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The Amazing Race Asia 3 Spoilers/Speculation
JonLover:
Hi apskip, I am interpreting TARA3 started filming on 18 May 2008 based on the blog of Andrew. (Sorry, I am still familiarizing with the features here. I still don't know how to put a link.LOL)
He posted the picture of the racer eating bugs in an entry dated 19 May 2008. But he gave an account on what he saw in a blog written on the 22nd. When Georgiapeach and I e-mailed him, he told us that the date he saw them was either on the 20th or 21st. He mentioned that "he can't exactly tell the date". He is really confused!
Why did I say 18th of May? Well, what I understood from reading his blog written on the 19th, he was in Bangkok on the 18th at noon. Then, he went to Khao San Road in the afternoon where he saw the filming.
Take a look at this statement "So since today (19th) is a holiday that means no alcohol being served, so we're going to have to find something else to do... we heard from a girl that they sell scorpions to eat on the street at night, so maybe I'll have to see if I can find some of those, we might go see some Thai boxing we heard about also. "
Note: Alcohol is not served on the evening of 19th.
But on these first lines of his blog, "Got here around noon yesterday, the flight was long but could have been worse. We got in a taxi to Khao San Road, it's where pretty much all the tourists stay, and it is crazy. Thousands of people walking around, everyone trying to sell you something, but everyone is friendly about it. We took it easy yesterday during the day, bought a few things and got to know the area. I had my first massage too... it was alright, alot of elbows just digging into your back though... I dont think they knew exactly what they were doing. Then we decided to grab a bucket from a cart on the side of the street. A bucket is Red Bull, Coke and some sort of Thai alcohol poured into a bucket, and it is gooood. We sat there for a few hours talking with the locals and joking around with the kids that sell things on the street. Then we got the kids to point us out a real live ladyboy across the street, with a guy sitting there with his arm around her acting cool... little did he know... "
So I am seeing that he went and saw the filming at Khao San Road on the 18th and had alcohol on that evening.
We'll Slowhatch can see the exact time the photo was taken. Maybe he could tell us.
apskip:
Based on what I know and identifying speculation as such, here is what I have for the update ARA3 Timeline:
before May 19 unknown if it exists at all; might possibly be Colombo Sri Lanka
May19/20 Bangkok
choice of 4 flights Bangkok to Beijing:
TG614 1040 1620
MS960 1300 1830
TG674 0035 0615
AC980 0120 0645
May 20/21 Beijing (note - the sighting in the PEK airport was before 935am on May 20)
PEK BKK TG675 0830 1215 connecting in Bangkok to TG116 BKK CNX 1715 1825
May 22/23 Chiang Mai - differences of opinion on whether this was really ARA3
CNX BKK TG103 0945 1055 connecting Bangkok to AF164 1325 1450
May 24/25 Saigon(Ho Chi Minh City)
trains leave Saigon 1900, 2300, 1305 and 1545 and arriving Hue 1551, 1636, 0808 and 1520
May 26/27/28 Hue/Hanoi
Vietnam Airlines 240 HUI HAN 0800 0910
Vietnam Airlines 244 1210 1320
Vietnam Airlines 246 2135 2245
Vietnam Airways 790 HAN HKG 1105 1355
Vietnam Airways 792 HAN HKG 1910 2000
May 29/30 Hong Kong
HAN HKG Vietnam Airways 790 1105 1355
May 31/June1 Singapore airport(does not mean stopping in Singapore, although that may have happened)
either Singapore Airlines or Cathay Pacific HKG SIN at 0855, 1050, 1120, 1330, 1415, 1600, 1615, 1830, 2000, 2015
Between Saigon and Hue, I have left a blank until I cen find the schedule for the train. Teams could have flown that leg, but reports were that they did not. Vietnam Airlines has 100 minute nonstops between SGN HUI at 0730, 1130 and 1630.
JonLover:
I am having connection problem here.
Anyways, I have to agree with apskip that the Beijing sighting was probably on the 20th or 19th based on my interpretation of the blog.
I just would like to add this. This is maybe just an speculation but who knows this might help us.
I visited Allan Wu's blog at http://www.alivenotdead.com/allanwu#return-xspace-entry159157 and the last entry he made was on the 17th of May. He stopped writing from that time on.
puddin:
Thats good info JonLover as well as good detective work, thank you.
Your linking is fine, if you need help navigating the forum feel free to private message me or email me puddin.pies@gmail.com << don't laugh! its's all I could come up with at the time :lol:
georgiapeach:
Okay, I am going to jump in here too.
The race starting on either May 18 or 19 is nearly 100% certain based on private info from someone in contact with production. :angel:
It definitely did not start sooner, and I have no idea where Sri Lanka came from. :res:
The race almost certainly started in Beijing and we see them leaving there on the 20th.
We have photo evidence from 2 separate photos dated 5/20 in Khao San Road Bangkok already so there are no doubts about that date at all for the eating task.
I agree w/ apskip that I am also not willing to discount the Chiang Mai sighting yet. That race is a 6-8 hour adventure challenge more along the lines of an IronMan race. There would be no reason for them to be in the airport at all, and I can find no evidence that they are filmed. I have written the race organizers for confirmation on that and have sent a message to the blogger asking for further info as well, so perhaps we will find out?
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