TAR19, Recap Leg 6, 10/30/11

Welcome to Leg 6! Last time, on One Day in Bangkok, teams continue to race through Thailand. There are elephants, and the twins orchestrate their own removal by running out of money. Amani and Marcus manage to get their first win. Who will be eliminated . . . next? (click for more)

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

M.R. Kukrit Heritage House, Bangkok, Thailand

7:22 AM Amani/Marcus (1st) – who talk about their daughter with special needs.

Clue: Fly to Lilongwe, Malawi! Once there, find Gate 7 of the Tobacco Warehouse to get your next clue. You have $186 for this leg of the race.

(Toyouke: “Tobacco warehouse. Fun.”)

7:23 AM Bill/Cathi (2nd)
7:24 AM Ernie/Cindy (3rd) – who discuss their need to minimize mistakes.
7:29 AM Justin/Jennifer (4th) – and Jennifer talks about how she teaches special ed students. (Toyouke: “Why suddenly is the theme of this episode "Special Ed"?”)
8:06 AM Andy/Tommy (5th)
8:07 AM Laurence/Zac (6th)
9:22 AM Jeremy/Sandy (7th) – (Toyouke: “Hmmm. Friends before dating. You would think they'd know each other well enough and there wouldn't be stupid fights.”)

Teams arrive at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in the following order:

1- Amani/Marcus
2- Bill/Cathi
3- Ernie/Cindy
4- Justin/Jennifer
5- Andy/Tommy
6- Laurence/Zac
7- Jeremy/Sandy

Amani and Marcus find that their only option is to fly from Bangkok to Singapore to Johannesburg to Lilongwe, and that all teams will be on the Amazing Red Line together. (Toyouke: “Boo. I wanted a charter or a train.” Auburnium0513: "Woo. Bunching.")

Once there, teams depart in the following order:

1- Jeremy/Sandy
2- Justin/Jennifer
3- Ernie/Cindy
4- Andy/Tommy
5- Laurence/Zac
6- Amani/Marcus
7- Bill/Cathi

Teams arrive at the Tobacco Warehouse in the following order:

1- Jeremy/Sandy
2- Justin/Jennifer
3- Ernie/Cindy
4- Laurence/Zac
5- Andy/Tommy
6- Bill/Cathi
7- Amani/Marcus

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

ROADBLOCK:

Who’s ready to put up bale?

In this roadblock, one team member must wear a uniform and transport 10 200 pound bales of tobacco from one side of the warehouse to the other in order to get their next clue.

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Jeremy
2- Justin
3- Ernie
4- Laurence
5- Tommy
6- Bill
7- Marcus

After much tobacco transporting, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Jeremy/Sandy
2- Ernie/Cindy
3- Justin/Jennifer
4- Andy/Tommy
5- Laurence/Zac
6- Bill/Cathi
7- Amani/Marcus

Teams are now instructed to travel to Memorial Tower to get their next clue. (Toyouke: “You know what else you could see from a distance? A CLUE BOX.”) They arrive at the memorial in the following order:

1- Jeremy/Sandy
2- Ernie/Cindy
3- Justin/Jennifer
4- Andy/Tommy
5- Laurence/Zac
6- Bill/Cathi
7- Amani/Marcus

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
All Sewn Up OR Not Grown Up
*All Sewn Up: Teams must travel to White Horse De-sign in Old Market, choose a customer, and stitch up their unfinished suit coat and pants. Once the customer is satisfied, he will give them their next clue.
*Not Grown Up: Teams must travel to Lilongwe LEA School and build two toy trucks with recycled materials for the kids of the school. Once the children test drive them and approve of their construction, teams get their next clue.

1- Jeremy/Sandy choose Not Grown Up
2- Justin/Jennifer choose Not Grown Up – (Toyouke: “Oh please Justin. Making that truck is not like surgery.”)
3- Andy/Tommy choose Not Grown Up
4- Laurence/Zac choose Not Grown Up – Laurence: “The women will school me in sewing.” (Toyouke: “Laurence. That is sexist. Not all women know how to sew.) Upon arriving at the Detour he mentions to Sandy that he thought for sure she would be at the other Detour as "you'll never get married if you can't sew." (Toyouke: "Ass. It's one thing to think that all women sew, it's another to say so to whatever women you see. "You won't get married" are you serious? I'm glad the scissors cut you.”)
5- Bill/Cathi choose All Sewn Up
6- Ernie/Cindy choose All Sewn Up – (Toyouke: “That is an ominous discussion of how you are not using the Express Pass.”)
7- Amani/Marcus choose All Sewn Up

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Jeremy/Sandy
2- Justin/Jennifer
3- Andy/Tommy
4- Ernie/Cindy
5- Laurence/Zac
6- Bill/Cathi
7- Amani/Marcus

Teams are then instructed to travel to R-K Furniture Shop in Ntchisi. So, teams arrive in the following order:

1- Justin/Jennifer
2- Jeremy/Sandy
3- Andy/Tommy
4- Laurence/Zac
5- Ernie/Cindy
6- Bill/Cathi
7- Amani/Marcus

Teams are now instructed to pick up two beds and take them to Kumbali Village, the PIT STOP of the sixth leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive MAY be eliminated!

1- Andy/Tommy – who win a trip for 2 to a private island in the British Virgin Islands. Once again this is by default, because. . .
2- Justin/Jennifer – neglected to pay their truck driver. (Toyouke: “O.M.G. The snowboarders win FOR THE THIRD TIME because someone else is a dumbass. Seriously. Every other season, we'd be lucky for ONE Pit Stop finish order to be changed because of stupidity. Let alone THREE finishes by the SAME team.”)
3- Jeremy/Sandy
4- Laurence/Zac
5- Ernie/Cindy
6- Bill/Cathi - who also forgot to pay their cab driver.
7- Amani/Marcus

Amani and Marcus, you are the last team to arrive. However, this is the third of four non-elimination legs, and you are still in the race. You will have a Speed Bump on the next leg.

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

Next week: Teams find themselves on bicycles in Malawian traffic. And teams go canoeing and/or swimming in Lake Malawi. Until next time!