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Moving on with the current of the years.
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Team head by boat to the Island Nusa Lembongan to Nusa Ceningan and have to dive for their clue. The clues are in cylinders and this throws Matt & Dana off, they think they missed something since the clue isn’t laminated.
Now they head to The Bali Hai Resort & Spa and have to find the Pura Puseh Stairway and the dancing monkey. This guy was fun to watch, I loved how he made them all climb higher up the stairs.
Haul: They have to go over a suspension bridge and get 4 chickens and 50 coconuts and deliver them to the guy back on the other side. This is at Ceningan Bridge.
All teams did this one.
The chickens were pretty friendly. Dana couldn’t catch two at a time, but I was wondering why Matt didn’t go in and hand her one then get coconuts, I think Kurt & Brodie were the smartest by getting all 4 chickens at once then tackling the coconuts. I would have used the bottom of my shirt to help hold the coconuts. Then they might not have dropped so many.
Harvest: They have to row out to a marked field and harvest seaweed, bring it back to shore and lay it out to dry. This at Warung Sunrise.
Kurt & Brodie
They handled it well. It was actually easier than the Haul challenge. They got enough right off the bat.
They now head to Warung Sunrise. Korey & Tylor are the first to finish.
Tylor & Korey U turn Kurt & Brodie. Then Ashly & Burnie show up and U Turn Korey & Tylor so Kurt & Brodie can’t U Turn anyone. I know we all hate the U Turns and I think Tylor, Korey, Bernie, and Ashly were wimps. I personal would like to see them drop the U Turns and just let it all play out.
Now they head to Pande Curly paddleboard shop.
They go to Blue Lagoon and one member has to climb a cliff and dive off.
Tylor, Ashly, Cole, Matt and Brodie
I give credit to Cloe for just doing it. I don’t know if I could have.
Now they head to Bajra Sandhi Monument were they will find Phil. All the teams gathered on the matt one right after another and the wimps left before Kurt and Brodie got there. I was hoping someone would have taxi trouble. I liked my team.
So get out your Chinese takeout order ready we are heading to China, With only 2 legs left teams will fight to go to the finally. Till then keep your chickens in a row and your coconuts bundled my Racing Peeps.
Finally got a chance to watch this week's episode - The entire time they carried those coconuts, I was yelling at them to use their shorts to carry the coconuts. The only thing I thought was maybe they were not permitted to, otherwise it was a dumb oversight by all the teams.
I'm sad the Brodie & Kurt were eliminated. Would have liked to have seen Dana & Matt get eliminated. I agree everyone was wimps to leave the mat just bc they didn't want to face them since they utilized the u-turn - it is a game and you have to play it the best you can. It was in the teams best interest to use the u-turn.
We thought from the start the seaweed harvesting sounded MUCH easier. And my DH thought the guys should've taken off their shirts, knotted them to close the neck hole, and then filled them with the coconuts. I did wonder if that was against the rules, and they just didn't tell the viewers?
Very good strategic move, u-turning Tyler & Korey, to ensure Kurt & Brodie had no u-turn to give.
We thought from the start the seaweed harvesting sounded MUCH easier. And my DH thought the guys should've taken off their shirts, knotted them to close the neck hole, and then filled them with the coconuts. I did wonder if that was against the rules, and they just didn't tell the viewers?
Very good strategic move, u-turning Tyler & Korey, to ensure Kurt & Brodie had no u-turn to give.
I just feel the U turns are the wimps way out. Tyler & Korey have beaten Kurt & Brodie before and Brodie has to do the Roadblocks because Kurt did most of them alrady I really want to see how it played out.
I would have prefered Matt and Dana to be eliminated, but it was a good strategic move for the teams to u turn and eliminate Kurt and Brodie. They were a pretty strong team and big competition.
So proud of Cole at the cliff. Glad he just jumped without spending too much time thinking about it.
I also wondered about what was and wasn't allowed at the bridge as far as carrying the items. I'll bet that they weren't allowed to use their shirts etc. or someone would have done it. Kurt and Brodie were smart to do all 4 chickens first.
I think if any of them knew how to actually carry chickens would have helped. One person could have easily carried all 4 chickens by themselves and maybe even carried a couple coconuts at the same time. If both went in the chickens, having one hold and the other catch, caught a chicken turned it upside down and carried it by it's feet they just hang there. I can hold 3-4 chickens in one hand at a time and ours are large chickens, those appeared to be bantams which are very small and light. If you could get all 4 in one hand you could hold 2 coconuts in the other against your body.
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Good episode.
We also talked about taking off t-shirts to use like a basket. It had to have been in the rules that they couldn't or someone would have tried it.
I am OK with Kurt and Brodie going...they won four trips.
I hope that Dana and Matt do not make it to the final three. The other teams would be fine with me.
I was also really proud and amazed at Cole jumping without standing there and psyching himself out. He and his Mom have definitely grown on me.
Still big fans of Burnie and Ashely and hate for them that they are constantly second. Hope that means that they'll finally get a first place at the very end.
Good episode.
We also talked about taking off t-shirts to use like a basket. It had to have been in the rules that they couldn't or someone would have tried it.
I am OK with Kurt and Brodie going...they won four trips.
I hope that Dana and Matt do not make it to the final three. The other teams would be fine with me.
I was also really proud and amazed at Cole jumping without standing there and psyching himself out. He and his Mom have definitely grown on me.
Still big fans of Burnie and Ashely and hate for them that they are constantly second. Hope that means that they'll finally get a first place at the very end.
I didn't think Kurt & Brodie would have won the Million. I do think Burnie & Ashly will.
Good episode.
We also talked about taking off t-shirts to use like a basket. It had to have been in the rules that they couldn't or someone would have tried it.
I am OK with Kurt and Brodie going...they won four trips.
I hope that Dana and Matt do not make it to the final three. The other teams would be fine with me.
I was also really proud and amazed at Cole jumping without standing there and psyching himself out. He and his Mom have definitely grown on me.
Still big fans of Burnie and Ashely and hate for them that they are constantly second. Hope that means that they'll finally get a first place at the very end.
I, too, would be okay with anyone winning except for Dana and Matt. I like all of the remaining teams, except for them.
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I like all the teams except Dana and Matt. We love Tyler and Korey and hope they win, but any other team (except D & M) would be fine with us. We thought the double U Turn was really good strategy and was amazed that Burnie and Ashley had the same thoughts as Tyler and Korey. Worked out well!
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