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Then Zev & Justin arrive to deliver the bad news that Kent & Vyxsin are not far behind, so they will be on the same train. As predicted, the Goths do arrive and are immediately asked about the penalty. They once again, try to sell the story their car broke down in Japan causing them to be delayed and they don’t know if there will be a penalty. Too bad, every team would wager a hefty sum that there will be a penalty.

After a 400-mile train ride in triple-decker cars, the teams hit the streets of Kunming looking for a flower market. A flurry of taxis converges on the flower market with no discernible lead but each team wisely tells their cabbie to wait for them. The clue directs them to the Golden Horse and Jade Cock Memorial arches. Unfortunately, the cowboys’ taxi doesn’t hang around and they jump in the only one left, which belonged to their basketball mates, the Globetrotters. Flight & Easy’s scare is short-lived as they find a new taxi a block or so away.

Ron & Christina have been blissfully absent up to this point but they are the first to hit the Detour of Honor the Past or Embrace the Future but Zev & Justin are right there with them. With the Past, they have to watch a Tibetan play and recreate the cast lineup as they appeared on stage from memory. For the Future, the teams have to unload a crate of solar heating tubes and then install them on a roof. Both of these seem equally difficult but I would be employing Zev & Justin’s method of simply following Ron & Christina, since they have “home court advantage” in China. There is a lesser chance they will get lost. Based upon Zev’s horrible display of memory at the last Roadblock though, this may be a bad call for them.

Margie & Luke and Kisha & Jen arrive after the others have left and the mother and son go with the Future and the sisters head to the Past. Meanwhile, the American mainstream commercialism has reared its head as the cowboys, Gary & Mallory, the Goths and the cheerleaders all are wandering around a McDonalds looking for the clue. Because of, you know, the Golden Arches. Man, I am embarrassed for them. This foolishness allows the Globetrotters to ease into fifth place and snag their Detour clue. They go with the Future.

While Ron & Christina and Zev & Justin have recollection issues at the Past, the Future task proves to be much more physical than expected, which causes Margie to lag behind Luke. Kisha & Jen are now putting the pressure on the others at the Past. Even though Zev & Justin miss their attempt, they correct it quickly are the first to get their clue, which reminds them the double U-Turn is directly ahead of them. Kisha & Jen get out next but it is all for nothing as neither they or the Zev & Justin can find anyone who knows where the picture clue is directly them. Ron & Christina swoop in to save them by knowing the way and offering to lead.

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