The Amazing Race - 2011-12

Then they would have another hour's head start on the brother/sister team next week if they hadn't taken a later flight.

 

How so? They still would have all been stuck waiting for the next stop to open at 8 a.m., they just would've got there an hour earlier and spent more time doing nothing. As it was, they went from worst to first in, literally, three minutes.

 

Mu thoughts on that, too... Everyone log jammed at the beach, so it ended up not mattering.

But they can't do that again.

 

One of the cardinal rules of traveling on TAR is Always Book All The Way Through To Your Final Destination, with a corollary of Book The Fewest Stops Possible. Too much time in airports is far too frought with possible screwups. And production has cracked down on teams trying to game the system because they were spending so much money on plane tickets that later had to be refunded.

 

I'm kind of thinking the same thing. They're too good. Viewers are going to figure them as the winners. That's why I say they won't win.

 

I had forgotten about that jam-up. It's been happening less and less frequently as the Race goes on. Several seasons ago, it happened with frightening regularity.

 

You would think that the racers would know to A. Pay attention to details. If you're disassembling something, you have to reassemble it. B. Watch your money. The twins caught a couple huge breaks getting free rides.

And, you would think the buses would arrive in the order they left. Then again ...

 

Good show. Lots of interesting events.

1. What was with the Thai cab driver, the fare, and the lady that randomly came out of nowhere to negotiate the fee? I get that they wanted Thai money; and I guess at least the cab driver had no idea what the exchange rate would be for a fair price in USD. The couple offered the driver $100.00. I figured that would be more than enough for the amount of driving the guy did, unless he drove them around a lot longer than I assumed. The random lady came out and was not having any of it, and eventually made them pay $150. I wondered if they were just extorting them because they were American or if they had a legitimate gripe.

2. What in the world were the snow boarders doing taking their clue to some random place and letting some random lady run off with it? How long did they actually wait until she came back? Also with them, interesting story arc in production in how they started off the show with them sharing their favorite Bible verses and then made them out to be ugly self-righteous Christians because they disrespected the Buddhist temple thingy. Then they contrasted it with the team that said they were of a different religion but respected others. Seemed a bit forced.

3. Nice story with the twins getting around with no money. It's amazing what an asset being a pretty young American blond girl can be. They could probably do the whole race without having to pay for anything beyond plane tickets. Nevertheless, they took none of it for granted, were grateful, and kept great attitudes the entire time. I'm sure their dad would be proud of them.

4. I love the grandparents more and more every week. They just seem very at ease with themselves and their abilities. I'm sure they will run up against a physical challenge that nails them but I hope they get a few more weeks.

5. How often do they have the pit stop at the first arrival at a major city without having a challenge take place there? Will the next show be in and around Bangcock or will they go straight to the airport? If Bangcock, that will be two episodes taking place in Thailand which seems like a lot to me. I guess I could have watched the "Next week on Amazing Race..." but I turned it off. Seems like an unusual choice either way but it worked for the show.

 

Hey, didn't record last week's show or this week's, because of baseball.

I'll watch last week's online right now and get those points out there. Then do this week's tomorrow or whenever it posts.

 

Punto's 0-1 with a BB... Not very exciting...

4500 in local money is 146 dollars. The lady had a conversion calculator.

 

He was still on camera, bd. I don't record it for if he does something. (Though that one double play was impressive as hell)

POINTS AFTER WEEK 2 OF OUR POOL
Pool 1:
schieza: 27
IJAG: 13
Jay Farrar: 13
Iron_Chat: 13
MTM: 9
DrewWilson: 7
Liesl: 5
bumpy mcgee: 3
*Wenders: 1

Pool 2:
bydesign: 27
Storm Surge: 13
KYSW: 13
Pete: 13
SpeedTchr: 9
beanpole: 7
TigerVols: 5
Huggy: 3
*ArnoldBabar: 1

* = TAR team has been eliminated from the show

 

POO, next week, they're going to Malawi. The likely reason for taking them back to Bangkok was to avoid the inevitable 13-hour bus ride or plane bunch-up, since they're going to have to fly through Bangkok to get to Africa.

LOVED the elephants, by the way. That is one speed bump I really wouldn't have minded doing. Loved the twins attitudes this week. Kinda sad to see them go.