The little clip we get of tonight’s happenings is interesting - Mika shows her extreme fear of heights having to go down a TALL water slide and it looks like Canaan is trying to push her down - that’s not very Christian, now, is it?
Leaving the Pit Stop, teams have to choose a locked briefcase and taxi to the Dubai Creek Golf & Yacht Club for their next clue. Meghan interviews that she can’t remember when she was more stressed than on the Race, and Cheyne laughs that “that’s saying a lot because Meghan gets pretty stressed out.” The clue at the Golf & Yacht Club is a Road Block. One team member has to row a small inflatable dingy out to a yacht anchored in the water, where a sheik will present them with a watch which is the Arab custom of hospitality. Then they have to row back to the dock and unlock their briefcase. They have to figure out that the combination is the time on the watch, 8:35. Their next clue will be in the briefcase.
As Cheyne is rowing, he yells out to Meghan “Do you love me?” and all she does is grin. (I guess she’s not willing to commit unless he kicks butt in the challenge!) Brian & Ericka leave the Pit Stop saying that Ericka starts every day with good hair and makeup, but by the end of the day it’s all gone - “but you gotta try.” Flight Time & Big Easy talk in the taxi about how hot it is (very hot. Really hot. Did he say it was hot?) in Dubai. Gary & Matt re-dyed Matt’s hair, which got a laugh from Gary - “I never thought I’d be dying my son’s hair.”
Cheyne figured out right away that the lock code was the time on the watch, and their next clue told them to taxi to the Abra Station, a water taxi stand in “Old Dubai.”
Brian chooses to row the boat, saying Ericka “does not do water.” Sam & Dan talk about their alliance with Maria & Tiffany, saying that it’s advantageous, and they could outrun the girls if need be. The cab driver takes Flight Time & Big Easy to the wrong marina, making them think they are in last place. Gary can’t row the little boat to save his life, so he ends up laying in the boat on his stomach and using one paddle.
Meghan & Cheyne get to the next clue box to find a Detour - Gold or Glass. In Gold, teams must find a jewelry store and use a scale to weigh out exactly $500,000 worth of gold. They have to figure out how much to weigh out using the gold exchange rate - which changes constantly, meaning they have to work quickly. (This is where the cell phone calculator comes in handy!) In Glass, teams have to go to a spice market and open a crate of pieces of Middle Eastern smoking pipes called Hookahs. They will have to assemble 12 of three different styles of pipes. Meghan & Cheyne decide to try Glass.
Maria & Tiffany are leaving the Pit Stop, saying “Please, Jesus, let us leave Dubai.” (I guess the heat is getting to them.....) Tiffany says “it’s very James Bond, taking a briefcase to some location - although I’ve never seen James Bond sweat.” (Yep, they don’t like the heat). Matt & Gary leave the challenge after opening their briefcase saying “can you just see Big Easy in that little raft?” They called it, because Big Easy decides to do the challenge. Flight Time yells instructions and Big Easy just looks confused trying to row. (I didn’t realize that so many people had problems knowing how to row. Maybe doing it is tough, but knowing how to do it shouldn’t be all that hard!)
Meghan & Cheyne make it to the spice market and pick a crate in the shade. As they start assembling, Meghan starts getting stressed as Cheyne tells her to relax. (It really didn’t seem like anything to panic about - they knew they were ahead just for the fact that no other teams were showing up). In the taxi, Ericka tells us she’s dying to go shopping, seeing all the beautiful textiles hanging at the shops. Big Easy decides to forgo the paddles and uses his hands to row and is making pretty good time, with Flight Time yelling that “you’re going to go down in history as the biggest man in a rowboat made for a 5-year-old.” Dan does this challenge also, following Big Easy’s lead and using his hands to row. Flight yells at Big Easy to “do it for the ‘hood!” and Sam yells for Dan to “do it for the suburbs!” (Heehee)
As Maria & Tiffany show up at the yacht club, Big Easy is trying to open his briefcase. He correctly figures out that the watch has something to do with the lock code, but looks at it too literally - little hand on the 8, big hand on the 7, “and the third number would be the date.” On a close-up of the watch, I didn’t see the little square in the center where the date would be, so I had no idea what prompted that - but it messed them up big time. Dan got it right away, and the Globetrotters watched Sam & Dan leave. Big Easy is trying 8-7 and every other number in order, and not getting the case open. Flight Time, seeing Mika & Canaan at the docks, says “if we stay here long enough Lance & Keri might show up.” Mika then mentions that she’s pretty scared of water (and heights, and can this girl do anything without fear?)
Brian & Ericka find the jewelry store to attempt the Gold challenge. It’s taking him awhile to do the math for the gold weight - and Ericka says “my American education has dumbed me down, to use a calculator for everything.” (Pretty sad comment from a former Miss America!)
Mika & Canaan finish the task at the marina and get their case open, and leave the Globetrotters still trying to figure it out. (Now, don’t you think they could have at least yelled the code to them as they were leaving, considering the Globetrotters helped them out last time telling them to take their coats into the snow challenge? Bad karma, kids!)
Big Easy finally figures out that it’s the time on the watch, and remarks that he was “doing it for the ‘hood, the ‘hood is mad at me now.”
Meghan & Cheyne have some pieces left over and are told they don’t have the pipes put together correctly. In the meantime, Brian & Ericka are having problems figuring out the gold. Ericka says she just “spends the money, rather than counting and keeping it - I’m sure glad I married up.” Their first attempt at the weight is wrong. (Looks like both of these challenges are not easy ones!)
Gary & Matt, talking about what challenge to attempt, talk about the pipe assembly - and as Matt describes what a hookah is, Gary says “we used to call it something else.” (You old hippie, you!)
After being told once again that they are wrong weighing their gold, Brian & Ericka run off to try to assemble pipes, while Meghan & Cheyne finally realize they have extra parts left over that need to be used. They put the leftover washers on the pipes and get their next clue, telling them to go to the Atlantis, The Palm Dubai resort and search the water park for a slide called the "Leap of Faith.” They have to slide down the 6-story slide at nearly a 90ยบ angle through a shark tank and they will get their next clue.
Sam & Dan choose to do Gold and take off for the jewelers, as do Maria & Tiffany. Brian & Ericka, meanwhile, are putting together the pipes with Ericka saying “I don’t think the colors matter” and then saying “it’s got to be something miniscule” when their pipes are rejected. (Ya think it might be something like the COLORS?)
Sam & Dan bought a calculator at Wal-Mart before they left on the Race, and pulled it out of their bag - but didn’t know what to do to figure out the amount of gold they needed. Maria & Tiffany borrowed the calculator and knew what to do, and told the guys, but just as the guys got their gold on the scale, the price changed and they were told it was wrong. They have the girls recalculate the amount and both teams get it right, finally.
Meghan & Cheyne see the slide and admit they are afraid of heights, but both enjoy the trip down the slide (which looked like wicked fun!) Meghan asked if they were “real sharks” down there (they were). The clue told them to search for Dolphin Bay Beach, which was the next Pit Stop. They dash off down the beach and make it to the Mat first, and go falling into the water - then run back to Phil saying “okay, what did we win?”
Back at the hookah challenge, Ericka is letting Brian do all the work, saying “I don’t think that matters that much” when Brian wants to assemble them a certain way. (C’mon, if you’re supposed to build something, and there are samples to look at, wouldn’t you think the samples are what they need to look like?) The heat starts getting to Matt, who has to sit down because he fells like he’s going to pass out. Mika wishes she were naked (and I bet a bunch of guys watching second that!) Brian finally figures out the combination of the pipes and gets their next clue. As the Globetrotters see Brian & Ericka leave, they figure that Brian & Ericka were two hours ahead of them, and it took them two hours to do the challenge, so they were going to switch tasks and go do Gold. (They may have been 2 hours ahead, but they took so long at the challenge because they were STUPID!!!)
Tiffany & Maria both get close to using their bikini tops going down the slide (oh, what this show could have been for the guys watching!)
Gary & Matt get their clue (after Gary does most of the work assembling the pipes). Brian & Ericka go down the slide, commenting that Brian is afraid of heights and Ericka hates water - but they do just fine and seem to have fun in the process. Gary & Matt love the water slide after the heat of Dubai. At the top of the slide, Mika is in a panic and has floaty things on her arms (to go down a water slide? Good grief!!!) Canaan is trying his best to get her down, telling her “it’s a million dollars, just go down the slide.” He gets her close to the slide and tries to push her at the opening, which of course doesn’t work and sends her into more of a panic. He implores her to just sit down in the water as she prays. She sits down and Canaan gets behind her as if to go down with her, or push her - no such luck. Big Easy & Flight Time show up, and we find out that Mika & Canaan have two minutes to either do the task or let the next team go ahead. Big Easy & Flight Time start yelling to Mika “don’t do it! It’s a big way up!” and Mika ends up wasting time and the Globetrotters go ahead. Canaan tells Big Easy that “it’s crap, dude.” Canaan goes down the slide and Mika finally decides not to go down the slide, and they walk up to the Mat in last place and get eliminated. Canaan interviews that he doesn’t hold it against Mika - give him credit for that, I suppose. My hunny is bitching that the Globetrotters did a cheap shot by goading Mika about her fear - but I don’t see a problem (during the eating challenge in Survivor, the other team was making gagging and vomit noises when Ashley was drinking the goo). It’s a million dollars!!! The Globetrotters didn’t sabotage their equipment, or Yield them, just talked some trash, and if Mika couldn’t handle it, shame on her.
So Mika & Canaan are gone - do you think the Globetrotters were low class or just trying to win the Race? Are Meghan & Cheyne becoming the team to beat? Who are you rooting for? We’ll talk more next week!
1 - Meghan & Cheyne
2 - Maria & Tiffany
3 - Sam & Dan
4 - Brian & Ericka
5 - Gary & Matt
6 - Big Easy & Flight Time
7 - Mika & Canaan - eliminated
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Sunday, October 25, 2009
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Directionally Challenged People Just Don't Do Well on The Amazing Race: Bye Bye Lance & Keri
Well, Lance & Keri (those of the major Boston accent - "nothing could tear us apaaaaaaat") are gone. Their lack of direction finally did them in.
Sorry this is late, but I watched the show in New York, there for my granddaughter's christening - didn't get home till Tuesday. Better late than never!
The teams are told to fly to the Persian Gulf and find the world's tallest building. They're not told where in the Persian Gulf, and they have to figure out that the building is "the Burj Dubai, a colossal structure still under construction that is nearly twice the height of the Empire State Building. They had to figure out they needed to fly to the city of Dubai. Sam & Dan give us a taste of Stupid Americans by asking the Cambodian cab driver where the Persian Gulf is. They're from Liberty, Missouri, which I guess doesn't have TV or newspapers - or Sam & Dan live under a rock. Brian & Ericka say that they're trying to be nice to the other teams because this Race is "all about Karma." (No, it's all about A MILLION DOLLARS!) I just really looked at Cheyne's hair, too, and it looks like he styles it in a wind tunnel! During Lance & Keri's interview Keri tells us that they have a strong bond - and then Lance, ever the romantic, says that "we have a lot of nonrefundable deposits on our wedding, I'm not gonna miss out on that." Mika & Canaan, our little Christian couple, show the first cracks in their sunny relationship...they see that they have to go to the world's tallest building, and Mika is petrified of heights. Canaan tells her that "you need to change that little tune" and she tells him "you need to quit telling me what to do." Love the look of "wha-a-a?" on his face!
We see Sam & Dan at a window asking for tickets to the Persian Gulf, and hear them say the first sensible thing - "The Persian Gulf isn't even a country." Brian tells them they need to go to Dubai, which bums me out, I would have liked to see how long it took them to figure it out. Brian tells everyone as they get to the airport where they need to go. Lance & Keri stop at an internet cafe and try to get tickets but the website is slow (although Lance decides that it's because all the tickets are being bought up). Lucky for them, they get to the airport in time and get on the same flight with all the other teams.
As they jump into cabs, the teams all remark on the heat (and we can see the cameras fogging up). They have to make their way to a fountain where they would sign up for one of two groups scheduled to ride the elevator to the 124th floor of the Burj Dubai the following morning. Maria & Tiffany get there first and sign up in the first group, followed by Brian & Ericka, Sam & Dan and Meghan & Cheyne.
Mika & Canaan get a cab driver that doesn't know where the fountain is, and we see Canaan throwing a hissy fit. They make it and get into the second group. As they waited for their turn, Mika stressed herself out even more worrying about having to jump off somewhere. To his credit, Canaan was a bit more supportive this time. It turned out to be anticlimactic, because once on the 124th floor, the clue simply told them to go back down and look for a parking structure, get in a marked car, and drive to the desert. There is also a Fast Forward (the only one of the Race). "In this Fast Forward, teams had to travel to the Dubai Autodrome, the only racetrack of its type in the Persian Gulf. Then, driving in an F3 open-wheel racecar and accelerating up to speeds of 100 mph, one team member must complete a lap in 45 seconds or less." Meghan & Cheyne decide to go for it, and the other teams didn't want to challenge them and possibly lose, losing precious time. The second group gets their clues and gets back down to ground level, and Mika is breathing probably the biggest sigh of relief she's ever done. Lance & Keri, our directionally challenged couple, take off in the other direction while looking for the parking garage (even though Keri tells him that everyone else was going the other way. And remember, according to Lance, Keri is the stupid one!)
Mika & Canaan don't follow the other teams to the desert and end up very behind everyone, except for Lance & Keri who continue to get themselves lost. Meghan & Cheyne, meanwhile, get to the Fast Forward and Cheyne is excited to find out he gets to drive a race car around a track, and if he finishes the lap in less than 45 seconds, they'll get their clue. Meghan is in tears watching him, being afraid for his safety. Cheyne decides "I'm the man!" and gets around the track in time on the first try. They're instructed to drive a Maserati to the Pit Stop, where they get to the Mat in first place.
The other teams made it to the desert and get to the clue box, which has a Roadblock. "In it, one team member had to choose a traditional bag and search the desert for water that was stored in urns buried in the sand. However, not all of the urns contained water. When they found enough water to fill their bag, they had to give it to a Bedouin and his thirsty camels in order to receive their next clue." Dan, Tiffany and Brian started off in the sand, and Tiffany was the first to find an urn - but no water. Brian found an urn with water and secretly filled his bag, then told Dan and Tiffany where to find it. "If you help people now, they're gonna help you down the road." (Not necessarily, Brian - not if helping you hurts their chance at a million bucks!) Dan's ladle broke as he was getting the water, but Tiffany let him use hers and waited for him as he filled his bag. Mika & Canaan managed to beat Lance & Keri to the task, but both of them wandered in the sand looking for water - Lance showing his wonderful attitude once again when he found an empty urn and chucked it into the sand, breaking it. Canaan found water and got done ahead of Lance.
The clue told the teams to "drive back into the city and find Ski Dubai, an indoor ski resort with more than 22,000 square meters of snow." As Maria drove off in their car, she ran over a spike and punctured a hole in the radiator. She commented that "I have an excuse because I'm an Asian female driver." Sam & Dan hung around with them until they got a new car, which can either be seen as stupid or chivalrous depending on your point of view.
Once to the "ski" resort, the clue was a Detour "with the choice of Build a Snowman or Find a Snowman. In Build a Snowman, teams had to carry snow from the frigid winter conditions inside, to the blistering heat outdoors. Once there, they had to build a traditional snowman complete with two coal eyes, a carrot nose, and top hat. In Find a Snowman, teams had to take a chairlift up the mountain and then sled down to a mound of snow. Once there, they had to search through the massive pile of snow for a tiny snowman buried within it." They had to take their snowman to a polar bear and they would get their next clue. (That polar bear was a little creepy too). Matt & Gary get there first and decide to Find a Snowman. Shortly Maria & Tiffany, Brian & Ericka, Sam & Dan, and Flight Time & Big Easy join them and Ericka manages to find the snowman in the snow first. They take off for the Pit Stop and arrive in second place. Maria & Tiffany and Sam & Dan take off with Matt & Gary to switch tasks and build a snowman, but the Globetrotters stick with the snow pile and manage to find a snowman. As they rush off to the Pit Stop, they run into Mika & Canaan on their way in and told them to grab their coats, which Mika & Canaan appreciated, saying "The Globetrotters really helped us out."
The other teams manage to get their snowmen built, and they didn't melt as fast as one would have expected - although the snowmen weren't actually works of art either. They got the required parts together, though, and all got their clues.
Lance & Keri went right to making a snowman, and when they finished Lance confused the clue-giver by asking if he could kick the snowman apart before he got his clue. This guy is something! All their bad choices piled up on them, though, and they were eliminated.
So here's the order the teams finished:
1 - Meghan & Cheyne
2 - Brian & Ericka
3 - Big Easy & Flight Time
4 - Sam & Dan
5 - Maria & Tiffany
6 - Mika & Canaan
7 - Lance & Keri - Eliminated
So, sorry that the bickering Bostonians are gone? They did add a little spice to what seems to be a bunch of teams that like each other. See any good fights coming or are we destined for a bunch of good-Karma-seeking, helpful teams? Stay tuned!
Sorry this is late, but I watched the show in New York, there for my granddaughter's christening - didn't get home till Tuesday. Better late than never!
The teams are told to fly to the Persian Gulf and find the world's tallest building. They're not told where in the Persian Gulf, and they have to figure out that the building is "the Burj Dubai, a colossal structure still under construction that is nearly twice the height of the Empire State Building. They had to figure out they needed to fly to the city of Dubai. Sam & Dan give us a taste of Stupid Americans by asking the Cambodian cab driver where the Persian Gulf is. They're from Liberty, Missouri, which I guess doesn't have TV or newspapers - or Sam & Dan live under a rock. Brian & Ericka say that they're trying to be nice to the other teams because this Race is "all about Karma." (No, it's all about A MILLION DOLLARS!) I just really looked at Cheyne's hair, too, and it looks like he styles it in a wind tunnel! During Lance & Keri's interview Keri tells us that they have a strong bond - and then Lance, ever the romantic, says that "we have a lot of nonrefundable deposits on our wedding, I'm not gonna miss out on that." Mika & Canaan, our little Christian couple, show the first cracks in their sunny relationship...they see that they have to go to the world's tallest building, and Mika is petrified of heights. Canaan tells her that "you need to change that little tune" and she tells him "you need to quit telling me what to do." Love the look of "wha-a-a?" on his face!
We see Sam & Dan at a window asking for tickets to the Persian Gulf, and hear them say the first sensible thing - "The Persian Gulf isn't even a country." Brian tells them they need to go to Dubai, which bums me out, I would have liked to see how long it took them to figure it out. Brian tells everyone as they get to the airport where they need to go. Lance & Keri stop at an internet cafe and try to get tickets but the website is slow (although Lance decides that it's because all the tickets are being bought up). Lucky for them, they get to the airport in time and get on the same flight with all the other teams.
As they jump into cabs, the teams all remark on the heat (and we can see the cameras fogging up). They have to make their way to a fountain where they would sign up for one of two groups scheduled to ride the elevator to the 124th floor of the Burj Dubai the following morning. Maria & Tiffany get there first and sign up in the first group, followed by Brian & Ericka, Sam & Dan and Meghan & Cheyne.
Mika & Canaan get a cab driver that doesn't know where the fountain is, and we see Canaan throwing a hissy fit. They make it and get into the second group. As they waited for their turn, Mika stressed herself out even more worrying about having to jump off somewhere. To his credit, Canaan was a bit more supportive this time. It turned out to be anticlimactic, because once on the 124th floor, the clue simply told them to go back down and look for a parking structure, get in a marked car, and drive to the desert. There is also a Fast Forward (the only one of the Race). "In this Fast Forward, teams had to travel to the Dubai Autodrome, the only racetrack of its type in the Persian Gulf. Then, driving in an F3 open-wheel racecar and accelerating up to speeds of 100 mph, one team member must complete a lap in 45 seconds or less." Meghan & Cheyne decide to go for it, and the other teams didn't want to challenge them and possibly lose, losing precious time. The second group gets their clues and gets back down to ground level, and Mika is breathing probably the biggest sigh of relief she's ever done. Lance & Keri, our directionally challenged couple, take off in the other direction while looking for the parking garage (even though Keri tells him that everyone else was going the other way. And remember, according to Lance, Keri is the stupid one!)
Mika & Canaan don't follow the other teams to the desert and end up very behind everyone, except for Lance & Keri who continue to get themselves lost. Meghan & Cheyne, meanwhile, get to the Fast Forward and Cheyne is excited to find out he gets to drive a race car around a track, and if he finishes the lap in less than 45 seconds, they'll get their clue. Meghan is in tears watching him, being afraid for his safety. Cheyne decides "I'm the man!" and gets around the track in time on the first try. They're instructed to drive a Maserati to the Pit Stop, where they get to the Mat in first place.
The other teams made it to the desert and get to the clue box, which has a Roadblock. "In it, one team member had to choose a traditional bag and search the desert for water that was stored in urns buried in the sand. However, not all of the urns contained water. When they found enough water to fill their bag, they had to give it to a Bedouin and his thirsty camels in order to receive their next clue." Dan, Tiffany and Brian started off in the sand, and Tiffany was the first to find an urn - but no water. Brian found an urn with water and secretly filled his bag, then told Dan and Tiffany where to find it. "If you help people now, they're gonna help you down the road." (Not necessarily, Brian - not if helping you hurts their chance at a million bucks!) Dan's ladle broke as he was getting the water, but Tiffany let him use hers and waited for him as he filled his bag. Mika & Canaan managed to beat Lance & Keri to the task, but both of them wandered in the sand looking for water - Lance showing his wonderful attitude once again when he found an empty urn and chucked it into the sand, breaking it. Canaan found water and got done ahead of Lance.
The clue told the teams to "drive back into the city and find Ski Dubai, an indoor ski resort with more than 22,000 square meters of snow." As Maria drove off in their car, she ran over a spike and punctured a hole in the radiator. She commented that "I have an excuse because I'm an Asian female driver." Sam & Dan hung around with them until they got a new car, which can either be seen as stupid or chivalrous depending on your point of view.
Once to the "ski" resort, the clue was a Detour "with the choice of Build a Snowman or Find a Snowman. In Build a Snowman, teams had to carry snow from the frigid winter conditions inside, to the blistering heat outdoors. Once there, they had to build a traditional snowman complete with two coal eyes, a carrot nose, and top hat. In Find a Snowman, teams had to take a chairlift up the mountain and then sled down to a mound of snow. Once there, they had to search through the massive pile of snow for a tiny snowman buried within it." They had to take their snowman to a polar bear and they would get their next clue. (That polar bear was a little creepy too). Matt & Gary get there first and decide to Find a Snowman. Shortly Maria & Tiffany, Brian & Ericka, Sam & Dan, and Flight Time & Big Easy join them and Ericka manages to find the snowman in the snow first. They take off for the Pit Stop and arrive in second place. Maria & Tiffany and Sam & Dan take off with Matt & Gary to switch tasks and build a snowman, but the Globetrotters stick with the snow pile and manage to find a snowman. As they rush off to the Pit Stop, they run into Mika & Canaan on their way in and told them to grab their coats, which Mika & Canaan appreciated, saying "The Globetrotters really helped us out."
The other teams manage to get their snowmen built, and they didn't melt as fast as one would have expected - although the snowmen weren't actually works of art either. They got the required parts together, though, and all got their clues.
Lance & Keri went right to making a snowman, and when they finished Lance confused the clue-giver by asking if he could kick the snowman apart before he got his clue. This guy is something! All their bad choices piled up on them, though, and they were eliminated.
So here's the order the teams finished:
1 - Meghan & Cheyne
2 - Brian & Ericka
3 - Big Easy & Flight Time
4 - Sam & Dan
5 - Maria & Tiffany
6 - Mika & Canaan
7 - Lance & Keri - Eliminated
So, sorry that the bickering Bostonians are gone? They did add a little spice to what seems to be a bunch of teams that like each other. See any good fights coming or are we destined for a bunch of good-Karma-seeking, helpful teams? Stay tuned!
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Karma, Heat & Snow in Dubai
Well, Lance & Keri (those of the major Boston accent - “nothing could tear us apaaaaaaat”) are gone. Their lack of direction finally did them in. I'd really like to know if they actually stay married for more than six months (after Lance gets his money's worth from the wedding!)
The teams are told to fly to the Persian Gulf and find the world’s tallest building. They’re not told where in the Persian Gulf, and they have to figure out that the building is “the Burj Dubai, a colossal structure still under construction that is nearly twice the height of the Empire State Building" which was in the city of Dubai. Sam & Dan give us a taste of Stupid Americans by asking the Cambodian cab driver where the Persian Gulf is. (He didn't know.) They’re from Liberty, Missouri, which I guess doesn’t have TV or newspapers - or Sam & Dan live under a rock. Brian & Ericka say that they’re trying to be nice to the other teams because this Race is “all about Karma.” (No, it’s all about A MILLION DOLLARS!) I just really looked at Cheyne’s hair, too, and it looks like he styles it in a wind tunnel! During Lance & Keri’s interview Keri tells us that they have a strong bond - and then Lance, ever the romantic, says that “we have a lot of nonrefundable deposits on our wedding, I’m not gonna miss out on that.” Mika & Canaan, our little Christian couple, show the first cracks in their sunny relationship...they see that they have to go to the world’s tallest building, and Mika is petrified of heights. Canaan tells her that “you need to change that little tune” and she tells him “you need to quit telling me what to do.” Love the look of “wha-a-a?” on his face!
We see Sam & Dan at a window asking for tickets to the Persian Gulf, and hear them say the first sensible thing - “The Persian Gulf isn’t even a country.” Brian tells them they need to go to Dubai, which bums me out, I would have liked to see how long it took them to figure it out. Brian tells everyone as they get to the airport where they need to go. Lance & Keri stop at an internet cafe and try to get tickets but the website is slow (although Lance decides that it’s because all the tickets are being bought up). Lucky for them, they get to the airport in time and get on the same flight with all the other teams.
As they jump into cabs, the teams all remark on the heat (and we can see the cameras fogging up). They have to make their way to a fountain where they would sign up for one of two groups scheduled to ride the elevator to the 124th floor of the Burj Dubai the following morning. Maria & Tiffany get there first and sign up in the first group, followed by Brian & Ericka, Sam & Dan and Meghan & Cheyne.
Mika & Canaan get a cab driver that doesn’t know where the fountain is, and we see Canaan throwing a hissy fit. They make it and get into the second group. As they waited for their turn, Mika stressed herself out even more worrying about having to jump off somewhere. To his credit, Canaan was a bit more supportive this time. It turned out to be anticlimactic, because once on the 124th floor, the clue box was sitting on a balcony and the clue simply told them to go back down and look for a parking structure, get in a marked car, and drive to the desert. There is also a Fast Forward (the only one of the Race). “In this Fast Forward, teams had to travel to the Dubai Autodrome, the only racetrack of its type in the Persian Gulf. Then, driving in an F3 open-wheel racecar and accelerating up to speeds of 100 mph, one team member must complete a lap in 45 seconds or less.” Meghan & Cheyne decide to go for it, and the other teams didn’t want to challenge them and possibly lose, losing precious time. The second group gets their clues and gets back down to ground level, and Mika is breathing probably the biggest sigh of relief she’s ever done. Lance & Keri, our directionally challenged couple, take off in the other direction while looking for the parking garage (even though Keri tells him that everyone else was going the other way. And remember, according to Lance, Keri is the stupid one!)
Mika & Canaan don’t follow the other teams to the desert and end up very behind everyone, except for Lance & Keri who continue to get themselves lost. Meghan & Cheyne, meanwhile, get to the Fast Forward and Cheyne is excited to find out he gets to drive a race car around a track, and if he finishes the lap in less than 45 seconds, they’ll get their clue. Meghan is in tears watching him, being afraid for his safety. Cheyne decides “I’m the man!” and gets around the track in time on the first try. They’re instructed to drive a Maserati to the Pit Stop, where they get to the Mat in first place.
The other teams made it to the desert and get to the clue box, which has a Roadblock. “In it, one team member had to choose a traditional bag and search the desert for water that was stored in urns buried in the sand. However, not all of the urns contained water. When they found enough water to fill their bag, they had to give it to a Bedouin and his thirsty camels in order to receive their next clue.” Dan, Tiffany and Brian started off in the sand, and Tiffany was the first to find an urn - but no water. Brian found an urn with water and secretly filled his bag, then told Dan and Tiffany where to find it. “If you help people now, they’re gonna help you down the road.” (Not necessarily, Brian - not if helping you hurts their chance at a million bucks!) Dan’s ladle broke as he was getting the water, but Tiffany let him use hers and waited for him as he filled his bag. (All this Karma going on!) Mika & Canaan managed to beat Lance & Keri to the task site, but both of them wandered in the sand looking for water - Lance showing his wonderful attitude once again when he found an empty urn and chucked it into the sand, breaking it. Canaan found water and got done ahead of Lance.
The clue told the teams to “drive back into the city and find Ski Dubai, an indoor ski resort with more than 22,000 square meters of snow.” As Maria drove off in their car, she ran over a spike and punctured a hole in the radiator. She commented that “I have an excuse because I’m an Asian female driver.” Sam & Dan hung around with them until they got a new car, which can either be seen as stupid or chivalrous depending on your point of view.
Once to the “ski” resort, the clue was a Detour “with the choice of Build a Snowman or Find a Snowman. In Build a Snowman, teams had to carry snow from the frigid winter conditions inside, to the blistering heat outdoors. Once there, they had to build a traditional snowman complete with two coal eyes, a carrot nose, and top hat. In Find a Snowman, teams had to take a chairlift up the mountain and then sled down to a mound of snow. Once there, they had to search through the massive pile of snow for a tiny snowman buried within it.” They had to take their snowman to a polar bear and they would get their next clue. (That polar bear was a little creepy too). Matt & Gary get there first and decide to Find a Snowman. Shortly Maria & Tiffany, Brian & Ericka, Sam & Dan, and Flight Time & Big Easy join them and Ericka manages to find the snowman in the snow first. They take off for the Pit Stop and arrive in second place. Maria & Tiffany and Sam & Dan, along with Matt & Gary, decide to switch tasks and build a snowman, but the Globetrotters stick with the snow pile and find their snowman. As they rush off to the Pit Stop, they run into Mika & Canaan on their way in and told them to grab their coats, which Mika & Canaan appreciated, saying “The Globetrotters really helped us out.”
The other teams manage to get their snowmen built, and they didn’t melt as fast as one would have expected - although the snowmen weren’t actually works of art either. They got the required parts together, though, and all got their clues.
Lance & Keri went right to making a snowman, and when they finished Lance confused the clue-giver by asking if he could kick the snowman apart before he got his clue. This guy is something! All their bad choices piled up on them, though, and they were eliminated.
So here’s the order the teams finished:
1 - Meghan & Cheyne
2 - Brian & Ericka
3 - Big Easy & Flight Time
4 - Sam & Dan
5 - Maria & Tiffany
6 - Mika & Canaan
7 - Lance & Keri (Eliminated)
So, sorry that the bickering Bostonians are gone? They did add a little spice to what seems to be a bunch of teams that like each other. See any good fights coming or are we destined for a bunch of good-Karma-seeking, helpful teams? Stay tuned!
The teams are told to fly to the Persian Gulf and find the world’s tallest building. They’re not told where in the Persian Gulf, and they have to figure out that the building is “the Burj Dubai, a colossal structure still under construction that is nearly twice the height of the Empire State Building" which was in the city of Dubai. Sam & Dan give us a taste of Stupid Americans by asking the Cambodian cab driver where the Persian Gulf is. (He didn't know.) They’re from Liberty, Missouri, which I guess doesn’t have TV or newspapers - or Sam & Dan live under a rock. Brian & Ericka say that they’re trying to be nice to the other teams because this Race is “all about Karma.” (No, it’s all about A MILLION DOLLARS!) I just really looked at Cheyne’s hair, too, and it looks like he styles it in a wind tunnel! During Lance & Keri’s interview Keri tells us that they have a strong bond - and then Lance, ever the romantic, says that “we have a lot of nonrefundable deposits on our wedding, I’m not gonna miss out on that.” Mika & Canaan, our little Christian couple, show the first cracks in their sunny relationship...they see that they have to go to the world’s tallest building, and Mika is petrified of heights. Canaan tells her that “you need to change that little tune” and she tells him “you need to quit telling me what to do.” Love the look of “wha-a-a?” on his face!
We see Sam & Dan at a window asking for tickets to the Persian Gulf, and hear them say the first sensible thing - “The Persian Gulf isn’t even a country.” Brian tells them they need to go to Dubai, which bums me out, I would have liked to see how long it took them to figure it out. Brian tells everyone as they get to the airport where they need to go. Lance & Keri stop at an internet cafe and try to get tickets but the website is slow (although Lance decides that it’s because all the tickets are being bought up). Lucky for them, they get to the airport in time and get on the same flight with all the other teams.
As they jump into cabs, the teams all remark on the heat (and we can see the cameras fogging up). They have to make their way to a fountain where they would sign up for one of two groups scheduled to ride the elevator to the 124th floor of the Burj Dubai the following morning. Maria & Tiffany get there first and sign up in the first group, followed by Brian & Ericka, Sam & Dan and Meghan & Cheyne.
Mika & Canaan get a cab driver that doesn’t know where the fountain is, and we see Canaan throwing a hissy fit. They make it and get into the second group. As they waited for their turn, Mika stressed herself out even more worrying about having to jump off somewhere. To his credit, Canaan was a bit more supportive this time. It turned out to be anticlimactic, because once on the 124th floor, the clue box was sitting on a balcony and the clue simply told them to go back down and look for a parking structure, get in a marked car, and drive to the desert. There is also a Fast Forward (the only one of the Race). “In this Fast Forward, teams had to travel to the Dubai Autodrome, the only racetrack of its type in the Persian Gulf. Then, driving in an F3 open-wheel racecar and accelerating up to speeds of 100 mph, one team member must complete a lap in 45 seconds or less.” Meghan & Cheyne decide to go for it, and the other teams didn’t want to challenge them and possibly lose, losing precious time. The second group gets their clues and gets back down to ground level, and Mika is breathing probably the biggest sigh of relief she’s ever done. Lance & Keri, our directionally challenged couple, take off in the other direction while looking for the parking garage (even though Keri tells him that everyone else was going the other way. And remember, according to Lance, Keri is the stupid one!)
Mika & Canaan don’t follow the other teams to the desert and end up very behind everyone, except for Lance & Keri who continue to get themselves lost. Meghan & Cheyne, meanwhile, get to the Fast Forward and Cheyne is excited to find out he gets to drive a race car around a track, and if he finishes the lap in less than 45 seconds, they’ll get their clue. Meghan is in tears watching him, being afraid for his safety. Cheyne decides “I’m the man!” and gets around the track in time on the first try. They’re instructed to drive a Maserati to the Pit Stop, where they get to the Mat in first place.
The other teams made it to the desert and get to the clue box, which has a Roadblock. “In it, one team member had to choose a traditional bag and search the desert for water that was stored in urns buried in the sand. However, not all of the urns contained water. When they found enough water to fill their bag, they had to give it to a Bedouin and his thirsty camels in order to receive their next clue.” Dan, Tiffany and Brian started off in the sand, and Tiffany was the first to find an urn - but no water. Brian found an urn with water and secretly filled his bag, then told Dan and Tiffany where to find it. “If you help people now, they’re gonna help you down the road.” (Not necessarily, Brian - not if helping you hurts their chance at a million bucks!) Dan’s ladle broke as he was getting the water, but Tiffany let him use hers and waited for him as he filled his bag. (All this Karma going on!) Mika & Canaan managed to beat Lance & Keri to the task site, but both of them wandered in the sand looking for water - Lance showing his wonderful attitude once again when he found an empty urn and chucked it into the sand, breaking it. Canaan found water and got done ahead of Lance.
The clue told the teams to “drive back into the city and find Ski Dubai, an indoor ski resort with more than 22,000 square meters of snow.” As Maria drove off in their car, she ran over a spike and punctured a hole in the radiator. She commented that “I have an excuse because I’m an Asian female driver.” Sam & Dan hung around with them until they got a new car, which can either be seen as stupid or chivalrous depending on your point of view.
Once to the “ski” resort, the clue was a Detour “with the choice of Build a Snowman or Find a Snowman. In Build a Snowman, teams had to carry snow from the frigid winter conditions inside, to the blistering heat outdoors. Once there, they had to build a traditional snowman complete with two coal eyes, a carrot nose, and top hat. In Find a Snowman, teams had to take a chairlift up the mountain and then sled down to a mound of snow. Once there, they had to search through the massive pile of snow for a tiny snowman buried within it.” They had to take their snowman to a polar bear and they would get their next clue. (That polar bear was a little creepy too). Matt & Gary get there first and decide to Find a Snowman. Shortly Maria & Tiffany, Brian & Ericka, Sam & Dan, and Flight Time & Big Easy join them and Ericka manages to find the snowman in the snow first. They take off for the Pit Stop and arrive in second place. Maria & Tiffany and Sam & Dan, along with Matt & Gary, decide to switch tasks and build a snowman, but the Globetrotters stick with the snow pile and find their snowman. As they rush off to the Pit Stop, they run into Mika & Canaan on their way in and told them to grab their coats, which Mika & Canaan appreciated, saying “The Globetrotters really helped us out.”
The other teams manage to get their snowmen built, and they didn’t melt as fast as one would have expected - although the snowmen weren’t actually works of art either. They got the required parts together, though, and all got their clues.
Lance & Keri went right to making a snowman, and when they finished Lance confused the clue-giver by asking if he could kick the snowman apart before he got his clue. This guy is something! All their bad choices piled up on them, though, and they were eliminated.
So here’s the order the teams finished:
1 - Meghan & Cheyne
2 - Brian & Ericka
3 - Big Easy & Flight Time
4 - Sam & Dan
5 - Maria & Tiffany
6 - Mika & Canaan
7 - Lance & Keri (Eliminated)
So, sorry that the bickering Bostonians are gone? They did add a little spice to what seems to be a bunch of teams that like each other. See any good fights coming or are we destined for a bunch of good-Karma-seeking, helpful teams? Stay tuned!
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