The biggest problem Charla and Mirna face is not Charla's dwarfism but rather their collective inability to stop using a Spanish accent with foreigners. In tonight's episode, they used the accent to ask a Russian guy where to find a cab. Now I don't mean to sound stereotypical, but this old, weathered man looked about as opposite from a Latino as I could imagine, and something tells me Spanish 101 wasn't on the Communist Middle School curriculum in 1944. It was no surprise that Mirna and Schmirna wound up without a cab.

Oh, but the ladies did try hard. Charla made a high pitch "choo-choo" toot to indicate they needed to get to the train station, but people just dismissed her as if she were a one-woman disco. Honestly, if some lady came up to me and alternatively babbled in a foreign language and then suddenly said "choo-choo!", I'd probably think it was the highlight of the day. That is, of course, after I had had her carted off to the authorities.

To Charla and Mirna's credit, they didn't spend the entire time forcing Spanish trills down everyone's throats. Mirna thanked helpful Russians with coos of "Belissimo". Granted, it would have been more appreciated in Italy, but I'm just saying.

Actually, aside from their linguistical strategies, the girls played a great game this episode. They managed to get an hour lead on their closest competitors by sneakily finding a faster plane to Cairo during their marathon layover. While other teams slept, Charla and Mirna quietly snuck away from the pack and headed to their gate. When the teams woke up and noticed the missing girls, they were annoyed, as usual, paricularly Marshall and Lance - Team Sunshine. I shouldn't really expect much from these guys who think the only thing that doesn't "suck" is a comfy couch and a bag of Chitos. When they made fun of the Russians by saying they were the most miserable people of all time, I couldn't help wondering why these guys didn't feel at home.

Noticeably more chipper though were Charla and Mirna who were poking around the pyramids while Marshall and Lance most likely berated a flight attendant somewhere over Turkey. Once again, Mirna volunteered Charla for the Roadblock - a strategy that still befuddles me. A few puzzles later and a quick horse ride across the dessert and the girls were crossing the finish line (but not before a "Lawrence of Arabia" moment, complete with swelling strings and cinematic images of Charla in the dessert).