after 7 legs, team philippines finally placed first in the third season of the amazing race asia. team philippines is composed of dating couple geoff rodriguez and tisha silang.the 7th leg of the race started in hongkong where they were instructed to deliver 2 fish each to a pet store. but due to hours of operations of the store (which starts at 11am), almost all the teams caught up with sam & vince. they were next instructed to go to macau via ferry. sam & vince, having the hometown advantage, walked to the pier and caught up with the earliest ferry. the next 3 teams were supposed to board the same ferry but geoff & tisha were able to convince someone to trade them their tickets. so geoff & tisha boarded ferry ahead of the others.
upon arriving at macau, they were instructed to board a pedicab and go to the fountain in senado square. upon arriving there, they were instructed to go to the macau tower, with a yield ahead. at macau tower, they encounter the yield and a roadblock. sam & vince decided not to use it. geoff & tisha, who arrived 2nd at the tower, decided to yield henry & bernie.
at the roadblock, one of the team members needs to climb the tower where they would receive the next clue. the ones that did the roadblock were vince, geoff, fuzzie, bernie and ida. when henry 7 bernie arrived at the tower, they completely ignored geoff & tisha who yielded them. they were next instructed to go to the dragon boat pier at sai van lake. they need to row a dragon boat along the course, turn on a buoy and return to the pier where they will receive the next clue.
they then encountered a detour, which is a choice between dance or chance. in dance, teams must perform a traditional dragon dance perfectly. in chance, team would play black jack and win against the dealer nine times before they received the next clue. only geoff and tisha choose dance and it proved to be beneficial since they finished ahead of sam & vince.
they were then instructed to proceed to a-ma cultural village to retrieve their next clue. it was also the pit stop of the race but before they could proceed, they need to arrange 12 lanterns with the symbols of the chinese zodiac in its chronological order with the help of several clues. if they think they got the order, they would step on a red mat and if they got it, the doors of the village would open.
geoff & tisha had a hard time and sam & vince caught up. but they eventually got it and checked in at the pit stop first. by winning the leg, they won a 40 inch bravia tv and a play station 3 game console each. the final rankings are as follows:
1st - geoff & tisha (philippines)
2nd - sam & vince (hong kong)
3rd - ad & fuzzie (singapore)
4th - henry & bernie (malaysia)
5th - ida & tania (malaysia)
ida & tania was in last place again and was once again saved. this was a pre-determined non-elimination leg. their money was not surrendered to allan but they need to check in first in the next leg or they will get a 30 minute penalty.
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