TAR20, Recap Leg 11, 5/6/12

Welcome to Leg 11! Last time, on I Paid $500 For These Extentions and You Want Me To Shave My Head?, teams raced through India. (Toyouke: “Previously, the stupid Big Brother team lasted longer than we thought, proving someone somewhere is laughing their ass off at our suffering.”) Team Kentucky couldn’t recover from their previous leg and were eliminated. Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Rachel/Dave , Team Free Ron Again!
2nd – Brendon/Rachel, Team Sparkles
3rd – Vanessa/Ralph, The Dating Divorcees
4th – Art/JJ, Team Patrulla Fronteriza

Cheena Vala Fishing Nets, Vypin, India

1:51 PM Rachel/Dave (1st)
Clue: Fly 4000 miles to Hiroshima, Japan! Once there, make your way to Miyajima Island.

Dave: “We’re here to improve our relationship.” (Toyouke: “HAHAHA Dave, you are so full of shit. If your relationship was so important you wouldn't be such an asshat.”)

Brendon/Rachel (2nd)
Vanessa/Ralph (3rd)
Art/JJ (4th)
Teams make their way to a travel agent, where they find that the best flight is an 8:10 pm arrival in Hiroshima. So, all the teams make their way to the airport to jump on the Amazing Red Line to Hiroshima. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Art/JJ
2- Vanessa/Ralph
3- Rachel/Dave
4- Brendon/Rachel

Teams get on a bus into town, but Brendon and Rachel miss the first bus. So, teams arrive at the subway station in the following order:

1- Brendon/Rachel
2- Vanessa/Ralph
3- Art/JJ
4- Rachel/Dave

Now it’s Rachel and Dave that miss the transport. (Toyouke: “This is a lot of different transportation methods all in a row.“) Teams arrive at the Miyajima Ferry Terminal in the following order:

1- Brendon/Rachel
2- Art/JJ
3- Vanessa/Ralph
4- Rachel/Dave

And Rachel and Dave miss the last ferry of the night. (Toyouke: “It's the last one of the day? And they let Dave and Rachel miss it? Wow. I can't believe they would let that happen.”) However, when they other teams arrive at Itsukushima Shrine, they find that they won’t get their clue until morning. (Toyouke: “Do you think that was the plan all along? Or maybe some PA whipped up a sign real quick?”) So, Rachel and Dave catch up. The sun rises, and teams get their next clue in the following order:

1- Rachel/Dave
2- Brendon/Rachel
3- Art/JJ
4- Vanessa/Ralph

Teams are now instructed to travel back to Hiroshima and find Peace Memorial Park to find the Atom Bomb Dome. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Vanessa/Ralph
2- Rachel/Dave
3- Brendon/Rachel
4- Art/JJ

After the heartfelt reflection, teams are instructed to make their way to Osaka by Bullet Train and find the TV 8 Studio. Once there, teams would get their next clue. Teams all get on the same train and arrive in Osaka in the following order:

1- Art/JJ
2- Vanessa/Ralph
3- Rachel/Dave
4- Brendon/Rachel

Teams now travel to the TV 8 Studio and get their clue in the following order:

1- Art/JJ
2- Vanessa/Ralph
3- Brendon/Rachel
4- Rachel/Dave

We then get the tenth roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

Who wants to bring home the chicken?

In this roadblock, one team member must compete in a Japanese Game Show called “Bring That Chicken Home!” They must run on a conveyor belt and jump to get three rubber chickens and make their way to the finish line to get their clue from the host. Brendon and Vanessa must complete the task, if they attempt it.

(Toyouke: “Is that the same guy from Wasabi Roll?”)

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Art
2- Vanessa – who is hurting pretty bad from her ankle roll in India. Ralph: “Just take the penalty!” (Toyouke: “Aww, Ralph. That's why I am rooting for them. Because you know Dave's asshole self would be yelling at Rachel that she was a fuck-up.”)
3- Brendon
4- Rachel B.

(Toyouke: “So rather than have people have a maximum number of Roadblocks, it looks like they changed the rules so you have to keep even throughout.”) After much running, jumping and chicken grabbing, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Art/JJ
2- Brendon/Rachel
3- Rachel/Dave
4- Vanessa/Ralph

Teams now make their way to the Umeda Sky Building and travel to the top in order to make their Detour choice. Teams arrive in the following order:

1- Art/JJ
2- Rachel/Dave
3- Brendon/Rachel
4- Vanessa/Ralph

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Bingo Shoutout OR Photo Cutout
*Bingo Shoutout: Teams must travel to a sushi restaurant, where they pick up sushi from a conveyor belt as it is called out by a bingo caller. Once teams have the right sushi with the right letters in a way to get a bingo, they yell “Sushi!” and eat the five pieces that form the bingo to get their next clue.
*Photo Cutout: Teams must pick up to life size sumo cutout and find the photographer to get a camera. Then they must get 10 groups of three people each to get their photos taken behind the cutouts to get their next clue.

1- Art/JJ choose Bingo Shoutout – (Toyouke: “Sushi Bingo is almost as entertaining as the game show.”)
2- Rachel/Dave choose Photo Cutout
3- Brendon/Rachel choose Bingo Shoutout
4- Vanessa/Ralph choose Bingo Shoutout

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Rachel/Dave
2- Art/JJ
3- Brendon/Rachel
4- Vanessa/Ralph

Teams find now that they must travel to Osaka Castle, the PIT STOP of the eleventh leg of this racearoundtheworld. The last team to arrive WILL be eliminated!

(Toyouke: “Points for not having a geisha or samurai greeter.”)

1- Rachel/Dave – who win a trip for two to New Zealand, personally recommended by Phil. Phil: “Just tell me when you're going, so I can not be home.” Oh, and they tied the record for most wins on the Race, set by Nick and Starr in TAR13 and repeated by Meghan and Cheyne in TAR15.
2- Art/JJ
3- Brendon/Rachel
4- Vanessa/Ralph

And Vanessa and Ralph are eliminated. But what a trooper she was!

ORDER NOW:
1st – Rachel/Dave
2nd – Art/JJ
3rd – Brendon/Rachel

Next time: Teams race to Hawaii for a million dollars! See you then!