Smells Like Dirty Tube Socks
Last week we had the shocking elimination of the Cyclists when they were beaten out of the Fast Forward by the Surfers.
This week, the teams head for the Philippines, once they touch down in Manila, they must pick up their first clue from a flower vendor. Adam & Bethany are the first team out at 2pm - they start at a travel agency and are feeling pretty shaky after the screw up they had last leg booking flights - but they take the guy's word the 7:25pm flight is the earliest - arriving in Manila at 11pm.
-Brooke & Robbie 3:35pm - they also go to the travel agency and book the same flight as the Surfers, they also find out there are not that many seats left on the 7:25pm flight. Brooke tells us she's surprised that they've made it as far as they have, especially since they are not the smartest, they have no idea what continent they're on most of the time, yet they've hung in there.
-Dentists 3:48pm - they head straight for the airport because they are determined not to repeat the mistake of the last leg by following another team in booking flights. And Jim is in Tony Robbins, bug-eyed, we will annihilate them all-mode.
-Scientists - 4:27pm - they decide to head to the airport and ask the taxi driver if they can use his phone to call travel agents on the way to the airport - they get the 7:25pm flight.
-The Dentists go to the travel agent at the airport and they find out the 7:25 flight was fully booked - they get the next flight leaving at 8:10pm. Jim is so mad!
-When picking up their boarding passes the Scientists are talking to the Wrestlers about what time they finished last leg - a full hour after the Wrestlers - Brooke asks them what took so long (oh she's good) and Maya is very nice but still calls her on telling them the clue wasn't at that Merlion - Brooke continues to play dumb, "I don't think I knew what you were asking." Robbie too says they thought they already had it... (wow, I wouldn't have the balls to lie like that but the kid gloves are off for the Wrestlers, it's every man for himself and they are there to win.)
Manila, Philippines - When they all get to the flower vendor after 11pm (even though there are still a ton of people in the streets) there is a sign telling them they can pick up their clue at 6:30am - so everyone will be caught up... and no one wants to sleep on the streets there so they all go find lodging.
6:30am - the clue tells them to take a ride in a Jeepney to the Rosario Municipal Plaza to find their next clue. Super bubbly Maya was loving the Philippines, being immersed in the culture, passing the money back and forth between other patrons and the Jeepney driver, she was beside herself with joy.... then we looked in on Brooke who is ready to throw up from the smell of garbage in the streets. Robbie says it kind of smells like dirty tube socks (yum). The Dentists are very upset seeing the naked little children squatting in the streets where they could get run over - makes them realize how much they have to be thankful for.
-All the teams arrive at the next clue at the same time and it's the DETOUR - Catch or Coach.
-In Catch - teams will have to wade in to Manila bay, use a tub to fill a bucket with fish and transport it back to a broker on shore. Once they have filled three buckets on shore, they'll get their next clue.
-In Coach - teams must correctly assemble a side car and properly mount it on a motorcycle tuk-tuk. When the head mechanic says it's okay, they'll get their next clue.
-Dentists, Surfers and Scientists decide to do Coach - the clue tells them they have to take a motor-tricycle to the task but the Scientists don't read that part and start out on foot. Bethany even yells at them as they pass them in their sidecar "Where are you going?" But the girls didn't even notice - but they did wonder where everybody went.
-The Wrestlers are the only team to go fishing.
-Finally the Scientists do re-read the clue and realize they have to go back and catch a motor-tricycle - Maya finally realizes why Bethany asked what they were doing and she's upset with herself for not reading the clue.
-Catch- The Wrestlers get to the docks and Brooke is complaining (surprise) that it smells so gross, and anticipating how much it's going to stink (you chose fish - it's going to stink, Princess.)
-They decided from the beginning that they were going to choose the physical challenges over the picky detail-oriented tasks - and this one is very physical. Robbie would hold the bucket, Brooke would fill it, then they would both walk it back through the really rough water... (I would not have been able to do this one, good thing those two are strong.) And Brooke is gagging the whole way.
Coach - the Dentists and Surfers get to the mechanic's place and get to work assembling their motor-tricycle. Jim & Misti have put many a toy/bike together over the years for their kids so, over-confident Jim is sure they'll blow everyone away. Adam just has a love of mechanical things and Bethany acts as his assistant - he tells her what he needs and they work together seamlessly.
-Catch - The Wrestlers are cheered by the locals when they bring the bucket of fish to shore - they loved that - but then they find out they have to transfer the fish BY HAND from one bucket to the next and the little fish are sharp and slimy - Brooke is getting cut up and Robbie is now the whiny baby, he doesn't like touching animals.. and they're slimy. (Ha! it was pretty funny finding the big man's achilles heel.)
-Coach - the Scientists show up and they get to work on the motorcycle - problem, they don't really know their tools very well, but they are smart girls and they're detail-oriented so they're sure they can figure it out.
-Catch - the Wrestlers are back in the water and realizing that they can't fill the bucket completely because it gets too heavy and then trying to get it back to shore the waves fill the bucket with water and they lose fish - the start bickering and then realize that's not helping them - they calm down and just get down to business.
-Coach - among the chickens at the mechanic's yard, the teams are sweating away as they continue to assemble. Jim is sure he's killing it. Bethany is wondering how the fishing is going - she said they didn't want to get anywhere near the Philippines water (probably a wise idea.)
Speaking of the water - Brooke & Robbie are realizing they are going to have to make at least four trips to fill their three buckets at the broker - (I'm just going to say, this task really sucks and I'm proud of how well the Wrestlers are doing.)
-Coach - Dentists are the first to get judged and Jim is positive they are going to get the clue - but nope - he's put the shocks on wrong... and it's like Amsterdam all over again - he'll adjust a little thing without seeing the one glaring error.
-The Surfers are still plugging away.
-The Scientists are working and their motorcycle has a rosary hanging from the handle bars - Maya says they've chosen a blessed bike, God is on their side. And Amy made me love her a little when she said, "I don't think the Lord cares which tuk-tuk we decided to build." (Amen.)
-Catch - holy crap! The rain started, the wind kicked up and the waves were pummeling them - Robbie said the rain kind of energized them, made him feel like he was more of a man - working hard - in the rain! (whatever.)
-Coach - Dentists still can't find their error.
-Catch - Wrestlers are the first team to complete the Detour and with fishy hands they read the clue to head to the Rice Fields.
-Coach - Surfers are the first team to complete their motor-tricycle correctly and they also head for the Rice Fields. Jim is mad - and still can't see the two shocks should be parallel... Finally, finally he realizes he forgot to attach one of the shocks.
-Rice Field - Robbie & Brooke are shocked that there are no other teams there - they can't believe they are in first place!
-The task is a Switchback - an impossible task that was on the Race in a past season that totally killed a teams chances of moving on. They have to use a water ox to plow a flooded rice field and unearth a clue.
-There are four rice fields they have to choose from and Brooke takes the lead choosing the ox... which promptly starts pooping as they are following behind it - her farm-girl swagger went right out the window - both she and Robbie were so grossed out.
Coach - The Dentists finally finish the motorcycle to the mechanic's satisfaction and they head for the Rice Fields.
Rice Fields - the Surfers show up, much to the Wrestlers' dismay, and they choose their rice field... making Brooke & Robbie realize they chose the largest field and once the choice has been made they can't change. To her credit, Brooke knows it could take hours and they just can't stop... but then their ox is pooping at them again.
Coach - the Scientists finally finish their motorcycle.
Rice fields - The Dentists show up and Brooke says she's going to be so mad if they get the clue quick... and then the Scientists show up and everyone is getting down and dirty.
-No one can figure out how to direct their ox but the reactions are so different:
Surfers: This is hilarious - I know right?
Dentists: How do you direct this thing?
Scientists: I can't even walk in this [mud].
Wrestlers: Oh my god, we're going to lose!
Dentists are the first team to find their clue - I think Misti stumbled over it just by blind luck.
-Scientists had barely gone 10 ft when they found their clue (maybe God did care which rice field they chose after all.) They weren't even dirty.
-Dentists and Scientists read the clue to search on foot for Phil and their next PIT STOP - the clue said the last team to check in MAY be eliminated (well we all know what that means.)
-Brooke is back to complaining about how tired she is (but after the fishing and now the plowing, I think she has actually earned the right to complain today.)
-The Surfers are happily plowing along, "let's go ox-y" when Bethany casually reaches down, "Hon, here it is."
-Almost at the same time, Brooke shrieks, "There it is!" and both teams have found the clue.
- It's a foot race to the mat... this one was so close...
Here's How They Finished:
1) Dentists - Jim & Misti - Jim's thumb came out, as this is their fifth first place win - and they won a trip to Vietnam.
2) Scientists - Maya & Amy - so close to first place for them, they were on the mat with the Dentists but happy-Maya doesn't care, she loves the Race so much.
3) Surfers - Adam & Bethany - it was a foot race to the mat...
4) Wrestlers - Brooke & Robbie - but this was a NON-ELIMINATION leg - Phil said it wouldn't have been fair to eliminate them today with it being so close.
Brooke & Robbie are actually looking at this leg as a positive, they proved they can beat the other teams by being first to the last challenge - they are looking at it like winning a wrestling championship, and they've won a bunch of those.
Next week: Brooke & Robbie have a basketball Speed Bump, Jim tries to stay with Adam through a task but Adam takes off without him, and Amy crashes a bicycle tuk-tuk into a parked car (ouch!)
We still have one more episode before the finale on December 19th.
And a refresher for those still in the running:
Adam & Bethany: Jeff T., Maggie H., Alicia H., Shane B. and Don T.
Brooke & Robbie: Roxanne S., Monica S., Kim A., Karen S. and Hardeep G.
Misti & Jim: Cara & Alex L., Cindi C., Donna P., Carol-Anne D. and Ozzy R.
Amy & Maya: Kim B/Gail W, Alexis G., Jeremy N., Lindsay J. and Natalie M.
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen.
Last week we had the shocking elimination of the Cyclists when they were beaten out of the Fast Forward by the Surfers.
This week, the teams head for the Philippines, once they touch down in Manila, they must pick up their first clue from a flower vendor. Adam & Bethany are the first team out at 2pm - they start at a travel agency and are feeling pretty shaky after the screw up they had last leg booking flights - but they take the guy's word the 7:25pm flight is the earliest - arriving in Manila at 11pm.
-Brooke & Robbie 3:35pm - they also go to the travel agency and book the same flight as the Surfers, they also find out there are not that many seats left on the 7:25pm flight. Brooke tells us she's surprised that they've made it as far as they have, especially since they are not the smartest, they have no idea what continent they're on most of the time, yet they've hung in there.
-Dentists 3:48pm - they head straight for the airport because they are determined not to repeat the mistake of the last leg by following another team in booking flights. And Jim is in Tony Robbins, bug-eyed, we will annihilate them all-mode.
-Scientists - 4:27pm - they decide to head to the airport and ask the taxi driver if they can use his phone to call travel agents on the way to the airport - they get the 7:25pm flight.
-The Dentists go to the travel agent at the airport and they find out the 7:25 flight was fully booked - they get the next flight leaving at 8:10pm. Jim is so mad!
-When picking up their boarding passes the Scientists are talking to the Wrestlers about what time they finished last leg - a full hour after the Wrestlers - Brooke asks them what took so long (oh she's good) and Maya is very nice but still calls her on telling them the clue wasn't at that Merlion - Brooke continues to play dumb, "I don't think I knew what you were asking." Robbie too says they thought they already had it... (wow, I wouldn't have the balls to lie like that but the kid gloves are off for the Wrestlers, it's every man for himself and they are there to win.)
Manila, Philippines - When they all get to the flower vendor after 11pm (even though there are still a ton of people in the streets) there is a sign telling them they can pick up their clue at 6:30am - so everyone will be caught up... and no one wants to sleep on the streets there so they all go find lodging.
6:30am - the clue tells them to take a ride in a Jeepney to the Rosario Municipal Plaza to find their next clue. Super bubbly Maya was loving the Philippines, being immersed in the culture, passing the money back and forth between other patrons and the Jeepney driver, she was beside herself with joy.... then we looked in on Brooke who is ready to throw up from the smell of garbage in the streets. Robbie says it kind of smells like dirty tube socks (yum). The Dentists are very upset seeing the naked little children squatting in the streets where they could get run over - makes them realize how much they have to be thankful for.
-All the teams arrive at the next clue at the same time and it's the DETOUR - Catch or Coach.
-In Catch - teams will have to wade in to Manila bay, use a tub to fill a bucket with fish and transport it back to a broker on shore. Once they have filled three buckets on shore, they'll get their next clue.
-In Coach - teams must correctly assemble a side car and properly mount it on a motorcycle tuk-tuk. When the head mechanic says it's okay, they'll get their next clue.
-Dentists, Surfers and Scientists decide to do Coach - the clue tells them they have to take a motor-tricycle to the task but the Scientists don't read that part and start out on foot. Bethany even yells at them as they pass them in their sidecar "Where are you going?" But the girls didn't even notice - but they did wonder where everybody went.
-The Wrestlers are the only team to go fishing.
-Finally the Scientists do re-read the clue and realize they have to go back and catch a motor-tricycle - Maya finally realizes why Bethany asked what they were doing and she's upset with herself for not reading the clue.
-Catch- The Wrestlers get to the docks and Brooke is complaining (surprise) that it smells so gross, and anticipating how much it's going to stink (you chose fish - it's going to stink, Princess.)
-They decided from the beginning that they were going to choose the physical challenges over the picky detail-oriented tasks - and this one is very physical. Robbie would hold the bucket, Brooke would fill it, then they would both walk it back through the really rough water... (I would not have been able to do this one, good thing those two are strong.) And Brooke is gagging the whole way.
Coach - the Dentists and Surfers get to the mechanic's place and get to work assembling their motor-tricycle. Jim & Misti have put many a toy/bike together over the years for their kids so, over-confident Jim is sure they'll blow everyone away. Adam just has a love of mechanical things and Bethany acts as his assistant - he tells her what he needs and they work together seamlessly.
-Catch - The Wrestlers are cheered by the locals when they bring the bucket of fish to shore - they loved that - but then they find out they have to transfer the fish BY HAND from one bucket to the next and the little fish are sharp and slimy - Brooke is getting cut up and Robbie is now the whiny baby, he doesn't like touching animals.. and they're slimy. (Ha! it was pretty funny finding the big man's achilles heel.)
-Coach - the Scientists show up and they get to work on the motorcycle - problem, they don't really know their tools very well, but they are smart girls and they're detail-oriented so they're sure they can figure it out.
-Catch - the Wrestlers are back in the water and realizing that they can't fill the bucket completely because it gets too heavy and then trying to get it back to shore the waves fill the bucket with water and they lose fish - the start bickering and then realize that's not helping them - they calm down and just get down to business.
-Coach - among the chickens at the mechanic's yard, the teams are sweating away as they continue to assemble. Jim is sure he's killing it. Bethany is wondering how the fishing is going - she said they didn't want to get anywhere near the Philippines water (probably a wise idea.)
Speaking of the water - Brooke & Robbie are realizing they are going to have to make at least four trips to fill their three buckets at the broker - (I'm just going to say, this task really sucks and I'm proud of how well the Wrestlers are doing.)
-Coach - Dentists are the first to get judged and Jim is positive they are going to get the clue - but nope - he's put the shocks on wrong... and it's like Amsterdam all over again - he'll adjust a little thing without seeing the one glaring error.
-The Surfers are still plugging away.
-The Scientists are working and their motorcycle has a rosary hanging from the handle bars - Maya says they've chosen a blessed bike, God is on their side. And Amy made me love her a little when she said, "I don't think the Lord cares which tuk-tuk we decided to build." (Amen.)
-Catch - holy crap! The rain started, the wind kicked up and the waves were pummeling them - Robbie said the rain kind of energized them, made him feel like he was more of a man - working hard - in the rain! (whatever.)
-Coach - Dentists still can't find their error.
-Catch - Wrestlers are the first team to complete the Detour and with fishy hands they read the clue to head to the Rice Fields.
-Coach - Surfers are the first team to complete their motor-tricycle correctly and they also head for the Rice Fields. Jim is mad - and still can't see the two shocks should be parallel... Finally, finally he realizes he forgot to attach one of the shocks.
-Rice Field - Robbie & Brooke are shocked that there are no other teams there - they can't believe they are in first place!
-The task is a Switchback - an impossible task that was on the Race in a past season that totally killed a teams chances of moving on. They have to use a water ox to plow a flooded rice field and unearth a clue.
-There are four rice fields they have to choose from and Brooke takes the lead choosing the ox... which promptly starts pooping as they are following behind it - her farm-girl swagger went right out the window - both she and Robbie were so grossed out.
Coach - The Dentists finally finish the motorcycle to the mechanic's satisfaction and they head for the Rice Fields.
Rice Fields - the Surfers show up, much to the Wrestlers' dismay, and they choose their rice field... making Brooke & Robbie realize they chose the largest field and once the choice has been made they can't change. To her credit, Brooke knows it could take hours and they just can't stop... but then their ox is pooping at them again.
Coach - the Scientists finally finish their motorcycle.
Rice fields - The Dentists show up and Brooke says she's going to be so mad if they get the clue quick... and then the Scientists show up and everyone is getting down and dirty.
-No one can figure out how to direct their ox but the reactions are so different:
Surfers: This is hilarious - I know right?
Dentists: How do you direct this thing?
Scientists: I can't even walk in this [mud].
Wrestlers: Oh my god, we're going to lose!
Dentists are the first team to find their clue - I think Misti stumbled over it just by blind luck.
-Scientists had barely gone 10 ft when they found their clue (maybe God did care which rice field they chose after all.) They weren't even dirty.
-Dentists and Scientists read the clue to search on foot for Phil and their next PIT STOP - the clue said the last team to check in MAY be eliminated (well we all know what that means.)
-Brooke is back to complaining about how tired she is (but after the fishing and now the plowing, I think she has actually earned the right to complain today.)
-The Surfers are happily plowing along, "let's go ox-y" when Bethany casually reaches down, "Hon, here it is."
-Almost at the same time, Brooke shrieks, "There it is!" and both teams have found the clue.
- It's a foot race to the mat... this one was so close...
Here's How They Finished:
1) Dentists - Jim & Misti - Jim's thumb came out, as this is their fifth first place win - and they won a trip to Vietnam.
2) Scientists - Maya & Amy - so close to first place for them, they were on the mat with the Dentists but happy-Maya doesn't care, she loves the Race so much.
3) Surfers - Adam & Bethany - it was a foot race to the mat...
4) Wrestlers - Brooke & Robbie - but this was a NON-ELIMINATION leg - Phil said it wouldn't have been fair to eliminate them today with it being so close.
Brooke & Robbie are actually looking at this leg as a positive, they proved they can beat the other teams by being first to the last challenge - they are looking at it like winning a wrestling championship, and they've won a bunch of those.
Next week: Brooke & Robbie have a basketball Speed Bump, Jim tries to stay with Adam through a task but Adam takes off without him, and Amy crashes a bicycle tuk-tuk into a parked car (ouch!)
We still have one more episode before the finale on December 19th.
And a refresher for those still in the running:
Adam & Bethany: Jeff T., Maggie H., Alicia H., Shane B. and Don T.
Brooke & Robbie: Roxanne S., Monica S., Kim A., Karen S. and Hardeep G.
Misti & Jim: Cara & Alex L., Cindi C., Donna P., Carol-Anne D. and Ozzy R.
Amy & Maya: Kim B/Gail W, Alexis G., Jeremy N., Lindsay J. and Natalie M.
Have a great week everyone,
Coleen.
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