So they all get on the train, and in case you were thinking that "overnight train" meant sleeper cars? Think again. It's seating like a regular commuter train, and that's just on the inside. As Marcus puts it, "The Chattanooga Choo-Choo ain't got nothing on this bad boy." Indeed, the train is so full that people are hanging out the doors and riding on the roof. Which reminds me of a Caption Machine entry so old I only remember it because it's hilarious. Phil tells us that when the train arrives in Yogyakarta, the racers will all take taxis to the Goa Jomblang cave for their next clue. We get an overhead shot of the cave, which is out in the country and presents as such a gigantic hole punched in the ground that even these racers can't miss it.
The train pulls up in the predawn darkness, and teams get off and scramble for cabs. Bill & Cathi somehow got themselves into first place. Amani and Marcus keep rocking back and forth in their seats to make their taxi go faster, like it's a Radio Flyer and not a regular car. I guess it works, though, because they pass both Laurence & Zac and Kaylani & Lisa. At some point the sun comes up, and it's 7:30 AM as they're making their way through some suburb. Since Google Maps (eat it, Bing) tells me that it's more than a three-hour drive from Yogyakarta to the village of Jomblang, they could be anywhere in between. Bill and Cathi are a little worried about their upcoming Speed Bump (as though a Speed Bump ever did anyone in who wasn't screwed to begin with), while other teams are more worried about the upcoming double elimination.
But as the lanes narrow and the speed limit rises, some racers' concerns become more immediate, as in whether they'll survive the trip to their next destination. They all seem to be in a long caravan of white taxis, with horns of the oncoming traffic Dopplering past inches from their windows. Cathi & Bill arrive first, Bill with a "Yabba dabba doo!" The clues aren't in a clue box, but a metal flower bucket, and they get the first one. As they learn that it's a Road Block, Phil tells us about Indonesia's caves, including this one, Goa Jomblang. From somewhere in its depths, Phil addresses the camera in a mining helmet and spelunking gear as he says that one racer from each team will come down 160 feet to find a Javanese mask and an indigenous dagger called a kris somewhere down there in the dark. For now, the editing makes that seem difficult. After retrieving them, they'll climb a giant bamboo ladder back out and exchange the items with a Patani for their next clue. But before anyone can get to that, Bill & Cathi have to do their Speed Bump. This must have been quite a dilemma for the Amazing Editors; it's not often that a team with a Speed Bump gets to it first.













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