Archive > The Amazing Race
4/5 EP7 ..chat
puddin:
thanks as always to SurvivorDog for the fast fingers ]*[
note:
Teams get get 85$
Phil: Botswana, an African nation home to the Kalahari Desert. At the edge of it, the Mahadihadi Pans, reminiscent of the surface of the moon. Mandatory rest period, yadda, yadda ...
Will Ron/Kelly's relationship be able to withstand the challenges ahead?
Will the brothers stay at the back of the pack?
CLUE, Ron/Kelly, 5:29 am.
Drive yourselves to Sankuyo Village.
Phil: They'll drive 148 miles then 50 miles to a water tower for their next clue.
Kelly blathers something unintelligible during a confessional.
Ron conf: We're not arguing much, just a little spat here and there.
Rob/Amber, 5:43 am.
CLUE: Next clue is under the water tower.
Rob conf: The gloves are off and we're playing for ourselves. We have no friends in this game.
Rob: Just keep driving straight, yes?
Amber: I guess.
Uchenna/Joyce, 5:51 am, jog to their SUV.
Uchenna conf: My father is a native Nigerian. It's something to put your feet on soil that your ancestors are from.
Lynn/Alex
Conf: We're good, honest players, we're just sneaky.
Meredith/Gretchen, 6:12 am.
G conf: It's a miracle we've beat tough competitors to get here! It's a beautiful morning. It's good to be alive. We're rarin' to go.
Gretchen grimaces as she gets into the car.
Last place, Greg: Big bucks, big bucks, no whammies!
puddin:
At Sign: Go left or right. (A "T" intersection.)
Ron/Kelly turn towards Maun not knowing if it's the right way.
Rob/Amber watch Ostriches cross the road.
Amber: You're kidding!
Amber conf: I've always wanted to go on safari. We're the two luckiest people in the world.
Uchenna/Joyce find out they're going west, which is correct.
Lynn/Alex decide to pass on the right ... (which is correct in Botswana.)
Joyce: They just zoomed right past!
A herd of cattle cross in front of Lynn/Alex, who don't slow down.
Lynn: How now, brown cow?
"Stupid cow" forces Joyce/Uchenna to slow down.
Meredith/Gretchen find a water tower.
Gretchen: I don't see any clues.
Reading: You will drive through the city of Maun.
Gretchen: OH! Keep going straight. There's the sign for Maun to the left.
Brian/Greg also see a water tower and guess wrong.
Ron/Kelly, DETOUR.
Carry it, or Milk it.
Carry: Balance 3 items on your head to a cooking area 70 yards away. Can't use your hands to balance. If they get the technique, it could be quick.
Milk it: Choose goats, tie 'em up, squeeze out enough milk to fill a 10 ounce cup. It's not easy to milk these goats!
Ron/Kelly opt for balancing.
Kelly: I can't.
Ron: You do ballet. You should be able to do this. Okay, let's do a goat.
Rob/Amber choose goats.
Amber: This should be amusing!
Brian/Greg, not the sharpest tools in the shed, ask if they should climb the water tower, which isn't even the right tower.
Brian climbs.
Greg finally reads. "The clue is UNDER the tower."
Brian descends.
Brian: You're pissing me off!
COMMERCIAL.
puddin:
Brian: Man, we're IDIOTS, Greg!
They finally discover they have to drive thru Maun.
Sign, MAUN is to the right.
Greg: Whoever said the Smith Brothers have no sense of direction?
Ron/Kelly having loads of fun doing the goat milking.
Rob/Amber decide to try the carry/balancing act.
Rob makes it one whole step but Amber has no problem.
A: If you can't do it, tell me now.
Rob can't do it.
Ron/Kelly milking ...
Rob/Amber arrive to start milking.
Ron, stiff-handed: This could take forever.
Lynn: Why would you need one of these (Ostriches) in LA?
Uchenna: We are definitely in Africa.
Gretchen: Just watch the animals! If one darts out in front of us!
Brian: We're gonna kick some butt today!!
Goat: NYAAAAH!
Rob: That one's jealous. He wants a turn.
Amber: He's cooperating.
Lynn/Alex, Meredith/Gretchen, Uchenna/Joyce, reach the water tower.
DETOUR clue for three teams within seconds of each other.
Meredith/Gretchen, milking
Uchenna/Joyce, carrying
Rob: Baby, you got the technique now! The best teats so far!
Lynn: BAAAA! They've been here a long time. Let's go for the baskets.
Gretchen: This goat has nice, big teats!
Uchenna/Joyce do head-balancing with no real problem.
Lynn: Alex, I dunno, honey.
Lynn has bigtime problems with carrying on his head.
Uchenna/Joyce make short work of the first carry of the DETOUR.
Uchenna's done. Really quick!
Joyce is making progress slower.
Milking ...
Ron/Kelly
Rob/Amber
Meredith/Gretchen ...
Now joining them, Lynn/Alex ...
CLUE, Ron/Kelly: Drive yourselves to the Khwai River
puddin:
Uchenna/Joyce move on to their 3rd and final balancing act.
They're finished.
CLUE: Khwai river.
puddin:
Rob/Amber finish milking, move on.
Gretch: Come on, sweetie! Don't spill any or I'll kill you!
Meredith finishes, gets the Khwai River clue.
M: I dunno where the Khwai is!
They get directions, well, sort-of, from an older woman sitting there.
Lynn/Alex finally finish milking.
Brothers start milking, far behind the rest of the pack.
Dusty road.
Ron/Kelly driving.
Rob/Amber driving close behind.
Gazelles get the attention of Uchenna/Joyce.
Gretchen tells Meredith to keep going the way the woman pointed.
M: We haven't seen a road marker in a long time.
Meanwhile, Lynn/Alex putt-putt to a stop.
Alex: Uh-oh. Why are we stopping?
Lynn: Car's done. We're screwed. This sucks.
COMMERCIAL.
Navigation
[0] Message Index
[#] Next page
Go to full version