Been There! Bonus

Here's a photo of Trace and I in Bangkok - which matches where the teams were last week. We can attest to the team's troubles with the cab drivers - they're there to scam you if you're not from the area.

Philimination Guesses: Week Six

Send me your guesses for who you think is gonna get sent home tonight! Guess correctly and you win done fancy bonus points, oh yeah. Leave a comment here, send me an email or a text and you're good.

Episode 5: Thoughts and Comments

Potential boyfriends to Liz and Marie...we know now what gets them excited.

Liz and Marie Wash An Elephant in Bangkok, Thailand
Photo from CBS.com

Quite an interesting race last night! So many what-ifs.

What if:

Laurence and Zac and stayed on the First Class bus?

More teams took notes?

Andy and Tommy cared more?

Ernie and Cindy just walked away from their cab driver?

Several people picked the correct team to be Philiminated last night. Several of those did it to stop the bleeding, as they were their own team. So instead of losing 150 points, they lost 130.

charliebrown's teams came through last night and she made some nice jumps over people and slid into 2nd place overall - nice job.

Overall Scores

I realized that last week I missed Andy and Tommy's Monkey Points, so those were awarded this week.

What are your thoughts from Episode 5?

Been There! Bonus

Team Roth has submitted some pictures for further proof of their world travels. Once again you can step into the way-back-machine with me and feast your eyes upon they time in Thailand - lucky!

Is that an 8-track?!

Did Michael Bay take this shot? Looks like scene out of Transformers...

Tug-o-war.

Oh yeah, this is all about Thailand....here you go.

Thanks for the submission Team Roth! Everyone else, keep 'em coming. 

Philimination: Week Five

Another week, another chance to earn yourself some bonus points. Last week it looked as if the tumultuous twins were headed home, but then Phil showed us his nice side (again).

Can the twins learn to work together and not get frustrated if their socks don't match? Or will the speed bump finally be that, and send them home.

Leave your guess to who is going home here in the comments, email me, or send me a text.

Good luck!

Philimination: Week Four

So far this race we've had some unlikely teams hit the mat too late and feel Phil's wrath. We're now entering our 4th week of the race and it's time for you to guess again who you think will lag behind the rest. Who will lose focus and jump on the mat last.

Guess correctly and you could win some fabulous points. Leave your guess in the comments or send me an email/text.

Good luck!

Been There Bonus!

This week's bonus submission is from Tracy. Way back when, she took a really cool trip to Thailand. That trip just happens to coincide with The Race this weekend...AND...I happened to be there too, since it was our honeymoon - <aaaaaawwwww>

You gotta love my awesome shorts. And my glasses. Those are straight from Ocean Park, in Hong Kong, because I forgot mine at home. And the read t-shirt was from Singapore - yay!

Bonus Reminder

The Been There! Bonus is a weekly chance for you to grab extra points. If you've been anywhere The Race has been, send me proof to post on the blog and you'll get the points. Each week (generally) the race hits a different country, so keep an eye out to where they go.

Taiwan is still open for points until race start Sunday.

This weekend they travel to Indonesia - have you been there?!

Philimination Guesses: Week Three

So - after last weeks surprise (to some) departures we're back for another round of guesses as to who you think will go home. Guess correctly who gets Philiminated and you can pad your score by 20 points. Don't forget, each season has a couple non-elimination legs, so feel free to toss that in as an option as well.

You can leave your guess here in the comments, on my cell, or in my gmail inbox.

Now get guessing!

Been There! Bonus

One last bonus before the 2nd episode starts. This one comes from Trace, who was on a trip which happened to include CA and Hong Kong. It also happened to be on my birthday - almost 4 years ago to the day.
Feast your eyes upon the itinerary below. Thanks for submitting Trace. Enjoy your bonus points.

Been There! Bonus

Here's some bonus points for the youngest pool player this year. She just turned 5 and when she was coming home to MN she made a stop in CA. Here's her plane ticket to prove it.

Been There! Bonus

This last minute entry comes from charlie brown and kram daley. They had to blow the dust off of this one! Great photo though. And for those of you wondering, charlie brown is on the left and kram daley is taking the photo. Trace is also in the photo, but she's got her own Been There! Bonus coming. Thanks for the submission - your points have been updated.