SORRY THIS IS LATE. MY INLAWS ARE IN TOWN SO IT IS HARD TO GET AWAY AND UPDATE THE BLOG. MY APOLOGIES.
"The Sprint of Our Life"
I hope I can remember all the nicknames I've given the teams. I just don't have the energy to check my last post so I'm going to wing it.
Phil reminds us that this is a DOUBLE ELIMINATION LEG!!! WOOT!
TAIPEI, TAIWAN
The teams will be flying to Jakarta, Indonesia. The Engaged couple leave first. The other teams all gather at the airport and they are wondering where the grandparents are. When they show up everyone cheers for them.
All teams arrive in Jakarta and get tickets for an overnight train to Yogyakarta. The Siblings are already fighting. WOW. They are just arguing over NOTHING. The brother is super sensitive and the sister has no patience for him. Yikes. Not good.
When the teams arrive in Yogyakarta, they'll race by taxi to Goa Jomblong Cave where they'll get their next clue.
The Grandparents arrive FIRST(!!) and get the next clue:
ROADBLOCK: One team member must spelunk down the cave and search for a mask and daggar and then climb up a bamboo ladder to deliver the goods and receive their next clue.
FIRST, the Grandparents have to do the speed bump for coming in last which requires them to untangle a crazy knotted rope. They get it done and join the other teams who have already started spelunking!
It looks awesome. It's so lush and beautiful. HOWEVER, all I would be thinking of is how many freakin' spiders are down in that cave. I have anxiety just thinking about it. Gross. The rest of the teams arrive and now everyone is ready to "spelunk". YIKES. The cave is super dark and scary. I would be so klaustrophobik in that cave. I'm just gonna say that "spelunking" is not for me. But give me a zip line ANY DAY. I would love to do that.
The first wave of teams are going up the bamboo ladder. The Grandparents are FIRST and they receive the next clue.
DETOUR: "Shake your money maker" or "Be a ticket taker". In "Shake" teams must make their way to a congested area of town and earn tips. One of the team members will dance, the other will accompany them on a drum. They need to earn 30,000 Rupiah to complete the task. In "Ticket" the teams make their way to a popular mall and work as moped/motor bike parking attendants. They need to park enough to earn 15,000 Rupiah to complete the tasks. Both teams will need to head to an orphanage once they finish the detour to get their next clue. They must hand over their earnings from the detour to the orphanage AND they have to notice a sign that instructs them to hand over ALL OF THEIR MONEY, too. (Not just earnings). Ok, the sign is RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEIR FACES. No one should miss it, but I'm guessing most will.
Twins - Shake
Colts - Shake
Grandparents - Ticket
Engaged - Ticket
Sibs - Ticket
Gays - Shake
Sailors - Ticket
Showgirls - Shake
SF Dating - Shake
Boarders - Ticket
Survivors - Shake
The Engaged team is first to the orphanage and give them their earnings...but they miss the sign. Seriously?? It's RIGHT THERE!
PIT STOP: Teams will make their way to Kraton Palace for the Pit Stop where TWO TEAMS will be eliminated!
Engaged, Twins and Grandparents are on their way to the Pit Stop. None of them read the damn sign. They will be sent back by Phil to give all their money before getting checked in.
The Boarders saw the notice just as they were leaving and left all their cash. Uh-Oh, Survivor left their clue at the Detour. SNAP!! They have to go back to the Shake it place and find it.
Sibs miss the sign. Dating SF miss the sign. Colts miss the sign. COME ON, PEOPLE. It's RIGHT THERE!
Twins head back to the orphanage. Sailors get to the orphanage and SEE THE SIGN!! So do the Showgirls!! Good eye!
BOARDERS are the 1st team to arrive!!!! They get to go to Ireland!! WOOT!
SAILORS are Team #2
SHOWGIRLS are Team #3
ENGAGED are Team #4
TWINS are Team #5
SF DATING are Team #6
GRANDPARENTS are Team #7
SIBS are Team #8
COLTS are Team #9
SURVIVORS and GAYS are ELIMINATED. See you next time! :)
Showing posts with label Amazing Race 19. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Amazing Race 19. Show all posts
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Monday, September 26, 2011
Amazing Race, Episode 1
"The Kindness of Strangers"
The teams:
Andy & Tommy - Olympic Snowboarders "Boarders"
Ethan & Jenna - Former winners of Survivor "Survivors"
Lawrence and Zach - Father and son. Son set a world record for youngest kid to sail around the world. "Sailors"
Ernie & Cindy - Recently engaged from Chicago. "Engaged"
Justin & Jennifer - Brother and sister. "Sibs"
Bill & Kathy - Married 40 years and grandparents. "Grandparents"
Liz & Marie - Twins. That nickname wrote itself. "Twins"
Jeremy & Sandy - Dating from San Francisco. "Team SF"
Ron & Bill - Domestic partners and flight attendants. "Gays"
Amani & Marcus - Married for 10 years. He's a retired footballer (Colts). "Colts"
Kaylani & Lisa - Former showgirls from Las Vegas. "Lolas"
Ok, I think we're good on the nicknames. They may change as the game progresses, but for now...this is it.
The first challenge is a word challenge. Basically they need to unscramble the letters they find on umbrellas and combine them with 6 letters above the umbrellas (WANPEI) to determine where they are headed for their first destination.
The Boarders and Colts get the letters first and receive keys to Ford Explorers. Once in their cars, a video message from Phil tells them they are heading to Taipei Taiwan. WOOT! Wow. Amazing Race is so high tech this season.
Twins and Survivors are the next two teams headed to the airport. Team SF and Engaged follow. The Gays and Grandparents are next. Sailors and Sibs are the last two teams. The Showgirls are the very last team and they receive the "Hazard Penalty" which is an added task they will need to complete. Oops. One of them drops a passport out of the car and they drive off. Yikes.
Everyone gets tickets. The Showgirls are fighting because Kaylani can't find her passport. They went back to the gas station but no one turned in a passport. So, they're screwed and Lisa is PISSED.
Two random guys who were at the gas station found the passport and brought it to LAX!!! Rad.
Everyone lands in Taipei, Taiwan. The Colts, Boarders, Survivor and the Engaged team are on the 1st bus. They arrive at the square and the clue says to "look up" for your next clue. I'm not sure they realize that it will be in Chinese. It's up on a huge screen in Chinese characters and no one is getting it. The Showgirls, Twins, Sibs and Sailors make it and can't find it either.
The Sibs and Colts figure it out and ask someone who tells them that it's the Confucious Temple. They are off. The Engaged team and Team SF figure it out next followed by the Boarders and Survivors. The Boarders aren't buying that that's the clue. The Grandparents show up and can't figure it out.
The first group arrives at the Confucious Temple and there's a roadblock:
ROADBLOCK: One of the team members will have to go to a telephone and dial a number. They'll hear a Confucious proverb which they will have to memorize without any notes. If they can recite it correctly back at the Temple, they will receive their next clue.
No one is getting the proverb!! AHAHA. Cindy, of Engaged, gets it first and they get the next clue. Jennifer, of Sibs, is next to get it. Sandy of Team SF follows.
The Twins and Showgirls FINALLY get the first clue and see the video billboard. They head to the Confucious Temple. The Grandparents, however, are still "clueless" and way off the path.
Ethan of Survivor gets the Confucious one and they're off to the Dragon Races.
NEXT CLUE: Travel by Taxi to the Dragon Races. The teams will join professional Dragon Racers. One team member will paddle and the other will beat the drum. If they can successfully complete the course, the boat captain will give them their next clue.
The Engaged team arrives to race.
Amani of the Colts, Zac of Sailors, Ron of the Gays and Tommy of Boarders all head to the Dragon Races.
PITSTOP: The next leg is the pitstop. For this leg of the race it is the Martyrs' Shrine.
The Engaged team, Team SF, and Sibs head to the Pitstop. Twins and Showgirls are trying to solve the Confucious puzzle. Showgirls get it and now must go to the Pacific Mall, search the 11th floor and look for their next clue as their Hazard Challenge. They find it and the challenge is to bungee jump in the middle of the mall. Kaylani will do the challenge. Done and done.
The Grandparents are still looking for that first clue.
The Engaged Team, Ernie and Cindy, are TEAM #1!! They have won the Express Pass.
Team SF is Team #2.
The Sibs are Team #3.
The Colts, Boarders and Sailors are finishing the Dragon Races. They head to the next Pitstop.
The Grandparents FINALLY get the clue and head to the Confucious Temple. Liz of the Twins is still having trouble memorizing the phrase.
Liz FINALLY gets it and heads to the Dragon Races.
The Gays and Showgirls are doing the Dragon Races. The Grandparents are trying to do the Confucious challenge and NAIL IT!
Survivors are Team #4.
Colts are Team #5.
Sailors are Team #6.
Boarders are Team #7.
The Gays are Team #8.
Showgirls are Team #9.
Twins are Team #10.
AND...The Grandparents are ... NOT ELIMINATED. Wow. For the first time ever, there will be a DOUBLE ELIMINATION leg at the end of the next race!!!
'Til next time...
The teams:
Andy & Tommy - Olympic Snowboarders "Boarders"
Ethan & Jenna - Former winners of Survivor "Survivors"
Lawrence and Zach - Father and son. Son set a world record for youngest kid to sail around the world. "Sailors"
Ernie & Cindy - Recently engaged from Chicago. "Engaged"
Justin & Jennifer - Brother and sister. "Sibs"
Bill & Kathy - Married 40 years and grandparents. "Grandparents"
Liz & Marie - Twins. That nickname wrote itself. "Twins"
Jeremy & Sandy - Dating from San Francisco. "Team SF"
Ron & Bill - Domestic partners and flight attendants. "Gays"
Amani & Marcus - Married for 10 years. He's a retired footballer (Colts). "Colts"
Kaylani & Lisa - Former showgirls from Las Vegas. "Lolas"
Ok, I think we're good on the nicknames. They may change as the game progresses, but for now...this is it.
The first challenge is a word challenge. Basically they need to unscramble the letters they find on umbrellas and combine them with 6 letters above the umbrellas (WANPEI) to determine where they are headed for their first destination.
The Boarders and Colts get the letters first and receive keys to Ford Explorers. Once in their cars, a video message from Phil tells them they are heading to Taipei Taiwan. WOOT! Wow. Amazing Race is so high tech this season.
Twins and Survivors are the next two teams headed to the airport. Team SF and Engaged follow. The Gays and Grandparents are next. Sailors and Sibs are the last two teams. The Showgirls are the very last team and they receive the "Hazard Penalty" which is an added task they will need to complete. Oops. One of them drops a passport out of the car and they drive off. Yikes.
Everyone gets tickets. The Showgirls are fighting because Kaylani can't find her passport. They went back to the gas station but no one turned in a passport. So, they're screwed and Lisa is PISSED.
Two random guys who were at the gas station found the passport and brought it to LAX!!! Rad.
Everyone lands in Taipei, Taiwan. The Colts, Boarders, Survivor and the Engaged team are on the 1st bus. They arrive at the square and the clue says to "look up" for your next clue. I'm not sure they realize that it will be in Chinese. It's up on a huge screen in Chinese characters and no one is getting it. The Showgirls, Twins, Sibs and Sailors make it and can't find it either.
The Sibs and Colts figure it out and ask someone who tells them that it's the Confucious Temple. They are off. The Engaged team and Team SF figure it out next followed by the Boarders and Survivors. The Boarders aren't buying that that's the clue. The Grandparents show up and can't figure it out.
The first group arrives at the Confucious Temple and there's a roadblock:
ROADBLOCK: One of the team members will have to go to a telephone and dial a number. They'll hear a Confucious proverb which they will have to memorize without any notes. If they can recite it correctly back at the Temple, they will receive their next clue.
No one is getting the proverb!! AHAHA. Cindy, of Engaged, gets it first and they get the next clue. Jennifer, of Sibs, is next to get it. Sandy of Team SF follows.
The Twins and Showgirls FINALLY get the first clue and see the video billboard. They head to the Confucious Temple. The Grandparents, however, are still "clueless" and way off the path.
Ethan of Survivor gets the Confucious one and they're off to the Dragon Races.
NEXT CLUE: Travel by Taxi to the Dragon Races. The teams will join professional Dragon Racers. One team member will paddle and the other will beat the drum. If they can successfully complete the course, the boat captain will give them their next clue.
The Engaged team arrives to race.
Amani of the Colts, Zac of Sailors, Ron of the Gays and Tommy of Boarders all head to the Dragon Races.
PITSTOP: The next leg is the pitstop. For this leg of the race it is the Martyrs' Shrine.
The Engaged team, Team SF, and Sibs head to the Pitstop. Twins and Showgirls are trying to solve the Confucious puzzle. Showgirls get it and now must go to the Pacific Mall, search the 11th floor and look for their next clue as their Hazard Challenge. They find it and the challenge is to bungee jump in the middle of the mall. Kaylani will do the challenge. Done and done.
The Grandparents are still looking for that first clue.
The Engaged Team, Ernie and Cindy, are TEAM #1!! They have won the Express Pass.
Team SF is Team #2.
The Sibs are Team #3.
The Colts, Boarders and Sailors are finishing the Dragon Races. They head to the next Pitstop.
The Grandparents FINALLY get the clue and head to the Confucious Temple. Liz of the Twins is still having trouble memorizing the phrase.
Liz FINALLY gets it and heads to the Dragon Races.
The Gays and Showgirls are doing the Dragon Races. The Grandparents are trying to do the Confucious challenge and NAIL IT!
Survivors are Team #4.
Colts are Team #5.
Sailors are Team #6.
Boarders are Team #7.
The Gays are Team #8.
Showgirls are Team #9.
Twins are Team #10.
AND...The Grandparents are ... NOT ELIMINATED. Wow. For the first time ever, there will be a DOUBLE ELIMINATION leg at the end of the next race!!!
'Til next time...
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