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TARA 3 - Episode 3 Discussion Thread ****HOT spoilers--beware!****

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georgiapeach:
Putting it together from earlier:
Departures:

Henry Bernie 5AM

Travel to Hue
search bus station for next clue

AD/Fuzzie 535AM

Vince Sam 540AM

Niroo-Kapil 602

Geoff-Tisha 635AM

Ida/Tania 708AM

Natalie/Palin 1130AM

Mai/Oliver 1138AM

Bus 1: henry/bernie, Niroo/Kapil,

Bus 2 Vince/Sam, AD/Fuzzie, Geoff/Tisha

Bus 3 Ida/Tania

Bus 4? Nat/Pailin, Mai/Oliver

Bus 1 has a flat but I think still arrives first
Bus 2 also has a problem?
Bus 3 arrives second?

Go to Caltex and change a tire>>hours of op  teams bunch

Boingo:
 :lol:  BTW, where exactly was the pitstop in the Hue leg?   And where exactly did they ride the cyclos to/from?  Thanks.   :hugs:

bikermama:
Well, I'd hate to spoil Calvin's fun, so he can do the nitty gritty on locations and clues, while I focus on the editorializing. In a nutshell:

The teams are forced to take a 25-hour bus ride from HCM to Hue. Despite the first bus getting a flat, it still manages to arrive in Hue ahead. The first task is the changing of tires and oil at Caltex. Henry & Bernie take the lead, but leave on a jeep with a faulty alternator. So at each stop (and there are several!), they need to jumpstart their vehicle.

They go to a park (sorry, am bad at names and places) where they must collect 7 brass disks and information about 7 Viet emperors. Only thing is most of the racers are so caught up in getting the disks that they forget to gather information.

This shortsightedness cost Neero/Kapil and both Thai teams big time, because when they return to cluebox, they must arrange the disks in order of the emperors' reigns. The first set of teams actually start paying each other forward, by sharing the correct answer, but somewhere along the way, the chain of favors breaks. This leaves Natalie so frustrated that she defaults on the challenge (knowing that her team is last and must suffer a four-hour penalty).

Anyway, this half of the leg is so tedious that the some of the racers actually find time to tell Tish to get her boyfriend fixed (or else).

Next, the racers choose between threshing of rice and rolling of incense sticks. All but Geoff and Tish pursue the incense sticks. Geoff, being impatient as usual, gives up and drags his girlfriend to rice field. Luckily for him, the last 3 teams (the Thai teams and Niroo/Kapil) are so far behind, his change of heart doesn't do his team much harm.

After the break, the racers are directed to take rickshaws--or cyclos, as they're called--to the pitstop. In a fit of overthinking, Henry/Bernie, Vince/Sam, Ida/Tania, and AD/Fuzzie completely miss the clues, which sit right on top of the vehicles.

As we've all seen in the previews, everyone sucks on cyclos. Except maybe for Geoff & Tish, whose ride is so uneventful, it's barely even shown. Henry/Bernie do take a nasty spill, but to their credit, they get back on the saddle and pedal to First Place.

As for the rest of the teams, you've seen the ranking. Fuzzie could have gotten her team in a better position, had she not taken a breather before walking to the Pit Stop--although I recall AZ doing most of the cyclo-driving.

Anyway, Natalie and Pailin arrive last. Queen Nat, perhaps thinking that this leg would be a NEL and that a 4-hour penalty would not be fatal, realizes her mistake and is sent home.

So there. All in all, Henry/Bernie and Vince/Sam seem to be the Team Marvil and The Boyfriends of Season 3. Bernie gets teary-eyed with relief, proving that Henry does not own the monopoly on tear ducts. Also: Geoff finally cracks under the pressure he has brought on himself and allows himself a "manly" cry (as opposed to a Henry-type sobbing).

Lastly, if I made a mistake by putting my recap here, Ms. Peach, feel free to move this to the right thread.




  

calv_10:
way to go bikermama. it took me longer than expected write mine up.

if you guys are looking for a longer version than that of biker, here's my post:
http://www.calvinshub.com/2008/09/26/the-amazing-race-asia-3-episode-3/

G'night everyone!

georgiapeach:
Thank you calvin as always! :kuss:

That is perfect bikermama!! Thanks! :hugs:

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