Racing Report Leg 5.
This is going to be more incomplete then I like, but I am getting over the Flu and haven't got a ton of energy so without further excuses.
Date: November 28, a Tuesday.
Since teams arrived in the afternoon of the 26th we have a 36 hour Pit Stop (and time to play with doggies).
Teams leave the Pit Stop at Mastil Crucero A.R.A. General Belgrano (near Ushuaia Argentina on the Island Tierra Del Fuego which Phil again mercilessly teases Peach about how close they are to Antarctica) in the following order:
1. Oswald & Danny 12:02 am
2. Eric & Danielle 12:06 am
3. Teri & Ian 1:04 am
4. Joe & Bill 1:55 am
5. Dustin & Kandice 1:58 am
6. Uchenna & Joyce 2:38 am
7. Charla & Mirna 2:41 am
Side note Rob & Amber claim that Charla & Mirna arrived at the post office about 5 minutes after they did. While its true based solely off the variance in weight between the two boats that they should arrive faster then the 20 minute separation. The time distance between teams Joe/ Bill & and BQ’s with that of Uchenna & Joyce seem to indicate that Uchenn a7 Joyce (and by extension Rob & Amber) took considerable longer performing the detour tasks.
Teams are provided $72.00 for this leg of the race per Joe & Bill
Teams must travel by taxi 4 kilometers north of Ushuia to the base of the Martial Mountain Chain (yes the Marshall Glacier is in Alaska, one thing I did in fact know)
, and ride a chairlift, then hike half a mile, where they will use an Avalanche beacon to search for another beacon to find their next clue.
Teams run into the first equalizer, an Hours of Operation as the chairlift is not open until 8:00 am. All teams decide to seek out hotels and return in the morning.
Teams line up in the order they arrive:
1. Joe & Bill
2. Teri & Ian
3. Oswald & Danny
4. Dustin & Kandice
5. Eric & Danielle
6. Uchenna & Joyce
7. Charla & MIrna
At the top of the chair lift backpacks are provided which contain a shovel and a beacon. All teams, except for Dustin & Kandice grab the backpacks and start the half mile hike.
Teams find, and dig up their clue in the following order:
1. Joe & Bill
2. Uchenna & Joyce
3. Eric & Danielle
4. Teri & Ian
5. Charla & Mirna
6. Dustin & Kandice who hike to the ice field, realize their mistake, have to hike back a half mile to pick up the gear, and hike back the half mile before starting the detour and still finish before Oswald & Danny who must have had quite a lot of difficulty on this task.
Teams must know travel (ARRGGGHHHH) more then 7,000 miles to the South East African city of Maputo, Mozambique.
Teams are provided tickets that will have them arrive at roughly 3:00 pm on the day of the 30th. But teams are not required to take those tickets.
But teams must use travel agents to book their flights as it is not possible to book international flights in the Ushuaia Airport.
Guido’s are getting tickets from I hope Locuturio according to eye witness accounts posted on Sucks.
Uchenna & Joyce book their flight at Travel Lab but must get said tickets at Rumbu Sur.
Eric & Danielle are unable to get tickets from All Patagonia.
Teri & Ian and later with translating help from Oswald & Danny book tickets at Beagle Viajes (though one of Teri & Ian’s tickets is booked incorrectly and they fear Oswald did it to them on purpose, Insider Videos)
At Rumbu Sur all the remaining teams manage to book flights that will arrive in Maputo on the 30th at 9:40 am.
Most of the flight info is not solid for what teams actually took for parts of the route. (apskip could give you the possibilities).
I’m tired of looking, so if I feel brave, I might try again tomorrow morning to confirm at the very least the rest of Uchenna & Joyce’s with carriers and flight numbers.
But teams travel from (Well at least Uchenna & Joyce from Insider Clips)
Ushuaia to Buenos Aires
8:43pm on the 28th arrive 12:03 am on the morning of the 29th.
Buenos Aires to Sao Paulo
10:00 am –
Sao Paulo to Johannesburg
SAA206 departing at 5:25pm arriving at 7:15am
In Johannesburg, Custom Agents impound Charla’s Sweater as an illegal toxic agent, to be later destroyed.
Johannesburg to Maputo
TM300 departing at 8:40am arriving at 9:40am
Thanks to Apskip because of clips we know LAM is the flight that lands in Maputo (matches Chateau’s shadows). But I keep thinking TM was in reference to TACA, and I was freaking out over it.
Once they land teams will find and choose a marked car and driver and make their way to Apopo training fields (
www.apopo.org) a Vapor Detection Technolgy.
Which Phils states is 45 miles away (Cough, I don’t believe you Phil).
During this time footage makes it appear that teams directly head to the Apopo route marker and wait briefly for it to open so they can start today’s tasks.
ALL LIES
Teams end up having a nearly a full 24 hours to wait.
The next day on the 1st of December the task begins.
Teams arrive to perform the task in the following order:
1. Uchenna & Joyce
2. Joe & Bill
3. Eric & Danielle
4. Oswald & Danny
5. Teri & Ian
6. Dustin & Kandice
7. Charla & Mirna
ROADBLOCK – Who Smells A Rat?
In this country once overrun by gorilla warfare, trained rats actual save lives on a daily basis by locating leftover landmines.
Team members must guide change into provided gear, choose a trainer and guide one of these rats in a search for a race marker buried above a deactivated (that’s no run) mine. Once the rat gives the signal it has found something, the area will be searched by an Apopo technician. When the race marker is found, the team will receive their next clue.
Uchenna- 2 roadblock
Joe & Nelson- 2cd Roadblock
Eric & Xena- 3rd Roadblock
Charla-2cd Roadblock
Ian & Tupac-2cd Roadblock
Dustin-2cd Roadblock
Oswald-3rd roadblock
Teams complete the roadblock in the following Order:
1. Joe & Bill
2. Oswald & Danny
3. Uchenna & Joyce
4. Teri & Ian
5. Eric & Danielle
6. Dustin & Kandice
7. Charla & Mirna
Teams travel by car to Praca dos Tralbalhadores back in Maputo where phil informs us it’s a 50 mile drive (cough).
We see that Teams have had to direct their drivers.
Teams face two routes to to Maputo EN1 or EN4, which does apparently impact how easy it is to locate or get to.
The teams that take EN1 are:
Joe & Bill
Oswald & Danny
Charla & Mirna
The teams that take EN4 are:
Uchenna & Joyce
Eric & Danielle
Teri & Ian
Dustin & Kandice (Teri & Ian and Dustin & Kandice are following Eric & Danielle until they realize that they are lost).
Teams get to Praca dos Trabalhadores (located on Rua Martires) in the following order:
1. Joe & Bill
2. Oswald & Danny
3. Charla & Mirna (who get at least one local, possible more to follow for the rest of the leg)
4. Uchenna & Joyce
5. Dustin & Kandice
6. Eric & Danielle
7. Teri & Ian
DETOUR – Pamper or Porter
In Pamper (according to the clue): Make your way 0.5 miles to Mercado Central. Once there, take part in a local practice and convince people to pay you to paint their nails.
Note: To receive your clue, you must earn at least 30 meticais.
What Phil explains in voice over is that teams must go to the Bem Vindo AO Mercado Central Cidade de Maputo and find the marked stall where they will choose a nail polish kit. That in Maputo the job is usually performed by men.
In Porter it (off Phil): Teams make their way 2 miles to Mercado Janet. Once there they will use their hands to fill 10 large 45lbs bags with charcoal and sew them shut. Then teams will carry 1 of these heavy bags to a specified address (Rua 1-282 casa 46 or 47) where the owner will hand them their next clue. The distance traveled carrying the bag is 0.4 miles according to Danny.
Charla & Mirna & Dustin & Kandice are the only teams to original choose Pamper it. All others choose Porter it.
Joe & Bill follow a ;pca; tp Mercado Jamet.
During their travel in the city some teams (certainly Oswald & Danny) come across a local AIDS Awareness Parade held on December 1st around the world. Thus we know the day.
Teams finish the detour in the following order:
1. Charla & Mirna
2. Dustin & Kandice
3. Teri & Ian
Who end up at the wrong market and decide to try the Pamper it Detour. Which is easily the faster of the two. For example Dustin & Kandice (if footage is accurate) arrive at detour in 5th place, yet finish 2cd. While Teri & Ian arrive at the detour location in last place and finish 3rd).
4. Joe & Bill
5. Oswald & Danny
6. Eric & Danielle
7. Uchenna & Joyce
Teams must now travel to Fortalleza (Portuguese for Port, I believe) which was completed in 1781 and is one of the oldest buildings in Maputo (not the oldest which Phil states) and the Pit Stop for this leg of the race.
Teams arrive at Fort of Nossa Senhorra da Conceiao in the following Order:
1. Charla & Mirna who win a trip to HELL (just kidding) Aruba.
2. Dustin & Kandice
3. Teri & Ian
4. Oswald & Danny (and yes them chasing Phil is an absolute classic moment for the show)
5. Joe & Bill
6. Eric & Danielle (okay Eric chill)
7. Uchenna & Joyce, who are marked for elimination.
If they don’t make it to the Pit Stop first on the next leg, they will suffer a 30 minute penalty before being allowed to check in.
I just want to say, in closing what an excellent job you detectives did on this leg. From the correct glacier, to the coverage on flights, to the correct market for nails, to the fort, to the location of the beach, to the location of Apopo and where they traveled to.
Very impressive and Congrats to all.