TAR17, Recap Leg 11, 12/5/10

Welcome to Leg 11! Last time, on Kowloonin’ Around, teams raced from Bangladesh to Hong Kong. Nick and Vicki fell behind by missing a ferry. And then Nick wanted to quit. Twice. But in the end, a penalty at the Detour led to their late arrival at the pit stop, but not their elimination. So, speed bump this leg. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

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

Statue Square, Hong Kong, China

4:37 PM Nat/Kat (1st)
Clue: Fly to Seoul, South Korea! Once there, drive yourselves to the DMZ and find Seungil Bridge to get your next clue. You have $117 for this leg of the race.

(Toyouke: “Oh, so now we're going to the DMZ on purpose? Is that really a good idea?”)

4:47 PM Jill/Thomas (2nd)
5:26 PM Brook/Claire (3rd) – who go to the hotel and book their flight rather than going to the airport right away. They get the 12:25 AM flight that everyone gets on. (Toyouke: “Shut up Brooke. And your headband too. God, I hope Nat and Kat kick their asses.”)
11:26 PM Nick/Vicki (4th) – who don’t even get a pit stop time. (Toyouke: “Why can't we see when Nick and Vicki left?” Auburnium0513: “You're not even going to tell us when they're departing? Boo!”) Nick talks about how they are working through the flaws in heir relationship. (Toyouke: “I love that the montage of "the flaws in our relationship" are all Nick being an asshat.”)

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

1- Nat/Kat
2- Jill/Thomas
3- Brook/Claire
4- Nick/Vicki – who miss the 12:25 AM Korean Air flight, putting them 9 additional hours behind the other teams. They make the 9:30 AM Cathay Pacific flight. (Toyouke: “Just think, if they hadn't quit, NICK, it's possible they might have made it.”)

So, we fly to Seoul. All teams arrive in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas
2- Brook/Claire
3- Nat/Kat
4- Nick/Vicki – who get a Fern. Who then stops to use the bathroom. Uh-oh. (Toyouke: “These Ferns are so cute but basically useless.”)

Teams drive themselves to Seungil Bridge and arrive in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas
2- Brooke/Claire
3- Nat/Kat – (Toyouke: “That would be hard, to not have any Roman characters on the signs.”)
4- Nick/Vicki

Teams are welcomed to the DMZ. They are told to take a raft down the river to a HUM-V and ride it to The US Army Base Camp Casey. Teams finish the rafting in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas – (Auburnium0513: “Is it bad that I want to see a team fall out of the raft?”)
2- Brooke/Claire – (Toyouke: “Brooke looks pretty stupid in her wetsuit and knee high socks.”)
3- Nat/Kat

Teams then board the HUM-V. (Auburnium0513: “I'm not sure how I feel about using the US military stationed so close to North Korea for a reality TV show task.”) They arrive at the camp and get their next clue in the following order:

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

However, once they arrive, Nick and Vicki 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 speed bump, teams must clean and wash an entire tank. Once completed, they will receive their next clue.

Teams complete the Speed Bump in the following order:

1- Nick/Vicki

After much washing, they continue with the rest of the teams in getting the clue at the base.

(Auburnium0513: “I like the idea of washing a tank as a speed bump. I'm really surprised that they made them go through all the tasks. Haven't they put in a different clue telling them to go straight to the Pit Stop when teams were that far behind in the past?” Kmanpat: “I think they were obligated to do the speed bump. They didn’t seen to raft, and there’s no footage of the other tasks.”)

And teams come to the eleventh roadblock.

ROADBLOCK:
“Who’s ready to be all you can be?”

In this roadblock, one team member must take a headband and search a football field of 200 soldiers performing taekwondo for the member that has the headband with the same characters. Once the correct soldier is found, they will chop open a board containing the next clue.

(Toyouke: “This Roadblock reminds me of the one with the Samoans. Only with more violence.”)

The following team members complete the Roadblock.

1- Thomas
2- Brook
3- Kat – (Auburnium0513: “I think that the somersault board break is my favorite.”)

After much searching and board breaking, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas
2- Brooke/Claire
3- Nat/Kat

Teams are now instructed to travel on foot to the subway station and catch a train to Seoul World Cup Stadium to get their next clue.

So, everyone gets on the subway arrives in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas
2- Brooke/Claire – (Auburnium0513: “I enjoy that Brook and Claire couldn't work the turnstiles.” Toyouke: “Heh...missed the train because you can't work the turnstile.“)
3- Nat/Kat

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Full Throttle OR Full Bottle
*Full Throttle: Teams go by foot or subway to the Mok-dong Ice Rink and put on speed skating suits and completed a two-person skating relay of 24 laps of the rink in order for the coach to give them their next clue.
*Full Bottle: Teams go by foot or subway to Namdaemun Market to put on delivery uniforms and then deliver six glass bottles of ginseng tonic to a holistic wellness store, without breaking any of the glasses, and then both drink from a bottle of ginseng in order for the pharmacist to give them their next clue.

(Toyouke: “Ugh...be able to skate or deliver things and drink tonic. Not a good choice.”)

1-Brook/Claire choose Full Throttle – but they took a taxi to get there. (Auburnium0513: “Hmm...taking a taxi when you're not supposed to...this seems to be a theme this season.”) That could get interesting. Especially since Claire doesn’t skate well. (Toyouke: “Claire didn't say "I don't skate well", she said "I don't ice skate". That is different.”)
2-Jill/Thomas choose Full Throttle
3-Nat/Kat choose Full Throttle

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas
2- Brook/Claire
3- Nat/Kat

Teams are now instructed to travel to Yeouido Hangang Park to find the airplane statue. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Jill/Thomas – Thomas: “You can’t ask old people for directions.” Jill: “Well, how about him? Is HE in your age range?” (Toyouke: “"You can't ask old people"!?!?! WTF”)
2- Brook/Claire
3- Nat/Kat

And then after getting lost, teams find the clue in the following order:

1- Brook/Claire
2- Jill/Thomas
3- Nat/Kat

Teams get their clue and find that they must now find the Temple of Heaven, the PIT STOP of the eleventh leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive WILL be eliminated!

1- Jill/Thomas – who win a trip for two to Iguazu Falls in Argentina.
2- Brook/Claire - who were the first team to arrive, but incurred a penalty for not reading directions.
3- Nat/Kat
4- Nick/Vicki

And Nick and Vicki . . . are eliminated. Nick finally realizes that getting angry doesn’t help. Shocker.

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

Next week: This season, we’ve seen watermelons hit faces, snowmobiles spill, heart wrenching proposals and discovered that Nick has a temper. But on next week’s finale it’s HSN versus the doctors versus the last man standing. Plus . . . big TAR18 announcement! Until next time!