TAR15, Recap Leg 6, 10/25/09

Welcome to Leg 6! Last time, on We Go To Extremes, teams traveled from Phnom Penh to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where Cheyne took the only fast forward of the entire race to but him and Meghan in first. In the end, Lance and Keri were eliminated, much to the enthusiasm of the viewing audience. And who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Meghan/Cheyne, Malibu Ken & Barbie
2nd – Brian/Ericka, Team Yin-Yang
3rd – Flight Time/Big Easy, The Globetrotters
4th – Gary/Matt, Pinky and the Brain
5th – Sam/Dan, The Hot Boys
6th – Maria/Tiffany, Team Poker
7th – Mika/Canaan, Team Bathtub

Souk Madinat Jumehria, Dubai, United Arab Emirates

8:17 AM Meghan/Cheyne(1st)
Clue: Choose a briefcase and travel by taxi to the Dubai Creek Golf and Yacht Club. Once there, search the boardwalk for your next clue.

Cheyne: “It’s like an island Las Vegas.”

9:59 AM Brian/Ericka (2nd) – Ericka: “It’s always important to look good first thing in the morning. After that, who cares?” Brian: “"Where are we going, girl?" (Toyouke: "Well the producers decided to skip some important places like whole continents so we have to fill the time by not actually going anywhere.")
10:42 AM Flight Time/Big Easy (3rd) – Flight Time: “If you get thirsty, just drink your sweat!” And this comes after the boys go to the wrong location. Oops.
10:45 AM Gary/Matt (4th) – Matt: “I need handcuffs for this briefcase. I just redyed my hair!”
11:34 AM Sam/Dan (5th)
11:47 AM Maria/Tiffany (6th) – Tiffany: “I feel like James Bond, but he never sweats.”
11:54 AM Mika/Canaan (7th)

Teams get taxis and travel to the Golf and Yacht Club and arrive in the following order:

1- Meghan/Cheyne
2- Brian/Ericka
3- Gary/Matt
4- Flight Time/Big Easy
5- Sam/Dan
6- Maria/Tiffany
7- Mika/Canaan

Teams then find the boardwalk and get their clue in the following order:

1- Meghan/Cheyne
2- Brian/Ericka
3- Gary/Matt
4- Flight Time/Big Easy
5- Sam/Dan
6- Maria/Tiffany
7- Mika/Canaan

And teams come to the sixth roadblock.

ROADBLOCK:
Who’s ready to row, row, row their boat?
In this roadblock, one team member must row a dinghy to a nearby yacht to pick up a watch from a waiting sheik. The roadblocker should then return to the dock and open briefcase using the time on the watch (8:35) as the combination to get their next clue.

(Toyouke: “OMG THIS ROADBLOCK KICKS SO MUCH ASS!!! Ahem. What I mean is, I enjoy the puzzles and clue solving trend this season has started.”)

The following team members complete the Roadblock.

1- Cheyne – “Row, row, row your boat, gently down Dubai. . .”
2- Brian – who does it because Ericka doesn’t do water. (Toyouke: “Ericka doesn't do water, she doesn't do sun...there isn't going to be a fashion contest. Probably.”)
3- Gary
4- Big Easy - (Toyouke: “I am entertained he fills up the entire boat.”)
5- Dan
6- Tiffany
7- Canaan

After much rowing and briefcase opening, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Meghan/Cheyne – (Toyouke: “Wait, they figured it out that fast? Please let someone fail.”)
2- Brian/Ericka
3- Gary/Matt
4- Sam/Dan
5- Maria/Tiffany
6- Mika/Canaan
7- Flight Time/Big Easy – who, to their credit, came up with other creative combinations off the watch and couldn’t really nail down the right combination.

Teams are then instructed to take a taxi to Abra Station, a water taxi port, to find their next clue in the Old Souk District.

So, teams arrive at Abra Station in the following order:

1- Meghan/Cheyne
2- Brian/Ericka
3- Gary/Matt
4- Sam/Dan
5- Maria/Tiffany
6- Mika/Canaan
7- Flight Time/Big Easy

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Gold OR Glass – I personally would have called this “Moolah OR Hookah”, but no one asks me.
*Gold: Teams take a water taxi to a jewelry store in order to weigh $500000 worth of gold, which they must divide by the exchange rate, which keeps changing in real time. Once teams weigh the correct amount of gold, they will receive their next clue.
*Glass: Teams take a water taxi to a nearby spice market and find a crate of hookah parts to complete twelve hookahs in order to get their next clue.

(Toyouke: “Oh, we are building hookahs. Even though we could easily figure out how much $500,000 of gold weighs. Building things > constantly changing exchange rate.” Kmanpat: “And yet, I’d like to not have to build breakable things without instructions. I’d go Moolah over Hookah.”)

1-Meghan/Cheyne choose Glass
2-Brian/Ericka choose Gold – and after a few tries, Bald Snark to Glass. Ericka: “Stupid American education.” (Toyouke: “Shut up about your American education. I wouldn't need a calculator. And another thing: You knew you would have to measure out some gold and deal with numbers so why did you pick that Detour if you are so bad at math, ERICKA?”)
3-Gary/Matt choose Glass – (Toyouke: “I love that Matt had to explain to Gary what a hookah is.”)
4-Sam/Dan choose Gold – and they've packed a calculator in their backpacks. (Toyouke: “Oh no they didn't. OH NO THEY DI'INT. A calculator. And they STILL don't know how to use it. The alliance with Maria and Tiffany SAVED YOUR ASSES today.”)
5-Maria/Tiffany choose Gold - who help Sam and Dan by shouting the correct weights.
6-Mika/Canaan choose Glass
7-Flight Time/Big Easy choose Glass – but decide to Bald Snark to Gold.

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Meghan/Cheyne – (Toyouke: “Did you not think you had to use all the pieces? This isn't IKEA.”)
2- Sam/Dan
3- Maria/Tiffany
4- Brian/Ericka – (Toyouke: “’I don't think the colors matter’ = the colors are essential.”)
5- Gary/Matt
6- Mika/Canaan
7- Flight Time/Big Easy

Teams are instructed to take a taxi to Atlantis at The Palm Dubai Resort and search the grounds for Aquaventure Waterpark and ride the Leap of Faith, a six story, 60° waterslide through a shark tank to get their next clue. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Meghan/Cheyne
2- Maria/Tiffany
3- Sam/Dan
4- Brian/Ericka – and Ericka hates water, but she goes.
5- Gary/Matt
6- Mika/Canaan – and Canaan can’t get Mika to go down the slide. (Toyouke: “Hmm...I don't think telling her that she'll make them lose the race is the best way to deal with that.”) But then who should show up but. . .
7- Flight Time/Big Easy

Teams slide to the bottom and arrive at the clue box in the following order:

1- Meghan/Cheyne
2- Maria/Tiffany
3- Sam/Dan
4- Brian/Ericka
5- Gary/Matt
6- Flight Time/Big Easy – because, if another team shows up, the sitting team gets two minutes to complete the challenge or the next team gets to go.
7- Mika/Canaan

Teams get their clue and find that they must now travel by foot to Dolphin Bay Beach, the PIT STOP of the sixth leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Meghan/Cheyne –who win a personal watercraft for each of them. (Toyouke: “Why is Cheyne so excited about a jetski?”)
2- Maria/Tiffany
3- Sam/Dan
4- Brian/Ericka
5- Gary/Matt
6- Flight Time/Big Easy – Phil: “This has got to be one of the most dramatic finishes ever!” (Kmanpat: “Stop giving me lists to write Phil!” Toyouke: “PHIL! Look, Phil, we love you and you have really great pants on today and you're looking hot, but every time you refer to something as "most" whatever ever, then we have to come up with a list to prove you wrong or right and we ALREADY had to do that once this season because of someone else. Don't taunt me.”)
7- Mika/Canaan

And Mika and Canaan are eliminated because Mika couldn’t beat her fear and go down a water slide. Ah, these Canaan days we used to know, where have they gone, where DIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIID they go? Eh bien, raise your berets, to those Canaan Days.

ORDER NOW:
1st – Meghan/Cheyne
2nd – Maria/Tiffany
3rd – Sam/Dan
4th – Brian/Ericka
5th – Gary/Matt
6th – Flight Time / Big Easy

Next week: Off to the Netherlands we go! And Ericka breaks down while the Globetrotters break it down. Until next time!