It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood when the final three teams leave Moscow and land in Portland, Ore. on the last leg of the race. The spectacular landscape is an incredible backdrop as the teams must climb 30 feet up a tree, ride a cable 2,000 feet over a river and — the trickiest part of all — hail a reliable cab! The tension is the highest yet, leaving me a little emotional when the first two teams crossed the finish line. Which team won the $1 million prize? Read on, neighbor.
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The tenth leg of the race continues in Moscow. As the same four couples continue to compete, the action zooms along as usual, but the stress level seems higher than ever. Everyone has their shoes, but one team's money and passports are left behind. Teams are traveling by subway, trolley and taxi but it's nothing less than a roller coaster ride.
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In the ninth leg of the race, the four remaining teams travel two thousand miles from Almaty, Kazakhstan, to Russia's capital and the largest city in Europe, Moscow. But the plane ride looked like a cakewalk next to taxicab delays. One team not only couldn't pay the full cab fare, but also attempted each of the two Detour challenges twice! Ready to find out how it all happened? Let's go, go, go!
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The action in the eighth leg of the race took place in the world's largest landlocked country, Kazakhstan, and found the five remaining teams in animal-related challenges. Let's see who cried fowl, was moo-ved to squabble and brought up the rear as steer.
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As we travel from New Delhi to Old Delhi, there are Indian families traveling together on motorcycles as several teams again are stuck in traffic. But this race shows no signs of slowing down. And though the language was clean, this leg was a colorful one. Get your brushes out and we'll paint this picture by the numbers
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Communication can sometimes be a huge issue when traveling abroad, especially when the next country you travel to is a complete surprise. But even when we don't speak the same language it may be more important to consider how we speak to one another. Loudness doesn't translate into clarity. Despite the fact that some couples are not even listening to each other a potential romance is blooming. As the six remaining teams leave Cambodia and head to Delhi, India, players' interactions are once again front and center.
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The seven remaining teams leave the beautiful island country of New Zealand and travel 5,600 miles to Cambodia's fastest growing city, Siem Reap. But with the difference in start times ranging up to eight hours can this race be a close one? Will one player's constant shouting of "faster, faster" ultimately slow her and her pussycat down? Traveling via trucks and boats and planes, this is one competition where you can always expect the unexpected...
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The race now enters its fourth leg leaving Bolivia and heading 6,900 miles west to the Pacific island country of New Zealand. As we, the viewers, escape the sound of mangled Spanish and Portuguese, language is the least of the worries for the remaining teams as communication is a bigger issue for some. Factor in fear of heights, bruised feet and a possible broken arm, there are more obstacles here than driving the expressway to work. Let's see who successfully maneuvers through the chaos.
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On the third leg of the race it's more than a hop, skip and a jump (1,200 miles to be exact) from Fortaleza, Brazil, to La Paz, Bolivia for the nine remaining teams. As some suffer breathing problems due to the high altitude it's the bad attitudes that weigh just as heavily on others. Bicycle crashes and wrestling matches are spotlighted in this episode but are not as devastatingly painful as misreading the directions. Let's see who suffers the most.
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Winning its sixth consecutive Emmy award last week for Outstanding Reality Competition Program the thirteenth premiere of The Amazing Race looks as if this season will continue to keep running without huffing and puffing Are you ready for another whirlwind race around the world I am And so are the 11 teams that met up with TAR host Phil Keoghan at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum With 1 million at stake lets see whos first out of the gate where theyre going and which team will be the first to be eliminatedThe race began with teams heading to LAX and locating the marked gates for flights on United or American Airlines taking them to Salvador Brazil The AA flight has a three-hour advantage and every split second counts as the teams rush to the desk to get in line for those limited available seats Even with an hour and a half delayed layover in Rio de Janeiro the AA flight still landed before the later United flight Teams on the first flight include 149 Comic book
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