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BATTLING BLONDES
After a mad dash to the Malaysian Air counter, Charla & Mirna asked for the reservation with Oswald & Danny's confirmation code over the protests of Dustin & Kandice, who claimed they were ahead of the cousins on the standby list. The confrontation heated up as Dustin sniped about Mirna, "She wins the pushy award of the year." Not one to back down, Mirna replied, "Good luck, Yield Queens. Good luck", which prompted Kandice to note, "[Mirna's] so manipulative." All the fighting and arguing amounted to very little as both Teams made it onto the crowded flight, but Mirna's antics weren't easily forgotten as Dustin suggested, "We can make a beauty queen sandwich out of her."
While the beauty queens locked horns with Mirna, dating couple Eric & Danielle made a huge tactical mistake by exchanging money instead. By the time they arrived at the Malaysian Air counter, the flight was completely booked, forcing them to buy tickets on a flight that wouldn't land in Hong Kong until 3:20pm, over two hours behind the other Teams. Danielle joked, "The standby fairy doesn't like us, apparently, so we're absolutely dead last."
CRASH LANDING
Landing in Hong Kong with a sizable lead, Oswald & Danny's only troubles stemmed from a cash shortage as they paid their taxi at Sun Wah Kiu Laundry. After Danny negotiated a discount on the fare, the best friends opened their clue to find the second of two Fast Forwards on the race. In this Fast Forward, Teams had to travel five miles to a film set where a high-speed stunt was being filmed for an action movie. When they arrived, they had to get in a car with a professional stunt driver and participate in an action-packed stunt sequence.
As Oswald & Danny began suiting up at the movie set, showing serious signs of trepidation, Charla & Mirna arrived at Sun Wah Kiu Laundry to find a Detour requiring them to choose between "Kung Fu Fighting" and "Lost in Translation." In Kung Fu Fighting, Teams had to travel five miles to Tonkin Street and find a nearby building. Once there, they had to climb up an 11-story bamboo scaffold while avoiding an ongoing battle between stunt kung fu experts to reach the top and retrieve their next clue. In Lost in Translation, Teams needed to make their way four miles to Kowloon City and find Nga Tsin Wai Road. Once there, they had to search among hundreds of similar-looking Chinese signs for the specific sign shown in a photo in their clue. When they matched the photo with the correct store sign, the owner would hand them their next clue. After initially choosing to scale the building, the cousins decided to head over to Lost in Translation while the beauty queens jumped at the once-in-a-lifetime chance to kung fu fight in Hong Kong.
After putting on all the required protective gear, Danny seemed excited at the prospect of being in a high-speed stunt, while Oswald began to stress out. As he got buckled in, Oswald instructed the driver, "You have to do a good job here. My mother wants me back." With Danny laughing at his friend, Oswald continued, "If I wet these pants, they're the only clean pair of pants that I brought." After the engine revved, the white car carrying the excited and nervous best friends squealed its tires as it headed straight for the ramp. Oswald & Danny hung on for dear life as the car flew through the air before landing on its side, skidding across the pavement. When the car came to a stop right side up again, the thrilled pair exited the car unscathed and opened their clue instructing them to drive to the next Pit Stop at the Hong Kong Jockey Club with their Travelocity gnome. |
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