Amazing Race - Episode 11

I’m starting to get scared now.  I feel like I am in a Twilight Zone episode, you know the one where the kid wishes people out to the cornfield who displease him?  Everyone that I would like to get booted off the race has succumbed to my wishes.  This usually doesn’t happen there is usually a team in the top three that I despise.  But not this time – I may be in the minority – but I still like the frat boys and I will be fine if any of the 3 remaining teams, BJ & Tyler, Eric & Jeremy or Ray & Yolanda win.  So  MoJo bit the dust, and I couldn’t be happier.  But let’s backtrack a bit and get caught up on the race and then I can gloat.

 

In this leg Ray & Yolanda were finally able to pull off a first place finish and start out first from the Pitstop.  The clue they were given sent the teams to the Darwin airport to get a flight out to Bangkok, Thailand.  All the teams started within 8 minutes of each other and were able to get to the airport without any hassle.  BJ & Tyler did not book the flight to Bangkok until they hit the city of Darwin at 2am in the morning to hustle up some money from the late night/early morning revelers.  At the last pitstop they had what little they had left confiscated and started out this leg with no cash or clothes.  Yolanda left a pair of stretch pants for BJ to use and the frat boys left a pair of flip-flops for BJ too.  MoJo didn’t leave anything.  After hustling for cash BJ & Tyler got back to the airport to book their flight but were unable to get the same flight that the other teams were on, it was full.  They lucked out and were able to get another flight out that arrived in Bangkok 15min earlier than the other teams.  But that didn’t happen, the other teams arrived 45min ahead of schedule and the hippies were delayed on their flight.  But all teams upon landing in Bangkok got a taxi and headed to Moshi Bus terminal to take them to the town of Lapburi where they needed to find the Three Spire Pagoda, which is home to sacred monkeys. 

 

Eric & Jeremy and Ray & Yolanda were able to get to the bus terminal in time to take the last bus to the Lapburi.  But MoJo and the hippies got there too late and had to wait to take the first bus out in the morning.  MoJo went to find a hotel to sleep and BJ & Tyler opted to sleep at the terminal and were awake to notice a bus getting ready to leave at 420am and were able to get on it for the trip to Lapburi.  MoJo got to the bus terminal around after the hippies left and caught the 5:20am bus out, which unbeknownst to them put them in the back of the pack. 

 

All the teams but MoJo arrived at Three Spire pagoda and had to wait for it to open.  So the frat boys spent time playing with the monkeys, Ray & Yolanda just waited like the hippies.  When it opened they found out the Fast Forward was offered.  The hippies and Ray & Yolanda took off in pursuit of completing the Fast Forward first while Eric & Jeremy had to do the Roadblock.

 

The Roadblock had the teams preparing a ceremonial feast for the monkeys that are similar to what the locals prepare for the monkeys.  Eric had to cut fruits and vegetables and artfully arrange the product on the table.  He had to contend with the monkeys stealing the food but he kept working on it. 

 

The Fast Forward had the teams going to a local hangout and feasting on the typical afternoon fare, which turned out to be fried crickets and grasshoppers.  BJ & Tyler getting there first were less than thrilled with the cuisine but felt compelled to pursue it since it would be their ticket to first place.  They sat down with a big bowl of each crispy critter and started popping them in their mouths.  They did not go down to easily.  Meanwhile Ray & Yolanda arriving there to witness the feast were a little less than pleased at the task.  They decided to go back to the Roadblock and try their luck there.  The hippies struggled with consuming these insects and questioned their decision to win the Fast Forward.  But they agreed that it would be in their best interests to stick it out and finish.  So they plowed on struggling to get the insects down and struggling to keep them down.  But they did manage to both finish their bowls and got their clue and made their way to the Pit Stop in first place.

 

Meanwhile back at the Roadblock, Eric was joined by MoJo and Joseph was creating his feast, but he was having the same problems as Eric where the monkeys were stealing the food off the table.  Ray & Yolanda came back and Yolanda was working on creating the feast.  They all finished in the order of starting and they got their clue taking them by ferry to Koh Kret Island, where they were to find the Buddha Garden.

 

The clue at the Buddha Garden was a detour.  The teams had 2 tasks to pick from.  The first one was Move It.  In Move It the teams were to go to a pottery factory and carry 72 pots through the streets to a ship.  And in Alter It the teams had to assemble a shrine to Buddha and gold leaf a Buddha.  Eric & Jeremy being the first team there decided to do Alter It.  It turned out to be a tedious task and not one that could be completed quickly.  But with both members of the team working on it helped move the process along.  Ray & Yolanda also did Alter It.  MoJo arriving at the garden and seeing the other two teams doing the Alter It task decided to do the Move It task.  Their first trip to the ship was hard and slow and when Joseph asked a local for help to the ship the local said it was too far and refused.  But they were able to transport a goodly amount on the initial trip and it was during the 2^nd trip that things started to unravel.  Monica dropped all but 2 of her pots and melted into a puddle of tears.  Joseph told her to suck it up and keep going.  They had to make 3 trips to the ship in order to deliver the correct amount of pots. 

 

After completing the detour each team got their clue directing them to the Pit Stop at the Marble Temple and Eric & Jeremy made it over there to capture 2^nd place and a spot in the final 3 to compete for the Million Dollar prize.  The battle was on for Ray & Yolanda and MoJo.  Ray & Yolanda were able to arrive there 3^rd and earned the last spot in the final 3 and MoJo was ELIMINATED!

 

I’m wondering how much of a head start the Fast Forward will give the hippies?  It may be enough to keep them in 1^st place throughout the race or it could be that the ingestion of the insects was a very time consuming task.  But all I know is I am very anxious to see who wins but dreading the finale.  It has been a fun race and it has almost wiped out the Family Race from my memory. 

 

 

Posted by deeteebee in The Amazing Race