The Amazing Race 3

The Starting Line of The Amazing Race 3 was set in Everglades National Park in Florida.

The third season of The Amazing Race spanned a total of 41,000 miles (66,000 km) across 4 continents and 13 countries.[1][2] Aside from The Amazing Race 1, this is the only season in which all of the countries aside from the United States were newly visited. Filming began on August 9, 2002 and finished on September 7, 2002.

During Leg 3, Dennis & Andrew (the first father/son team on the series) won the Fast Forward, yet were eliminated on the same leg—a first in the show's history. This would not happen again until Leg 10 of The Amazing Race 20, 17 seasons later. This team received headlines before the season began due to Dennis being a conservative Southern Baptist and Andrew an openly gay cheerleader. Andrew later returned to blog on CBS.com's Return of the Racers for seasons 9, 10, and 11.[3]

During Leg 4, Heather & Eve were the first team to arrive at the Pit Stop in Portugal, but they misread a clue that told them to walk to the Pit Stop rather than take a taxi. They proceeded to walk the rest of the way, but received a seven-minute time penalty for the advantage gained (the second team arrived seven minutes later), plus an additional 30 minutes. Since all of the other teams arrived at the Pit Stop less than 37 minutes afterward, Heather & Eve became the first team ever to arrive first at a Pit Stop yet still be eliminated. Heather & Eve later stated in interviews that a cameraman traveling with them told them it was OK to take the cab,[4] though production has stated that this is not true, and would be irrelevant in any case because the clues are not open to subjective directions.

During Leg 5, teams were required to drive marked vehicles more than 100 miles from Portugal to the port in Algeciras, Spain. Four of the eight teams incorrectly fueled their cars using unleaded gasoline instead of diesel, causing the cars to become inoperable. The four stricken teams handled the situation very differently: Teri & Ian recovered almost immediately when Ian borrowed a siphoning line from a gas station, drained the tank, and refilled with diesel; Flo & Zach oddly found an open repair shop in the middle of the night that fixed their vehicle; Aaron & Arianne called for a tow truck and were taken to a different repair place after a very long delay; and Kathy & Michael had the car brought back to the station, left it overnight, and became the last team to get underway with a fixed car (which contributed to their eventual elimination).

During Leg 6, Andre & Damon were officially detained when their taxi took them far out of the way in Morocco and they encountered a local official who wanted to seize their passports. Andre & Damon refused, and the show's security team had to come help them out of the situation.

Leg 10 featured Singaporean TV star Gurmit Singh, who handed the clues during the Detour.[5] Miss Singapore Universe 2001 Jaime Teo also appeared as the local greeter in the same leg.[6][7]

During the legs in Vietnam, all route markers were colored solid yellow instead of red and yellow. This was done to avoid confusion with the former South Vietnamese national flag, which is also red and yellow.

During the premiere episode of All-Stars, Ian claimed that they were less than 2 minutes behind Flo & Zach at the Finish Line.

The cast of The Amazing Race 3 was increased to 12 teams and included soccer moms, law school graduates, a Vietnam War veteran, and a pair of model twins. Jill and her brother F.T. originally applied for Season 1, but after F.T was killed on 9/11, John Vito & Jill applied in remembrance of him.[8]

John Vito & Jill subsequently hosted a show that promoted Singapore tourism.[9]

Zach later worked on NBC's production crew for the 2004 Summer Olympics.[10] He later married Elyse Steinberg in Hopewell Junction, New York and is now a camera operator for MTV.[11]

Flo and Drew got together romantically and dated for several years after the season ended. They declined to race in the All-Stars season because Flo thought the show brought out the worst in her, and also because she did not want to do the show without Zach, who was not asked to join All Stars. Flo is now Dan Abrams's girlfriend and the couple announced in January 2012 that they were expecting their first child.[12]

Teri & Ian and John Vito & Jill were selected to compete in The Amazing Race: All-Stars among a cast of returning teams from seasons 1-10.[13]

This season had four official sponsors, Royal Caribbean International, Kodak, American Express and T-Mobile. Royal Caribbean provided prizes in vacation tours to each team that arrived first at a Pit Stop.

In 2003, this series of The Amazing Race won the inaugural Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Reality/Competition Program.

The complete season was released on DVD on November 22, 2011, exclusively on Amazon.com via their CreateSpace program.

The Angel of Independence monument in Mexico City was the first destination on The Amazing Race 3.

Airdate: October 2, 2002

• Miami-Dade, Florida, United States (Everglades National Park) (Starting Line)
• Miami (Miami International Airport) to Mexico City, Mexico (Mexico City International Airport)
• Mexico City (Angel of Independence)
• Mexico City (Zócalo)
• Mexico City (Hotel de Cortes) (Overnight Rest)
  • Mexico City (Plaza Santo Domingo)
• Mexico City (Hotel de Cortes) to San José Vista Hermosa (Tequesquitengo Airfield (in Spanish))
• Puente de Ixtla (Hacienda San Gabriel de las Palmas)

This season's first Fast Forward required one team to travel to Plaza Santo Domingo and search for the one street typist out of dozens who would have a "special message": the Fast Forward award.

This season's first Detour was a choice between Wings or Wheels. In Wings, teams had to board a plane, climb to an altitude of over 10,000 feet (3,000 m), and then each team member had to skydive in tandem with an instructor to receive their next clue. In Wheels, teams had to choose a donkey-drawn carts and use a supplied map to direct a driver, who didn't speak English, through a 7-mile (11 km) course through a Mexican village to receive the next clue.

Additional tasks

• From the Everglades, teams had to choose a marked Mercedes-Benz M-Class and drive themselves to Miami International Airport, where they had to book one of two provided flights to Mexico City, Mexico. The first seven teams would be on the earlier American Airlines flight, while the last five teams would be on the later Aeroméxico flight leaving 50 minutes later.
• At the Angel of Independence, teams received a picture of a man named Pablo and had to use the picture for reference to find him at Zócalo with their next clue.
• At Hotel De Cortes, teams had to find the desk for Mexi-Mini Charters and sign up for one of three charter buses leaving the next morning to an unknown destination. The first four teams departed at 8:00 a.m., four more at 10:00 a.m., and the last four at 12:00 p.m.
• After completing the Detour, teams had to choose a marked van and drive themselves to the Pit Stop at Hacienda San Gabriel de las Palmas.

For the Roadblock in Cozumel on the Caribbean coast, team members had to swim with dolphins.

Airdate: October 9, 2002

• Mexico City (National Museum of Anthropology)

• Teotihuacan (Pyramid of the Sun)
• Mexico City (Terminal de Autobuses de Pasajeros de Oriente) to Cancún (ADO Bus Station)
• Cancún (San Marino Marina)
• Cancún (Las Velas Beach Club Marina)
• Playa del Carmen (Calle 3 Sur) to Cozumel (Muelle Fiscal)
• Cozumel (Chankanaab Park)
• Cozumel (Muelle Fiscal) to Playa del Carmen (Calle 3 Sur)
• Tulum (Diamante K Bungalows)

The Fast Forward required one team to travel to the National Museum of Anthropology and find a group of performers called the Voladores of Papantla. Both team members then had to climb a 100-foot (30 m) pole and swing around the pole suspended on ropes to the ground to win the Fast Forward award.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Man Power and Horse Power. In Man Power, teams had to use a kayak to search a fairly small area of the lagoon for the clue, which was hanging from a tree. In Horse Power, teams used a WaveRunner and search a large section of the lagoon for the clue that was floating on a buoy.

In this season's first Roadblock, one team member had to put on goggles, jump into the lagoon, and swim with a family of dolphins to search for the next clue.

Additional tasks

• At the start of the leg, teams had to drive themselves to Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan and climb up 248 steps to reach the clue at the top of the pyramid.
• After the Detour, teams had to land their watercraft at the Las Velas Beach Club Marina, where they would find a car that they had to drive to Playa del Carmen and board a ferry from Calle 3 Sur to the island of Cozumel. From there, teams had to find Chankanaab Park to find their next clue.

Dunnotar Castle in Stonehaven was both the location of the Roadblock and Pit Stop on this leg.

Airdate: October 16, 2002

• Cancún (Cancún International Airport) to London, England , United Kingdom (Heathrow Airport)
• London (London King's Cross Railway Station) to Cambridge (Cambridge Railway Station)
  • Duxford (Duxford Imperial War Museum)
• Cambridge (Scudamore's)
• Cambridge (Magdalene Bridge)
• Cambridge (Parker's Piece) to Aberdeen, Scotland (Bus Station)
• Stonehaven (Dunnottar Castle)

The Fast Forward required one team to travel to the Duxford Imperial War Museum and maneuver a tank through a battlefield obstacle course in 90 seconds or less to win the Fast Forward award.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Punt and Bike. In Punt, teams rowed a local boat called a punt with only a long pole and small paddle to navigate 1-mile (1.6 km) down the River Cam. In Bike, teams rode a tandem bicycle along a marked 6-mile (9.7 km) course through Cambridge. After either Detour, team retrieved their next clue from under Magdalene Bridge.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to compete in three traditional Scottish games. First was the caber toss, in which the player had to throw a caber, make it topple, and have it land within designated lines. Second was the hammer throw, in which the player had to throw a hammer so it landed inside a box marked on the ground. Last was the shot put, requiring the player to overhand toss a heavy rock forward to the finish line. Once all the three games were finished, teams could go to the Pit Stop at the nearby castle.

Additional task

• At Parker's Piece, teams had to take a charter bus to Aberdeen, Scotland leaving at 7:30 p.m., 10:00 p.m., or 1:30 a.m. the following day.

Additional note

• Teams were required to leave Mexico via Mexico City International Airport before flying to London, England.

Torre de Belém in Lisbon was the site of fourth Pit Stop of the season.

Airdate: October 23, 2002

• Stonehaven (Harbour)
• Aberdeen (Aberdeen Airport) to Porto, Portugal (Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport)
• Vila Nova de Gaia (Calem Port Lodge)
  • Porto (São Bento Railway Station)
• Porto (São Bento Railway Station) to Lisbon (Santa Apolónia Railway Station)
• Lisbon (Estádio do Restelo – Gate F)
• Lisbon (Torre de Belém)

This leg's Detour was a choice between Old School or New School. In Old School, teams loaded a barrel of Port wine weighing more than 90 lb (41 kg) onto a traditional Portuguese boat, helped to row the boat across the Douro River, then delivered the wine to the O Muro restaurant. In New School, teams loaded nine crates of wine bottles onto a marked trucks and drove them through the streets of Porto to three different restaurants: Chez Lapin, Retiro dos Carvalhos, and Café Majestic. For both options, teams had to get signatures from each restaurant to prove that they made the deliveries correctly in order to receive their next clue.

In an unaired and unclaimed Fast Forward, one team had to complete a puzzle to win the Fast Forward award.[14]

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to enter one of the soccer goals and block one penalty kick from a teenage Portuguese soccer player. Once the referee has determined that the goal was properly blocked, the team would receive their next clue.

Additional tasks

• At the start of the leg, teams had to walk to Stonehaven Harbor and search for a "message in a bottle", a bottle with their next clue on the inside label.
• After the Roadblock, teams had to travel by foot to the Pit Stop at Torre de Belém.

While in Morocco, teams encountered a Roadblock involving the Moroccan traditional dyeing industry.

Airdate: October 30, 2002

• Sintra (Cabo da Roca)
• Algeciras, Spain (Puerto Bahía de Algeciras) to Tangier, Morocco (Port de Tangier)
• Tangier (Viajes Flandria) to Fez (Old City)
• Fez (Dar Dbagh Chouara Tannery)
• Fez (Borj Nord)

This leg's Detour was a choice of Ropes or Slopes. In Ropes, teams had to take one of the shuttle buses to the Ursa cliffs and rappel 300 ft (91 m) down to the shore below. In Slopes, teams hiked down a long, sloping trail to the same shore below. Once teams reached the shore, they could retrieve their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had navigate through Dar Dbagh Chouara Tannery inside Fez's old city and search through 25 vats of foul-smelling dye to find their next clue.

Additional tasks

• At the start of the leg, the teams were instructed to find "the Westernmost Point of Continental Europe", which they had to figure out is Cabo da Roca, to find their next clue.
• After completing the Detour, teams had to choose a marked Mitsubishi L200 truck and drive themselves to Algeciras, Spain, then catch a ferry across the Strait of Gibraltar to Tangier, Morocco.
• Upon arrival in Tangier, teams had to find the Viajes Flandria travel agency and sign up for charter buses departing one hour apart to the city of Fez. No more than three teams were allowed on each bus.
• After the Roadblock, teams chose a marked Toyota Land Cruiser and drove themselves to the Pit Stop at Borj Nord.

In this leg's Roadblock in Marrakesh, one team member had to sell 5 bowls of escargot.

Airdate: November 13, 2002

• Casablanca (Hassan II Mosque)
• Casablanca (Gare Casa Voyageurs) to Marrakesh (Gare de Marrakech)
  • Marrakesh (Jemaa el-Fnaa Market)
• Marrakesh (Palmeraie Oasis)
• Marrakesh (Café Glacier)
• Marrakesh (Riad Catalina)

The Fast Forward required one team to look through piles of carpets in a Marrakech carpet shop to find the one with the Fast Forward design sewn into it to win the Fast Forward award.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Now You See It and Now You Don't. In Now You See It, teams chose two horses and rode to a route marker that was visible from where they were. Once they reached it, they would dig for a clue painted on the inside of a clay pot, hidden in the marked square of sand. In Now You Don't, teams chose one sand bike and rode to a route marker that wasn't visible from where they were to a clue etched on a stone. Once there, they then made a rubbing of the clue onto a piece of paper.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to team up with a local food vendor and help assemble their stall, then sell 5 bowls of escargot at a rate of MAD5 each (about 47 cents at the time) to receive their next clue from the vendor.

Additional task

• After completing the Detour, teams had to translate their clue written almost entirely in Arabic to find their next clue at the Café Glacier.

Teams traveled to Friedensengel in Munich and had to find Kasperle to get their next clue.

Airdate: November 20, 2002

• Marrakesh (Marrakesh Menara Airport) or Casablanca (Mohammed V International Airport) to Munich, Germany (Munich Airport)
• Munich (Friedensengel )
  • Munich (Eisbach River)
• Munich (München Hauptbahnhof) to Innsbruck, Austria (Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof)
• Innsbruck (Annasäule )
• Innsbruck (Olympic Bobsleigh Track or Olympic Ice Stadium)
• Innsbruck (Hungerburg Station to Seegrube Station)
• Schwangau, Germany (Bullachberg Castle (in German) overlooking Neuschwanstein Castle)

The Fast Forward required one team find a surfer riding on the curls of the Eisbach River in Munich. Once they found him, they had to attract his attention and meet up with him to win the Fast Forward award.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Sled and Skate. In Sled, teams, along with a team of professional bobsledders, had to ride a bobsled down an Olympic bobsled track at speeds of 65 kilometres per hour (40 mph) to receive their next clue. In Skate, teams went to an Olympic ice rink and had to run a skating relay with a pair of professional ice skaters to receive their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to put on safety gear and slowly descend 230 ft (70 m) to the ground on a rescue cable to get their next clue.

Additional tasks

• At Friedensengel, teams had to find a traditional children's puppet called Kasperle who would then hand them their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to ride the Nordkette Cable Car to Seegrube Station for their next clue, which was at the top of Nordkette.
• After the Roadblock, teams chose a marked Mercedes-Benz M-Class vehicle to drive themselves to the Pit Stop, which was a field near Neuschwanstein Castle in Schwangau, Germany.

While in Switzerland, teams visited the notorious Rheinfall for a clue.

Airdate: November 27, 2002

• Füssen (Augustinerhof Farm (in German))
• Friedrichshafen to Romanshorn, Switzerland
• Romanshorn (Romanshorn Railway Station) to Schaffhausen (Schaffhausen Railway Station)
• Neuhausen am Rheinfall (Rheinfall)
• Schaffhausen (Schaffhausen Railway Station) to Zürich (Zürich Hauptbahnhof)
• Zürich (Lindenhof)
• Zürich (Zürich Hauptbahnhof) to Grindelwald (Grindelwald Grund Railway Station)
• Grindelwald (Field)
• Grindelwald (Chalet Arnika)

This leg's Detour was a choice between Count the Money or Run the Numbers. In Count the Money, teams had to count a large amount of Swiss currency inside of a jar right next to the safe. In Run the Numbers, teams had to search the streets of Zürich as far as a mile away to find three different numbers: the number on the metal head statue on the intersection of Sihlstrasse and Bahnhofstrasse,[15] the sum of the numbers on the north face of a clock on St. Peter's Church, and the number of trees in Lindenhof marked with red ribbons. When done correctly, they would find the combination to the safe (127850), which would open the safe that contained the next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to relive the story of Swiss hero William Tell by using a crossbow to shoot an apple off a mannequin's head to receive their next clue. An instructor would load the crossbow after every attempt.

Additional tasks

• At the start of the leg, teams traveled to Augustinerhof Farm and searched inside of a large haystack for their next clue.
• At Rheinfall, they had to board a boat and spot a route marker to find their clue.
• At the Lindenhof, teams searched for a Swiss officer that would lead them into a marked Swiss vault where they found their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to travel by train to Grindelwald and find a route marker in a field east of the railway station to get their next clue.

One side of the Detour in Switzerland's Valais region required teams to cross the suspended bridge of Niouc and then bungee jump.

Airdate: December 4, 2002

• Grindelwald (Gletscherschlucht)
  • Saxeten (Cheese-Making Cabin)
• Kandersteg (Kandersteg Railway Station) to Goppenstein (Goppenstein Railway Station)
• Niouc (Val d'Anniviers – Niouc Bridge (in German))
• Veytaux (Château de Chillon)
• Veytaux (Château de Chillon) to Montreux (Basset Marina (in French))
• Montreux (Basset Marina) to Lake Geneva (Steamship Savoie)

The Fast Forward required one team to find a cheese-making cabin near Saxeten and eat enough pieces of Swiss cheese from a massive wheel of cheese to completely reveal the Fast Forward award hidden underneath.

This leg's Detour was a choice between Extreme Swiss and Very Swiss. In Extreme Swiss, each team member had to walk onto a narrow red bridge and take a 620 ft (190 m) jump, the highest bungee jump in Europe, into the gorge below to receive their next clue. In Very Swiss, teams had to drive 8 miles (13 km) to a farm and find a key inside a bell around the neck of a goat needed to unlock their next clue. However, only of 5 of the 75 goats had keys in them.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to properly assemble a Swiss army bicycle from a pile of parts with an identical bike to use as a reference to receive their next clue.

Additional tasks

• At the Gletscherschlucht, teams had to venture into the gorge to find a key one of the marked Mercedes-Benz E-Class cars to receive their next clue.
• After getting the next clue and once the car was unlocked, teams took a car train through the Alps, then drove to the Red Bridge to reach the next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had the option to make one phone call to their family and friends back home using a T-Mobile phone, but they had to complete the call before heading their next destination: Château de Chillon in Veytaux on the banks of Lake Geneva.
• After completing the Roadblock, teams had to ride both the assembled and reference bikes 3 miles (4.8 km) to the Basset Marina in Montreux. At the Basset Marina, teams had to abandon their bikes and use a marked paddle boat to reach the Pit Stop at Steamship Savoie floating on Lake Geneva.

In Kuala Lumpur, teams had to convince a local to photograph them in front of the Petronas Towers.

Airdate: December 4, 2002

• Montreux to Lausanne (Ouchy) (Pit Start)
• Geneva (Jet d'Eau)
• Geneva (Geneva Airport) to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur International Airport)
• Kuala Lumpur (Petronas Towers)
• Kuala Lumpur (Ampang Park Shopping Center)
• Kuala Lumpur (Kuala Lumpur Sentral Railway Station) to Singapore (Tanjong Pagar Railway Station)
• Singapore (Singapore Botanic Gardens – National Orchid Garden)
• Singapore (Choa Chu Kang HDB Apartments or Singapore Zoo)
• Singapore (Suntec City – Fountain of Wealth)
• Singapore (Mount Faber)

This leg's Detour was a choice between Dry and Wet. In Dry, teams drove to an apartment block in Choa Chu Kang. From there, they had to locate Unit #10-137, which contained Singaporean TV star Gurmit Singh (from the television series Phua Chu Kang) to get their next clue. However, the elevators in the building served only 3 floors (the 1st, 6th and 11th), the buildings were similar (identifiable only by the numbers), and the streets in the town had nearly identical names, making it difficult for teams to find the exact unit. This was made worse as the apartments in the target building were separated into multiple groups. In Wet, teams drove to the Singapore Zoo and had to find "Mermaids of the Sea", which actually meant the manatee enclosure. Once at the enclosure, they had to swim through the pool to receive the next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to perform a local good fortune ritual by running three times around the center of the Fountain of Wealth before retrieving their next clue from the middle of the fountain.[16] This task was presented as a miscellaneous task, but teams were shown holding Roadblock clues.

Additional tasks

• At the start of the leg, teams made their way to the Jet d'Eau in Geneva, where they received a flag representing their next destination country and were told to find the Petronas Twin Towers. Using this information, teams had to figure out that their next clue was in Kuala Lumpur.
• At the Petronas Twin Towers, teams had to find a local and have them take their picture in front of the towers using a Kodak EasyShare Digital Camera. Once they walked 1 mile (1.6 km) through the streets to the Ampang Park Shopping Center, teams developed their pictures of the Towers to find the next clue printed on the back of the photo.
• At the National Orchid Garden, teams had to search for "Margaret Thatcher" and figure out that the clue meant an orchid, not the person.

Additional note

• During the Pit Stop, the steamship sailed from Montreux to Lausanne, where teams started the tenth leg.

Cyclos, a form of Vietnamese transportation, were featured during the Roadblock.

Airdate: December 11, 2002

• Singapore (Changi Airport) to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam (Tan Son Nhat International Airport)
• Ho Chi Minh City (Rex Square – Bac Ho Statue)
• Cái Bè (Mekong Delta)
• Cái Bè (Cái Bè Floating Market or Cái Bè Land Market)
• Ho Chi Minh City (2A Ton Duc Thang Street at the edge of Saigon River)
• Ho Chi Minh City (Café Thu Thiem)

This leg's Detour was a choice between Easy Buy or Hard Sell. In Easy Buy, teams chose a boat called a sampan and rode it into the floating market of Cái Bè to find the only vendor selling water coconuts (called dừa nước in Vietnamese) with their next clue and buy one at any price they could. In Hard Sell, teams chose a shoulder basket and carried fruit into the land market area to sell enough fruit to make 40,000₫ (about US$2.50) that they had to give to a vendor to receive their next clue.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to transport their teammate in a cyclo through a marked course down the streets of the city and onto a ferry across the Saigon River. After reaching the end of the course, both teams members could drop off their cyclo and walk to the next Pit Stop at Café Thu Thiem.

Additional task

• Upon arrival in Ho Chi Minh City, teams had to find the Bac Ho Statue in Rex Square to find the next clue.

The Imperial Palace in Huế was visited during this leg.

Airdate: December 18, 2002

• Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon Railway Station) to Huế (Huế Railway Station)
• Huế (Imperial City – Hiển Lâm Các Pavilion)
• Da Nang (Nam Ô (in Vietnamese) – Bridge)
• Hội An (Bach Dang Street Boat Quay to Thu Bồn River)
• Hội An (Thu Bồn River – Fishing Platform)
• Da Nang (China Beach)

This leg;s Detour was a choice between Basket Boats and Basket Bikes. In Basket Boats, each team member had to cross a stretch of river in a round basket boat using only a single paddle each to reach the clue box on a nearby island. In Basket Bikes, each team member took a bicycle laden with dozens of shrimp baskets and had to ride them 1-mile (1.6 km) to receive the next clue. This side of the Detour was later revisited on Season 29 as a Switchback.

In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to climb onto a Vietnamese fishing platform and use a wooden winch to raise a fishing net out of the water in order to retrieve the clue dangling underneath.

Additional tasks

• Upon arrival in Huế, teams had to search the Hiển Lâm Các Pavilion inside the Imperial City to get their next clue.
• After the Detour, teams had to the Bach Dang Dock in Hội An and board a sampan that would take them to a Route Marker in Thu Bồn River.

Wailua Falls on the island of Kauai was the location of this season's final Detour.

Airdate: December 18, 2002

• Da Nang (Quang Minh Temple)
• Da Nang (Đà Nẵng Railway Station) to Hanoi (Hanoi Railway Station)
• Hanoi (Noi Bai International Airport) to Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, United States (Honolulu International Airport)
• Haleiwa (Puaena Point)
• Honolulu (Honolulu International Airport) to Lihue, Kauai (Lihue Airport)
• Wailua River State Park (Wailua Falls)
• Lihue (Lihue Airport) to Seattle, Washington (Seattle–Tacoma International Airport)
• Seattle (Kerry Park)
• Seattle (Seattle Center – International Fountain )
• Seattle (Lincoln Park)
• Seattle (Gas Works Park)

This season's final Detour was a choice between Quick Drop or Slow Walk. In Quick Drop, teams took a quick 160 ft (49 m) drop from the top of a waterfall on a zipline. They then had to swim to shore and follow the flags to a clue behind the waterfall, only a short distance away. In Slow Walk, teams walked down a much longer marked trail to the same clue box behind the falls.

In this season's final Roadblock, one team member had to choose a totem pole and spin the animal faces so that they were aligned in chronological order based the order teams encountered them:

Leg	Country	Animal
1	Mexico	Donkey
2		Dolphin
6	Morocco	Horse
9	Switzerland	Goat
10	Singapore	Manatee

Once the animals were in the correct order, the mouth at the bottom of the pole opened to reveal the final clue.

Additional tasks

• At Quang Minh Temple in Da Nang, team would find their next clue at the Buddha's feet.
• Upon arrival in Honolulu, teams had to find Puaena Point and get a blessing from a traditional Hawaiian priest known as kahuna, who would give them the next clue afterward.
• At Kerry Park, teams were instructed to travel by foot to the International Fountain within Seattle Center to get their next clue.

Additional note

• Due to Vietnamese law, teams needed to have airline tickets to enter Noi Bai International Airport, meaning they had to book a flight at a travel agency beforehand.