I suppose we knew things would be tough for the cousins when opening the leg's first clue proved to be more challenging than any Detour. After clawing the paper apart, Charla and Mirna proceeded to the airport where they engaged in a Battle Royale with their rivals, Colin and Christie. Round One occurred at the terminal entrance where Christie obstinately blocked the doorway to keep the pesky cousins away. Ah hah! Now no one will be able to enter the airport! The formidable stature and massive girth of Christie shall keep all seekers at the threshold! Except, of course, Charla who effortlessly slipped under Christie's arm and scampered towards the ticket counter. Okay, well, maybe Christie's plan wasn't entirely Little People proof, but that's alright. Had she stood there any longer, the authorities probably would have thought she was a terrorist - a very pretty, submissive terrorist.

In the terminal, during the usual ticket-buying melee, teams split into two groups: the Colin fans and the Mirna fans - which really only consisted of the Bowling Moms. While Colin's crew wasted time booking roundabout flights to Kenya, Mirna et al. snuck into Gulf Air's offices and found an earlier flight to Nairobi. Of course, this purchasing called for Mirna and Charla's expert language skills. Once again, they trilled their R's as if that would somehow make the Egyptian travel agent more fluent in English. "We found flight to Nairrrrobi. We arrrive at six thirty" said Mirna as if she had just enrolled in English as a Second Language class. The oddest part though was that she was talking to the camera, not the agent. We understand you just fine, Mirna. Or should I say, "We... underrrrstand... you. Belissimo!"

As the cousins booked their tickets, they tried their best to hide out from the Colin gang. Amazingly, they were found. Maybe next time they should make sure the camera crew isn't ambling around outside the airline office. Mirna for once broke into a real life second language and told the agent not to sell tickets to Colin and the rest of his posse. As if that would work. I can just imagine the agent facing Colin, Christie, Chip, Kim, Kami, Karli, Brandon and Nicole and saying "I know you people want to make last minute purchases that would bring thousands of dollars into the airline, but the little woman and her keeper forbade me. I fear their wrath!"

Of course everyone wound up on the same flight, and eventually, after some layover craziness, all teams reached Kenya where they hopped on terrifying puddle jumpers and zipped over to Kilimanjaro. Upon spying a rainbow, Nicole commented that “it was a sign of God’s promise.” Similarly, Brandon’s hair is a sign of God’s cruel humor.