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The Amazing Race: Design Challenge VIII - Final Round Design Show on Page 50!
Kamineko:
Design #11 - MikeDodgers
[Lagos & Osogbo, Nigeria]
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Leg 4 (Spain -> Nigeria)
Pit Start: Egg of Columbus Monument - Sant Antone, Ibiza
- Sant Antone, Ibiza (Ibiza Airport) to Lagos, Nigeria (Murtala Muhammed International Airport)
- Lagos (Lagos Business School) [ROADBLOCK: Who can scam the scammers?]
- Lagos (Jhalobia Recreational Park and Gardens) [ACTIVE ROUTE INFO: Nigerian Wedding Lift Test]
- Lagos (Gypsy's Restaurant) [FAST FORWARD: Prepare and eat Nkwobi]
- Osogbo (Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove) (DETOUR: Cleansing Of Souls or Poetry Prowess?)
- Osogbo (Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove - Ina Olojumerindinlogun) [PIT STOP - ELIMINATION POINT]
This leg's Roadblock required one team member to take part a scam awareness class at Lagos Business School. They had to then use what they learned in order to match the provided scripts to their proper scammer. Once they've busted the scammers, the professor would hand them their next clue. In this leg's Fast Forward, teams were directed to Gypsy's Restaurant. There, after watching a demonstration, they had to prepare and eat Nkwobi - cooked cow legs - in order to obtain the Fast Forward award. This leg's Detour was a choice between Cleansing Of Souls or Poetry Prowess. CLEANSING OF SOULS requires teams to take part in the traditional spiritual cleansing of the town known as Iwopopo, part of the Osun-Osogbo Festival. They would take part in the Iwopopo royal procession, then light 3 of the candles of a replica of the Ina Olojumeringinlogun lamp to get their next clue. In POETRY PROWESS, teams had to write and recite a piece of praise poetry about their teammate. Once the poetry piece was recited to the approval of the tribe chief, he'd hand them their next clue.
Additional Tasks:
At the Jhalobia Park and Gardens, one team member had to dress as a Nigerian bride and their teammate had to carry them along a marked path to the altar in order to get their next clue.
Fantasy Game style:
This is Ibiza - a tiny island off the coast of Valencia, Spain. Known for its wild nightlife, it's also a cultural and spiritual center of Europe. And in the center of the city of Sant Antoni...
...the Egg of Columbus Monument. This is the start of the 4th leg...in a race around the world.
Shawn & Camila won the last leg of the race and will depart first at 7:19 AM.
Other Departing Times:
Milo & Melissa: 7:22 AM
Pete & Jeff: 7:27 AM
Bopper & Mark: 7:36 AM
Amani & Marcus: 7:41 AM
Trey & Lexi: 7:50 AM
Laurie & Melanie: 7:54 AM
Chester & Ephraim: 7:58 AM
Amanda & Kris: 8:09 AM
Doyle & Todd: 8:16 AM
FLY TO LAGOS, NIGERIA! You have $90 for this leg of the race!
Teams must now fly 3,300 miles to the country of Nigeria. When they land in the capital city of Lagos...
...they must make their way to this place - the Lagos Business School - to pick up their next clue.
Arriving first at Lagos Business School, Shawn & Camila find a Roadblock!
ROADBLOCK: WHO CAN SCAM THE SCAMMERS?
Nigeria is one of the consumer centers of Africa. But in the world of consumerism, it's 'buyer beware'. In this Roadblock, one team member's consumer literacy will be put to the test as they look to bust the scammers! They must take part in a scam awareness class, then must use what they learned as they match lines of a script to their proper scammer. Once they've busted the scammers, the professor will hand them their next clue!
Completing the Roadblock in first place, Laurie & Melanie pick up their next piece of Route Info!
Teams must now travel by marked Ford Bronco and locate this place...Gypsy's Restaurant...to pick up their next clue.
Arriving at Gypsy's Restaurant first, Milo and Melissa find a Fast Forward!
FAST FORWARD: PREPARE AND EAT NKWOBI
This is the first of only 2 Fast Forwards on the race. The first team to complete it can skip all remaining tasks and go directly to the Pit Stop. In this Fast Forward, teams must watch a demonstration then properly prepare a classic Nigerian beef dish known as Nkwobi - cooked cow legs. Once the Nkwobi is prepared, the team must then eat it. The first team to polish off their Nkwobi will win the Fast Forward!
They also find Route Info!
TRAVEL BY FORD BRONCO TO JHALOBIA RECREATIONAL PARK AND GARDENS...
Teams must now drive their marked Ford Broncos and find this place...the Jhalobia Recreational Park and Gardens...to pick up their next clue!
Arriving at the Jhalobia Park first, Trey & Lexi find an Active Route Info!
CARRY YOUR NIGERIAN BRIDE ACROSS THE THRESHOLD...
Nigerian weddings are known to be elaborate and large in scale. One of those elaborate traditions is a test of a groom's strength - the lift test. One team member must dress as a Nigerian bride, who their teammate must then carry along a marked path to the altar. Once they're across the threshold, the priest will hand them their next clue.
After finishing the ARI in first, Milo and Melissa find more Route Info!
DRIVE YOURSELVES TO OSOGBO...
Teams must now travel by marked Ford Bronco to the village city of Osogbo and find...
...the Osun-Osogbo Sacred Grove. This UNESCO World Heritage site is where teams will find their next clue.
Arriving at the grove first, Pete & Jeff encounter a Detour!
DETOUR: CLEANSING OF SOULS OR POETRY PROWESS?
This Detour requires teams to choose between two activities that are part of a festival in Osogbo dating back thousands of years. Their choice - CLEANSING OF SOULS or POETRY PROWESS.
CLEANSING OF SOULS requires teams to take part in the spiritual cleansing of the town ceremony known is Iwopopo - part of the Osun-Osogbo Festival. They must don traditional tribal outfits and take part in the royal procession and afterwards must light 3 candles of a replica Ina Olojumeringinlogun lamp to get their next clue.
In POETRY PROWESS, teams have to write and recite a traditional piece of literature known as praise poetry. The catch is...it must be about their own teammate. Once the poetry is recited to the satisfaction of the tribe chief, he'll hand them their next clue.
Completing the Detour in first place, Shawn & Camila find their last piece of Route Info!
TRAVEL ON FOOT TO THE NEXT PIT STOP - THE INA OLOJUMERINGINLOGUN LAMP.
Teams must now travel on foot to find this place...
...the Ina Olojumeringinlogun lamp. This lamp, lit at the Osun-Osogbo festival for centuries, is the Pit Stop for this leg of the race. The last team to check in here....MAY BE ELIMINATED!
Flight:
Notes for judges:
- There would be an HoO at the School - opens at 9 AM
- The class would take no more than 20 minutes for the RB and each racer would get their own set of 3 scammer types. Each racer would also get a set of 5 lines per scammer type with a buzzword highlighted in red (the Roadblock color). The RB is inspired by videos from YouTube scambaiters Kitboga, ScammerRevolts and Jim Browning. And yes, the Nigerian prince scam will be featured.
- The procession for the first Detour is about 500 meters and they do need to carry the torch they will be using to light the replica lamp.
- For PRAISE POETRY, they'll need to ad-lib. Poems are not written beforehand.
- Teams were originally meant to travel by train to Osogbo, but I changed to Ford Bronco at the last minute after research.
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Design #12 - Jimmer
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Design #13 - Nuku
[Le Morne, Mauritius]
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Phil: This is Kathmandu, Nepal. The capital and largest city of Nepal, it is also known as the country’s centre of history,
art, culture, and economy. Kathmandu is also famous for its numerous monasteries, palaces, stupas, and pagodas...
And it is from this stupa in the hills of Kathmandu, the Swayambhunath Stupa,
where teams will embark on the sixth leg of The Amazing Race!
Route Info: Fly to the island nation of Mauritius! Warning: Fast Forward ahead!
Phil: Teams will now fly over 3, 800 miles to the African nation of Mauritius. An island nestled in the Indian Ocean, it was once a nation torn by slavery and ruled by the British but is now thriving off of it’s diverse culture. The island attracts many tourists with its biodiversity, ecotourism, surfing conditions, and world class beaches.
All teams will fly from Kathmandu to Mauritius, via Dubai.
Once they touch down, they will have to find taxis which will be their transportation for the ENTIRE leg.
Route Info: Make your way to the oldest horse racing club in the Southern Hemisphere
Phil: When teams land in Mauritius, they will have to figure out that the oldest horse-racing
club in the Southern Hemisphere is actually Champs de Mars located in Port Louis.
Dating all the way back to 1812, and attracting tens of thousands of people on race days, it is where teams will find their next clue.
Fast Forward: Submarine Scooter Scramble
Phil: A Fast Forward is a task that, once completed, allows the team that completes it to bypass all remaining tasks in the leg and proceed directly to the Pitstop. In this Fast Forward, teams will get to experience an adventure that is unique to the island: Submarine Scooters.
If a team wants to attempt the Fast Forward, they will head to Blue Safari Submarines in Trou-aux-Biches.
When they arrive, they will first have to take a short safety class before actually beginning. Once they finish that, teams will suit up into their diving gear and board a subscooter. Finally, they will be sent off into the deep blue sea.
Once teams are submerged, they will have to search the reef for 8 letter boards. They must memorize all 8 letters and unscramble them to get a code. Once they are back on shore, they will have to tell the captain the code: DODO BIRD in order to successfully complete the Fast Forward. If done so, they will proceed directly to the Pitstop: Seven Coloured Earth Geopark
Route Info: Make your way to Chateau de Labourdonnais
Phil: For teams that opt not to take the Fast Forward, they will make their way to Chateau de Labourdonnais. This historic residence is known for its cultural experiences involving Mauritian cuisine, is surrounded by an orchard and is also known for its rum factory.
Roadblock: Who can taste first place?
Phil: Mauritius is known for being such a culturally diverse nation. Since its discovery, it has been under Portugese, Dutch, French, and British rule. Along with a cultural influence from all these nations, it is also known for being similar to Indian culture. In this Roadblock, teams will dive into the Indian cuisine of Mauritius and test the memory of their tastebuds.
The person who elects to do the Roadblock will first have to go into the Chateau and try six different kinds of chutney: an Indian sauce. The kinds were: coconut, coriander, green mango, mango ginger, garlic, and papaya.
After teams had tasted each kind, they will have to run to the nearby orchard and search for the six fruits/vegetables/spices used to make the chutney. Once they had collected all six, they would bring them back into their tasting station and match them with their correct chutney.
If they had all six chutney’s matched to their correct fruit/vegetable/spice, the chef would give them their next clue. If they were incorrect, they would have to completely start over their tasting.
Route Info: Make your way to Le Morne Brabant Cultural Landscape
hil: After completing the Roadblock, teams will be directed to Le Morne Brabant Cultural Landscape. What is now known as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was once where the Maroons of the island used to escape to in order to find refuge from slavery.
When teams get to the peninsula, they will have to find the Slave Route Monument and honour the abolition of slavery in Mauritius by laying a wreath around the monument. Once they had done so, they would receive their next clue.
Detour: Dance to the Beat or Sail Through the Sea
Phil: In this legs Detour, teams will get to experience the culture and history of Mauritius.
Its their call: Dance to the Beat, or Sail Through the Sea?
Sega is the most popular genre of music in Mauritius. It has origins to the music of slaves and the Mauritian creole people who used to live on the island before it was settled by the British, who used the music as a way to protest injustice and slavery. In Dance to the Beat, teams will get the chance to immerse themselves in this important part of the island’s culture before receiving their next clue.
First, teams would change into the traditional clothing for the dance which is typically a very colorful shirt or dress. Then they would have to pick an instructor and learn a complicated routine.
Once they felt confident in their dance, they would perform for an audience. If teams could stay on beat and perform the steps correctly, they would be given their next clue by the head dance instructor.
Nowadays, Mauritius is known for its fantastic conditions for surfing, sailing, and windsurfing. But before that, Mauritius was better known for its fishermen who took to the seas in their boats daily to make a living. Over time the fisherman began having regattas in which they would race their own pirogues (a traditional Mauritian boat), decorated with bright colours every year.
Now known as the Mauritius Heritage Regatta, it is a highly anticipated event that brings in tourists every single year and islanders always flock to the shores to watch the bright boats take each other on. In Sail Through the Sea, teams will get a chance to take part in their own regatta to receive their next clue.
First, teams would have to select a work station and properly construct
their sail and make sure it can steer with the help of a local fisherman.
Once they had finished constructing their pirogue, teams would have to set off into the sea and sail through a race course to two different marked buoys (half of their clue at each one).
Once they had collected the two halves of their clues, teams would have to return to shore and disassemble their sail. Once they had done so they could open their clue and continue racing.
Route Info: Make your way to the next Pitstop; Seven Coloured Earth Geopark in Chamarel
Phil: Teams will now make their way to the neighbouring town of Chamarel and find the Seven Coloured Earth Geopark. The geological formation is known for its sand dunes consisting of seven distinct colours and attracts tourists year round. It is here where teams will find the Pitstop for this leg of the Race. The last team to check in here, MAY be eliminated!
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Show content1. Okay here we go Round 3! This time my goal is top 5 and I feel like this is a leg that can do it!
2. So we start in Kathmandu! At first I was starting in Doha, then Dubai, but Kathmandu felt the best ebcause well it would be a cool location anyways and the flights worked out great! Teams are released from the Pitstop i'd say like starting around 12:00pm that should give all teams a chance to get to the airport!
3. Now some reasoning behind my Mauritius location: again, this was my very first pick in the round! But i did hesitate because i felt like it wasnt going to give the true African culture other legs would give so i was heistatnt, but i took a risk and designed what i think is a fantatstic leg that showcases the nation perfectly!!!
4. Let's talk about the lenght of the leg: teams arrive at 9:10. The roadblock and detour should both take like anywhere between an hour or 2 or maybe even 3 for some teams so id just say 4 for those tasks and 3 for driving brings us to around the mid afternoon which means my leg will definitely be finished before dark and should work out great!!!
5. The transportation for the leg is designated taxis! Almost like a chauffeur ig! The teams get them from the airport and thats how they get around for the entire leg! I considered self driving, but i already designed 2 of them. This leg can easily be made a self drive tho so that is a possibility!
6. Okay so finally first task is a riddle to find the odlest horse-racing club in the southern hemisphere which is the Mauritius Turf Club in CHamps de Mars. Horse racing is pretty popular in Mauritius so there obviously other race courses they could get confused with! Teams just get a clue like at the front gate or somethign they dont watch a race or stuff like that, althought there are horse races happenign which will give some interesting shots
7. Now our Fast Forward. Yeesh this was a struggle. I knew i wanted to include the submarine scooter and i felt like it would fit a Fast Forward well! But then i had to come up with a task and i wanted it to be somewhat of a challenge so teams have to unscramble the word Dodo Bird from crates or signs on the ocean floor. If teams researched the island before hand, this should be fairly easy because they would know the importance of the Dodo Bird. The sub scooters can only last 40 minutes, but im thinking that shouldnt be an issue!
8. Next up our Roadblock. This task i had difficulty coming up with an idea, but i knew i wanted to acknolwedge the indian culture of the country. So the cuisine is where i went with it!! Chutney is popular in mauritius and i think it would be cool! There have been tasks kind of like this, but the orchard search makes it more difficult! The flavours are pretty distinct but the mago ginger and green mango will hopefully cause trouble, and papaya could maybe be confused with other fruits?? all in all i felt liek the task worked and its a cool location even though they dont create any chutney there LOL!! It just worked and will be super fun!
9. So now we have our world heritage site! This is hands down what made me reconsider designing in Mauriitus, but it worked out!
10. I used an ARI to really highlight the histroy, but the detour fills the requirements for task at the location because it is the landscape at a whole not just the mountain! The detour alos kind of highlights history of the area with sega being created by slaves and the regattas being so traditional! The dance is gonna be cool to watch on tv with the colours and scenery of the beach and i think it will eb sper tough because it is a lot of hip movement! The sailing seems straight forward so i added in that they build the sail and have to go to 2 different spots! While the regatta dont typically happen in the area, again, the location worked and i dont think it is all that big of a deal!
11. Finally the pitstop and i couldnt go to mauritius without going to seven coloured earth! Great scenery and will be a super cool pit stop!!
12. SO that is my leg in mauritius and i hope u all enjoy it!!! I hope i get naother chance ot design because i think this is wayyyy better than my other legs!!! Ill keep improving!!! Thank u and i cant wait to hear back abt ur comments!
So here are some links to videos and websites to provide you with further information:
Fast Forward website: https://www.blue-safari.com/
Fast Forward video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUtBvM2FcFs
Roadblock website: https://domainedelabourdonnais.com/
Dance video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBBpgIa_ZCI
Regatta website: https://domainedelabourdonnais.com/
Regatta video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qioz0ahjtgM
Kamineko:
You now can reply.
For elthemagnifico, ZBC Company, and Jimmer, we're still waiting for your submission. Thanks!
Declive:
Such cool tasks! Congrats everyone! I'm not the biggest fan of the African legs but i loved this round.
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