'The Amazing Race' recap: Tobacco, Road

By Zap2it Partner

October 31, 2011 7:30 AM ET

All seven remaining teams take the same flight from Bangkok to Malawi, where they race to a tobacco warehouse for the Road Block. The task requires them to wheel an actual ton of tobacco through the warehouse, one 200-lb bale at a time, amid the distractions of the loud, busy workers, few of whom are making much effort to stay out of the racers' way. Despite starting the leg last, Jeremy finishes the Road Block first, followed by Ernie, Justin, and Tommy.

The next stop is Memorial Tower, which is the starting point for a Detour. The choice is between going to a marketplace to sew a suit, or going to a school to make toy trucks out of milk cartons and bottle caps. While the lead teams split up for that, Laurence and Bill beat Marcus out of the Road Block. Jeremy and Sandy are also the first to finish the toy making Detour, followed by the siblings and the snowboarders, while Ernie and Cindy win the sewing Detour.

Then it's off to a furniture shop to pick up a wooden bed to schlep to the Pit Stop, which is a village at a wilderness reserve, where they'll be spending the night on the beds they brought. The snowboarders accidentally hijack Jeremy and Sandy's truck out from under them, while Marcus and Amani continue to be in last place at the end of the Detour. At the Pit Stop, everyone has to carry their beds a fair distance by hand. Still in last, Amani and Marcus's bad luck continues with a cab breakdown, while Justin and Jennifer get to the mat first. But they forgot to pay their truck driver, so for the third time, the snowboarders win a leg as a result of another team's mistake.

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