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The Amazing Race: Gold, Goats and Dancing

First let me say, to probably much ire and hurt feelings, I hate Sunday night football! Their crazy schedule makes it very hard to blog TAR! One more thing, lest you all think I do not read my own blog, I do not get to choose the pictures that accompany it. Ok, off my soapbox now, onto the race. Azaria & Hedekea are the first to receive a clue for this leg of the race. It tells them to find a marked path and find the tribal chief that will give them a traditional gift and their next clue. The gift they recieve is a chicken. Did I mention it was alive? They have to take the chicken with them on this leg. The quote was "no chicken, no check in". Alrighty then. The chickens are held in these mesh bags. I cannot imagine that this is a fun situation for them. They must take their chicken via taxi to Bouda Pelegtanga where they will search for their next clue.

The taxi rides are pretty uneventful. I neglected to mention that it is a 100 mile ride. Teams are searching a large open area for the clue box. Nathan & Jennifer find it first. This clue contains a DETOUR. In this detour, teams choose between "Shake Your Pan" or "Shake Your Booty". In Shake Your Pan, teams must choose a gold mining pit where they must mine at least one ounce of gold to take to their next destination. In Shake Your Booty, teams must learn a traditional local dance. They will perform it for a panel of local celebrities, as they add their own flair to the dance. If the judges like the dance, they will get their next clue, if not, they will incur a 10 minute penalty.

Teams that Shook their booty: Nathan & Jennifer -- lots of stomping and kicking. The judges were not impressed. Penalty incurred. Azaria & Hendekea -- more stomping, with more originality. Judges approved, and get their next clue. Ronald & Christina -- incorporated more uh, modern (maybe) jumping and butt bopping. Judges did not like their free creativity. Penalty incurred. Kynt & Vyxsin -- lots of stick waving and stomping. Judges were very impressed, clue received. Shana & Jennifer -- someone should have told them that they really looked like strippers on a runway, crawling, head rolling. Judges were actually impressed, I guess they don't get to strip clubs much. Jason & Lorena -- lot's of shaking and jumping and sick waving. Judges were impressed clue received.

Teams that Shook their pan: TK & Rachel, Nicolas & Donald who got through it pretty well.

The next clue sends the teams walking back to the Pelegtanga Market to find their next clue. They are warned that there is a U-Turn ahead. The new concept is quite evil. You all remember a Yield will stop a team for a certain period of time. In a U-Turn, a team can choose to send another team back to the Detour where they have to complete the task that they did not choose before they can go on. Evil I say evil! I LOVE IT! Phil tells us that there are only two U-Turns in the race. Like a Yield, you can only use one per race, so they must choose wisely. Shana & Jennifer decide to U-Turn Jason & Lorena since they mistook TK & Rachel for Jason & Lorena. Lucky for TK & Rachel. It is a game people, don't get all bent out of shape. Lorena & Jason were pretty bummed out about going back, but they did it.

After choosing whether or not to U-Turn a team, the clue sends to teams back by taxi to the Ouagadougou market where they will find their next clue at the Tampouy Goat Market. Once at the goat market, the teams find out that they have a ROADBLOCK that asks "Who's ready for a juggling act?" In this roadblock, one team member must load a bicycle with a ton of supplies including a live goat and they must ride the bike like a traditional delivery person to a specified vendor where they deliver the supplies in exchange for thier next clue. These poor little kids (baby goats, that is) are tied into baskets so they don't fall out. It is bulky but not too bad. Well, except for Ronald bugging Christina the whole time she is loading up her bike, Vyxsin who had trouble loading her bike, and Rachel who had lots of trouble finding her way around. No street signs to let you know where you are going.

Upon reaching their vendor, the clue they get sends them via taxi to the Hotel De Ville, which is the Pit Stop for this leg of the race. This is the City Hall and Mayor's Seat. It was a foot race for first place. And the winners were:
1. Azaria & Hendekea -- who won motorscooters.

2. Jennifer & Nathan -- with Jennfier screaming at them "come on, you've already won first the last two times" YOU WHINER! Let me tell you a secret: It's a race dumba$$!

3. Ronald & Christina

4. Nicolas & Donald

5. Kyn & Vyxsin

6. Shana & Jennifer

7. TK & Rachel

8. Lorena & Jason who were elimiated from the race.

I wonder if they will get out of Africa next week? See ya then!


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