Welcome to Peru Ecuador, Racers! We got off to quite a start. I was pleased to see that some of you learned something from your previous Race experience and amused to see that some of you did not.

Just a quick warning here, people. I have seen all your pre-Race interviews and all your confessionals during the Race. If just one of you says "It's the chance of a lifetime - twice!" again, I will shoot someone. Probably Rob.

Moving right along...

Rob and Amber, you're team number one! CBS will be sending you to Whistler, BC, where you have to smoke pot if you want to be a proper snowboarder. Too bad you tried the search task first. Find a button in a field? *snort* But props to Rob for picking up Oswald and Danny in the shuttle, though it nearly burst your spleen to do it.

2. Oswald and Danny, so far so good. Is there such a thing as a horse manicurist?

3. Teri and Ian: You know, it really isn't fair that the other teams have cutesy nicknames and you don't. Even still, I'm not calling you The Big Kahunas. Nuh-uh.

4. Eric and Danielle: I'm not going to bother talking to Danielle, since Eric is the boss. He is also a gentleman. I'm apparently not remembering Season 9 accurately. I remember him and Jeremy ogling anything in a skirt and generally going on and on and on and on about getting laid. My memory is hazy. Let's run the clip of Danielle frolicking on the beach in that little pink number while I try to clear my head.

5. Joe and Bill: Why was Bill patting Joe in the car on the way to the Detour? That was just so creepy and weird.

6. Dustin and Kandice: It was wise to mistrust Mary when she told you the Copa flight was quickest.

And do feel free to hug me when you step on the Pit Stop Mat.

7. Uchenna and Joyce: So really, aside from Joyce's hairdo, nothing has really changed. Your marriage is still tense because you have no baby. You still don't really have that killer instinct.

8. Charla and Mirna: You *STILL* can't drive stick? I mean, come. on. I would have thought that at some point you might have realised that you were going to do all the driving again and that it might be a good idea to practice. Also, what's with the Slavic accent? Does that make it easier for the native Spanish speakers to understand you?

9. David OMG what happened to your eyebrows? and Mary: Or is it just going to be Mary? To quote your confessional: "I don't need an alliance. I can win on my own without someone giving it to me." So is David going to have a role in this at all? Maybe he could have reminded you about checking the flights to see which one gets in earlier? I understand that you were in this Race just last season. How quickly they forget.

10. Kevin and Drew: Was it wrong that I laughed while Drew was rolling around on the ground moaning loudly? 'Cause that was some kind of funny.

John Vito and Jill: I'm sorry to tell you you've been eliminated from the Race. Gosh. This messes up our Young and Reasonably Attractive Straight White Couple quota. Now all we've got are Romber and Eric and Danielle.

Maybe if you'd said "Eyes on the prize" or "Give it 110%" a couple more times, that guy would have taken you the right way and you wouldn't have gone to the wrong entrance. Sorry. Good luck on your "new path".

Administrative Notes:

Please keep the game in the game thread.

New posters are welcome! All the Racers are taken except for Drew, Teri and Ian. If you want one of them, please let me know. Anyone may post as a sound person or cameraman or taxi driver. Or hey, be creative! Post as one of the horses or Drew's shoulder. Jump on in and play with us!