You Know I'm Not as Smart as You (Buenos Aries, Argentina)
2nd leg, here we go - the teams are still in Argentina and Rachel & Dave are the first to get the clue to drive themselves to the town square and wait for the chasqui (mounted postman) to get their next clue. They head out at 2:46am...
-Brendan & Rachel are the next out minutes later, she admits that the Race is tougher than Big Brother.
-The Border agents are next to leave at 2:49am - they stop to ask someone what a chasqui is and end up with Brendan & Rachel following them - JJ grouses that Brendan never makes a decision - he'll just follow us. (No love lost between these teams.)
But it really doesn't matter because when Rachel & Dave get to the town square they are told the chasqui won't arrive until dawn... so they have some waiting for the other teams to catch up to do.
-Nary & Jamie are the next out at 3:21am - they are federal agents but have lied about what they do to the other teams - they've told them all they're schoolteachers so they won't be targeted as threats. (Again, these two strike me as a little too cocky... we'll see if it comes back to bite them.)
-The rest of the teams are all heading out to meet up in the town square... with the stray dogs.
-One thing we learn is that the boy clown, Dave, has battled Hodgkin's disease and beat it twice, he's been cancer free since 2001 - happy dance. (Could be why he can't run worth beans, just saying.)
-I am loving Mark & Bopper - they're happy as long as there is one team behind them - and they have no idea how to pronounce c-h-a-s-q-u-i, let alone know what it is. Mark, "We speak country, no other kinda language."
Sunrises and the poor chasqui is swarmed by grabby Americans - Mark is taller and gets the clue first - it is a Detour - Boil my Water, or Light my Fire.
-In Boil my Water: the teams have to drive to one of three local villages and assemble a solar kitchen for the locals. Once at the village, they will retrieve a crate from a pick-up truck, assemble the solar paneled (old school satellite dish looking) "kitchen", then place the "kitchen" in direct sunlight and wait for a kettle to boil - whistle and all. Once the water boils, they'll get their next clue.
-In Light my Fire: teams must gather firewood and clay from the river bed, then load it on a donkey and transport it one mile to a local potters workshop - once they deliver the goods, they'll receive their next clue.
-Meanwhile, the grabby hands are still trying to all get the clue - JJ & Art are liking Brendon even less when he snatches their clue.
-Everyone decides to do Boil my Water, except the border agents who are going to Light my Fire (Come on baby... get it?) Art thinks building the oven then waiting for water to boil will take forever, the suns not even up yet. (Smrt.)
-So, first 5 teams to the first location get their crates and start assembling the solar panels (except the clowns who can't figure out the pictures are on the box...) - but this "village" is in a valley and the suns not over the hill yet... Uh oh.
-The next 3 teams get to the next "village" and can't figure out where the Border Agents are going (the wood gathering has to be a mile away) these teams start assembling.
-Last two teams, Bopper and Big Brother get to the last village and they get started too.
-Dave & Rachel are bickering over the assembling - the clowns are doing it blind and are going to peak at others - the Guidos are trying to out do the girls - Mark is shocking Bopper with his assembling skills (his son likes Legos) and Rachel apologizes to Brendon for just being a girl (Really? sometimes I wish I could smack people through the TV.)
-Art & JJ are lost - they stop to ask directions to the wood gathering and find out it's 8kms away - (dang it!) they're way behind but still want to try and find this task before giving in to the solar panels. JJ is fixating on the time and Art tells him relax... they find it! And they vow to make up time - start gathering wood with some giddy up - JJ is still grumbling to himself, "I can't believe we're this far behind, we're so much smarter than that." (Smack #2)
-Back at solar panel land - Mark & Bopper are putting their water on but they show a pile of screws they didn't use (Oh, that's not good.)
-The Guidos can't figure out where a part goes and they ask Kerri & Stacey who gladly tell them where it goes... then realize, oh, we just really helped them (it's hard not to be helpful...)
-The clowns run over to Dave & Rachel to "peek" at their structure when Rachel clues them in, "There's a picture on the box." "Oh, thank you." (I love the clown sounds they put in.)
And now we're waiting for pots to boil... Oh, that would be so frustrating.
-Mark & Bopper are the first team to have their kettle whistle - they get the clue to travel by bus to Buenos Aries and get the next clue.
-Art & JJ come trudging into the village, dragging the donkey and are heartened to see the teams are still there - Art, "I told you boiling water is a pain in the *ss in a solar oven." They deliver the wood and clay and are the 2nd team to get the clue. But is JJ happy... Yes! "That is unbelievable, we made up 40 minutes!"
Water is now boiling all over and everyone is driving to the bus station... except the federal agents - they are the last team to have their water boil (Race karma for the teacher lie perhaps?)
-The 4 teams on the first bus are JJ & Art, Dave & Rachel, Brendon & Rachel and Mark & Bopper - they have an 18 hour bus ride... with Bopper.
-The second bus has the Clowns, the Guidos, Vanessa & Ralph and the Twins (yum.)
-Which leaves the all-girl teams of the Federal Agents and the Cousins on the last bus.. Nary says they're just going to hope their bus breaks down.
-Next scene -we hear a smash and the 2nd bus is pulled over to the side of the road... (Wha?... She should use her power for Good.) A window has been smashed in and they're covering it with tape & plastic... meanwhile, the 3rd bus passes them.
-The first bus arrives in Buenos Aries and the teams grab cabs and head out for the clue box - Dave & Rachel are the first team to get the clue for the Roadblock: Where's the Beef? OMG! There is math involved. They will go to a cattle auction and when the auctioneer calls out the total weight of the cows in a specific corral, they must divide it by the number of cows and come up with the correct average weight per head before the auctioneer moves on to get the next corral. (Holy division Batman - I would be praying every pen had 10 cows :)) Rachel is going to do it for them, she can't use a calculator.
-Here we go, he makes sure he's very clear with the total weight then the auction goes on around her and they are shouting numbers as she's trying to do math... I'm not going to lie, this would be hard.
-3 more teams get to the clue - JJ, Big Brother (BB) Rachel and Mark (Kentucky) are going to do it...
-Rachel is fighting her way down to the gauchos to make her guess but she's wrong - so back up she goes and she and JJ decide to team up... I thought BB Rachel was going to try and eavesdrop but she's just clueless.
-Mark is supposed to be good at figurin' and he used to dealing with livestock... but his first guess is wrong (wha wha..)
-The second bus has arrived with the Federal Agents and the Mississippi Cousins - they think they're the last teams so they're hustling. The third bus was delayed about 2 hours because of the broken window so those teams are screwed... or are they? The cow auction could take a long time.
-JJ and Rachel, by working together are the first two teams to figure out the correct weight of a corral of cows - they get the clue to take a taxi to the Pit Stop - El Gomero - a 200yr old rubber tree. The last team to check in MAY be eliminated.
-In the taxi JJ says he doesn't mind helping out Dave & Rachel because they reciprocate but Big Brother - they're just tag-alongs. I'm not sure if he's saying they have nothing to offer in return or that they would expect help but not give it back... either way, he has no problem not helping them out.
-BB Rachel is starting to meltdown - Brendon tells her to work with Mark - she yells she's not good at math but Mark says he is... we'll see if she's any help to him.
-The federal agents get to the clue box with the Mississippi girls right behind them - Nary and Stacey (I think) will be doing the math.
-Mark figures out the average weight by finally rounding the number up - dang! He's beating himself up for not rounding the number... they grab a cab and go.
-Brendon & Rachel (because they were 'working' together) also got the clue but she's all weepy and whiny - "I'm sorry. You know I'm not as smart as you..." Then they're cab left and he kinda blames her... and then the waterworks really begin (smack #3)
-The third bus has finally arrived in Buenos Aries and those 4 teams realize they are probably only in competition with each other now being delayed so much.
-Nary & Stacy are still at the cow auction... but they both work it out individually - way to go ladies.
-The last 4 teams get the clue and head to the cow auction - short haired twin is doing it and apparently he's better at math - one of the Guidos "The Fitness" is that what he calls himself? is trying to count the cows - Vanessa is apparently 'god-awful' at math and she's got to do it and Dave the clown is also not a math wizard... it's going to be a long day.
-Vanessa is able to tune out the men and she's the first one to get the right answer.
-The clown can't remember how to do division and he shares that with the twin... who then uses it against him, teams up with the Guido and they figure out the correct answer ensuring one team is left behind them. (I guess it's good strategy, but it put a bad taste in my mouth, I don't find the twins so yummy anymore.)
Here's How They Finished:
1) Dave & Rachel (again) - they won a trip to Granada. Rachel feels like they have a target on their back coming in first twice in a row, but she's glad they have the Express Pass cushion.
2) Art & JJ - Come ON man! - JJ is so competitive, he wanted to be first.
3) Mark & Bopper - Woohoo! I'm liking the Kentucky boys.
4) Brendon & Rachel - they got into it a little - she thinks they have to work on communication.
5) Kerri & Stacy - Phil let's them know that the 2nd bus broke down so they are team #5 - they scream and do a little cheer, "You're awesome, awesome."
6) Nary & Jamie - Phil strings them along, you were on the last bus... but the other one broke down - you're team #6! More screaming.
7) Vanessa & Ralph - she figured it right, they were 7th.
8) Joey "Fitness" & Danny - they're glad to be still in it.
9) Elliot & Andrew - Andrew is super excited to meet the legendary soccer player standing with Phil.. Who? They do some dribbling.
10) Cherie & Dave - They are so cute and positive but they are still **ELIMINATED** - he's just so thankful and they feel lucky to have each other and are proud they didn't give up. They still have each other so they really haven't lost. (Aww.) They put on noses and clown off into the sunset.
So, with Cherie & Dave leaving we have broken Kelvin H's three season winning streak, and leaving the pool with him are Shelly P, Hardeep & Michele (ouch, out of both pools so soon), Rachel R. and Karen S.
Next week we're going to see some fireworks - or at least tempers flaring with the twins, Dave & Rachel and there is a cat-scrap brewing between BB Rachel & Vanessa...
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen
2nd leg, here we go - the teams are still in Argentina and Rachel & Dave are the first to get the clue to drive themselves to the town square and wait for the chasqui (mounted postman) to get their next clue. They head out at 2:46am...
-Brendan & Rachel are the next out minutes later, she admits that the Race is tougher than Big Brother.
-The Border agents are next to leave at 2:49am - they stop to ask someone what a chasqui is and end up with Brendan & Rachel following them - JJ grouses that Brendan never makes a decision - he'll just follow us. (No love lost between these teams.)
But it really doesn't matter because when Rachel & Dave get to the town square they are told the chasqui won't arrive until dawn... so they have some waiting for the other teams to catch up to do.
-Nary & Jamie are the next out at 3:21am - they are federal agents but have lied about what they do to the other teams - they've told them all they're schoolteachers so they won't be targeted as threats. (Again, these two strike me as a little too cocky... we'll see if it comes back to bite them.)
-The rest of the teams are all heading out to meet up in the town square... with the stray dogs.
-One thing we learn is that the boy clown, Dave, has battled Hodgkin's disease and beat it twice, he's been cancer free since 2001 - happy dance. (Could be why he can't run worth beans, just saying.)
-I am loving Mark & Bopper - they're happy as long as there is one team behind them - and they have no idea how to pronounce c-h-a-s-q-u-i, let alone know what it is. Mark, "We speak country, no other kinda language."
Sunrises and the poor chasqui is swarmed by grabby Americans - Mark is taller and gets the clue first - it is a Detour - Boil my Water, or Light my Fire.
-In Boil my Water: the teams have to drive to one of three local villages and assemble a solar kitchen for the locals. Once at the village, they will retrieve a crate from a pick-up truck, assemble the solar paneled (old school satellite dish looking) "kitchen", then place the "kitchen" in direct sunlight and wait for a kettle to boil - whistle and all. Once the water boils, they'll get their next clue.
-In Light my Fire: teams must gather firewood and clay from the river bed, then load it on a donkey and transport it one mile to a local potters workshop - once they deliver the goods, they'll receive their next clue.
-Meanwhile, the grabby hands are still trying to all get the clue - JJ & Art are liking Brendon even less when he snatches their clue.
-Everyone decides to do Boil my Water, except the border agents who are going to Light my Fire (Come on baby... get it?) Art thinks building the oven then waiting for water to boil will take forever, the suns not even up yet. (Smrt.)
-So, first 5 teams to the first location get their crates and start assembling the solar panels (except the clowns who can't figure out the pictures are on the box...) - but this "village" is in a valley and the suns not over the hill yet... Uh oh.
-The next 3 teams get to the next "village" and can't figure out where the Border Agents are going (the wood gathering has to be a mile away) these teams start assembling.
-Last two teams, Bopper and Big Brother get to the last village and they get started too.
-Dave & Rachel are bickering over the assembling - the clowns are doing it blind and are going to peak at others - the Guidos are trying to out do the girls - Mark is shocking Bopper with his assembling skills (his son likes Legos) and Rachel apologizes to Brendon for just being a girl (Really? sometimes I wish I could smack people through the TV.)
-Art & JJ are lost - they stop to ask directions to the wood gathering and find out it's 8kms away - (dang it!) they're way behind but still want to try and find this task before giving in to the solar panels. JJ is fixating on the time and Art tells him relax... they find it! And they vow to make up time - start gathering wood with some giddy up - JJ is still grumbling to himself, "I can't believe we're this far behind, we're so much smarter than that." (Smack #2)
-Back at solar panel land - Mark & Bopper are putting their water on but they show a pile of screws they didn't use (Oh, that's not good.)
-The Guidos can't figure out where a part goes and they ask Kerri & Stacey who gladly tell them where it goes... then realize, oh, we just really helped them (it's hard not to be helpful...)
-The clowns run over to Dave & Rachel to "peek" at their structure when Rachel clues them in, "There's a picture on the box." "Oh, thank you." (I love the clown sounds they put in.)
And now we're waiting for pots to boil... Oh, that would be so frustrating.
-Mark & Bopper are the first team to have their kettle whistle - they get the clue to travel by bus to Buenos Aries and get the next clue.
-Art & JJ come trudging into the village, dragging the donkey and are heartened to see the teams are still there - Art, "I told you boiling water is a pain in the *ss in a solar oven." They deliver the wood and clay and are the 2nd team to get the clue. But is JJ happy... Yes! "That is unbelievable, we made up 40 minutes!"
Water is now boiling all over and everyone is driving to the bus station... except the federal agents - they are the last team to have their water boil (Race karma for the teacher lie perhaps?)
-The 4 teams on the first bus are JJ & Art, Dave & Rachel, Brendon & Rachel and Mark & Bopper - they have an 18 hour bus ride... with Bopper.
-The second bus has the Clowns, the Guidos, Vanessa & Ralph and the Twins (yum.)
-Which leaves the all-girl teams of the Federal Agents and the Cousins on the last bus.. Nary says they're just going to hope their bus breaks down.
-Next scene -we hear a smash and the 2nd bus is pulled over to the side of the road... (Wha?... She should use her power for Good.) A window has been smashed in and they're covering it with tape & plastic... meanwhile, the 3rd bus passes them.
-The first bus arrives in Buenos Aries and the teams grab cabs and head out for the clue box - Dave & Rachel are the first team to get the clue for the Roadblock: Where's the Beef? OMG! There is math involved. They will go to a cattle auction and when the auctioneer calls out the total weight of the cows in a specific corral, they must divide it by the number of cows and come up with the correct average weight per head before the auctioneer moves on to get the next corral. (Holy division Batman - I would be praying every pen had 10 cows :)) Rachel is going to do it for them, she can't use a calculator.
-Here we go, he makes sure he's very clear with the total weight then the auction goes on around her and they are shouting numbers as she's trying to do math... I'm not going to lie, this would be hard.
-3 more teams get to the clue - JJ, Big Brother (BB) Rachel and Mark (Kentucky) are going to do it...
-Rachel is fighting her way down to the gauchos to make her guess but she's wrong - so back up she goes and she and JJ decide to team up... I thought BB Rachel was going to try and eavesdrop but she's just clueless.
-Mark is supposed to be good at figurin' and he used to dealing with livestock... but his first guess is wrong (wha wha..)
-The second bus has arrived with the Federal Agents and the Mississippi Cousins - they think they're the last teams so they're hustling. The third bus was delayed about 2 hours because of the broken window so those teams are screwed... or are they? The cow auction could take a long time.
-JJ and Rachel, by working together are the first two teams to figure out the correct weight of a corral of cows - they get the clue to take a taxi to the Pit Stop - El Gomero - a 200yr old rubber tree. The last team to check in MAY be eliminated.
-In the taxi JJ says he doesn't mind helping out Dave & Rachel because they reciprocate but Big Brother - they're just tag-alongs. I'm not sure if he's saying they have nothing to offer in return or that they would expect help but not give it back... either way, he has no problem not helping them out.
-BB Rachel is starting to meltdown - Brendon tells her to work with Mark - she yells she's not good at math but Mark says he is... we'll see if she's any help to him.
-The federal agents get to the clue box with the Mississippi girls right behind them - Nary and Stacey (I think) will be doing the math.
-Mark figures out the average weight by finally rounding the number up - dang! He's beating himself up for not rounding the number... they grab a cab and go.
-Brendon & Rachel (because they were 'working' together) also got the clue but she's all weepy and whiny - "I'm sorry. You know I'm not as smart as you..." Then they're cab left and he kinda blames her... and then the waterworks really begin (smack #3)
-The third bus has finally arrived in Buenos Aries and those 4 teams realize they are probably only in competition with each other now being delayed so much.
-Nary & Stacy are still at the cow auction... but they both work it out individually - way to go ladies.
-The last 4 teams get the clue and head to the cow auction - short haired twin is doing it and apparently he's better at math - one of the Guidos "The Fitness" is that what he calls himself? is trying to count the cows - Vanessa is apparently 'god-awful' at math and she's got to do it and Dave the clown is also not a math wizard... it's going to be a long day.
-Vanessa is able to tune out the men and she's the first one to get the right answer.
-The clown can't remember how to do division and he shares that with the twin... who then uses it against him, teams up with the Guido and they figure out the correct answer ensuring one team is left behind them. (I guess it's good strategy, but it put a bad taste in my mouth, I don't find the twins so yummy anymore.)
Here's How They Finished:
1) Dave & Rachel (again) - they won a trip to Granada. Rachel feels like they have a target on their back coming in first twice in a row, but she's glad they have the Express Pass cushion.
2) Art & JJ - Come ON man! - JJ is so competitive, he wanted to be first.
3) Mark & Bopper - Woohoo! I'm liking the Kentucky boys.
4) Brendon & Rachel - they got into it a little - she thinks they have to work on communication.
5) Kerri & Stacy - Phil let's them know that the 2nd bus broke down so they are team #5 - they scream and do a little cheer, "You're awesome, awesome."
6) Nary & Jamie - Phil strings them along, you were on the last bus... but the other one broke down - you're team #6! More screaming.
7) Vanessa & Ralph - she figured it right, they were 7th.
8) Joey "Fitness" & Danny - they're glad to be still in it.
9) Elliot & Andrew - Andrew is super excited to meet the legendary soccer player standing with Phil.. Who? They do some dribbling.
10) Cherie & Dave - They are so cute and positive but they are still **ELIMINATED** - he's just so thankful and they feel lucky to have each other and are proud they didn't give up. They still have each other so they really haven't lost. (Aww.) They put on noses and clown off into the sunset.
So, with Cherie & Dave leaving we have broken Kelvin H's three season winning streak, and leaving the pool with him are Shelly P, Hardeep & Michele (ouch, out of both pools so soon), Rachel R. and Karen S.
Next week we're going to see some fireworks - or at least tempers flaring with the twins, Dave & Rachel and there is a cat-scrap brewing between BB Rachel & Vanessa...
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen
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