ok I cant keep up
lets start this over
thanks as always to
SLD for the fast fingers
PREVIOUSLY ON .. THE AMAZING RACE:
Phil: Twelve teams left Seattle on a race around the world for one million dollars. Teams objected to Sarah, artificial leg, pre-boarding. Once in Beijing, teams raced to Forbidden City, where a surprise elimination caught Bilal/Saeed. The next day, an arduous climb of the Great Wall left some hanging. Tyler/James arrived first. Married couple David/Mary were certain they were being eliminated, but Vipul/Arti came in last and were eliminated.
Ten teams still in the race. Who will be eliminated next?
Phil: This is the Great Wall of China, an eastern gateway the first pitstop in a race around the world.
Can Sarah remain at the front with her leg in disrepair?
9:04 pm,, Tyler/James, CLUE: Travel to Outer Mongolia.
Phil: By bus and train, to UlanBataar. They will observe a ceremony at the temple to get their next clue.
Conf, Tyler: To see this in sobriety is like icing on the cake. Pinch me, is this really happening?
Duke/Lauren 9:17.
2nd on Midnight bus.
Sarah/Peter leave in 3rd.
Sarah conf: Like riding on a flat tire.
Dustin/Kandice 9:36 pm.
4th on the midnight bus.
$39 for this leg of the Race.
Rob/Kimberley leave next.
Argue right out of the gate. They have the last pair of seats on the midnight bus.
Kellie/Jamie get the 2 am bus.
Tyler/James make fun of them.
Bus #2 includes ...
Erwin/Godwin, 10:02
Tom/Terry, 10:13
Lyn/Karlyn 10:19.
David/Mary 10:29.
Conf, Mary: I'm making friends I never would have met, an Asian guy? The Cho brothers, love 'em to death. Gay people? Love 'em!
The back bus puts together an impromptu line dance getting on the bus!
Godwin: we're having fun!
TRAIN STATION.
Lead teams, find tickets.
Dustin/Kandice get 4:00 departure to UlanBataar.
Tyler/James want them to theink they're going to make an alliance with them, but really want to "ruin their whole scheme."
Playing the locals, Peter/Sarah try to earn money by showing Sarah running on her legs.
No money.
Sarah: You pay money at the zoo, though!
Finally all teams are on the train. EQUALIZER!!
ULANBATAAR.
Peter/Sarah off the train first.
Duke/Lauren 2nd, both teams in cabs.
It's pouring rain and the roads are the worse for wear.
TEMPLE: Temple doors closed. Kellie/Jamie first.
"Every 10 minutes."
Tom/Terry 2nd.
Peter/Sarah's cabbie is "taking some back roads."
Regalia, costumes, the lead three teams watch the first temple show.
CLUE: Tom/Terry, Drive yourselves to the village of Terelj.
Phil: Make your way to the riverbed. Choose a pair of horses, ride with a mongolian nomad 2 miles to the next clue in a field.
Tyler/James' cabbie took them to the wrong place. The second group leaves the temple for Terelj.
Teams driving for Terelj in government jeeps.
Clips coming at us fast ...
Duke/Lauren 4th. David/Mary 7th.
First group, Rob/Kimberly take a back road toward Terelj.
Kimberley doesn't think he's right.
Peter/Sarah, Dustin/Kandice, David/Mary are 1st thru 3rd on the road to Terelj. (Rob/Kimberly ... lost perhaps?)
Lyn/Karlyn and Erwin/Godwin leave for Terelj as the last two.
An American offers to help Lyn/Karlyn.
Conf: Angels along the way!
Tom/Terry imitate horses for non-English speaking locals at a toll booth. Bwah!
Rob/Kimberly hit a dead end.
Rob: You were 100% right. I screwed up.
Kellie/Jamie also lost.
Erwin/Godwin get themselves into 4th place simply by reading the map properly.
Lyn/Karlyn turn around, lost.
Tom/Terry now in 6th, cheerleading.
Tyler/James have a flat tire, currently in 7th. They stop to change it. "Jack's broken, dude."
Rob/Kimberly offer the models their jack.
Lyn/Karlyn don't stop, even though Tyler is standing in the road.
Lyn: Screw them!
Karlyn: Not like we're being mean. We just want to win.
Kellie/Jamie's jeep stalls.
Tyler/James lament being stuck, thinking they're finished.
COMMERCIAL.
Tyler: Jack won't go any higher.
They get a local to stop and help, finally getting the tire changed.
Currently in 9th, they're driving again.
Jamie can't start the jeep back up.
Finally Jamie gets it started, they're on the road in last place.
Peter/Sarah, "I'm switching my foot in case I need to put my leg in a stirrup."
Gross!
They gleefully put on costumes.
Man indicates her bionic leg isn't a problem for the stirrup.
"Bring me some barbecue, baby!"
David/Mary get very, very stuck in their jeep.
Mary: You're gonna get us stuck so we'll NEVER get out! No, see! You're digging us deeper!
A local goes for a tractor.
Duke/Lauren, Rob/Kimberly make fun of David/Mary being stuck, as they drive by.
Duke/Lauren reach the horses with Tom/Terry.
Kimberly: Can horses smell fear?
Rob: No. Just bees and dogs.
She gets tossed off the horse.
Kimberly: OW!
Lyn/Karlyn riding horsies while Kimberly sobs on the ground.
Rob: This is crazy, dude.
Dustin/Kandice conf: There's never been a girl/girl race team to win this Race.
Kimberly gets dragged!
Peter/Sarah, CLUE:
DETOUR.
Take it down, or fill i t up.
Phil: Take, choose a nomadic shelter, take down the canvas walls, fold properly,, pack it onto a camel. Complicated, but can be done quickly.
Fill: The Heinik ?? pulls a cart to the stream, get water, fill up the container with water to the marked line. Could require "charming" the beast.
Dustin/Kandice choose the Yak.
"We got a sweet one!"
They fill up the water
David/Mary get a replacement car, with no time credit.
Mary: I see horses! We're #9. Let's go.
Peter /Sarah choose packing.
Sarah: I hope we chose right.
Horseplay creates havoc with the order of teams.
David/Mary actually start in 6th.
Rob/Kimberly 9th now.
Sarah: I hate quitting!
Peter: We're switching tasks. Come on. Let's go. Now.
Sarah's jugs are .. um ... bouncing around on the cart.
Lyn/Karlyn finish horses in 8th.
Tyler/James do fillup.
Peter/Sarah's yak runs off.
Peter: Our heinie ran away.
Sarah, gathering the jugs from all over the place, sobbing.
Peter: I cannot move on with you like this.
Sarah: Stop lecturing me!
Peter: Be cool with me.
Sarah: I just need to keep moving forward!
Sarah, conf: We weren't in sync with each other.
Beauty queens Dustin/Kandice have to go back for more water.
Apparently they lost too much during the ride back.
Finally, Peter goes to have a heart-to-heart with his Yak.
Peter's yak takes off yet again.
Peter: We're done.
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cont ..........
Peter: That thing has fire in its eyes!
They're going back to the packing challenge.
Lyn/Karlyn argue over how to pack the covering.
Erwin/Godwin fill jugs.
Tyler/James fill jugs.
Rob/Kimberly argue while Kimberly leads her yak.
Rob: I say stop, you stop!!
CLUE, Dustin/Kandice: Drive yourselves to the village of Yaturk (?), riding the same horses with your helmets.
Both: Helmets? Where are our helmets!?
Phil: At the Hotel Mongolia, next clue.
Erwin/Godwin, CLUE in 2nd.
Lyn/Karlyn switch from Pack to Fill.
Beauty queens can't find their helmets.
Peter/Sarah finish Yak in 3rd.
Crybabies!
Kimberly, sobbing: Please top yelling at me!
Rob: You're not listening to me!
Tyler/James finish Yak in 4th.
But Dustin/Kandice are losing valuable time looking for their helmets.
Meanwhile, Duke/Lauren take over 1st.
Rob/Kimberly finish Yak in 7th.
In last, Kellie/Jamie choose Takedown/Pack challenge.
Teams finally getting back to their jeeps and back on the rainy roads.
Rob apologizes to Kimberly, kinda sorta, and (conf) Kimberly isn't feelin' him.
David/Mary fill their containers, finish yak in 7th.
Dustin/Kandice finally find their helments, now in 8th.
Lyn/Karlyn are worse at Yakking and Watergathering than at packing. Finally they finish in 9th.
Karlyn: Not the horses, again!!
Jamie/Kellie race on horses trying to make up time.
K/J pass Lyn/Karlyn.
Beauty Queens, jeep, 7th.
David/Mary in jeep, 8th.
Lots of teams on the road riding in close proximity.
Duke/Lauren get passed.
Lyn/Karlyn's vehicle won't start.
They're not the only ones with car trouble.
Erwin/Godwin, in 4th, their jeep quits.
Tom/Terry pass Erwin/Godwin without stopping, as do Rob/Kimberly.
Teams passing them, Dustin/Kandice "sorry, guys!".
David/Mary stop momentarily but move on.
Mechanic gets Cho's car started again.
Lyn/Karlyn, car won't start back at the Detour.
Kellie/Jamie's car won't start, either.
Both teams back at the detour, losing time.
Kellie/Jamie get their started, and leave.
Lyn/Karlyn discover the "crank" in the back.
Karlyn, cranking: This sucks!
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