Amazing Race Asia 4 Episode 4: A Fastforward Win For 'The Riches'

From Colombo, the 9 remaining teams were on the same train for a 3-hour trip heading to Galle, Sri Lanka where the 4th leg of the race was held. 'The Riches' of the Philippines arrived first on the clue box and immediately went for the 'Fast Forward' task which is a task that allows the team to go directly to the Pitstop after its completion . For this task, they had to have their heads bald using the 'traditional method' which was done fast enough making them win this leg - although some police officers had to check on their passports and visas after a car trouble while on their way to the pitstop. They both won 2000 USD each.

No other teams tried the 'Fast Forward' task. The rest of the teams did the 'roadblock' which was to unlock a chest - the unlock code they needed was the year when Sri Lanka changed its name to its current name (1972). After the 'roadblock', they then searched from hundreds of ringing phones to find a phone with a text message containing 'Correct'. From the phones they then head to searching an exact match of a picture they selected to that of a mask worn by a dancer in a group of masked people in a festival. Lastly for the 'detour', they were made to choose the 'Coconut Course' where they had to transfer from one coconut tree to another on a rope or the 'Language Course' where they had to memorize 10 objects in their local translations.

For Amazing Race Asia 4 Episode 4, below is the team standings:

1. Richard Hardin, 34, Pro Basketballer | Richard Herrera, 31, Actor
Friends, The Philippines

2. Sunaina Gulia, 31, Actress | Dimple Inamdar, 32, Actress
Travel Buddies, India

3. Lim Kok Hon (Ethan), 26, Social Worker | Mohd Khairie, 25, Graduate
Friends, Malaysia

4. Jacinta James (Jess), 27, Tattooist | Lani Pillinger, 27, Model
Party Girls, The Philippines

5. Natasha Sutadisastra, 24, Legal Admin | Hussein Baron S., 53, Educator
Father and Daughter, Indonesia

6. Ivan Evetovics, 33, University Lecturer | Tengku Hilda, 38, Researcher
Husband and Wife, Malaysia

7. Claire Goh, 21, Musician | Michelle S. Ng, 22, Actress
Rebel Pals, Singapore

8. Sahil Banga, 25, Aspiring Actor | Manas Katyal, 23, Reality Show Bachelor
Cousins, India

9. Alan Luk, 32, Actor | Wendy Lee, 24, Actress
Dating Couple, Hong Kong

This time around the Dating Couple from Hong Kong were eliminated.

KevJumba and His Dad on Amazing Race Season 17

Waaaaah... I know Amazing Race Season 17 is to premier today but I did not know that I'd be seeing a familiar face as I watched it just moments ago. I saw KevJumba and his dad in the show!

For those who does not know, KevJumba (Kevin Wu) is a Youtube 'celebrity' who is known for his funny clips in the video site. His dad, Michael Wu, already appeared on KevJumba's videos also. So this explains why Kevjumba was out from youtube for like a month last summer. Presumably, he was with his dad racing with other 10 teams around the globe.

I hope they'll do better in the next leg since they were just 7th to arrive at the piststop in the premier episode. I just wanna see more of them. :D