Here's what I think/hope could happen:
First teams are released from the 12 hour Pitstop about 1030 PM on 5/21, with another group of teams released close to 1230AM 5/22.
(Times based on Chateau estimates).
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,15379.msg350052.html#msg350052The clue directs them to the X-centre where they encounter Hours of Op and are bunched till AM.
As a matter of interest the Amazing Race Asia did pass through Chiang Mai recently, it's yet to be aired and no one locally knew about it at the time except the owner of the X-Centre where part of it took place.
http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,15379.msg302615.html#msg302615In the morning of 5/22 they have a paintball challenge:
http://www.chiangmai-xcentre.com/chiangmai_paintball.htmhttp://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,15379.msg349874.html#msg349874X-Centre Special Events Diary
2008 Filming for AXN TV Series "Amazing Race Asia" Series 3 to be Viewed Internationally. Buggy Challenge and Paintball Challenge.
(find credited to puddin)
Teams then are instructed to fly to HCMC (Saigon)
Seen at the airport on 5/22 after 2 PM are AD/Fuzzie/Geoff/Tisha, and a M/M team.
Some teams catch (flight info per apskip)
TG111 CNX BKK 1440 1550 connecting with TG686 BKK SGN 1815
1945arriving in Saigon in time to be spotted at the Q-bar after 10PM that night (5/22) (info courtesy of Chami via JonLover--date correction by me)
Others (including Natalie/Pailin) miss that flight and are forced to sleep in the airport either in Chiang Mai or in Bangkok untill they can catch one of these flights :
alternative could be one of 5 CNX BKK flights remaining 1915 through 0945, with TG127 2100 2210 or May 23 TG125 0700 0810 most applicable. Both of those connect on
May 23 with TG680 0900
1030;
So those who miss the 1440 flight out of Chiang Mai can NOT arrive HCMC before 5/23 1030.
Teams then proceed to a flower shop near Ben Thanh market to collect their next clue.
From the spoiler info:
**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.Teams then ?deliver something in green baskets to a location in Saigon. (promo)
In the afternoon teams eventually arrive at the Jeane d'arc church where they are told to keep on racing. (Henry crying on Bernie's shoulder between 1-4PM)
Then per spoiler info they travel to SW Vietnam by bus.
Spoiler info says:
** 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.Additionally, at some point we see teams rappelling.
Could this be at the X-centre in Chiang Mai? (doubt) Or is it in the Mekong Delta somewhere? Spoiler info then says:
**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. where the Korean team is eliminated.
Is the spoiler info correct? We don't know.BUT we do know that the spoiler info has teams arriving widely separated in HCMC:
confirmed by flight data and some teams missing a flight
We do know that spoiler info places the teams near the Ben Tranh market:
confirmed by our detectives placing teams on the street near the market.
If this much is correct, then there is still hope for the rest....
Guess we will find out soon!
WIsh I was as talented as farwest and could make pretty gifs to go with all this info...but oh well!