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PHIL! How could you do this to Jen on her birthdaaaaaay!!!
She spent the entire race kvetching at how the other teams were lucky and laid back when she was trying so haaaaaaard! Yes, there was the floating gardens opening time bunching, but it looks like the airport was going to be the great leveler. So what? They still beat you in Taipei to the roadblock, did a speed bump and beat you to the detour (I think it was pretty smart of them to drink their tea outside so that they could immediately ask people where the next route marker was.

Jen, my dear - it was your insistence on taking the subway, then a bus to get to the detour. You were screaming about traffic at the bus stop - so tell me - you wait for a bus which would be in the SAME traffic as a cab you could have grabbed right away.

And what’s even better than you getting booted from the race on your birthday? The fact that you never, never, NEVER finished FIRST!

The Umeda Sky Building is open from 10:00 am to 10:30 pm(admission until 10:00pm). And the views at night are even better than at daytime. As admission fee is 700 Yen (2001 price) it is advisable to go in the late afternoon and wait until it is dark to see the nightview. You can wait at the 40th floor for the sun to set in the Sky Cafe.

This surprised me. I figured they (amazing race producers) might have played with the opening time, but that is the normal hours.

OMG I’m so sick of these chicks saying it is not “faaaaaair” that someone else gets ahead and like you point out - Birthdaaaaay. Gag gag gag.

Hey did I actually hear her screech at the bus stop, “You make the decision. You’re the MAN!” ? Yike! Whatever is the world coming to??

I’m always interested to see the really cool native person at the mat with Phil who greets them. But last week - am I the only one who thought the Osaka lady looked like a rough drag queen?