The Amazing Race Asia 1, Leg 10 Timeline: Bullshit Artists

For those of you who follow the TWoP recaps for TAR US, you may notice that this episode breaks the record for Most Appearances By Horns Of Perseverence In Previouslys with five and a half.

Money for this episode: $40.00.
Money for the entire race: $549.00, plus whatever was given for Legs 3, 5, and 7, and the previous episode.

Day Nineteen
Tuesday, June 13th, 2006

In a continuation from the previous episode, the final team finishes the Detour:

5) Sandy/Francesca, who chose Count (total: 1227)

The teams arrive at the end of the first part of this leg, in order to get their clue from Allan:

1) Andy/Laura
2) Andrew/Syeon
3) Mardy/Marsio
4) Zabrina/Joe Jer
5) Sandy/Francesca

The clue Allan gives teams tells them to walk to Sealdah Station, and take a train to New Delhi. When they arrive, they must take a taxi to the Red Fort, the largest monument in the city. They are also warned that a Yield is ahead.

All teams take the same train, which per Zabrina/Joe Jer's clue reading was specified in the clue.

Day Twenty
Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

The train arrives, and teams rush to the Red Fort, where they find the

YIELD

Teams arrive at the Yield:

1) Sandy/Francesca, who force Andy/Laura to Yield
2) Andy/Laura, who drop into last place after their Yield runs out
3) Mardy/Marsio
4) Andrew/Syeon
5) Zabrina/Joe Jer

The clue immediately behind the Yield is a:

Donkey <--DETOUR--> Deliver

Teams selecting DONKEY must find waiting donkeys at the Chandni Chowk Cycle Market, load 30 kilograms of onions onto it, and walk it to a vendor at Lahori Gate Crossing. PROS: Not physical. CONS: Teams rely on stubborn animals for success.
Teams selecting DELIVER must find a spice shop in the Gadodia Market, using only a Sony Cybershot camera to assist them in finding the store. There, they must deliver four heavy sacks of chillies to a neraby spice shop in order to get the next clue. PROS: Teams rely on themselves for success. CONS: Task is very physical.

Teams choose options and finish:

1) Sandy/Francesca, who chose Donkey
2) Andy/Laura, who chose Donkey
3) Mardy/Marsio, who chose Deliver
4) Andrew/Syeon, who chose Deliver
5) Zabrina/Joe Jer, who originally chose Deliver but switched to Donket before finding the task

The clue teams get for completing the Detour is this week's:

ROADBLOCK
"Who's ready to help out on the farm? If you don't mind getting your hands dirty, this is for you."

Before the task, teams must first get to Garib Gaushala, a cowshed at the Tibetan Monastery Market. There, the chosen team member must fill and carry a bucket of dung to the roof of the cowshed, and use it to make dungcakes. Each cake must be stuck to the wall in order to count. Once 20 dungcakes have been formed, they will be given their next clue. The chosen team members finish:

1) Andrew [Andrew 5, Syeon 4]
2) Sandy [Sandy 5, Francesca 4]
3) Laura [Andy 5, Laura 4]
4) Mardy [Mardy 5, Marsio 3]
5) Joe Jer [Zabrina 4, Joe Jer 5]

The final clue of this leg directs teams to take a taxi to Jain Mandir Dada Bari, a Jain Buddhist temple on the outskirts of Delhi, and walk barefoot along a path of hot marble tiles through the temple to the mat. Teams arrive:

1) Sandy/Francesca, who win a holiday to Langkawi courtesy of Air Asia
2) Mardy/Marsio
3) Andrew/Syeon
4) Zabrina/Joe Jer
5) Andy/Laura, who are finally eliminated.