Oh, no! The clue after the detour led to yet another bunching point. All teams spent the night in the Capsule Land Hotel - a very odd hotel whose accommodations reminded me of morgue shelves with better lighting. Definitely not a place for folks with claustrophobia! Teams departed the hotel in the morning in 15-minute intervals, Eric/Jeremy first and Ray/Yolanda last.
Teams were then off for Fujikyu Highlands, a huge amusement park located near an even larger mountain - Mt. Fuji. Either Eric or Jeremy called it Mt. Tokyo. (Yes, I rolled my eyes!) In a Roadblock (a task which must be completed by only one team member), racers had to ride three very fast, high, and wild rides searching for a man holding a sign which had their next destination written upon it.
At the amusement park and throughout Tokyo, the locals really took a liking to Tyler, blond and bearded, and fluent in their language. "Want to touch my beard?" he asked when a young girl told him she liked it. Both guy-teams finished at the same time and headed to the Pit Stop which was a gigantic swan boat in Yamanaka.
BJ and Tyler won the paddle-boat race with Eric and Jeremy to the Big Bird and took first place. As per usual, they didn't win a cruise or trip. They won a T-Mobile phone and service contract, hence the earlier product placement. Jeremy and Eric came in second and got razzed by Phil Keogh for letting BJ/Tyler beat them in a physical endeavor. Heh.
What? Ray and Yolanda? Dead last. The clue had read the last team may be eliminated. It was a non-Philimination leg. I sort of figured that as they usually have three teams racing for the million dollars at the finish line. They lost all their money and possessions except for their passports and the clothes on their backs.
Stay tuned for Part 2 and the final leg of the race!
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