The Amazing Race - Season 8 - Eps 5: We're Getting Out of the Country, Girls
The teams set off from their Pit Stop in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana and receive a clue telling them to fly more than 2,000 miles to Panama City, Panama in Central America and find the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute. All teams are exciting about finally traveling outside of the United States. When the Institute opens, the teams travel across water to begin their search for a man named Ricardo Diaz and one has a close-call when the rower of their boat tries to head off and pick up someone else. Once the teams find Diaz, they receive a clue directing them to either a Fast Forward or a Detour. One team succesfully completes the Fast Forward, while another is burned and has to return to the Detour --- Rhythm or Coos. Later, the teams take part in a Roadblock in which one member must get a hit or home run against a champion minor league pitcher. The performance on this Roadblock leads to a close race to the finish.
About The Amazing Race

Title: The Amazing Race
First Air Date: 2001-09-05
Last Air Date: 2025-04-09
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 6.9/10 (from 147 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 38
Total Episodes: 433
Network: CBS
Genres: Reality
Production Companies: Worldrace Productions, Neue Vitaskop Film, ABC Studios, Jerry Bruckheimer Television, CBS Productions, CBS Studios, ABC Signature, Touchstone Television
Synopsis
This reality competition sees teams embark on a trek around the world to amazing destinations where they must compete in a series of challenges, some mental and some physical. Only when the tasks are completed will they learn of their next location. Teams who are the farthest behind will gradually be eliminated as the contest progresses, with the first team to arrive at the final destination winning the race and the $1 million prize.
Cast

Phil Keoghan
Self - Host