So remember last episode, when Eric and Jeremy used the Fast Forward and I bitched and complained because I thought it was extremely stupid, being they've always been the first or second team anyway? Why doesn't anyone listen to me?
The frat boys leave at nearly midnight. They're clue tells them that they have to fly halfway around the world to Oman, near Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates. Hopefully not too clsoe to any bomb dropping. I'm sure my blog just got pinged by a dozen or so government agencies for saying "Saudi Arabia", "Arab" and "bomb" in the same paragraph. Anyway, once in Oman, they'll have to find a giant incense burned to find the next clue. They start across a huge bridge and search for a shuttle bus depot and sign up form. Wouldn't you know it, the first bus is out at 9am. Ha-ha, told you so! Okay, I feel better now.
When Ray and Yolanda leave next, like four hours or so later, they talk about how they have a very joking relationship, and are sarcastic towards each other. Yolanda points out that sometimes it can lead to a bit of confusion. As they're walking to the bridge, they get a little lost, what's new. Their playful banter turns ugly when Ray tells her to "Just find the damn bridge". Oh no he di'int. She's pissed, and tells him not to talk to her like that. They get so frustrated with each other that while she's walking ahead of him he shoots her the bird. I searched high and low for a picture of it, becaue it was great, but alas, wasn't able to find it. Although this is extremely funny, I totally understand how she gets pissed. What I don't understand is how she knew he did it. I tell ya, we sistas have eyes in the back of our heads. Time for some silent treatment.
Everyone except the hippies makes it to the first shuttle. When it leaves we see the hippies walking through the rain to the bus as the other teams yell and holler at them, happy they have such a huge lead on at least one other team. Fran's going crazy banging on the bus window, I guess to get the hippies attention through the tinted window. What I love about the hippies is when they do finally make it on their bus, which is empty, they pretend the other teams that have been eliminated are on it with them. They do a spot on impersonation of Lake and Dani and Danielle. It's really cute.
Once at the airport Fran and Barry are done being the nice old people, they're the cut throat old people, which are truly the best. They find a flight to Oman getting in just before 11pm going through Bahrain. This is nice, they can stop and say hello to Michael, Prince Michael, Paris, and the other one he dangled over the railing. Aftwards, they try to hide where they got the ticket, as if the other teams won't find out. The other teams get in line for the same flight. BJ and Tyler, surprisingly arrive while the other teams are still at the check in counter. The teams refuse to give them any information about it, and I'm wondering why. It's not like they can't go to the next counter and ask. It's really petty and stupid and I feel bad for them. They end up getting on Qatar Air flight that will get in a little less then an hour later. Damnit!
That's right, everything should always be translated into English
When the lead teams finally make it to Oman, they're impressed with the cleanliness and opulence of the city. Monica says that Americans think they're rich, but it's not this kinda rich. What's she talking about? I don't think I'm rich. I certainly don't think America's that rich. You know how many homeless peole we have lady? Anyway, The country is beautiful, even the McDonald's Eric and Jeremy point out looks like a castle. Ray comments that he doesn't know what language they speak but he can't even look at the signs because they're all squiggly. Ha, he's so funny, and right.
Luckily for the hippies, when the teams get to the giant incense burner, it doesn't open until 6am, so they're able to catch up. Unfortunately, this down time doesn't allow Ray and Yolanda a chance to make up because they're both pig headed and won't apologize to one another. At least that's what the producers are making it seem like.
Never was there a truer statement made
The next morning, all five teams run up the hill to the next cluebox right underneath the giant incense burner. I wonder if they actually burn incense in it. That'd be so cool. Especially if it was that "special" incense. The clue tells the teams to drive to Sur, a fishing town, and find a ferry crossing. Wouldn't you know it, Ray and Yolanda get lost right out of the gate and the other teams try and follow each other. This is where it gets funny, each team wants to be first but they also don't want to spend the time looking at the map and want to follow someone else. When Eric and Jeremy stop for directions, Fran and Barry cruise by, which is awesome.
When the caravan of everyone except Ray and Yolanda get to a dirt road. A man standing there tells them to put the trucks into four wheel drive. A small man leads them through a large stone bed and shows them where to drive through nearly hip deep water. Monica loves the little guy and to show her thanks they thank him in English. BJ and Tyler show a little more respect and thank him in whatever language they speak in Oman. Since we know Ray's not found of the "squiggly" lines on the Oman signs, it's no surprise they're still trying to figure out where the hell to go.
The caravan then gets to another body of water that they presumably have to cross in the car. Since there's no cute local man to help them, BJ and Tyler and MoJo dare each other to go first. Eric and Jeremy show up and see the three teams waiting, and because they have no common sense they plow through the water first. Unfortunately they don't get stuck and go on, with the other teams following behind. It's quite entertaining. Monica bitches that Eric and Jeremy have this thing about being first, and how much it sucks. I completely agree with her, but in their defense, they all were just sitting there. After a few, Ray and Yolanda go through and it seems like they're pretty far behind.
I think this is how Eric and Jeremy pick up women too
Even though Eric and Jeremy were eager to fly past the other teams, it's MoJo, Fran and Barry and BJ and Tyler who get to the cluebox in Sur first. It's a Detour. In this one they have to choose either Camel or Watchtower. I don't know when they stopped having the Detour's rhyme, but I miss it. In Camel, the teams have to use a pulley to lift a camel into a truck and take it to the camel guy down the street using a drawn map. Not too complicated. In Watchtower, the team has to take a fairy to one of three watchtowers and search for some sort of scroll. Not all the watchtowers will have the scroll in it, and if it doesn't, they have to then keep searching the other towers. They have to deliver the scroll to someone about a mile away for their next clue.
Actually, a fairly good rendition. He even got the shading.
When they get to the islands with the watchtowers BJ and Tyler quickly find the scroll, as do Fran and Barry. MoJo doesn't find it as fast and gives up fairly quickly. I mean come on, you only had two sets of steps to run up to check it. They decide to do the camels and head off. Eric and Jeremy have meanwhile gotten to the camels and are just about to head off. BJ and Tyler and Fran and Barry get to shore and head to the silver shop to deliver the scroll. Oh and look, BJ's drawn a picture of the camels. When the frak did he have time to do that? It's quite good.
Eric and Jeremy are driving, trying to find the camel man as BJ and Tyler and Fran and Barry get to the silver shop. They get the clue and learn they're going to some place I can't remember or pronounce much less write out correctly. MoJo have loaded their camel and Joseph feels comfortable, from glancing at the map, that he knows where he's going. I'm not so comfortable. One team, besides Ray and Yolanda, who are having a hard time with direction is Eric and Jeremy. They start worrying about where they are after driving for what seems like a long time and not finding where they're suppose to drop off the camel. MoJo finds the camel guy just before Monica goes into full whine mode. I want to know where the hell Ray and Yolanda are at this point because they're way behind.
MoJo gets back to their car and realize Eric and Jeremy are still driving around looking for the camel guy. Eric or Jeremy laments that this is the worst experience he's had. What? Waking up with your nuts Super Glued to your leg wasn't as bad? I find that hard to believe. Before they can bitch too much they find the camel place and head out to the next designated area second to last.
We finally get to see where the hell Ray and Yolanda are when Eric and Jeremy get back to the camel collecting place as R&Y are starting to load their camel in the truck. Once on their way to drop Mr. Camel off, Yolanda thinks the camel doesn't smell as bad as she would have thought. Not really sure where she got her camel smelling knowledge from, but it was obviously wrong. I guess because the map was drawn better then those stupid ones they print in stores, Ray and Yolanda find the camel man and get the next clue, which they rush off to.
BJ and Tyler and Fran and Barry finally get to the Roadblock. There are a bunch of small mounds of sand and they have to search through until they find the one that has some nasty spiced lamb thing cooked how the locals do it. They have to dig it up and then present it to the dude standing there to get their next clue. Phil tells us this will be their dinner that night. Ha, that's messed up. Apparently there's over a hundred mounds to dig through, in the hot desert. Since Fran had to bungee jump last time, Barry's forced to do this one. He and BJ go off and do it. It looks really difficult, mostly because the sand is heavy. This isn't beach sand people.
In the car with MoJo, she's really excited they're almost there, so excited she nearly annoys Joseph. After he points out that she's on the verge of doing that she stops. When they get there she opts to do it and comments on how hot and sweaty it's going to be and how he's not going to want to sit in the car with her after this. Did they not bring deodorant? They all dig and dig to try and find the special mounds, no one finding anything and getting a bit agitated. I'd be agitated too if I had Fran on the side yelling at me to find it. What do you think I'm doing woman? Tyler is quite supportive though. When Monica starts to complain Joseph cuts that off, telling her not to pout.
When Eric and Jeremy get there, Eric decides to do it and gets encouraging words from his partner, not too concerned about the abnormal heat his friend is in. Then we're treated to a shot of a lovely camel with what seems like gas or something as it yells or whatever you'd call whatever it is a camel does.
Oops!
Monica and Barry are the first to find their ovens in the right mound. Ha. Monica yells to Joseph that she's going to clear the sand off first, and unfortunately Barry's in his own little world because he just tries to pull the top off, dumping all of the sand on top of their dinner. Since it's literally an oven in the hole, it takes him awhile to get it all out without burning himself.
Ray and Yolanda are still arguing in the car. She comments about how he seems like he's stressed. Wow, I wonder what could be stressing him out. He says he's relaxed, which doesn't look to be that true, since it looks like if you stuck a piece of coal up his ass a diamond would come out. Yolanda then "goes there" and brings up the whole cursing thing. She says that he cussed her out the day before. This is where playing the tape from the night before would really come in handy. Hopefully the two of them are sitting at home, watching this episode, realizing how stupid it was they were arguing about this. Like I said, this just needs to be resolved by these two simple words, "I'm sorry".
MoJo's the first team with the next clue, which tells them to drive 150 or so miles to the next Pit Stop. BJ's really struggling and Tyler tries to encourage him, saying the next stop is the Pit Stop. When Barry finally comes up with the buried food and takes it for the clue, Fran grumbles about getting her out of there. Um, wasn't he the one just working his ass off in the hot sun while you stayed over in the shade with some camels? Sorry, I just thought that was rude.
Eric and Jeremy come up with the food and are excited because this means they might even make it to first or second place. As Eric and Jeremy leave, they see Ray and Yolanda. Yolanda starts digging for them and Tyler's still trying to help BJ along. It's not really what he wants to hear anymore and basically tells Tyler to shut the hell up. Ray also tries his hand at encouragement by telling her to take her time and get pattern a pattern going. She says to herself, "your mama got a pattern going". What the hell is that supposed to mean? As he tries to say some more stuff she puts the digging tool to her mouth to tell him to shut the hell up. Damn. I know who the problem is in this relationship and it's not Ray. Luckily Yolanda soon finds a bag and quietly tells BJ she found it. I guess she was afraid, like I was, that he would just lose it and die right there. He looks like he's pretty far gone and might not make it much longer. She tells him to not give up and gets the clue to head to the Pit Stop.
Finally, after what Tyler tells us is over an hour of searching, BJ finds the clue. Tyler is the best partner, very supportive, never getting frustrated. All the teams are now racing to the Pit Stop. Eric and Jeremy, because they can't stand to come in anything but first, decide to take a "short cut". Okay, here's the rules on The Amazing Race. If you're in a foreign country, or even a place that's foreign to you, never take the back way or what looks like a short cut. It never is. It's starting to get real dark out as they make their way down dirt roads, finally realizing that maybe this wasn't such a good idea. I think it was a great idea, I want them kicked off. We all know this probably isn't an elimination round, so the most that'll happen is they'll lose all of their possessions. I'm okay with that too.
Even though MoJo is first out of the Roadblock, they have to stop for directions. We don't see Fran and Barry come by, so I'm not sure if they've actually passed them. Phil's on the mat waiting for the first team to come up and it's none other than Fran and Barry. Extremely interesting. When MoJo finally do arrive, it's dark out, so I'm wondering how lost they actually got. Ray and Yolanda show up next because of Eric and Jeremy's dumbass idea of a short cut.
He is so stupid and corny, but I have to admit, he's kinda growing on me.
In the car with both of the last teams, they're saying how they both know they're last, and they'll take their licks. I'm so glad this happened to the frat boys so they're knocked down a few tiers. Ultimately, it's them who get to the mat first and are surprised they're not last. When BJ and Tyler finally make it there, Phil, of course, tells them that it's a non-elimination round. Like we didn't see that coming. They give him all of their money and they're not too worried. They say they've always wanted to go around the world with nothing but the clothes on their back, so this is a great adventure for them. Probably won't hurt either that they're in one of the richest countries in the world and will probably be able to panhandle.
