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In addition, Amy’s frustration is also not much of an issue since she and Jason are also on the same flight with the doctors and the baseball wives arriving first at 7 a.m. This leaves bitter exes Tim & Marie hanging out solo in Sao Paulo for their last flight.

Dejected and resigned to the idea that they are in last place, the exes board the plane but Chester & Ephraim are sprinting through the Sao Paulo airport to catch that same flight, which is that last one of the day. And has the guys’ bad flight luck finally run out and something happens for them in a good way? Of course not…they miss the plane.

Chester & Ephraim are unofficially out of contention for anything but last place this leg and this episode can now be subtitled “Foregone conclusion.” They are trying to edit it to paint a different picture but we know. Their next flight through London just seems cruel. Also, I feel compelled to point out that we are 23 minutes into this episode and the teams haven’t done a single challenge. Jockeying for flights is not the most entertaining way to have a leg unfold or be recapped.

The first flight arrives on schedule and the teams quickly grab cabs to the first destination, which must be reached by a trolley car. Leaving the girls in their dust, Travis & Nicole and Jason & Amy board the trolley. Together they reach the spot where a singer and band are there to greet them and give them a painting. The catch is that there are no instructions or hints, just the canvas painting. Phil lets us know they must find out that have to go to the Portugal’s National Coach Museum. As a pedestrian directs them to the right location, Nicky & Kim arrive not too far behind.

The rush is on for them to stay at the front of the pack, so they quickly locate the clue box in the museum. It’s Detour time: Miles or Tiles. For Miles, they have to use a giant compass and a huge marble-looking map in a plaza area to add up the total miles that Magellan covered from 10 different stops on his journey around the world. The answer is 16,500 and they have to get within 500 miles. For Tiles, the team has to recreate a tile puzzle of a person that stands about 4.5 to 5 feet tall.

The leaders decide to work together and head to Miles. At the map, Jason and Travis do the measuring between marked points on the map, while both the ladies do the math. This is an alliance that I can wholly support.

While Nicky & Kim decide to tackle to Tiles task, the other two teams have conquered Miles on the first guess and gotten their next clue pointing them to Clube Portugues de Tiro a Chumbo. Meanwhile, Team Beardo and the Okies have landed and are finally starting the challenge portion of this really long leg.

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