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KARMA BITES OSWALD & DANNY
Desperate for cash, best friends Oswald & Danny cooked up a scheme of accepting money from Dustin & Kandice in exchange for Yielding Eric & Danielle. The deal worked well for Dustin & Kandice who finished in first place, but Oswald & Danny felt the sting of karma in the form of a bad taxi driver to finish in last place.
MONEY MATTERS
Departing the Pit Stop in first place at 3:41am, best friends Oswald & Danny opened their clue to discover they needed to travel 40 miles by turbo ferry to mainland China and the city of Macau.
The very broke Oswald & Danny sped off alone to Macau ahead of the other Teams before the sun rose over China. Finding a man in a rickshaw who handed them their clue, the best friends learned they needed to travel two miles to the tallest structure in Macau, the Macau Tower that stands over 1,109 feet high. At the tower, Teams would find the second of two Yields on the race along with their next clue.
Arriving at the Macau Tower in the early light of dawn, Oswald & Danny found the doors to the looming structure closed until 10:00am. With some time to ponder their dire financial situation, the best friends realized they only had 16 dollars to their name. Just then, up walked two dollar signs by the names of Dustin & Kandice. Since the beauty queens already used their Yield, Oswald & Danny proposed a cash payment from them in exchange for the best friends yielding whomever Dustin & Kandice wanted. The two Teams negotiated a price of 45 dollars for Oswald & Danny to Yield Eric & Danielle, who already were marked for elimination when the tower doors opened. With a pang of guilt, Oswald told his partner, "I feel nauseous for doing this. I'm not happy."
At 10:00am, the tower doors opened and Dustin & Kandice and Oswald & Danny raced inside along with Charla & Mirna only to discover that they couldn't go upstairs high above the city until 11:00. As Eric & Danielle arrived in Macau, the elevators opened for the other three Teams to ascend to the 61st floor of the tower. At the top, Oswald & Danny stuck to their word and Yielded Eric & Danielle, which took Mirna by surprise. "The Yield wasn't really necessary," She commented. "Why would you ever Yield a Team in the beginning of a leg knowing they're not that far behind and they can catch up and pass you at any moment?"
TAKE A FLYING LEAP
Running to the cluebox, the three Teams encountered a Road Block. In this Roadblock, one team member had to step outside of the Macau Tower and walk completely around the outer rim of the observation deck. Then, using the world's highest permanent descender, they had to jump off the building and fall 660 feet to the street below.
Kandice, Danny, and Charla all suited up in the proper protective gear for a lap around the observation deck on a very windy, cloudy day. Taking the first step outside, Kandice noted, "It's a little slick out here. This is more of a mind test than anything else." Down below, an emotional Dustin teared up at the thought of her partner teetering high above Macau, saying, "I'm feeling for her right now." Soon Danny and then Charla began their walk around the observation deck. A thrilled Charla shouted, "This is freaky! I have never, ever done anything like this in my whole, entire life. I can't believe I'm doing this!"
After completing the walk around the deck, Kandice then suited up for her big jump over the edge of the tower. With only a moment of hesitation, Kandice stepped off with a big scream as Dustin cheered her on below. A thrilled Kandice whooped, "This is amazing!" Hitting the ground, a relieved Kandice confessed, "I thought I was gonna crap my pants." Opening their clue, the beauty queens discovered they needed to travel by taxi to Lou Lim Ieoc Garden. |
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