Oh, Wow! It’s Like One of Those Things You See on TV!
After the relatively close departure times of last week’s leg (to Ulan Bator, Mongolia), it was unlikely that there wouldn’t be some spreading out of the teams, and that is definitely the case. First-place finishers Peter and Sarah were only a few minutes ahead of second place team Tyler and James, but nearly two hours separated the front of the pack from the back. However, a bottleneck at a local travel agent and an apparent dearth of flights meant everyone was on the same flight to Hanoi, Vietnam and a date with the infamous Hanoi Hilton.
The preview that showed one team (Tom and Terry) getting upset at another team (Dustin and Kandice) was essentially a non-event, as was the one with another team (Duke and Lauren) running out of money. What was interesting is that the clue apparently said that teams were not allowed to beg or to sell anything. I’m curious what they are allowed to do – can they steal? Mug people? Does providing services count as selling, or only the sale of goods? We’ll have to come back to that later in the race.
