The Racers are off to Phuket, Thailand. The only clue they have for their destination is a photo of a gorilla statue, which they have to ask around for the location of. Everyone but the Whites goes straight to Phuket Zoo to get photographed with a tiger and stepped on by elephants, while Mel and Mike go to the beach instead for some reason, and fall to last place. Then everyone goes to a multi-drawered spice shop, where by having multiple drawers opened by trial and error, they learn that the Detour is a choice between a two-mile rickshaw run and a hundred-barrel fishing-boat prep task. Mark and Michael finish the rickshaw task first, after messing with the tire pumps and having their cabbie lead them along the route, both of which are against the rules. So their first win goes out the window as a result of a double penalty.
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