Lack of Inspiration

I just decided that summarizing entire Amazing Race episodes was a bit tedious and unnecessary, so future recaps will be more game-focused.

Like this one.

The no motorbikes rule in Vietnam was a good idea on the behalf of the producers. Both by a safety and drama-creating standpoint. It also goes to show a basic Amazing Race watching tip: if an obscure rule is referenced by Phil, it will come into play. Tom and Terry paid for the motorbike ride, and I actually thought that the penalty was going to be worse than a half-hour. Then again in the most recent races it seems that steps have been taken to ensure teams don't straggle too far behind one another so a penalty longer than an hour could doom a team no matter how good their standing.

I also think that the detour wasn't polar enough to make the decision difficult. In fact no one chose to assemble the birdcage, only one team did it because they couldn't find the other task. The brick making didn't seem to take enough physical labor to make the birdcage a viable option. In reality, it seemed a simple enough task that would take about the same time, if not less, than making thirty coal brick things.