Wednesday, May 6, 2015

TAR26, Recap Leg 10, 5/1/15



Welcome to Leg 10! Last time, on Hottubbing in Below Freezing Temperatures Sounds Like Fun, five teams raced from Namibia to the Netherlands.  The Hairstylists fell behind at the Roadblock.  Hayley and Blair bickered.  Laura and Tyler got first again.  So blah blah blah business as usual.  And Matt and Ashley were last, but not eliminated.   Who will be eliminated. . . next? (click for more)

Arrival at the pit stop last episode:
1st – Laura/Tyler, Team Clueless YDC, #TeamSoCal
2nd – Hayley/Blair, Team Mismatched YDC, #RxForLove
3rd – Jelani/Jenny, Team Intelligent YDC, #TheLegalTeam
4th – Mike/Rochelle, Team Smalltown Sweetheart YDC, #TruckStopLove
5th – Matt/Ashley, Team Best Friend YDC, #The Hairstylists

Museumplein Ice Skating Rink, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Date night?  Nope.  Just Hayley and Blair bickering.  Because THAT’S what we truly care about.  (Toyouke: “I don't need to watch Hayley again.”)

12:40 AM Laura/Tyler (1st)
Clue: Fly a third of the way around the world to Trujillo, Peru!  Once there, take a taxi to the Plaza de Armas and participate in a fireworks celebration.  Make sure to monitor your FitBit charge during this leg of the race.  Head to a travel agent to get your prereserved tickets for the flight, but you may try to find a better flight.  You have $148 for this leg of the race.

1:07 AM Hayley/Blair (2nd) 
1:20 AM Jelani/Jenny (3rd) who are working on their communication.  Sure.
1:30 AM Mike/Rochelle (4th)
2:27 AM Matt/Ashley (5th)

Teams travel and arrive at the travel agent in the following order:

1- Laura/Tyler – where we find out it is Laura’s birthday.  (Toyouke: “Wait, did Laura and Tyler just blindly take the flight they were given? SIGH”)  So they go out and party.
2- Hayley/Blair – who actually check into better flights, and get one, as do. . .
3- Jelani/Jenny  
4- Mike/Rochelle 
5- Matt/Ashley

Teams arrive at Schiphol International Airport in the following order:

1- Hayley/Blair
2- Jelani/Jenny  
3- Laura/Tyler
4- Mike/Rochelle 
5- Matt/Ashley

Teams get on the following flights:

Flight 1, arrives 10:40 PM
1) Hayley/Blair
2) Jelani/Jenny

Flight 2, arrives 9:40 AM
1) Laura/Tyler
2) Mike/Rochelle
3) Matt/Ashley

Teams now fly across the globe to Trujillo and arrive in the following order:

1- Jelani/Jenny
2- Hayley/Blair
3- Laura/Tyler   
4- Mike/Rochelle
5- Matt/Ashley

Teams now get their taxis to take them to Plaza de Armas.  They arrive in the following order:  

1- Jelani/Jenny
2- Hayley/Blair
3- Mike/Rochelle   
4- Laura/Tyler
5- Matt/Ashley

Since the Lawyers and the Doctors got in the night before, they participated in the fireworks display, and were given matchboxes with departure times at 7 am.  (Toyouke: “Not total bunching, but they did lose a good chunk of their lead.“)  So, fireworks, sleep, arrival.  And teams depart the Plaza de Armas with their clue in the following order:

1- Jelani/Jenny
2- Hayley/Blair
3- Mike/Rochelle   
4- Laura/Tyler
5- Matt/Ashley

Teams are now informed to travel to the Plazuela de la Merced and find “a shine with the morning sun,” which referred to the shoe shine stand.  Teams figure out the clue with varying success (Toyouke: “How do you miss the GIANT SPEED BUMP SIGN “) and make their way to the shoe shine stand in the following order:

1- Jelani/Jenny
2- Hayley/Blair – (Toyouke: “This is Hayley: "I never yell" = "I yell all the time but I want you to think this isn't my fault."”)
3- Mike/Rochelle   
4- Laura/Tyler – Tyler: “Oh look, there’s llamas and typewriters, that must be the Detour.”
5- Matt/Ashley

And once Matt and Ashley arrive they find their Speed Bump.  (Toyouke: “I thought the Speed Bump was going to be shining shoes.”)

SPEED BUMP:
A Speed Bump is a task that must be performed by the last place team on a non-elimination leg. Once they complete this task, they may return to the place where the Speed Bump occurred and continue the leg. In this speed bump, teams must use a classic typewriter and fill out a loan application for a llama.  Once both team members fill out their application, they can continue with the leg.

Teams complete the Speed Bump in the following order:

1- Matt/Ashley

After much typing, they go back to the shoe shine station to find out that they and the rest of the teams need to take a marked taxi toward Santo Domingo, and then Fundo San Fernando to Cuartel Number 1 to get their next clue.  Teams arrive at the cuartel in the following order:

1- Jelani/Jenny – who pull the Date Night.
2- Hayley/Blair
3- Mike/Rochelle   
4- Laura/Tyler
5- Matt/Ashley

And teams get the eighth Roadblock clue.

ROADBLOCK:

Who wants to take charge in the field?

In this roadblock, roadblockers must dress in appropriate work clothes and clear a row of sugar cane with the help of a sugar cane worker.  Once complete the worker will give them their next clue and a bundle of sugar cane.

The following teammates take the Roadblock:

1- Jenny – “I take pilates classes back home.  They should offer a sugar cane cutting class.”
2- Hayley
3- Mike
4- Tyler
5- Matt

After much sugar cane harvesting, teams finish the Roadblock in the following order:

1- Jelani/Jenny
2- Hayley/Blair
3- Laura/Tyler   
4- Mike/Rochelle
5- Matt/Ashley

Teams are now instructed to take their taxis to the Andes to the town of Otuzco and find Parque Ramon Castilla to deliver the sugar cane.  Teams must also write down their FitBit calories and steps.  Teams take care of that, drive to Otuzco, and arrive in the following order:

1- Jelani/Jenny
2- Hayley/Blair
3- Laura/Tyler   
4- Mike/Rochelle
5- Matt/Ashley

Teams are now instructed to add the given numbers from the first nine legs to the data they just took from the current leg, divide that by the total and get the steps that it would take to work off a glass of sugar cane juice, which is freshly squeezed from the delivered cane.  Once the number is correct, teams drink their sugar cane juice and get their next clue.  (Toyouke: “This is a stupid complicated task, which is product placement and obnoxious.”)

Teams finish their math and juice and get their clue in the following order:

1- Jelani/Jenny
2- Hayley/Blair
3- Laura/Tyler   
4- Mike/Rochelle
5- Matt/Ashley

And we get the Detour Clue.

DETOUR:
Mamas OR Papas
*Mamas: Teams travel to Mercado Central to pick up a grocery list of nine items that they must find at five shops and deliver them to La Señora de la Chicha, who makes Peruvian moonshine.  Once all the ingredients are delivered, teams must share a glass of moonshine and get their next clue from La Señora.
*Papas: Teams travel to a potato field and pick up a mixture of four types.  They must then return to Mercado Central and deliver the potatoes sorted correctly.  Once complete, teams get their next clue.

(Toyouke: “OK let me just say that calling this Detour "Mamas or Papas" when "papas" has nothing to do with fathers is possibly the best Detour name in quite some time.”)

1- Jelani/Jenny choose Papas
2- Hayley/Blair choose Mamas
3- Laura/Tyler choose Papas – after they couldn’t find the shop with the shopping list and their taxi driver took them to the field.
4- Mike/Rochelle choose Mamas
5- Matt/Ashley choose Papas – for the same reason as Laura and Tyler.  (Toyouke: “Doesn't the clue tell them what store the list is in? The other two teams didn't have any trouble.”)

Teams complete the detour in the following order:

1- Hayley/Blair
2- Jelani/Jenny
3- Mike/Rochelle  
4- Laura/Tyler 
5- Matt/Ashley

Teams are now instructed to make their way on foot to the Statue of La Virgen de la Puerta in the Plaza de Armas, the PIT STOP of the tenth leg of this racearoundtheworld.   The last team to arrive may be eliminated!

1- Hayley/Blair – who win a FitBit Fitness Kit each.
2- Jelani/Jenny – (Toyouke: “Aww, I was still holding out that Jenny and Jelani were going to get together. “)
3- Mike/Rochelle
4- Laura/Tyler
5- Matt/Ashley

And Matt and Ashley are the last team to arrive. . . and are eliminated.  They say their relationship got better.

ORDER NOW:
1st – Hayley/Blair  
2nd – Jelani/Jenny
3rd – Mike/Rochelle
4th – Laura/Tyler

Next episode: More Peru!  Bricks!  Flats!  Boats!  (Toyouke: “I'd care more if you hadn't pulled that stuff last season with all four teams surviving so this "fighting for a spot in the finale" is a waste.”)  Until next time!

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