TAR14, Recap Leg 6, 3/22/09

Welcome to Leg 6! Last time, on Let’s Run Through Russia With No Clothes On!, teams raced from Krasnoyarsk to Novosibirsk via the Trans-Siberian Railroad. Victor makes enemies when he accepts help and doesn’t return it, and Luke enjoys running naked WAY too much. In the end, the flight attendants finish last and are sadly not eliminated. However, they will encounter a speed bump sometime on this leg. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)


Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Margie/Luke, Team ASL, arrive at 12:18 PM
2nd – Tammy/Victor, Team Asian, arrive at 12:24 PM
3rd – Jaime/Cara, The Cheerleaders, arrive at 12:30 PM
4th – Mel/Mike, Team Rainbow, arrive at 1:01 PM
5th – Mark/Michael, The Stuntmen, arrive at 1:02 PM
6th – Kisha/Jen, The Athletes, arrive at 1:28 PM
7th – Christie/Jodi, The Flight Attendants, arrive at 3:09 PM

Novosibirsk Ballet and Opera Theater, Novosibirsk, Siberia, Russia

12:18 AM Margie/Luke (1st)
Clue: Fly 2000 miles to Jaipur India! Once there, travel by taxi to the outskirts of Dhula Village and find the sacred tree, Peepli Ka Pedh. You must connect through Moscow. You have $266 for this leg of the race.

12:24 AM Tammy/Victor (2nd)
12:30 AM Jaime/Cara (3rd)
1:01 AM Mel/Mike (4th)
1:02 AMMark/Michael (5th)
1:28 AM Kisha/Jen (6th)
3: 09 AM Christie/Jodi (7th)

Teams arrive at the airport in the following order:

1- Margie/Luke
2- Tammy/Victor
3- Jaime/Cara
4- Mel/Mike – Mel: "Would you fly on an airline named Kacca?"
5- Mark/Michael
6- Kisha/Jen
7- Christie/Jodi

Teams all end up taking flights from Novosibirsk to Moscow, and then the Amazing Red Line takes us from Moscow to New Dehli to Jaipur.

Teams exit the airplane and grab taxis in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Christie/Jodi
3- Mark/Michael
4- Jaime/Cara
5- Kisha/Jen
6- Margie/Luke
7- Mel/Mike – who can’t seem to find a competent taxi driver. (Toyouke: “Strangely, I think Mel really will feel bad all day for yelling at the cabbie.”)

En route to Dhula Village, teams see Indian poverty. *insert standard sound bites about Indian poverty on the Amazing Race here* (Auburnium513: “We have a lot of criers this season.”)

Teams arrive at the Peepli Ka Pedh in Dhula in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Kisha/Jen
3- Jaime/Cara
4- Margie/Luke
5- Mel/Mike
6- Mark/Michael
7- Christie/Jodi

Teams congregate around the tree and search for their next clue, which happens to be on these incongruous red phones next to the wise men under the tree. In an Indian-English accent, we hear: “Go to Amber Fort, Guera Parvati Parking.” So, teams drive to Amber Fort and arrive in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Kisha/Jen
3- Mark/Michael
4- Jaime/Cara
5- Mel/Mike
6- Margie/Luke
7- Christie/Jodi

And teams arrive at the sixth roadblock.

ROADBLOCK:
*no question stated*
In this roadblock, one team member must care for camels by getting food for them that reaches a mark on a pole and filling their water trough until it overflows. Teams must use traditional tools for each task, and once complete, the camel master will give them their next clue.

The following team members complete the Roadblock.

1- Victor – who dumps camel feed all over his head. “Tammy, camel feed doesn’t taste good.”
2- Kisha – “I’ve never even had a pet.”
3- Mark
4- Jaime
5- Mel – who is worried that he won’t finish.
6- Margie – Luke: “She’ll be fine; everyone else on the race calls her the ‘Bionic Woman’.”
7- Jodi

Teams finish the roadblock in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Mel/Mike
3- Jaime/Cara
4- Margie/Luke
5- Kisha/Jen
6- Mark/Michael
7- Christie/Jodi

Teams are now instructed to take their taxi to Johari Bazaar and find stall 131, the “Ramniwas Ranagopal.” Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Mel/Mike
3- Mark/Michael
4- Kisha/Jen
5- Margie/Luke
6- Jaime/Cara
7- Christie/Jodi

However, once they arrive, Christie and Jodi find the Speed Bump.

SPEED BUMP:

A speed bump is a task that must be performed by the last place team on a non-elimination leg. Once they complete this task, they may return to the place where the speed bump occurred and continue the leg. In this, the first of two speed bumps on this race, teams must travel to Kanahahuman Temple and decorate an elephant for a traditional festival. Once the elephant is painted, they may get their next clue.

Teams complete the Speed Bump in the following order:

1- Christie/Jodi

So, Christie and Jodi paint the elephant, get back in their taxi and head to the bazaar to get their next clue.

Now, if a team didn’t have to do the Speed Bump, they get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Movers OR Shakers
*Movers: Teams find the Sanginarigate and locate the ccle rickshaws with nine barrels attached. Each team member must ride a bike with barrels for 1.5 miles to Zuriwarsin Gate and then unhitch the barrels, dump them out and find a small silver elephant. Once they find it, they will get their next clue.
*Shakers: Teams travel to a nearby intersection, don costumes and makeup and join a Rajistani dance troupe to shake their hips for tips. Once teams collect 100 rupees, they can get their next clue from the bandleader.

(Toyouke: “OK, seriously, who is going to pick "pedal this ridiculously overpacked cart and then look for a metal piece the size of your thumb"?”)

1-Tammy/Victor choose Shakers – (Toyouke: “Of COURSE Victor is not uncomfortable putting on makeup and dancing around.” Auburnium513: “I LOVE the split screen of Victor and the camel!”)
2-Mel/Mike choose Shakers
3-Kisha/Jen choose Shakers
4-Margie/Luke choose Shakers
5-Jaime/Cara choose Shakers
6-Mark/Michael choose Movers (Toyouke: “Oh. That’s who.”)
7-Christie/Jodi choose Shakers

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor
2- Mel/Mike
3- Jaime/Cara - whose taxi has seemed to disappear in the interim.
4- Margie/Luke
5- Kisha/Jen
6- Christie/Jodi
7- Mark/Michael – who, although they can ride massive bicycles, can’t find an elephant in a haystack.

Teams are then instructed to take a taxi to the Jaigahr Fort. This will be the sixth PIT STOP for this racearoundtheworld. The last team to check in here MAY be eliminated! (Which we all know should be WILL.)

Teams check in at the PIT STOP (Toyouke: “Oh man. Nose flute.”) in the following order:

1- Tammy/Victor – who win ocean kayaks for two. Woo. (Toyouke: “Yeah, go kayaking in San Francisco, where the water is like 40 degrees. Good idea.”)
2- Mel/Mike
3- Kisha/Jen
4- Margie/Luke
5- Jaime/Cara
6- Mark/Michael
7- Christie/Jodi

Christie and Jodi are eliminated, but not for lack of trying!

ORDER NOW:
1st – Tammy/Victor
2nd – Mel/Mike
3rd – Kisha/Jen
4th – Margie/Luke
5th – Jaime/Cara
6th – Mark/Michael

Next week: Thailand! Elephants! Tigers! And Margie fainting into Phil’s arms as Luke flips out. Until next time. . .