Running Man in Dubai (Part 2)

The special episode of Running Man part 2 continues in Dubai. The team and their guests Jung Il Woo and Lee Da Hae completed their first part mission- dune bashing in desert safari, skydiving, challenging themselves to missions in the city area with the locals and spending the night at the desert/hotel- for the winners.

The 5 winners get to sleep on nice beds on the hotel and get treated with sumptuous dinner. The 4 losers have to struggle through the cold night tents in the desert while having instant noodles as dinner. Worst of all Jae Suk, Kwang Soo and Haha were rather pissed off with the snoring from Suk Jin throughout the night. He denies it when they pressed hard against him while laughing their head off when big nose brother said he slept quietly like a baby. Their morning mission is utilizing the consumables they receive in a box while taking 15 shots in the desert/hotel. The best shot will be chosen and winner gets highest votes from the locals- gets to eat luxurious breakfast. Wow! Jae Suk indeed a Grasshopper on the desert runs through the sand with the best photo shoot wins his desert mission. While Suk Jin the loser eats the dates and tries to get a snack from Kwang Soo only to be denied as well. In the hotel area- Jong Kook wins the best photo shoot with the kettle posing against the rising sun background. Surprisingly Il Woo loses the mission and gets the smallest plate for breakfast so he stacks them up like a Jenga puzzle. Haha!

After breakfast, the losers waited for the winners to arrive for another baseball game in the desert. Weather was getting hot and temperature is rising. They were basically baking under the hot heat. Il Woo serves as a pitcher well but as soon as he switches to strike he was terrible. However Kookie's team wins the desert baseball game gaining more clues to the next mission. Their next mission is find the mysterious Golden Grasshopper lying somewhere in the city of Dubai. The team headed back to the city and were given hourglasses with their names on it. The 3 teams have different missions to finish and come back to turn the hourglass sand otherwise they will be out of the game.

First team was Spice Market- members were blindfolded while given some spice to taste. Jae Suk and Ji Hyo struggled while having their taste buds on fire. Lucky for Ha Ha, he has

got the Safron - one of the most expensive spices in the world and he got it right. Jae Suk got his correct as they were chili and Ji Hyo's were coriander peppercorns. 2nd team was Finding the Right Jewelry- Jong Kook, Suk Jin and Gary were given a description of the piece of jewelry- they have to take a photo of it and return back to check if it's correct. The three were all correct at all. So far so good. But when it comes to 3rd team Textile Market- it was a nightmare. They have to memorize by hard the shop/owner's name including the fabric they have to buy in Arabic language. Il Woo tried to write it in his piece of paper but still he got all the words wrong. The same goes with Kwang Soo and Da Hae. Kwang Soo was conned into buying a clothing and from a wrong owner. What a joke!

Time was running out where Kwang Soo forgotten to turn his hourglass before he left. So he

bought the wrong item and he was out of the game. However he has a special card for 2nd chance so he used it to redeem himself back and gets another chance to go back and buy the right fabric- well without Gary and Ji Hyo's knowing. LOL! And even he bought the right item back, their team was the last to arrive. So their clues given for the Golden Grasshopper mission was limited. Jae Suk's team was first to arrive nearby the mosque area to search for the grasshopper. But the very last mission is ripping off name tags. If a members' name tag gets rip off once, their original hourglass becomes tiny means they can't run far out to look for more clues. Suk Jin, being the biggest noble idiot of all starts giving hints to Gary and others on his winning clue. Da Hae and Jae Suk were annoyed with him though.

But things didn't go too well for Ji Hyo's team as Gary was oust and her time ran out from the hourglass. Kookie's team was up against Jae Suk when they changed Il Woo's hourglass to tiny one while Jae Suk ripped Kook's name tag faster than ever. 
But silly Kwang Soo bend down to pick up Jae Suk's name tag only to have his ripped off by Da Hae easily. He looked so clueless and blur as ever. So the last 2 winners were Jae Suk and Da Hae entering the special room where their hourglass sand were poured into a bowl revealing the special Golden Grasshopper statue. 

So the special episode in Dubai has complete- thanks to all the locals, staff and supporters of the event. The team has enjoyed themselves a lot and would love to visit the country again in future.