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Racing report, TAR 19, Episode 12 is on page 2
maf:
I'm going on vacation now for a couple of weeks so there will be a delay until I can post the next report.
I will probably not be able to see the race episodes until I get back. I will have to satisfy myself with trying to revisit old race locations. For example, and purely by coincidence, it seems like the last hotel we will be staying at is more or less just across the street from the clue-box which was the downfall of the wonder-twins :)
maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Season 19, Episode 6, We love your country already, It's very spacious
Film date: 2011-06-29 - 2011-06-30
I have tried to estimate distances and driving times every now and then. This data, from Google, is an approximation at best and may have no relation to reality.
The last Pit Stop was in the garden of the M.R. Kukrit heritage home. This is also where teams are released in the following order:
1.Amani & Marcus 07:222.Bill & Cathi 07:23(+0:01)3.Ernie & Cindy 07:24(+0:02)4.Justin & Jennifer07:29(+0:07)5.Andy & Tommy 08:06(+0:44)6.Laurence & Zac 08:07(+0:45)7.Jeremy & Sandy 09:22(+2:00)Teams receive $365 for this leg of the race.
Route info: "Fly to the warm hearth of Africa, Malawi". Teams must now fly to Lilongwe, Malawi. Once they land they must make their way to a specific tobacco warehouse (gate no 7) where they will find their next clue lying in a box.
Choice quotes:
"Basically made a mistake in every single leg, except for the first one", Cindy explains their placements
"This guy is crazy, we'll take him", Andy & Tommy find a taxi in Bangkok
Everybody ends up on the same flight:
TG 409 BKK-SIN 16:23-19:37
SQ 478 SIN-JNB 02:10-06:49
SA 170 JNB-LLW 09:59-12:07
In Lilongwe teams exit the airport and enter taxis in the following order:
1. Jeremy & Sandy
2. Justin & Jennifer
3. Ernie & Cindy
4. Andy & Tommy
5. Laurence & Zac
6. Amani & Marcus
7. Bill & Cathi
Choice quotes:
"We learned that over 60% of the country's income comes from the sale of tobacco leaves", Ernie & Cindy have been studying
"I've never been to Africa. There is no snow in Africa", Tommy
"We love your country already. It's very spacious", Cathi gets the title
"Good lord, we got traffic", Armani & Marcus are stuck in traffic (as is Bill & Cathi)
Teams reach the clues at the tobacco warehouse (20km 0:20) in the following order:
1(+0) Jeremy & Sandy
2(+1) Ernie & Cindy
3(-1) Justin & Jennifer, seconds after #2
4(+1) Laurence & Zac
5(-1) Andy & Tommy
6(+1) Bill & Cathi
7(-1) Amani & Marcus
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who's ready to put up
bale?
--- End quote ---
In this road block contestants must put on a workman's uniform and then use a short-handed dolly to transport 10 bales of tobacco from once place to another. Each bale weighs 200 pounds (~90kg). The task is made harder by the fact that a lot of other workers are running around with bales as well in the narrow aisles. The task is made more fun by all the singing performed by the other workers in the warehouse.
Choice quotes:
"We are in a madhouse in a warehouse, and there are workers trying to get in our way", Sandy comments on the chaotic situation in the warehouse
"I've spent a couple of years behind hand trucks. When it's time to cut the hay it is time to cut the hay", Bill has experience
"That was a killer Zac. That was a young mans deal", Laurence found the road block hard
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(+0)Jeremy* & Sandy (5-2)2(+0)Ernie* & Cindy (4-3)3(+0)Justin* & Jennifer(4-3)4(+1)Andy & Tommy* (3-4)5(-1)Laurence* & Zac (3-4)6(+0)Bill* & Cathi (5-2)7(+0)Amani & Marcus* (3-4)
Route info, "Make your way to Memorial tower and search the area for your next clue". Teams now travel by taxi to the Memorial tower (7km 0:09) where they will find their next clue in a basket. There is no change in team order on the way here.
"Detour: All Sewn Up or Not Grown Up"
In all sewn up teams make their way to White Horse De-Signs tailor shop in old market (8km 0:10). Here they select a customer and a pair of old fashioned foot-driven sewing machines. They must then complete the unfinished seams of his suit jacket and pant legs.
In not grown up teams must travel to Lilongwe LEA school (9km 0:11). Working with scrap materials they must build two traditional children's toy trucks. When the head mistress approves then and the trucks have been test-driven by the children they will get their next clue.
Choice quotes:
"Sewing machines are difficult. They are notoriously tricky and they get tangled all the time", Justin
"We are choosing 'Not grown up' cause we ain't quite grown up yet", Tommy
"I have a six year old son. And going into the school really made me miss him like crazy", Jeremy
"I don't think this will be difficult at all", Cathi utters some famous last words
"I wanna go play soccer with those boys", Sandy is not concentrating on the task (but she keeps at it)
"I'm a nurse practitioner. I sew bodies at work, I do not sew clothing though", Sandy why she prefers to build trucks
"Cindy, you know, holds the pants normally in our relationship. When she's leading the show it seems like everything is working a little bit more efficiently", Ernie knows who is the boss
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Jeremy & Sandy, not grown up
2(+1) Justin & Jennifer, not grown up
3(+1) Andy & Tommy, not grown up
4(-2) Ernie & Cindy, all sewn up
5(+0) Laurence & Zac, not grown up
6(+0) Bill & Cathi, all sewn up
7(+0) Amani & Marcus, all sewn up
Choice quotes:
"You have to enjoy some of this", Sandy to Jeremy on why she couldn't resist a little soccer with the kids
"I'm enjoying this", Jeremy seems to understand
Route info: Find the R K Furniture shop in Mchesi to receive your next clue. Teams must now make their way to a roadside market (1.4km 0:03) and find a specific furniture shop. Teams reach the shop in the following order:
1(+1) Justin & Jennifer
2(-1) Jeremy & Sandy, a few seconds after #1
3(+0) Andy & Tommy
4(+1) Laurence & Zac
5(-1) Ernie & Cindy
6(+0) Bill & Cathi
7(+0) Amani & Marcus
Route info: "Take two beds to Phil at the next pit stop". Teams must now transport and carry two hand-crafted beds to Kumbali village (14km 0:22). They must first ask the shop owner to call for a truck. This can then be used to transport the team and the beds to the village. Once there the beds must be carried to Phil. Phil also points out that teams will sleep on these beds the following night.
Teams board trucks in the following order:
1(+0) Justin & Jennifer
2(+1) Andy & Tommy, due to some confusion they probably took Jeremy & Sandy's truck
3(-1) Jeremy & Sandy
4(+1) Ernie & Cindy
5(+1) Bill & Cathi
6(-1) Laurence & Zac
7(+0) Amani & Marcus
Choice quotes:
"Can we put two beds in here", Laurence tries to fit the beds into their taxi
"The beds can not fit", But their driver has a firm grip on reality
"I've never felt less safe in my life than right now", Cindy clings to the truck
"Please, don't let us get eliminated", Amani knows they are last
"Told you", Justin to Jennifer when Phil tells them they will sleep on their beds tonight
"I assume we have to pay the driver", Bill
"Only if he asks", but Cathi thinks they may not have to
"We got passed by old people, and that sucks", Cindy when they get passed by Bill & Cathi
"I was so hoping though for a day without bruises. I don't think that is gonna happen", Cathi is getting bruises from carrying the bed on her back
"If they pass me... good for a 62-year-old woman", Sandy about being passed by Cathi
Teams reach Phil and check in in the following order:
Justin & Jennifer, a few seconds before Andy & Tommy, but they have to go back to pay their driver
1(+1) Andy & Tommy, win a trip to the British Virgin islands
2(-1) Justin & Jennifer
Bill & Cathi, have to go back to pay their driver
3(+0) Jeremy & Sandy
4(+2) Laurence & Zac
5(-1) Ernie & Cindy
6(-1) Bill & Cathi
7(+0) Amani & Marcus, are saved by a non-elimination
Given the start times from the next episode we can infer some things about the distance the beds were carried. It took about 11 minutes for Justin & Jennifer to run the distance back and forth and it took Amani & Marcus more than 20 minutes to carry the beds.
The end was quite exciting. Amani & Marcus had paid their driver and where carrying their beds as Bill & Cathi rushed back to pay their driver. But the distance was too big so Bill & Cathi could pass them on their way back.
georgiapeach:
Welcome back maf!! Worth the wait as always!!
maf:
Racing report
Amazing Race Season 19, Episode 7, Move goat
Film date: 1/7-2011
First we get to see the teams settling in with their beds after the pit stop. Teams get huts to sleep in and mattresses are provided as well.
Choice quotes:
"This one looks like a mansion", Cathi selects a hut
"Oh my god, we're gonna kill each other", Sandy is not happy with the arrangements
"Home sweat home", Cindy would probably have liked a shower
The next morning teams are released in the following order:
1.Andy & Tommy 05:282.Justin & Jennifer05:39(+0:11)3.Jeremy & Sandy 05:40(+0:12)4.Laurence & Zac 05:41(+0:13)5.Ernie & Cindy 05:44(+0:16)6.Bill & Cathi 05:47(+0:19)7.Amani & Marcus 06:07(+0:39)Teams get a whole dollar for this leg of the race.
Choice quotes:
"[/i]One dollar? What are we gonna ride, a pachyderm?[/i]", Marcus when he find out how much money they get
Route info: "Travel by bus to the town of Salima". Teams must take a crowded two hour bus-ride to the town of Salima where they will find the next clue outside the bus. The clue also says "Caution, double U-turn ahead".
Andy & Tommy reflect on the fact that three of their four wins have been partly because by the team in front of them have some mistake so Phil always had an "However..." for them.
Teams first travel by taxi to the Lilongwe bus station where they learn that the first bus to Salinas is supposed to leave at 07:00. All teams make it on this bus (but Marcus & Amani cut it close). In the end the bus leaves at 07:21.
In Salima the bus stop in the middle of a market. At least it seems like utter chaos out there. The next clue lies on a plate of vegetables carried on the head by a local woman.
Here Amani & Marcus encounter their speed bump. This is in the form of a local man carrying a pole with the speed bump sign. They are presented with a scrambled 11-pieces slide-puzzle of the Malawi flag and their task is to unscramble it (they have a flag to look at). The task is not made any simpler by the fact that they are surrounded by locals shouting good advice. This takes them a while and according to the editing the first two teams have completed the road block before they solve the puzzle.
Meanwhile the other teams find the woman carrying the clues.
Road block. In this road block contestants must use a local bicycle taxi, know as a Kabasi, to transport a passenger carrying some fishes to one of three different addresses. Once delivered they must return to the starting point and hand over their earnings to receive their next clue. The passenger will not give directions so they must ask other locals for help.
The different end points are:
Mudzingovangana Mini Shop
Patsetse Pamlambe
Mtukula Mwendo
Choice quotes:
"This is tricky", Amani at the slide puzzle
"Laurence do you know where you are going", Sandy hopes for some help
"No I don't. We might be going in totally the wrong direction', but Laurence has none to offer
"This is nuts, I don't know what these are not doing in school", Cindy is followed by a gang of enthusiastic kids
"With English being the official language of Malawi, no one seems to speak English or they understand bits and pieces of it", Cindy had trouble communicating
"Oh shoot, my crank just broke", Andy has a mechanical breakdown (some locals come to the rescue)
"Laurence and I are working together, but I don't know if we are helping each other much. It's just the blind leading the blind right now", Sandy and Laurence are lost
"Aw crap, I don't have my clue", Jennifer has made her delivery
"Hmmm, interesting", Jennifer is stumped (and know it)
"I'm still waiting for Jennifer. Hoping she is okay", Justin is getting worried
"Sorry about that", Jennifer apologizes to Justin
"I was worried you were hurt", Justin has his priorities straight
Jennifer made a crucial mistake which cost them a lot of time. She left her clue with Justin. So after she had delivered her passenger she did not know what to do. She hung around waiting for somebody else to show up, but nobody did (Andy had already been there and left). She waited for a long time before she eventually rode back.
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.Ernie & Cindy* (4-4)2.Andy* & Tommy (4-4)3.Bill & Cathi* (5-3)4.Laurence* & Zac (4-4)5.Jeremy & Sandy* (5-3)6.Amani & Marcus* (3-5)7.Justin & Jennifer*(4-4)
--- Quote ---DETOUR
Detour: 'Dugout' or
'Lugout'
Dugout: Using a dugout
canoe, complete a "race
course" on Lake Malawi
to receive your next clue.
Lugout: Unload 8
passengers and a
variety of cargo off of a
ferry boat on Lake
Malawi and deliver
everything dry to the
shore to receive your
next clue.
--- End quote ---
The canoes used in dugout turns out to be very hard to steer.
The cargo they have to unload in lugout include:
* two boxes of cabbage
* two bundles of sugarcane
* two bundles of brooms
* one chair
* one fan
* eight passengers
The boat they are unloading from lies a bit out in the water so they have to wade back and forth. This is heavy work.
The detours are located next to each other just outside Chigumukile village on the shore of lake Malawi. And there is a big party with dancing, music, food and lots of people on the shore so the mood is both chaotic and festive.
Choice quotes:
"Oh my goodness", Cindy reaches the party
"Oh my gosh, really", Cindy tries to push one of the, very heavy, canoes into the water
"Move goat", Marcus gets the title yelling to a got in the middle of the road
"Having been together almost 50 years, we kind of understand each others modus operandi so we're working great together", Bill
"We don't argue and we don't blame. And that's how you get it done quickly", Cathi
"This is how you turn it. You thing in the thing and you turn it like that", Jeremy give crystal clear instructions
"Walking in the water is no joke", Amani founds the lugout hard
"It's some hard work here, dawg", Marcus also finds the lugout hard
"Y'all ain't got no babies on there?", Marcus tries to find some light persons
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Ernie & Cindy, dugout, used their express pass
2(+0) Andy & Tommy, dugout
3(+0) Bill & Cathi, dugout
4(+0) Laurence & Zac, dugout
5(+1) Amani & Marcus, lugout
6(-1) Jeremy & Sandy, dugout
7(+0) Justin & Jennifer, dugout
Ernie & Cindy decided to use their express pass so they could be sure to reach the U-turn sign first and thus be safe from U-turning.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Find the Jamaica Shop
in Chigumukile village.
Caution: Double U-Turn
Ahead.
--- End quote ---
The Jamaica shop is located in the village next to the detours. But the racers seem to not know that and they have to ask around. Many of them run back up to the taxis, which are a bit up the hill. They eventually all reach it and the U-turn sign in the following order:
1(+0) Ernie & Cindy
2(+0) Andy & Tommy, as #1 are leaving
3(+0) Bill & Cathi
4(+1) Amani & Marcus
5(-1) Laurence & Zac, U-turns Marcus & Amani
6(+0) Jeremy & Sandy
7(+0) Justin & Jennifer
As Laurence & Zac reenter the village they meet Amani & Marcus leaving.
Choice quotes:
"I say we are in good shape 'cause they guys are still on the water", Marcus declines to use the U-turn
"If they hadn't just come past, they were going the wrong way", Laurence uses some new kind of logic
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way on foot to
the next Pit Stop:
Sunbird Livingstonia
Beach.
Warning!! The last
Team to check-in may
be eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Teams now make their way on foot to the next pit stop. It seems to be quite a distance they must run and we get a very exiting footrace between Ernie & Cindy who are being hunted by Andy & Tommy. The snowboarders eventually overtake Ernie & Cindy just a few meters before the mat. They are all completely exhausted when they reach Phil so it takes a little while before they are all able to stand up on the mat and communicate.
Choice quotes:
"We can take them", Andy & Tommy think they can catch Ernie & Cindy
"This gonna hurt, uphill", Andy sees a log uphill run in front of them
"Every second counts. These guys are right behind us and they're not gonna quit, Ernie
"Boys, please let us win", Cindy pleads
"That's so mean", Ernie is not happy
"I'm sorry guys", The snowboarders apologize
"Thank you, I like your hair", Tommy greets the greeter (who has very spiked hair)
"That was really just game on. Still I feel a little bit bad for passing them like that", Tommy
"We could've been first in three different legs if our decision making was better", Cindy
Teams check in with Phil in the following order:
1(+1) Andy & Tommy, win $15000
2(-1) Ernie & Cindy
3(+0) Bill & Cathi
4(+0) Amani & Marcus
5(+0) Laurence & Zac
6(+0) Jeremy & Sandy
7(+0) Justin & Jennifer, are eliminated
Choice quotes:
"Jennifer did her best and tried really hard and we are a team", Justin does not blame Jennifer
"Money or not, this has still been an amazing journey", Jennifer
apskip:
maf,
Please take another look at:
"transport a passenger carrying some fishes to one of three different addresses."
I saw the requirement on camera as separate passengers to two of three different addresses.
Also, the carrying from the ship DETOUR involved only 2 passengers, not 8.
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