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Around the World in Seven Weeks [Tuesday, August 13, 2013]

The two Skywalkers were, as usual, in the Portalocity office waiting for their students to arrive. "Today we go to Bangladesh," Ben said with an easy smile, "which is another country in Asia located," he pointed to it on the map, "here. It's very hot and humid there right now, so be sure to pick up one of the water bottles over there," he pointed to a crate full of them on the floor, "before heading out. We don't want anyone getting sick."

Anakin nodded. "As usual, you'll have two tasks to complete before finding us. Bangladesh is not a very wealthy country, so please don't stare openly at the trash or the polluted water or other symbols of their poverty."

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Theo Langstrom

Korra

Billy Kaplan

Karina Lyle

Chaz Villette

Repair one of the public transit buses used in Dhaka. First use body putty to fill in the damage, then sand it ready for painting. Once approved by a supervisor, then carry three pairs of seats and deliver them to the refurbishing area to receive the next clue.

Oh, repair work. This was something he was fabulous at except not. Theo heaved a sigh and got to work with the putty. That...went surprisingly well and then he sanded it to get it ready for painting.

The chairs slowed him a bit because he tried to carry too many at once and dropped them but even that went easier than expected and he was off to the next activity.

Billy fully expected this to go terribly, but the instructions were actually kind of straight forward, so it didn't take him nearly as long to make the repairs as he imagined.

In Pound the Metal, you work with a local blacksmith to hammer and beat an iron rod into a sharp spiked tool using 10-pound sledgehammers. You have to hand-pump the bellows of the smokey, charcoal fire so you could strike while the iron was hot, and get the blacksmith's approval to get the next clue.

In Pound the Cotton, make a cotton mattress via a traditional Bengali method: use bamboo rods to beat clumps of cotton into a fine, feather-like consistency. Then stuff the mattress and sew it together. Once the craftsman is satisfied with your work, he would hand you the next clue.

Theo chose to work with the blacksmith. No good reason except that was the first thing that popped into his head. It was sweaty, grimy work and he thought he might pass out from the heat a time or two but he fought through it and got the rod made.

Dev was begging for an ice water in his head.

Yeeeah, Billy was definitely going for the cotton. The beating part was a little strenuous, but the sewing part was actually kind of relaxing.

You have to take a boat across the river in Dhaka to get to Ben and Anakin because the threat of being dumped into the water never got old to them.

The boat allowed Theo to cool down a bit and he wasn't sweating as much as he had been when he trotted into the check in.

Billy had a good feeling about today, and he was definitely happy to not see many of his classmates around when he got in. That was a nice feeling.

The RNG says:

1. Chaz Villette
2. Billy Kaplan
3. Theo Langstrom
4. Kathy Li
5. Korra
6. Karina Lyle
7. Cordelia Chase

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Around the World in Seven Weeks [Tuesday, August 13, 2013]

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Road Block: Auto Mechanic!

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Detour: Pound the Metal or Pound the Cotton

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Check in [8/13]

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