My observations:
1. 12 24 hr pit stop - that messes with spoiler assumptions
2. Detour tasks so close (distance) to each other - relatively no penalty for switching tasks
3. What has happened between the Hippies and MoJo?
4. Losing all your money at a non-elim is not much of a penalty. No backpacks may be an advantage?!
Correction thanks to supsandlee