TAR19, Recap Leg 3, 10/9/11

Welcome to Leg 3! Last time, on I Can’t Be Bothered to Read This Sign On My Way to the Pit Stop, teams raced from Taipei to Yogakarta, Indonesia. There is dancing, descending, and direction! And, as usual, the lack of reading skills causes a ridiculous shake up in the order. Two teams are eliminated, and we finally get down to nine. Who will be eliminated . . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Andy/Tommy, The Snowboarders
2nd – Laurence/Zac, The Adventurers
3rd – Kaylani/Lisa, Team Showgirl
4th – Ernie/Cindy, Team Chinatown
5th – Liz/Marie, Twinderellas
6th – Jeremy/Sandy, Team Tryout
7th – Bill/Cathi, The Grandparents
8th – Justin/Jennifer, Team Patience
9th – Amani/Marcus, Team Football

Kraton Palace, Yogakarta, Indonesia

7:38 AM Andy/Tommy (1st) – Clue: Take a Colonial Bike Ride! Ride with a brigade of Dutch Colonial Reenactors to Fort Vredeburg to get your next clue.

(Toyouke: “So...the Dutch like bicycles?”)

7:57 AM Laurence/Zac (2nd) – Laurence: “We put Lance Armstrong to shame!”
8:02 AM Kaylani/Lisa (3rd) – Kaylani: “I’m doing this for my daughter, since I’m a single mom.”
8:14 AM Ernie/Cindy (4th) – Cindy: “I’m a control freak!” Yes, girl, we know.
8:18 AM Liz/Marie (5th)
8:21 AM Jeremy/Sandy (6th)
8:22 AM Bill/Cathi (7th) – Cathi: “We’re forty years older than the youngest team!” (Toyouke: “Well I'm glad Cindy has planned so well, although READING LESSONS maybe would have been a good idea.”)
8:31 AM Justin/Jennifer (8th) – who can’t ride a bike. (Toyouke: “Who fails at BIKE RIDING??”)
8:32 AM Amani/Marcus (9th)

Teams finish their bike ride and arrive at Fort Vredeburg in the following order:

1- Andy/Tommy
2- Laurence/Zac
3- Kaylani/Lisa
4- Liz/Marie
5- Jeremy/Sandy
6- Bill/Cathi
7- Justin/Jennifer
8- Ernie/Cindy – who lost a bicycle pedal and had to have it repaired. (Auburnium0513: "Does that count as a reason to get a replacement vehicle? It's not his fault it broke...")
9- Amani/Marcus

Teams are now instructed to travel by taxi to Salakmelang Village and find Lesehan Restaurant to get their next clue. (Toyouke: “I always get nervous when they have to go to a restaurant.“) Teams take their taxis and arrive in the following order:

1- Andy/Tommy
2- Laurence/Zac
3- Justin/Jennifer
4- Jeremy/Sandy
5- Ernie/Cindy
6- Bill/Cathi
7- Kaylani/Lisa
8- Liz/Marie
9- Amani/Marcus

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Rice Field OR Grass Fed
*Rice Field: Teams must deliver a traditional meal to rice paddy workers and then plant 300 rice seedlings while the workers eat. Once complete, teams get their clue from the farmers.
*Grass Fed: Teams must fill 2 grass bags completely full, pick up 2 sheep and take all four items to a pen area. Then, teams use a maximum of two buckets to fill up a trough of water using six buckets worth from the well in order to get their next clue.

(Toyouke: “This Detour seems lopsided. Or is it a Strong/Long choice? Is that a choice? Like Reckless/Chicken? Strong/Long? If not, I'm claiming it.”)


1- Andy/Tommy choose Grass Fed
2- Laurence/Zac choose Grass Fed – who use four buckets instead of two. Oops. (Toyouke: “Oh...I wonder if anyone will care about failing to read the clue.”)
3- Justin/Jennifer choose Grass Fed
4- Jeremy/Sandy choose Grass Fed
5- Ernie/Cindy choose Grass Fed
6- Bill/Cathi choose Grass Fed – and Cathi keeps falling into the rice paddy. (Toyouke: “I love that Bill and Cathi just picked up the sheep like it was nothing. I TOLD you, farmers.”)
7- Kaylani/Lisa choose Rice Field – (Auburnium0513: “First time planting rice? Really? I'm shocked!”)
8- Liz/Marie choose Rice Field
9- Amani/Marcus choose Grass Fed – and then, in our first Bald Snark of the season, switch to Rice Field after not getting enough grass.

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Andy/Tommy
2- Laurence/Zac
3- Liz/Marie
4- Kaylani/Lisa
5- Jeremy/Sandy
6- Ernie/Cindy
7- Justin/Jennifer
8- Bill/Cathi
9- Amani/Marcus

Teams are now instructed to take a taxi to Borobudur Temple and climb the stairs to the top to get their next clue. They arrive in the following order:

1- Laurence/Zac
2- Andy/Tommy – (Toyouke: “I like that the snowboarders asked for permission to run first.”)
3- Liz/Marie
4- Kaylani/Lisa
5- Ernie/Cindy
6- Justin/Jennifer
7- Bill/Cathi
8- Jeremy/Sandy – whose cab broke down, forcing them to run the last kilometer to the temple.
9- Amani/Marcus – who picked a bad taxi driver and got rid of him when they got to the temple.

Teams get to the top of the temple in the following order.

1- Laurence/Zac
2- Andy/Tommy
3- Kaylani/Lisa
4- Liz/Marie
5- Bill/Cathi
6- Ernie/Cindy
7- Justin/Jennifer
8- Jeremy/Sandy
9- Amani/Marcus

And once they arrive, teams get the third roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

Who’s prepared to follow the path to Buddha?

In this roadblock, one team member must count Buddha statues, each having a different hand position. Each position represents one of the five mudras, representing the five main compass points. Roadblockers must count each mudra separately and then give their numbers and hand positions to the proctor (17 West, 17 North, 17 East, 18 South) to get their next clue.

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Laurence – who works with . . .
2- Tommy
3- Lisa – who ends up working with Marcus.
4- Marie – who works with Ernie, Justin and Jeremy.
5- Bill – who is the only one to figure it out on his own.
6- Ernie
7- Justin
8- Jeremy
9- Marcus – who was told the answer by Tommy when they were leaving. (Toyouke: “How do you get the answer given to you and YOU FORGET IT!?!?!”)

(Auburnium0513: “Reading doesn't seem to be a strong skill this season.”) After much counting and gesturing, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Laurence/Zac
2- Andy/Tommy – (Toyouke: “How is it that only Laurence and the snowboarder knew to separate the different hand positions?”)
3- Bill/Cathi - (Toyouke: “I love that Bill apparently thought it wasn't enough to do the hand gestures, he had to get down on the ground too.”)
4- Justin/Jennifer
5- Ernie/Cindy
6- Liz/Marie
7- Jeremy/Sandy
8- Kaylani/Lisa
9- Amani/Marcus

Teams are now instructed to walk back to the mat on the grounds of Borobudur Temple, the PIT STOP of the third leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

However, many teams have to go back and pay their taxis first. . . (Toyouke: “Hmm...interesting. You don't know if this is the last task, or if the Pit Stop is somewhere else so you will still need your cab. It's a risk.”)

1- Andy/Tommy – who win a trip for 2 to Dubai. (Toyouke: “Andy and Tommy, second week in a row of being Team #1 because someone else can't read.”)
2- Laurence/Zac – who should have been first, except they can’t read their clues.
3- Jeremy/Sandy
4- Justin/Jennifer
5- Ernie/Cindy
6- Amani/Marcus
7- Bill/Cathi
8- Liz/Marie
9- Kaylani/Lisa

And sadly, Kaylani and Lisa are finally eliminated. Kaylani feels like she let her daughter down. I think the 4 year old will get over it.

ORDER NOW:
1st – Andy/Tommy
2nd – Laurence/Zac
3rd – Jeremy/Sandy
4th – Justin/Jennifer
5th – Ernie/Cindy
6th – Amani/Marcus
7th – Bill/Cathi
8th – Liz/Marie

Next week: Thailand! Boats! Climbing! Umbrellas! Until next time!