Amazing Race-Indonesia Redux

For the entire third leg of the race, the Amazing Racers were in Indonesia again. 

The third leg is probably about when the individual teams start having personality on TV.  Until now, there are just too many of them to keep track.  So, a few thoughts: I really like the Snowboarders.  They seem happy and kind and like they genuinely enjoy each other's company.  I also like the Father-Son duo and the older couple.  The dating couples seem a little snippy and the NFL husband-wife team seem whiny.

The Detour was first: it was a choice between Grass Fed or Rice Field.  In Grass Fed, they had to collect two bags of grass, two sheep, and fill a trough with six buckets of water.  In Rice Field, they had to deliver food to the field and then plant 300 rice seedlings.  Most teams thought that Grass Fed would take less time.  I don't think it did, unless the magic of editing was really misleading.  The Father-Son team and the Snowboarders were the first two teams to leave the Pit Stop and maintained that lead the entire time.  Only one team switched to the other detour and that was Amani and Marcus.  They were solidly in last place.

However, on this leg, the Road Block was a great equalizer.  In this Road Block, they had to count the number of Buddha statues at this amazing temple and keep track of how many of each hand position were represented.  When they told the answer, they also had to make the hand positions.  Laurence and one of the Snowboarders worked together and finished in next to no time.  Father Son team, Laurence and Zac, were the first to arrive at the Pit Stop, but had used too many buckets in the Detour.  Thus, the Snowboarders were first, once again.

The other teams were not so lucky.  Many counted the wrong things, such as Buddha carvings, or neglected the hand positions at all and just counted Buddha statues.  Finally, they figured it out.  All teams were fairly close in leaving the Road Block.  However, some had left a cabbie waiting and had to go pay them.  This is what killed the Vegas Showgirls.  They just couldn't arrive before others because of finding their cab and then searching for the Pit Stop.