The Amazing Race 4

The fourth season of The Amazing Race spanned 44,000 miles (71,000 km) across four continents and featured first-time visits to two countries: the Netherlands and South Korea.

[2] This season's cast included a gay married couple, NFL wives, a pair of circus clowns, and air traffic controllers.

The "NFL Wives", Monica & Sheree, were respectively married to Ashley Ambrose and Ray Buchanan, both of whom played for the Atlanta Falcons the season before the television series was filmed.

"[12] Heather Havrilesky of Salon wrote that "'The Amazing Race' has always been an imaginative and well-produced show, but this year's lineup of couples has offered more hilarious calamities and personality clashes than usual.

[16] In 2004, this season of The Amazing Race won the series its second consecutive Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality Competition Program.

The starting line was on the grounds of Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California .
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The route of The Amazing Race 4.
Teams' first stop in Milan was the Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II .
The Ponte delle Guglie in Venice was the starting point of this leg's Detour.
Teams visited the Circuit Bugatti in the French city of Le Mans in the fourth leg.
This leg's Fast Forward took place at the Molen van Sloten windmill in Amsterdam .
For one half of the Detour in Mumbai , teams had to wash a bundle of clothing in Dhobi Ghat to find a printed clue.
The Finishing Point houseboat at Punnamada Lake in Alleppey served as the Pit Stop for this leg.
Teams traveled to Kota Kinabalu in Malaysian Borneo during this leg.
For the Roadblock, team members climbed Gomantong Caves , known for their intricate limestone formations.
Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul was the Pit Stop for this leg.
Teams traveled to Brisbane, Australia in this leg.
Ellis Beach near Cairns was the Pit Stop for this leg.
The season's final leg required teams to visit the USS Arizona Memorial in Phoenix, Arizona .