Or instead of a departure time, they could have just posted on the screen 'So Far Behind That The Guidos Just Passed Them.'

Wow Jims.. It looks like your guess of 7:55 was fairly close.
Nick must have quit the task in the first hour to make the times
that close. (N/K 4:37 - Plane 12:25 <- N/V just missed it).

and those that are in the Race...

and they have to drive in rainy conditions... without English characters to help them...

Meanwhile, Nick/Vick are just now leaving Hong Kong.

Bridge cluebox is... Route Info!

Raft down river, then board a hummer to the US Base.

Cluebox is at a track: Roadblock!

Walk out into the middle of a 200-man field exericse to find someone with a matching headband to one that they select. The group are doing Tae Kwon Do exercises while they do the Roadblock... Try to avoid getting hit, please...

If wrong, they pocket it. If right, leadder smashes a board to get the next clue:

Walk to the subway station, then take the subway to Seoul's World Cup soccer stadium.

Jill/Thomas are out first, Brook/Claire are out second. Nat/Kat got it 3rd.

Jill/Thomas get the first subway out, leaving both girl teams to get the 2nd subway...

Nick/Vick? Are still in the air!

Poor Vince is in here talking to himself because the rest of us east coasters are 19 minutes behind.

Keep the update coming. I am reading, thanks!

LAST EDITED ON 12-05-10 AT 09:31 PM (EST)

Full Throttle or Full Bottle

Throttle: Travel by foot or subway to a short track speed-skating rink. They then go do a two-person relay of about 24 laps...

Bottle: Put on Delivery uniforms to deliver 6 Ginseng bottles, then drink a smaller bottle...

Both Detour options explicitly say walk or subway to the locations!

Nick/Vick finally arrive in Seoul!

and Brook/Claire immediately hail a cab... *headdesk*

That is so stupid considering they made that same mistake before and had to correct themselves!

Brook/Claire are the first to arrive to Throttle, but remember: They took a cab and are probably gonna be penalized at least 30 minutes for it...

Jill/Thomas arrive soon thereafter and wonder how Brook/Claire jumped ahead of them...

Meanwhile, Nick/Vick are getting escorted to the DMZ, but they all have to stop for a toilet break!!!

At the foggy ice rink, it's crash and burns aplenty, but they're still going...

Nick/Vick... are officially lost.

Jill wondering how the girls got ahead of them.

LAST EDITED ON 12-05-10 AT 09:49 PM (EST)

Jill/Thomas complete the task, Brook/Claire shortly thereafter.

Proceed to a Riverside park, then proceed to an airplane statue for the next marker...

Nat/Kat are doing the Throttle option.... s l o w l y...

Travel to the Pit Stop, the Temple of Heaven!

Brook/Claire arrive first... but they are penalized 30 minutes before Phil can check them in.

Jill/Thomas are Team #1! They're the first of the Final 3.

They win a trip for two to a waterfall in Argentina.

Brook/Claire still have 9+ minutes left on their clock as Nat/Kat finally get the Pit Stop clue.

Brook/Claire are officially team #2!

Nat/Kat are Team #3.

Two shots out of 3 for the first all-female team to win TAR.

Nick/Vick got an express trip to Camp Casey, and their Speed Bump included them cleaning a massive tank. Who knows if they did any of the other portions.... They eventually make it to the Temple of Heaven, and are Philiminated.

LAST EDITED ON 12-05-10 AT 10:01 PM (EST)

I'm surprised that they had Nick/Vicki go ahead with the tasks as Phil has usually come out to meet the well-behind team on the course to inform them they've been Philiminated.

LAST EDITED ON 12-05-10 AT 09:56 PM (EST)

well? you making me wait 30 minutes too?

ETA: LOL! Never mind. It's posted. Thanks Vince!

Did anyone recognize the US city they fly to for the finale? I didn't.

It looked a lot like San Francisco to me.

CBS's Elimination Station video showed the eliminated teams checking into a hotel in Los Angeles for the finale.