Previously on The Amazing Race…Colin & Christie were high rolling at the Luxor, Linda & Karen scammed some American tourists out of their hard-earned money and Team Cosa Nostra (Marshall/Lance) furthered the Quitting Legacy of Shame begun by Irene during the Real World: Seattle.

Six teams remain. Who will be eliminated next? Crocodile Island…the pitstop for the previous leg of the race. Eat, sleep and mingle with the other teams.

Colin & Christie depart at 5:33 a.m. Teams must fly to Nairobi, Kenya. Once there, they need to sign up for a charter flight to a “mystery destination.” The Amazing Producers have decided to give everyone an even $75 for this leg of the race. The first flight leaves at 7 a.m., the second at 10 a.m.

Kim & Chip are the second team to leave. Kim thinks she and Chip are doing better because they’re thinking more than the other teams. Huh. Good theory. Never thought of that. Must be why I’m not on The Amazing Race…because I don’t think.

KamiKarli depart third. “We need to get there fast.” As always, those two are the poster children for Chip & Kim’s theory that the rest of the teams aren’t thinking. I mean, how could you not be thinking when you come up with the brilliant idea of getting someplace fast? I mean, really!

Brandon & Nicole leave fourth. “I put my confidence and my trust in the Lord, not necessarily assuming that it’s in His plan for Nicki & I to win, but you never know.” That’s right Brando, you and Nicki are the Chosen Ones. I’m not a religious person, but it concerns me that out of all the people in the world He wanted you two to win The Amazing Race.

Charla & Mirna leave fifth and are apparently drunk from last night’s pitstop because they’re giggling and having manual dexterity issues while opening the clue. Phil must be watching, because Mirna gets all goofy and lovesick around him. “People don’t underestimate us anymore, they overestimate us. I think some of them feel scared that they think we’re too capable.” Once again…oh, you know what? I’m not going to comment on that. Not gunna do it.

Linda & Karen are the last ones to depart…and pleased as punch that they at least get $75 for this leg of the race.

4 of the 6 teams arrive in time to catch the 7 a.m. flight to Cairo, but the flight is delayed which allows enough time for Yogi & Boo Boo and the Bowling Moms to catch up. Once everyone gets to Cairo, we have another Old v. New Airport confusion and Mirna continues to speak to taxi drivers in Italian.

And, we have a scuffle at the Cairo airport! Yogi & Boo Boo basically shove Christie out of the way yelling, “Move out of the way, bitch.” But of course, to hear Mirna tell the story, the scum of the earth, Colin & Christie, shoved poor, helpless, underestimated Charla out of the way. The Bowling Moms love Charla & Mirna, which unfortunately puts me in the awkward position of no longer supporting the Bowling Moms. The problem with all of this is Charla & Mirna & Colin/Christie are working so hard against each other that they’ll probably cause each other to lose because they’re losing sight of the game.

God, I despise Charla & Mirna. I despise them for their immature little comments and for telling ticket agents not to sell airline tickets to the other teams. I despise them for doing their little “shame, shame, shame” finger-wagging while hypocritically stabbing other teams in the back. I despise them for smirking and for not playing fair. If you’re going to be sneaky and manipulative, do it under the radar so others will think you’re crafty and clever and brilliant, not in everyone’s face so you simply look opportunistic and bitchy. Rant complete.

All of the teams are on the same flight…neener, neener! Everyone stopped over in Bahrain but the Four Friends changed their tickets and…bwa ha ha…their new flights are delayed, so now they’re going to get in later than the other teams.

When the teams arrive in Nairobi, they must sign up for one of 3 charter flights at 8 a.m., 8:45 a.m. or 9:30 a.m., which will take them to their “mystery destination.”

The other four teams showed up before the Four Amigos and are so excited that they got on the first two charter flights. We find out our mystery destination is Mount Kilimanjaro. Yes, Mount Kilimanjaro. Chip’s so excited to be in Africa. This always drives me nuts. If I ever made the pilgrimage to Germany or France or Wales or other countries of my heritage, I wouldn’t get off the plane and talk about how great it is to be back in the Motherland. The people in those countries don’t know me and would probably laugh at me. Actually, they’d probably laugh at me, regardless.

Teams must take a bus 70 miles to the town of Mto wa Mbu, where they’ll find their next clue. The bus drivers try to rip off our teams. KamiKarli does a good job of trying to negotiate a group rate and had no problem telling Jerk Bus Driver that they’d take their business elsewhere if he didn’t want to accept their price.

Detour. A Detour is a choice between two tasks, each with it’s own pros and cons. For this Detour, we have Buzzing or Busy. In Buzzing teams must choose one bicycle per team and ride to a honey farm, put on beekeeper suits and work together to harvest 2 kilograms of honey from traditional African hives. In Busy, teams must find a furniture store, load two chairs onto a cart and deliver them to a specific address in town. Each delivery address is different; some near and some far but all are difficult to find because addresses are not clearly marked in this town. Gee, that’s not surprising considering the name of the town is Mto wa Mbu. Once they deliver the chairs, they will get a receipt then have to return to the furniture store to receive their next clue.

Brandon asserts himself to Jerk Bus Driver, who apparently wants all the money upfront before he dumps them off in a ditch 20 miles out of town. The bus driver relents, then conveniently runs out of gas. Guess I wasn’t too far off in my assumption they’d get dumped off 20 miles out of town. Meanwhile, the Four Amigos pass Brandon/Nicole & KamiKarli and we see yet another Yogi Smirk.

Chip & Kim deliver their chairs, then sit down for a spell with some locals and a little watermelon. Seriously. They really ate watermelon. Hakuna matata.

Teams must now go to the nearby village of Kibaoni and search for the Kavishe Hotel, where they will find their next clue. Colin & Christie are in first place.

Brandon & Nicole and KamiKarli catch back up and pass the Charla/Mirna “Underestimation 2004″ tour bus. Jerk Bus Driver is demanding ten more dollars, then starts pushing Nicole around…literally. Brandon doesn’t feel safe and tells Christie to pay the jerk his ten bucks. Nicole isn’t happy that Brandon just bent over and took it but hey, got the guy off their backs.

No one is doing the beekeeping thing. That bums me out.

Roadblock. “Who’s really hungry?” Not me. In this Roadblock teams must “summon the intestinal fortitude” to devour an African delicacy, an ostrich egg. Team members must open the egg shell and pour a portion into a wooden bowl. The restaurant owner will only allow the team member to start cooking the egg if the bowl is completely full . Then, they must eat the uber-egg, which is the equivalent of 2 dozen chicken eggs, to receive their next clue.

Colin’s hungry. Good, since Christie had to eat fish eggs, it’s only fair that you eat an ostrich egg. Colin spills the bowl twice and goes for a third egg. Colin & Christie are funny because they’re calm, cool and collected when it comes to the big things, but go ballistic over the most petty of things and freak out with each other. I guess the good news is their hostility is gone as quickly as it appears. Chip’s hungry too and somehow manages to get his egg cooked before Colin, even though Colin started cooking before Chip even showed up…and now Colin’s complaining about how hard it is to eat the egg because he didn’t cook it enough.

This week’s Amazing Quote of the Week goes to Mirna while she and Charla are dragging their chairs around via cart…to a local, “Can you carry my bag? I’ll pay you.” Previously, it appeared as though locals were volunteering to carry their bags because they felt sorry for the poor, unfortunate, underestimated team but I’m sure word gets around how Yogi & Boo Boo operate so now people are requiring payment for their services. Good call.

Chip does a bang-up job at yet another eating challenge and he and Kim take 1st place back from Colin & Christie. Colin is such a wuss…I swear to God, it’s food. This is just like with the caviar, when everyone caught up to Colin & Christie because they were afraid to eat the food. Race! It’s a race! Yoo hoo…speed it up, kids!

Teams must now go to the valley’s edge. From there they have to take a zip line, known as the Flying Fox, across a gorge 230 ft. deep. When they reach the other side of the gorge, teams must run to the Lake Manyara Lookout. This lake, which serves as a watering hole to African wildlife and the Amazing Race production team, is the pitstop for this leg of the race.

Mirna has added ostrich egg to the list of things she doesn’t like, along with sides of beef, cows, caviar, icicle-y hair and chocolate.

Chip, Kim and Chip’s Full Stomach ride down the Flying Fox which looks like a hell of a lot of fun. Chip & Kim, you are Team #1! As the winners of this 7th leg of the race, they’ve won a vacation to Latin America, courtesy of American Airlines Vacations, which they can enjoy after the race. That’s kind of vague…Latin America? Could be the beautiful Mayan Riviera, could be war-torn Honduras.

Colin finally finishes his damn egg. The Bowling Moms finish third. My husband admitted, albeit embarrassingly, that he expected the Bowling Moms to pick up steam during this eating challenge. Hee.

Colin & Christie are Team #2. The Bowling Moms have displayed extraordinary foresight in dumping Team Jellystone and are Team #3! What a great comeback! Brandon & Nicole are Team #4.

KamiKarli & Team Jellystone are still eating eggs. KamiKarli finish first and are Team #5…which means Yogi & Boo Boo are last…and this had better not be a non- elimination round!

Charla & Mirna…you’re the last team to arrive. Phil is so moved by Charla’s exit speech (yammering the same “I wanted to prove to the world what I could do” line we’ve heard for the last six weeks) that I swear the guy is crying. Truth be told, for half a second I felt bad for all the terrible things I said about the two of them…then I remembered all of the nasty, mean-spirited things they did. Treat me just like everyone else, but treat me differently, you criminals! Yay, they’re gone…yay, they’re gone. Phillissimo!

Next week on The Amazing Race, “financial woes leave Nicole furious” and “a breakdown leads Colin to a meltdown.” More significantly though, we all enjoy our first Charla/Mirna-free week.