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DAVID & JEFF MAINTAIN LEAD, TIAN & JAREE ELIMINATED
Trying to hold onto their lead, best friends David & Jeff found themselves together with the other Teams again as all waited for a train to Ernakulam. Once there, the dynamic duo set the pace for the entire leg, arriving first at the Detour, the Roadblock and a second consecutive time at the Pit Stop. Other Teams fared worse in the leg as Millie & Chuck struggled with an overheated taxi, while Reichen & Chip's cab ran out of gas. A few small but costly mistakes pushed Tian & Jaree into a virtual tie for last place with Reichen & Chip during the Detour. The married couple gave it their all and escaped defeat, as Tian & Jaree became the seventh Team to be eliminated from THE AMAZING RACE.
 JOURNEY THROUGH INDIA
Leaving the Gateway of India first at 12:51 am, best friends David & Jeff ripped open their clue discovering they must travel 860 miles by train to a place called Ernakulam Junction. Commenting on his Team, Jeff said, "I would say that David and I have a very good shot of winning. We had some rough spots where we were counting more on being physically fit than on our strategy. Now we're taking a step back, thinking about it a little bit longer. We're kind of firing on all cylinders now."
 Departing just moments later, married couple Reichen & Chip also made their way 43 miles to the Panvel Train Station, preparing for a 24-hour train ride. On his performance thus far, Chip said, "Sometimes, Reichen defers to me, and my conviction of saying, 'I know this is right' sometimes is a problem. I've made significant blunders, and that's something I need to work on, because I definitely want to win this Race."
 Following engaged couple Kelly & Jon's departure fifteen minutes earlier, 12-year dating virgins Millie & Chuck left the Gateway of India at 1:34 am. On the growing friction between her and Chuck, Millie remarked, "It has been very tense between us the last few legs, so we talked and we said we really hated the way we were treating each other. We were really going to try to be friends and be nice to each other. Maybe then we'll feel a little more positive about us as a Team."
Moments later, friends and models Tian & Jaree departed for the train station followed, one minute later, by the last-place circus clowns Jon & Al. On their showing, Jon said, "The last leg was too close. We were almost eliminated, so we want to stay focused. We want to pay attention to details and push forward to the finish line."
 Rather than taking cabs to the Panvel Station, Kelly & Jon and Jon & Al went separately to the Victoria Train Terminal to take a train instead, but discovered the ticket window wouldn't open until 4 am. Knowing the train to Ernakulam from the Panvel Station wouldn't depart until late morning, both Teams decided to take advantage of the situation by sleeping at nearby hotels for the night. ( David & Jeff at the hotel)
 After a brief mix-up of being dropped off at the old Panvel Station, now a residential home, David & Jeff arrived at the new Panvel Station first. Also deciding that sleep was important, the pair departed for a hotel for the evening. Soon after, Reichen & Chip and Millie & Chuck made it to the station along with a shaken Tian & Jaree, who had a frightening taxi ride down the wrong side of the freeway. Upon seeing Chip at the station, Tian said, "We almost got killed. You have no idea." All three Teams opted to pull out the sleeping bags and stretch out on the concrete floor of the station for the night.
 The next morning, at Kelly's insistence on taking an early train to avoid the crowded rush, she and Jon departed for the Panvel Station at 6:40 am. Kelly was not amused when Jon jokingly pinched her from behind after she asked him to protect her on the train. About half an hour later, clowns Jon & Al boarded their train for Panvel. Commenting on the conditions of India, Jon said, "I always felt I was a good person and I've tried to be a good father and husband, but this makes you realize that you can always do better."
 Soon, Kelly & Jon, Jon & Al, and David & Jeff, coming from a nearby hotel, met the other three Teams at the Victoria Station. As the Teams boarded their train to Ernakulam, circus clown Jon remarked, "Ooh, it stinks." Jeff responded, "It only gets better guys." Once seated in a car, Reichen said, "This train smells so bad it makes you want to gag." Facing a full day in a hot, cramped train car, Jon & Al decided to take action and upgraded to a first class air-conditioned car. With the exception of a frugal Millie & Chuck, all other Teams followed suit, enjoying nicer accommodations for sixteen dollars a person. Jon (of Jon & Al) quipped, "Best money I ever spent."
Enjoying the time apart from the other Teams, Millie commented, "We have not befriended the other Teams probably as much as they have befriended each other. There's always stuff that people say." Chuck added, "Sometimes we feel like we're back on the playground." Meanwhile, in first class, Kelly & Jon continued their jokes about "Millie Mole and the Werewolf" to an amused Reichen & Chip. Jon quipped, "I think the mole is growing throughout the Race just because of stress. I'm not even kidding." ( Millie & Chuck on the train)
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