I'm Gonna Throw Up on Phil's Shoes is the seventh episode of The Amazing Race 2.
Synopsis[]
With an elimination looming, fortunes change dramatically for one team.
Seven teams race from the mountains of Northern Thailand to the bustling streets of Hong Kong where they face challenges ranging from controlling a 40-ton crane to consuming a 5,000-year-old Chinese remedy to avoid being eliminated.[2]
Story[]
Route Markers[]
The order of departure from Karen Village are as follows:
- Mary & Peach (8:55 pm)
- Gary & Dave (8:56 pm)
- Blake & Paige (9:00 pm)
- Oswald & Danny (9:08 pm)
- Tara & Wil (9:22 pm)
- Chris & Alex (9:23 pm)
Teams must, using a provided map as reference, drive themselves to the Seven Spires monument, where they would find their next clue.
Teams must fly to Hong Kong, China via Bangkok. Upon arrival, they must climb to "the top floor of the tallest building in Hong Kong", leaving teams to figure out that this referred to the Central Plaza building, where they would find their next clue.
Teams must use provided binoculars to search the area surrounding the Central Plaza building for "the green and white star that will take [them] to Tsim Sha Tsui", leaving them to figure out that this referred to the logo of Star Ferry at Wan Chai Pier. They must then ride the ferry across Victoria Harbour to Star Ferry Pier, Tsim Sha Tsui, where they would find their next clue.
The Fast Forward instructions were given to teams at Central Plaza. Teams must make their way to Wong Tai Sin Temple, where they must search for a marked fortune teller stall in the basement and ask her to give one team member a face reading and the other a palm reading to claim the Fast Forward pass. Gary & Dave won the Fast Forward.
Choice A: Wishing Tree
Teams must take a taxi 18 miles (29 km) to the Lam Tsuen wishing trees, where they must each write one wish on a scroll and throw it into the tree's branches. Once they have each landed their scroll on the wishing tree, they would receive their next clue.
Only Oswald & Danny chose this task.
Choice B: Herbal Tea
Teams must, using a provided map as reference, make their way on foot to a nearby herbal shop in a marketplace along Reclamation Street, where they must ask for a bitter herbal tea. Once they have each finished drinking a cup of the tea, they would receive their next clue.
Teams must take a taxi to Hongkong International Terminals container port. There, they must don protective gear, then search among the maze of shipping containers for their next clue.
"That person should have steady hands, even high above the ground."
The team member assigned to perform this Roadblock must climb into a crane and use the controls to lift one 2,000 lb (910 kg) shipping container off of a truck and onto the ground, then return the crane to its original position. Once finished, they must signal their partner to retrieve their next clue from the side of the shipping container.
The Roadblock performers per team are underlined:
Mary & Peach fell too far behind the other teams and did not perform the Roadblock.Leaderboard[]
First Place • Eliminated • Last placer on a Non-Elimination Leg or continue racing on a No-Rest Leg • Season winner • Season 2nd place • Season 3rd place • ► Used the Fast Forward
Gary & Dave
Former Roommates |
Chris & Alex
Lifelong Friends |
Tara & Wil
Separated Couple |
Oswald & Danny
Best Friends |
Blake & Paige
Brother/Sister |
Mary & Peach
Sisters |
Trivia[]
- This episode marks the first time that The Amazing Race visits the Chinese Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong.
- The episode title is said by Oswald Mendez.
- With Mary & Peach's elimination, Tara Lynch and Paige Mycoskie are the last female contestants remaining.
Reception[]
- Mary Russell at The Trades (04/21/2002): "The Accidental Columnist - The Amazing Race 2 - Episode 7 Recap and Analysis"
References[]
| The Amazing Race 2 Episodes |
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"The World Is Waiting: Go!" · "Help Me, I'm American!" · "My Alarm Clock Didn't Go Off!" · "This Game Is About Minutes" · "Welcome to the World of Being Human" · "I'm Gonna Take His Girl" · "I'm Gonna Throw Up on Phil's Shoes" · "I'm Not a Miner! No, You're an Idiot!" · "Ready to Lose Our Lives" · "It's Hammer Time" · "Follow That Plane!" |