Amazing Race-Technical Mistake Costly in La Paz

Oh my, controversy and drama unfolds as Christy accuses Starr of throwing her sports bra over the railing, which of course Starr flatly denies. What does this have to do with racing? Well obviously it's hard to race without your sports bra. Hopefully she has a backup? The next stop on this leg of the race is the 12,000 ft city of La Paz Bolivia. When they all arrive, it's sleeping on the street like the homeless. Next day, it's brushing teeth and putting on makeup outside. You'd think a good night sleep on the street would put aside the bragate, but Christy is still going on about it. The next clue found in the local newspaper would be to find a hat shop for their next clue. This challenge is either musical marching farm band or a bumpy ride. I think I would have chosen the bumpy ride, because anything saying to ride is better than marching and those farmers were marching so slow! I guess it was siesta time for them. I would have been pulling my hair out if I had chosen that task. Once again a lesson in reading your clue is critical as Terence and Sarah realized once they were in their cab on the way to their detour. Sarah soon realizes that they were supposed to go on foot, so they back track to their starting point. Good move on their part. Unfortunately, Mark and Bill were not so lucky. This challenge, the bikes were the way to go unless you took a wipe out on it like Christy did. That looked like it had to hurt but, hey it's just a bike, however wooden and strange. Hey was that Terence blowing his whistle? When Nick and Starr passed Aja and Ty they asked them to pull a U-turn on Christy and Kelly, what's up with that? Let someone else do your dirty work? Thankfully, Aja and Ty have more sense than that to play someone else's game. The detour was to fight a Cholita (a plump Bolivian woman) in a wrestling rink. It was really funny to see everyone dressed like superheroes. At one point the whole episode looked like some Keystone Cop movie, yeah I know for those of you out there, Keystone? Dallas looked hot in his yellow leotard and again mother and son pull ahead, although mom labored under the altitude while doing the bike challenge. Mark on the other hand had serious issues with it and had to be on oxygen and almost passed out in the rink. His age was showing. First to the pit stop again, Ken and Tina, (did ya notice Tina doesn't have any eyebrows?). Mother and son Dallas make a surge to #2 (my favorites to win) and unfortunately, the lack of ciphering clues better, made Mark and Bill incur a 30 minute penalty while last place team, Kelly and Christy cross the finish line before their penalty time was up. I was holding my breath thinking maybe this was a non-elimination round, but there was no saving Mark and Bill from their costly mistake and were eliminated. Just goes to show you, as I have said before reading the clue is critical. Sorry to see them go, but I really wanted Kelly and Christy to stay on to see if the rivalry escalates between them and Starr, drama and traveling what more can one ask for!-Single D