page_title: The Amazing Race Asia 4
section_title: Leg 4 (Sri Lanka)
hierarchical_section_title: The Amazing Race Asia 4 / Race summary / Leg 4 (Sri Lanka)
caption_attribution_description: English: Masks in Ambalangoda Masks Museum Polski: Maski w muzeum masek w Ambalangoda
context_page_description: The fourth season of The Amazing Race Asia is a reality television game show based on the American series, The Amazing Race. The fourth installment of the show features several teams of two, each with a pre-existing relationship, in a race around Asia and the Pacific Rim. Production for this installment was delayed in 2009. It is also the first Amazing Race series to be filmed and broadcast in high-definition.
  Applications ended 31 March 2010, after a short extension due to popular demand. Semi-finalist and finalist interviews were held between March and April. Filming took place June to July 2010.
  The season premiered on 23 September 2010. The identities of the contestants were revealed on 2 September 2010. The premiere episode also shown on AXN's website on 16 September 2010.
  A special episode was aired on 2 December 2010, a week before the season finale.
  Filipino friends Richard Hardin and Richard Herrera were the winners of the Race.
context_section_description: Airdate: 14 October 2010
   Colombo (Fort Railway Station) to Galle (Galle Railway Station)
  Galle (Galle Fort)
  Galle (Galle Bus Station) 
  Galle (Galle Lighthouse) 
  Galle (Dialog Service Centre)
   Galle (Galle Bus Station) to Ambalangoda (Ambalangoda Train Station – Mask Stall Vendor)
   Kalutara (Coconut Plantation or Holy Cross College)
  Kalutara (Kalutara Kalido Beach) 
  In the only Fast Forward of the Race, one team had to proceed to the Galle Bus Station, where they would discover they had to have their heads shaved at a nearby street barber. Once completed, the team would receive the Fast Forward award and a Hilton Duck, which they had to bring to the Pit Stop, and would be taken in a marked taxi to the Pit Stop.
  In this leg's Roadblock, one team member needed to find out the year when Sri Lanka became a sovereign state and changed its name from Ceylon to its present name (1972). The team member had to use this year as a combination (1972 → 1-9-7-2) to unlock a treasure chest, containing their next clue, located along a beach outside the Galle Lighthouse.
  In this leg's Detour, teams had to choose between Coconut Course and Language Course. In Coconut Course, teams had climb up a laddered coconut tree and traverse on a hanging rope between two coconut trees. Once done, they would each receive a coconut which they had to give to the chieftain to get their next clue. In Language Course, teams had to go to a school and learn ten Sinhalese words from a student. Once they think they have mastered all ten words, they had to recite it to a teacher. If teams got all ten correct, the teacher would hand them their next clue.
  Additional tasks
  At the Dialog Service Centre, teams had to find a cellular phone with a message "Congratulations. Correct." from a pile of hundreds of cellular phones that displayed the message "Sorry, Try Again" to get their next clue.
  At the Ambalangoda Train Station, teams had to search for a mask stall vendor, get a photo of a mask, and match it with the person wearing the same mask amidst the crowd of dancing people. Once teams found the correct person, they would receive a Hilton duck, which they had to bring to the Pit Stop, and their next clue.
caption: In the coastal town of Ambalangoda, teams had to get a photo of mask and match it to a person wearing the same mask in order to get their next clue.
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