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COUSINS IN FRONT
Landing in Kuala Lumpur at 4:45am, cousins Charla & Mirna exited the airport and, with the help of locals on the plane, boarded the correct train and bus to the Batu Caves. Arriving at the steps of the caves, the cousins spotted the cluebox perched high above them requiring a long walk up a very long set of stairs. Reaching the top, the cousins opened their clue instructing them to travel ten miles by taxi to Kampung Baru Mosque and search the nearby streets for their next clue and the first opportunity in the race for a Yield that allows a Team to slow down another Team behind them.
With three Teams behind them en route to the Batu Caves, cousins Charla & Mirna arrived at Kampung Baru Mosque and spotted their clue. Choosing not to Yield anyone, the pair opened the clue to find a Detour having to choose between Artistic Expression and Cookie Confection. In Artistic Expression, Teams needed to travel one third of a mile on foot to Dewan Lama. Once there, they had to use an ancient technique known as batik to exactly duplicate one of three patterns onto and then dye a 45 square-foot piece of cloth. The task required the careful application of an artistic skill, but Teams with an eye for detail could find them selves jumping ahead. In Cookie Confection, Teams made their way on foot half a mile to Chow Kit Bomba and search through 600 boxes of traditional Malaysian special cookies and find the one that had a black licorice center. The task required no skill, but Teams with a sweet tooth and a bit of luck could finish quickly.
IT'S JUST A GAME
As Charla & Mirna began stuffing their faces with cookies, the beauty queens cooked up their strategy of using the Yield. With Oswald & Danny, Eric & Danielle, and Dustin & Kandice all taking separate ways to the Batu Caves, no Team knew where the others were. Passing Oswald & Danny who searched the streets by the mosque and with Uchenna & Joyce nowhere in sight, the beauty queens decided to enact an insurance policy by yielding Eric & Danielle, saying, "This is a game. We could very well be fighting for last now. They're gonna hate us forever." Their prognostication proved correct because, when Eric & Danielle discovered they had been yielded, they had plenty to say about the beauty queens. Eric referred to them as "dirty pirate hookers" while Danielle added, "the blondes are fake and phony."
Realizing the futility of searching through 600 boxes of cookies, Charla & Mirna threw in the towel and headed to Dewan Lama for some Artistic Expression where the beauty queens already had a great start on the pattern making. As Mirna had to pick up the slack for Charla because she couldn't reach high enough on the table to make the pattern, Dustin & Kandice finished painting the beautiful cloth in blazing red to earn their clue. Opening it, the duo learned they had to travel six miles by taxi to the neighborhood of Taman Sri Hartamas and locate a newspaper truck.
THE FRIENDS FIGHT
At Danny's insistence, best friends Oswald & Danny decided to hunt through the many boxes of colorful cookies for the one with licorice. Very quickly, the friends were at odds over the best approach. Danny incorrectly believed that he could only taste one cookie in a box and toss it on the ground since all the cookies in a box would taste like licorice if he found the right one. Oswald tried to explain that only one cookie in all 600 boxes would taste like licorice. The pair left briefly but Danny's complaints that Oswald never listened to his suggestions prompted Oswald to insist they return to eat more cookies.
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