This week's episode began with an ominous sign: crocodiles attacking each other in the Australian Outback! Might this allude to increased bitterness between Mojo and the Hippies? Or was this some small homage to Survivor, which invariably opens each show with images of critters at war (and/or crabs scampering across a beach). We couldn't contemplate this issue too long because suddenly the race was starting up again, with Ray and Yolanda emerging from the Pit Stop first. Their clue told them to fly to lovely Bangkok, which was currently the host city to Tyra Banks' gaggle of beauties on America's Next Top Model. That meant that at 8 PM last night, if you turned to UPN or CBS, all you'd see was racing and Thailand. I guess this was Les Moonves' master plan: "This May for sweeps, I want one thing: Thailand. Make it happen!"

Actually, a crossover episode would have been totally awesome. We were so close, if you think about it. With the models running around on their go-sees, I half expected Phil Keoghan to show up at any point and make them go bunjee jumping or something. But now I'm rambling. The whole point of this was that Raylonda was headed to Bangkok, and once they were there, they'd have to take a taxi to a bus terminal and then take a bus ninety-seven miles to a city and THEN find a three-spire pagoda, which, by the way, happened to be the home to a whole grip of sacred monkeys. Yes, this was going to be a good episode.

Well, Ray and Yolanda hit the road, but not before donating some pants to BJ. For those of you who missed it, last week's episode ended with BJ and Tyler arriving last on a non-elimination leg. That meant they had to hand over all their possessions and could only wear the clothes on their back. Unfortunately for BJ, he had shed his shoes and pants just prior to the Pit Stop (don't ask), which meant he'd have to attack this leg of the race in a more vagabond state than usual.

Luckily, even though the Hippies had sworn enemies in Team Mojo, the others had compassion. Not only did Raylonda donate pants, but Jeremy and Eric also gave up a pair of sandals. "It's a nice thing to do just because he's a person," they said. Aww. That was sweet. Plus, they knew that now they could always ask for a favor later. And you know what I'm talking about:

Anyway, Jeric were out of the Pit Stop next, and they looked quite sharp, I might add. That tuxedo t-shirt -- always a classic. They opened their clue, and I'm sure their heart skipped a beat or two when they read the word "Bangkok." Sadly, it was merely a geographical location, not a command, and so their brief excitement turned into forlorn sadness.