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Amazing Race Season 28, Episode 1, "I Should've Been a Boy Scout""
Film date: 2015-11-15 - 2015-11-16

This season starts a little different from what they usually do. Teams are at home and pretending that the camera crew isn't there when a phone chimes, with a video message from Phil. Phil tells them they will visit 18 cities, 10 countries, travel more than 27,000 miles. And all in 21 day. He also tells them he has their next clue at the Monument of the revolution in Mexico City, Mexico. So when he says go they should grab their bags and make their way to him. He then does the usual starting line spiel and starts the race.

This season has a cast of solcial meadia stars. The 11 teams are:

* Tyler & Korey, Youtube stars, friends
* Burnie & Ashley, runs a vido channel about video games, dating
* Erin & Joslyn, hosts & producers at Clevver media Youtube channel, friends
* Darius & Cameron, makes Vimes, brothers
* Scott & Blair, Blair make makeup and hair tutorials on Youbube, Scott is an Ob-Gyn, fater & daugther
* Dana & Matt, Youtube dancers, engaged
* Marty & Hagan, Marty did a viral safety demonstration video, mother & daugther
* Brittany & Jessica, instagram models, friends
* Zach & Rachel, Zach make magical Vimes, newly married
* Brodie & Kurt, makes frisbee videos on Youtube, friends
* Sheri & Cole, Cole makes funny Vimes, Mother & son
Some teams run into each other at the airports. There seems to be some flirting going on between Brittay & Jessica and Cole.
 "Are we cougars?", Brittany feels old compared to Cole, but still interested

Teams fly from Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta and Miami to Mexico city. Even though it is not shown we know that the first teams were held in the Mexico City airport until all had arrived. This was needed to make the leg fair since they started from different cities. Once released teams run through the airport and jump in taxis and ask to go to the monument.

In front of the monument (11km 21min) teams run into Phil who stands next to the clue box and in front of a colorfully lit fountain. They grab the clues in the following order:
  1. Brodie & Kurt
  2. Brittany & Jessica
  3. Marty & Hagan
  4. Erin & Joslyn
  5. Burnie & Ashley
  6. Dana & Matt
  7. Darius & Cameron
  8. Tyler & Korey
  9, Scott & Blair
 10. Zach & Rachel
 11. Sheri & Cole

Detour: Mariachi Madness or Great Bulls of Fire

In Mariachi Madness teams must make their way on foot to Plaza Garibaldi (1.8km). Here they will find 350 Mariachi players in a big circle. They must find one who is just pretending to play and bring him/her to the band leader to get their next clue.

In Great Bulls of Fire teams must make a Torrito. That is they must assemble and decorate a wooden frame around a paper machie bull. Once approved they get to light a similar one which has been loaded with fireworks. This detour takes place on the top of a parking garage.

 "I should've been a boy scout", Blair gets the title

The clue seems to say that teams must make their way to the detour on foot. And so begins a crash course in The Amazing Race. Things have been fairly easy up until this point, but suddenly contestants find themselves frantically lost among the confusing streets of a foreign city after dark. Many teams seem to have trouble finding the detour locations.

 "WHO IS FAKE PLAYING?", Brodie yells and hope to make short work of the detour (no luck though)

The Mariachi task looks overwhelming with 350 musicians, but it seems as if teams find a player who is faking it fairly quickly. All the faking players pretend to play the trumpet. The only ones stumbling are Brodie & Kurt who pick the guy with the GoPro camera, unfortunately he turns out to be playing for real.

Sheri & Cole run into a guy carrying a guitar who they ask to play a bit. He obliges but that does not produce a clue so eventually they reread their clue.
 "So he's a real Mariachi, we need one who is pretending to play", Sheri

Teams complete the detours in the following order:
  1(+0) Brodie & Kurt, Mariachi
  2(+2) Erin & Joslyn, Mariachi
  3(+3) Dana & Matt, Mariachi
  4(+7) Sheri & Cole, Mariachi
  5(+5) Zach & Rachel, Mariachi
  6(+2) Tyler & Korey, fireworks
  7(-4) Marty & Hagan, fireworks
  8(-3) Burnie & Ashley, fireworks
  9(+0) Scott & Blair fireworks
 10(-8) Brittany & Jessica, fireworks
 11(-4) Darius & Cameron, fireworks

Route info: "Make your way to the Cuervos de Teotihuacan"

When teams arrive at Cuevos de Teotihuacan (46km 45min) they find a board with departure time tokens. Teach reach this in the following order:
  1(+2) Dana & Matt, will depart at 07:30
  2(-1) Brodie & Kurt, will depart at 07:30
  3(-1) Erin & Joslyn, will depart at 07:30
  4(+0) Sheri & Cole, will depart at 07:30
  5(+0) Zach & Rachel, will depart at 07:40
  6(+0) Tyler & Korey, will depart at 07:40
  7(+0) Marty & Hagan, will depart at 07:40
  8(+1) Scott & Blair, will depart at 07:40
  9(+1) Brittany & Jessica, will depart at 07:50
 10(+1) Darius & Cameron, will depart at 07:50
 11(-3) Burnie & Ashley, will depart at 07:50

In the extra material we see that teams camped out on a nearby porch. Production seems to have provided sleeping bags and mattresses.

The next morning at their departure time teams are let though the gate and can run up to the next clue box.

Road block: "Who is ready to pick up the pieces?"

After choosing who will perform this road block teams open the clue. It reads: "Reconstruct a Teotihuacano Indian ceremonial artifact with fragments you unearth from the archeological site in Las Cuevas de Teotihuacan to receive your next clue."

The additional information reads:

--- Quote ---Additional Information:

* You must wear the provided safety equipment.

* Enter Las Cuevas at the marked entrance.

* Choose a numbered excavation site, once chosen you may not switch.

* You need 13 fragments to reconstruct an artifact.

* Take your fragments and follow the drums to find the artifacts.  Use your fragments to reconstruct one of the artifacts.

* You must keep your fragments with you at all times.

* If the Teotihuacano Judge approves of your artifact he will hand you your next clue.

--- End quote ---

The safety equipment turns out to be a helmet with a couple of extra lights which ligths up the contestants face and make it a bt harder to see. Everything then takes place underground.

 "I'm claustrophobic", Sheri does not feel good going into the cave

There are lots of small ligths placed in the caves so it is fairly easy to find your way. But there are some tight passages, which doesn't help the claustrophobic racers. Eventually they all reach the digging site. To make the task a bit harder the producers have hidden pieces of multiple masks of different colors in each site. But only one of them seems to have all the pieces. So racers have to figure out for themselves that they need 13 different pieces of the same color.

The next step is to follow the drums. These can't be heard at the digging site, instead racers must follow the ligths a bit further. Some miss this and go back up above ground, but there are no drums to be found there.

Scott is one of the players going back up. While he looks for the drums he spills out some of his puzzle pieces. After a while he realize this, but he still have to spend at least 40 minutes finding all the pieces he has dropped.

In the end there are only three teams left in the caves. Erin and Sheri are digging for pieces and Scott is trying to assembe his mask. This is where Erin brings up the penalty.
 "Do you want to take the penalty?", Erin to Sheri
They decide to take the penalty together if they are the last two teams. but they find Scott at the puzzle site so they keep going a bit more. Just as Erin is close to giving up again she gets it. After getting teh clue she offers to help Sheri.
 "No, you just need to go sweetie", Sheri to Erin

Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Dana & Matt*       (0-1) 2(+4)Tyler* & Korey     (1-0)About 3 minutes after #1 3(+2)Zach* & Rachel     (1-0) 4(+6)Darius* & Cameron  (1-0) 5(+6)Burnie* & Ashley   (1-0) 6(-4)Brodie & Kurt*     (0-1) 7(+2)Brittany & Jessica*(0-1) 8(-1)Marty* & Hagan     (1-0) 9(-6)Erin* & Joslyn     (1-0)10(-6)Sheri* & Cole      (1-0)11(-3)Scott* & Blair     (1-0)Shortly after #10
The next clue is a route info which tells teams to make their way to the next pit stop next to the Museo Soumaya (52km 52min).

So now there is a taxi race. Tyler & Korey actually passes Dana & Matt, but the dancers get their driver to step on it and take back the lead. But they are close so there will be a footrace t the finish.

The mood is tense in the ast three taxis as they all know they are figthing to stay in the race.
 "We're driving like we're on a vacation sigthseeing", Erin abouth their slow driver

 "10 is just first with a zero", Cole tries to put a positive spin on teh situation

Teams reach Phil at the pit stop in the following order:
  1(+0) Dana & Matt, win $2K each (not shown)
  2(+0) Tyler & Korey
  3(+0) Zach & Rachel
  4(+0) Darius & Cameron
  5(+0) Brodie & Kurt
  6(+0) Burnie & Ashley
  7(+0) Brittany & Jessica
  8(+0) Marty & Hagan
  9(+1) Sheri & Cole
 10(-1) Erin & Joslyn, about a minute after #9
 11(+0) Scott & Blair, are saved by a non-elimination

 "I'm just happy this isn't the end. I just want to be able to go to more places with my dad", Blair

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Amazing Race Season 28, Episode 2, "You look like Gollum"
Film date: 2015-11-17 - 2015-11-18

The episode starts with a clip from the previous leg with Scott & Blair talking to Phil at the pit stop. Blair admits to having over-packed so she will go through her stuff and throw lots of it away.
 "I brought a hair dryer and a curling iron", Blair confesses

The last pit stop was at Museo Soumaya in Mexico City. And this is also where teams are released the following day after a 24+h pit stop. Teams are released in the following order:

1.Dana & Matt       13:42 2.Tyler & Korey     13:43+0:01 3.Zach & Rachel     13:57+0:15 4.Darius & Cameron  14:07+0:25 5.Brodie & Kurt     14:16+0:34 6.Burnie & Ashley   14:17+0:35 7.Brittany & Jessica14:29+0:47 8.Marty & Hagan     14:34+0:52 9.Sheri & Cole      14:43+1:0110.Erin & Joslyn     14:45+1:0311.Scott & Blair     15:04+1:22
Route info: Fly to the walled city of Cartagena, Colombia. Once teams land they should make their way to Totumo.

We realize that this is the first time teams have had to arrange flights for themselves. And some of them really miss being able to book them online. So some confusion ensues.
 "These are all ticket counters", Matt is adapting

Darius & Cameron are having the greatest difficulties navigating the airport and end up on the last flight. Teams are spread out over four different flights which probably were:

Flight #1:
  AM708   MEX-BOG  18:19 - 23:55  (scheduled 18:09 - 23:58)
  AV9450  BOG-CTG  07:26 - 08:56  (scheduled 07:27 - 08:59)
This carries:
  Dana & Matt
  Tyler & Korey
  Burnie & Ashley
  Brodie & Kurt

Flight #2:
  AM708   MEX-BOG  18:19 - 23:55  (scheduled 18:09 - 23:58)
  AV8556  BOG-CTG  08:13 - 09:53  (scheduled 08:05 - 09:37)
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This carries:
  Zach & Rachel
  Brittany & Jessica
  Sheri & Cole
  Erin & Joslyn
  Scott & Blair

Flight #3:
  AM798  MEX-MDE  18:07 - 23:40  ((scheduled 18:01 - 23:30)
  AV9760 MDE-CTG  09:10 - 10:17   (scheduled 08:55 - 10:02)
This carries:
  Marty & Hagan

Flight #4:
  AM708   MEX-BOG  18:19 - 23:55  (scheduled 18:09 - 23:58)
  AV9542  BOG-CTG  08:55 - 10:31  (scheduled 09:00 - 10:32)
This carries:
  Darius & Cameron

Once teams exit the airport they jump into a set of marked taxis. We later learn that the clue said they had to keep their taxi for the entire leg.

Once teams arrive at Totumo (51km 43min) there s a marked stand where a guy hands out clues. Teams reach him in the following order:
  1. Brodie & Kurt
  2. Dana & Matt
  3. Burnie & Ashley
  4. Tyler & Korey
  5. Zach & Rachel
  6. Scott & Blair
  7. Erin & Joslyn
  8. Sheri & Cole
  9. Brittany & Jessica
 10. Marty & Hagan
 11. Darius & Cameron, just as Hagan runs up the volcano

Road block: Who is a hot mess?

Totumo is a mud volcano. That is it looks like a small volcano (about 10m high) and the "crater" is filled with mud. Contestants must submerge themselves in the mud and then look for a satchel containing an emerald in the mud pool. Once they have found one and washed off the emerald inside, there are satchels with other gems as well, they must bring it to an attendant by the beach. This attendant will then point to a clue box a bit out in the water where they can get their next clue.
 "It was like quicksand", Dana about the mud in the "volcano"
 "You look like Gollum", Tyler gets the title when Korey come down the mud volcano

Unfortunately for him Korey drops his emerald while making hos way down the slippery steps and he can not find it again so he have to go up again and find another one.

Here we also learn that Blair did throw away her good bathing suit when lightening her pack during the last pit stop.
 "Daddy, do you have anything I can wear as a bathing suit that isn't a thong", Blair
Fortunately for Blair Rachel is able to lend her something.

This is one of those tasks which favors the first teams to arrive. They have a much easier time since there are more emeralds to be found.

Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Brodie* & Kurt     (1-1) 2(+1)Burnie & Ashley*   (1-1) 3(-1)Dana* & Matt       (1-1) 4(+0)Tyler & Korey*     (1-1) 5(+1)Scott & Blair*     (1-1) 6(+1)Erin & Joslyn*     (1-1) 7(-2)Zach & Rachel*     (1-1) 8(+0)Sheri & Cole*      (1-1) 9(+0)Brittany* & Jessica(1-1)10(+1)Darius & Cameron*  (1-1)22(-1)Marty & Hagan*     (1-1)
Despite the swim at the end contestants are still rather muddy when they leave this detour. Which explains why the taxis have plastic sheets protecting their seats.

Route info: Make your way to Moello Farandula Jugos Naturales in Manzanillo del mar.

Teams arrive here (46km 40min) in the following order:
  1(+0) Brodie & Kurt, missed the clue location first
  2(+0) Burnie & Ashley
  3(+0) Dana & Matt
  4(+0) Tyler & Korey
  5(+1) Erin & Joslyn
  6(+2) Sheri & Cole
  7(+0) Zach & Rachel
  8(-3) Scott & Blair
  9(+0) Brittany & Jessica
 10(+0) Darius & Cameron, missed the clue location first
 11(+0) Marty & Hagan

Detour: Pop-up or Parrilla

Both of the detour options take place on a nearby beach.

In pop up teams must complete a shelter. They must dig holes to put the poles in and then place beams and some netting on top. The task is fairy straightforward, but there are some construction details you can miss, and teams do miss them.

In Parrilla teams must prepare and cook three fishes. Once the plates are correctly prepared they may serve them to the party guests to receive their next clue.

We can see that there are only 6 available spots at each detour option.

The 2nd to 4th team to arrive to the beach where the detours take place pass Phil as he live-narrates their progress.

 "I'm disadvantaged by my lack of height, and also my partners lack of communication", Dana
 "No good", The judge doesn't tell teams what is wrong

The clue also tells Scott & Blair to look for their speed bump at the detour. They must help a bunch of local fishermen haul in a giant fishing net and then help them pick up the caught fish.
 "Whoa, it bit me", Blair learns how to not pick up fish
 
We learn that Erin does not like fish after a traumatic childhood experience where a fish got inside a sensitive place of her bathing suit.

The prize for the biggest mistake when building the pop up goes to Zach who starts building their shelter off to the side and not at the marked location. Eventually they realize their error and have to tear down what they have built and start over.

As big as this mistake was it is overshadowed by Mary & Hagan who make a fatal error when they leave their taxi at the juice stand where they got the detour clue and make their way on foot to the beach where the detours take place. The distance seems to be about 1.5km (just under a mile).

 "That's raw dad", Blair have, justified, opinions about her fathers fish frying skills

Darius & Cameron go into this task with confidence. They beat Marty & Hagan in the last task and are sure they can do it here as well. But the race can be a humbling experience and they are the last team to complete the detour.

Team complete the detour in the following order:
  1(+3) Tyler & Korey, pop-up
  2(-1) Brodie & Kurt, pop-up
  3(-1) Burnie & Ashley, pop-up
  4(-1) Dana & Matt, pop-up
  5(+4) Brittany & Jessica, fish
  6(-1) Erin & Joslyn, fish
  7(+0) Zach & Rachel, pop-up
  8(-2) Sheri & Cole, pop-up
  9(-1) Scott & Blair, fish
 10(+1) Marty & Hagan, fish
 11(-1) Darius & Cameron, fish

The next clue is a route info which tells teams to make their way to the next pit stop at Parque de Bolivar in Cartagena.

Marty & Hagan finish ahead of Darius & Cameron, but they left their taxi in town and there are no free taxis on the beach. So they start running.
 "It's for a Pit Stop, Mama", Hagan

They run as hard as they can, until Darius & Cameron's drive pass them. At that time the air seem to go out of them.
 "That is it mom, that mistake cost us the race", Hagan sums it up

The back story which in part explains this is that their driver was very slow. They were therefore disinclined to use him more than necessary. And after picking up the detour clue they got the impression that the detour was just around the corner.

 "And that's why it is important to not give up when another team leaves", Cameron

Teams reach Phil at the mat (20km 36min) in the following order:
  1(+0) Tyler & Korey, win a trip to St Thomas
  2(+0) Brodie & Kurt
  3(+0) Burnie & Ashley
  4(+0) Dana & Matt
  5(+1) Erin & Joslyn
  6(+1) Zach & Rachel
  7(-2) Brittany & Jessica
  8(+0) Sheri & Cole
  9(+0) Scott & Blair
 10(+1) Darius & Cameron
 11(-1) Marty & Hagan, are eliminated

 "Book-smarts doesn't help with international flights", Cameron

 "I'm so proud of her, she couldn't have done any better", Marty about her daughter

Marionete:
I absolutely LOOVE that there have been so many placement changes so far this season! :wohoo: Definitely helps create suspense and an overall competitive spirit.

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Amazing Race Season 28, Episode 3, "Bros being jocks"
Film date: 2015-11-19

As usual we start with a scene from the last episode. This time it is Dana & Matt who are arguing in the airport.
 "Indecision is the thing that kills the race", Dana

The last pit stop was in Parque de Bolivar Cartagena, Colmbia. And this also seems to be where teams are released the following morning in the following order:

1.Tyler & Korey     10:05 2.Brodie & Kurt     10:20+0:15 3.Burnie & Ashley   10:26+0:21 4.Dana & Matt       10:56+0:51 5.Erin & Joslyn     11:35+1:30 6.Zach & Rachel     11:36+1:31 7.Brittany & Jessica11:37+1:32 8.Sheri & Cole      11:52+1:47 9.Scott & Blair     11:57+1:5210.Darius & Cameron  12:29+2:24
Route info: "Make your way on foot to Plazuela de San Diego and search for your next clue". Teams receive $1 for this leg of the race.

In the plaza, 900m away, teams find a pair of drummers, some dancers and next to them a hat with clues. Teams reach this in the following order:
  1(+0) Tyler & Korey
  2(+0) Brodie & Kurt
  3(+0) Burnie & Ashley
  4(+0) Dana & Matt
  5(+1) Zach & Rachel
  6(+1) Brittany & Jessica
  7(-2) Erin & Joslyn
  8(+0) Sheri & Cole
  9(+0) Scott & Blair
 10(+0) Darius & Cameron

Route info: "Make your way to Castillio San Felipe de Barajas". Once they arrive at the fortress (2.9km) teams follow the sound to a lone trumpeter. Next to him is the entrance to the catacombs, which teams have to search for their next clue.

The catacombs are claustrophobic but the next clue box is easy to find, the only catch is that you have to follow the tunnels for a while. Erin is having a slightly hard time with this task.
 "I am so claustrophobic", Erin
Joslyn talks her through it and they make it without any significant problems.

Teams find the clue in the catacombs in the following order:
  1(+0) Tyler & Korey
  2(+0) Brodie & Kurt
  3(+0) Burnie & Ashley
  4(+0) Dana & Matt
  5(+0) Zach & Rachel
  6(+0) Erin & Joslyn
  7(+0) Brittany & Jessica
  8(+0) Scott & Blair
  9(+0) Sheri & Cole
 10(+0) Darius & Cameron

Detour: "Tickets or Tejo"

In tickets teams must make their way to Carie Plaza (1.4km) and work as attendants on a bus. They must board one of the waiting buses, attract passengers and collect the fares from them. A trip costs 1.800 pesos and they need to collect at least 20.000. Once they are done they must exit the bus and make their way back to the starting point where they will receive the next clue from the supervisor.

In Tejo teams must make their way to Restaurant y Cancha de Tejo Ciracari (4.4km) and throw small metallic discs onto clay targets. What teams do not know is that the targets are coated with gun power so there will be a small explosion whenever they score a direct hit. Each team must hit a total of three targets. This looks a lot like Cornhole, but with explosives.

These tasks are really unbalanced. Tejo takes a few minutes to complete while the bus side takes at least 30 minutes or more. So even though Tejo is further away teams which choose this all end up in front of the teams doing the bus detour.

 "Just a couple of dudes being bros. Just a couple of bros being jocks", Tyler gets the title

On their way to the bus Scott hope they are picking the right detour:
 "I'll put on a show, I will twerk, I don't care", Blair says she will make anything to get through this detour
Later on the bus Blair comes up with a selling slogan which seems to attract passengers:
 "Besos for Pesos" (Kisses for pesos) Blair
Fortunately for her, and the blood pressure of her dad, she doesn't have to actually pay out any kisses.

Teams seem to enjoy both detour options. Tejo involves playing with explosives and tickets interacting with locals.
 "This is one of the best experiences of my whole life", Erin on the bus

Zach & Rachel are the only ones stumbling on this task. Rachel miscounts the money and thinks that the 1.000 pesos notes are worth 10.000 so they exit their bus and jump into a taxi. On their way back they realize their mistake but they have to go back anyway to catch another bus. This costs them a lot of time.
 "I have two tens, and we needed 20 so I think were way over", Rachel mistakes the 1.000 for 10.000

Teams complete the detour in the following order:
  1(+1) Brodie & Kurt, Tejo
  2(-1) Tyler & Korey, Tejo (taxi had trouble finding the place)
  3(+0) Burnie & Ashley, Tejo
  4(+0) Dana & Matt, Tejo
  5(+2) Brittany & Jessica, Tejo
  6(+3) Sheri & Cole, Tejo
  7(+3) Darius & Cameron, Tejo
  8(-2) Erin & Joslyn, tickets
  9(-1) Scott & Blair, tickets, just after #8
 10(-5) Zach & Rachel, tickets, after their second tour with a bus

There are rumors about an unaired, and probably unused, U-turn here.

Route info: "Make your way to Calle San Juán e Dios and search for the marked Mochilla vendor along the wall of Museo Naval del Caribe" This is 7km from the Tejo detour and 5.7km from the tickets start/end.

Teams get their clue from a hat next to the marked vendor in the following order:
  1(+0) Brodie & Kurt
  2(+0) Tyler & Korey
  3(+0) Burnie & Ashley
  4(+0) Dana & Matt, before the first team has competed the challenge
  5(+0) Brittany & Jessica
  6(+0) Sheri & Cole, before the 4th team has completed the challenge
  7(+1) Erin & Joslyn, after #6 has completed the task
  8(-1) Darius & Cameron, just after #7
  9(+0) Scott & Blair
 10(+0) Zach & Rachel, before #7 has completed the task, probably around 18:00

Road block: "Who's left holding the bag?"

In this road block contestants must pick a bag from the stand where they got the clue. They must then search the old town of Cartagena for marked stands. They must search these for two more bags by the same designer. The name of the designer can be found on a label inside the bag. Once they have three matching bags they can give them to the vendor at the starting point to receive their next clue.

The bags are very colorful and the three bags they need to collect look fairly similar. It turns out to help if you can speak Spanish since it is a lot easier to ask for directions then.
 "This is where Joslyn's Spanish would come in very handy", Erin

This road block requires teams to run quite a bit. And it is hot and
humid.

Jessica works together with Cole. Even after she have found all her bags she still sticks around with him. Eventually they come back to the initial stand and get question from their waiting partners.
 "I have them, I'm just trying to help Cole", Jessica
 "Aww, you're so sweet", Sheri
Cole tells Jessica to go ahead so she turns her bags in. What we aren't really shown, but you can see if you know what to look for, is that Cole also picks up a new bag to have a second designer to look for.

Erin and Scott run into each other and decide to work together. The producers then make it look like Erin abandons him, but that doesn't last long.
 "I didn't mean to leave you back there", Erin
 "You got excited, it's okay", Scott doesn't hold a grudge

Darius is the first of the last four teams to find all his bags. But he is confused about who to give the bags to.
 "The name inside the bag says Adriana, So I've got to find Adriana", Darius
Adriana turns out to be hard to find since she is not around. Instead teams are supposed to give the bags to the vendor by the initial stand, something the other teams haven't had any problems figuring out. Darius wastes a lot of time before he realizes this.

Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Brodie & Kurt*     (1-2) 2(+0)Tyler* & Korey     (2-1) 3(+0)Burnie & Ashley*   (1-2) 4(+0)Dana* & Matt       (2-1) 5(+0)Brittany & Jessica*(1-2) 6(+0)Sheri & Cole*      (1-2) 7(+0)Erin* & Joslyn     (2-1) 8(+1)Scott* & Blair     (2-1) 9(+1)Zach* & Rachel     (2-1)10(-2)Darius* & Cameron  (2-1)
Route info: "Make your way on foot to your next Pit Stop at Baluarte de Santiago on the old city wall. Warning, the last team to check in may be eliminated".

 "...may be eliminated, or die", An exhausted Dana reads the clue

Zach heard drums while doing the road block so he thinks he knows where the pit stop is. What he heard were some street musicians who are playing at the last pit stop location. Unfortunate for them this is not the pit stop for this leg. But it is almost on the way to the real pit stop so they would not have lost much time.

Teams arrive at the pit stop (290m) in the following order:
   1(+0) Brodie & Kurt, win a trip to Mykonos, Greece
   2(+0) Tyler & Korey
   3(+0) Burnie & Ashley
   4(+0) Dana & Matt
   5(+0) Brittany & Jessica
   6(+0) Sheri & Cole, received a 30 minute penalty
   7(+0) Erin & Joslyn
   8(+0) Scott & Blair
   9(+0) Zach & Rachel
  10(+0) Darius & Cameron, are eliminated

Sheri & Cole received a 30 minute penalty since Cole took two bags from the initial stand at the road block. This did not affect their placement.

Phil plays with Zach & Rachel as they arrive at the pit stop
 "Zach & Rachel, you probably know where you're at", Phil keeping a stone face
 "Give us the bad news Phil", Zach thinks the news is bad
 "The last team to check in is behind you", Phil see Darius & Cameron approaching

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