I wish I hadn’t deleted the Tivo recording, but I’m almost positive that she really did want to do the luge, and Brandon insisted on the bikes. Which goes with my overall theory that he was pretty wimpy about anything that might involve danger. Remember he’s the one that wanted to look in the mud instead of doing the rafting thing. So she was perfectly justified in blaming him for the bike fiasco. And I can’t imagine that the bikes in any way shape or form would be even close to as fast as you could do the luge. The bikes would be tricky as hell. They finished the first time in…what, 4 and a half minutes? or something…that’s a lot of time to try and cut off a long course. The luge everyone pretty much made the time right away. Chip and Kim just had problems because of the weight distribution.
One thing I was wondering about (two things actually). C&C must’ve begged a lot of money if they could afford to get a Town Car to pick them up, drive them to the maze and the drive them to the finish line. But what I really wonder about is this: If you wanted to reserve a car to wait for you, wouldn’t they generally ask for a credit card number, even if you were planning on paying in cash. I don’t think the teams had credit cards, but maybe they did, but they couldn’t use them. I think the idea was one of the smartest ever done on any of the show’s seasons, I would’ve been interested to see how they actually pulled it off.
The Bowling Moms got to Giza rather late at night, when no one was around, so had to beg before leaving the next morning. The Twins’ Pit Stop was in the middle of nowhere, so they also had to wait until the start of the next leg, when they got back to civilization, to start turning tricks, er, begging for money.
C&C got to their Pit Stop in the afternoon. Their next leg began early the next morning, when few people are awake, so begging immediately after getting to the Pit Stop was the right thing to do. The Coconut Palace is right in the heart of the tourist district, so C&C did well for themselves. That one guy I saw actually did give them enough money in Philippine pesos to get to the airport.
Incidentally, the Jose Rizal Monument, where the first clue of the final leg was located, is just down the street from the Pit Stop, so the teams could simply have walked there. It’s akin to the Washington Monument, so if they had been more observant, they should have noticed all the Philippine flags flying in the breeze. Of course, it was still nighttime, so I’m inclined to forgive that lapse.
Well, there was unpleasantness between Colin and Mirna, if you’ll remember. Mirna said last night that she and Colin were perfectly civil at the Emmy Awards on Sunday.
I like the idea of making them do an extra task. I don’t like the begging at all, but if they are going to keep up with it, they shouldn’t be allowed to start until their “start time” the next day.
I wonder if this is allowed…they can make reservations with their credit cards, but they can’t actually pay. In any case it was brilliant on Colin’s part to come up with it.
In addition to what has been said, most airports in the US no longer have working lockers. They’ve been shut as part of the new security measures. Certainly, at San Francisco Airport there are signs on all the locker banks saying they are no longer in service.
Ed
Different leg. C&C were cashless the first hour (beginning and ending in the Phillipines); they got their cash for the second hour (Phillipines to Dallas). $600, IIRC.
According to the Insider Videos, Colin said he just gave them a fake name and and 16 random digits and a random date for an expiration.
Also there is a pretty interesting argument in the videos, once again proving that the people who claim to be competitive, just can’t handle being out-competed (yielded). But it’s cool when Brandon tells Christie to get over it.
Fully agree, especially in poverty-striken countries-IMO, you can’t disallow begging if you take their money away or it’s an instant death-sentence, (“To get to the first route-marker, take a cab to such-and-such place.”) so instead do this; Phil takes half of their saved money (rounding in his favor) and they start the race with half the amount that the other teams get. This encourages savings (Chip and Kim had managed so sock $300.00 away, so they started the last leg with $600+) and it gives a pretty severe penalty, but not one that can be overcome.
Also, I still don’t like the yields–had one been available on the last two legs, it would have been instant doom for whoever got it. I’d say that if they must use the Yield concept, there should be a very limited number of yields (three?), they’d be placed randomly throughout the game (but not in the last three episodes and just as a team can only use a yield once, one team can only BE Yielded once–I don’t want the game to turn into Survivor where it becomes a popularity contest and I can easily see the Yields becoming a vehicle for that.
One other rule I’d add-No lying to ticketing agents, dammit. Note that Brandon’s weasel worded (oddly, I mean that in a good way) discussion with the Calgary ticket agent would pass my bar (“It could change our lives to get on that flight”). I believe that you’re not allowed to tell people that you’re on TAR as such (you can say “I’m in a race” or “I’m racing that team around the world” but you’re not actually allowed to mention the name of The Amazing Race. I wonder if there’s liability reasons?)
Dammit, I want the next race to start NOW!!! 
Fenris
So did he use his real accent there or his Amazing Race accent?
All I have to say is this:
WOOOOO HOOOOOO!!!
Doncha think the ticket agents might get a clue that something unusual was afoot because of the video cameras/microphones, etc???
What?! I didn’t see any video cameras or microphones! 
Yeah, that’s what I was referring to when I said “nearly always.”
Nope. Brandon was ahead of Nicole running towards the luge run, when Nicole started yelling that they were right beside the bikes, so they should do that instead.
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/amazing_race6/ indicates the next season starts on the mythical date of Thursday October 2nd…
Thursdays at 8 PM on CBS? But what about that other, lesser, reality show?
:smack: Looking at a calendar, I can see that the putative start date is indeed mythical…
Real accent.
But I can’t wait until 2008! 
I’m pretty sure someone said on Tuesday that TAR6 is still in post-production, and is going to be used to fill in when a CBS show gets pulled.