Remaining teams (in order of Dogleg 8 finish):

  • Quincy and Taffy (Golden Retriever Brother and Sister)
  • Heidi and Depot (Tennessee Cocker Spaniel and Cat)
  • Hercules and Maxx (New York City Police Dogs)
  • Bella and Douglas (Former Presidential Candidates/ARI Winners)
  • Keo and June (Chicago Chimpanzee Father and Daughter)

The Amanxing Race 2: Going to the Dogs
DOGLEG 9: The Woof of the World

The Amanxing Racers are spending a quiet evening in Kabul, Afghanistan with their new friend Samboo and without their old friends Army Mule and Navy Goat, who were eliminated last time.


Depot. Douglas and Bella, at the grave of Marjan, in Kabul

While the dogs sleep, and the chimps listen to Colin Powell discuss foreign policy, the cats Bella, Douglas, and Depot decide to pay their respects at the grave of Marjan, the one-eyed lion of the Kabul Zoo.

Koko also seems sad. "Koko love horse big ears, Koko love eat cans. Sad sad. Bear no nose. Sad bear. Sad Koko."

Team QT, the first to arrive in Afghanistan, are the first to leave the next day. They are instructed to take one of two charter flights to Lhasa, Tibet, and look for their next clue at the Potala Palace. The retrievers, Heidi and Depot, and Herc and Maxx all make the first flight, leaving Bella and Douglas and the chimps to wait a little longer in Kabul.

The first flight lands in Tibet, the Roof of the World. The golden retrievers and Hercules and Maxx are the first to make it to the Palace, the former home of the Dalai Lama.


Maxx catches his breath at the Potala Palace in Tibet

With the police dogs and the Tennesseeans hot on their tails, Quincy and Taffy receive their next clue from a Lhasa Apso, which will take them via Land Rover to the Great Wall of China. Depot is having a lot of trouble breathing at this high altitude. They head down out of the Tibetan mountains as Keo and June and Bella and Douglas arrive.


A Lhasa Apso greets Quincy and Maxx

Thanks to a shortcut their driver took, Hercules and Maxx are the first to arrive at the Great Wall. They get their pictures taken on this most famous of monumental structures, and then find their next clue. They are to proceed to Tiananmen Square in Beijing and look for the student standing in front of a tank. Bella and Douglas and the chimps are back in Tibet, still.

Meanwhile, Penelope Pitstop holds up the Racers while doing her nails, Professor Pat Pending changes his Convert-O-Car to a boat, the Creepy Coupe battles the Ant Hill Mob in their Bullet-Proof Bomb for third, the Army Surplus Special is in fourth, and, six miles ahead of the pack, Dick Dastardly stops to cheat.

Depot and Heidi are now on the Great Wall, but Depot is having a lot of trouble. He's very old for a cat, and has to stop and rest, giving the other two pairs time to catch up.



At the Great Wall, Heidi waits for Depot to catch up

The two dog pairs are neck in neck driving into Beijing. With so many people riding bicycles, their Land Rovers look a little out of place. They arrive in Tiananmen Square to find the Chinese student, who gives them a ROAD BLOCK clue: to find Chicketty China, the Chinese Chicken, also in the square. It's really just a guy dressed up in a chicken suit. Once one racer finds the Chinese Chicken, he will ask them where they are going next, and the Racer will show him a card with a Chinese word on it. The cats, however, will be directed to just talk to the Chicken. What's up with that?

Quincy and Hercules immediately head off into the square to look for Chicketty China. While they are looking, the cat pairs and chimps arrive. Bella decides to do the road block and, with a lucky glance, finds Chicketty first. The following conversation occurs? Chicketty: "Bella, where are you going next?" Bella: "Mao!" Chicketty: "That's right, Bella, your PET STOP for the night is the Forbidden City, marked by a big picture of Chairman Mao."


Douglas and Bella, dodging bicycles in Beijing


June pauses for a moment at Tianenman Square

Bella finds Douglas and they run off, dodging bicycles, to the Forbidden City where they are greeted by Jackie Chan, a Chinese Shar-Pei, and none other than Mei Xiang and Tian Tian! The producers decided to allow them to greet the Racers in their home country.


Greeting the teams in Beijing: Jackie Chan, a Shar-Pei, and the Amanxing Racers Mei Xiang and Tian Tian

The dogs arrive. The chimps arrive. Depot, who correctly completed the Mao road block, arrives with Heidi. "Heidi, Depot.... I'm sorry.... but you are the last to arrive at the Forbidden City.

However, this is a non-elimination round, and you are still in the race."

Next time, on The Amanxing Race: A favorite pair bows out, an Amanxing Race I favorite pair returns, and Douglas eats cherry blossoms in the Land of the Rising Sun.

DOGLEGS: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Written by Becky Banfield

The Amanxing Race was inspired by CBS Television's The Amazing Race.

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