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With all the Teams buying their tickets on the KLM direct flight, Reichen & Chip pondered an alternative. The couple talked to an Alitalia representative about a 6:55 am flight with a connection in Milan. While the flight would arrive in Mumbia 35 minutes before the KLM flight, the window of time to catch the connecting flight in Milan was narrow. After much consideration and a discussion with Monica & Sheree, Reichen & Chip decided to take the Alitalia flight, while Monica & Sheree joined the other six Teams on the KLM flight. On choosing this option, Reichen said, "The worst thing you can do in this Race is worry about what other Teams are doing. You just have to focus on getting yourself up ahead and first."
 With the gamble paying off, Reichen & Chip landed in Mumbai at 10:55 pm. Exiting the airport, the couple instantly realized they had landed in a completely different world. In the taxi ride to Film City, a teary Reichen saw people living in makeshift tents along garbage-filled streets. He commented, "It's pretty awful. I just didn't know it was this bad. I could have never been prepared for what I'm looking at right now. I just ask myself, 'What happened? What happened to make it like this?'"
 At 11:30 pm, the other six Teams landed in Mumbai, each discovering the city for themselves on their cab ride to Bollywood. On the huge crowds outside the airport, Kelly commented, "This is my worst nightmare." Her fiancé Jon added, "It looked like chaos everywhere." Monica & Sheree said a prayer upon entering their taxi while David joked, "We're going straight to the desert to be sacrificed." Chuck noted, "I just saw the biggest rat I've ever seen in my life." Only Tian seemed genuinely excited, remarking, "I love it. I've never seen anything like this in my life. It smells different. It sounds different. It's super cool." ( Millie & Chuck in the cab)
 Arriving at the Bollywood gates, Reichen & Chip found the clue box and opened their clue. They discovered they must ride bicycles through the sprawling movie studio to Studio 10 and search the sound stage for their next clue when the gates reopened in the morning at 9:30 am. Soon, all the other Teams caught up and camped out for the night. As the sun rose, Teams again witnessed and became affected by the poverty they saw around them. Circus clown Jon said, "It's kind of sad. You don't even realize how lucky you are." A crying Millie added, "There's just a lot of people living in hard situations all around us right here."
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