TAR22, Recap Leg 2, 2/25/13

Welcome to Leg 2! Last time, on Building All These Sandcastles is Bora-Boring, teams raced from Los Angeles to Bora Bora, French Polynesia.  We find out the winning team of the leg gets two Express Passes, one to use and one to give away.  There are three teams that take a penalty on the second Roadblock, causing the elimination of Matt and Daniel.  Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1^st – Jessica/John, Cocky YDC
2^nd – Bates/Anthony, The Hockey Brothers
3^rd – Dave/Connor, Team LIVESTRONG
4^th – Pam/Winnie, The Token Asians
5^th – Mona/Beth, "Typical" Soccer Moms
6^th – Joey/Meghan, Team YouTube Cutegasm

7^th – Chuck/Wynona, Sweet Old Alabama

8^th – Idries/Jamil, The Twin Cosbys

9^th – Max/Katie, Team Honeymooners

10^th – Caroline/Jennifer, Team Nashville Stars

Motu Café, Motu Piti A'au, Bora Bora, French Polynesia, France

2:56 AM Jessica/John (1^st)
Clue: Take a water taxi to Motu Toopua Nui and find the Hotel Hilton Bora Bora Nui.  Make your way to the wedding chapel on the grounds and receive a traditional blessing to get your next clue.  Water taxis do not depart until 7:30 am.

And now apparently the Amazing Editors got bored writing times down, so the rest of the teams just leave in order, whenever they leave.

Bates/Anthony (2^nd)

Dave/Connor (3^rd)

Pam/Winnie (4^th)

Mona/Beth (5^th)

Joey/Meghan (6^th)

Chuck/Wynona (7^th)

Idries/Jamil (8^th)

Oh look!  We get times again!  How nice.

9:14 AM Max/Katie (9^th)

9:15 AM Caroline/Jennifer (10^th)

Teams mingle when they arrive at the water taxi dock.  (Toyouke: " Oh, look, there's bunching right away. Couldn't possibly be because two teams have a big penalty coming. NEVER.")  This includes Dave and Connor approaching Jessica and John about the Express Pass.  And there is waffling.   John: "Suck up to me!"  (Toyouke: " Ass. Just...Seriously? You want everyone to beg you for shit? You can shove it up your ass AND SHUT YOUR DAMN MOUTH WHEN YOU ARE NOT TALKING. GOD.")  Teams depart in the water taxis and arrive at Motu Toopua Nui in the following order:

1- Jessica/John
2- Dave/Connor
3- Joey/Meghan  

4- Bates/Anthony 

5- Chuck/Wynona – Wynona: "We're as old as dirt!"

6- Mona/Beth

7- Pam/Winnie

8- Idries/Jamil

9- Max/Katie

10- Caroline/Jennifer

Teams arrive at the chapel for the blessing in the following order:

1- Dave/Connor
2- Jessica/John

3- Bates/Anthony  

4- Joey/Meghan 

5- Mona/Beth

6- Pam/Winnie

7- Idries/Jamil

8- Chuck/Wynona

9- Max/Katie

10- Caroline/Jennifer

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Pick a Pearl OR Take a Trunk
*Pick a Pearl: Teams must grab their assigned water shoes and snorkel gear.  Teams then travel by boat a half mile off shore.  Once there, teams go diving for a string of oysters and shuck them in order to find two red pearls.  Once the pearls are found, they are delivered to the pearl farmer, who gives teams the next clue.
*Take a Trunk: Teams must grab their assigned water shoes and snorkel gear.  Teams then travel by boat a half mile off shore.  Once there, teams don diving helmets to find a trunk, untie it, and set up the contents under an umbrella in an underwater picnic.  Once complete and seated, the teams receive their next clue from the waiter.

(Toyouke: " Oh, Phil. Your willingness to participate in the Detour options makes me forgive you for that hat.")

1- Bates/Anthony choose Pick a Pearl

2- Jessica/John choose Pick a Pearl
3- Joey/Meghan choose Pick a Pearl

4- Mona/Beth choose Take a Trunk

5- Idries/Jamil choose Pick a Pearl – who are terrified of the water (Auburnium0513: ""The water was everywhere"  Really? In the ocean?  What a shock. "), can't pull up lines of oysters to save their lives and decide way too late to perform the first Bald Snark of the season by switching Detours to Take a Trunk.  Of course, this is after they contemplate taking the penalty for not doing the Detour.  And I thought doctors were smart.

6- Pam/Winnie choose Pick a Pearl

7- Chuck/Wynona choose Pick a Pearl

8- Dave/Connor choose Pick a Pearl who fall behind due to poor clue reading, since they didn't pick up their scuba gear and have to go back.  (Toyouke: " Sigh. Only the second leg and people aren't reading the clue.")

9- Caroline/Jennifer choose Take a Trunk – who have discussed and agreed to stick with Max and Katie, seeing as how they are last. (Toyouke: " I hate what this show has become. HATE. One of you is eliminated. You take DIFFERENT Detours so there is SOME CHANCE you can get ahead. Not doing the same things so they are always with you. TEAM WHO AND RAY AND DEANA.")

10- Max/Katie choose Take a Trunk

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Joey/Meghan
2- Jessica/John

3- Bates/Anthony  

4- Dave/Connor 

5- Mona/Beth

6- Chuck/Wynona

7- Pam/Winnie

8- Max/Katie

9- Caroline/Jennifer

10- Idries/Jamil

Teams now swim to their high powered watercraft and use a map to navigate to Motu Tapu to get their next clue.  Teams arrive at the watercraft in the following order:

1- Joey/Meghan
2- Jessica/John

3- Bates/Anthony  

4- Dave/Connor 

5- Mona/Beth

6- Chuck/Wynona

7- Pam/Winnie

8- Max/Katie

9- Caroline/Jennifer

10- Idries/Jamil

Teams take the jet skis and arrive at Motu Tapu in the following order:

1- Joey/Meghan
2- Jessica/John

3- Dave/Connor  

4- Bates/Anthony 

5- Mona/Beth

6- Chuck/Wynona

7- Pam/Winnie – after getting lost on the jet ski for a really long time.  (Toyouke: " How do you get lost on the jetski? Wasn't everyone else still there?")

8- Max/Katie

9- Caroline/Jennifer

10- Idries/Jamil

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

ROADBLOCK:

Who's a well balanced individual?

In this roadblock, roadblockers must participate in a traditional game by balancing on stilts and kicking a coconut 35 yards.  If the roadblocker falls off the stilts, they must return to the start, but may let the coconut lie where it stands.  Once finished, teams may find the Pit Stop.

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Joey
2- Jessica
3- Connor

4- Anthony

5- Beth

6- Chuck

7- Pam

8- Max

9- Caroline – "I love anything nimbley!"

10- Jamil

After much stilt walking and coconut kicking, teams complete the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Bates/Anthony – (Toyouke: " The hockey boys look pretty good.  Missing teeth notwithstanding.")
2- Dave/Connor
3- Jessica/John

4- Chuck/Wynona – (Toyouke: " Wynona just called Joey "Richard Simmons". GIRL. That was the best.")

5- Joey/Meghan

6- Mona/Beth

7- Caroline/Jennifer

8- Max/Katie

9- Pam/Winnie

10- Idries/Jamil

Teams find now that they must travel on foot to the mat on Motu Tapu Beach, the PIT STOP of the second leg of this racearoundtheworld.  The last team to arrive WILL be eliminated!

1- Bates/Anthony – who win a trip for two to London.
2- Dave/Connor – and Dave "ruptures [his] Achilles".  
3- Jessica/John  

4- Joey/Meghan

5- Chuck/Wynona

6- Mona/Beth 

7- Caroline/Jennifer  

8- Max/Katie 

9- Pam/Winnie

10- Idries/Jamil

And with that, Idries and Jamil are eliminated.  Sad times.  Learn to swim next time.

ORDER NOW:
1^st – Bates/Anthony
2^nd – Dave/Connor
3^rd – Jessica/John
4^th – Joey/Meghan
5^th – Chuck/Wynona
6^th – Mona/Beth

7^th – Caroline/Jennifer

8^th – Max/Katie

9^th – Pam/Winnie

Next week: Dave might need crutches.  And teams take on Phil's home country.  Until next time!