Eleven teams began the competition for the prize of one million dollars, but are down to nine as two teams were eliminated at the pit stops in Salvador and Fortaleza, Brazil. Who is next when they have to battle the high altitude of La Paz, Bolivia, tangled streets and congestion, plus detours and road blocks to compete and avoid elimination?

Photo of the La Paz skyline thanks to ArtToday.com.

Valle de la Luna, or Moon Valley, near La Paz, isn't a valley at all, but a badlands of hills and rock eroded into fantastic shapes and deep gulleys. It attracts climbers and hikers, but beware, there are dangers here!

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Photograph thanks to ArtToday.com.

October 12 (or the nearest Monday to it) is traditionally commemorated throughout the Americas as the day Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492. In English speaking countries, the day is celebrated as Columbus Day or Native American Day. In Spanish speaking countries and communities, is is known as Día de la Raza, the Day of the Race.

Read more about Christopher Columbus, also known as Cristoforo Colombo and Cristóbal Colón.

Beaches, dune buggies, fishing boats. miscommunication, self-aggrandizement and trickery mark the challenges the remaining ten teams of the Amazing Race face in achieving success, or not, in northeastern Brazil.

Keep up with all the action in The Amazing Race Episodes in South America.

Photo of fishing boats along a Fortaleza beach thanks to ClipArt.com.