Amazing Race episode "One hot Camel"...

Here are my thoughts on episdoe 8. The episode started out rather slow. Having to use the coins from Norway was I nice touch, but it didn't quite hit the mark. For my expectations it just was too easy for that stage of the race.
For the entire Dune Buggy challenge I have just one word: BORING!!! We had a very similar challenge just a couple of seasons ago. So I would really have hoped for a more interesting challenge. Looks like the producers are running out of ideas. It might be time to bring some fresh blood into the department designing the challenges. The only thing that made this challenge sligthly entertaining to watch were the girls getting stuck. Let me give you people a little piece of advice. If the same approach hasn't made any progress at all after 2 or 3 attempts it most likely won't work at all and you might consider a different approach. But credit where credit is due...it's quite an acomplishment to completely burn up a clutch!!
When it comes to the detour, I still think the Camel challenge was the easier one. Travis and Nicole using the Express Pass and u-turning Leo and Jamal was a perfect strategic move.That they only showed 1 team being turned back with their camel might most likely have been an editing choice, but I really would have liked to see that happen more often. I really don't believe that all the other teams happen to pick the perfect camel right away.
The roadblock was a real fun challenge. As far as I'm concerned the real high point of this entire episode. The Leo and Jamal didn't get eliminated is a pitty, as I'm really getting tired of those two cruddy bums! That the bunnies weren't going to survice this leg of the race with the U-Turn and the Speed Bump was pretty much a given. But I really did like the Tidal Wave challenge. That would have also been another fun challenge. This Speed Bump seemed to be a little hard as the speed bumps in the privous couple of seasons. And I wouldn't mind if they brought that challenge back during the regular race maybe in during the early legs.
All in all it was an OK episode. Nothing terribly exciting, but not a complete bore either. All the editing choices didn't really help to make it a more exciting episode. I think a partly contributing factor to this is that the majority of the challenges are just too easy for this stage of the race.