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In this wild race, contestants have endured quite challenging tasks ranging from mowing grass and catching ducks to clearing elephant dung.
After completing the stage in the glorious land of Dien Bien Phu, the racing teams arrived in Nghe An – the homeland of President Ho Chi Minh, known for its majestic nature and traditional craft villages. At the dual-choice challenge, at the Trại Bò eco-tourism area (Diễn Châu, Nghe An), teams had to choose between Sharp Eyes and Diligence. With Sharp Eyes, teams swam and caught 2 ducks marked with their team's color.
Meanwhile, with Diligence, teams had to cut 15 kg of grass for the elephants to eat, clean up 50 kg of elephant dung, and carry this amount of dung for a long distance to hand it over to the supervisor.
Due to the lack of scales and the desire to avoid redoing tasks under the scorching sun like in the central region, teams brought more kilograms than necessary for the grass-cutting task. Meanwhile, the unique characteristic of elephant dung, containing excessive fiber, fluffy, and lightweight, posed a challenge for teams to obtain 50 kg.
The drier the dung, the lighter it becomes. Hence, teams devised rather 'unique' ways to collect elephant dung, as stated by the Blue team: 'We pick up the heaviest lump because the heaviest smell is from fresh dung, and fresh dung is heavier'. Entrepreneur Do Hoang Duong joked as he bent down to pick up the falling dung and said: 'Never has dung been as precious as today'.
Finishing this challenge, the Pink team led by Hương Giang Idol maintained their top position to proceed to the 'Overcoming Obstacles: Who Loves to Sing?' task. Earlier, during the duck-catching task, Hương Giang and Criss Lai spent quite some time finding the correct 2 ducks tied with pink strings, and they exchanged heated words when Criss Lai didn't listen to Hương Giang's advice.
Also choosing the duck-catching task this time were the Red team consisting of Kim Dung and Long Điền, and the Purple team with Kim Thanh and Khải Anh. Calmer and more in sync than the Pink team, the Red and Purple racers quickly found the right 2 ducks for their teams and received the next clue from the program.
The remaining four teams took more time choosing the 'Diligence' task. They had to cut enough grass, feed the elephants, and clean up 50kg of elephant dung to complete the task. Moving on to the 'Overcoming Obstacles – Singing' part, the teams had to memorize a folk song from Nghệ An with lyrics provided, and they had 30 minutes to learn and sing it for the supervisor to receive the next clue.
With the advantage of being a singer and having good musical sensitivity, Hương Giang Idol, although unfamiliar with local words like mo, mồ, ni, tê, chi, răng, rứa, still performed excellently in the challenge and proceeded to the next challenge of harvesting salt. While the Blue, Green, and Orange teams had already completed their tasks, Trang Khiếu's team was just getting started.
By Hoàng Trung Tổng Hợp
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Reference: Travel guide from Mytour
MytourSeptember 5, 2014
