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This particular entry is from December 11, 2002.



Amazing Race 3 - Episode 10

The Amazing Race 3
"Don't Try to Play the Moralist Now!"

Screen Capture of Amazing Race 3 Episode 10 Leg 11 - Derek & Drew are eliminated from the race
The teams leave the 10th Pit Stop at Mount Faber overlooking Singapore. Teams have to fly 700 miles to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam and make their way to Rex Square and find the statue of Bac Ho (we know him as Ho Chi Minh, the military leader). The crew had to change the flags from Yellow & Red to just Yellow so there would be no confusion with the official colors of Vietnam's flag. There's a little mix-up with a cab that lands Oh Brother at the airport ahead of The Twins. The Twins try to go to Ho Chi Minh City, but can't find a flight, while Oh Brother flies back to Kuala Lumpur. The other teams get to the airport, to find out that Flo & Zach made reservations for The Twins! The teams take different flights, but everyone now goes to Kuala Lumpur, and winds up on the same flight to Ho Chi Minh City, leveling the playing field still again. Flo & Zach's relationship looks like it's unraveling. The Twins get to the square first. The teams must travel 70 miles into the Mekong Delta and find the town of Cai Be and a route marker at the edge of its famous floating market. Teri & Ian pass The Twins in their cab, and literally they start a little race between the cabs. Flo is crying to Zach about the way they're playing the game. Ken & Gerard arrive in a very windy Cai Be first, and find that the next clue is a Detour - "Easy Buy" and "Hard Sell." Teams choosing "Easy Buy" had to choose a sampan, enter the floating market, find the one stall that sold water coconuts and buy one for any price they could. Between the boat travel and the rareness of the fruit, finding the stall could have taken a long time, but once they found it, buying one water coconut would be easy. Teams choosing "Hard Sell" had to choose a shoulder basket filled with fruit, enter the land market, and attempt to sell enough fruit to earn 40,000 dong, or two and a half dollars. With a small area to cover, getting around the market would be easy, but selling $2.50 worth of fruit to the locals when the going rate for one piece is 6 cents could be difficult. When they finished selling, they had to take their earnings to a woman who verified the amount and gave them their next clue. The rain starts to come down. Hard. The three lead teams hit the water looking for the water coconuts, but it becoming impossible to find - the rain is coming down so hard, that the vendor are covering the fruits with blankets. Ken & Gerard head back to do the "Hard Sell". Flo & Zach arrive and decide to do "Hard Sell" as well. Teri & Ian finally find the vendor and purchase their water coconut - that has a clue attached to it. They have to go back to Ho Chi Minh City and find the Route Marker at 2A Ton Duc Thang District 1 at the edge of the Saigon River. The Twins buy their water coconut. Oh Brother still tries to sell their fruit, as well as Flo & Zach. Teri & Ian and The Twins get taxis and head back. Oh Brother finally sells 40,000 dong worth of fruit and gets their clue. Flo & Zach check in with the lady and find out they're 500 dong short and have to go back out to sell, which Zach does. Teri & Ian find the Route Marker from their cab as they pass by it. They get out and find that it's a Roadblock. In this Roadblock, one Team member had to hop on a bicycle taxi, called a cyclo, and transport their Teammate along a course marked by yellow flags, to a ferry, across the river, to an end point. From there, Teams had to run a short distance to the Pit Stop at the Café Thu Thiem. Teri rides as Ian drives. Ian this whole time has been reminiscing about being in Vietnam during the war, and really seems pumped from the whole experience. The Twins see the flags and get out of their cab, but can't find the box. Ditto with Oh Brother. Flo & Zach actually see the box, and get out of their cab to get the Roadblock clue, jumping into 2nd Place. Flo rides as Zach pedals. The Twins and Oh Brother are totally lost and can't find the box. Teri & Ian wind-up at the Pit Stop and step on the mat in First Place. They also get a 7 night cruise vacation in Europe on Royal Caribbean's Splendor of the Seas (which they can enjoy after the race). Ian is different - he's actually really mellow from his Vietnam experience. Flo & Zach get on the ferry. Oh Brother gets to the ferry and Flo & Zach tell them to follow the flags back. The Twins see Flo & Zach on the boat, and then stumble on Oh Brother running away from the ferry. Oh Brother lies to The Twins saying they don't know where the clue is and they go in opposite directions. Oh Brother finds the clue box. Gerard pedals as Ken rides. Unfortunately, Gerard cuts a corner too sharp and dumps the cyclo, but they get up and keep going. The Twins, however, thing the clue is across the river, so they hop on the next ferry. Oh Brother makes their way onto the ferry. Flo & Zach get to the Pit Stop as Team #2. The Twins make it to the parking area of the cyclos and wind up on the mat with Phil who tells them that they have not completed the Roadblock and that they need... The Twins are off the mat before Phil can even finish a sentence and they try to find out what's going on. Flo & Zach had seen The Twins go to the mat and Flo yells to them to go back to the other side. As they get to the ferry, Oh Brother is coming off. Gerard tells them to go back all the way to the end. The Twins realize that they are in last and that "everybody is over there (at the Pit Stop)". The Twins worry and hope that it's a non elimination leg of the race. Ken & Gerard hit the mat as Team #3. The Twins get their cyclo, Drew drives the course, they get to the Pit Stop as the last team, and are eliminated from the race. Next week: The Finale!

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