Racing Report Leg #10
Title: We Are Trying To Make Love, Not War - By Mirna while evading stunt Men. I would choose War if I was you guys.
Date: December 12th
Pit Stop: 36 hours
*updated per apskip
Teams leave the Pit Stop of Carcosa Seri Negra, a gated mansion (to keep out Izad) that has been used for foreign dignitaries, also known as the “House on the Hill”.
1. Dustin & Kandice – 12:28am
2. Charla & Mirna – 1:29am
3. Eric & Danielle – 1:50am
4. Oswald & Danny – 2:19am
Last week there was confusion on whether teams were assessed a penalty or if it would be assessed at the start of this leg. Based on Izad’sreport that Dustin & Kandice had a 1 hour lead over Charla & Mirna and that they should have been hit with over an hour in penalties we can assume none were given (unless Dustin & Kandice had great difficulty in finding the Pit Stop). If they weren’t penalized at all, then what should have occurred is an order reflected by:
D & K 1st
O & D 2cd at 2:19
E & D 3rd at 2:20
C & M 4th at 2:29
Oh well, teams are provided with $88.00 for this leg (Eric & Danielle).
Teams must now travel more than 1,500 miles to the city of Hong Kong (Yeah, I’ve been there), when they land they will travel by taxi 22 miles to the Sun Wah Kiu Dry Cleaning & Laundry (located on in Kowloon City), where they will receive their next clue.
Several methods are employed to get tickets. From Charla & Mirna going to the Hilton and using a phone, Dustin & Kandice going to the airport and getting assistance from the help desk, Eric & Danielle at the airport and using the Internet, and Oswald & Danny (and later Charla & Mirna) going to the offices in the airport to tickets. All trying to reserve standby tickets as the flights are all booked.
We get a lot of airport Shuffle as the Standby waiting list for the Malaysian flight are filed in the following order.
1. Oswald & Danny
2. Dustin & Kandice
3. Eric & Danielle
Charla & Mirna never technically get on the waiting list.
The waiting list for the early China Air flight is placed in the following order.
1. Oswald & Danny
2. Charla & Mirna
3. Dustin & Kandice
4. Eric & Danielle
Oswald & Danny are the only team that make the early flight.
CI (China Air) 0654 departing Kuala Lumpur 0750 (episode says 0800) arriving in Hong Kong 1155 all on the day of the 11th.
They give Charla & Mirna their booking number for the 9:15 flight.
At that ticket counter, Dustin & Kandice are upset that they are trying to use Oswald & Danny’s booking. And finally get the agent to keep them on as the 1st team (since Oswald & Danny are gone) on the 2cd flight. Charla & Mirna get put on 2cd.
Both these teams get the second flight.
MH72 (Malaysia Air) departing Kuala Lumpur 0915 arriving in Hong Kong 13:00 (episode says 12:55)
Thanks to apskip for those flights one of which is confirmed on screen.
Eric & Danielle are stuck with this flight
MH0750 departing Kuala Lumpur 10:05 (episode says 9:05) arriving in Ho Chi Minh 11:00
This connection is a best guess, for the site I am using.
VN1766 departing Ho Chi Minh 11:40 arriving in Hong Kong 15:20
It matches the arrival time and out of the connecting flights has the longest period to switch planes (though still not much at all).
Teams arrive in Hong Kong in the following order.
1. Oswald & Danny 11:55am
2. Charla & Mirna 12:55pm
3. Dustin & Kandice
4. Eric & Danielle 3:20pm
Teams make their way to the first route marker, the Sun Wah Kiu Dry Cleaning & Laundry in the following order.
1. Oswald & Danny
2. Charla & Mirna
3. Dustin & Kandice
4. Eric & Danielle
Fast Forward
This is the 2cd of only two fast forwards (Bastards, rat bastards) available on the race. Teams must travel 5 miles to this film set, located at Kai Tak airport (thanks to Newbie), where a high speed stunt is being filmed for a Hong Kong movie (OK, does anyone believe that, anyone, I want to see hands.). When they arrive on set, they will get inside a stunt car with a professional stunt driver and participate in an action packed stunt car sequence. When the car skids to a halt they will receive their next clue.
Oswald & Danny choose to perform the fast forward (Don’t get me started).
Detour-Kung Fu Fighting or Lost in Translation
Kung Fu Fighting: Teams make their way 5 miles to 5 Tonkin Street and locate former Cheung Sha Wan Police Quarters (from Schwarzmoor). Once there they must climb up an 11 story building on Bamboo Scaffolding while avoiding an ongoing battle among Kung Fu Stunt experts to reach the top and retrieve their next clue.
Lost in Translation: Teams make their way 4 miles to Kowloon City (which weren’t they already there) and find 120 Nga Tsin Wai Road (from Serendipity). Once there they must search through hundreds of similar Chinese symbols for the specific sign shown on an enclosed photo. When they match the picture with the correct sign, the owner will hand them their next clue.
All other teams choose to do Kung Fu Fighting
On the way there, Charla & Mirna change their mind and make their way to Lost in Translation. But again chance their mind and head back.
Oswald & Danny arrive at the Fast Forward location and put on safety gear and are driven through the stunt course. They don’t die in a conflagaration of twisted molten steel and get the Fast Forward reward where they are directed to drive themselves to the Pit Stop for this leg of the race, the Hong Kong Jockey Club.
Teams arrive at the detour in the following Order.
1. Dustin & Kandice
2. Charla & Mirna
3. Eric & Danielle
No team is at this site at the same time as another team. So Charla & Mirna did lose some time in changing their minds to allow Dustin & Kandice to both pass them and complete the full task.
Teams must now take the Star Ferry (Yeah flashbacks to Season 2, one of the best seasons ever and that’s with Wil, so that’s saying a lot) across to Hong Kong Island, then travel by taxi 4 miles to another abandoned Police headquarters (Police Quarters-Kennedy Town-Block R).
Ferries depart every 10 minutes.
Charla & Mirna lose more time by having a cab driver whop takes them back to Hong Kong Island and to the Star Ferry terminal where they cross back over to Kowloon City. But now all they have to do is stay on the Ferry as it returns. At this time, they figure Eric & Danielle have been in Hong Kong for 30 minutes, so it’s close to 4:00pm.
There is a $20.00 fare at some toll that teams travel through using the last of Oswald & Danny’s money. We will talk about money as a side topic for this week.
They find the Pit Stop and are checked in as
1. Oswald & Danny and win a trip to Hong Kong from Travelocity, the most expensive trip of this season.
Teams arrive at the Police quarters in the following order.
1. Dustin & Kandice
2. Charla & Mirna
3. Eric & Danielle – the sun is setting at this time.
Roadblock – Kick Down Doors.
Who is ready to breakdown barriers.
Each team member must kick down doors in this abandoned building until they find a room with their next clue.
Teams complete the detour in the following order.
1. Dustin & Kandice – Kandice performs the roadblock her 5th/Dustin 4.
2. Charla & Mirna – Charla performs the roadblock her 4th/Mirna 5.
It appears that it easily takes this team the longest to perform the task.
3. Eric & Danielle – Eric performs this roadblock his 6th and possible final/Danielle 3.
And for those who keeps count, it appears that she wanted Eric to do this one as well.
Teams must now drive themselves 5 miles to Victoria Park using one of the marked cars. Once there they will find a model boat pond and these Travelocity gnomes atop model Junks. They must then haul the Junk across the pond to receive their next clue. However, if the gnome is tossed overboard they must start the task over.
Teams arrive and complete this task in the following order.
1. Dustin & Kandice
2. Charla & Mirna
3. Eric & Danielle
Bring your gnome 11/2 miles through the cities busy city streets to the Pit Stop of this leg.
The Hong Kong Jockey Club located at the Happy Valley racecourse. Built originally in 1845 it was the site for a fire in 1918 that holds the record for most fire deaths in Hong Kong at around 590 victims. It was rebuilt in 1995 and is a very popular horse racing and gambling establishment
They check into the Pit Stop in the following order.
2. Dustin & Kandice
3. Charla & Mirna
4. Eric & Danielle.
There is probably close to a two hour gap between Oswald & Danny and Dustin & Kandice, and a similar gap between Dustin & Kandice and Charla & Mirna. I would guess about another separates Eric & Danielle.