Episode 8 of TARA 3 - Spoilers and Speculations

OMG, I am impressed Julsrum13. You are right. So, the harness we are seeing is not of the skyjump but of the bungy jump, right?

Great eyes you have there.So they will do bungy jump and not skyjump.

If it is a skyjump, their body should be in parallel to the ground right. If it's a bungee jump, their body should be vertical to the ground or their head should be pointing the ground which in this case we see in Ida's and Tisha's jump.

Yeah.. Most of harness is tied up below the feet when you did a bungee jump that's why your whole body will look like a needle that was falling while in Sky jump, the harness will be around your back that's why your body was forming like a letter "C" after you jumped.

In the preview, both of them fell like a needle..

sprity wrote:A shop in cochin market.....

Sprity might be right here that the video showing Geoff carrying the fish is at COCHIN PORT







In the screen caps above, we can tell the place is in the seashore. The fishes are lying in the sand. In that picture of Cochin Port Market provided by Sprity, it's pretty obvious the market is also in the sand.

And considering the proximity of the port to Cochin Airport where they will come from, it's logical to assume this is the first task in India.

jon is there any other screen shot u can post here about the pitstop...
it really difficult to track where ida is standing....

if i can get scrrenshot of any building where the racers are moving or performing task it will be good to track them....

iam happy JON..... the two things red bus and fish stall has helped to find something about the race.....

i'm searching for the pitstop because I'm bored... hehe

is it the Royal Palace?

Thank you so much Sprity for the big help. Good job. Excellent.

But unfortunately, we don't have other vidcap of the pitstop except this one from Banzai



It's a lake or a river right? It could be a park or a hotel near the river. How about in Willingdon Island?

eragon wrote:i'm searching for the pitstop because I'm bored... hehe

is it the Royal Palace?

Great job Eragon. Try to look a picture of the place then compare it to the vidcap. Good luck.

Well, maybe the confessionals were filmed at the back of the palace... it's somehow similar to the place where G&T made their confessionals... just my thought... I'll try other places..

Eragon, I assume that picture is the Royal Palace. Do we have a picture of its back? I am looking but I can't see one yet.

I can't find anything too!!

I just found another one... Mermaid Day's Inn

The picture Eragon has posted is the Cochin Hill Palace. But the pitstop where G/T are having confessional looks like Cochin Port also

another pic of Cochin Hill Palace

Eragon, it should be like this. I took the picture of the man in a lake and the background is similar to the background of Tisha and Geoff vidcap.

The man named the picture as "JIBU IN THE HELM". I don't know if Jibu is a person or a place

Here are some pictures of Taj Malabar in Cochin

I went again into the album of that lady and I saw one picture which is similar where G/T are sitting. I also observed that in her captions of picture she always says "KERALA BACKWATER" So, can we tell that the river or lake in G/T vidcap is the Kerala Backwater?

I guess so, I think the pit stop is somewhere along KERALA BACKWATER. And Sprity mentioned about the CATAMARAM in his earlier post in this thread.

Guys, in Kerala Backwater, it is here where you see Catamaram. Will they ride this wooden boat?



JK and Eragon, are the landmarks in your pictures near Kerala Backwater?

KERALA BACKWATER ----- some attractive places for tourist

Bolghatty Palace:
This Dutch palace is situated on the Bolghatty island.The island has a
fine golf course and the panoramic view makes it an attractive picnic
spot.

Chinese Fishing Nets:
The Chinese fishing nets found here are the only ones of its kind in
India. It is believed that traders from the court of the Chinese ruler
Kublai Khan introduced these nets here.

Dutch Palace:
The place has a fine collection of mural paintings depicting the scenes
from the Hindu epics Mahabharatha and Ramayana.
Fort Kochi beach:
A stroll along the beach, particularly at sunset with the Chinese
fishing nets and sailing ships in the background, is a fine experience.


Hill Palace:
The palace has been converted into a museum displaying a fine
collection of articles used by the Rajas of Kochi apart from many
archaeological findings.

If u look at hill palace it says it was a palace later turned into Museum....


so if racers are having a task in musuem or near it then we are tracking in the rite path.....

From my bestfriend Wikipedia, it says:

The Kerala backwaters are a chain of brackish lagoons and lakes lying parallel to the Arabian Sea coast (known as the Malabar Coast) of Kerala state in southern India. The network includes five large lakes linked by canals, both manmade and natural, fed by 38 rivers, and extending virtually half the length of Kerala state. The backwaters were formed by the action of waves and shore currents creating low barrier islands across the mouths of the many rivers flowing down from the Western Ghats range.

Kerala has over 900 km of interconnected waterways, rivers, lakes and inlets that make up the Kerala backwaters. In the midst of this beautiful landscape there are a number of towns and cities, which are the starting and end points of backwater cruises.National Waterway No. 3 from Kollam to Kottapuram, covers a distance of 205 km and runs almost parallel to the coast line of southern Kerala facilitating both cargo movement and backwater tourism.

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Sure, that lake is the Kerala Backwater. Youa re all great.

jk is also right. Taj Malabar is near Kerala Backwater.

sorry jon.... wat u showed in th pic is not catamaram.....

it is boat house....

the catamaram looks like this....

sprity wrote:sorry jon.... wat u showed in th pic is not catamaram.....

it is boat house....

Okay, I stand corrected. So, there are not going to use any catamaram but they might be riding the boat house. (idk) Right?

hello ppl..
just came back from holiday..yeay
Wow i miss a lot of thing here

We welcome you back Nikano. Nice to have you again here. Enjoy and have fun.

Ida Nerina loves extreme sports

We have to have a summary of the points we have discussed. The thread is so long now. Jon do it.

ok guys... this wat I think will happen in the next leg...

1. team will start and receive their next clue to Macau Tower...

2. At Macau Tower, team must do both bungy jump and skyjump... hehehe... or only bungy jump. I think this is not a roadblock... this is the same with the fish task in Hong Kong... an equaliser task for the other team caught up with the leading team... clue direct them to fly to Cochin, India...

3. Arrive at the international airport (situated on Wellingdon Island), team need toafter go to Fort Cochin. Maybe before going to Fort Cochin, team need to go another place to retrieve the route info...

4. At Fort Cochin, its detour... choose between carrying the swordfish or go to the Indo Portugese Museum there... the swordfish is the physical task while the museum is a mental task... ths museum is situated at Fort Cochin

5. After detour, need to go to another place to retrieve a route info... after got the route info.. its now roadblock... i still dont have any ideas on the roadblock yet... this part maybe absent if we consider the Macau Tower is the roadblock... but I'm thinking on the chinese net, doing kriket, going to temple for the roadblock...

6. The pitstop... I was thinking the Dutch Palace... Dutch palace is next to the Kerala backwaters, while Wellingdon Island as the background.... This is an elimination leg... if i'm not mistaken Dutch palace also got accomodation...

this is what i've been thinking the whole nite... is this gud enough..???

Wow, AL-Hafyz. That's pretty interesting. My speculation is almost similar to yours. I will come up with my share later.

There is one thing that Im curious at. I love the part when you said they will do a task in the Indo-Portuguese Museum. Nice idea. But would you like to explain how did you arrive at that conclusion? Love to hear it.

Avalanche wrote:We have to have a summary of the points we have discussed. The thread is so long now. Jon do it.

Ohh. If I am not that busy I will do it. But you can read my blog every now then since I am publishing there what we are talking here. That could be the summary.

Okay, I do what Al-Hafyz did.

My fearless forecast:

1. Teams take a bungy jumo in Macau Tower to receive the next clue

2. Travel to Cochin India

3. Detour: Feed or Fish..In fish, team will go to Cochin Port, take a fish and deliver to somewhere. In Feed, go to an animal (elephant or turkey?) sanctuary, feed them to get the next clue.

4. Roadblock

5. Pitstop at Hill Palace Museum
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1st: Tisha and Geoff
2nd: Bernie and Henry
3rd: Sam and Vince
4th: Ida and Tania
5th: AD and Fuzzie - ELIMINATED

The order of the the teams are just my guess.

the indo Portuguese museum is just my guess... the detour task is always divided into completely different kind of task... physically and mentally challenge...

the fish carrying task should be the physical task... then the other detour task will be a less physical than the other one... i was just assuming the museum as the museum is situated at Fort Cochin...

i think that i want to change my forecast...

1. bungy jump in Macau

2. route info

3. roadblock (no idea what is the task could be)

4. route info - team need to retrieve clue in the Chinese net at Fort Cochin

5. detour - the carrying fish task and one less physical task (maybe go to the Indo Portuguese museum, or other)

6. Pitstop - Dutch Palace, also known as Mattencherry Palace

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The order of the team... same with JonL0ver's :o

JonLover...my prediction of the team is the same as urs .i have this feeling that ida n tania will be save :)

Wow, Nikano and Al-Hafyz. We all think the same huh.

Just bringing it here, from the Main Gallery of Spoilers. LOL


I have observe that TARA is doing 2 legs in one country.

Leg 1 - Thailand - exemption since this is the starting country
Leg 2 - Saigon, Vietnam
Leg 3 - Hue, Vietnam
Leg 4 - Taipei, Taiwan
Leg 5 - Taipei, Taiwan
Leg 6 - Hong Kong, China
Leg 7 - Macau, China
Leg 8 - Cochin, India
Leg 9 - India???????
Leg 10-Muscat, Oman
Leg 11-Oman????? back to Thailand?????

I think this is the end for Ida and Tania. They look very sad. That's not their personality when they are happy.

I am guessing they checked in 4th but because of the 30-minute penalty, they're overtaken by AD and Fuzzie.

I found out the pitstop. It's the BOLGATTY PALACE or COCHIN DUTCH PALACE



We are right with when we listed down the landmarks along Kerala Backwater. We mentioned Dutch Palace actually. Thanks to Sprity.

This might even be the exact location where they had the confessional.

Here is a view from Bolgatty Palace to the lake or river.

Uwaaa...i dont want Ida & Tania to be eliminated...

Good job Jon. You found it. I've gone crazy looking that place even if we have trimmed down our options by looking only the landmarks near the Backwater.

Yes, Ida and Tania might be going home now.

Thank you Avalanche.

Who will update us in this thread later? Please?

so we found their pitstop..... hurray.....

i'm still new here... so i'm having some difficulties in uploading some screencaps, pics... i was going to show the map Kerala... u guys can check it urself at http://maps.google.com/... i have some points to share...

1. the roadblock - i'm assuming the roadblock will be done at Ernakulum, one of the district in Cochin... Ernakulum is situated north-east of Wellingdon Island... Fort Cochin is west... From Ernakulum, they need to use a boat (catamaran) to go to Fort Cochin and vice versa...

2. the pitstop - our conclusion stated that the pitstop is either between Bolgatty Palace or Dutch Palace... Bolgatty situated western of Ernakulum while Dutch situated at Mattencherry, besides Fort Cochin... If the detour is the last task, we can conclude that Dutch Palace is the pitstop... If the roadblock is the last task, the possibilities of Bolgatty Palace becoming the pitstop is higher...

i hope that the forecast and the speculations that we had made are right... i'm speechless and my adrenaline is pumping just thinking on tonite's outcome...

about ida & tania... both of them will probably being eliminated after this... with Jon's pics and Mr McKay's statement.. i'm pretty sure about this... but i hope not...

Mr McKay's statement
I'll say Ida and Tania were lucky. It will be interesting to see if
their luck runs out this week. They carry a 30 minute penalty.

i've took the liberty to go through some of the Indian newspaper websites to find some spoilers that may have pop up like the Hong Kong leg... this is what i've found... not so much info on the task but this may spice things up...

Thrills galore The Amazing Race Asia 3 has all the
excitement

Catch all the action, drama and fireworks on this week’s “The Amazing
Race Asia 3”. Watch Ida and Tania as they struggle in this week’s
episode with two strikes against them. They must either come first in
the current leg of the race, or face a 30 minute penalty.

The team who comes first in the high-altitude challenge is in for
an elevated surprise! Instead of using the regular transportation, they
get a personal helicopter to fly them to their next destination. After
completing a challenge that involves families and friends from around
the world greeting them in a special way, many teams are in tears as
they get emotional.

Finally, when teams are faced with travelling to another country
without any direct flights, five teams take three different flights to
get to their destination. Sadly, one of the flights leaves a team far
behind than the others.

Since the cardinal rule has to be followed, the last team to arrive at the pit stop will be eliminated.
To find out which team gets eliminated, tune into The Amazing Asia 3 tonight at 10 p.m. on AXN.

i get this article from The Hindu (one of the local newspaper in India)(http://www.thehindu.com/thehindu/mp/2008/10/30/stories/2008103051640200.htm)... quite interesting... so how???? :?: :?: :?:

the only thing that i can conclude is the team that finish the bungy jump first, will get a personal helicopter for them to use. this answers our question about the helicopter...

do you think the bungee jump is not a roadblock?

Nice find Al-Hafyz!

OMG, thank you AL-Hafyz. Nice find. we are so proud of you.

SO THE HELICOPTER RIDE IS PART OF THE CHALLENGE!!!

It seems to me this is after the Macau Tower but I am little bit confused. It's also telling me it will be in India.

Oh, their fate will locked from the Singapore Airport in their choice of flight. I guess someone is going to Delhi or Mumbai for connections.

After completing a challenge that involves families and friends from around the world greeting them in a special way, many teams are in tears as they get emotional.

THIS IS A NOKIA CHALLENGE. THIS IS JUST LIKE THE PRAGUE CHALLENGE WHERE GEOFF GREETED MARC AND ROVILSON.

Another product placement

jon i dont think the helicopter will be in india.... as i said b4 there is strict restrictions in using helicopters here....only politicians and military force use it...
The helicopter was once used in the reality show Fear Factor(Indian version)... so there may be a chance of using helipctor.....

BUT...............

the helicopter which was posted here(yellow) is not a kind of helicopter in india.... basically they will be in green or black colors....

iam i confusing u jon....lol..........

Since the cardinal rule has to be followed, the last team to arrive at the pit stop will be eliminated.

Great job, Al-Hafyz. Thank you. You are fantastic.

That statement for me is an end for AD and Fuzzie. Meaning when Ida and Tania checked in their placement was not affected by the 30 minute penalty.

A.D. and Fuzzie are ELIMINATED

Thanks Sprity. I am more convinced that the helicopter is after the Macau Tower. I just thought there might be another helicopter in India.

We we have already found out the the helicopter is a Macau Helicopter.

So that is the prize of whoever finished the bungy jump first. Probably

my conclusion on the newspaper article:

1. the helicopter ride is a reward for the first team that finish the bungy jump (high altitude) at Macau Tower... (Geoff & Tish won the helicopter ride)

2. task that involves families and friends - maybe using Nokia phones... (same with TARA2 in Prague)

3. 3 different flights to Cochin... 1st flight - Geoff & Tish... 2nd flight - Sam & Vince and other 2 teams.... 3rd flight - one team and the team that was using this one, most probably will be eliminated...

sooooooo excited for tonite.....