Amazing Race-Angkor Wat and Bayon Temple

Ok, another place to add to my bucket list of places to see is Angkor Wat, Cambodia. What a wonder. That is the next destination for the racers to get to with Tina and Ken leaving Summerhill New Zealand first at 6: 00 am, while Aja and Ty were the last to leave at 3:00 pm. How did they get so far behind and how were they supposed to catch up? All other teams depart on two separate flights and catch up in Singapore while Aja and Ty are the last ones to leave and arrive in Cambodia. I have to admit they did manage to keep a positive attitude during the entire time they were in last place. Once in Siem Reap Cambodia, Nick and Starr get the jump over everyone and get to the clue station first where they have to hand pump 25 liters of gas into a truck. Soon the rest of the teams arrive with the Frat boys, Andrew and Dan, scratching their heads like Laurel and Hardy, not having any idea on how to pump the gas into the canister. Gee Olly I think you do it this way. Uh dud? Just pump it for goodness sake and put some muscle in it! These guys do not have a mechanical bone in their boneheads. Gee, even Kelly and Christy were able to pump it quickly and they are the femme equivalent of Laurel and Hardy. Teen wolf and wolf mom as dubbed by Kelly and Christy make quick work of it as well. Ok, so Dallas has a full head of hair. I think those girls would make fun of anyone, hair or no hair. From there the teams take the truck they filled with gas onto their next location, which once on their way, Starr is questioning if the driver knows where they are going. She makes him stop to ask for directions while all the other teams start to pass them.

Sometimes, it's better not to second guess yourself. The next stop is jumping into traditional Cambodian boats into an Asian water society. Kelly and Christy are stunned by the poverty, however, those people looked happy to me. It is another world but hey, they have a floating basketball court, how nice is that? The next task is village life or village work. Both task looked pretty easy, either gathering items, like a doll, toy teeth and a basketball or collecting baskets of fish traps and delivering fish, although for that one the water looked muddy and murky. And I would also be wondering if it was infested with disease. How is it that Kelly and Christy always get so screwed up when it comes to following directions? Oh right, they are the boneheads too. They forgot that they need to get the clue before starting their challenges. A typical Kelly and Christy comment when they went to the dentist to collect the teeth, "Do we get the teeth from that patient?" Hello, it says toy teeth! Sarah and Terence's boat break down, I think in defiance of Sarah yelling faster, faster. I'm wondering if Amazing Race compensates that poor boat owner for getting the most annoying vocal racer of the group? Speaking of Sarah over zealous urging for faster, faster, Terence and Sarah were stopped by the po-po in New Zealand, clocked at going 117 kilometers, 17 kilometers over the limit. For that infraction, Sarah and Terence will incur a 30 minute penalty on the outbound leg of the race.

For the road block, it's a trip to Angkor Wat to look for the echo chamber. This looked daunting as there were so many different rooms. Tina passes right through the chamber without knowing it. First to the mat at the pit stop at the Bayon Temple were Nick and Starr with Tina commenting to Ken that we should have been first. Come on Tina, you can't always be first. Teen wolf, Dallas and mom placed a good second as Aja and Ty were eliminated. And once again, I thought this has got to be a non elimination round, but it wasn't and Aja and Ty were sent home. This leg of the race brought the two of them closer together, so that Ty says maybe he's ready to make the big move to LA to be with Aja. Well good for them, they do make a cute couple.-Single D