Previously on The Amazing Race, fourteen teams set out from Cancun, Mexico, to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil.
While Axel & Abraham claimed the second fast forward of the race, winning a match of beach volleyball with their feet, Brendan, Abel and Sierra couldn't move their feet in time to the Roadblock.
Jasmine & Irene, and Laura & Pineapple, both managed to show their sales skills on the Copacabana, while Max & Abel and Sierra & Faith both scared away customers.
In a close race to the finish, Chase & Brendan, Laura & Pineapple, Tucker & Regina, and Max & Abel all managed to barely avoid elimination, while Sierra & Faith came up short, and were the second team eliminated from the race.
Thirteen teams remain - who will be eliminated next?
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Leaving first at 10:13 PM, Axel & Abraham open their first clue:
"From the beach to the desert - fly to El Calafate, Argentina. Once you have landed, take the assigned bus to the EOLO Patagonia Spirit in the Santa Cruz grasslands, and sign up for a departure time for the following morning."
All teams travel to Galeão International Airport, and board the same flight to El Calafate, connecting through Buenos Aires:
Once they land, teams are taken by bus to the EOLO Patagonia Spirit, a luxury resort outside of the city, surrounded by nothing but rolling grasslands and towering mountains. Once they arrive, the find a sign-up board for check-out the next morning, with spots open at 8am, 8:15am, 8:30am and 8:45am.
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The next morning, the teams in the 8am group check out of the hotel and open their clue, finding both a Fast Forward and a Route Info:
"FAST FORWARD: To claim this Fast Forward, make your way by taxi to the Estancia Cristina sheep farm - once there, you must collect twenty marked sheep from the farm and herd them into your marked pen. Once you have twenty sheep, you must then shear all twenty of their wool - when complete, you will win the Fast Forward, as well as a direct lift to the next pitstop."
As teams decide whether or not to take the Fast Forward, others read the Route Info:
"Travel by taxi to the footbridges of the Perito Moreno Glacier - once there, head to the end of the footbridge to find your next clue."
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Instructions for the Voters:
For the departure time: PM me, either on the board or on Discord, three (3) teams you want to leave at the first departure time. The three teams with the most votes will depart at 8am on this leg - the next three teams with the most votes will be in the second group, at 8:15am; the next four teams will be in the third group, at 8:30am, and the next three teams will be in the fourth and final group, at 8:45am. If there is a tie for the last few spot/s, the tiebreaker will be the first teams to have votes in. If there is still a tie, placements will be decided via random generator.
For the Fast Forward: PM me, either on the board or on Discord, one (1) team you want to win the Fast Forward. If the team with the most votes receives 3 or more, they will go for and win the Fast Forward. If they receive 2 or less, no team will claim the Fast Forward. All teams except Brendan & Alba and Axel & Abraham are able to go for the Fast Forward.
For the taxi to Perito Moreno Glacier: PM me, either on the board or on Discord, three (3) teams you want to get a flat tire on the bumpy Argentinian roads. All teams that receive three or more votes will be rolled a time between 8 and 12 minutes, and that time will be added onto their travel time to the Glacier.
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Everyone has 49 hours, i.e. until 31st March 12pm PST, to get their votes in.