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TARA 3 Episode Recaps by TARAsiaFan **contains spoilers**

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georgiapeach:
Congrats Ken, that's HUGE! :cheer:

If he lived thru all that, I'll just bet he did enjoy it, lol!

I don't know whether to hope she was just having a bad day....or hope for more great Flo-ish moments!  :jumpy:

TARAsia Fan:
We want more conflict. TAR is built on that! :lol: :lol:

TARAsia Fan:
I still have a long way to go in this recap. I'm probably halfway done. I lost time when I had to work on Sunday. Anyway, here's a preview:


--- Quote ---Next to leave is the Asian version of Team Who (Dave & Jeff from TAR4), William & Isaac. Rarely will I use a reference from the Television Without Pity boards, but this one is totally appropriate. The name Team Who stuck for Dave & Jeff because they were both devoid of personality. After watching that season in reruns on GSN, I totally saw the point because not only were they boring, but they showed nothing and eventually became the second team not to make the finish line (following Team Guido in the original TAR). So coming back to this season, William & Isaac have basically spoken in one monotone voice, have not shown any emotion, have not smiled or frowned and have no personality, thus the Asian Team Who moniker. And they talk about being happy not to have been the first one out. Again, prophetic.

Asian Team Who is followed by Vince & Sam, AD & Fuzzie, then Niroo & Kapil. The Indian father-son team are the last to leave at 1:29 a.m., almost three hours after Mai & Oliver, but thanks to the Hours of Operation at Flight of the Gibbon, everyone will be bunched.

The eight teams other than Mai & Oliver who are sound asleep take taxis or songtels to Mae Kampong and start taking numbers. Vince & Sam arrive first and will get on the zipline first. AD & Fuzzie are next followed by Ida & Tania, then Niroo & Kapil and Henry & Bernie. While in their cab, Natalie tells Pailin since Flight of the Gibbon doesn't open until 7:30, they can take it easy, but Pailin who seems to be a fan of the race knows that you have to get a number.

Mai & Oliver have finally hit the road thinking that they'll be first in line, but they will have a rude awakening when they get to the Hours of Operation.

Geoff & Tisha and William & Isaac will take the zipline 6th and 7th respectively. Then Pailin is proven right as she picks the 8th spot and you would think that Natalie would have learned a lesson, but as we'll see, she does not.

Finally, here come Oliver and Princess, skipping into Mae Kampong, thinking that they're in first, only to realize that they've not only lost their lead, but they're to go on the zipline dead last. They've learned a valuable lesson about the race. Never assume anything.
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I hope to be finished by the time the third episode comes out.

puddin:
Thanks Ken :<3
I still have not watched the middle of the show, I saw the beginning and end so I'll wait to read the recap rather than watching it.
My fav part during the paintball .."run, like Jamie Sommers!" , lmao

TARAsia Fan:
I think I might be able to finish this tonight. But then, I have two recaps to do this weekend.  :ascared :ascared

Here's another preview for you.


--- Quote ---At Chiang Mai Airport, teams start arriving in rapid fire fashion. Mai is finally informed by Isaac that they're going to Vietnam, not China and it hits Oliver that the little Princess was thinking about Mao Zedong (maybe Isaac told him). It's a nice bit of comic relief.

Meanwhile, we get a little bit of airport drama which I hate transcribing, especially when it goes overboard like in the last season of The Amazing Race. Since this airport drama is important to the next part of this episode, I'll recap it for you.

Henry is able to find a flight heading into HCMC through Siem Reap, Cambodia. He & Bernie are the first to book this flight followed by Geoff & Tisha and AD & Fuzzie. Fuzzie informs Henry that they chose the right flight because today's flight going to HCMC through Bangkok is full.

BQII tries to find a flight through Bangkok as do Mai & Oliver and Asian Team Who. They discover that the next available flight to Ho Chi Minh City is not until 9 a.m., the following day which will put them way behind the six other teams. Mai says there doesn't seem to any other way? Did she bother to check? Why were three other teams able to find alternate routes?

Then the final two teams to reach Chiang Mai Airport, Niroo & Kapil and Vince & Sam are also able to get on the flight to Siem Reap so what gives here? Are the others so vapid that they aren't able to look for another flight? By the time BQII, Asian Team Who and Oliver & the Princess arrive in HCMC, they'll be racing for two spots in the next leg and one of them will be eliminated.

So these three teams are on their way to Bangkok where they will stay overnight until the following morning. To be honest, this is some bad travel planning by these three teams. We'll see if it comes back to bite them in the next leg or if there's a massive bunching saving them.

Once in Bangkok, Mai & Oliver and Asian Team Who look for cheap accommodations to stay overnight. Pailin decides that since they can't afford a hotel, BQII will sleep at the airport. This devastates Natalie and she proclaims this as "the worst thing that could happen to us on the race." Are you kidding me?? The worst thing that could happen to you on the race is to get eliminated! Sleeping at the airport is nothing and believe it or not, it's actually one of the safest places you could be! But no, Natalie has a meltdown. She starts to whine, cry, bitch, moan and begins to think that she could get killed in the airport. Please. Pailin is the one thinking rationally since she knows they don't have a lot of money. If they had to, I guess they could have doubled up with one of the other teams, but Pailin chose not to. Natalie, being Miss Universe, decides if she doesn't have First Class accommodations, she's going to shut down. And I was thinking in the first episode that she was going to the stronger of BQII, instead, she's whining like a baby.
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