Episode 4 of TARA 3

by TequilaMoon Fri 26 Sep 2008, 10:03 am

THE AMAZING RACE ASIA season 3
episode #4
October 2, 2008

7 teams remain. Who will be eliminated next?

Henry + Bernie [MAL]
Sam + Vince [HK]
Ida + Tania [MAL]
A.D. + Fuzzie [SIN]
Geoff + Tisha [PHI]
Mai + Oliver [THA]
Kapil + Niroo [IND]
Their averages:
Henry + Bernie [MAL] = 1.67
Sam + Vince [HK] = 4
Geoff + Tisha [PHI] = 4
Ida + Tania [MAL] = 4.67
A.D. + Fuzzie [SIN] = 4.67
Mai + Oliver [THA] = 5
Kapil + Niroo [IND] = 6.67

Natalie + Pailin = 6.33 (eliminated)
Isaac + William = 7.5 (eliminated)
Neena + Amit = 10 (eliminated)

by **farah91** Fri 26 Sep 2008, 10:05 am

what's up with the point anyway?

by TequilaMoon Fri 26 Sep 2008, 10:15 am

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Driving1

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Car1

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Eating1

Is it time for a u-turn or a yield yet?

TAR 12 episodes.
1: elimination
2: elimination
3: elimination
4: u-turn -> elimination
5: FF -> elimination
6: elimination
7: FF -> NEL
8: Speed Bump -> u-turn -> elimination
9: NEL
10: Speed Bump -> elimination
11: finale

by TequilaMoon Fri 26 Sep 2008, 10:24 am

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Smudgeqe6

The editors don't want us to spoil. They smudge out the writings.
So sad.

by TequilaMoon Fri 26 Sep 2008, 10:31 am

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations 3columnsow0

3-column writings on the painting. For sure it's not English.
It's either Chinese, Japanese, or Korean.

by TequilaMoon Fri 26 Sep 2008, 10:35 am

farah91 wrote:what's up with the point anyway?

It's just the average of their placements.
By looking at it, we can see that Henry & Bernie are a strong team to beat.

Beside, there's nothing else to do so I just make the conversation longer. Hehe.
This episode has nothing to spoil so I just talk and talk. lol.

by TequilaMoon Fri 26 Sep 2008, 10:40 am

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Building1be8

Name that building. And is that a crab? Hmm.

by **Avalanche** Fri 26 Sep 2008, 12:47 pm

TequilaMoon wrote:

Name that building. And is that a crab? Hmm.

Wow TequilaMoon im glad you are back. so happy to see you . and you're so good to visualize a building from the food. That is replica of a building right? and it looks like the Taipei 101. Im sad if we're not going to Laos. Sad

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Ou2ykp

by TequilaMoon Fri 26 Sep 2008, 1:13 pm

RFF confirms it's Taiwan. It's time for a Sony or Standard Chartered Bank task.

Standard Chartered Bank

Address:
168,, Tun Hwa North Road, Taipei, Taiwan

Opening Hours:
8.45am - 5.15pm Mon - Fri

by **Avalanche** Fri 26 Sep 2008, 1:17 pm

Taiwan? Okay.

ronhahetaf (LOL)

you're right. i was laughing with your idea about anticipating product endorsements again. sooooo true!

by TequilaMoon Fri 26 Sep 2008, 1:23 pm

http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Sony_Fair_2008_starts_in_Taipei,_Taiwan_with_%22HD_Entertainment_Park%22

Sony is big business in Taiwan. They had a Sony fair in April 2008. TARA3 just missed it.

by **camomile** Fri 26 Sep 2008, 1:23 pm

I just want to say, in this leg 4 maybe

Yield/U-turn ----> NEL

But possibility yield. U-turn maybe later leg....

Leg 5 maybe
Speedbump/FF ----> EL

My perception only...

by **Avalanche** Fri 26 Sep 2008, 1:32 pm

But please don't give us "get-a-local-sing-a-song-recorded-on-sony" task. I'm tired of it. I know the challenges with product placements are always cheesy.

Yes, I go for NEL this time and probably U-turn or yield. both are interesting.

But the father and son are threatening to quit. They don't know to maneuver the car. Laughing

by TequilaMoon Fri 26 Sep 2008, 1:52 pm

I think the eating task is a Roadblock. One guy is standing and doing nothing. Hmm.

by **farah91** Fri 26 Sep 2008, 2:05 pm

if the eating one is a roadblock,then oliver and ida have to do it again??
ida already did the roadblock and oliver too in yesterday episode..
just not fair la..

by **sprity** Fri 26 Sep 2008, 3:01 pm

its really bad to hear that Niroo n kapil saying that they are going to quit....

by **JonL0ver** Fri 26 Sep 2008, 5:35 pm

Good job TequilaMoon, Avalanche, Camomile, Farah, Sprity, Alna nd the rest.

Wow, Taiwan. I am kinda excited to see more of Taiwan.

by **JonL0ver** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 2:10 am

Maybe we can ask Benjbuddy to do this for us. I know he knows a technique how to read blurred texts. Benj, where are you? Elmer ( Hi)

TequilaMoon wrote:

The editors don't want us to spoil. They smudge out the writings.
So sad.

by TequilaMoon Sat 27 Sep 2008, 3:45 am

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Charterbank2il7

Standard Chartered bank logo. Maybe there's a bank task.

by **Avalanche** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 12:17 pm

I think this is the first time we are going to see the racers driving themselves a car to the locations. Well the cyclo in Hue and off-road buggy in Chiang Mai are part of a task.

And how sure are we they went straight to Taiwan from Hue? troll

Laos here we come.

by **JonL0ver** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 1:01 pm

You mean Hue-Laos-Taiwan? I don't have an idea but they were in Hong Kong in the 29th of May.They were seen around 5-6pm.

Assuming they were relesed in Hue at 4am of 26th May, that gives us 3 days. Hmm, do we think they were in Taiwan for 3 days?

I got the point. But I am still clueless.

And I am trying to look for a restaurant with a wall of bricks. I think I give up. All countries have a restaurant that looks like that. Cam

by **Nazrin** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 1:18 pm

if the eating one is a roadblock,then oliver and ida have to do it again??
ida already did the roadblock and oliver too in yesterday episode..
just not fair la..

=====

It's fair lah... =]..

by **eragon** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 3:24 pm

are you sure its Taiwan? transportation in Taiwan is very easy... you can hire taxis there so why teams should use private vehicles?

by **JonL0ver** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 3:57 pm

eragon wrote:are you sure its Taiwan? transportation in Taiwan is very easy... you can hire taxis there so why teams should use private vehicles?

Well, they say it's Taiwan based on the car number. The reason for them to use car probably is to confuse them with the road signs in Taiwan which are written in Chinese.

If this is the case then this is an advantage for those who can read Chinese characters like Sam and Vince, A.D. and Fuzzie or the Malaysians.

But I want to see them in Latin America also. Very Happy

by **eragon** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 5:12 pm

I checked the plate numbers earlier and found out that Taiwan plate numbers have a chinese character on it.

by **JonL0ver** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 5:23 pm

eragon wrote:I checked the plate numbers earlier and found out that Taiwan plate numbers have a chinese character on it.

Good one Eragon. Can you post her the link or the picture? They say there is a new rule making the car numbers in Taiwan just like what is seen in the preview. It's newly implemented as they claimed.

How about Hainan? Very Happy

In Sanya?

by **eragon** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 5:57 pm

wait jon... I'm searching it again

by **eragon** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 6:03 pm

by **JonL0ver** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 6:12 pm

Good job, Eragon Very Happy

I cut the picture to show the right corner. Are the ones inside the red box the latest? What year?

Hmmm, where do you think they have gone to Eragon. I am also searching but this time it's really hard. Hehe

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Car_pl10

by **farah91** Sat 27 Sep 2008, 8:58 pm

wow!
u guys are sooooo good in this job la.. benjbuddy (OK)

by TequilaMoon Sun 28 Sep 2008, 12:54 am

6 weeks ago, JonL0ver says:

If they had 23 days to film the first two seasons, then they had it this time for 20 days or less??

20 May - Bangkok, Thailand
21 May - Chiang Mai, Thailand
21-22 May - Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Vietnam
23 May - Saigon or Hue
24 May - Saigon or Hue
25 May - Hue, Vietnam
26 May -
27 May -
28 May -
29 May - Hong Kong
30 May - Macau
31 May -back to Hong Kong then Singapore to Cochin, India
01 June-Cochin, India
02 June-
03 June-
04 June
05 June-
06 June-
07 June-
08 June-
___________
That's 20 days!

by **eragon** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 10:46 am

@Jon: I searched all the possible countries in Asia that they had gone to, but I failed... Do you think they went beyond Asia?

by **eragon** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 10:49 am

@jon: the second one oin the red box, is the latest of them all (2001), so its already 7 years ago...

by **Avalanche** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 11:57 am

yes, i think they went beyond Asia because I read an article published in Hong Kong that the filming was in Asia and Europe. I look at that article again.

by **Avalanche** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 12:33 pm

Since I want them to go to Laos, i focusing more about Ventianne and Prabang. I don't know if these will help

1. .....drive on the right.........
****We see from the preview, they're driving on the right side of the road

2. Vientiane
is a large town of about 250,000 people. Mostly a mixture of chinese
shop houses, socialist architecture and french colonial.. all in a
light covering of dust.
*****We also see from the video they're eating in a restaurant with lots of chinese characters but looks like a French building also

SOURCE: http://www.geocities.com/asiaoverland2000/Borderthailao.html

by **Avalanche** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 2:21 pm

I've searched car numbers for all the Asian Countries in the Far East and South Asia excluding Middle East and the Stan countries and this is what I got.

Comparing it to that car number in the preview, these countries are the closest. Laos, Brunei and Taiwan.

LAOS: Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations 65016s

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations 65016s

BRUNEI:

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations 2cwy0p

TAIWAN:

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations O76ets

TAIWAN:

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Wnz8z

by **JonL0ver** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 2:40 pm

Okay so how can we trim down our option to only one country?

Look at this:

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Previe11

We have noted earlier it looks like Taipei 101 but for me it looks like more of an Arabian Dome or Mosque. It's closer also to the temples in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand.

If we can figure out that replica then definitely we are in that country. Laughing

by **JonL0ver** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 2:44 pm

Any ideas what are these paintings in the wall? These might have something to do with the history of that country. Let's try to figure out.

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Previe12

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Previe13

by **JonL0ver** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 3:08 pm

JonL0ver wrote:Okay so how can we trim down our option to only one country?

Look at this:

We have noted earlier it looks like Taipei 101 but for me it looks like more of an Arabian Dome or Mosque. It's closer also to the temples in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand.

If we can figure out that replica then definitely we are in that country.

I have searched also for domes, temples, buildings in Laos, Brunei and Taiwan. That replica is like the Palace of the Sultan of Brunei. Razz

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Brunei14

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Brunei11

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Brunei12

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Brunei13

by **Nazrin** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 4:23 pm

Yeah, look the same to me Jon..

How about the portrait?

by **JonL0ver** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 4:57 pm

Hi Phe, yes, we are looking for the portrait also. Maybe you can help us since you are very near Brunei. You're just an hour drive to Darussalam,right? Or probably you have friends in Brunei who can help us identify the portraits.

Moving on to this picture:

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Plate10

There are texts there right? Are they in Chinese characters or in other form of writings?

Can someone enlarge the photo? Phe? troll

by **JonL0ver** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 5:44 pm

Just to add this:

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Previe15

Kapil: We quit!
Niroo: We want to go back home...that's all

JUST A THOUGHT TO PONDER:

Do you think the show is deceiving us to think they are the last team to check in?

by **Nazrin** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 6:39 pm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Brunei

I don't think they went to Brunei.. hmm...

by ching Sun 28 Sep 2008, 7:01 pm

Avalanche wrote:I've searched car numbers for all the Asian Countries in the Far East and South Asia excluding Middle East and the Stan countries and this is what I got.

Comparing it to that car number in the preview, these countries are the closest. Laos, Brunei and Taiwan.

LAOS:

BRUNEI:

TAIWAN:

TAIWAN:

the lisence plate is not from Brunei.. since I am from Brunei, our car license plate starts with BA, BC, (starts with letter B as well as K like KG,), followed by 3 digit or 4digit number.

by ching Sun 28 Sep 2008, 7:08 pm

JonL0ver wrote:
JonL0ver wrote:Okay so how can we trim down our option to only one country?

Look at this:

We have noted earlier it looks like Taipei 101 but for me it looks like more of an Arabian Dome or Mosque. It's closer also to the temples in Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Thailand.

If we can figure out that replica then definitely we are in that country.

I have searched also for domes, temples, buildings in Laos, Brunei and Taiwan. That replica is like the Palace of the Sultan of Brunei.

uhm..i can't recognize the dome or mosque in the food, but i think that is not in Brunei cos is there any food that is hard for them to eat in Brunei?.. I think no..

by **Avalanche** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 7:21 pm

Thank you Ching and Nazrin. We are happy to see someone from Brunei here. But I love them to go to Brunei. Hehe

Ching, have you seen the preview? Can you identify if there is a restaurant like that in Brunei?

So this plate number below is not Brunei?

JonL0ver wrote:
Moving on to this picture:

by **Avalanche** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 7:24 pm

So this makes Laos and Taiwan as the possible location. although they are saying Taiwan, i am not yet giving up Laos. Sad

by **Nazrin** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 8:00 pm

yeah, the plate number is not Brunei..

Hmm..

JJ = New Zealand ??

by **JonL0ver** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 9:21 pm

Ching. Thanks for the information. JonLover (Thank You)

If that is the case I bet on Taiwan. Sorry Avalanche but I am more convinced it is Taiwan.

How about they go to Laos first then to Taiwan? Do they have enought time?

TequilaMoon wrote:6 weeks ago, JonL0ver says:

If they had 23 days to film the first two seasons, then they had it this time for 20 days or less??

20 May - Bangkok, Thailand
21 May - Chiang Mai, Thailand
21-22 May - Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) Vietnam
23 May - Saigon or Hue
24 May - Saigon or Hue
25 May - Hue, Vietnam
26 May -
27 May -
28 May -
29 May - Hong Kong
30 May - Macau
31 May -back to Hong Kong then Singapore to Cochin, India
01 June-Cochin, India
02 June-
03 June-
04 June
05 June-
06 June-
07 June-
08 June-
___________
That's 20 days!

From Allan Wu's blog (http://www.alivenotdead.com/allanwu), he posted a picture that was taken on 26th May 2008 at 2:05 AM

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Allanw10

...and just as the teams are still licking their wounds and trying to get some much-needed rest, another beautiful morning in Hue is upon race so we'll be off racing again soon!

Meaning, when he took this picture, they were preparing for the pitstart. Bernie and Henry checked in approximately 3 AM in Hue.

by **JonL0ver** Sun 28 Sep 2008, 9:26 pm

Episode 4 of TARA 3 -Spoilers and Speculations Allanw11

Is this still Hue, Vietnam or the next destination? Shocked

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