The Amazing Race Recap

By Daron Aldridge

October 4, 2011

Rob and Amber are never going to shut up about this.

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With everyone rubbernecking at this train wreck of a team, Jennifer finally storms off, saying they should just take the train. If you know that you can’t spend more than a day with someone without verbally tearing into each other (which they both admit), WHY go on this show? My brother and I haven’t fought since adolescence, but I still don’t know if we could survive the race together.

After a packed train ride, the teams get their first taste of Crazy Taxi – Indonesia edition. Flying in the face of their last leg’s placement, Ma & Pa are leading the pack to Goa Jomblang Cave for the next clue. But the caravan of cabs behind them ensures their lead will inconsequential. Especially upon seeing their Speed Bump next to the Roadblock.

First, here’s the Roadblock: A team member must descend 160 feet into a cave to retrieve a mask and knife and then climb a bamboo ladder out of the cave to get their clue. It’s pretty straightforward but with the potential to be challenging, which is unlike Bill & Cathi’s Speed Bump. “Unlike” in the challenging part because it is the equivalent of unknotting the 100 ft. extension cord in your garage just enough to reach the electrical outlet, so you can weed eat the lawn. Yes, that’s the entire task, except it’s a rope and not an extension cord and they have to attach it to a carabineer and not an outlet.

While Ma & Pa quickly make headway on the Speed Bump, Ernie & Cindy arrive second at the Roadblock, followed by the twins and Amani & Marcus. Cindy eagerly accepts the Roadblock and soaks in the whole experience. Marie (thank you onscreen prompt) takes the task for the twins and Marcus does it for his team, even though he has no idea what spelunking is. As predicted, Ma & Pa are already done with the Speed Bump and Bill is heading down the rabbit hole.




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Any semblance of a lead for these teams fizzles as Jeremy, Tommy, Justin, Ethan, Zac, Kaylani and Bill (of Ron & Bill) all arrive and suit up for their respective teams. Thanks to longer legs that help him climb the ladder faster than Marie and Cindy, Pa takes first place and gets his clue to the Detour.

The first Detour of the race is between Money Maker and Ticket Taker. With Money Maker, the team has to head to an intersection. One person has to learn a dance and the other has to play the music while they try to collect 30,000 rupiah. For Ticket Taker, they have to park enough scooters to earn 15,000 rupiah. After getting the right amount of money, they take it to a local orphanage and hand over that money and donate all their other money to get their clue.

The fact that Phil specifically points out the sign at the orphanage about the additional money donation leads me to believe that this will trip up at least one team. The taxi cab traffic jam in the Roadblock (how fitting) delays Ma & Pa from leaving for Ticket Taker and gives the twins a moment in first place as they leave for Money Maker.


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