The Amazing Race: Cambodia

How many teams are left, seven? I'm starting to lose count. The remaining teams fly from Auckland to Siem Reap, Cambodia.

Ty and Aja, last to check-in last week, are the last to depart. Through no misstep of their own, they fly alone on the late flight. This turns out to be an insurmountable deficit.

Ty and Aja come tantalizingly close due to the bumbling of the Frat Boy team. The boys reek of desperation; the ASU guy stomps around and waves his arms and says "this would make my life" more than once. One of the frat boys thinks you have to have gone to private school to know where Cambodia is.

Once in Cambodia, teams choose from a row of blue trucks and must fill the truck's tank by hand-cranking 25 liters of diesel fuel. Only the frat boys have trouble cranking the gas. One says, "dude, you can't pump like a baby." They are mystified as each of the other teams easily crank the gas. I am mystified too because there seems to be no trick to it. Now I really hope Ty and Aja catch up.

Once the trucks are filled, teams ride in the open back to Siem Reap Harbor. As they race to the harbor, the teams stand in the back of the trucks and let out a lot of joyous ruckus and screaming. Starr hops off the truck unnecessarily to ask directions. Toni and Dallas pass them. But Nick and Starr return the favor by passing Toni and Dallas once they are in the motorboats in the harbor.

Siem Reap Harbor

Terence and Sarah's boat starts sputtering and smoking and dies. A few teams pass them as they row to their destination.

Then, the teams face a Detour: Village Life or Village Work, both tasks designed to show the difficulties of living in a village built over water. In both options, teams continue in their boats making three stops: at the dentist to pick up chattering teeth, at the tailor to pick up a doll, and at a floating basketball court where each team member has to shoot a basket.

The divorcees go to the basketball court, but realize they need to pick up their clue first, not just follow other teams. They deserve another reason to show some humility because they were unnecessarily cruel in calling Dallas and his mother, Teen Wolf and Wolf Mom.

Next, the teams ride little Tuk Tuk motorcycles to Angkor Wot, the largest religious structure in the world. Here the racers face a Roadblock. One team member must climb the steps of the castle and search for a specific area where they must thump their chest three times and hear the echo.

Tina is one of the first in the castle, but wanders around, unable to find the room. Ken sits on the grass outside and looks angry as other teams pass them up. Ken and Tina are getting too used to winning.

Even as they head to the pit stop, Bayon Temple, I still hope that Ty and Aja can catch up, But they are eliminated.