Like it was scripted

Well, the key Amazing Race, the hippies gotta overcome no dough to make the final three. The recap is hilarious, a lot happened last time. Still can't believe hippy #2 did that stupid bridge thing.

At this point, anyone but MoJo winning would be fine with me. Part two kicks off with Ray/Yolanda leaving at 1:13 a.m. Gotta fly to Bangkok, then ride a bus to a pagoda that houses a bunch of monkeys. R/Y put some pants on the hippies' car. Other three teams take off 7 minutes later. One of the frats give the hippies a pair of sandals. Five minutes later, MoJo leave, with a fake 'Asian' accent. They pass the frats.

Two minutes later, the hippies are off. They get some clothes from the lost and found, too. They vow to knock off MoJo. Airport's pretty much closed, R/Y find a phone and get on a flight that lands at 11 p.m. MoJo find an agent, somewhere. Hippies go begging, before booking their flight.... MoJo get on same flight as R/Y, frats too via the phone. Hippies are begging in downtown, go to a club and make an announcement, some people are like 'we're not stingy, we'll help you', some women get them to take off their shirt. Back to airport with money, frats talk to them--but the 11 pm flight it totally full. Idiots, total idiots. They show the flight everybody else is on taking off. Sheesh, why didn't they book the tickets first, then go get money?

Back at the airport, still on the phone with travel agent, seats just become available on a flight that lands 15 minutes early, gosh, so lucky; via Perth, other teams via Sydney. To Lopburi once they land... first flight lands 45 minutes early. Frats leave airport first, then R/Y, than MoJo. Bickering already, and complaining about the taxi driver.

At bus terminal, first one leaves at twelve. R/Y get on the same bus, MoJo pull up... ticket booth closed. Booth opens at 4:50 a.m., guy tells them; so off to a hotel. Hippies land, flight delayed a bit. 12:18 and off to the bus terminal, they love being in Thailand. They also have to catch the 5:00 bus. MoJo show up, hippies slept in terminal overnight. Looking for the others, they get on the 4:20 bus, and off it goes... MoJo just showing up, take 5:20, the agents tell them it's the first one.

It'll be fine, am sure temple isn't open at night. Frats and R/Y on the way to the pagoda, R/Y get there first--doesn't open until 8 a.m., it's 5:45. Sunrises, monkey's on the clue box. Frats check out the monkeys, they're climbing all over the frats. Hippies show up, and are there--along with everyone else, totally lucky. Doors open, hippies in first actually, with a fast forward.

Oooh. Big advantage. Taxi to restaurant, eat crickets and grasshoppers. Hippies do it, R/Y too. Frats--nah, roadblock. Prepare a monkey feast for the shrine monkeys. Eric's doing it, his buddy says he's good at preparing meals for monkeys. Hippies at restaurant, see the insects, but are game. R/Y show up, they're happy too. It'll be a race. Hippies trying to figure out if they can do it. R/Y not sure, and they decide to bail, great for hippies! Whoo-hoo!

MoJo still on the bus, they show up, realize they're last, off they go to make the feast. Joseph is making the food for some reason; back come R/Y. Ray guesses it'll take hippies three hours to eat bugs. No way; they just gotta eat. Food making goes on, Yolanda looks like she's doing well. Monkeys attack Erci's table while he's gone, then Yolanda's too. Eric's done, off they go. Taxi then ferry to Koh Kret island, search Buddha Garden grounds for next clue. Off frats go. Hippies are throwing up, but still eating. They have a lot left to eat. They juxtapose a shot of monkeys eating with Monica eating. Joseph is done, off they go. Yolanda's done, off they go, very close to MoJo. They're not rude, are taking things in; I like them, they're 5 minutes behind Ray says. More throwing up for hippies. They start saying they've made a big mistake, are in big trouble. Idiots, just eat the bugs, for a shot at one million dollars how hard can it be?

They redouble efforts, are almost done. Just shoveling it in, and oneof them's done. Frats on a ferry, are zooming, liking Thailand, and the beautiful garden. Detour--move it, carry a bunchof pottery through town to a boat--on wooden boards, ooh. Altar it, to temple, make a shrine to Buddha--gold leaf a statue of Buddha, ouch. Frats doing the altar one. MoJo show up, we know from previews they carry pottery; R/Y come, bit behind; idiot Joseph want to dumbly doing stuff without finding a clue; R/Y find the clue first, doing altar too. MoJo still running around. Heh heh.

They go off to make a Buddha, Tyler's almost done--and... that's it, so totally happy. To Marble Temple, just don't get lost. Frats starting their altar making, smartly look at the finished statues first. They're pretty smart, divide up tasks. R/Y show up, and they divideup too. MoJo decide to do pottery, instead of Buddha, when they see the other two teams there. Dumb, dumb. R/Y say they hope the other task drives MoJo crazy. Joseph's doing a double row of pots on his board, rudely tells someone to show them where the goal is, they're just flailing. Hippies talk about how great it is to be at the pit stop--wow, they're already there, so much time saved. More importantly, they've made the finals. Awesome.

MoJo have to walk out to boat, have done 46, pretty fast actually. Frats and R/Y are chatting, both teams seem to be doing pretty well, frats are about done. Frats finish, after having to repair some stuff; ferry, then taxi, then temple and it's done. Hmm, fast forward didn't save so much time after all. R/Y are not done, smooth it down... MoJo take off, Jospeh has some extra pots--Monica drops a ton, she's just giving up, dropping even more, pretty much all but two, and she's crying like crazy--why not go back and get more? Joseph's actually pretty good, keeps encouraging her. One more trip, he's still encouraging here.

Frats are looking for a taxi, can't find one, think they're gonna lose. R/Y are done, off they go, not too far behind the frats they say. Joseph just carries the pots himself the last time, they're done, are 4th. Now a race to the checkpoint, frats finally find a cab. R/Y based on editing are neck and neck with MoJo, but I think they're find, find a cab really fast. MoJo get a cab so fast, he's still encouraging; and R/Y have caught up to frats in traffic, the frats think. Based on the sun, I think MoJo are pretty far behind--frats at the checkpoint already, yeah, R/Y will be third.

Frats deserve to be in final, have probably been the best team so far. R/Y get out, and are running; they show MoJo, trying to make it seem close, but R/Y are totally in third. Yolanda needs to cover her arms, and... it's R/Y, of course, awesome. And they also get a special prize, trip to Australia; plus a luxurious hotel tonight.

Yaay, MoJo are eliminated. R/Y are pretty happy. MoJo show up; and Monica cries of course. And she cries more afterwards talking about it. It's a good side of them, wish they hadn't been so ugly before.

All three teams talk, it's gonna be such a great race next week. Sneak peek--Japan to Canada, a lot of hippies footage bodes well, maybe. 'On like Donkey Kong' as the hippies say.