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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 17, Episode 6
Film date 2010-06-03 - 2010-06-05
Teams leave the pit stop at Ankenes marina on the evening of the 3rd. Or at least Nat & Kat do, they start racing at 20:26. None of the other teams are shown departing. That does not matter much since they all have plenty of time to catch up.
Teams must now drive themselves to the railway station. Then take a train towards Stockholm and then fly from Arlanda to St. Petersburg Russia. When they land they must make their way to Vasilievsky island and find the Rostral columns.
When Nat & Kat reach the station they learn that it opens at 06.00. They manage to find somebody who checks the timetable for them and learn that the next train will not leave until 10:26 the next day. So there is plenty of time for everybody to catch up.
The next day (2010-06-04) everybody travel on the following trains:
IC 95 Narvik to Boden, 10:26 - 16:53
IN 91 Boden to Uppsala, 17:25 - 06:02
For some reason the editors have decided to lie a lot to us during the train ride. Most of the footage of teams getting on the train is actually from Boden. And teams leave the train in Uppsala rather than Stockholm, which the editors want us to believe.
Choice quotes:
"I've never been on a train before" Mallory at Boden station (i.e. just after a 6h train ride)
"This is crazy, have you ever slept on any of these", Jill asks Thomas
"Yeah, of course", Thomas has done everything
"Chad, whenever he is pissed and frustrated, it is just Stephs fault", Stephanie is not pleased about being blamed for every mishap
In Uppsala teams take taxis to Arlanda (38km 0:28) and buy tickets to St. Petersburg. Some teams have trouble finding taxis (Chad & Stephanie and Gary & Mallory). But they all end up on the same flight SK732 which departed at 10:14 and arrived at 13:33 on 2010-06-05. Once the flight lands we have the usual mad dash for the taxis. Eventually teams reach the clue box at the columns (18km 0:21) in the following order:
1. Brook & Claire
2. Michael & Kevin
3. Chad & Stephanie
4. Gary & Mallory
5. Jill & Thomas
6. Nick & Vicki
7. Nat & Kat
Choice quotes:
"Kevin, this is a city full of history and culture", Michael tries to get Kevin to care, but in vain
"I like how they keep all their buildings instead of blowin' 'em up", Nick is from Las Vegas
Detour: "Classical music or classic cinema
Classical Music: Listen to three gramophones playing music. Then find the pianists playing the same three compositions. When you've made the correct matches, you will receive your next clue.
Classic Cinema: Searching through clips of film kept at a soundstage, find one clip that matches any scene from a short movie playing on a screen. When you do, the Director will give you the next clue."
Classical music is in a nearby palace (3km 0:03). What the clue does not say is that teams must find the pianists among a total of 20 pianists all playing different tunes. The pieces the teams are looking for are:
Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Tchaikovsky: Troika
This task is easier if you concentrate on one tune at a time.
Classic movies is in Lenfilm studios (2km 0:02). The film clip is from Eisenstein's "October". This task get easier if teams realize they can concentrate on the words shown on the screen every now and then.
The distance between the tasks is approximately 4km.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas (film)
2. Brook & Claire (film)
3. Michael & Kevin (film)
4. Chad & Stephanie (music)
5. Nat & Kat (started music but switched to film)
6. Gary & Mallory (started music but switched to film)
7. Nick & Vicki (started music, switched to film and then switched back to music)
Choice quotes:
"Oh my gosh". Michael and Kevin see the heaps of film clips they have to search through
"Oh my god", Stephanie sees the room full of pianos
"It was ridiculous", Chad was overwhelmed by the sound
"I wanted you to have a decent ear", Mallory realizes her dad is useless in the music task
"I though this one was going to be the faster one", Kat realizes that the film task is also hard
"I have no clue, I'm so fricking confused" Chad is baffled by the pianos
"Sitting back and letting somebody take the lead, specially my girlfriend" Chad about what he considers to be the hardest thing on the race. I'm stunned
After Stephanie nailed the music detour (i.e. she was right while Chad was boneheaded)
"I'm going to try very hard to remember these lessons", Chad, having realized she can be right and he can be wrong
"Don't worry, I'll make sure you do", Stephanie
The next clue is a record or an empty film cassette. Teams must figure out that they need to go to the place shown on the label (Palace square, from film 3km 0:04, from music 2km 0:02). No teams have any problems with this. They reach the square in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
2. Brook & Claire
3. Michael & Kevin
4. Chad & Stephanie
5. Nat & Kat
6. Gary & Mallory
7. Nick & Vicki
Route info: "Make your way to Alexandrovskaya". Teams must now make their way to this town (29km 0:34). Once there they follow a marked road to a neighborhood store, where they will find the next clue. Teams find it in the following order:
1. Brook & Claire
2. Michael & Kevin
3. Jill & Thomas
4. Nat & Kat
5. Chad & Stephanie
6. Gary & Mallory
7. Nick & Vicki, arrives after all other teams have left
Road block: "Who's ready for a Russian Drag Race?"
In this road block one team member must dress up like a Babushka. Then they must pick up a sack of potatoes at a specified address. This sack also contains a note "Take me to the wheelbarrows on Duck's End". There is a small English sign pointing to Duck's End, but it is easy to miss among the other signs. Attached to the wheelbarrows is another small note "Fill me with manure. Take me and your potatoes to the marked field down 14th path." When teams reach the field they are each directed to plant 50 potatoes adding plenty of manure along the way.
At the field there is a number of real Babushkas who instruct the contestants. But the value of these instructions is debatable since they only speak Russian. But it makes for some great humor though.
Some players have a real hard time finding Duck's end. One of the better shots was of Stephanie asking a local for Ducks' End while a smiling Nat walks by behind her with the wheelbarrow from Duck's End.
After Stephanie had filled her wheelbarrow she threw the shovel up on top of the manure pile. Just because she knew that the next contestant would have to struggle and walk in manure to get it. I think she should be glad she was not penalized for doing that.
Teams complete the roadblock in the following order (* denotes team member performing the road block, and the numbers how many roadblocks each team member have performed):
1.Michael & Kevin* (2-4)2.Brook* & Claire (3-3)3.Jill* & Thomas (3-3)4.Nat* & Kat (3-2)5.Chad & Stephanie* (4-2)6.Gary & Mallory* (3-3)7.Nick* & Vicki (4-2)
Choice quotes:
"That's some stinky manure", Brook
"He'd be a good farm hand, yes?", The Babushkas about Kevin (in Russian)
"Ahhh, I just stepped in poo", Brook is upset
"These skinny girls can do everything", the Babushkas about Jill
"Jill, good job", Thomas is full of praise after Jill went through it quickly
"Come join us for a little vodka", A local wants to get to know Mallory better
"He was inviting me inside for a drink. In Swedish or Russian I think", Mallory again (if you are in the Russian countryside, I'd say one of those two languages is a little more probable than the other)
"Poor Mallory", Stephanie on how Mallory had to walk in manure to retrieve the shovel, but she does not really look all that sorry
"My shoes came off in the manure. That was a special moment", Mallory savours the memories
"They go to a lot of trouble to have french fries", Stephanie needs to expand her culinary horizons
"Looking good in that Babushka outfit, I might have to take it home and have you clean the house in it", Chad lives in another age. What about Chad cleaning the house in that outfit instead?
"I was thinking Drag race", Nick explains why he did the road block
"It was a little bit of race with a whole lot of drag. But just more queens than cars.", Nick
"I'm asking all the locals, but they're just trying to take pictures with me", Nick did look good in a dress though
"I never though I'd be planting potatoes in Russia, in a woman's dress", Nick reflects on the unpredictability of life
"Run Babushka run", Vicki to Nick
Route info: "Make your way to the next pit stop, St. Isaac's cathedral" (29km 0:35). The pit stop is actually located in a small park across the street from the cathedral. A lot of teams spend time to look around the cathedral before finding the pit stop. Teams check in in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas, win a trip to Sao Paolo
2. Brook & Claire
3. Michael & Kevin
4. Nat & Kat
5. Chad & Stephanie, beat Gary & Mallory in a foot race
6. Gary & Mallory
7. Nick & Vicki, last but are saved by a non-elimination
Choice quotes:
"She smells ripe", Claire about Brook's new fragrance
"There's a park across the street, Kevin", Michael has a theory where the pitstop may be
"It's not at the park", Kevin is sure (but wrong)
"Come on Claire, this is the one time I really need you to sprint", Brook has spotted the pit stop
"Where'd you guys come from?", Phil is surprised by Brook & Claire who came up from behind
"I would chew my nails off right now at this point, with manure under, to not get eliminated", Mallory is desperate
Some time later (after the next episode aired) we learn that there were production issues on this leg. Rumor has that it affected the music side of the detour. As a result there will be no speed bump for Nick & Vicki in the next leg. There will also be a bunching point at the start of the next leg (but we do not know if this was planned or due to the production issue).
maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Season 17, Episode 7
Teams leave the pit stop at the St Isaac's cathedral in the following order:
1.Jill & Thomas 08:30 2.Brook & Claire 08:35(+0:05)3.Michael & Kevin 08:40(+0:10)
No other teams are shown departing. It is quite possible that the production issue in the previous episode caused them to reset the departure times, and to make sure there is a bunching point at the start.
Route info: "Join the circus". Teams must now travel by taxi to Avtovo Circus (10km 0:11) where they will find their next clue. The circus is closed and when it opens all teams have arrived. Once the gates open there is a mad dash to the clue box:
Choice quotes:
"Our main issues are Thomas talking AT me and not TO me", Jill
"I want to be in the circus, that's where I belong", Brook
Detour: "Circus band or Circus clowns"
In Circus band both team members must learn to play a well known Russian folk song on accordion.
In Circus clowns teams must learn a plate spinning routine. Teams must get 10 plates to spin simultaneously for at least 10 seconds. From the footage it looks like there is only room for five teams trying trying this detour option simultaneously.
In both detours teams are surrounded by clowns and, as a final touch, equipped with big red clown noses.
Choice quotes:
"The whole circus tent was like bizarre, it was frantic", Kevin
"Our nerd side was definitely coming out with translating music into numbers", Nat explains how the managed the music detour
"You just have to learn the technique and don't panic", Brook on how to complete the plate spinning
"With that big red clown nose you couldn't look straight down and see the keys", Gary explain an unexpected problems
"This is so hard", Jill and Thomas
"There was just way to much to learn", Thomas on why they gave up on the band task
"I knew I would be the lone straggler, behind Stephanie", Chad had an insight
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1. Brook & Claire (clowns)
2. Nat & Kat (band)
3. Nick & Vicki (clowns)
4. Gary & Mallory (band)
5. Michael & Kevin (clowns)
6. Chad & Stephanie (clowns, switched to band)
7. Jill & Thomas (started clowns, switched to band and then switched back again)
Route info: "Time to solve a Russian mystery. Find the canal bridge guarded by four creatures with golden wings". Teams must now figure out that they need to go to Bank bridge (9km 0:11). Teams reach the clue box on the bridge in the following order:
1. Brook & Claire
2. Nat & Kat
3. Nick & Vicki
4. Michael & Kevin
5. Gary & Mallory
6. Jill & Thomas
7. Chad & Stephanie
Teams must now travel on foot from the bridge to 1 Vladmimirskiy prospekt tower (~2km). They can ask locals for help, but may not pay a taxi to lead them. Teams arrive at the tower in the following order:
1. Nat & Kat, left their backpacks in the taxi and had him wait at the bridge
2. Nick & Vicki
3. Michael & Kevin, have their taxi lead them (which is not allowed)
4. Brook & Claire
5. Gary & Mallory, left their backpacks in the taxi and had him wait at the bridge
6. Jill & Thomas, left their backpacks in the taxi and had him wait at the bridge
7. Chad & Stephanie, left their backpacks in the taxi and had him wait at the bridge
-. Brook & Claire, again, but this time they will walk to the Church
Choice quotes:
"Read the clue carefully, okay? Don't miss a word", Michael to Kevin
"Kiss count 9", Brook just thanked a local who gave directions
"Nat & Kat are the strongest team in this whole entire race right now", Nick
"Look at this. Look how dumb we are", Nick spotted the figurine
At the tower only two team members at a time may climb up to the top. They must then work out that the small, easily overlooked, figuring on a ledge is inviting them to visit a famous building. The church on spilled blood. Teams must then walk to the church where they will find their next clue. Part of the extra info here reads: "If you're keen the view will reveal the location of your next clue".
The following team members climb up the tower;
Kat & Nick, Nick spots the figurine
Kevin & Claire, Claire spots it
Thomas & Mallory, Thomas spots it
Stephanie, gives up
Chad, who spots it
When he gets down from the tower Nick tries to throw Kevin & Clair off by lying about what he found. But they do not fall for it.
Choice quotes:
"It says ...'You must walk to the next destination'", Nat explains why they do not take a taxi
"It was right in front of your fricking face, a little figurine", Chad points out how he found it
"God, I love it when he rubs it in", Stephanie is less than ecstatic
"Okay, now we've followed the rules", Claire when they have reached the church for the second time, this time on foot
Teams reach the Church on spilled blood in the following order:
1. Nat & Kat
2. Nick & Vicki
3. Michael & Kevin took a taxi
4. Brook & Claire, took a taxi
5. Gary & Mallory
6. Jill & Thomas
-. Brook & Claire again, this time they travelled on foot
7. Chad & Stephanie, took a taxi
Route info: "What am I? Peter The Great is buried inside me. The writer Dostoevsky was imprisoned within me. Find me and then search for the Gorodki Course to receive your next clue". Teams must now figure out that the riddle refers to the Peter and Paul fortress.
Here some teams go back for their taxis and bags while others try to get a taxi here. Which turns out to be hard.
In the taxi to the fortress Claire rereads the old instructions and realize they should have walked to the church. They go back to the tower and walk/run from there to the church, thus they evade any penalty.
Choice quotes:
"This is Vicki's idea", Nick is falling back to his old behavior and blaming Vicki
Teams reach the fortress in the following order:
1. Nat & Kat
2. Michael & Kevin
3. Brook & Claire
4. Nick & Vicki
5. Chad & Stephanie
6. Jill & Thomas
7. Gary & Mallory
Road block: "Between the two of you, who is the real player?"
The extra info reads "Master a centuries old Russian game to receive your next clue". One player must learn how to play Gorodki. It is a little like bowling, but rather than a ball here players throw a wooden bat. And the targets are small wooden sticks which are stacked in various formations. All sticks must be knocked completely out of the target area in two throws (or they are reset and the player may try again). Each player must clear three different pin formations to receive their next clue.
Choice quotes:
"Maybe it looks easier than it is", Kevin
"It's taking a while, but I know he will get it", Kevin
"Alright, crazy American girls. I know", Brooke gets back to work after having danced a bit
"I'm so glad Nick is doing this one. He'll take his aggression out on this", Vicki
"Right now we are neck and neck for not getting eliminated", Chad while Stephanie and Michael are the only players left at the road block
Teams complete the roadblock in the following order (* denotes team member performing the road block, and the numbers how many roadblocks each team member have performed):
1.Nat & Kat* (3-3)2.Brook* & Claire (4-3)3.Nick* & Vicki (5-2)4.Jill & Thomas* (3-4)5.Gary* & Mallory (4-3)6.Michael* & Kevin (3-4)7.Chad & Stephanie* (4-3)
Some players, like Kat, Gary, Nick and Thomas, really excelled at Gorodki. While some, i.e. Michael, took a very long time.
Route info: "Enter the fortress and make your way to the next pit stop".
Here all teams but Nick&Vicki and Gary&Mallory have to go back to their taxis to pay and get their bags. We are not shown all teams but both Michael&Kevin and Jill&Thomas are having trouble with the taxis. The drivers ask for an outrageous amount of money (1000Rubles ~= $330 for Michael & Kevin).
Teams check in to the pit stop in the following order:
1. Nat & Kat, win $5000 each
2. Brook & Claire, just before #3
3. Nick & Vicki
4. Gary & Mallory
5. Jill & Thomas
6. Chad & Stephanie
7. Michael & Kevin, are eliminated
Chad & Stephanie decided to leave their bags and ran to the pit stop. They won the foot race against Michael & Kevin. Only to be told that they had to go back and pay their taxi before they could check in. This allowed Michael & Kevin to reach the pit stop. Both are very glad to have made it, but their high spirits are crushed when they get told they have a 1h penalty for not following the rules (paying a taxi to lead them first and then taking a taxi => 2x30min). This allows Chad & Stephanie to catch up, but then they are told they have a 30min penalty for taking a taxi. However since more than 30min remains of the penalty for Michael & Kevin, Chad & Stephanie still make team #6.
Choice quotes:
"If we don't go all out every single leg, we're afraid we might be eliminated", Kat does not believe in holding back
"They are still looking for it Steph, please, please', Chad tries to get Stephanie to run when they see Michael & Kevin searching for the pit stop
"You didn't read it", Michael to Kevin, but why did not Michael read it?
ovalorange:
I absolutely love reading these every week Maf. These are a great way to refresh my mind about what happens each episode, its hard to catch every single detail each week let alone the entire season. You're doing a fantastic job, keep it up. :tup:
maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Season 17, Episode 8
Film date 2010-06-07 - 2010-06-08
I have tried to estimate distances and driving times every now and then. This data, from Yahoo this time, is an approximation at best and the driving times assumes no traffic.
Teams are supposed to leave from the waterfront just outside the Peter and Paul fortress in the following order:
1.Nat & Kat 01:06 2.Brook & Claire 01:28(+0:22)3.Nick & Vicki 01:29(+0:23)4.Gary & Mallory 01:46(+0:40)5.Jill & Thomas 01:53(+0:47)6.Chad & Stephanie 02:45(+1:39)
Chad & Stephanie manage to oversleep their departure so they did not get their first clue until 04:45 (+3:39).
Route info: "Fly to the city of Muscat". Teams must now fly to Oman. When they land they must make their way to Burj Al Mubkharah where a man will give them an ingot with their start time for the next morning. At that time teams may climb up to a local watch tower where they will find their next clue.
All teams stop by the same travel agency (UniFest Travel). One can assume that the producers have arranged for this agency to be open through the night for the teams. Teams manage to find different flights.
The first flight is:
KL3094 LED-AMS 08:00 - 09:08
KL449 AMS-MCT 10:25 - 20:19 (via AUH)
This flight carries
Nat & Kat
Brook & Claire
Unfortunately for the later teams there are no more seats on that so they have to travel on flight #2 which probably is:
LH3221 LED-FRA 05:53 - 06:50
LH618 FRA-MCT 12:37 - 22:25 (via AUH)
This flight carries
Gary & Mallory
Nick & Vicki
Jill & Thomas
When Chad & Stephanie finally arrives that flight is also full so they end up on some other flight. Which luckily for them is scheduled to arrive in Muscat at 22:45, just 10 minutes after the second flight.
Choice quotes:
"I think they slept in, like our worst nightmare", Claire about the missing Chad & Stephanie
"Don't even talk about that", Brook also fears oversleeping
"Let's just not talk about this", Stephanie wants to forget
Once teams land there is the customary race for the taxis. Teams eventually reach the designated man (35km 0:30) and receive departure times for the next morning in the following order:
Departure 07:30
1. Brook & Claire
2. Nat & Kat
Departure 07:45
3. Jill & Thomas
4. Chad & Stephanie
Departure 08:00
5. Gary & Mallory
6. Nick & Vicki
Teams camp out on the ground for the night. The next footage we see is for 06:00 in the morning. Teams are waking up and getting ready for the day (which includes Nick looking really sleepy and Nat & Kat doing Yoga). Chad leads Stephanie on a small walk and finally proposes to her.
Choice quotes:
"Will you spend the rest of your life with me? And marry me?", Chad to guess who:-)
"I will", Stephanie
After that their team relationship status as shown on the screen changes from "Newly Dating" to "Engaged", cute!
They also get applauses from the other teams. But it is soon back in the saddle again at 07:30 the first teams starts running up to the watch tower.
Route info: "Drive yourself to the Jebel Shams" (270km 3:45). This is the highest mountain in Oman. At the base of the mountain a safety driver will take them to the top where they will find their next clue.
When driving there it turns out that Nat & Kat and Gary & Mallory have similar maps. And relying on these they drive to the wrong side of the mountain. These teams then have to drive a long way back and then to the right side of the mountain so it took them close to 9h to reach the next clue box.
Choice quotes:
"The map that we have is a little vague", Kat
"These people are extremely nice, even if we are right up in their face", Thomas after having received directions from a local
"It takes just as long to look at the map and understand it as to ask a local", Nick
"I'm gonna go home the next time you give anybody any advice" Nick does not like that Vicki helped Brook
"I don't think anybody could be more lost than us", Nat does not know about Gary & Mallory
"You follow that road? That's not good", A local tells Gary to not proceed a dangerous (and slow) road across the mountain
"You'll get us up there nice and quick and safe?", Chad to their safety driver
"Insh Allah (god willing)", the driver replies
Teams reach the next clue box in the following order:
1. Chad & Stephanie
2. Jill & Thomas, get there while Chad is performing the road block
3. Nick & Vicki, arrive as Jill & Thomas are leaving
4. Brook & Claire, are not far behind Nick & Vicki
And many hours later:
5. Nat & Kat
6. Gary & Mallory, arrive as #5 are leaving
Road block: "Who wants to add a little magic to their life?". In this road block one team member must first rappel down 500ft (152m) to a small ledge. There they have to search among hundreds of lamps to find one with a ring in it. Once they have found the ring and received their next clue they may walk back up again.
Teams complete the roadblock in the following order (* denotes team member performing the road block, and the numbers how many roadblocks each team member have performed):
1.Chad* & Stephanie (5-3)2.Jill* & Thomas (4-4)3.Nick & Vicki* (5-3)4.Brook & Claire* (4-4)5.Nat & Kat* (3-4)6.Gary & Mallory* (4-4)
Choice quotes:
"I normally don't have any issues with height, but", Chad found the rappel a bit daunting
"I definitely have a fear of heights", Jill
"Excuse me mister", Vicki to the goat eating their clue
"I'm really not scared of anything but bugs", Vicki has no problem with heights
"That was really fun", Vicki enjoyed the rappel
"This is insane", But Claire did not
Vicki completes the road block just seconds before Claire. But when they are about to leave they see that they have a flat tire. Nick is not happy about this and lets everybody know. But eventually he gets on with it, and together with the driver he changes the tire.
Route info: "Drive yourself to the town of Nizwa" (87km 1:54). Here they will have to find a giant stack of books in a roundabout. The clue sits on top of the books. Teams reach this clue in the following
order:
1. Chad & Stephanie
2. Jill & Thomas, arrives at the clue as team #1 leaves
3. Brook & Claire
4. Nick & Vicki
5. Nat & Kat
And after it has gotten dark
6. Gary & Mallory
Detour: "Water table or Wedding table"
In water table teams must pump water (by a motorized pump) from a well and fill a water truck. Once the truck is full they must navigate the confusing streets of Muscat searching for their designated house. Once they have made their delivery they get their next clue.
In wedding table teams make their way to a traditional market where they must purchase 25 frozen chickens and all the other ingredients for a traditional wedding soup. Teams will receive their next clue when they have presented the wedding couple with the traditional dish of maqbous.
It is not clear from the presentation if teams actually have to cook the soup from their ingredients. A comment from Jill indicates that they might have to. But that would probably take a long time (frozen chickens anyone?). But we will never know because all teams choose water table.
Teams reach the water trucks (118km 1:07) in the following order:
1. Chad & Stephanie
2. Jill & Thomas, arrive as #1 are pumping
3. Nick & Vicki
4. Brook & Claire, arrive as #3 are pumping
5. Nat & Kat, when it is starting to get dark
6. Gary & Mallory
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
2. Chad & Stephanie, not long after #1
3. Nick & Vicki
4. Brook & Claire
5. Nat & Kat
6. Gary & Mallory
Choice quotes:
"We do not cook", Brook explains why they did water
"Thank goodness for all these nice people in Oman", Jill
"That's the best shower I've had in a couple of days", Kat spills water on herself
Jill & Thomas have a stroke of luck during the detour. Early on they find a local who is willing to lead them to their address. When they get there they find out that he is a cousin of the guy they are delivering to.
Route info: "Drive yourself to the Muttrah Souq in Muscat and search for: Ghalib Bakheet Salem Bait Kalshat Al-Mahari Store." Once they find this store (66km 0:43) they will get something which they must deliver to another merchant, known as Ali Baba. They will then get their next clue.
Teams reach the souq in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
2. Chad & Stephanie
And after dark
3. Nick & Vicki
4. Brook & Claire
5. Nat & Kat
6. Gary & Mallory
Teams find Ali Baba in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
2. Chad & Stephanie
3. Nick & Vicki
4. Brook & Claire, not long after #3
5. Nat & Kat
6. Gary & Mallory
Most of the souq closed before the last two teams got there. But the two needed shops kept open for the teams.
Choice quotes:
"Oh wow Claire, this in one way", Brook realize they are driving the wrong way on a street
"Ali Baba in the suit", Vicki
"Ali Baba in a suit?", Nick plays the whispering game
Brook & Claire got caught by the police for driving the wrong way on a one-way road. Luckily for them it seems they got away with just a warning.
Route info: "Make your way to the next pit stop". Teams must now make their way to Al Alam Palace (4km 0:08) which is the pit stop for this leg. Teams reach Phil and check in in the following order:
-. Jill & Thomas, 1st team to arrive, but are given a 30min penalty for paying a taxi to lead them
1. Chad & Stephanie, win a trip to Belize
2. Jill & Thomas
3. Nick & Vicki
4. Brook & Claire
and a lot later
5. Nat & Kat, just minutes ahead of #6
6. Gary & Mallory, are eliminated
Jill & Thomas arrive at the palace at 18:43 (according to the clock in their car) when the sun is going down.
According to their elimination station interview Gary & Mallor arrived at the pit stop around midnight, just minutes after Nat & Kat.
Choice quotes:
"The rules categorically state that you can not pay a taxi driver to lead you to a location", Phil to Jill & Thomas
georgiapeach:
Thanks for doing them! Great job as always!! :tup:
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