Leg 3 (Vietnam)<br />edit<br /><br />Teams finished this leg in Huế, Vietnam's ancient capital, at Thế Miếu Temple inside its old citadel.<br />Airdate: September 25, 2008<br /><br />Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon Zoo and Botanical Gardens) (Pit Start)<br />Bus: Ho Chi Minh City (Mien Dong Coach Station) to Huế (Bến Xe Phía Bắc)<br />Huế (Trần Thanh Mại – Caltex Service Facility)<br />Hương Thủy (Khải Định Tomb)<br />Roadblock: "Who's in line for a king's ransom?" Hương Trà (Minh Mạng Tomb) and Hương Thủy (Khải Định Tomb)<br />Detour: Sticks or Stalks Hương Thủy (Dạ Lê Thượng Shrine or Rice Paddy Field)<br />Bicycle: Huế (Quốc Học Park to Huế Citadel – Thế Miếu Temple) Pit Stop: Leg 3<br />In this leg's Roadblock, one team member had to retrieve seven coins representing the seven emperors of the Nguyễn dynasty at Minh Mạng Tomb then bring them back to Khải Định Tomb, where they would find out that they had to place the coins in the correct order of the reign of the emperors to receive their next clue. Each table that had a coin at Minh Mạng Tomb also contained information about the reigns of the corresponding emperor, and racers could return to the tomb to obtain this information.<br /><br />This leg's Detour was a choice between Sticks and Stalks. In Sticks, teams had watch a silent demonstration and then make ten incense sticks to receive their next clue. In Stalks, teams had to thresh rice stalks into a farming machine and fill two baskets to receive their next clue from a farmer.<br /><br />Additional tasks<br />At the Caltex service facility, teams had to change the rear tires and engine oil of a marked jeep, their transportation for the rest of the leg, to receive their next clue.<br />At Quốc Học Park, teams had to search for a marked cyclo with their next clue and use it to travel to the Pit Stop.<br /><br />Leg 3 – A Sony Handycam for each team member.
