The Amazing Race Australia 2, Episode 3
The Leg
  
During the Pit Stop, teams were taken by bus from Delhi to Jaipur where they’d start the third leg of the Race. Teams must make their way to Red Elephant Temple.
  
Michelle & Jo arrive at the Temple first and receive the Road Block clue.
In this Road Block, teams make their way to Bharat Driving and Maintenance School where they will learn about Indian road signs and regulations (or lack thereof) before going on a practical driving test on the streets of Jaipur to a marketplace. If they pass the test, they’ll receive their next clue.
  
Michelle and Sticky pass their tests (though a tuk-tuk crashed in Sticky on the way) and they receive their next clue. Teams must load 75 clay pots onto an ox-driven cart and deliver them to marked stalls at the other end of the market to exchange for their next clue. However, if they break more than 15 pots, they will receive a 15 minute penalty to be served at the drop off point.
As Michelle & Jo and Sticky & Sam try to hold on to their lead, the others navigate Jaipur’s chaotic streets. Kym and Paul have a little staredown at a stoplight and Shane almost runs over a dog while Sarah has fun tooting her horn the entire way.
  
Michelle & Jo and Sticky & Sam get going with their carts but quickly their pots come crashing down. Arriving at the marked stalls, they are told they’ve broken too many pots, and they wait out their penalty.
Sue & Teresa haven’t even finished loading their cart when some of their pots fall off. Ross & Tarryn drop a couple on the way as well. Kym & Donna start, but their cart comes a little too close to Paul who’s waiting for Steve to finish learning how to drive the ox, causing a bunch of Kym & Donna’s pots to fall off.
  
Back at the drop off point, Michelle & Jo and Sticky & Sam are handed their next clues and reveal a 2nd Road Block.
In this Road Block, teams head to Panna Meena ka Kund, an ancient stepwell near Amber Fort. They must figure out how to get to a waiting guru by using a combination of 41 steps down and 10 steps up. Only when they’ve reached the guru using the correct combination of steps will they receive their next clue.
  
Sticky & Sam arrive at the well first and Sticky gets the right combination on his 2nd attempt. They get the clue telling them to head to the Pit Stop at Nahargarh Fort and the buds officially check-in first for the second leg in a row and win an entertainment showcase worth $5000.
Michelle and Tarryn start the Road Block at the same time, but it is Tarryn that finishes first. She and Ross head to Pit Stop to finish 2nd.
As Shane & Andrew and Joseph & Grace finish the pots, Sarah gets her ass grabbed by a kid while other kids knock pots off of Lucy & Emilia’s cart.
  
Michelle & Jo finish the Road Block and head to the Pit Stop to finish 3rd. Back at the Road Block, Sue is struggling as Donna and Paul arrive. Paul, acknowledging he has to back up his talk, gets it in his first attempt. But Donna is right behind him and they Race to the Pit Stop. Kym & Donna’s tuk-tuk driver passes “the buffheads” allowing them to check-in 4th with Paul & Steve officially 5th.
Sue continues struggling as Shane & Andrew, Joseph & Grace, and James & Sarah are in and out of there and head to the Pit Stop to check-in 6th, 7th, and 8th respectively. That leaves Lucy & Emilia, again in last, hoping to catch up.
  
And they do. Emilia manages to finish the Road Block before Sue and they head to the Pit Stop. Sue finally gets it as well and it’s a maybe Race to the Mat.
But it’s Lucy & Emilia who check-in 9th, saved again while Sue & Teresa are eliminated.
Episode Thoughts
What’s this I see? American leg design!?! This was the most linear leg TARAu has had this season and considering there was apparently an unaired Detour this leg, you know it’s bad leg design when team positions are pretty much unchanged if it wasn’t for Sue’s stumbling at the Road Block.
I think it would’ve been better (and more deliciously chaotic) if they had the Pit Start in Delhi and used the charter bus as an equalizer instead of transporting the teams to Jaipur during the Pit Stop.
The tasks made up for the leg design at least. The pots tasks was a lot more fun than the TAR20 watermelon Detour. The driving Road Block was great for getting the teams into the chaos if Indian streets and the 2nd Road Block was visually awesome and mentally challenging for the teams, which is a great combination.
Another solid episode for TARAu.
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PIT STOP
Qutub Minar
Delhi, India
DEPARTURE
Shiv Villas
Jaipur, India
CASH
$35
ROUTE MARKER
Red Elephant Temple
Jaipur, India
ROAD BLOCK #1
Bhurat Driving & Maintenance School
Jaipur, India
ROUTE MARKER
Jaipur Market
Jaipur, India
ROAD BLOCK #2
Panna Meena ka Kund
Jaipur, India
PIT STOP
Madhavendra Palace, Nahargarh Fort
Jaipur, India
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DEPARTURE
Shiv Vilas
Jaipur, India
Sticky & Sam 9:00am
Michelle & Jo 9:02am
Sue & Teresa 9:36am
Ross & Tarryn 9:36am
Paul & Steve 9:39am
Kym & Donna 9:40am
Shane & Andrew 9:46am
Joseph & Grace 9:54am
James & Sarah 9:54am
Lucy & Emilia 10:04am
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Who did the Road Block?
Who is a fast learner?
In order of completion; Italics indicate who did the Road Block
1 Michelle  Jo 0
1 Sticky  Sam 0
1 Sue  Teresa 0
0 Tarryn  Ross 1
1 Paul  Steve 0
0 Donna  Kym 1
1 Shane  Andrew 0
1 Sarah  James 0
0 Lucy  Emilia 1
0 Joseph  Grace 1
0 Adam  Dane 0
Who is the Stairmaster?
In order of completion; Italics indicate who did the Road Block
2 Sticky Sam 0
1 Tarryn Ross 1
2 Michelle Jo 0
2 Paul Steve 0
1 Donna Kym 1
1 Shane Andrew 1
1 Joseph Grace 1
1 Sarah James 1
0 Lucy Emilia 2
2 Sue Teresa 0
0 Adam Dane 0
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PIT STOP
Madhavendra Palace, Nahargarh Fort
Jaipur, India
1st Sticky & Sam =
2nd Ross & Tarryn +2
3rd Michelle & Jo -1
4th Kym & Donna +2
5th Paul & Steve =
6th Shane & Andrew +1
7th Joseph & Grace +1
8th James & Sarah +1
9th Lucy & Emilia +1
Eliminated Sue & Teresa -7
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