The Amazing Race 19 Episode 3 – Don’t Lay Down on Me Now!
The Leg
  
The teams head out on the 3rd leg of the Race and Andy & Tommy the first clue directing teams to join a group of enthusiasts who reenact the bicycle patrols from the Dutch colonial period of Indonesia. They’ll dress up, hop on bikes and join the groups who will lead them to Fort Vredeburg where they’ll be handed their next clue.
All the teams are on the road and Ernie’s pedal falls off allowing four other teams to pass them while they fix it.
At the Fort, teams get the next clue telling to taxi it over to Lesehan Restaurant in Salakmalang Village, Kulon Progo Regency for the next clue.
Andy & Tommy stay in the lead and find the Detour.
In Rice Field, teams will deliver lunch to the hardworking people in the rice fields. While enjoying their lunch, the teams will take over for the farm workers and plant 300 rice seedlings before being handed their next clue.
In Grass Fed, teams must fill two sacks with freshly cut grass, collect two sheep and deliver them to a farm. There, teams needed to fill a trough with six buckets of water, but only using two buckets per team.
  
Both choosing Grass Fed, Zac & Laurence catch up to Andy & Tommy when they are sent back for not filling their sacks all the way. At the well, Andy & Tommy notice Zac & Laurence using three buckets. They quickly finish and are now directed to head to Borobudur Temple and climb the steps to receive their next clue.
The rest of teams arrive and Justin & Jennifer, Jeremy & Sandy, Ernie & Cindy and Bill & Cathi choose Grass Fed. Kaylani & Lisa and Liz & Marie choose Rice Field.
  
While Cathi falls and the other teams have trouble with their goats, Kaylani & Lisa and Liz & Marie quickly finish and are off to Borobudur. Already at the Buddhist temple, Zac & Laurence and Andy & Tommy find the Road Block.
In this Road Block, walking in a clockwise direction around the temple, teams will have to identify and count the Buddha statues with four distinct hand positions. Teams will have to figure out that they must count and demonstrate each hand position, or mudra, in order to receive their next clue.
They decide to work together.
  
Back at the Detour, Amani & Marcus, still in last, manage to catch up to Bill & Cathi at the Grass side of the Detour. But being told to go back and fill their sacks more, they decide to switch and do the Rice side.
Teams continue arriving at the Road Block and just as Tommy and Laurence are finally figuring it out, the other teams are completely lost. They finally get the correct answer and get the clue telling them to find the Pit Stop within the Borobudur grounds.
  
They have to go back outside and pay their cabbie they had wait for them. On their way back in, Amani & Marcus just arrive and Andy & Tommy tell them the answer to the Road Block. The Olympians and the father and son run to the Pit Stop with Laurence & Zac arriving first. But they incur a 15 minute penalty for their Detour mistake, allowing Andy & Tommy to win another leg and a trip to Dubai. Laurence & Zac settle for 2nd.
Back at the temple, Bill is the first to realize what he has to do. Marcus tells Lisa exactly what he remembers from the snowboards and Ernie clues in Justin, Marie, and Jeremy.
The teams finally finish the Road Block, but most teams have to pay their taxis before being able to check in. Having ditched their taxi about 1km from the Temple, Jeremy & Sandy get to officially check in 3rd. Justin & Jennifer and Ernie & Cindy finish 4th and 5th. Amani & Marcus, who had let their taxi go after getting lost move up to 6th after being in last all day. Bill & Cathi finish 7th and Liz & Marie escape elimination in 8th.
That leaves Kaylani & Lisa in last and eliminated.
Episode Thoughts
This was a great episode. You can see a lot of changes on TAR and I think they’ve been for the btter.
First, where are the clueboxes!?! While I’m definitely missing those green boxes, it is certainly creative and reminiscent of the first season having the clues be in baskets and vases and whatever may be local. But also something to think about, the Pit Stops have been missing the location signs, while clues have included country maps as well. Could be something there.
There’s also the extra tasks in each leg. Teams aren’t only going from Pit Stop to Road Block to Detour to Pit Stop this season. They have extra side tasks in addition to the Road Blocks and Detours and so far they’ve been culturally relevant to the destinations which is awesome.
And finally, those vague clues. TAR isn’t merely feeding them instructions like a baby. Teams actually have to use their brains for once and that is absolutely welcome.
Now the leg itself. TAR has used their first to Indonesia to its fullest potential. They’ve definitely done a great job of highlighting the country and its people.
I loved the Detour. The rice planting side of the Detour was great in giving teams firsthand experience at what everyday work is like for many families in Asia. I know, coming from a Filipino family that had to work in rice fields every day like that, I would’ve been an emotional wreck doing that Detour just thinking about my parents and grandparents having done that same thing most of their lives and knowing firsthand how it feels.
It was also interesting how that side of the Detour was the easier one. The 300 seedlings part of the clue probably sounded daunting, but really, plopping those seedlings in the ground wouldn’t have taken more than 10-15 minutes.
On the other hand, the other side of the Detour required teams to deal with pesky sheep and was far more physical with the filling of sacks and buckets. Plus, they had all that way to walk with the sheep and sacks. But it was also a great Detour since tasks with animals are always winners on TAR.
The Road Block was also straightforward, yet difficult at the same time. More tricky really.
It was another linear leg, but they made up for it with the great tasks and the beautiful travel porn treatment of Indonesia. Wonderful.
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