page_title: The Amazing Race 31
section_title: Leg 2 (Japan → Laos)
hierarchical_section_title: The Amazing Race 31 / Race summary / Leg 2 (Japan → Laos)
caption_attribution_description: Buddhist Temple in Luang Prabang, Laos
context_page_description: The Amazing Race 31 is the thirty-first installment of the American reality television show The Amazing Race. This season features eleven teams of two – each consisting of contestants from previous seasons of Big Brother, Survivor, and The Amazing Race – in a race around the world for a US$1 million grand prize. The season premiered on April 17, 2019, replacing the low-rated Million Dollar Mile. It initially aired on CBS's Wednesday 9:00 pm ET time slot following Survivor: Edge of Extinction. Following Survivor's season finale, The Amazing Race was rescheduled to Survivor's former time slot of 8:00 pm starting May 22, 2019. The finale aired on its original Wednesday 9:00 pm time slot due to the premiere week for Big Brother 21.
  Life partners Colin Guinn and Christie Woods from The Amazing Race 5 were the winners of this season of the Race.
context_section_description: Airdate: April 24, 2019
   Tokyo (Narita International Airport) to Luang Prabang, Laos  (Luang Prabang International Airport)
  Luang Prabang (Villa Santi)
  Luang Prabang (Wat Sensoukharam)
  Luang Prabang (Big Tree by the Mekong River) 
   Luang Prabang (Ecole Maternelle Louang Prabang or BBQ Alley)
  Ban Xieng Lom (Elephant Village) 
   Luang Prabang (Wat Xieng Thong) to Ban Xiengkeo (Prince Phetsarath's Palace) 
  The first Detour of the Race was a choice between ABC and BBQ. In ABC, teams had to make their way on foot to Ecole Maternelle Louang Prabang and had to learn the Laotian alphabet from a teacher. After learning the alphabet, teams had to pass an oral exam to receive their next clue. In BBQ, teams had to make their way on foot to BBQ Alley and had to purchase three ducks and eight tilapias. They then had to prepare eleven Lao barbecue skewers exactly like the skewers prepared during an ongoing demonstration to receive their next clue.
  In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to learn a series of Lao commands and use these commands to direct an elephant to cross the Nam Khan River. Once across, they had to search on their elephant for two men playing Hmong music on qeejs. When found, team members would receive their next clue and had to direct their elephant back to Elephant Village to reunite with their partner.
  Additional tasks
  After arriving in Luang Prabang, teams had to travel by tuk-tuk to Villa Santi and wait for their next clue to arrive by courier before sunrise. The clue gave them their next task, to take part in the local morning alms and give servings of sticky rice to a procession of Buddhist monks at Wat Sensoukharam. Before the monks' arrival, each team member had to don a pha biang and pick up basket of rice for the offering. After the monks passed, teams received their next clue.
  After the Roadblock, teams had to travel by tuk-tuk to Wat Xieng Thong, where they would board a long-tail boat and travel to the Pit Stop.
caption: Teams began their leg in Luang Prabang at Wat Sensoukharam by giving alms of rice to monks.
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