There's a Lot of Nuts and Bullets
On this leg of the race, the teams are heading out from Muscat, Oman - Chad & Stephanie are the first team out at 11:10am - they get the clue that they must fly over two thousand miles to Dhaka, Bangladesh - the most densely populated city in the world. Once they land they must go to a specific supermarket and find the sugar cane press - using the machine they have to fill a large glass with sugar cane juice and one team member must drink it to get the next clue. (Not Brook please, the last thing she needs is a sugar high.)
-The clue also warns them there is a Double U-Turn on this leg of the race - a U-Turn forces the team U-Turned to complete both Detour tasks before they can continue on. This will allow 2 teams to U-Turn 2 other teams.
-Chad & Stephanie want to remain in first and plan to U-Turn Nat & Kat if they get the chance - feel they are a strong team and Chad doesn't want to lose to a couple of girls. (Gah, boys.)
-Jill & Thomas are the next to leave at 11:27am - they want to get to the U-Turn first because they know other teams will definitely want to U-Turn them...(Ah, yeah, get over yourselves.)
-Nick & Vicki head out at 12:57pm - Vicki's excited about Bangladesh but not excited about the double U-Turn.
-Chad & Stephanie get to the airport and book tickets getting them to Bangladesh at 12pm the next day. Jill & Thomas show up and say we'll have what they're having.
-Brook & Claire next out at 1:36pm - Everyone is nervous about the U-Turn.
-Nick & Vicki get to the airport and get the same arrival at 12pm - looks like everyone will be on the same flight - there's only one.
-Nat & Kat are the last team out at 3:37pm but it likely won't matter much.
-Back at the airport - Thomas is now trying to improve their flight but they're not having much luck - Chad is thinking with his stomach and he and Stephanie head to the DQ in the airport for shakes and burgers. After they leave, Jill & Thomas succeed on finding a connection that will get them to Bangladesh at 5:45am - wow, that's huge!
-Brook & Claire see them get the better flight and tell Nick & Vicki - so these two teams are now trying to improve their tickets at different agents - they see a flight that will get them in at 8:45am and Nick & Vicki were the first one's in - Brook & Claire miss out and are stuck with the 12pm arrival. Chad & Stephanie are eating... totally oblivious to any of this.
- Nat & Kat get tickets to Dubai - they didn't have time to book a connection - they'll worry about that later. Once in Dubai they get the connection to arrive in Bangladesh at 12pm - they'll be on the same flight with Brook & Claire and Chad & Stephanie...(ain't that a kick in the pants?)
-Jill & Thomas are the first to arrive in Bangladesh at 6am - it's super hot and the traffic is already crazy at that hour. They get to the supermarket and the sugar cane press - Thomas downs the juice (I'm thinking he did some beer drinking in college - he chugged that back handily) and they get the clue for the DETOUR - Balanced Meal or Balanced Bricks.
-In Balanced Meal - they have to pick up a midday snack known as a tiffen, traditionally delivered in a stack of interlocking metal containers - then, travelling across the harbour to a nearby cargo ship, they'll have to hoist 30 containers to the deck - once the meals are delivered they must return to shore with 10 empty containers to receive their next clue.
-In Balanced Bricks - teams use their heads to transport heavy bricks from a supply barge to a nearby shop - when they deliver 100 unbroken bricks, they'll get their next clue.
-Jill & Thomas decide to do the bricks and jump in a rickshaw - she's not too enthused - they nearly get hit by a bus - he tells her to keep all her extremities in... she doesn't understand the big words... your arms & legs - oh. Apparently it really stinks, Jill is not impressed. They get to the supply boat and get loaded up with bricks, she drops her first load in the water - oops. This could take a while - but then, they do have lots of time.
-Nat & Kat get to Mumbai and see the Shopping Girls and Chad & Stephanie sleeping in the airport - and realize they're all going to be on the same flight - Kat thinks it's funny they caught up - and I'm sure they're also pretty relieved.
-Jill & Thomas finish the bricks and get the next clue - they get to the U-Turn and decide they're going to U-Turn Brook & Claire (I'm thinking the boys are threatened by the all-girl teams...) Thomas says something about them being a team you don't want in the end (whatever.) Next clue tells them to take a bike rickshaw to a bazaar - Jill hopes Brook & Claire get eliminated because they're going to be Ma-ad!
-Brook - as they're all getting on their flight - says Jill & Thomas have an EPIC lead right now - if they U-Turn anyone they'll be the biggest idiots. (You've met them right?)
-Jill & Thomas get to the next clue box - ROADBLOCK. There are more than 1/2 million cycle rickshaws in Dhaka on any given day - One team member must go to a rickshaw shop and assemble a bike rickshaw from the parts provided. Jill is going to do it... let the whining begin. "There are lots of nuts and bullets - or whatever." (OK, maybe Thomas is not that wrong in thinking she's not so smart.) But she's doing really well putting the bike together.
-Nick & Vicki arrive in Dhaka - Vicki hopes they get to ride one of the rickshaws - oh, just you wait. They get to the supermarket and start pressing the sugar cane - Nick drinks it, says it tastes like sweet grass - they get the Detour clue and decide to do Balanced Meals (that's the one I'd have chosen too.) They grab a bike rickshaw and with them and their packs the poor skinny guy driving can barely get them moving... you can do it!
-Jill is finishing up the rickshaw and thinks she's done - no - missed the chain.
-Nick & Vicki get to the boats, load up their 30 tiffen meals - Nick spills some on himself and goes on about it (whatever Princess) the guy starts pulling the boat out and Nick nearly falls in the water (darn - that would have been hilarious!)
-Last 3 teams arrive and race out of the airport - Chad & Stephanie still hoping to U-Turn Nat & Kat - they've won so many legs and have great game... (you have to get there first though guys.)
-Nat & Kat head out in a cab - Brook & Claire last out - Getting a lot of stares - Brook says they must not be used to their kind there - (Yeah, blue-eyed blonds are not plentiful in Bangladesh.)
-Jill finally figures out it's the chain and they get the next clue to the Pit Stop - Lalbagh Fort.
-Nick & Vicki say the food doesn't smell very good - they get to the ship - he heads up on deck - she ties 10 at a time together and he hauls them up - spraying poopy smelling liquid all over - ewww..
-Last 3 teams are at the sugar cane press- Chad, Kat & Brook all chug the juice and get the clue for the Detour - they all choose Balanced Meal and head off on bike rickshaws... but Chad & Stephanie go the opposite direction (uh oh.)
-Jill & Thomas are Team #1 to the Pit Stop - they win a $15K Discover gift card. Nice to know their efforts paid off. Phil mentions they U-Turned a team (when they're like 5 hours ahead of everyone - pretty douchey move) you can tell it never even occurred to them that they didn't have to U-Turn anyone...
-Nick & Vicki were a well-oiled machine on the task - got the food delivered and got to the U-Turn - Nick said he knew it - Brook & Claire. Vicki was just stunned to see anyone on the board - because everyone else was just so far behind... They were excited, getting to the U-Turn and were going to U-Turn Chad & Stephanie (Nick thought they were the strongest team out of the bunch left - these boys all have high opinions of their sex) but then Vicki stopped him - thought it was pointless for them to U-Turn anyone, they were so far behind them. He thinks she's too nice (hey, good Race karma is never bad) but she wins and they leave without U-Turning anyone.
-Chad & Stephanie are lost - their rickshaw took them in the wrong direction - Darn It! They have no clue where they are.
-Nat & Kat get to the food hut and take the 30 containers to a boat. Brook & Claire run around a little but then find the food place too and head out with their tiffens.
-Nick & Vicki get to the Roadblock and he's putting the rickshaw together because he's the bike guy (unless it's having to ride up hill apparently.) Vicki feels like she won the lottery with him listening to her on not U-turning anyone.
-Nat & Kat strapped all the food together and hauled it up.
-Brook & Claire also delivering their food - they are hauling machines.
-Chad & Stephanie finally arrive and get the food together as all the girls finish and are heading back to shore.
-Nick is sure he's done - nope - he forgot the chain too... Vicki's trying to keep him calm and he notices the chain - they get the clue to the Pit Stop.
-Nat & Kat first back and get to the U-Turn - they are so relieved to see they aren't the team already on the board. They U-Turn Chad & Stephanie since that's their only choice. They are all so close together, it makes sense that they use the U-Turn.
-Brook & Claire get to the U-Turn and see they're on the board - U-Turned by Thomas & Jill - Brook says he must have a small... - Now they have to go back and do the brick task as well and they have to beat Chad & Stephanie. They take off and get bricks on their heads - Claire complains a little, but Brook doesn't waste time complaining - let's just get it done.
-Chad & Stephanie finish the meals - with him only telling her to 'shush' once (that they showed us) but they are in last place and they can't find where they need to go for the U-Turn board.
-Nat & Kat get to the Roadblock and Nat is putting the bike together - It must be hot - they are all sweating like crazy.
-Brook & Claire have delivered 60 bricks and they're flagging - both are tired - having to do both physical tasks in that heat... yikes.
-Still no Chad & Stephanie, they are lost and he's being a goof - bicker, bicker, bicker - they finally find the U-Turn and are pissed to see they have been U-Turned by the Doctors - (you were going to do the same thing to them.)
-Brook & Claire finish the bricks and Brook takes off running - Claire is pleading with her to slow down before she pukes or passes out (or both) - Brook tells her to suck it up - she's tired too... Oooh, first time we've seen these two fight like that.
-Chad & Stephanie are carrying their first load of bricks and Stephanie says she's going to drop them - he yells at her to get mentally tough right now - she turns and gives it to him - "Shut the h*ll up and stop being such a pr*ck!" (Ha! Good for her.)
-Brook & Claire still fighting in the rickshaw - Claire tells Brook she doesn't run marathons like her, maybe she has the wrong partner... after the fact Brook realizes it's a lot to ask of anyone - (They're so evolved.)
-Chad & Stephanie still bickering - she feels like she's going to throw up. Chad yells at the man to count the bricks already - (Does his blockhead count?) - they are done and get the next clue.
-Brook & Claire get to the rickshaw place and meet up with Nat & Kat - Brook's going to race through this like a spider monkey - she's so impressed with them, catching up after having to do the bricks too.
-Nat is having some trouble with the bike - she's missed the wheels.
-Chad & Stephanie arrive - Stephanie is going to put the bike together and Chad's going to be an ass. He starts heckling Nat, big smart doctor can't put a bike together... She finally has to tell him the U-Turn wasn't personal, they were the only other team behind them. He's just trying to get in their heads to get ahead (she was wondering if he was going to come tackle her.)
-Stephanie thought she was making up a lot of time on Brook.
-Nat finally finished the bike and apologized again to Chad as they go by him - yeah, whatever. He looks like he realizes they did what they had to, but he still doesn't like it.
-The bell is the stumbling block for Brook and the seat stymies Stephanie... but Brook finishes first - they take off for the Pit Stop. Chad & Stephanie are right behind - he starts the obnoxious American routine - yelling at people in the street to tell him where the fort is... they are all looking for the Pit Stop on foot...
Here's How They Finished:
1) Jill & Thomas - They won a $15K Discover card and the enmity of Brook & Claire.
2) Nick & Vicki - That's their best finish yet - Vicki hopes Nick sees being nice does pay off (I wouldn't bank on that.)
3) Nat & Kat - played the U-Turn - it was a matter of survival for them -they have no regrets.
4) Brook & Claire - really close finish on the last two teams - Brook complains to Phil that a man U-turned two little girls... Phil doesn't buy it - you can't pretend you're not a threat on this race.
5) Chad & Stephanie - ***ELIMINATED*** Even though he didn't win the million, Chad still feels like a very rich man - came out engaged to a wonderful woman... aww. She says he's going to make her cry (oh yeah, major brownie points with that one.)
So with Chad & Stephanie eliminated, that means Andria S, Coleen T, Steve H, Andrew W and Kim B/Gail W are all out of the pool. (BOO!)
Next week - Brook cuts loose (dancing) and Nick cuts [Vicki] down - show him making her cry and telling her to quit it... (too bad she can't win without him. Jerk.)
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen
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