by Gina Scarpa

In Vienna, Nicole and Travis lead the pack to Abu Dhabi as The Amazing Race continues on. We're at the halfway point in the race so alliances are going to start flying out the window. There's no time to be nice here!

Leo and Jamal found a flight that put them 10 minutes ahead of the other teams. After grabbing a clue at a breathtaking mosque, they moved on to the Detour where the choices were Sort It Out or Sew It Up (and neither were a walk in the park). In Sort It Out, teams searched through through various dates to pick out the right ones to make a display. In Sew It Up, they had to work together to tediously assemble a traditional fishing net.

Only Jason and Amy, and Travis and Nicole, chose to sew and it took them so long, they worried they were falling out of it. The doctors even debated using their Express Pass! Little did they know that across town, the other four teams were struggling with the fruit platter. The Bunnies figured out the location of a needed date and refused to share information, then suddenly found themselves in last place. It's amazing Tim and Marie were able to finish and pull ahead, given that she spent most of her time at the market screaming at her ex.

A luxury cruise to a marina brought teams to the Road Block, and one member rappelled 200 feet before taking off in a race car to look for a the final clue (a billboard with the record time on the track) needed to move on. Easier said than done since there were multiple billboards to look at and choose from. More than one team were forced to take the high speed ride a second and third time.

Teams reached Phil at the pit stop in the following order:

1. Leo and Jamal (win a trip to Paris)
2. Jason and Amy
3. Travis and Nicole
4. Tim and Marie
5. Ally and Ashley
6. Nicky and Kim

Luckily for the Bunnies, it was a non-elimination and for the second time this season, they caught a lucky break and lived to race another day.

The Amazing Race airs Sundays at 8/7c on CBS.

(Image courtesy of CBS)

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