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Amazing Race Season 35, Episode 5, "Yessir, The Pink City"
Film date: 2023-06-21 - 2023-06-22
The last pit stop was at the Đền thờ các vua Hùng temple outside Can Tho in Vietnam. This leg starts on the street outside Sheraton Can Tho. Teams depart in the following order:
1.Robbin & Chelsea 07:00 2.Steve & Anna Leigh07:01+0:01 3.Todd & Ashlie 07:02+0:02 4.Joe & Ian 07:03+0:03 5.Rob & Corey 07:09+0:09 6.Liam & Yeremi 07:17+0:17 7.Andrea & Malaina 07:18+0:18 8.Greg & John 07:19+0:19 9.Joel & Garrett 07:24+0:2410.Morgan & Lena 07:36+0:36
The first clue is a route info which tells them to fly to the Pink City Jaipur, India. For some reason racers are told to enter through gate D1 of the international terminal of Ho Chi Minh city (they travel there by taxi, 165km).
All teams are on the same flight (and they are seen on an Malaysian Airways plane). Once they land in Jaipur they are all released form the airport at the same time. For some no so mysterious reason there is just the right number of marked taxis lined up on the street outside the airport. Teams jump into them and tell the drivers to drive them to the Amber Palace.
"Yessir, he pink city", Liam gets the quote while on the plane
This is the first time since the start of the race that all teams have been equalized. A bunch of them feel stressed as they have no buffer at the moment.
"Neither of us have been to India before", Morgan
"But we do like Indian food", Lena tries to come up with something positive
At the palace teams will need to pick up a bundle of sugar cane and carry it up to the palace courtyard where they need to hand it to a Mahout (elephant handler) to receive their next clue.
Teams will pick up their sugar cane from the Ram Bagh Garden. Then they have to make their way on foot to the actual fort. The bundles of sugar cane are not that big so the do not really hinder the racers. A bigger obstacle is the rather steep path up to the palace. This is about 550m long and has an elevation gain of 55m.
"The "run" up that hill started as a run, then quickly turned into a speed walk and then ultimately fell into a regular walk", Joe
Teams deliver their sugar cane in the following order:
1. Joe & Ian
2. Todd & Ashlie
3. Robbin & Chelsea
4. Rob & Corey
5. Steve & Anna Leigh
6. Joel & Garrett
7. Andrea & Malaina
8. Morgan & Lena
9. Liam & Yeremi
10. Greg & John
Road block: Who's feeling balanced?
In this road block contestants must learn a short choreographed routine. The tricky part is that they must performing it while balancing three pots on their heads. They will do the dance together with four locals who make it look easy while balancing 5-6 pots on their heads.
Memorizing the steps and hand movements seems to be fairly simple, it is performing it while balancing three pots on the head which is difficult. Specially as the last part includes a step where they have to lower themselves a bit. The road block takes place in a pavilion in the Amber fort so it is close.
I am not sure what the pots were made of but they do not break when the racers drop them. Which is good because otherwise they would have needed an awful lot of spare pots.
"If you're not first you're last", Anna Leigh
Anna Leigh quickly learns the dance and then goes up to the judging area. She manages to make two attempts in a row before Andrea arrives. Soon more teams start making attempts and a line forms.
John forget two of the pots when making his first attempt so he gets stopped immediately. Ashlie spends a lot of time practicing and Todd can't see why she doesn't make any attempts. But she may be on to something, she can spend her time practicing rather than waiting in line.
"My head, I think, is a little funny shape", Ian on why he struggled
When he gets approved Garrett twists his mustache and the judge, who has an even more impressive mustache, also twists his. I.e. they are having a small moment together here.
We learn that Rob used to be head coach for a football team for the deaf. There he learned to stay optimistic in front of the players, to show them that anything is possible. He uses the same technique in front of Corey as he struggles at this task.
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+4)Steve & Anna Leigh* (1-3)On her 3rd attempt 2(+8)Greg & John* (2-2)On his 2nd attempt 3(+5)Morgan* & Lena (2-2)On her 2nd attempt 4(+3)Andrea* & Malaina (3-1)On her 6th attempt 5(-2)Robbin & Chelsea* (1-3)On her 3rd attempt 6(+3)Liam & Yeremi* (2-2)On his 5th attempt 7(-5)Todd & Ashlie* (2-2)On her 3rd attempt 8(-7)Joe & Ian* (2-2)On his 4th attempt 9(-3)Joel & Garrett* (2-2)On his 7th attempt10(-6)Rob & Corey* (2-2)On his 15th attempt
The next clue send teams to Panna Meena Ka Kund where they can find they next clue. This is a famous well where there are lots of stairs leading down to the water (it has been used in other iterations of the race). It seems as if teams make their way there on foot.
Todd & Ashlie are trying to find the clue box when Robbin & Chelsea ride past in their rickshaw.
"Don't say anything", Robbin
Todd asks if this is this way but gets no response.
"Ohh, they didn't help", Todd is not happy
Teams arrive to Panna Meena Ka Kund (900m) in the following order:
1(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
2(+0) Greg & John
3(+0) Morgan & Lena
4(+0) Andrea & Malaina
5(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
6(+0) Liam & Yeremi
7(+0) Todd & Ashlie
8(+0) Joe & Ian
9(+0) Joel & Garrett
10(+0) Rob & Corey
Detour: All Dolled Up or The Big Picture
In All Dolled Up teams must build two marionette dolls. The dolls are made up of a wooden torso, arms filled with straw, decorative robes and head wear. All the needed materials is provided buts teams will have to do some hammering and a little bit of sewing (which turns out to be unexpectedly dangerous). Once their dolls have been approved they must help the puppeteer to dangle two existing dolls for a short while (this is just as simple as it sounds).
In The Big Picture teams must help bring a life sized mural to life. They must dress up in costumes, pick the right accessories and take the correct stances. The murals are also missing a bunch of secondary characters and they must pick the right cutouts for these and hang at the appropriate places. This is way trickier than it sounds as there are a bunch cutouts to choose from for each character and they all have minute differences. There is a small version of the picture which shows teams what it is supposed to look like, so this is basically a game of spot the differences.
Both detours take place at the Jaighar Fort (8km), to get there teams must use one of the marked rickshaws parked outside. Even if the locations are both within the fort they are sufficiently apart that teams have no idea what is happening at the other detour.
For the mural task there are multiple places where teams can find cutouts and it takes a while for some teams to realize this. Teams are also only allowed to bring one cutout or prop at a time.
For the dolls there is an ongoing demonstration.
"I haven't done any arts & crafts in a log time", Steve
"Your hitting it awfully hard, I really don't want you to break him", Anna Leigh is anxious while her dad is hammering in nails
The hammering ends with him hitting her thumb.
There are only six stations available for the mural task. There is a footrace between Todd & Ashlie and Joe & Ian for the last station. The men are about equally fast but Ashlie quickly falls behind. In the end Joe & Ian claims the last station and Todd & Ashlie have to do the dolls instead (which turns out to be a blessing in disguise).
"Augh, son of a biscuit", Ashlie when the last mural gets taken
As they have to build two puppets most team split so they did one each. Joel & Garrett did the opposite and worked together on both of them. Some steps of the making did benefit from an extra hand or two so this may have helped them.
We learn that Morgan & Lena have made a rule to not spend more than 25 minutes at a detour before switching. Here they break it by staying for over two hours but then they make one last check and when the judge said no they switch to the dolls detour. I have seen a lot of race episodes and this did feel like a really bad decision, switching detours when you are among the last and have already spent 2+ hours on one side is rarely a good idea.
At the dolls detour Morgan completes her doll first and then leans it to help Lena. This is just as Lena is sewing the clothes so she almost pokes Morgans eye with the needle. Fortunately she hits the forehead instead.
"You can't help somebody who has a huge needle and thread", Lena
"Well, you're sewing in a stupid way Lena", Morgan brings out the really good arguments(tm) against her sister.
And after that the camera cuts to showing some quarreling monkeys.
The doll detour seems to be much quicker than the murals. The only team shown getting their dolls rejected is Morgan & Lena and they are shown what is wrong and can go back and fix just that detail.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
1(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh, dolls
2(+0) Greg & John, mural
3(+6) Joel & Garrett, dolls
4(+0) Andrea & Malaina, mural
5(+2) Todd & Ashlie, wanted to do mural but had to do dolls
6(+4) Rob & Corey, dolls
7(-2) Robbin & Chelsea, mural
8(-2) Liam & Yeremi, mural
9(-1) Joe & Ian, mural
10(-7) Morgan & Lena, started mural but switched to dolls
Route info: Take your rickshaw to your next pit stop at Gatore Ki Chhatriyan. The clue also states that the last team to arrive will be eliminated.
Normally the editors try to make it look like it is a close race between the two last teams while they ate making their way to the Pit Stop. This time it actually is a close race and we do get to see both teams in the same shot multiple times. Morgan & Lena have reached their rickshaw and are convinced that they are last when they see Joe & Ian emerge from the fort.
"We're not last, go, go", Lena turns frantic
Initially the road is narrow so it is hard to pass but once they get down into the city Joe & Ian's driver manages to pass the girls. The race is then decided when the girl's driver turns into a side street which he claims is a shortcut. Meanwhile the boys get caught behind a red light for close to two minutes.
Teams reach Phil and the mat (9km) in the following order:
1(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh, win $3,000 each
2(+0) Greg & John
3(+0) Joel & Garrett
4(+0) Andrea & Malaina, just after #3
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie, just after #4
6(+0) Rob & Corey, just after #5
7(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
8(+0) Liam & Yeremi
9(+1) Morgan & Lena, while #8 are still on the mat
10(-1) Joe & Ian, are eliminated
"I do need to tell you that sometime before the next leg of the race, there's going to be that U-turn vote", Phil to the teams
It will be mandatory to vote and the votes will be anonymous.
"We know it's coming", Anna Leigh is sure they will get some votes
As they did not see the other detour many teams have no idea what position they are in when they reach the mat. Joel & Garrett were pretty sure to be at the end of the pack so they are surprised when Phil tells them they are #3. And Todd & Ashlie are certain they will be eliminated.
"Don't do it Phil, don't do it to us", Todd does not want to be eliminated
Phil has fun with the teams and asks Joel & Garrett to tell Andrea & Malaina which place they are and so on for the teams arriving close to each other in the middle. Eventually teams #3-5 gets to tell Rob & Corey that they are #6.
Phil also tells the last three teams that they all arrived within seconds of each other. I am not sure that actually says that much, you can be 3600 seconds behind and that is only seconds but is also still an hour.
"I couldn't ask for something more fun, more amazing, more incredible to do, specially with Ian, it was so cool", Joe
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Racing report
Amazing Race Season 35, Episode 6, "Driving head on into scooters"
Film date: 2023-06-24
The last pit stop was at Gatore Ki Chhatriyan in Jaipur, India. During the pit stop teams get to vote for the upcoming U-turn. The vote is anonymous and at this time we only get to see what a few of the teams voted for. We will get to see the results later.
"I can't see them as a team that's gonna be willing to help us in the future", Yeremi about Robbin & Chelsea
"A better long term plan is somebody who's gonna hurt us in the finale", Joel
"Initially I wanted to U-turn Greg & John, but they are too likable and we don't want to disappoint their mother", Chelsea
Teams are released from Gatore Ki Chhatriyan in the following order:
1.Steve & Anna Leigh08:482.Greg & John 09:45+0:573.Joel & Garrett 09:55+1:074.Andrea & Malaina 09:58+1:105.Todd & Ashlie 10:03+1:156.Rob & Corey 10:09+1:217.Robbin & Chelsea 10:29+1:418.Liam & Yeremi 10:42+1:549.Morgan & Lena 10:44+1:56
Route info: "Race by taxi to Famous Nagra Shoe store #32 on Hawa Mahal road road and ask the shop owner for a clue. You have a thousand Indian rupees for this leg"
The clue also points out that the store is located opposite the Hawa Mahal, which is a very famous palace. This palace has been used in the race before.
"Andrea doesn't snore so I'm getting my sleep", Malaina
Steve & Anna Leigh get dropped off at the wrong location so they have to run for more than half a kilometer to get to the shoe store.
Teams arrive to the shoe store in the following order:
1(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
2(+0) Greg & John
3(+1) Andrea & Malaina
4(-1) Joel & Garrett, just after #3
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie, before #4 has left
6(+0) Rob & Corey
7(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
8(+0) Liam & Yeremi
9(+0) Morgan & Lena, just after #8
Route info: "Use a telescoping monocular to search the windows of the Hawa Mahal for your next location."
Teams will get one telescoping monocular (aka spyglass) from the shop owner and must then search the windows of Hawa Mahal, which is right across the street, for their next location. The Hawa Mahal is a very famous palace which has 953 windows. One of the windows holds a discrete sign which reads "Udai poll no2 at Jalebi Chowk". The sign is actually very easy to spot but you must use the telescope to be able to read it.
The telescoping monocular is hard to use, some teams need to figure out which end to look in and some take a while to realize you can extend it. The hardest part is to get the text into focus, which you do by extending the front part a bit.
"Give it to me, we're wasting time", Anna Leigh
Even if it looks complicated to operate the spyglass all teams figure it out pretty quickly, so teams find the text in the same order they arrived.
The clue told teams that when they think they have found their next destination they need to make their way there on foot. The location is 500m away and teams reach it in the following order:
1(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
2(+0) Greg & John
3(+0) Andrea & Malaina
4(+0) Joel & Garrett
5(+1) Rob & Corey
6(-1) Todd & Ashlie, just after #5
7(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
8(+0) Liam & Yeremi
9(+0) Morgan & Lena
The clue here is a route info which tells teams to find a marked electric rickshaw in the parking. The rickshaws they need to find are from the Pink City Rickshaw company which only employs women. The rickshaws are parked within a giant mess of rickshaws and racers must manually push other rickshaws to the side so that their rickshaw can exit the mess. Once the rickshaw is free teams must use it to travel to the SD Masala Spice Shop no 49 where they will find their next clue.
There are only 9 marked rickshaws so the latter teams will have a harder time to find one. And teams may not know it yet but they will have to keep their chosen rickshaw for the rest of the day. This will frustrate some of the teams since some drivers drive very slowly and also have a very hard time finding the locations.
Rob & Corey decide to work together with Todd & Ashlie to release their rickshaws. This leads to a fun scene where Corey and Todd both try to push the same rickshaw in opposite directions.
Teams leave in rickshaws in the following order:
1(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
2(+0) Greg & John
3(+1) Joel & Garrett
4(-1) Andrea & Malaina
5(+1) Todd & Ashlie
6(-1) Rob & Corey, just after #5
7(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
8(+1) Morgan & Lena
9(-1) Liam & Yeremi
"Out of towners", a phrase much used by Andrea & Malaina during this leg
"This rickshaw goes like 2-3 mph", Yeremi
"This is soo not the rickshaw we need to be doing this in", Liam
Liam & Yeremi draw the short straw when it comes to rickshaws. Their driver is slow and has a very hard time finding things. As they are on their way to the spice shop they are passed by Andrea & Malaina who are halfway through their flower detour.
Teams reach the spice shop (1.8km) in the following order:
1(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
2(+0) Greg & John
3(+0) Joel & Garrett
4(+0) Andrea & Malaina
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie
6(+0) Rob & Corey, just after #5
7(+1) Morgan & Lena
8(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
9(+0) Liam & Yeremi
Here teams find a sign saying that Steve & Anna Leigh have been U-turned. We as viewer get to see how the teams voted:
Steve & Anna Leigh voted for Robbin & Chelsea
Greg & John voted for Steve & Anna Leigh
Joel & Garrett voted for Steve & Anna Leigh
Andrea & Malaina voted for Steve & Anna Leigh
Todd & Ashlie voted for Robbin & Chelsea
Rob & Corey voted for Steve & Anna Leigh
Robbin & Chelsea voted for Steve & Anna Leigh
Liam & Yeremi voted for Robbin & Chelsea
Morgan & Lena voted for Robbin & Chelsea
So the end result was five votes for Steve & Anna Leigh and four for Robbin & Chelsea. Word is that if there had been a tie production would have U-turned all the "winning" teams. This could in theory have lead to a situation where everybody is U-turned (if everybody voted for a different team). Steve & Anna Leigh are not surprised to see themselves on the board but both Greg & Jon and Robbin & Chelsea are relieved that they are not on the board as both teams seemed to suspect they might.
Detour: Bundles or Bricks
In Bundles teams must bundle up flowers like the locals do. The flowers have already been placed in big pieces of cloth and the racers just need to do is tie them correctly. Then they need to load them into their rickshaws and transport them to two temples. They need to collect a receipt from each temple and then go back to the flower market and give the receipts to the flower vendor get their next clue.
In Bricks teams must pick up 50 bricks, a bag of sand and two bags of gravel. This must be loaded onto a cycle rickshaw and delivered to a nearby construction site. Teams must then return with their receipt to the brick supplier to get their next clue.
The flowers detour starts at Janta Bazaar by Sanipul Bandar no79 (2.3km). The bundles of flowers are heavy (approximately 60lb each) and they do fill up the rickshaw. The second temple they need to deliver flowers too is hard to find as it looks like a bus stop in the middle of the road.
"I had been hoping for a cycling related challenge", Joel choose bricks as it involved a bicycle
As Steve & Anna Leigh are one their way to do their first flower delivery we see them pass the shoe store and Robbin & Chelsea are there, and they started 1 hour and 41 minutes after them.
Steve & Anna Leigh start by doing the flower detour. But once they have delivered their flowers they decide that as they have to do the other detour as well they do not need the next clue yet so they skip going back with the receipts (apparently she did ask a producer if this was ok). But when they arrive at the brick detour (just after Rob & Corey) a man comes up and say that they must complete the other detour first. As the detours are a bit apart this costs them extra travel time.
The bricks detour starts at Vivek Enterprises on Shiv Marg.
"Those streets were hectic", Greg & John about pushing their bicycle
"There is a stark difference between my road bike and that rickshaw bike", Joel
"Right, she's slow as hell", Andrea about their rickshaw driver
"Lena, let me watch", Lena is frantic at the flowers detour and just wants to get it done while Morgan wants to watch the demonstration
Joel & Garrett have a hard time finding the place where they are supposed to drop off their building supplies.
"I'm so thirsty and I'm so hot and I don't know where I'm going", Joel
Joel realize he is getting dehydrated so they take time to stop and buy a couple of bottles of water.
"It was almost an immediate relief, the tunnel vision stopped and my spirits started lifting", Joel about drinking that water
On their way from the brick detour Anna Leigh is pedaling the rickshaw while her dad rides in the back. You can also see two bricks, which means that they brought extra bricks, which probably was a smart thing to do if allowed.
As Andrea & Malaina return their receipts after the flower detour they see Liam & Yeremi studying how to tie their bundles. The boys asks them if they have any tips on how to tie the knots. They get a couple of not so helpful responses like "Follow them" and "Criss cross".
The boys then have a really hard time getting to the temples where they need to deliver their flowers. According to interviews this took hours, mostly because their driver drove really slow and kept getting lost.
Teams complete the detour in the following order:
---- Steve & Anna Leigh, flowers (just as Morgan & Lena arrive to start the task)
1(+1) Greg & John, bricks
2(+4) Rob & Corey, bricks
3(+2) Todd & Ashlie, bricks
4(-1) Joel & Garrett, bricks
5(+2) Morgan & Lena, flowers
6(-5) Steve & Anna Leigh, bricks
7(-3) Andrea & Malaina, flowers
8(+0) Robbin & Chelsea, bricks
9(+0) Liam & Yeremi, flowers
The next clue tells teams to travel by rickshaw to Garg Textile Wholesale fabric shop where they must pick up a bolt of fabric and a clue from the owner.
Teams arrive to the textile shop (~2km from the end of both detours) in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John
2(+0) Rob & Corey, just as #1 are leaving
3(+1) Joel & Garrett
4(-1) Todd & Ashlie, just after #3
5(+0) Morgan & Lena
6(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
7(+0) Andrea & Malaina
8(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
9(+0) Liam & Yeremi
Route info: Travel by rickshaw to Jaipur Mahal
Teams arrive to Jaipur Mahal (2.2km) in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John
2(+0) Rob & Corey
3(+1) Todd & Ashlie
4(-1) Joel & Garrett
5(+0) Morgan & Lena
6(+0) Steve & Anna Leigh
7(+0) Andrea & Malaina
8(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
9(+0) Liam & Yeremi, after all others have left
Road block: Who likes to play with blocks?
In this road block contestants must do block printing on fabric. They must print the national bird of India, a peacock. Each print is made up of four colors which must be applied in the correct order and be perfectly aligned. They do not need to make one sheet with exact nine approved birds but can instead make many attempts per sheet and when they reach a total of nine approved prints they get their next clue. The judge has a big red X which he stamps over the rejected prints to really show that they are bad.
This task is actually fairly difficult. Not only do you need to apply the colors in the right order, and align the stamps perfectly. You must also use the right amount of ink, not too much and not too little.
"This is fun, I've never done art like this before", Greg
"This one looks like it was murdered", Lena about the effect when she used too much red ink
While her dad is playing with the blocks Anna Leigh asks each of the non participating team members if they U-turned them. Garret and Corey both confess to U-turning them while Andrea lies and says they did not.
"He's just X-ing one after the other. He gets done and I'm like sweet, he's done. No, he left to go re-dip his X to get more ink on it to X more", Todd
"They don't like my murder themed one", Lena
"Andrea's is like the positive reinforcer 'casue I can go nuts real quick", Malaina about getting positive comments from Andrea
We also learn that Andrea was there for Malaina when her husband to be cheated on her, so they do have a strong bond.
Joel gets really happy when he gets approved so he gives the judge a big hug.
"Tough crowd", Robbin when the judge reject all of her prints in her first check
Teams complete this road block in the following order (* denotes team member doing the roadblock):
1(+0)Greg* & John (3-2)After making at 25 stamps2(+2)Joel* & Garrett (3-2)After making at least 25 stamps3(-1)Rob* & Corey (3-2)After making at least 53 stamps4(+1)Morgan & Lena* (2-3)After making at least 39 stamps5(-2)Todd* & Ashlie (3-2)After making at least 35 stamps6(+0)Steve* & Anna Leigh (2-3)After making at least 50 stamps7(+0)Andrea & Malaina* (3-2)After making at least 40 stamps8(+0)Robbin* & Chelsea (2-3)After making at least 44 stamps9(+0)Liam* & Yeremi (3-2)After making at 25 stamps
The next clue is a route info which tells teams to race to the pit stop at a traffic circle named Badi Chaupar.
Teams reach Phil and the mat in the following order:
1(+0) Greg & John, win Expedia points for a trip to New Zealand
2(+1) Rob & Corey
3(-1) Joel & Garrett, just after #3
4(+0) Morgan & Lena
5(+0) Todd & Ashlie
6(+1) Andrea & Malaina
7(-1) Steve & Anna Leigh
8(+0) Robbin & Chelsea
9(+0) Liam & Yeremi, are eliminated
"This has been the toughest day so far", Joel
"It would be an understatement to say that this was the adventure of a lifetime", Liam
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Crazy that Morgan & Lena made up 2 hours and passed Steve and Anna-Leigh!
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