The Amazing Race (USA) Wishlist Route IDEA #2: “Leg 2 (Philippines)”

PREVIOUSLY ON: The Amazing Race (USA): “Leg 1 (United States → Philippines)”:

The Amazing Race (USA) Wishlist Route IDEA #2: Leg 2 (Philippines):

PROCEED TO: MarQuee Mall

PHIL KEOGHAN: "Teams must make their way MarQuee Mall located in Angeles City in the Pampanga region, where they have to sign up for one of three charter buses to ..."

PROCEED TO: Dagupan City, Philippines

PHIL: "... Dagupan City in the Ilocos Region (The first three teams were on the first bus, the next four teams on the second bus, and the remaining teams on the last bus), once there they'll have to figure out what the clue was saying: ‘Find the giant crab that will lead you to your next clue.’ is taking them to ..."

FIND: Crab Building (“Find the giant crab that will lead you to your next clue.”)

PHIL: "... Giant Crab Building where they'll find their next clue."

PROCEED TO: Vigan City, Philippines

PHIL: "Teams must travel by bus to the city of Vigan, once there they'll have to make their way to ..."

PROCEED TO: Vigan Heritage Site

PHIL: "... the Vigan Heritage Site and search the grounds for their next clue."

DETOUR: “Patintero” or “Pot Piñata”

PHIL: "In this Detour, teams must choose between two famous classic children's games here in The Philippines, their choice: ‘Patintero’ or ‘Pot Piñata’."

DETOUR: “Patintero”

PHIL: "In ‘Patintero’, requires teams to participate and win a local children’s game called: “patintero”, teams must score 10 wins without being touched by the other opponents."

DETOUR: “Pot Piñata”

PHIL: "In ‘Pot Piñata’, requires teams to participate in a festival and party game called: ‘pukpok palayok’, where one team member must hit a clay pot with a stick while being blindfolded, while the other team member must use a tambourine to guide the blindfolded partner to the pot."


IF TEAMS FINISHED THE: “Patintero” Detour

PHIL: "Both Detours were instructed the teams to a Vigan empanada store, if the team finished the ‘Patintero’ detour, they had to prepare and cook 10 Vigan empanadas and deliver them to a marked location for their next clue, ..."

IF TEAMS FINISHED THE: “Pot Piñata” Detour

PHIL: "... or the team finished the ‘Pot Piñata’ detour, must eat 40 Vigan empanadas to get their next clue."

PROCEED TO: Caniaw Heritage and Forest Park

PHIL: "Teams must make their way to Caniaw Heritage and Forest Park in Bantay in the Ilocos Sur region, where they'll find their next clue."

ROADBLOCK: “Who can crack the war code?”

PHIL: "During World War II, the Japanese already invaded the Philippines on December 8, 1941 ..."

PHIL: "... This Roadblock requires one team member must go back in time and be avoided by World War II Japanese soldiers, ..."

PHIL: "... one team member must crack the ‘war code’ by ..."

PHIL: "... entering the correct arch through three rows of Japanese arches without ..."

PHIL: "... getting 3 strikes by the Japanese WWII soldiers. If they got 3 strikes they'll have to start all over again. ..."

PHIL: "... once they find the correct path, ..."

PHIL: "... they will get their clue at the Japanese's military camp."


FIND: Lam-Ang Statue at Kapurpurawan Rock Formation

PHIL: "Teams must find the statue of the Ilocano hero legend: ‘Lam-Ang’ at Kapurpurawan Rock Formation located in Burgos, Ilocos Norte for their next clue."

TASK/PIT STOP: Find and Return Lam-Ang’s Rooster and Bring It to The Pit Stop

PHIL: "Teams must search and find Lam-Ang’s rooster hidden throughout Kapurpurawan Rock Formation ..."

PHIL: "... and must return it to Lam-Ang (also a pit stop greeter) at the pit stop, ..."

PHIL: "... if they find a ‘golden rooster’..."

PHIL: "... they’ll win an ‘Express Pass’ and the last team to check in here ..."

PHIL: "… will be eliminated."

BEHIND-THE-SCENES:

Well, I visited the Ilocos Region (Sur and Norte) here in the Philippines way back in 2016, I have to make this wishlist leg because this is Part 2 of “The Amazing Race (USA) Wishlist Route IDEA #2” and I also visited some places of the Ilocos Region, so I'll put some for this wishlist leg.

I have to put Vigan Emapandas after the Detour task because I also tried one of those and it tastes delicious!

The “War Code” roadblock is actually a recycled Roadblock task from ...

... Season 4 of “The Amazing Race: Asia” in Leg 10: Gyeongju, South Korea (“Who can crack the Warrior Code?”/Warrior Code), ...

... TAR: Australia/The Amazing Race: Australia also recycled this task in Season 2, Leg 11 in Beijing, China at the Great Wall of China, ...

... the reason why I made this “War Code” roadblock is I didn't The Amazing Race: Philippines' recycled Roadblock from TAR: Asia Season 4, Leg 10 (Indonesia → South Korea) for Season 2, Episode 4 (Pangasinan → La Union): “Who can crack the Surfer’s Code”/Surfer’s Code; because ...

... it's not historical like from TARAsia S4 and TARAus S2 and it's over-recycled, I wanted something like the Roadblock sets in World War 2 for the recycled Roadblock task: “passing through Japanese WW2 soldiers (WAR CODE) (I can also put this task for my upcoming concept: ‘The Amazing Race: Pinoy Rush’).” ...

... As for the “where you get the clue from the (Japanese') base” Roadblock picture, this was taken from The Amazing Race: Philippines Season 2, Leg 4 (Pangasinan → La Union) (I have to photoshop the clue to remove the word “PHILIPPINES”).

The “return Lam-Ang’s rooster to the Pit Stop” task with a rooster prop is actually from ...

... Season 4, Episode 3 of the 90’s Nickelodeon revival game show of “Legends of the Hidden Temple” for adult contestants; and aired on The CW between October 10, 2021-January 23, 2022; titled: ...

... “The Amazing Talking Rooster of Lam-Ang or The Ilocano Legend of Lam-Ang”, ...

prop (left) and A.I. (right)

... well I have to use an A.I. photo generator using ArtGuru to make the prop rooster “golden”; ...

... and also when I was at the Kapurpurawan Rock Formation in Ilocos in 2016, where I saw a statue of a man fighting an alligator or crocodile was actually the Ilocano folklore legend and hero “Lam-Ang” because come to think of it LOTHT Season 4, Episode 3 focuses on the legend of “Lam-Ang”.

Since we have the Express Pass back in Season 36 35 of The Amazing Race: USA, I might as well add it to the wishlist leg.

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