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TARA 3 Episode 2 Discussion Thread **HOT spoilers--WILL contain show spoilers**
georgiapeach:
This thread is for discussion of Episode 2 and can be posted in immediately AFTER the show has aired at AXN, based on Singapore time. That will be Thusday 9/18 at 10:30 PM Singapore time, or Thursday at 10:30 AM EST for those of us in the US.
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Those who will have not seen the show yet will need to ENTER AT YOUR OWN RISK! There will be spoilers about who won, and who was eliminated for sure, and other details about the leg.
Can't wait! 90 whole minutes!! :hearts:
--- Quote from: georgiapeach on August 27, 2008, 07:23:32 PM ---Spoilers for the second elimination leg. (AXN Leg 2 or 3??) May 22-23
Since it looks like we have a very good handle on Leg 1/2 (whether it ends up being labelled 1/2 or just 1), I thought perhaps it is time to move onto Leg 3?
Some time ago, a new friend (who has requested to remain anonymous) shared some in-depth information about this leg with me. That person has been exceedingly generous with information and time, and I want to say a personal BIG :thankyou: for all the help! :yourock:
Okay then... This leg begins with 9 racers, and sadly neither Natalie or Pailin were seen during this leg, according to the source.
(Note: teams were previously spotted in the Chiang Mai airport on May 22, presumably on the way to Saigon.)
**The racers arrive in HCMC (Saigon) late in the evening. They are first looking for a clue in a flower shop, which does not open until 6AM. At least 2 teams return to wait at the shop by 4AM, but some teams apparently do not arrive until afternoon.
This actually works very well with our first Saigon spoiler brought to us by puddin, HERE . JonLover was able to reach the blogger and she shared some further info with us HERE . She saw the teams at the Q-BAR near the Caravelle Hotel, near Opera House sometime between 10-12PM.
Unfortunately, she reported a mistaken date (May 21) for the sighting to us which caused much teeth gnashing, :pull , and :wall:, and :argue: as we struggled to make the dates fit in an already tight schedule. But even though the date was clearly incorrect, I still believe that the sighting has validity.
** Once teams have their clue, they procede to the Ben Thanh market where they catch a bus to the "southwest" of VietNam. (The flower shop may be quite near or across the street from the market. ) The trip is reported to take "some hours".
From Slowhatch: If you have GE this download will put a 3D model of Ben Thanh market on the map. You can see the buses lined up at the station across the square.
** Once teams reach their location, they have a choice between two Detours.
The first is to deliver some goods by boat on a river (assumption of a floating market here) OR chasing and catching some chickens.
Anyone remember this leg in TAR3? Day 23 (9/3): Flights via Kuala Lumpur to Ho Chi Min City, taxis to statue of Bac Ho in Rex Square. Then taxis proceed to floating market in Cai Be (Mekong Delta) for Easy Buy/Hard Sell Detour. Then back to Ho Chi Minh City to 2A Ton Duc Thang, District 1. Cyclo/ferry Roadblock to Café Thu Thiem pit stop [Derek/Drew eliminated].
Day 24 (9/4): Leg 12: Early departures, booking train to Hue. 24-hour train ride begins.
Day 25 (9/5): Taxis to Imperial Palace, then to Nam O Da Nang for Basket Boats/Bikes Detour. To boat quay in Hoi An (fishing platform Roadblock), then to China Beach pit stop [non-elimination].
Day 26 (9/6): Leg 13: Early departures to route marker at Guang Minh Temple in Da Nang, which directs them to arrange flights to Honolulu at a local travel agency before traveling via train to Hanoi.
That has brought up the possibility of Cai Be as the floating market teams may have visited, since we know TARA likes to re-use former TAR locations.
--- Quote ---Cai Be, one of the many well-known floating markets in the western region of southern Vietnam was formed in the Nguyen Dynasty in the 19th century. The Cai Be Floating Market is always busy, bearing all the characteristics of the locals’ life in the western region.
All the goods are transported to the market by rafts and boats. The floating market lies in the Tien River, adjacent to three provinces of Tien Giang, Vinh Long and Ben Tre.
The market is divided into two parts: buying and selling places. Rafts and boats are anchored along the two sides of the river for kilometres. From the floating market, goods are shifted for selling at inland markets or small boats take them for delivery along canals in the Plain of Reeds.
From three 3am in the early morning, rafts and boats are crowded because Cai Be is one of the biggest wholesale markets in the region. Traders live on the river and some link their lives with boats like their mobile house for generations. Cai Be seems to be an inseparable part of their daily lives.
On each boat, goods are hung on poles that are called dialectically “cay beo”. Hundreds of such poles point the sky wards. Boats also operate like “taxis,” very convenient for tourists around the region.
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**Following the detours, teams again take a bus back to HCMC, and proceed to the Saigon Zoo which is also the site of the Pitstop.
One team is eliminated. It seems a little early to me to reveal who this is, but I will say for now that it is a M/M team.
So missing is a Roadblock (unless it is at the zoo?)...but I think this gives us a broad outline of what looks to be a very exciting leg. :hearts:
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puddin:
I'm dying to see how this leg plays out :jumpy:, I may actually wake up early :lol:
michael:
Well, looks like I'm going to like TARA after watching episode 1. Can't wait to see this one.
puddin:
As they say on the AXN boards, "please spoil us!" :jumpy:
Alan:
Make their way to the flight of the Gibbon, a thrilling jungle canopy adventure, which will see them soar above 50 metres above the forest.
Mai and Oliver leave at 10.35pm
Geoff and Tisha at 10.38pm
Henry and Bernie at 10.45pm
Pailin and Natalie at 12.18am
Ida and Tania 12.34am
William and Issac 12.41am
Sam and Vince 12.55am
AD and Fuzzie 1.20am
Niroo and Kapil 1.29am
Sam and Vince reaches there first, hours of operation, only open at 7.30am, teams have to take a number first. Mai and Oliver last.
They do a zipline across the forest.
Make their way to Banana Plantation. Taxi race to the plantation.
Commercial break.
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