TAR17, Recap Leg 10, 11/28/10

Welcome to Leg 10! Last time, on Coming Out of the Dhaka, teams raced from Oman to Dhaka, Bangladesh. Team Who grabbed an awesome flight to Dhaka and landed squarely in first place. The introduction of a double U-Turn places Neverland versus Infomercial for last place, and it was Brook and Claire who pulled it out. Neverland goes home, not a moment too soon. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Jill/Thomas, Team Who?
2nd – Nick/Vicki, The Geniuses
3rd – Nat/Kat, Team ER
4th – Brook/Claire, Team Infomercial

Lalbagh Fort, Dhaka, Bangladesh

8:25 AM Jill/Thomas (1st)
Clue: Fly 3500 miles to Hong Kong, China! Once there, make your way by bus to the central ferry terminals, and then board a ferry to Cheung Chau. Once on Cheung Chau, find the Cheung Po Tsai Cave.

(Toyouke: “GREAT now I have to listen to you talk about all the stuff you went to.” Kmanpat: “Oh, you say that as if you didn’t want to hear me talk about it. . .”)

1:59 PM Nick/Vicki (2nd) – (Toyouke: “Wow...that is some lead.”)
4:05 PM Nat/Kat (3rd)
5:15 PM Brook/Claire (4th) – Brook exclaims that they are the only team who has ever been U-Turned that has survived the U-Turning. (Toyouke: “Really? No one else who's been U-Turned has survived? I feel like that is false.” Kmanpat: “Yeah, I checked it. Since the introduction of the U-Turn in TAR12, no team that the U-Turn affected continued past that leg.”)

Teams leave the Pit Stop and head towards the Airport. They arrive in the following order:

1- Nat/Kat
2- Brook/Claire
3- Nick/Vicki
4- Jill/Thomas – who actually stop by a travel agent first to find that the earliest flight is 11:55 PM on Singapore Airlines. Thus, everyone gets on the flight.

So, the Amazing Red Line takes us to Hong Kong. All teams arrive in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas
2- Brook/Claire
3- Nat/Kat
4- Nick/Vicki

Teams then get their busses:

Bus 1
1) Jill/Thomas

Bus 2
1) Brook/Claire
2) Nat/Kat
3) Nick/Vicki

Teams arrive at the Central Ferry Terminal in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas
2- Nat/Kat
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki – who don’t make the first ferry due to Vicki’s asthma. (Auburnium0513: “Wow, we get rid of obnoxious Chad, and now Nick starts acting even more like an asshat.”)

Teams now make their way to Cheung Chau via ferry. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas
2- Nat/Kat
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki

Teams then make their way on foot to the Cheung Po Tsai Cave. They arrive and get their next clue in the following order:

1- Nat/Kat
2- Jill/Thomas
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki

Teams are now instructed to go back to the ferry terminal and take the ferry to Kowloon. Once there, they are to find the Majesty Chinese Restaurant to get their next clue.

So, everyone heads back to the ferry and arrives in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas
2- Nat/Kat
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki

And then teams arrive at the Kowloon Ferry Terminal in the following order:

1- Nat/Kat
2- Jill/Thomas
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki

Teams then taxi to the Majesty Chinese Restaurant. They arrive in the following order:

1- Nat/Kat
2- Jill/Thomas
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki

And teams come to the tenth roadblock.

ROADBLOCK:
“Who’s feeling peckish?”

In this roadblock, one team member must use chopsticks to attack a buffet of Chinese delights and find one of only five fake food items on the table. Once discovered, they hand it to the chef, who will give them their next clue. However, if they pick up a piece of real food by accident, they must eat it.

The following team members complete the Roadblock.

1- Nat
2- Thomas
3- Claire
4- Vicki – Nick: "This isn't fun." (Toyouke: “YOU aren't throwing up in the bathroom, so shut it.”)

After much eating (and throwing up), teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Nat/Kat
2- Jill/Thomas
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki

Teams are now instructed to “Enter the Dragon” and find the statue of Bruce Lee on the Avenue of the Stars on the Kowloon riverfront to get their next clue.

Teams arrive at Bruce Lee in the following order:

1- Nat/Kat
2- Jill/Thomas
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Ding Ding OR Sampan
*Ding Ding: Teams board the tram on Hong Kong Island and ride it over a specific distance to locate three distinct red and yellow signs that say “Pit Stop”, “Statue” and “Square”. If the teams get to the end of the tram and have not seen all of the signs, they must get back on until they know the location of the Pit Stop.
*Sampan: Teams travel to Jumbo Kingdom dock and pick up a cage of parakeets and a sampan. Teams ride the sampan in Aberdeen Harbour to find the boat with the registration number on the parakeet cage. Once they find the right boat, they will trade their parakeets for the pit stop location.

(Toyouke: “Hmm...as it's getting dark I would pick the neon signs over boats.”)

1-Nat/Kat choose Sampan
2-Jill/Thomas choose Ding Ding – but are unobservant. So, they Bald Snark to Sampan.
3-Brook/Claire choose Sampan – (Toyouke: “If I was Brooke's bird, I would probably also try to drown myself.”)
4-Nick/Vicki choose Sampan – and get grumpy. (Toyouke: “Seriously? This morning you yelled at your girlfriend for holding you back and now you're giving up and sleeping in the boat.”) So rather than complete the whole task, they quit and take a six hour penalty.

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas – who have taxi problems. (Toyouke: “I feel like they're going to win on a combination of other people failing and dumb fucking luck.”)
2- Nat/Kat
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki

Teams get their clue and find that they must now find Statue Square, the PIT STOP of the tenth leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Nat/Kat – who win a trip for two to Rio De Janeiro. (Auburnium0513: “I really hope Nat and Kat become the first all-female team to win.”)
2- Jill/Thomas
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki

And Nick and Vicki . . . are safe with the third non-elimination leg. However, they have a lot of time to make up, a 6 hour penalty, and a speed bump on the next leg. And probably some bunching. (Toyouke: “I like the second chance for Vicki, but not for Nick. Sadly. But I like that she kind of didn't accept his apology.”)

ORDER NOW:
1st – Nat/Kat
2nd – Jill/Thomas
3rd – Brook/Claire
4th – Nick/Vicki

Next week: Korea! Brook: “North Korea should put all of the other teams in a time out.” (Toyouke: “Oo, can we trade Brooke to North Korea? “) And there’s speed skating! White water rafting! Military pursuits! The penultimate leg! Until next time!