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maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Season 17, Episode 9
Film date 2010-06-09 - 2010-06-10
Teams leave the Al Alam Palace after a 16h pit stop in the following order:
1.Jill & Thomas 11:10 2.Chad & Stephanie 11:27(+0:17)3.Nick & Vicki 12:57(+1:47)4.Brook & Claire 13:36(+2:26)5.Nat & Kat 15:37(+4:27)
Route info: "Fly to Bangladesh". Teams must now fly to Dhaka, Bangladesh. When they land they will make their way to Sundarban square supermarket (17km) and find a sugarcane press. Using this they must fill a large cup with sugarcane juice, which one team member must drink in order to receive their next clue.
The route info also states: "Warning: somewhere on this leg you will encounter a double U-turn".
Choice quotes:
"We agreed we are going to do Nat & Kat", Chad & Stephanie know who they want to U-turn
"And I don't want to loose to a pair of girls too", That they are strong is not the only reason Chad wants to U-turn the doctors
At the airport the first four teams find tickets with arrival at 12:00 the next day. Chad & Stephanie head over to get something to eat while Jill & Thomas keep looking for flights. Eventually Jill & Thomas manage to get tickets for the following:
QR165 MCT-DOH 18:37-18:58
QR344 DOH-DAC 21:16-05:19
Brook & Claire see Jill & Thomas get their tickets but find out that the flight is full. They then encounter and tell Nick & Vicki about this (big mistake). Eventually Nick & Vicki beat Brook & Clair to get the last tickets on the following flights:
LX243 MCT-DBX 23:38 - 00:49
EK582 DBX-DAC 02:19 - 08:47
Brook & Claire and Chad & Stephanie end up on:
9W539 MCT-BOM 00:40-04:40
9W276 BOM-DAC 09:03-12:28
Nat & Kat seem to think everybody else is gone so they immediately jump on a plane to Dubai. They did not have time to get tickets further on so they hope to solve the rest of the trip in Dubai. In Dubai they get tickets via Mumbai and there they encounter Brook & Claire and Chad & Stephanie. The flight path of the doctors is thus:
FZ46 MCT-DBX 18:10-19:10
9W543 DBX-BOM 21:40-02:15
9W276 BOM-DAC 09:03-12:28
This means that teams arrive in Dhaka in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
And 3.5h later
2. Nick & Vicki
And almost 4h after that
3-5. Nat & Kat
3-5. Brook & Claire
3-5. Chad & Stephanie
Teams reach and complete the sugarcane press task in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
2. Nick & Vicki
3-5. Chad & Stephanie, Brook & Claire, Nat & Kat (more or less simultaneously)
Choice quotes:
"Just down it like a beer babe", Vicki motivates Nick
"Yeah, Brook, you stick out like a sore thumb", Claire explains why people are staring
"Detour: Balanced Meal or Balanced Bricks
Balanced Meal: Deliver 30 'Tiffin Meals' to the crew on duty at a Cargo ship docked across the river.
Note due to safety conditions on the river, this event is only open from 7am to Sunset.
Balanced Bricks: Using the local method of carrying cargo atop the head deliver 100 bricks from a supply barge to a nearby retail shop."
In stacked meal teams must load 30 containers of lunches from Shahjahan's on a boat. The boat will then be rowed (by locals) across the harbor and at the other end the teams must hoist the lunches up on a ship. They must then load 10 empty containers and return the same way.
Teams travel by cycle rickshaw to the detour. When taking off the rickshaw carrying Chad & Stephanie departs in the opposite direction of Brook & Claire and Nat & Kat.
Teams arrive at the detour (2.4km) in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
And a lot later
2. Nick & Vicki
And a few more hours later
3. Nat & Kat
4. Brook & Claire, arrive as #3 are performing the detour
5. Chad & Stephanie, arrive as #3 & #4 are unloading their food
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas (bricks)
2. Nick & Vicki (meal)
3. Nat & Kat (meal)
4. Brook & Claire, (meal)
5. Chad & Stephanie, (meal)
6. Brook & Claire, (bricks after being U-turned)
7. Chad & Stephanie, (bricks after being U-turned)
Brook & Claire complete the bricks detour before Chad & Stephanie even arrives at it.
Choice quotes:
"This stinks so bad", Jill is not happy about the detour area
"These guys are half my size and are taking 2-3 times the number of bricks I am", Thomas is impressed by the locals
"I don't want to know what's in these food containers because it doesn't smell very good", Vicki
"But Nick is wearing it", Vicki again (Nick smells after spilling on himself)
"Go, go, go, oh right. There's a cop. We can't break the laws here in Bangladesh, I really don't want to go to prison here", Brook realizes there is a reason their rickshaw has stopped
"There is Chad. Oh my god we have to sprint. We can U-turn 'em", Brook spots Chad at the detour
"You're not going to have a very good team mate if I'm passed out", Claire wants Brook to slow down a bit
Route info: "Make your way on foot to Dhaka river port". Here teams encounter a double U-turn. In this two teams can each pick another team which has to perform the other side of the detour. Teams reach the U-turn in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas, U-turn Brook & Claire
2. Nick & Vicki
3. Nat & Kat, U-turn Chad & Stephanie
4. Brook & Claire
5. Chad & Stephanie
Choice quotes:
"They are always at the top", Thomas why they U-turned Brook & Claire
"I think Chad & Stephanie was the stronger team of the ones behind us", Nick wanted to use the U-turn
"I choose not to use it, we choose", but Vicki overrules him
"We had to U-turn whoever might be behind us, just to help us survive", Nat explains their U-turning Chad & Stephanie
Route info: "Take a bicycle rickshaw to Nazira Bazaar and find Sikka Tull. Your next clue is at the nearby Tekka Mistiri Garage.
Note: A bicycle rickshaw does not have a motor or engine of any kind"
Teams arrive at the garage (1.6km) in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
Hours later
2. Nick & Vicki
Even more hours later
3. Nat & Kat
4. Brook & Claire, arrive while #3 are doing the road block
5. Chad & Stephanie, arrive while #3 and #4 are still at it
Road block: In this road block teams enter the Tekka Mistiri Rickshaw Garage and must properly assemble a cycle rickshaw using the parts provided. The different components they must assemble are: wheels, seat. canopy, bell, tassels, pedals, back seat and finally they have to thread the chain.
Teams complete the road block in the following order (* denotes team member performing the road block, and the numbers how many roadblocks each team member have performed):
1.Jill* & Thomas (5-4)2.Nick* & Vicki (6-3)3.Nat* & Kat (4-4)4.Brook* & Claire (5-4)5.Chad & Stephanie* (5-4)
Choice quotes:
"There is like a lot of nuts and bullets", Jill find the parts
"Geez, these people are great", Thomas fraternizes with the locals while waiting on Jill
"I rode bicycles growing up as a kid so this shouldn't be too difficult", Nick utters famous last words?
"Nick listening to be about not U-turning is a huge deal", Vicki talks about how Nick has changed on the race
"I can't say I'm an expert at building rickshaws, but similar to when buying things from IKEA", Nat
"Oh we got flair people", Adding the tassels came naturally to Brook
"How is that PhD helping you?", Chad baits Nat
"For the record, I have an MD. I do not have an PhD.", Nat
"I sense a little bit of bitterness from the U-turned", Kat with today's understatement
"Good luck Chad, sorry about that. It was nothing personal", Nat to Chad when she is leaving
"Nah, it's cool", Chad accepts the situation
Despite his comment Nick does not have any real problems with assembling the bike. But like Jill he forgets the chain (since it was not in the box of parts).
Chad was perhaps not the most likeable person at the road block, but trying to get Nat off balance was probably his best bet. Too bad for him it did not work.
Route info: "Make your way to the next pit stop". The pit stop is located at Lalbagh fort (2.5km).
The first three teams all took taxis, but the last two teams failed to any free taxis so they eventually made their way there on foot. They completed the road block within five minutes of each other. And that was also the distance at the pit stop.
Teams reach the pit stop in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas, win one gift card with $15.000
2. Nick & Vicki
3. Nat & Kat
4. Brook & Claire
5. Chad & Stephanie, are eliminated
Choice quotes:
"They just seem like one of the teams you don't want around in the final leg", Thomas on why they U-turned Brook & Claire
"So we being nice is, does pay off", Vicki to Nick
"A man U-turned two little girls", Brook & Claire try to downplay themselves
"Don't even pretend like you guys aren't a threat", but Phil is not buying it
"Nat & Kat, they beat us to it so, Touché", Chad about the U-turn. And that is how you should handle being U-turned.
maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Season 17, Episode 10
Film date 2010-06-11 - 2010-06-13
Teams leave the pit stop at the Lalbagh fort in the following order:
1.Jill & Thomas 08:25 2.Nick & Vicki 13:59(+5:34)3.Nat & Kat 16:05(+7:40)4.Brook & Claire 17:15(+8:50)
Route info: "Fly to Hong Kong". Teams must now fly to Hong Kong. When they land the must make their way by bus and ferry to Cheung Chau island to search for the Cheung Po Tsai cave.
All teams end up on the same flights:
SQ435 DAC-SIN 23:55-05:44
CX736 SIN-HKG 10:07-14:23
Choice quotes:
"We like making him feel uncomfortable", Claire about the coming meeting with Thomas
Jill & Thomas are not happy about meeting Brook & Claire at the airport (since they U-turned them in the last leg). But both teams stay relatively classy so the encounter does not degenerate. But I think Jill & Thomas should hope that they do not get to an U-turn after Brook & Claire for the rest of the race.
Jill & Thomas is the first team on a bus out of the airport. The other teams all make the next bus.
After the bus there is a foot-race (~600m) to the ferry. The first ferry, which departs 16:45, carries:
1. Jill & Thomas
2. Nat & Kat
3. Brook & Claire
Vicki gets an asthma attack so they miss this boa and have to wait for the next one at 17:15.
4. Nick & Vicki
Choice quotes:
"Right before the doors close, these guys will be Indiana-Jonesing in", Thomas hopes the other teams will miss the boat, but thinks they will make it
"Why are you crying", Nick to Vicki
Here Nick melts down and start blaming Vicki for them missing the boat. This is strictly speaking true (she got an asthma attack), but that is no reason for him to talk like he does.
Once on Cheung Chau teams run to the caves (~2km). Teams reach the clue box here in the following order:
1. Nat & Kat
2. Jill & Thomas, simultaneously with #1
3. Brook & Claire
4. Nick & Vicki
Choice quotes:
"I'm just tryin' to keep up", Claire has a hard time running
"Why are you mad at me?", Claire to Brook
"Let's hug it out", Brook & Claire make up on the boat.
At the island Brooks gets a little impatient at Claire (who has trouble keeping up). I wonder if they know she is pregnant?
Route info: "Ferry yourselves to Kowloon". Once teams get there they must locate Majesty Chinese Restaurant (1.5km) where they will find their next clue.
The first three teams end up on the same boot from Cheung Chau while Nick & Vicki have to wait for the next one again.
Teams reach the restaurant in the following order:
1. Nat & Kat
2. Jill & Thomas
3. Brook & Claire
4. Nick & Vicki, arrives after teams #1 & #2 have left
Road block: "Who is feeling peckish", in this road block one team member must use chop sticks to search through a sumptuous buffet for one of five fake items. They must eat everything they touch (except the fakes)
This restaurant is not a calm and sedated place. On the contrary, it is full of locals and there is a stage with awful karaoke. Team members not performing the road block are mostly waiting on the stage. Where Brook can't help herself but starts a wild dance within seconds of getting on the stage.
Nick & Vicki are apparently there for a long time because the locals look very bored, some are even leaving, and others are reading magazines towards the end.
Teams complete the road block 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 (5-4)2.Jill & Thomas* (5-5)3.Brook & Claire* (5-5)4.Nick & Vicki* (6-4)
This road block is very hard and both Claire and Vicki have to visit the bathroom in order to "return" some food. The camera person helpfully follows and tries to document everything. Thankfully the contestants have the presence of mind to close the bathroom stall doors in front of the camera. So all we get are the sound effects (which is bad enough).
Eventually Nick offers Vicki to give up and take the 4h penalty. But Vicki refuses and continue on and eventually finds the fake food.
Choice quotes:
"It was overwhelming at first", Nat
"Pretty good", Nat after her first bite
"This is ridiculous", Thomas
"If it's karaoke I'll do it. That's easy", Claire thinks the road block is karaoke
"All the road block I've done, I've assumed to be something else. And all of them have been terrible", Claire
"This is hard", Claire
"She's supposed to be on a diet for her wedding", Brook about Claire
"I've never puked so much in my entire life", Claire
"Just keep puking out there", Brooks encourages Claire
"Ha, ha, ha", Nick realizes Claire have to throw up
"My stomach can't take in all this food", Vicki
"I hate Chinese food", Vicki (as teams #1 & #2 are on their way to the pit stop)
"It's supposed to be fun, this isn't fun", Nick is tired of the road block
"I don't like to quite anything I start", Vicki does not
Route info: "Enter the dragon", teams must now make their way to avenue of stars (2.6km) and figure out that they are searching for a statue of Bruce Lee. There is no changing of the order from the road block to the statue.
It is getting dark outside.
Detour: "Ding ding or Sampan"
In ding ding teams board a 100 year old transit system (6.6km), known as the ding ding. Then they must ride a particular portion of the route, searching among thousands of signs for three, which when put together will reveal the location of their next clue ("Pit stop statue square").
In sampan teams pick up a wooden cage (11km) with two parakeets and board a sampan. Then they must head out into Aberdeen harbor and search among hundreds of boats for the one with a registration number which matches the one on their bird cage (like CM65405A). Since it is dark teams are provided with high power flashlights.
This time the detour choices are basically needle in a haystack or needle in a haystack. And none of them are easy.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas, started ding ding but switched to sampan
2. Nat & Kat, sampan
3. Brook & Claire, sampan, arrived after #1 & #2 were done
4. Nick & Vicki, tried sampan but gave up sometimes after 04:00
According to the editors Nick & Vicki got to the sampans while Brook & Clair were still searching. Nick finally snapped on the boat and decided to give up and go to sleep. Vicki tried to continue, but couldn't do it by herself. So they had to quit the detour and take a 6h penalty.
Choice quotes:
"The registration numbers were at totally different places on each boat", Kat
"We had to keep the birds entertained by blowing this ridiculous whistle", Kat
"This is terrible", Nat to Jill about the detour
"That's good to hear", Jill has a strange definition of good
"We are nuts, we know", Brook to their sampan captain
"God, I wanna just choke somebody", Nick is about to snap
"But I just don't wanna give up after all that we've been through today", Vicki
"I don't care if you don't like to quit, it is over", Nick is quitting
"This is probably the worst day ever", Vicki
After the detour Jill & Thomas have a hard time to find a taxi who
knows where Statue Square is. Which allows Nat & Kat to pass them.
Teams reach the pit stop (7.5km) in the following order:
1. Nat & Kat, win a trip to Rio de Janeiro
2. Jill & Thomas
3. Brook & Claire
4. Nick & Vicki, are saved by a non-elimination
Choice quotes:
"You have a six hour penalty, and you have a speed bump, and you guys are a long way back", Phil to Nick & Vicki
"We're going to do what we can do. We don't wanna to quit the race", Vicki (but Nick looks resigned)
maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Season 17, Episode 11
Film date 2010-06-13 - 2010-06-14
Teams leave the pit stop in the following order:
1.Nat & Kat 16:37 2.Jill & Thomas 16:47(+0:10)3.Brook & Claire 17:26(+0:49)4.Nick & Vicki ?(+7h or more)
Route info: "Fly to the city of Seoul, South Korea. When you land, driver yourself towards the North Korean border". Teams must drive themselves from the airport to the DMZ and find the Seung-il bridge. Teams get $117 for this leg.
Nat & Kat and Jill & Thomas hop into cabs and go to the airport. It seems Nat & Kat borrow a cell-phone from the driver to check for flights. Brook & Claire go into a hotel and use the staff there to arrange tickets. All the first three teams end up on the same flight:
KE608 HKG-ICN 00:25-04:52
At the airport Nat & Kat convince a random traveler to buy a guide-book for them. That is smart.
We are not told when Nick & Vicki leaves the pit stop. But according to a later interview they arrived at the airport between 01:00 and 01:30. The next available flight is:
CX410 HKG-ICN 10:44-14:33 (was delayed)
So now Nick & Vicki are more than 9 hours behind the other teams. It is going to take a small miracle, or a major bunching point, for them to be able to catch up. And given that the other teams arrive in Seoul in the morning a bunching point seems unlikely.
Choice quotes:
"Really?, Kat is surprised about driving towards North Korea
""Do not cross the border", I guess it's pretty obvious", Kat reads from the clue
"It feels really weird to wear these kinds of clothes in a place like this" Brook & Claire feel out of place while waiting on their tickets in an upscale hotel
"It really comes down to a miracle", Nick when learning they will be 9 hours behind
Teams reach the bridge in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
2. Brook & Claire
3. Nat & Kat
And many hours later
4. Nick & Vicki
Choice quotes:
"Maybe if we could create an alliance with North Korea to look out for the other teams", Brook fantasizes
"Maybe we could solve something", Claire wants to solve the issues between North and South Korea
"Most of the signs are completely devoid of any sort of English characters", Nat
Route info: "Welcome to the DMZ!
Choose a rafting guide and a raft. Make your way though the rapids until you reach the military compound downriver. When you arrive, your Mission Commander and the waiting soldiers will give you additional orders.
Note: There will be a short safety briefing. You must wear all provided safety gear."
Teams must now raft down the river and then board an Humvee which will take them to the U.S. army base Camp Casey, where they will find their next clue.
All teams seem to enjoy the rafting.
Teams complete the rafting and reach the next clue box in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
2. Brook & Claire, arrive while #1 are performing the road block
3. Nat & Kat, arrive while #2 are performing the road block
Choice quotes:
"Geez, you took longer to get dressed than I did", Jill berates Thomas
"Now, this is what I call living", Brook while rafting down the river
Road block: "Who's ready to be all you can be?", teams mush choose a head band (from the top of the dais) and then go down to the field and find the one soldier (among 200) wearing a matching head-band (only the Korean letters on the bands differs). The soldiers are all performing Taekwondo exercises. If they find the correct match the soldier will kick a board to reveal the next clue. If they guess wrongly the soldier will take the band so the team member must go back to get a new one.
We can also see the speed-bump sign next to the clue box in Camp Casey. But Nick & Vicki may very will still be in Hong Kong.
Teams complete the road block in the following order (* denotes team member performing the road block, and the numbers how many roadblocks each team member have performed):
1.Jill & Thomas* (1st try)(5-6)2.Brook* & Claire (2nd try)(6-5)3.Nat & Kat* (1st try)(5-5)
Choice quotes:
"She is not being focused", Claire about Brook at the road block
"I'm surrounded by ninjas", Brooke
Brooke can't contain her selves so after the soldier has hit the board she has to give it a kick as well.
Route info: "Find Seoul's world cup stadium". Teams must make their way on foot to the subway station. They must then travel to Seoul World Cup Stadium where they will find their next clue.
The first subway train which leaves carries:
1. Jill & Thomas
The second train carries
2. Brook & Claire
3. Nat & Kat
Here we get to see a shot of Nick and Vicki sleeping on the plane.
Teams reach the clue box in the stadium in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas
2. Brook & Claire
3. Nat & Kat, moments after #2
Detour: "Full throttle or Full bottle"
In full throttle teams make their way on foot or by subway to Mok-dong ice rink. Here they change into state of the art speed skating suite and must the skate a two person relay for a total of 24 laps.
In full bottle teams make their way on foot or by subway to Namdaemun market, put on delivery uniforms and carry a total of six bottles containing giant ginseng roots to a holistic wellness center. Once there they must each drink a bottle of ginseng tonic.
All teams chose full throttle. They arrive at the stadium in the following order:
1. Brook & Claire, took a taxi!
2. Jill & Thomas
3. Nat & Kat, arrive after the ted other teams have left
Here we get shots of Nick & Vicki landing. They ask a local who offers to lead them all the way to the bridge. See below for more details about the Nick & Vicki storyline.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1. Jill & Thomas (throttle)
2. Brook & Claire (throttle)
3. Nat & Kat (throttle)
Choice quotes:
"That's easy, we can skate, we suck at delivering stuff", Thomas knows how it is
"We do", but the stuff comes as a surprise to Jill
"Can you ice skate?", Brooke to Claire
"No, I haven't ice skated since I was like 7", Claire
"I'll go really fast to make up for it", Brooke wants to go skating anyway
"The attire, that was disgusting. It was like a little latex spandex tight all over your body not easy to move in suit", Brooke
"I'm right behind you Brooke, as usual", Claire feels she can't keep up
"Seven times I fell, that was ridiculous", Jill
"I grew up in Arizona, so I have a lot of experience with ice skating", Nat is sarcastic
"Our coach is yelling at us", a very slow moving Nat
Time is now 15.15 according to Claire's watch (while in the taxi on the way to the next clue).
Route info: "Make your way to Han riverside park... The next clue awaits you under the airplane near the bridge". Teams must now make their way to the Yeouido Hangang riverside park and search for a statue of an airplane, where they will find their next clue. Teams reach this clue in the following order:
1. Brook & Claire
2. Jill & Thomas
3. Nat & Kat
Choice quotes:
"Kiss count is up to nine", Taxi driver got a kiss from Claire
Route info: "Make your way to the next pit stop, temple of heaven". The last team to check in will be eliminated. Teams reach the pit stop, at Wongudan temple, in the following order:
. Brook & Claire, get a 30 minute penalty (took a taxi)
1. Jill & Thomas, win a trip to Iguazu falls in Argentina
2. Brook & Claire
3. Nat & Kat
4. Nick & Vicki, are eliminated
Given the reaction of Brooke at the pit stop it seems they realized they did break a rule, but hoped to get away with it.
We finally get to see some shots of Nick & Vicki. They are so to say racing in a league of their own. They have not even found the bridge when the doctors reach the pit stop. Both Nick & Vicki seem relaxed and we get a feeling that they have accepted their fate. They did not have to do the rafting. But they are seen performing a speed bump, hosing down a tank (which apparently took 10-15minutes). It is dark while they are doing the speed bump.
Choice quotes:
"I need to toilet", the local helping Nick & Vicki
"He wants you, I knew you were good for something", Nick to Vicki (with a smile) about the local guiding them
"They also don't know, follow me", The local has asked some soldiers
"We knew we were way behind everybody else, we pretty much knew it was our last leg", Nick
"Don't squirt me, clown", Nick to Vicki during the speed bump
"The hardest part is acknowledging the flaws we do have in our relationship", Nick
"I actually went through this entire race without killing him, so I think that is a good think", Vicki in the post race interview
Prophet:
Thanks for making these detailed Race reports, maf! :cmas9
jayreh1021:
Thanks for the reports maf! These are amazing as usual :cmaslol
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