.

Beijing Capital International Airport - Terminal 3
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Athens International Airport (ATH)
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a.k.a. Eleftherios Venizelos Airport

Greek Theatre of Epidaurus
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University of Athens
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Olympic Stadium
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The Olympic Stadium, the centre of the Olympic Games 2004, is situated at Maroussi and it is part of the Athens Olympic Sports Complex (OAKA). The Olympic can accommodate 72,000 spectators, and hosted the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. It was designed by the Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.

Franz Josef Strauss International Airport (MUC)
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Englischer Garten
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Chinesischer Turm's beer garden
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This 25-meter-high wooden structure, designed by the military architect Joseph Frey von Johann Baptist Lechner, was built from 1789 to 1790. It was modelled on the "Great Pagoda" in the Royal Botanic Gardens in London. The Pagoda, twice as high as the Turm, was supposed to resemble a porcelain pagoda in the gardens of a Chinese emperor.
In July 1944, the so-called "China Tower" burned down due to heavy bombing, and in 1952 was rebuilt true to the original.
With 7,000 seats, the Chinesischer Turm's beer garden is the second largest beer garden in Munich.

St. Peter's Church
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Große Olympiaschanze
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The Große Olympiaschanze (English: Large Olympic Hill) is a ski jumping hill located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
A world cup competition is held there every year on January 1, as a part of the Four Hills Tournament.

Neuschwanstein Castle
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(I was very surprised to find that this hadn't been submitted before. I'm guessing this is part of a new imagery update.)
Neuschwanstein Castle is a 19th century Bavarian castle. Located in Germany, near Hohenschwangau and Füssen in southwest Bavaria, the castle was built by Ludwig II, King of Bavaria, as a retreat and as an homage to Richard Wagner, the King's inspiring muse. It is the most photographed building in Germany, although photography of the interior is not permitted, and is one of Germany's most popular tourist destinations.

Tokyo International Airport (HND)
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AKA Haneda Airport

Odaiba
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Tokyo Tower
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MaiDreamin
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Cosplay restaurant in Akihabara, Tokyo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosplay_restaurant

Shinjuku Central Park
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Fujiyama Roller Coaster
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Fuji Safari Park
Featured in a Roadblock in Leg 3 of The Amazing Race China 3

Narita International Airport (NRT)
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Narita International Airport (IATA: NRT, ICAO: RJAA) is an international airport located in Narita, Chiba, Japan, in the eastern portion of the Greater Tokyo Area. Narita handles the majority of international passenger traffic to and from Japan, and is also a major connecting point for air traffic between Asia and the Americas. It is the second-busiest passenger airport in Japan, busiest air freight hub in Japan, and third-busiest air freight hub in the world. Until 2004 it was officially known as New Tokyo International Airport.
The construction and expansion of Narita Airport in Japanese history has been compared to the role of the Vietnam War in the history of the United States, as it led to one of the most infamous (and violent) conflicts between the Japanese government and the Japanese population.

Domodedovo International Airport (DME)
Moscow Domodedovo Airport (Russian: Московский аэропорт Домодедово Moskovsky Aeroport Domodedоvo) (IATA: DME, ICAO: UUDD) is an international airport located in Domodedovsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia, 42 kilometres (26 mi) south-southeast of the centre of Moscow. Domodedovo is the largest airport in Russia in terms of passenger and cargo traffic (22.25 million passengers used the airport in 2010, which is a 19.2% increase over 2009), and is one of the three major Moscow airports along with Sheremetyevo and Vnukovo.

Maly Krasnokholmsky Bridge
Featured in Leg 4 of The Amazing Race China 3

Slavyanskaya Square
Featured in Leg 4 of The Amazing Race China 3

Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard

Russian State Social University

Moscow State Pedagogical University

Red Square
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Home to the Kremlin, seat of governement in Russia.

St. Basil's Cathedral
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The Cathedral of the Protection of Most Holy Theotokos on the Moat, popularly known as Saint Basil's Cathedral, is a Russian Orthodox church erected on the Red Square in Moscow in 1555–61.

Jiuzhou Port
Featured in Leg 5 of The Amazing Race China 3

Skypier

Hong Kong International Airport (Chek Lap Kok)
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Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN/LEBL)
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Aeropuerto Josep Tarradellas
Barcelona–El Prat
Aeroport Josep Tarradellas

Sagrada Familia by Antoni Gaudí
The Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família , often simply called the Sagrada Família, is a massive Roman Catholic church under construction in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Construction began in 1882 and continues to this day.

Gran Teatre del Liceu (Opera House)
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The Gran Teatre del Liceu (or simply Liceu (in Catalan); in Spanish: Liceo) is an opera house on La Rambla in Barcelona. The Liceu opened on April 4, 1847.
In contrast with other European cities, where the monarchy took on the responsibility for the building and upkeep of opera houses, the Liceu was built with private shareholders, organized in a similar way to a trading company or societat. This affected the structure of the building; it lacks, for example, a royal box.
The building was damaged by fire in 1861, but it was quickly rebuilt.
On November 7, 1893, the opening night of the season, during the second act of the opera Guillaume Tell, by Rossini, two bombs were thrown into the stalls of the opera house. Only one of the bombs exploded, but some twenty people were killed, and many more injured.
The attack was said to be the work of an anarchist, and it deeply shocked Barcelona, becaming the symbol of the turbulent social unrest of the time. The Liceu reopened its doors on January 18, 1894, but the seats occupied by those killed by the bombs were not used for a number of years.
Spanish neutrality during World War I allowed the Catalan textile industry to amass enormous wealth through supplying the warring parties. The 1920s were prosperous years. The Liceu became fully established as a leading opera house, and welcomed the orchestra leaders of the time, such as Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Aquarium Barcelona
Aquàrium Barcelona is an aquarium located in Barcelona, Catalonia.
It is placed in the Port Vell and has 35 different aquariums, 11.000 animals of 450 different species and an underwater tunnel of 80 meters.

Monument to Christopher Columbus
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La Rambla ends at the old harbour, where a statue of Christopher Columbus points eastwards across the Mediterranean Sea to his birth place of Genoa.

Mercat de la Barceloneta

The Serras Hotel Barcelona

The Mollet Shooting Range
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The Olympic shooting competition and
the shooting component of the pentathlon
competition were held at the Mollet
Shooting Range. This is a new, permanent
structure consisting of three large adjacent
areas covering an area of more than 40
hectares containing the areas for use in
the skeet and trap events, the precision
shooting events and the facilities used by
the Catalonia Police Academy. The
facilities are usually used both for sport
and as a training area for the Police
Academy.
The shooting facilities were ready before
the Games commenced for the Spanish
Trap and Skeet Championships, the
Catalan Precision Shooting Championships
and the International Shooting
Championships which were held between
April and May 1992. Work commenced in
June 1990 and was jointly financed by the
Generalitat of Catalonia, Barcelona
Provincial Council and COOB'92.

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys
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1992 Summer Olympic site.
Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys (formerly known as the Estadi Olímpic de Montjuïc) is a stadium in Barcelona, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city (and Barcelona's bid for the 1936 Summer Olympics, which were awarded to Berlin), it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The stadium has a capacity of 55,926 (70,000 during the 1992 Olympics), and is located in the Anella Olímpica, in Montjuïc, a large hill to the southwest of the city which overlooks the harbour.
In 2001 the stadium was renamed after the former president of the Generalitat de Catalunya Lluís Companys i Jover, who was executed at the nearby Montjuïc Castle in 1940 by the Franco regime.

Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport (FCO)
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Leonardo Da Vinci International Airport also known as Fiumicino International Airport, is Italy's largest airport, with over 29 million passengers in the year 2005. It is located in Fiumicino and serves Rome. The airport, named after Leonardo da Vinci, is completely non-smoking. It is one of two hubs of the Italian flag carrier Alitalia along with Milan/Varese's Malpensa International Airport.

Trevi Fountain
It may or may not be the most beautiful fountain in Rome but it is without doubt the most famous. The imaginative concept, the theatrical composition, the sober and imposing beauty of the sculptured marble figures make it a true masterpiece both of sculpture and of architecture. Pietro da Cortona and above all Bernini, who began the undertaking, both had a hand in the project. The death of Pope Urban VIII brought work to a standstill and it was not until about a hundred years later that Clement XII entrusted the work to Nicola Salvi, who finished the undertaking between 1732 and 1751. (romeguide.it)

Piazza Navona
This piazza, which follows the plan of an ancient circus, was built in monumental style by the family of Pope Innocent X (Pamphili). It sums up the Roman style of the 17th century. The church of Sant' Agnese was designed by Borromini and Rainaldi, the two fountains are by Bernini, and Pietro da Cortona painted the gallery in the Pamphili palace.

Parco Lineare Integrato delle Mura
Featured in a Detour in Leg 6 of The Amazing Race China 3

Ponte Sant'Angelo
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Ponte Sant'Angelo, once the Aelian Bridge or Pons Aelius meaning the Bridge of Hadrian, is a bridge in Rome, constructed between 134-139 by Roman Emperor Hadrian, to span the Tiber, from the city center to his newly constructed mausoleum, now the towering Castel Sant'Angelo.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponte_Sant%27Angelo

Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
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Burton Chace Park
Featured in the first leg of The Amazing Race 27
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Dolby Theatre
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"Home" of the Oscars.
Formerly known as the Kodak Theatre, and temporarily renamed the Hollywood and Highland Center Theatre.

Griffith Park and the L.A. Skyline

Original Bat Cave
The Bronson caves in Griffith Park are man-made, and were probably created back around 1900, when the area was a rock quarry. (Some say the caves themselves were created especially for the 1922 version of "Robin Hood" with Douglas Fairbanks.) But whatever their origin, they have since been used in countless movies and TV series. They were seen as the 'Bat Cave' in the classic "Batman" TV series, as well as in "Bonanza," "Star Trek: Voyager," "Fantasy Island," "Little House on the Prairie," "The Lone Ranger," "Gunsmoke" and the "Wild Wild West". Plus feature films such as 2002's "The Scorpion King," "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country," "Lost Horizon" and the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

Universal Studios
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Loyola Marymount University
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LMU sign of this beautiful campus on the hill

Albert Gersten Pavilion
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Weightlifting Olympic 1984

Santa Monica State Beach

Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL)
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Centennial Olympic Park and fountains

SkyView Atlanta

Stockmar Airport

West Georgia Mud Park
Featured in a Head-to-Head in Leg 8 of The Amazing Race China 3

Abrams Fixture Corporation
Site of a Detour in Leg 8 of The Amazing Race China 3

Blind Willie's Blues Bar
Featured in a Detour in Leg 8 of The Amazing Race China 3

Stone Mountain Park Archery Center and Velodrome
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Archery and Cycling- track Olympic venue 1996

Stone Mountain
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This is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock in the center of Stone Mountain Park, 26 km east of Atlanta. The park is the most visited tourist site in Georgia.
The park is owned by the state and is currently managed by Herschend Family Entertainment. At its summit, the elevation is 514 m above sea level and 251 m above the surrounding area. Stone Mountain is known for its geology and the rock relief on its north face, the world's largest bas-relief artwork. The carving, completed in 1972, depicts 3 Confederate leaders: Jefferson Davis, Robert E. Lee, & Stonewall Jackson.

Top of Stone Mountain
Stone Mountain is a quartz monzonite dome monadnock and the site of Stone Mountain Park in Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States. At its summit, the elevation is 1,686 feet (514 m) MSL and 825 feet (251 m) above the surrounding area. Stone Mountain is well-known not only for its geology, but also for the enormous bas-relief on its north face, the largest bas-relief in the world.

Mexico - Benito Juarez Airport (MEX/MMMX)
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Museo Nacional de Antropología
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The importance of the Museo Nacional de Antropología lies in its objectives, which are:
* To diffuse Precolumbian culture and that of present national and international indigenous communities by means of exhibiting artworks of archaeological and ethnographic heritage.
* To diffuse every aspect related to Mexican anthropology through exhibitions and lectures, as well as guided tours.
* To preserve, record, and restore the archaeological and ethnographic collections, which are very important national and international resources..
To enrich Mexican cultural heritage by studying, publishing, and diffusing the numerous researches carried out by the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia (INAH).

San Juan Market
Featured in a Speed Bump in Leg 9 of The Amazing Race China 3

Plaza Garibaldi

Jardin de las Cactaceas
Site of the Pit Stop of Leg 9 of The Amazing Race China 3

Galeao - Rio de Janeiro International Airport (GIG)
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Copacabana Beach

Favela Vidigal
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Ipanema
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Ipanema is a neighborhood located on the southern region of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, between Leblon and Arpoador. The beach at Ipanema became widely known by the song "The Girl from Ipanema", written by Antonio Carlos Jobim and performed by Jobim, João and Astrud Gilberto, and Stan Getz. The song reached the U.S. top 5 in the summer of 1964.

Praia Vermelha
Featured in a Roadblock in Leg 10 of The Amazing Race China 3

Escadaria Selarón
Direct link below.

Flamengo Beach
Site of the Finish Line of The Amazing Race China 3