the father and son tandem from india, niroo and kapil was eliminated in last night's leg of the third season of amazing race asia. being away from their own country for the first time, they became the third team to be eliminated in the show.
the episode started hue vietnam. teams leave one by one and were instructed to go to taipei, taiwan. the first team, henry & bernie started at 2:04 am and had a 56 minute lead over the last team, niroo and kapil. once at the saigon airport, the airport was still closed so most of the teams decided to sleep there except for ida and tania, who checked in to a nearby hotel.
the teams then boarded on the same flight to taiwan, another equalizer in the game. once in taiwan, they boarded to marked vehicles to their next clue. they then encountered the detour. the detour is a choice between shoot it and shape it. in shoot it, they need to find a thing hidden amongst the hundreds of miniature art in the miniature museum and they a picture of it. their clue will be on the back of the picture when they print it. in shape it, teams need to solve a tangram puzzle, forming four shapes to get their next clue.
most of the teams choose shoot it and it proved to be real hard. mai & oliver, sam & vince and geoff & tisha agreed to work together to find the clue. but when mai & oliver got it, they left the place with out telling the other teams. this really disappointed sam & vince. after sometime, sam also found the clue and reacted loudly which prompted the other teams. all of them eventually looked and also found the clue.
ad & fuzzie talked to a local and told them that the museum is already closed (but it was really open) so they decided to go to shape it. the task proved to be an easy one, and they finished quickly, even ahead of the others. on the other hand, niroo & kapil had a car malfunction and even threatened to quit the race. but they eventually continued racing.
the next clue instructed them to go the institute for the blind where they need to decode a braille message. one of the teammates would be blindfolded and feel the braille message to the other team mate who will decode the message. most of the teams had an easy time decoding the message. surprisingly, it was henry & bernie that had a hard time. they had good communication so far in the race and its surprising for them to see thsi to be difficult.
the message they need to decode was "go to shenkeng". in their clue, sam & vince were instructed to donate 20000USD to the institute from standard charter bank. so much charity so far in the race. they were then instructed to go to shengkeng to retrieve their next clue. the taiwan roads proved to be hard to maneuver since most of the teams got lost. in shengkeng, they encounter a roadblock.
the roadblock task was to consume a whole bowl of the local delicacy called the "stinky tofu". most of the teams had a hard time finishing the bowl, especially ida, oliver and tisha who threw up a couple of times. on the other hand, vince, bernie and ad was shown to have ana easier time in the challenge. niroo & kapil did not even try the dish and opted for the time penalty.
after the roadblock, they were instructed to go to the pit stop, the taipei city hall square. ida & tania of malaysia eventually finished first. final team rankings are as follows:
1. ida & tania - malaysia
2. sam & vince - hongkong
3. mai & oliver - thailand
4. henty & bernie - malaysia
5. ad & fuzzie
6. geoff & tisha - philippines
7. niroo & kapil - india.
niroo & kapil was eliminated.
its surprising that all the legs so far are elimination legs. i see a non elimination leg coming in the next few episodes. its also important to note that mai & oliver broke the pact to work together with the other teams in the detour. they dont like to help geoff but their integrity is now in question. its also good to note that ida & tania is running a solid race so far, can they be next all female team to win the race?
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