Reply #13: A few observations:

[ironflange]

It was pretty cool to see my neck of the woods on the show (Calgary). There were some things in Banff that were left on the cutting-room floor, strangely, the CBS web site has still pics of these.

http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race5/photo_gall.php?id=ep12_20

Browse through, you'll see them rummaging through a souvenir store and also setting up teepees.

Here's a good source for info on the Banff stuff (click on the photos link), and TAR in general:

http://www.hasbrouck.org/blog/index.html

Despite what the show implied, there is no direct flight from Manila to Calgary (duh). I assume they all took the same flights, made the same connections.