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ROB & AMBER THREE-PEAT; DAVID & MARY OUT
As Teams made their way to small Chilean towns of Petrohue and Metri, newlyweds Rob & Amber continued their domination by winning a third consecutive leg. Meanwhile, flopping fish drove Danielle to distraction and a missed clue befuddled the beauty queens, but in the end, coalminer and wife David & Mary couldn't overcome their navigational woes and became the third eliminated Team.
SHOWDOWN
Departing the Pit Stop in first place at 11:39pm, newlyweds Rob & Amber opened their clue instructing them to drive 4 miles to the town of San Pedro de Atacama and find the church that bears its name.
At the San Pedro de Atacama church, Rob & Amber ripped open their next clue that informed them they had to fly over 800 miles to the town of Puerto Montt and then drive another 30 miles to a fishery in the town of Metri.
Arriving in San Pedro de Atacama third, life partners Joe & Bill pulled over to ask a local for the location of the church. Lurking behind them, dating couple Eric & Danielle slowed down long enough to hear the directions from the local and then proceeded to pass the life partners to reach the cluebox in third place. Furious over having their directions poached, Joe & Bill approached the dating couple who were walking back to their car with the clue. After chastising the couple for their behavior, Bill stood in front of their car as he read the clue preventing them from driving off. Once Bill stepped aside having proved his point, a stunned Eric & Danielle drove off, saying, "What is wrong with them? Such whiners."
As Teams began assembling at the closed airport in Calama, newlyweds Rob & Amber chose a different and more fruitful avenue to purchase tickets by finding a small travel agency that was open late. By going online, they secured a flight that would land in Puerto Montt at 12:55pm.
TAKING NAMES
Not willing to sit idly by at the airport, married couple Uchenna & Joyce, who would have been fourth in line, opted to find a hotel to book tickets online. Before they left the airport, they generously offered to purchase tickets for Joe & Bill, Eric & Danielle, and Oswald & Danny who all took the couple up on their offer by writing down their credit card information.
At a nearby hotel, Uchenna & Joyce discovered the same flight arriving in Puerto Montt that newlyweds Rob & Amber booked. After purchasing their own tickets, they began the process to buy tickets for the other three Teams but instantly discovered a major problem. Only life partners Joe & Bill had the foresight to write down the security code on the back of the credit card that was needed to purchase tickets online. That meant Uchenna & Joyce couldn't buy tickets for Eric & Danielle and Oswald & Danny.
When the ticket counter at the airport opened, Eric & Danielle and Oswald & Danny, unaware of what time Uchenna & Joyce's flight landed, purchased tickets with the rest of the Teams on a flight that arrived in Puerto Montt at 1:55pm, an hour later. However, Eric's sharp ears and eyes noticed the married couple's boarding pass, returned to the ticket counter, and changed his flight to 12:55pm. When Eric switched flights, more ears perked up as Teri & Ian and Charla & Mirna also tried to get on the 12:55pm flight. The agent told them the plane was now sold out, but they could attempt to get on a standby list when they landed in their connecting city of Santiago. |
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