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The clue points them to the Detour: Buddhist Tradition or Chinese Custom. For Buddhist Tradition, they have to go to another temple and carry 12 incense poles that are six, eight and ten feet tall up 150-plus steps and then light them. In Chinese Custom, teams have to balance a 32 foot pole on their forehead and walk it 120 feet across a park. For my money, both tasks seem difficult but I would go with the one that is just endurance. Powering through a challenge is preferable over having to test my balance that may never work out.

I am a bit frightened that I think like all these knucklehead teams, as everyone is going for Buddhist, except Jet and Cord, who are heading to Chinese. This separation from the pack is probably the make or break decision for the cowboys.

En route to the next temple, Michael and Louie's cab driver must be related to the one that Dan and Jordan let get away because he is whipping past all the other teams. This aggressive driving elicits a "You're like Jason Bourne, right?" from Michael. Aside from the scene of him driving a MINI Cooper, I don't immediately associate driving with Jason Bourne. Regardless, the producers go with this non sequitur as the title.

A lead foot is not all you need because Carol and Brandy's driver takes a different route and gets them to the Detour first, but South Carolina shows up just a few minutes later. Cut to a traffic jam that has Super Fuzz, the brothers and Steve and Allie all stopped within feet of each other.

To keep the momentum going and at the advice of their cabbie that says the temple is only five minutes up the road, Steve and Allie and Dan and Jordan all leave their cars and hoof it to the Detour, or so they think.

Jet and Cord get to the Chinese Custom task and are bit rattled by the challenge, as well as the fact that they are the only ones to choose it. It's no secret these guys are my favorite team but this does not look good for them.

Cord gets the quick demo on how to balance it and then sprints across the field on the first try. Jet needs a couple of attempts but finishes it with relative ease. I stand corrected that this could be their downfall. These guys handled the Detour in a brisk fashion and none of the other teams are even close to being halfway through their tasks. In fact, three teams (two by foot and one by car) are still trying to get there but Michael and Louie get through traffic and accelerate away from the foolish walkers. As the detectives hit the Detour, Brent and Caite and Carol and Brandy are still sweating it out.

The cowboys finally get what they have been dreading – a Speed Bump. It is waiting for them at the Roadblock task but they appear to have enough of a lead to keep them from being eliminated this leg. They have to head to the Tropical Spice Garden, find a lady crushing spices, smell said spices and identify the correct tea made from those spices. Finally, they must take it to a guru on a swing for him to confirm that is the right one. While it seems convoluted, the spice garden is not far from the Roadblock.

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