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As Chip & Kim and Colin & Christie arrived at the airport to discover ticket counters closed until 7am, Kami & Karli departed from the Pit Stop. Karli commented, "Twins do not always get along. Kami and I are so much alike. When one thing bothers her, it bothers me, too. To finish in the top, we need to stay calm and get along with one another." After securing tickets on the Indian Airlines flight at the travel agency, the twins were the first Team to book a connecting flight from Bangkok to Auckland on Qantas, arriving at 2:15pm, with the intention of finding an earlier flight at the airport.

After soliciting enough money to be competitive, Brandon & Nicole left the Pit Stop at 6:07am. On the status of their Team, Brandon remarked, "Nicki and I almost being eliminated has taught us never to give up. But to catch up, we need to support each other and just leave it in the Lord's hands." The Christians breathed a sigh of relief when they caught up with the other four Teams by booking the Indian Airlines flight to Bangkok, but hurried to the airport, as they also did not secure a connecting flight to Auckland.

FLIGHT FOLLIES
When the ticket counters opened at 7am, Kami & Karli and Linda & Karen went to check in on the Indian Airlines flight, while Colin & Christie and Chip & Kim wisely attempted to snag tickets on the earliest connecting flight to Auckland on Singapore Airlines, landing at 11:35am. By virtue of walking into the office first, Colin & Christie secured the tickets, while Chip & Kim did not. Instead, Chip & Kim settled for a New Zealand Air flight arriving twenty minutes later than Colin & Christie. Kim commented, "Colin & Christie, they beat us to the punch. From this point forward, Chip and I have to be more aggressive."

Arriving at the airport, Brandon & Nicole also managed to book tickets on the Air New Zealand flight landing at 11:55am, while Linda & Karen opted for a Malaysia Air flight touching down at 12:20pm. Instead of using ticket agents, Kami & Karli attempted to secure earlier tickets than their 2:15pm flight by using telephone, but came up empty-handed when all Teams needed to board their flight to Bangkok.

Landing in Bangkok, Kami & Karli made a last ditch effort to get on the Singapore Airlines flight with Colin & Christie by claiming to have reservations when they did not. Their plan, of course, did not work, as the ticket agent couldn't find the booking for the twins. With only one hope left, Kami & Karli hurried to the Qantas counter, desperately pleading for standby tickets on a flight carrying Chip & Kim and Brandon & Nicole to Sydney. With the plane's engines revving and Karli nearly breaking down from the stress, the twins got the tickets, ran through the airport and barely made the flight. From Sydney, the twins secured a Qantas flight scheduled to arrive at 12:15pm, two hours earlier than their original flight and five minutes ahead of now last-place Linda & Karen.

THE GREAT ADVENTURE
Landing in Auckland, New Zealand in first place, Colin & Christie began the drive to Rotorua in search of the Rotorua Museum by quickly finding Route One, which would take them there. Arriving twenty minutes later, Brandon & Nicole also found Route One with relative ease, while Chip & Kim became lost. The time Chip & Kim lost trying to find the highway allowed Linda & Karen, who arrived last in Auckland, to pass the married couple. Kami & Karli, like Chip & Kim, became lost and slipped to the back of the pack as all Teams headed to Rotorua.

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