I love adventures, challenges and going places.. Speaking of which, I signed up in another "amazing race"-like event in Subic. Last time I did similar was organized by a tech product and it's within Metro Manila.
Amazing Adventure Race was organized by Jest Camp, Magaul Bird Park and Subic Peninsula Hotel.
My buddy during the race was Kathy Kenny Ngo.. Shawn Summers and Gail Corpuz served as our photographers coz part of the rules was no camera, no phones..
Meetup was in Eton Centris; call time was as early as 5am til 5:30am. Me and Kathy made it right on time but had to wait beyond 5:45am because the other teams haven't arrived. We arrived few minutes before 9am at the Subic Peninsula for our race orientation and first task.
FIRST TASK: Collect 10 coins with 2013 series in the swimming pool.
The task required one team member to plunge in the pool and collect coins that were literally underneath. One thing for sure diving is a must and neither of us knows how to swim (well I only knew my partner can't during the task hehehe). It was a laugh trip at the start. Kenny was screaming to me all the time. After all the encouragement and moral support, we finally completed the task. Now off to our next task..
SECOND TASK: Find a white cavaran and search for the bird for your next task.
All the while we thought there were designated vehicle with the race logo that would take us to the next destination. With the 40 bucks enclosed in the envelope, we are to ride a PUV and use the amount as fare. It took us quite sometime to get our ride because a special trip not only cost 40 pesos. And surprisingly, my partner was good at collecting extra pennies.
And finally we arrived to our destination and got our task..
THIRD TASK: Find the egg that has your next clue/task.
Sounds easy right? But hell no.. We have to search the whole place for that egg. I found one but it doesn't have what we need to proceed. Out of curiosity, it just popped in my mind that no one has gone to the giant swing area and there I found another colored egg with our next clue. Yippee!
FOURTH TASK: Guess the bird described in the clue.
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| This was the answer to the riddle/question.. |
Kenny answered it correctly without any effort. And the next clue??
FIFTH TASK: Eat three worms for a sandwich or five worms for a chicken meal.
It was a roadblock meaning one person has to do it. Since my partner did the swimming part, I was my turn. My first reaction was "What?!" "Seriously?!?" I could do adventure but not this one. Not yet... But I have no choice...
It took a while for me to eat one.. Stared at the tiny crawlers mostly.. Tasteless but the feet gave the creeps out of me. Finally, I was able to finish 3 worms for a sandwich. The sandwich was supposed to satisfy my tummy but I lost my appetite. Blame it to the worms hahaha...
SIXTH TASK: Search for assigned colored papers in the aerial walk adventure.
My kind of adventure but it was Kenny's turn. I was totally nervous as she do the task. Scared that she might fall or something. I proudly say that she made it through the obstacles.
SEVENTH TASK: Make fire the jungle survival way.
The task was easy but with all the other tedious tasks, my energy was almost drained.. Could hardly make that smoke but with teamwork and patience we had our fire. Flameo!
The whole race was indeed an adventure. Our team may not won but we still had fun.
