Amazing Race Canada 2 - Week 5: HKG, YXY



The Yukon is ready to welcome you!

From Hong Kong, the teams flew back to Canada, via Vancouver, and up to Whitehorse. Miss the episode? You can watch it here.

Want to go where the teams did, and do what the teams did?

The teams emerged from Week 4's pitstop in Macau - which began in the heart of the casino action at Praça de Ferreira do Amaral - at the Kun Iam Statue.	Things to do in Macau
We didn't see all the details, but the teams hopped another Turbojet, then flew from Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) to Whitehorse Airport (YXY), in Canada's Yukon Territory.	#ExploreYukon Through The Amazing Race Canada Whitehorse Guided Bike Tour
Also off-screen, the teams spent the night at Sky High Wilderness Ranch, before setting out again the next morning.	Sky High Wilderness Ranch 4-Night Yukon Summer Adventure Including Yurt Lodging	A Whitehorse sunset
The first part of the week's competition began with Make Your Bed (which involved setting up a campsite) or Ride a Sled (gearing up a dog sled team then letting the dogs take them for a run). Definitely fun to watch.	Whitehorse Copper Trail 3-Night Yukon Territory Tour from Whitehorse	 Yukon Quest dogs (wikicommons)
At the Biathalon Yukon Course, one member of each team had to ride a snow bike on a 1 kilometre (0.62 mile) course in the woods, then lay flat at the shooting range, and calmly (!?!) shooting the targets (with another bike around the track for misses), until all 5 targets were hit.	Grey Mountain Biathalon Yukon Biathalon Canada Yukon 4x4 Off-Road Tour to Montana Mountain	The concentration of a biathalon shooter - Olympic style
Out of the shooting range, the teams headed to Chadburn Lake, where they had to portage a canoe to the Yukon River at Miles Canyon... and paddle to the pit stop for week 5!	Chadburn Lake Yukon River Miles Canyon Yukon River Canoe Day Trip from Whitehorse	Miles Canyon

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Now, to the airports... We don't have a lot to share, as this week's airports were all return visits:

• We wrote about Hong Kong International Airport (HKG) when the teams arrived here in Week 3. [read more]
• The connecting airport was Vancouver International Airport (YVR)
• This wasn't the first time The Amazing Race Canada visited Whitehorse Airport (YXY), as teams caught a flight here in Season 1, also in Week 5. [read more]

We hope you are enjoying our posts. Feel free to post feedback, and we'll see you soon in Week 6. Go teams, go!

Related resources:

• Amazing Race Canada Season 2: Week 1 (YYC, YYJ), Week 2 (YYJ, YAZ), Week 3 (YVR, HKG), Week 5 (Macau)
• Amazing Race Canada Season 1 airports recap
• Whitehorse Airport (YXY) transportation guide 
• Layover ideas and things to do in Whitehorse
• Whitehorse parks, trails, historic sites, rivers

Amazing Race Canada - Week 5: YXY, YVR, YEG, YYC, YQR

Air Canada was one of The Amazing Race Canada's sponsors

Lots of airports touched on the way to the destination for this week's installment of The Amazing Race Canada:

The Douglas DC-3 (CF-CPY) that now serves as a
weather vane at Whitehorse International Airport (YXY).

Whitehorse International Airport (YXY) in the Yukon - we didn't get to say a lot about Whitehorse last week, and the teams left this important Klondike Gold Rush town so quickly this week, but we'd like to recognize Whitehorse Airport as being one of the most interesting northern airports in Canada. Did you know that you can fly here from Frankfurt? Or, better yet, people fly to Whitehorse from Frankfurt?!? Kind of exciting stuff for an otherwise pretty small airport. Oh, yes, btw, the airport's official name is Erik Nielsen Whitehorse International Airport.

Vancouver International Airport (YVR) - from Whitehorse, on their way to Regina, teams flew through Vancouver, yet again, this time with two possible itineraries:

A few teams flew via Edmonton International Airport (YEG)

Edmonton International Airport (YEG) - as the race spent so little time here, we thought we'd pause to talk about this airport a bit... This is now Edmonton's only airport: the previous Edmonton City Centre Airport (YXD) has pretty well ceased operations, and will be a museum site only. So, if you fly to Edmonton, leave time for the 25 kilometre trek into the city. The good news is that there is now a 747 Airport Bus that runs to YEG - if you take it, you'll be helping the locals, who are at risk of losing the service if there aren't more users.

Calgary International Airport (YYC) - the teams have been here before...

Regina Airport (YQR) - Regina, Saskatchewan was the destination for Week 5, and eventually everyone turned up here to begin the challenges.

A vintage RCMP Crown Victoria restored and on display at the
RCMP Heritage Centre in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Fortunately, the teams had vehicles waiting for them, as Regina Airport has a severe taxi shortage (take heed, if you plan to travel here!). After racing off from the airport, here's a bit of what the teams had in store:

• Digging for Sgt. Bull Moose stuffed toys in rail cars at Saskcan's lentil splitting facility
• Laying out a Mountie's "kit" at the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)'s Heritage Centre and training facility
• Training as cheerleaders and football players at Taylor Field at Mosaic Stadium, home to the Saskatchewan Roughriders!
• Then it was a race to the Week 5 Pit Stop.

Taylor Field at Mosaic Stadium in Regina, Saskatchewan
- home of the Saskatchewan Roughriders!

It was an exciting week, with all sorts of surprises in store. We won't even attempt to summarize what happened with the teams (so many others are doing an amazing job at that) - our emphasis on the race is really the airports and the destinations.

Are you as excited as we are about Week 6 and the visit to beautiful Quebec City?