Amazing Race Asia II highlights taxi problem in Singapore’s Central Business District
Its great news that two Singaporeans have won season two of the Amazing Race Asia II.
However, Team Collin and Adrian almost lost the race while waiting to get a taxi from the Asian Civilisations Museum to the island of Sentosa.
Wrote the Amazing Race Asia II website,
At the statue of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles, the founding father of Singapore, Marc and Rovilson pull out the first clue, which guides them towards the Tanjong Beach in Sentosa for their next clue. Adrian and Collin are right behind them, and pick up the same clue. But when they leave, they see Marc and Rovilson hopping into a taxi that was waiting for them.
The gym buddies forget to ask their taxi driver to wait for them and have to spend time looking for another taxi. As the sisters pull in, the gym buddies are still looking for a taxi.
The race was probably recorded before the recent increase in taxi surcharges in January 2008.
Got this gut feeling that in the next race, a team will lose out because they didn’t have enough money to pay for the taxi fares because of the additional surcharges added recently.
