The Amazing Race 13

The Amazing Race 13 is the thirteenth season of the reality television show, The Amazing Race. It premiered on September 28, 2008 and ended on December 7, 2008 on CBS.

Teams

 * Main article: The Amazing Race 13 Teams

Results
The following teams participated in the Race, with their relationships at the time of filming. Placements are listed in finishing order:


 * An * indicates that the contestant appeared on more than one season.


 * Red means the team was eliminated.
 * Green means the team won the Fast Forward clue.
 * An underlined Blue team's placement means the team came in last on a non-elimination leg and had to perform a Speed Bump task in the following leg.
 * A brown » means the team chose to use a U-Turn; « indicates the team who received it.

Episode titles
The episode titles are:


 * 1) "Bees Are Much Calmer Than All This!" – Anita
 * 2) "Do You Like American Candy?" – Marisa
 * 3) "Did You Push My Sports Bra Off the Ledge?" – Christy
 * 4) "I Wonder If They Like Blondes in New Zealand?" – Marisa
 * 5) "Do It Like a Madman" – Dan
 * 6) "Please Hold While I Singe My Skull" – Christy
 * 7) "My Nose Is on Fire" – Sarah
 * 8) "I’m Like an Angry Cow" – Terence
 * 9) "That Is Studly" – Andrew
 * 10) "You're Gonna Get Me Killed" – Tina
 * 11) "You Look Like Peter Pan" – Starr

Leg 1 (United States → Brazil)

 * Los Angeles, California, USA (Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum) (Starting Line)
 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Los Angeles,California (Los Angeles International Airport) to Salvador, Bahia, Brazil (Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport)
 * Salvador (o Rei do Pernil Sandwich Shop)
 * Salvador (19º Batalhão de Caçadores Military Base)
 * Salvador (Igreja da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco)
 * Salvador (Forte de São Marcelo)

The Detour was a choice between Soft Way Down or Hard Way Up. In Soft Way Down, teams had to go to the top of the Elevador Lacerda (an outdoor elevator) and climb down a 240-foot-tall cargo net. In Hard Way Up, teams emulated a religious ceremony by climbing the Escadaria do Passo on their hands and knees. At the top, teams were asked a mystery question. Teams would receive their next clue by answering 53.


 * Additional tasks
 * At o Rei do Pernil, teams had to wheel a traditional vending cart to Praça da Sé in order to receive their next clue.

Leg 2 (Brazil)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Salvador (Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães International Airport) to Fortaleza, Ceará (Pinto Martins International Airport)
 * Cumbuco, Caucaia (Praia do Cumbuco)
 * Cauípe, Caucaia (Barraca d Manoel)
 * Caucaia (Parque de Vaquejada Gera Arruda)
 * Fortaleza (Cidade da Criança)

The Detour was a choice between Docket or Beach It. In Docket, teams had to travel to nearby Porto do Pecém and search in a computer database for a specific ID number for a shipping container and then find the container to get their next clue. In Beach It, teams had to travel to Pecém Beach and move a traditional Brazilian sailboat known as a jangada into an inlet by using logs to roll it. They would be given their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member must find the name of their next destination on an advertisement painted on the wall of the park.

Leg 3 (Brazil → Bolivia)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Fortaleza (Pinto Martins International Airport) to La Paz, Bolivia (El Alto International Airport)
 * La Paz (Statue of Simón Bolívar)
 * La Paz (Mercado Rodrigues)
 * La Paz (Plaza Murillo – Narvaez Hat Shop)
 * La Paz (Plaza Abaroa)
 * El Alto (Los Titanes del Ring, El Multifuncional)
 * La Paz (Mirador el Monticulo)

The Detour was a choice between Musical March or Bumpy Ride. In Musical March, team had to make their way on foot to plazas (Plaza del Estudiante, Plaza Bolivia and Plaza Isabela la Católica) several blocks apart where they needed to gather and lead a marching band through the city to a band leader. Then they had to make their way to Plaza Abaroa and exchange the band members for their next clue. In Bumpy Ride, teams had to make their way on foot to Mercado de las Brujas where they had to ride a traditional wooden bicycle down in a harrowing, bone rattling trip down cobblestone streets to Plaza Abaroa to receive their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to learn six wrestling moves from luchadoras called the Fighting Cholitas (cholitas luchadoras). After performing these moves in the ring, they were given their next clue. If they fail at performing the move, they have to go back and train with the Fighting Cholita again before returning to the ring.


 * Additional tasks
 * At the statue of Simón Bolívar, teams had to get a newspaper and search it for their next clue.
 * At the hat shop, teams had to buy a traditional bowler hat called a bombin to get their next clue. Teams were advised to hold on to their hat so that they may hand it to their Fighting Cholita as a gift later in the Roadblock.

Leg 4 (Bolivia → New Zealand)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] La Paz (El Alto International Airport) to Auckland, New Zealand (Auckland Airport)
 * Auckland (Gulf Harbour) (Sky Tower)
 * Auckland (Mount Eden)
 * Auckland (City Life Hotel)
 * Te Puke, Bay of Plenty (Kiwi 360)
 * Tauranga (Summerhill Rec Farm)

The Fast Forward required a team to climb the mast of the Sky Tower to retrieve a Travelocity Roaming Gnome from the top of the tower. Once completed, the team would win the Fast Forward and received a helicopter ride to the Pit Stop. For this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to correctly match a tattoo on a Māori warrior's face with one depicted in their clue. The Detour was Matter of Time or Matter of Skill. In Matter of Time, teams had to use their feet to crush a vat of kiwifruit to produce 12 quarts of juice, and each member had to drink a glass upon completion. In Matter of Skill, teams had to assemble two Blokarts, and each member had to complete three laps around a track.


 * Additional tasks
 * At Gulf Harbour, teams had to untie a large "Gordian Knot" to get their next clue.
 * At the City Life Hotel, teams had to use binoculars to spot one of eight Travelocity Roaming Gnomes hidden around the city. They then had to retrieve them and would find their next clue on the bottom of its base. Teams must keep the gnomes for the rest of the leg and bring them to the Pit Stop.

Leg 5 (New Zealand → Cambodia)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Auckland (Auckland Airport) to Siem Reap, Cambodia (Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport)
 * Siem Reap (Gas Station)
 * Siem Reap (Kho Andeth on Tonlé Sap)
 * Siem Reap (Angkor Wat)
 * Siem Reap (Bayon)

The Detour was a choice between Village Work or Village Life. In Village Work, teams had to go into Tonlé Sap and retrieve two full baskets of fish and return them to the Siem Reap Harbor on Tonlé Sap. In Village Life, teams had to retrieve a set of toy teeth from a dentist, a doll from a tailor, and a basketball from a floating basketball court all on Tonlé Sap. Each team member had to score a basket before returning all the items they had collected to the Siem Reap Harbor. In this leg's Roadblock, teams had to go into Angkor Wat and find an Echo Chamber where they had to beat their chest to hear the echo. They could then pick up a stone frieze displaying their next clue on the reverse.


 * Additional tasks
 * When first arriving in Siem Reap, teams had to fill a truck with 25 gallons of diesel fuel and then ride the truck to Siem Reap Harbor on Tonlé Sap, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia. Teams then rode a marked boat to the boat stop Kho Andeth for their next clue.

Leg 6 (Cambodia → India)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Siem Reap (Siem Reap-Angkor International Airport) to Delhi, India (Indira Gandhi International Airport)
 * South Delhi (Moonlight Motors)
 * New Delhi (The Ambassador Hotel)
 * New Delhi (Bahá'í House)

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to repaint black portions of a tuk tuk green, to show that the tuk tuks had switched to using natural gas as fuel. To paint it green, the team member had to cover up all of the glass and wheels of the tuk tuk before spray painting. The Detour for this leg of the race was a choice between Launder Money or Launder Clothes. In Launder Money, teams had to make a traditional Indian wedding necklace by stapling ten rupee notes to the necklace that added up to Rs780, and then they have to find their way to find the newlywed couple in the banquet hall under the chaotic crowds and present them the traditional necklace to receive their next clue. In Launder Clothes, teams had to use a traditional charcoal iron to press 20 pieces of clothing in order to receive their next clue from a laundry woman.

Leg 7 (India)

 * New Delhi (Deshbandhu Apartments)
 * Delhi (Charity Birds Hospital in Jain Mandir)
 * Delhi (Humayun's Tomb)

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to find an envelope marked "The Amazing Race" among several marked "Try Again" raised on ladders amongst celebrators of Holi, the Festival of Colours. The Detour for this leg of the race was a choice between Teary Eyed or Bleary Eyed. In Teary Eyed, teams had to find Ram Bhandar in a spice market and transport 40 lb bags of chili peppers to a location a quarter of a mile away in Shwan Kumar and Sons and then grind them into chili powder with a mortar and pestle to receive their next clue. In Bleary Eyed, teams had to follow a series of power lines, keeping mark of the numbered tags hanging from the power lines in Nai Sarak Street. They then report these numbers to a power official and plug in a musical Ganesh statue to receive their next clue in New India Stationers in Chawri Bazar.


 * Additional task
 * At the Charity Bird Hospital, teams had to search the bird cages to find the next clue.

Leg 8 (India → Kazakhstan)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Delhi (Indira Gandhi International Airport) to Almaty, Kazakhstan (Almaty International Airport)
 * Almaty Oblysy (Alel' Agro Chicken Factory)  (Alasha Restaurant)
 * Almaty (Kok Tobe Arch)
 * Almaty (Old Square)

The last Fast Forward on this race had teams travel to a restaurant and eat Korduk, a local Kazakh delicacy, which includes fat from the rear end of a sheep, when they finished, that team would win the Fast Forward. The Roadblock required one team member from each team to search among 30,000 chickens for one of seven golden eggs. The Detour was a choice between Play Like Mad or Act Like Fools. In Play Like Mad, teams had travel to the State Museum of National Musical Instruments and learn to play a traditional folk tune on the dombra or guitar and the shang-kobuz or mouth guitar which they then play for locals and earn tips totalling 200 tenge (about the equivalent of $1.50) in a park to receive their next clue. In Act Like Fools, teams had to put on a two-person cow costume at the Almaty State Puppet Theater and travel across town to a milk stand and drink an entire glass of milk. At the bottom of the glass was the name of their next destination - the Zelyony Bazar (Green Market); they should receive their next clue in the meat section there. They then had to bring either the dombra or the cow costume head with them to the Pit Stop.


 * Additional task
 * At Kok Tobe Arch, teams had to receive their clue via eagle delivery, facilitated by the Mongol Warriors.

Leg 9 (Kazakhstan → Russia)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Almaty (Almaty International Airport) to Moscow, Russia (Sheremetyevo International Airport)
 * Moscow (Krutitsy - Dormition Cathedral)
 * Moscow Oblast (Kolosok Camp)  (Unused; Unaired)
 * Zhukovsky, Moscow (Zhukovsky Bakery)
 * Moscow (Fun Garden Park)

In both tasks teams had to dress in a Russian military uniform. Then for the leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Borscht which means Red Beet Soup or Boots. In Borscht which means Red Beet Soup, teams had to serve 75 soldiers a bowl of red beet soup each to receive their next clue. In Boots, teams had to learn a Russian marching routine and perform the routine perfectly along with a drill team to receive their next clue. In this leg's Roadblock, teams had to carry fifty 55 lb bags of flour into the bakery and lay them down on the floor to receive their next clue from the baker.


 * Additional task
 * At the Krutitsy Pont Voye Monastery, teams had to enter the church then light a candle before they could receive their next clue.

Leg 10 (Russia)

 * Moscow (Severnoye Tushino Park - Submarine "Komsomolets of Novosibirsk")
 * Moscow (Fallen Monument Park)
 * Moscow (Sokolniki Park)
 * Moscow (Vendinhav Park)

The Roadblock was to count the number of Vladimir Lenin and Joseph Stalin statues in the park, then proceed to an antique book shop named Bukinist in Arbat Street. The numbers of Lenin and Stalin statues were to be the tens and ones digits, respectively, to create the number 62 that they then had to tell the bookstore manager; if incorrect, a 10 minute penalty would be assessed before another guess could be made. If correct, the team member would receive a copy of The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov, and flip to the page of the correct answer also 62 to find a clue about their next destination - Bulgakov's old flat - where their teammate and next clue would be waiting. The Detour was a choice between Ride the Rails or Ride the Lines. In Ride the Rails, teams had to travel by the Moscow Metro from Sokolniki to Ulitsa 1905 Goda where they could pick up a samosa from a marked snack stand. The wrapper directed them to go to Kitay-Gorod and give the samsa to a babushka near the statue of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Slavyanskaya Square. In Ride the Lines, teams had to find a bus stop at Sokolniki Park then board the bus to take to Krasnoselskaya Station to find a key maker who would give them a key. The keytag directed them to board a second bus to Rizhskaya Station where their key would open up a locker. At the end of both Detours, teams received a photo of the Vendinhav Park Station and were told to search the grounds of the station to find their next clue.


 * Additional task
 * At Severnoye Tushino Park, Teams had to search the submarine amongst the crew members for the actor who appeared in the film The Hunt for Red October.

Leg 11 (Russia → United States)

 * [[Image:Icon-Airport.png|20px|Flight:]] Moscow (Domodedovo International Airport) to Portland, Oregon, USA (Portland International Airport)
 * Newberg (Tilikum Retreat Center)
 * Cascade Locks (Bridge of the Gods)
 * Portland (Portland Building then across to Standard Plaza Building)
 * Portland (Alder Street cart pod)
 * Portland (Voodoo Doughnut)
 * Portland (Pittock Mansion) (Finish Line)

In this Detour, teams chose from either Low & Wet or High & Dry. In Low & Wet, teams had to make their way on foot on logs floating on the river, a distance of 800 feet and retrieve the clue from an island. In High & Dry, teams had to climb up a tree to a certain height where they had to balance themselves on a log which they moved to the end of to jump and each grab a half of their next clue.


 * Additional tasks
 * Teams took a zipline from the Bridge of the Gods to a nearby island below. At the island, teams then did a memory challenge involving the previous ten legs. Teams were faced with a board with spaces numbered 1-10, each corresponding to a leg of the race. They were required to remove the covers from the spaces one at a time, in numerical order, to reveal the symbol of a Roadblock, Detour, Route Info, or Pit Stop, then search through a field of 150 identical clue boxes – each of which contained a picture depicting a task or location from the Race – for a picture depicting that specific task or location from that leg (for example, Leg 1 revealed the Route Info symbol, so teams had to look for a picture depicting the coffee cart at o Rei do Pernil). They were then required to insert the picture into the space on the board, where a green light on top of the space indicated that the picture was the correct one, and absence of a green light indicated they had to try again. Once all 10 spaces were correctly filled in, teams were allowed to retrieve the next clue from the parking lot.
 * At the Portland Building, teams were required to search for a dinosaur statue located in the Standard Building, adjacent to the Portland building, where the next clue box was located.
 * At the Alder Street cart pod, teams were required to search for the food cart selling ethnic food of the country of the last Pit Stop (Russia), where the proprietor would hand them the next clue.
 * The clue given at the Alder Street cart pod directed teams to the place where "the magic is in the hole", and left it to the teams to decipher that this was a reference to Voodoo Doughnut, where they received their final clue.