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Previously on the Amazing Race, 7 teams of 2 set out from Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso and travelled 4800km to Vilnius, Lithuania. Teams are astounded by the marvellous sight of the ancient city and the lush countryside (xinfang: i always wanted to explore such an ancient city) while other teams disagreed on directions (zhenyang: YOU DRIVE I NAVIGATE). Poh Choon and Yan Zhi attempted the Fast Forward and checked in first easily. At the roadblock, Timothy got severely lost (valerie: we came first and now we are what? last??) and the situation worsened when he stumbled at the detour (timothy: this is impossible). However, it was insufficient for Si Aun and Xinfang to catch up after bickering badly while counting the fence, causing them to be the 5th team to be eliminated from the race (Yi Xuan: you have been eliminated from the race). 6 teams remain, who will be eliminated next?
Leg 6
Departing the Pit Stop first at 1.00am, Poh Choon and Yan Zhi opened their clue.
pohchoon: Fly 900 miles to Dubrovnik, Croatia and travel to the base of the Fort of St. Lawrence. yanzhi: We finally came in first. I have a very good feeling that this momentum will be kept up to the very last moment of the race.
Arriving at the airport, the duo found that the counters only open at 4.30am.
pohchoon: Let's do some research on flights. yanzhi: I have one departing at 6am arriving at 11.20am connecting through Prague. pohchoon: Mine departs at 6.20am and arrive at 11.20am connecting through Warsaw. yanzhi: Let's book the 6.20am since they arrive at the same time.
*soon, the 5 other teams flood into the airport*
zhenyang: Let's take the 6am flight. Early departure means early arrival. jezabel: You are so clever darling. *kisses*
felicia: Let's take the same flight as them, since we are in alliance. celest: Can you have your own opinion? Must you follow what everything they do? felicia: THEN WHAT YOU WANT ME TO DO? celest: FIND OTHER FLIGHTS LA! felicia: STOP SHOUTING AT ME LIKE THAT! celest: I AM TOTALLY GIVING UP ON YOU! felicia: YA, AND I AM GIVING UP ON THE RACE! GO RUN IT YOURSELF! celest: FINE! BOOK THE 6AM TICKETS!
All 6 teams are traveling to Dubrovnik, Croatia on 2 flights.
Poh Choon and Yan Zhi, Timothy and Valerie and Han Wei and Kelvin are connecting at Warsaw, Poland.
Celest and Felicia, Priscilla and See Lek and Zhen Yang are connecting through Prague, Czech Republic.
*at warsaw*
hanwei: Let's go and check in the flight early. kelvin: Ok. There's nothing to do here anyway and i don't want to start another argument here.
pohchoon: Shall we try to find an earlier flight? yanzhi: I don't see such a need. I doubt there's any earlier one either.
timothy: I am hungry valerie: Oh stop whining. Go buy yourself a chiku to eat.
*meanwhile at prague*
priscilla: OMG! THE FLIGHT HAS ALREADY DEPARTED! seelek: This is bad! Quick find a flight!
zhenyang: This is horrible. We have to find a flight quick! jezabel: Let's follow them!
felicia: Shit! This is so screwed. celest: Ya la! Dunno who choose the 6am flight. felicia: Are you blaming it on me? celest: Haiz, wonder who don't want to search for a better flight. felicia: ARE YOU PICKING ON ME? celest: DONT YOU DARE RAISE YOUR VOICE! I AM SUPPOSED TO BE ONE ANGRY! felicia: GO FIND A FLIGHT LA! celest: GO FOLLOW OUR ALLIANCE MEMBERS LA!
The 3 teams at Prague frantically finds a flight to go to Dubrovnik.
priscilla: Can i have 2 tickets to Dubrovnik? ticket-lady: You will connect through Vienna and arrive at 2.29pm. seelek: Shit, we are like 3 hours behind. priscilla: No choice. ticket-lady: Here are your tickets.
celest: Can we have the same tickets as them? ticket-lady: Here you go. felicia: Thanks.
jezabel: Same tickets as them please. ticket-lady: Sorry, the flight is fully booked. zhenyang: WHAT THE ....! ticket-lady: I can offer you tickets through Zagreb, arriving at 2.36pm. jezabel: We will take it. Cool down darling. zhenyang: If driving is involved, i better navigate the map.
Priscilla and See Lek and Celest and Felicia are on the flight connecting through Vienna arriving at 2.29pm.
Zhen Yang and Jezabel are on the flight connecting through Zagreb landing at 2.36pm.
*at dubrovnik*
timothy: Ok we are first! Let's maintain this. valerie: I don't see the other teams from the other flight. I wonder what happened.
pohchoon: Where is the 2nd flight? yanzhi: I dunno.
hanwei: Ok let's go to the fort. kelvin: We are aiming to clear this leg without any argument.
*at fort lawrence*
timothy: ROADBLOCK! In this roadblock, one team member have to help in the renovation of the city walls damaged by the bombings during the Yugoslavian civil war of the 1990s. The racer need to search through a pile of 150 stones to find one of eight that fit into the wall.
valerie: You do it, it's a patience task, not physical. timothy: Fine. -.-
*timothy starts to fit rocks*
*meanwhile*
Poh Choon and Yan Zhi and Han Wei and Kelvin alighted at the wrong entrance.
pohchoon: Where is the cluebox? yanzhi: Let's search around here.
hanwei: Hmm, this place doesn't look like it. I dont even see the flag. kelvin: Ask the driver to drive around?
*at the roadblock*
timothy: I wonder which is the correct rock. valerie: Go hubby! No one is stressing you.
*hanwei and kelvin's cab appeared*
timothy: *starts to panic* AHHH! *rock slips into place* valerie: Looks like he works better under stress. timothy: Make your way to the roof of the Fort of St. Lawrence and take a tandem zip line to the roof of Fort Borkar. valerie: It's about time we do more exciting stuff.
hanwei: They are leaving already. Roadblock. kelvin: You do, i can't stand trial and error.
*at roof of Fort Lawrence*
valerie: *screams manly down the zipline* timothy: *shrieks girly down the zipline* valerie: DETOUR! Short & Long or Long & Short. In Short & Long, teams have to rappel down from the roof of the fort to the base and follow the marked path to a city wall that they have to climb with a rope ladder. Then, once at the top, they have to make their way through Dubrovnik’s Old Town to a plaza where they will find their next clue. The hard physical part of the task was short, but then teams must navigate a long distance through the confusing streets to the plaza. In Long & Short, teams have to use a tandem zip-line to fly from the fort to the water below. Then, after swimming to a floating platform, they must choose a small fishing boat, row around the city walls to the old harbor, and run to the same plaza, where they will find their next clue. The hard physical part of this task was much longer, but the short distance to the plaza was far less confusing.
valerie: Without doubt, we are doing the rowing. timothy: There we go again.
*at the roadblock*
hanwei: This is frustrating. kelvin: Am i supposed to cheer you on? hanwei: What a teammate i have.
*at fort lawrence*
yanzhi: Let's ask our driver to drive around the fort. pohchoon: Alright.
*cab drive to other side*
yanzhi: Omg. It just there. pohchoon: Roadblock. I do it.
*at the Long & Short detour*
valerie: *slides down zipline* timothy: *slides down zipline* valerie: Hurry up! You are a crocodile! You are supposed to swim fast! timothy: Stop nagging!
*timothy and valerie climbed into a boat*
valerie: ROW! timothy: *pants* This is tiring. valerie: Stop complaining. BE A MAN! timothy: *pants more* Alright alright.
*at the roadblock*
hanwei: *after several attempts* Finally! kelvin: YES! ZIPLINE!
yanzhi: Don't give up pohchoon! pohchoon: I am trying!
*at roof of Fort Lawrence*
hanwei: This is fun! kelvin: WOOHOO!!!
*at the Long & Short detour*
valerie: LEFT! RIGHT! LEFT! RIGHT! timothy: We're reaching soon! *uses all his might to row* valerie: OK! RUN TO THE CLUEBOX! timothy: Take a taxi to the next Pit Stop, the Stone Cross Overlook. This monument overlooking the whole of Dubrovnik is the 6th Pit Stop in the race around the world. The last team to check in may be eliminated. valerie: OMG! OUR FIRST PLACE! RUN RUN!
*at the roadblock*
pohchoon: I dont see any teams around. yanzhi: We might just lose this here.
*at Fort Borkar*
hanwei: Let's do the physical one. kelvin: Alright.
*hanwei and kelvin slides down zipline to swim to boat*
*at Stone Cross Overlook*
Yi Xuan: Timothy and Valerie, you are team number 1! As the winners of this leg of the race, you have won a 12.5 foot cataraman. timothy: This is great! valerie: Getting first is wonderful Yi Xuan: What are your views about raising from last to first? timothy: Valerie has been very encourgaing but in a very military way. It makes me very tired but i know she is the one i love. valerie: Timothy needs pushing. Without that, i think we will be packing our bags home today.
*at the roadblock*
pohchoon: OMG WE ARE DONE! yanzhi: Ok! We can still catch up!
*at the Long & Short detour*
hanwei: This is quite easy since both of us are quite fit. kelvin: It all takes teamwork. hanwei: Ok go get the clue.
*at Fort Borkar*
pohchoon: I dont think i am up for rowing. yanzhi: Ok we do the rappelling and climbing.
*at plaza*
hanwei: The Stone Cross Monument please. taxi-driver: Sorry, you are wet. No deal. kelvin: What?
*5 min past and no taxi*
hanwei: Let's just take that car.
*private car brings hanwei and kelvin to Stone Cross Overlook*
Yi Xuan: Han Wei and Kelvin, you are the second team to arrive. hanwei: That's not bad. kelvin: He sounds different. Yi Xuan: However, you did not take the legal form of transportation. You have to go back to the plaza and follow the clue. hanwei: Damn. The taxi. kelvin: We have to take a taxi!
*at the Short & Long detour*
pohchoon: Ok, now where is the plaza? yanzhi: OMG! THERE'S HAN WEI AND KELVIN! DONT LOSE TO THEM! pohchoon: THE PLAZA IS THERE!
hanwei: Oh no! Don't let them overtake us. kelvin: TAXI PLEASE APPEAR!
*at Dubrovnik airport*
priscilla: Ok, we have to maintain our lead on Zhen Yang and Jezabel. seelek: Jump in that cab.
celest: We must not get eliminated. felicia: That depends on how you perform. celest: Hello. You are part of the team. felicia: YOU will be doing the roadblock and everything. celest: You are a hopeless case.
*at Stone Cross Overlook*
*2 taxis stop and 4 people jumped out and rushed to the Pit Stop*
Yi Xuan: Han Wei and Kelvin, Poh Choon and Yan Zhi, you are team number 2 and 3 respectively. pohchoon: We are not last? yanzhi: OMG! THIS IS MIRACULOUS! Yi Xuan: The other flight got delayed at Prague. hanwei: So it was a fight for 2nd and 3rd not elimination. kelvin: Haha. That was funny seeing they work so hard.
*at Dubrovnik airport*
zhenyang: We have to work very hard to catch up. jezabel: I have faith in us darling!
*at Fort Lawrence*
priscilla: Roadblock. You do it? seelek: Ok!
celest: Roadblock. Oh fixing the rock into the wall? felicia: I DO IT! I LOVE PUZZLES!
*10 min later*
seelek: Nothing seems to be going in
felicia: I am going mad here.
zhenyang: It's a roadblock dear. jezabel: Ok i will do it and thrash them!
*3 teams fighting out at roadblock*
seelek: AHH! I DID IT! priscilla: Run up to the roof!
felicia: This is stupid. How hard can this get?
jezabel: I have been through hundreds of them! zhenyang: Don't worry dear. When there is a will, there is a way.
*on roof of Fort Lawrence*
seelek: Ahh! I am scared! priscilla: Go on! They will finish the roadblock at any time! seelek: Let me muster some courage first.
*at the roadblock*
felicia: YES! DID IT! celest: Good job! Catch up with them!
zhenyang: Omg! Go dear! You can do it!
*a while later*
jezabel: YAY! Let's catch up with them!
*at roof of Fort Lawrence*
seelek: Ok here i go! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! priscilla: Shit! They caught up! *slides down zipline*
felicia: This is FUN!! *slides down zipline*
zhenyang: WHEE!!!!! *slides down zipline*
celest: WAHAHAHA!! *slides down zipline*
jezabel: AHHH *closes eye while sliding down zipline*
*at Fort Borkar*
priscilla: Let's do the rappelling. I doubt we can row. seelek: Oh no. I am scared! =(
celest: Let's do rowing! felicia: NO! I CANT SWIM! celest: Fine. We do rappelling. I will murder you if we got eliminated.
zhenyang: Let's row! jezabel: I never row before! YAY!
*at Short & Long detour*
priscilla: SEE LEK! YOU HAVE TO LET GO OFF YOUR HAND!
celest: DO YOU EVEN KNOW HOW TO RAPPEL?!?! felicia: SHUT UP!
*at Long & Short detour*
jezabel: Omg, I got no strength. zhenyang: Don't worry, I will row our team to victory jezabel: That's so sweet. *kisses*
*at Short & Long detour*
priscilla: Ok, let's climb over the wall. seelek: This is way easier that rapelling.
celest: *speeds up ladder overtaking Priscilla and See Lek* FELICIA! COME ON! felicia: STOP YELLING AT ME! celest: Ok, felicia, you better beat them.
*at the Long & Short detour*
zhenyang: This may be a bad choice. The waves are too strong. jezabel: Let me help you. Unity is strength. Love is more strength. *boats suddenly speeds up*
*at the Short & Long detour*
priscilla: Ok! Let's find that plaza. seelek: We go that way.
celest: OMG FELICIA! FASTER! YOU ARE HOPELESS! felicia: I QUIT! I DONT WANT TO DO THIS ANYMORE! celest: THIS IS NOT THE TIME TO THROW YOUR TANTRUMS! felicia: I DONT CARE! celest: *has a bright idea* COME UP AND FIGHT ME LA! felicia: I WILL! *speeds up ladder in less than 1 sec* celest: OK CATCH ME IF YOU CAN! *runs towards plaza* felicia: STOP RUNNING IF YOU DARE! *chases after celest*
*at plaza*
priscilla: Here's the clue. Omg Zhen Yang adn Jezabel are coming! seelek: IT'S THE PITSTOP! RUN!!
zhenyang: DEAR RUN! IT'S THE PITSTOP! jezabel: AHHH!!
celest: IT'S THE PITSTOP! felicia: I JUST WANT TO KILL YOU!
*all 3 teams enter taxi and made their way to the Stone Cross Overlook*
*1 taxi arrived and 1 team rushes to Pit Stop*
Yi Xuan: Zhen Yang and Jezabel, you are team number 4! zhenyang: YES! jezabel: Thank goodness, stupid flight, stupid everything. zhenyang: But in the end we did well. *kisses*
*less than 1 min later, 2 taxis pulled in*
*4 people dashing to the Pit Stop*
Yi Xuan: Celest and Felicia, you are team number 5! celest: Holy shit! felicia: What a close call! NOW TO MURDER YOU CELEST!
Yi Xuan: Priscilla and See Lek, you are the last team to arrive. I am sorry to tell you that you have been eliminated fron the race. priscilla: It's just out luck that the taxi driver turned right just now. seelek: But I had really enjoyed myself on this race. Experience the different countries, immerse myself in the different cultures. priscilla: I can't think of doing this race with another person other than my best friend See Lek. seelek: I am glad i joined this race with Priscilla and not anyone else and i have got to know her alot better.
Leaderboard: 1st - Timothy and Valerie 2nd - Han Wei and Kelvin 3rd - Poh Choon and Yan Zhi 4th - Zhen Yang and Jezabel 5th - Celest and Felicia X - Priscilla and See Lek
