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1) Margie & Luke (12:18 a.m.)
2) Tammy & Victor (12:24 a.m., 0:06)
3) Jaime & Cara (12:30 a.m., 0:12)
4) Mel & Mike (1:01 a.m, 0:43)
5) Mark & Michael (1:02 a.m., 0:44)
6) Kisha & Jen (1:28 a.m., 1:10)
7) Christie & Jodi (3:02 a.m., 2:44)
Leg six of "The Amazing Race 14" began with leaders Margie & Luke directed to fly from Novosibirsk, Russia to Jaipur, India via a Moscow connection. In the pre-recorded interview segment, Luke explained that he was doing the strategizing for the team while Margie (obviously) did the communicating.
INDIA
While the seven remaining duos caught different flights out of Siberia, they would be equalized on he same connecting flight to Jaipur. While father/son Mel & Mike went off-track looking for taxis, siblings/lawyers Tammy & Victor were again the first team to catch one successfully to take the lead. Flight attendants Christie & Jodi departed second with Mark & Michael outshouting Margie & Luke for a disputed car to take the third ride out.
After figuring that their cabbie had no clue where the next destination of Dhula Village was located, Mel & Mike tried to leave the vehicle only to find their belongings stuck in the taxi's trunk. Eventually, the cabbie returned with directions to the village so Mel & Mike decided to stick with the ride, now stuck in last place. Meanwhile, second place team Christie & Jodi dropped off the pace after their cabbie stopped for refueling.
Their respective taxi rides gave race teams to chance to look with amazement (and despair) at the destitution suffered by locals in Jaipur. The otherwise sheltered Luke was driven to tears in the process.
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Back to less serious endeavors, race leaders Tammy & Victor arrived at the Dhula Village. Tammy immediately recognized the telephone under the designated tree, calling one of four phone numbers to receive the next clue. With the clue message read in a local language, the siblings needed the taxi driver's help to translate their next destination as being Amber Fort.
All remaining race teams (except the delayed Christie & Jodi) reached the tree in a near caravan of vehicles but looked futilely around the tree for the clue, not recognizing the two red phones as an aberration in the scene. Kisha & Jen finally clued in to depart in second place, followed by Jaime & Cara in third. Margie & Luke didn't understand the clue but instead decided to follow the other taxis out. Mel & Mike departed in fifth place with Mark & Michael in sixth.
After seeing the six other teams traveling in the opposite direction towards the Amber Fort, Christie & Jodi arrived at Dhula Village to receive their next clue back in last place.
ROADBLOCK
Tammy & Victor arrived first at the Amber Fort to trigger a Roadblock task. One member of each team would be required to load camel feed and water using traditional tools for a designated group of camels. Victor first attempted to use the water bucket to move the camel feed but was clued in by sister Tammy to instead use one of the much larger nearby baskets, saving the team valuable time in the process.
Along the way to Amber Fort, Mark & Michael's cabbie drove the brothers past four other race teams into second place. Unfortunately for the team, they weren't initially able to find the next clue box as Kisha & Jen would instead reach the Roadblock site in second place. Kisha, Jaime, Mark, Mel and Margie each chose to do the Roadblock for their respective teams.
None of the racers were able to catch Victor though as he completed the Roadblock well out in first place. The siblings would be directed to taxi to a puppet store at the Johari Bazaar, departing the Amber Fort just as last place attendants Christie & Jodi arrived.
The older Mel fell behind his younger counterparts moving the water. However, Mel proved the only racer to recognize that the camel feed hay was supposed to be loaded onto a traditional tool, one of the many piled up baskets. While other racers used the water bucket (or in Kisha's case, somewhere unmentionable) to move the camel feed, Mel's use of the correct tool allowed him to complete the Roadblock in a stunning second place.
Other racers from Kisha on down finally spotted Mel using the basket but not before they had lost valuable time. Jaime completed the Roadblock next to swing her ex-cheerleader team with partner Cara into third place. Margie & Luke left fourth followed by Kisha & Jen. Mark finished up to depart with brother Michael in sixth while Jodi gained some valuable time on task but still left with Christie in last.
SPEED BUMP / DETOUR
Well out in front, Tammy & Victor reached Johari to trigger a Detour choice. Teams had the option of movers (transport barrels 1.5 miles by rickshaw, then find a small metal elephant in one of the barrel) or (shakers) (join a traditional dance troupe and dance in costume & makeup to raise 100 rupees currency).
The normally reserved lawyers let loose on the task, extending their first place lead and having fun in the process.
Deciding Mel had done enough heavy lifting on the Roadblock, Mel & Mike also opted for the shakers Detour. The father & son were amazed at the generosity of the people despite the pervasive poverty. Mark & Michael's superfast cab driver again vaulted them up the standings, reaching the Detour site in third place. The brothers proved the only team to do the movers Detour, figuring they could simply power through it.
The Kisha/Jen, Margie/Luke, Jaime/Cara teams all chose to do the dancing. Christie & Jodi would do the same but not before they drew the extra Speed Bump task, based on their previous leg's last place non-elimination. The flight attendants would have to use colored paints to decorate an elephant before they could proceed further.
Mel & Mike would maintain their standing, completing the Roadblock in second place. Jaime & Cara raised their 100 rupees in third place but found themselves delayed when their taxi cab wandered away from the scene. Margie & Luke caught up before the ex-NFL cheerleaders finally found their driver. Sisters Kisha & Jen left the Roadblock site in fifth place.
Christie & Jodi successfully decorated their elephant for the Speed Bump to get back on the main course, choosing the dancing Detour for their comeback effort. Brothers Mark & Michael successfully pedaled their rickshaws but lost time looking for the small metal elephant in one of the transported barrels. The flight attendants took advantage of the opening, raising their rupees in sixth place and knocking Mark & Michael down to last.
PIT STOP
Running a race all their own, Tammy & Victor reached the Pit Stop going away before the other six teams even completed the Detour, winning ocean kayaks for their repeat TAR14 leg win. Defying the odds yet again, father/son duo Mel & Mike clocked in for a strong second place result.
The middle tier of teams arrived nearly simultaneously at the Pit Stop with athletes Kisha & Jen winning the rundown to claim third place. Margie & Luke took fourth with Jaime & Cara clocking in the fifth spot.
The contest to avoid last place would come down to dueling cab rides between the Christie/Jodi and Mark/Michael teams. Once again though, Mark & Michael's taxi ride would prove the faster as they emerged at the Pit Stop for another next to last place result. Christie & Jodi would finish in last place for the second consecutive time, this time unable to avoid elimination from "The Amazing Race 14."
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