Topic: TAR36: Ep 9: "My Precious Cacao" (5/8/2024)

[RealityFreakWill]

THE RACE TRAVELS TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHERE THE FINAL FIVE TEAMS MUST COMPLETE TWO ROADBLOCKS, ON “THE AMAZING RACE,” WEDNESDAY, MAY 8

“My Precious Cacao” – For the first time, the Race travels to the Dominican Republic, where the final five teams must complete two road blocks, on THE AMAZING RACE, Wednesday, May 8 (9:30-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on-demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on-demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*.

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PRESS PICTURES

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[ghmorello]

OMG, BARTOLO “BIG SEXY” COLON IS IN THE EPISODE!

[TARFansurvivor]

Looks like Rod is doing both Roadblocks.

[ghmorello]

The baseball task involves playing Vitilla which involves hitting a cap with a broomstick.  I'm guessing the racer must make a defensive throw and record some form of hit during the task.

[Alenaveda]

The title quote of the episode refers to the task performed in these pics:











All teams on these photos are working with cacao seeds.

[ianthebalance]

OMG, BARTOLO “BIG SEXY” COLON IS IN THE EPISODE!

OMG I LOVE BARTOLO COLON!

[ghmorello]

OMG, BARTOLO “BIG SEXY” COLON IS IN THE EPISODE!

OMG I LOVE BARTOLO COLON!

Indeed, his home run was awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVFsq9FQBlc

[ianthebalance]

OMG, BARTOLO “BIG SEXY” COLON IS IN THE EPISODE!

OMG I LOVE BARTOLO COLON!

Indeed, his home run was awesome.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVFsq9FQBlc

I watched him pitch in person a few times when he was with the Angels, including his Cy Young season

[TARFansurvivor]

Finally they go there!! Sadly not to Santo Domingo, hope they go there in a future season.

[Alenaveda]

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[Alenaveda]

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[ghmorello]

Alena, hope you got some Bartolo Colon gifs/memes ready for Wednesday.

[Alenaveda]

Alena, hope you got some Bartolo Colon gifs/memes ready for Wednesday.

Who?

[ghmorello]

Alena, hope you got some Bartolo Colon gifs/memes ready for Wednesday.

Who?

Bruh, did you not see the player in the dugout with Phil in the press release photos.  Have you ever watched baseball?

[Alenaveda]

Alena, hope you got some Bartolo Colon gifs/memes ready for Wednesday.

Who?

Bruh, did you not see the player in the dugout with Phil in the press release photos.  Have you ever watched baseball?

Nope. Only a few play it. In fact is a minor sport here.

[ghmorello]

Alena, hope you got some Bartolo Colon gifs/memes ready for Wednesday.

Who?

Bruh, did you not see the player in the dugout with Phil in the press release photos.  Have you ever watched baseball?

Nope. Only a few play it. In fact is a minor sport here.

Where's "here"?  Anyways, here's why Colon is a memeable player: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/bartolo-colon

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The Amazing Race - My Precious Cacao (Sneak Peek 1)

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/yjD_8O_USGo" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/yjD_8O_USGo</a>

The Amazing Race - My Precious Cacao (Sneak Peek 2)

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/7JtuXyu2Zwc" target="_blank" class="new_win">https://www.youtube.com/v/7JtuXyu2Zwc</a>

[Alenaveda]

All these caps are from the Charcos de Damajagua (the Damajagua Waterfalls):

[Alenaveda]

Bringing this from the Live Sightings:

Thanks to some sources, I believe teams visited the Damajagua Waterfalls and some sort of farm or orchard in the town of Altamira which I believe is the town or near the town where the waterfalls are. Not exactly sure what exact farm, orchard, or whatever it was, but it had avocados, oranges and papayas (not confirmed if any of those food were involved in a task). Altamira is only about a 35-40 minute drive to Puerto Plata so I believe teams must have started there and then drove into the city to finish the leg.

Following what Jjw26 found, I wonder if the cacao task was placed in Chocolates Altamira.

[north09]

Bartolo Colon also is from Altamira which might place the baseball task in the same area

[Alenaveda]

The starting point of the leg is the Puente Peatonal de Charcos de Damajagua.