I Have a Wedgie and a Half
Last week was a tough leg for many of the teams but it was Blair & Scott who made a couple fatal mistakes, first in making Daddy do the dancing Roadblock and then Scott picked up Tyler's bag and had to go give it back to him which got them to the mat in last place and eliminated.
This week the teams leave Georgia and head to Dubai - needless to say they were all on the same flight...
Once they landed they had to drive themselves to a Bedouin camp, get a traditional greeting, pick up a Roaming Gnome and their next clue.
-The driving themselves part was the first hurdle for many of the teams - Sheri & Cole come from a town with a single lane highway and one exit so they, not surprisingly, got lost quickly.
Dana & Matt - I don't understand this couple, she is ridiculously volatile when she's trying to read him directions and he doesn't get it immediately she freaks out... only mildly at the beginning but an absolute freakout near the end of the leg nearly caused them to come in last (I hate to call women this, but her reaction was kind of crazy.) But I'm getting ahead of myself...
-At the Bedouin camp, the greeting is to touch noses (a little weird for the North Americans) it would be strange, eyes wide open, touching noses... I hope they had mints or gum.
-The clue was for the DETOUR: Oasis or Races
-In Races, the teams have to race a couple camels on bicycles (the camels were running, the people were on bicycles... ha!) Both team members have to cross the finish line before the camels, and if they don't, they'll get a head start on their second attempt.
-In Oasis, the teams have to lead four camels across the open desert for a mile to another Bedouin camp where they'll have to drink some camel milk to get their next clue. (Nobody balked at the camel milk, after the hike through the desert any liquid was appreciated.)
Races: Tyler & Korie, Burnie & Ashley and Zach & Rachel all head for the Races (but Rachel is not happy about it, she's not comfortable riding bikes fast and he's just not listening to her.) Kurt & Brodie also choose Races.
Oasis: Dana & Matt are the only team to initially choose Oasis and we get to hear Dana do nothing but b!tch the whole time about how hot it is and how hard it is to walk in sand (I could not take her, he is the most patient man in the world.)
-Sheri & Cole are still lost.
Camel Races:
-Burnie & Ashley make a valiant effort but the race is actually an all out sprint for 2km, it's really long and there is no way she is going to try twice - they switch.
-Tyler & Korey don't make it the first time but they are game to try again and the head start is huge - they win their second attempt.
-Zach & Rachel, she finally gets him to understand she's afraid of riding a bike (or wiping out more likely) and they switch.
-Brodie & Kurt are the only team to gut it out and actually win the camel race head to head the first time, but at quite the cost, both of them writhing on the ground with leg cramps (it's really hot, they are dehydrated to begin with and then the physical exertion, I'd be dead.)
This gets the boys back in first place (of course).
Sheri & Cole finally get to the Bedouin camp and they decide to do the Race.
Brodie & Kurt are the first team to get the clue to head to Aquaventure, the site of a past Race memorable moment when one of the Racers (Mika & Cameron - yeah, I don't remember them either) she refused to go down the straight drop water slide and was eliminated.
This time, it is the ROADBLOCK: Swimming with Sharks.
-After both team members don the gold lame bathing suits supplied - (that was pretty mean, but hilarious for us) one team member will have to go into the shark pool with a bubble helmet on so they can breathe underwater, and retrieve a cylinder puzzle which they'll bring back to the surface to solve. The puzzle has a facsimile clue envelope inside suspended in liquid with letters and metal sharks floating around. They have to move the puzzle around until the letters RACE float into the spaces on the clue (must be magnetic because they stick.)
-So Brodie is doing this and he's so manic and ADD, no problem in the shark tank but he cannot calm himself enough to work the puzzle and they burn the Express Pass (well that didn't last long) so he doesn't have to finish it.
-But we find out why both team members had to put on the bathing suits, because after they completed the puzzle, they both had to go down the new Poseidon's Revenge waterslide, where they put them in an enclosed tube and then the bottom drops out and they plunge down the slide - freaky!
Having to drive themselves to the Aquaventure place proved to be another challenge - and Sheri & Cole got lost again.
Other people that did the Roadblock: Burnie, Dana, Korey, Zach... and eventually Cole. Sheri was really enjoying Cole's fear, it was fun for me to see.
There were no meltdowns this time about doing the waterslide - this is an adventurous group and they all did it with no problem - other than the atomic wedgies they ended up with at the bottom.
The Pit Stop was the Old Souq Station and they had to take a water taxi across the river to find Phil there... driving to find the water taxis also got people lost (apparently driving in Dubai is a challenge all its own.)
And this is where Dana lost her mind at Matt for not listening to her and not knowing where they were going - she got out of the car and refused to get back in - it was ridiculous! I get that she's fiery but I think she may want to see someone for her anger issues.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Brodie & Kurt - they won a trip to Helsinki, Finland (Brodie may be taking Blair to Finland.)
2) Burnie & Ashley - they came in right behind the guys who missed an exit and almost lost the lead (which would have been and epic upset when they used the Express Pass - but they made sure to use if before anyone else go to the Roadblock so no other teams know it's gone yet.)
3)Tyler & Korey - Tyler wanted to rub noses with Phil... but he wasn't in.
4) Zach & Rachel - they're still by each others sides and still in love (I think that was a Matt & Dana dig.)
5) Dana & Matt - He says he knows she loves him and doesn't hold what she says in heated moments against her (see, most patient man in the world.)
6) Sheri & Cole - they are in good spirits even though they knew they were in last place... and their spirits improved when Phil told them this was a **NON-ELIMINATION** leg. Sheri just asked Phil not to make her drive anywhere - let her have a taxi (that could be a 'be careful what you wish for' moment right there.)
So, no elimination this week - next week Sheri & Cole will have a Speed Bump along with the regular tasks, which they will face in Indonesia!
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen
Last week was a tough leg for many of the teams but it was Blair & Scott who made a couple fatal mistakes, first in making Daddy do the dancing Roadblock and then Scott picked up Tyler's bag and had to go give it back to him which got them to the mat in last place and eliminated.
This week the teams leave Georgia and head to Dubai - needless to say they were all on the same flight...
Once they landed they had to drive themselves to a Bedouin camp, get a traditional greeting, pick up a Roaming Gnome and their next clue.
-The driving themselves part was the first hurdle for many of the teams - Sheri & Cole come from a town with a single lane highway and one exit so they, not surprisingly, got lost quickly.
Dana & Matt - I don't understand this couple, she is ridiculously volatile when she's trying to read him directions and he doesn't get it immediately she freaks out... only mildly at the beginning but an absolute freakout near the end of the leg nearly caused them to come in last (I hate to call women this, but her reaction was kind of crazy.) But I'm getting ahead of myself...
-At the Bedouin camp, the greeting is to touch noses (a little weird for the North Americans) it would be strange, eyes wide open, touching noses... I hope they had mints or gum.
-The clue was for the DETOUR: Oasis or Races
-In Races, the teams have to race a couple camels on bicycles (the camels were running, the people were on bicycles... ha!) Both team members have to cross the finish line before the camels, and if they don't, they'll get a head start on their second attempt.
-In Oasis, the teams have to lead four camels across the open desert for a mile to another Bedouin camp where they'll have to drink some camel milk to get their next clue. (Nobody balked at the camel milk, after the hike through the desert any liquid was appreciated.)
Races: Tyler & Korie, Burnie & Ashley and Zach & Rachel all head for the Races (but Rachel is not happy about it, she's not comfortable riding bikes fast and he's just not listening to her.) Kurt & Brodie also choose Races.
Oasis: Dana & Matt are the only team to initially choose Oasis and we get to hear Dana do nothing but b!tch the whole time about how hot it is and how hard it is to walk in sand (I could not take her, he is the most patient man in the world.)
-Sheri & Cole are still lost.
Camel Races:
-Burnie & Ashley make a valiant effort but the race is actually an all out sprint for 2km, it's really long and there is no way she is going to try twice - they switch.
-Tyler & Korey don't make it the first time but they are game to try again and the head start is huge - they win their second attempt.
-Zach & Rachel, she finally gets him to understand she's afraid of riding a bike (or wiping out more likely) and they switch.
-Brodie & Kurt are the only team to gut it out and actually win the camel race head to head the first time, but at quite the cost, both of them writhing on the ground with leg cramps (it's really hot, they are dehydrated to begin with and then the physical exertion, I'd be dead.)
This gets the boys back in first place (of course).
Sheri & Cole finally get to the Bedouin camp and they decide to do the Race.
Brodie & Kurt are the first team to get the clue to head to Aquaventure, the site of a past Race memorable moment when one of the Racers (Mika & Cameron - yeah, I don't remember them either) she refused to go down the straight drop water slide and was eliminated.
This time, it is the ROADBLOCK: Swimming with Sharks.
-After both team members don the gold lame bathing suits supplied - (that was pretty mean, but hilarious for us) one team member will have to go into the shark pool with a bubble helmet on so they can breathe underwater, and retrieve a cylinder puzzle which they'll bring back to the surface to solve. The puzzle has a facsimile clue envelope inside suspended in liquid with letters and metal sharks floating around. They have to move the puzzle around until the letters RACE float into the spaces on the clue (must be magnetic because they stick.)
-So Brodie is doing this and he's so manic and ADD, no problem in the shark tank but he cannot calm himself enough to work the puzzle and they burn the Express Pass (well that didn't last long) so he doesn't have to finish it.
-But we find out why both team members had to put on the bathing suits, because after they completed the puzzle, they both had to go down the new Poseidon's Revenge waterslide, where they put them in an enclosed tube and then the bottom drops out and they plunge down the slide - freaky!
Having to drive themselves to the Aquaventure place proved to be another challenge - and Sheri & Cole got lost again.
Other people that did the Roadblock: Burnie, Dana, Korey, Zach... and eventually Cole. Sheri was really enjoying Cole's fear, it was fun for me to see.
There were no meltdowns this time about doing the waterslide - this is an adventurous group and they all did it with no problem - other than the atomic wedgies they ended up with at the bottom.
The Pit Stop was the Old Souq Station and they had to take a water taxi across the river to find Phil there... driving to find the water taxis also got people lost (apparently driving in Dubai is a challenge all its own.)
And this is where Dana lost her mind at Matt for not listening to her and not knowing where they were going - she got out of the car and refused to get back in - it was ridiculous! I get that she's fiery but I think she may want to see someone for her anger issues.
Here's How They Finished:
1) Brodie & Kurt - they won a trip to Helsinki, Finland (Brodie may be taking Blair to Finland.)
2) Burnie & Ashley - they came in right behind the guys who missed an exit and almost lost the lead (which would have been and epic upset when they used the Express Pass - but they made sure to use if before anyone else go to the Roadblock so no other teams know it's gone yet.)
3)Tyler & Korey - Tyler wanted to rub noses with Phil... but he wasn't in.
4) Zach & Rachel - they're still by each others sides and still in love (I think that was a Matt & Dana dig.)
5) Dana & Matt - He says he knows she loves him and doesn't hold what she says in heated moments against her (see, most patient man in the world.)
6) Sheri & Cole - they are in good spirits even though they knew they were in last place... and their spirits improved when Phil told them this was a **NON-ELIMINATION** leg. Sheri just asked Phil not to make her drive anywhere - let her have a taxi (that could be a 'be careful what you wish for' moment right there.)
So, no elimination this week - next week Sheri & Cole will have a Speed Bump along with the regular tasks, which they will face in Indonesia!
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen
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