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I am doing the reports for this season as well. Some personal travel made me start a bit behind but I will try to catch up.
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Racing report
Amazing Race AU Season 4, Episode 1
The Amazing Race Australia is back again after a long hiatus. Now on a new channel (10) and with a new host Beau Ryan.
The show starts with the host presenting the finish line Nitmiluk Gorge (aka Katherine Gorge) in the Northen Territories.
We then cut to the 11 teams which are making their way to the starting line in Seoul, South Korea.
The teams are:
* Judy & Therese, Nuns, NSW
* Femi & Nick, Nurses, NSW
* Viv & Joey, Short siblings, aka Mighty Siblings, Vic
* Rowah & Amani, Mother/daughter, NSW
* Tom & Tyler, Footy mates, Vic
* Jasmin & Jerome, Indigenous parents, aka deadly duo, NT
* Hayley & Mikayla, Sisters, Qld
* Alana & Niko, Gen Z siblings, SA
* Sid & Ash, dating instagrammers, aka The influencers, NSW
* Tim & Rod, Newlyweds, NSW
* Chris & Adrienne, farmer and firefighter, SA
The starting line is in front of City Hall in Seoul, South Korea. As usual the first clue waits on the team backpacks a few meters away and when Beau gives the go all teams run over there and rip it open.
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to the top of
Seoul at Namsan Tower!
Reach the tower observatory
and search the city below for
your next destination.
You have 200,000 Korean
Won for this leg of the Race.
--- End quote ---
Teams jump into taxis and make their way to Namsan Tower. As this is a major landmark all taxi drivers know it and teams have no problem getting there once they find a taxi. This seems to be harder than expected, at least for some teams.
"We're in The Amazing Race and we're not last", Judy
"It starts of hard and it only gets easier", Alana when Niko complains about how hard it was to get a taxi
Viv & Joey and Tom & Tyler are the first two teams to reach the tower and they both decide to work together for the leg as both teams are from Melbourne.
The observation deck is high up and it feels as if you can see the whole of Seoul from there. So finding your next location without any clues looks like a daunting tasks. But those who know the race suspect they should be looking for red and yellow flags, but that does not help that much since the area they can see is so vast.
Sid & Ash has an interesting take on this task. When they reach the Namsan tower they do not go up to the observation deck but instead takes the stairs down to the city below to search for their next clue. As the tower is located on a big hill there are many steps in these stairs.
"A strategy going into the first leg of the race is to read the clue, and try not to make mistakes", Ash interviews after the leg
Hayley & Mikayla are the first to spot the next location. They must now find a postcard in the gift shop which matches this location. The card will have the address on the back. Teams must then make their way on foot to this location.
The next location is known as the Stone Time Capsule. Here teams will "find a written message from home and your next clue". The message from home is a statement from the people of Australia and the next clue is taped to the stone underneath it.
Mikaya is a bit careless when she finds the postcard so Tom & Tyler see which one she gets and grab the same one. And then Tom & Tyler and Viv & Joey cut the line to the elevator so they get out of the tower before the sisters.
Meanwhile Sid & Ash have finally realized that they need to go to the tower observation deck and they have to climb all the stairs back to the top again. On their way up they encounter teams who have found the clue and are on their way down. They try to be evil and slow other teams down by telling them they have to go back up again. This fails as nobody believes them.
Back up at the tower we learn that production has planted a number of false postcards as well in the gift shop. The nuns pick up one of them and asks the staff to translate the address on the back. They learn that it says Lotte Tower (in Korean) but they are unsure if this really is it. After praying they stay in the observation deck and keep looking. However Alana & Niko saw them with the postcard and they do not hesitate and make their way down the tower and jump into a taxi and ask the driver to take them out of the race, sorry to Lotte tower (which is one hour away).
Alana & Niko run around a bit at Lotte tower before they realize this is wrong and they make their way back to Namsan tower (another hour). Here it takes them a while to spot the flag and then they struggle to find the clue at the time capsule. So they are way behind when they get it.
Teams find their clue at the stone time capsule in the following order:
1. Tom & Tyler
2. Viv & Joey
3. Hayley & Mikayla
4. Jasmin & Jerome
5. Tim & Rod
6. Femi & Nick
7. Rowah & Amani
8. Chris & Adrienne
9. Sid & Ash
10. Judy & Therese
11. Alana & Niko
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who's ready for a river
dance?
--- End quote ---
Once they decide who will do this they can open the clue and read:
--- Quote ---It's time to go
Flyboarding in the
Han River! Stay in
control and lift
yourself at least two
vertical metres out of
the water to earn your
next clue.
--- End quote ---
The flyboarding seems to take some practice but is not overly difficult.
Alana & Niko are way behind the other teams and it is dark when they arrive. They do not get to flyboard but find a clue stuck to the locked gate. This says that this location is now closed and directs them directly to the pit stop.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Tom & Tyler* (0-1) 2(+0)Viv & Joey* (0-1) 3(+0)Hayley & Mikayla*(0-1) 4(+2)Femi & Nick* (0-1) 5(+0)Tim* & Rod (1-0) 6(-2)Jasmin* & Jerome (1-0) 7(+0)Rowah* & Amani (1-0) 8(+0)Chris & Adrienne*(0-1) 9(+0)Sid & Ash* (0-1)10(+0)Judy* & Therese (1-0)
--- Quote ---Detour:
"Stack 'Em High" or
"Fold 'Em Fast"
Stack 'Em High:
Try your hand at a sport
dominated by South Korea.
Both of you must properly
stack your cups within the
time limit to receive your
next clue.
Fold 'Em Fast:
Roll, fill and fold 50
dumplings to the cook's
satisfaction to receive your
next clue.
--- End quote ---
Stack 'em high takes place at Hanyang university. Each team member must stack and unstanck 12 cups in under 8 seconds. They must make three pyramids of respectively 3, 6 and 3 cups. The world champion is at hand and she demonstrates doing it in less than 2 seconds.
"We've got this, how hard can it be", Tom & Tyler are about to find out as they walk in to the cup stacking
Tom & Tyler have a hard time with the cups and that makes them frustrated. But as Viv & Joey arrive they seem to pull themselves together and they finally get it. Later in the taxi they speculate that the other teams will switch since it was so hard. The camera then shifts and we see the mighty siblings complete the task on their second attempt and Hayley & Mikayla do it on their first.
Tim & Rod go for the dumplings and as soon as they have made their first dumpling they go to the cook and ask if it is good. This is really smart and avoids potentially wasting a lot of time making bad dumplings.
Judy & Theresa arrive to the dumplings place as Jasmin & Jerome are leaving.
"And don't listen to anything Sid & Ash say, they like lied to us and tried to trick us", Jasmine to the nuns
At the dumpling making Judy & Therese have to go out of the room to get some more dough. As they do this Sid steals one of their completed dumplings.
"I'm going to hell after this", Sid after stealing from the nuns
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Tom & Tyler, cups on their 13th attempt
2(+0) Viv & Joey, cups on their 2nd attempt
3(+0) Hayley & Mikayla, cups on their 1st attempt
4(+1) Tim & Rod, dumplings
5(-1) Femi & Nick, cups on their 6th attempt
6(+0) Jasmin & Jerome, dumplings
7(+1) Chris & Adrienne, dumplings
8(-1) Rowah & Amani, cups on their 29th attempt
9(+0) Sid & Ash, dumplings
10(+0) Judy & Therese, dumplings
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to Seoullo
7017 Bridge 서울로 7017 and
search for Beau at your first
Pit Stop!
Hurry! The last team to
check in will be eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Teams reach the pit stop in the following order:
1(+0) Tom & Tyler
2(+0) Viv & Joey
3(+0) Hayley & Mikayla
4(+0) Tim & Rod
5(+0) Femi & Nick
6(+0) Jasmin & Jerome
7(+0) Chris & Adrienne
8(+0) Rowah & Amani
9(+0) Sid & Ash
10(+0) Judy & Therese
11(+0) Alana & Niko, are eliminated
"I think we're probably the first team in history of Australia, America or whatever to not complete one single road block or detour", Niko
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Racing report
Amazing Race AU Season 4, Episode 2
The last pit stop was at the Seoullo 7017 Bridge in downtown Seoul. Teams are released from Cheonggye Plaza in the following order:
1. Tom & Tyler
2. Viv & Joey
3. Hayley & Mikayla
4. Tim & Rod
5. Femi & Nick
6. Jasmin & Jerome
7. Chris & Adrienne
8. Rowah & Amani
9. Sid & Ash
10. Judy & Therese
Teams are given 224,000 Korean won for this leg.
The first clue sends teams to Gwanghwamun plaza. Here they must count the water spouts. Once they tell the guide the correct number, 364, he will give them their next clue.
There are lots of water spouts and we get to see many wrong guesses. Eventually all teams reach the correct count and they do it in the following order:
1(+0) Tom & Tyler
2(+2) Tim & Rod
3(+0) Hayley & Mikayla
4(-2) Viv & Joey
5(+2) Chris & Adrienne
6(+0) Jasmin & Jerome
7(+3) Judy & Therese
8(-3) Femi & Nick
9(-1) Rowah & Amani
10(-1) Sid & Ash
Route info: Make your way to the demilitarized zone and leave a message of peace and hope for the people of Korea.
On their way from the counting task Joey realize he has a pocket calculator in his bag. This would have come in handy while counting the water spouts, if only he had remembered it then.
Teams reach the DMZ and write their messages in the following order:
1(+0) Tom & Tyler
2(+1) Hayley & Mikayla
3(-1) Tim & Rod
4(+0) Viv & Joey
5(+0) Chris & Adrienne
6(+)) Jasmin & Jerome
7(+0) Judy & Therese
8(+1) Rowah & Amani
9(-1) Femi & Nick
10(+0) Sid & Ash
Before they leave the DMZ the nuns decide to go back to the fence and pray a bit. This seems to cost the a couple of minutes and will have big consequences later in the leg.
"Every minute counts, but our values have to take precedence", Judy
--- Quote ---Detour:
"All Heart" or "All Thumbs"
All Hearth: Complete a
military boot camp course
under the watchful eye of a
South Korean drill sergeant
to receive your next clue.
All Thumbs: Master a sport
of the future - drone soccer!
Pilot a drone through a
soccer course and score a
goal to receive your next
clue.
--- End quote ---
The boot camp takes place at Duroowell and the course consists of first carrying two tires up a hill, then a high rope course and finally crawl through a mud pit with a weighed backpack.
There is a drill instructor shouting at the teams all the time, but he seems easy to tune out as he is shouting in Korean so teams do not understand a word of what he is shouting.
The drone task takes place at the Cheorwo Gym. The drones turn out to be hard to control, possibly because production has remapped the controls.
Sid & Ash arrive at the boot camp just after Femi & Nick. They decide to grab two tires each and tell Femi & Nick they also need to bring two each. Femi & Nick go back and fetch two more tires, this allows Sid & Ash to reach the high ropes course before the boys and the latter have to wait a bit.
Judy & Theresa spent over 90 minutes at the drone task.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+3) Viv & Joey, drone
2(-1) Tom & Tyler, boot camp
3(+0) Hayley & Mikayla, boot camp
4(-1) Tim & Rod, boot camp
5(+1) Jasmin & Jerome, boot camp
6(-1) Chris & Adrienne, boot camp
7(+1) Rowah & Amani, boot camp
8(+2) Sid & Ash, boot camp
9(-2) Judy & Therese, drone
10(-1) Femi & Nick, boot camp
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Raft down the Hantan
River (한탄강) and search
for Beau at your next Pit
Stop.
Hurry! The last team to
check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
Beau is waiting at the Goseokjeong Pavilion. This is located on the banks of the river so once teams spot it they will have to land on the beach below and then race on foot up the stairs to the pavilion.
The extra information tells teams to leave everything in the taxi as they arrive to the rafting start location.
Tom & Tyler arrive to the rafting just after Viv & Joey and they scramble to get their raft in the water before the mighty siblings.
Judy & Theresa arrive to the rafting just after Sid & Ash. Sid & Ash pass Rowah & Amani on the beach at the start of the rafting. Femi & Nick arrive at the beach just as Judy & Therese are about to get into the water.
Femi & Nick hope they can overtake the nuns by paddling faster, and the nuns realize that their inflatable raft is leaking air. But the boys are uncoordinated and spin around a lot so they do not manage to catch the nuns on the water. However they reach the final beach just after the nuns and they manage to beat them in the foot race up the stairs to the pit stop.
Teams reach the pit stop in the following order:
1(+1) Tom & Tyler, win $1000 each
2(-1) Viv & Joey
3(+0) Hayley & Mikayla
4(+0) Tim & Rod
5(+0) Jasmin & Jerome
6(+0) Chris & Adrienne
7(+1) Sid & Ash
8(-1) Rowah & Amani
9(+1) Femi & Nick
10(-1) Judy & Therese, are eliminated
"Anybody would love to do this, we had so many amazing experiences", Theresa
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Racing report
Amazing Race AU Season 4, Episode 3
The last pit stop was at the Goseokjeong Pavilion on the banks of the Hantan river in South Korea. Teams are released from somewhere in Seoul in the following order:
1. Tom & Tyler
2. Viv & Joey
3. Hayley & Mikayla
4. Tim & Rod
5. Jasmin & Jerome
6. Chris & Adrienne
7. Sid & Ash
8. Rowah & Amani
9. Femi & Nick
The first clue tells teams to fly to Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.
Viv & Joey are happy when they read this as they are of Vietnamese descent and Joey speaks Vietnamese.
All teams are on the same flight from Seoul to Hanoi. It is dark when they land and they all jump into taxis and make their way to the Thang Long Water Puppet theater.
The theater is closed but there is a sign up sheet in front where teams can sign up for one of three shows the following morning. The shows start at 06:30 and there is a 10 minute gap between shows.
Teams end up on the following shows:
Show #1:
1. Sid & Ash
2. Rowah & Amani
3. Femi & Nick
Show #2:
4. Viv & Joey
5. Jasmin & Jerome
6. Tim & Rod
Show #3:
7. Hayley & Mikayla
8. Tom & Tyler
9. Chris & Adrienne
There is something hanging from the bottom of the sign up board and it looks like a map. I would guess it is a map to where they are supposed to sleep.
Anyway we next catch up to teams in the morning. They start by singing Happy Birthday to Mikayla since it is her 25th birthday today.
On the seats in the theater teams find their next clue:
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Carefully watch the water
puppet show to work out
your next destination.
You may find a local from
outside if you need help.
--- End quote ---
The show consists of four dragons swimming back and forth in a pool spouting water in all directions. On the neck of each dragon is a small plaque with a Vietnamese word on. The words spell out Ben Xe Giap Bat, which is a local bus terminal.
Teams are not told what to look for and the plaques are very discreet. None of the teams in the first group spots them so when they leave they start asking the locals for temples and statues of dragons. Of the second group Viv & Joey is the only team to spot them. They in turn tell Tom & Tyler. In the third show all teams find the words, perhaps helped by Tom & Tyler pointing a lot at the dragons and writing stuff.
Once you have the words it seems you just have to show them to a local and they will know where to go.
Jasmin & Jerome did not see the words but they spot Hayley & Mikayla talking to a local so they go to him and ask him where they went. Tim & Rod does the same.
Tim & Rod are not sure that the info they get is right and dare not go there. Then they meet Sid & Ash and together they decide to risk it and go to the bus terminal.
Rowah & Amani go back to re watch the show and this time they spot the plaques.
Femi & Nick are learning the hard way that there are lots of temples in Hanoi.
"Lost in Hanoi, how hanoing"
Eventually they go back and re watch the show, and this time they spot the words.
There is an obvious clue box in front of the bus terminal
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Take a bus to Ninh Binh.
Once there choose your
Detour.
--- End quote ---
Teams end up on buses the following order:
Bus #1:
1(+7) Tom & Tyler
2(+5) Hayley & Mikayla
3(+2) Jasmin & Jerome
4(+0) Viv & Joey
Bus #2:
5(+1) Tim & Rod
6(-5) Sid & Ash
Bus #4:
7(-5) Rowah & Amani
8(+1) Chris & Adrienne
Bus #5:
9(-6) Femi & Nick
The detours are Escargot and Make boat Go.
In escargot teams must harvest 100 snails from a paddy field.
In make boat go teams must row Vietnamese style across a river and back. Vietnamese style means that they sit back and use their feet to move the oars.
Sid & Ash start with rowing but they are not having much luck. If nothing else this is evident of the amount of bleeping in the soundtrack.
Adrienne & Chris also have a hard time with the rowing.
"I'm not criticizing you, I'm offering suggestions", Adrienne to Chris
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+1) Hayley & Mikayla, snails
2(-1) Tom & Tyler, snails
3(+1) Viv & Joey, snails
4(-1) Jasmin & Jerome, snails
5(+0) Tim & Rod, snails
----- Sid & Ash, started to row but switched to snail
6(+0) Sid & Ash, row
7(+1) Chris & Adrienne, row
8(-1) Rowah & Amani, row
9(+0) Femi & Nick, snails
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to Bén Tam
dock and search for your
next clue.
--- End quote ---
The next clue is located at Tam Coc wharf and next to it teams find a U-turn. They reach it in the following order:
1(+0) Hayley & Mikayla
2(+0) Tom & Tyler
3(+0) Viv & Joey
4(+0) Jasmin & Jerome, U-turns Sid & Ash
5(+0) Tim & Rod
----- Sid & Ash, have to go back and do the other detour
6(+0) Sid & Ash
7(+0) Chris & Adrienne
8(+0) Rowah & Amani
9(+0) Femi & Nick
The reason Jasmin & Jerome U-turns Sid & Ash is that Sid lied to them in the first leg and told them the road was blocked further down which it was not.
--- Quote ---ROAD BLOCK
Who's feeling lucky?
--- End quote ---
In this road block teams must make their way to Lãng Khanh restaurant and hostel. In there they will find 300 parcels of young green rice. Teams must eat their way through the parcels until they find one of nine containing an ancient coin. Quite a few of the packages have chilies in them as well and the only drink available is Vietnamese coffee.
"It has chilies", Mikayla is very much not enjoying the road block
We have to feel sorry for the birthday girl, Mikayla, at this road block. She was the first to arrive and now she has to see team after team pass her, some without having to eat a single package of rice while she has to eat lots. She gets more and more depressed as the other teams find their coins, but she does not give up and eventually she also gets one.
"That road block was my worst nightmare", Mikayla
This road block is tough for the teams who are not lucky enough to find a coin quickly. There is a lot of vomiting.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+1)Tom* & Tyler (1-1)In his 1st package2(+1)Viv* & Joey (1-1)3(+2)Tim* & Rod (2-0)In his 1st package]4(+0)Jasmin & Jerome* (1-1)In his 15th package5(-4)Hayley & Mikayla*(0-2)In her 23rd package6(+0)Sid* & Ash (1-1)7(+0)Chris* & Adrienne(1-1)8(+1)Femi* & Nick (1-1)9(-1)Rowah & Amani* (1-1)
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to Hang
Múa and seatch Môc Hoa
Viên for Beau at your next
Pit Stop.
Hurry! The last team to
check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
The pit stop is located a little bit off to the side at the foot of one of the local limestone mountains. It is not hard to spot if you look for it but the teams who misses it may climb to the top while looking.
The only team to fall for that is Sid & Ash who spend a lot of time climbing the stairs up the mountain.
The finish is actually fairly exciting. We have Sid & Ash who have climbed up the mountain. Then Chris & Adrienne and Femi & Nick both get driven to the same wrong place by their taxis, and Rowah & Amani comes from behind. But as usual we do not really know how much time separates the teams, but the editing looks good and for a while we can wallow in a fantasy where our favorite team survives.
Teams reach the mat in the following order:
1(+0) Tom & Tyler
2(+0) Viv & Joey
3(+0) Tim & Rod
4(+0) Jasmin & Jerome
5(+0) Hayley & Mikayla
6(+0) Sid & Ash
7(+1) Femi & Nick
8(-1) Chris & Adrienne
9(+0) Rowah & Amani, are saved by a non-elimination
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Racing report
Amazing Race AU Season 4, Episode 4
The last pit stop was at Môc Hoa
Viên, Vietnam. Teams are released from the Reed hotel in the following order:
1. Tom & Tyler
2. Viv & Joey
3. Tim & Rod
4. Jasmin & Jerome
5. Hayley & Mikayla
6. Sid & Ash
7. Femi & Nick
8. Chris & Adrienne
9. Rowah & Amani
The first clue sends teams to Hoa Lu. Here they will find a giant stack on incense sticks. From this they must create 4 sorted bunches of incense sticks each weighing 2kg.
Teams get 1.25 million Vietnamese Dong for this leg of the race.
Most taxi drivers seem to know where Hoa Lu is, but then teams have to find the village with the incense sticks. They have to make their way through a marked gate and that seems to be hard to find.
"Sometimes it is good not to be a sheep but a shepherd", Hayley
Hayley & Mikayla encounter the other teams going one way but they decide to do not follow them but instead make their own way, which lets them reach the pile of sticks first.
"That's clearly marked, what were we thinking?", Tom & Tyler realize they went the wrong way
Just before the pile of stick Rowah & Amani find their speed bump. The clue says "You must prepare one extra bundle of incense". That is they have to do five bundles as opposed to the other teams four.
Teams reach the sticks in the following order:
1(+4) Hayley & Mikayla
2(+1) Tim & Rod
3(+3) Sid & Ash
4(+4) Chris & Adrienne
5(-4) Tom & Tyler
6(+1) Femi & Nick
7(+2) Rowah & Amani
8(-4) Jasmin & Jerome
9(-7) Viv & Joey
Once teams are done with their bundles they have to deliver them to
Chùa Nât tru, a nearby temple.
From Adrienne's comments we learn that the additional info say that they bundles have to be between 1.9 and 2.1 kg each. They start by just raking together sticks and jamming them into bundles of the required weight without sorting them. They bring these over to the temple but the judge rejects them.
"It was worth a gamble", Adrienne
"It was actually one of the most painstaking things I have ever done", Ash
The task is tedious, the stress level is high and the sun is hot. Adrienne is getting stressed. She starts snapping at her husband. She also lashes out at the other teams when they turn the scales around. The rules apparently said you were not allowed to move the scales and she interpreted that as teams were not even allowed to turn them around.
Teams complete this task in the following order:
1(+1) Tim & Rod
2(-1) Hayley & Mikayla
3(+5) Jasmin & Jerome
4(-1) Sid & Ash
5(+0) Tom & Tyler
6(+3) Viv & Joey
7(-1) Femi & Nick
8(-4) Chris & Adrienne
9(-2) Rowah & Amani
The next clue contains a detour and a fast forward.
--- Quote ---FAST FORWARD
Load up a bicycle with
shrimp baskets and
transport them down the
road to a local fisherman.
One of you rides while
the other guides.
--- End quote ---
There are 320 baskets which needs to be loaded onto the bicycle. They have to be transported all in one trip and one team member must ride the bike. The distance to the fisherman is about 200 meters. Also the fast forward is located just before the detour so teams will pass it on the way.
--- Quote ---Detour:
"Short Strokes" or
"Long Strides"
Short Strokes: Paint an
exact replica of the
Vietnamese mask worn
by your partner to
receive your next clue.
Long Strides: Walking
on stilts, each of you
must complete the course
to receive your next clue.
--- End quote ---
Tim & Rod decide to go for the fast forward. But after spending some time trying to load the bike they give up and go for the detours instead.
Here we also learn that Tim & Rod consider themselves to be in an alliance with Sid & Ash.
The stilts are high and you must restart from the beginning if you fall off so this detour is a lot harder than it sounds. Contestants have to wear knee and elbow protection as well as a helmet disguised as a typical Vietnamese hat.
"It's like watching a baby giraffe walk for the first time", Jasmin watching Jerome
On the other hand painting a mask is also hard when you just have two small holes you can look through. And you have to look up every now and then so your partner can see the mask you're wearing.
Once they give up on the fast forward Tim & Rod try the stilts but they quickly switch to painting instead.
Jasmin & Jerome spend a lot of time at the stilts. Jasmine got around the course but Jerome is unable to do it. They decide to switch over to the painting. When they get there they see Tim & Rod sitting there and upon asking hear that the guys gave up the fast forward on account of it being too difficult. Jasmin & Jerome decide to go for the fast forward as they feel they are way behind the other teams.
Jasmin & Jerome struggle with the loading, but they do not give up and eventually the complete the fast forward.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+4) Tom & Tyler, stilts
2(+2) Sid & Ash, paint
3(-1) Hayley & Mikayla, stilts
4(+4) Chris & Adrienne, paint
5(+1) Viv & Joey, paint
6(-5) Tim & Rod, paint (after giving up on the fast forward)
7(-1) Femi & Nick, paint on their 3rd attempt
8(+0) Rowah & Amani, paint
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way to Three
Periods Halls on the Bái
Đinh Temple grounds
and search for your next
clue.
--- End quote ---
In the taxi on their way to the temple:
"This is a place of worship so no running and no swearing", Ash
"Why is this guy going so f***** slow", Sid about their driver
The clue in the temple tells teams to search among 500 Buddhist statues to find the one monk with both feet resting on an animal. Once they find it they must climb a bell tower and tell the monk there the name on the statue ("Tôn GiA Pháp Luân Son"). Once approved they have to ring the bell to get their next clue.
As Tim & Rod walk around looking for the statue they run into Sid & Ash who are on their way to the pit stop. Sid & Ash tell the guys where to find the statue in question.
Chris & Anastasia have a hard time finding the statue. They do not listen to each other so their frustration just grows.
Teams find the monk with two feet on an animal in the following order:
1(+1) Sid & Ash
2(-1) Tom & Tyler
3(+0) Hayley & Mikayla
4(+2) Tim & Rod
5(-1) Chris & Adrienne
6(-1) Viv & Joey
7(+0) Femi & Nick
8(+0) Rowah & Amani
Teams reach the bell tower in the following order:
1(+1) Tom & Tyler
2(+1) Hayley & Mikayla
3(-2) Sid & Ash
4(+0) Tim & Rod
5(+0) Chris & Adrienne
6(+0) Viv & Joey
7(+0) Femi & Nick
8(+0) Rowah & Amani
--- Quote ---ROUTE INFO
Make your way on foot to
Hô Tiên and search for
Beau at your next Pit
Stop.
Hurry! The last team to
check in may be
eliminated.
--- End quote ---
The pit stop is on the temple grounds in front of one of the big ponds they have there.
Teams reach Beau in the following order:
1(+0) Tom & Tyler
2(+0) Hayley & Mikayla
3(+0) Sid & Ash
4(--) Jasmin & Jerome
5(+0) Tim & Rod
6(+0) Chris & Adrienne
7(+0) Viv & Joey
8(+0) Femi & Nick
9(+0) Rowah & Amani, are eliminated
"The race may be over for us, but our bond continues", Amani
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