Amazing Race-Onto Thailand

The leg started out with the Snowboarders and the Father-Son team teaming up once again.  As soon as the Snowboarders got to the airport on their way to Thailand, they found out that there were no direct flights, but that they could get flights to Jakarta and find flights from there.  This is what they chose to do and advised Lawrence and Zac do to the same.  All the rest of the teams booked flights for both legs at that first airport.  These teams got into Phuket at 5:40 pm, while the other two teams got in at 7:40 pm.  This seemed like it could be a game-changer, except when they reached the beach, it turned out that they had to all wait for morning anyway.  All teams were now equal.

In the morning, they had to move across this floating buoy dock thing.  Suffice it to say that it was weird.  The Snowboarders moved across it like it was standing still, while everyone else was a little more cautious.  It was now time for a detour.  In this Detour, they had to choose between a coral reconstruction task or a beach furniture set-up.  Most teams chose coral, but only two successfully completed it.  The task consisted of building a structure out of pipes, placing it by a buoy in the ocean and then placing coral into the structure.  The Snowboarders were the first team done, followed close behind by Brother-Sister team.  The Brother-Sister team looked like they were actually working together and civil and more importantly, having fun, for the whole leg of the race.

All the other teams worked on the Beach Set-up.  In this Detour, the teams had to set up 20 chairs and 10 umbrellas.  This was a struggle for most teams because of the wind.  Also, the arrangement for the chairs and umbrellas was really specific.  The Blonde Twins, despite being one of the few teams who chose this detour first, were the last team to finish.

The Road Block for this leg was rock climbing.  It didn't look particularly hard and it seemed like most teams enjoyed themselves.

The first place team was the Snowboarders.  This is their third first place finish in a row.  They are definitely looking like a serious team to beat.  Second place went to the Brother-Sister team and the rest of the teams fell in place, with the Blondes finishing last.  However, this was a non-elimination leg.  So nobody went home this time.