The race begins at Bethesda Terrace, Central Park, New York City, New York, United States.
....The Race begins!!!!
Route Info:Teams must fly to Johannesburg, South Africa. They may only fly in one of the three approved flights, arranged according to order of arrival to Johannesburg: South African Airways, a direct flight but can only carry five teams; Swiss Air, a connecting flight from to Zurich, Switzerland, could carry two teams; or Alitalia, a connection to Milan, Italy, which could carry four teams.
Racers take taxis or buses to get to the airport.
First team there is... Dilbert & Dogbert
Also on Flight 1 is... Alice & Petey, Rat & Pig and Binkley & Milo!
On Flight 2 is... Nate & Ellen (Switch w/ Teddy) , Garfield & Odie and... Lucy & Linus!
On Flight 3 is... Jon & Liz, Calvin & Hobbes, Charlie & Sally, Patty & Marcie and Jeremy & Pierce (Switch w/ Hector)
Route Info:From Johannesburg, teams must proceed to Lanseria Airport and search for Ryan Blake Air to chartered flight to Livingstone, Zambia. 4 flights, 3 teams each, each 30 minutes apart
On Flight 1 is... Binkley & Milo, Alice & Petey and Dilbert & Dogbert
Flight 2 has... Rat & Pig, Lucy & Linus and... Nate & Ellen
Flight 3 has... Garfield & Odie, Charlie & Sally and Jon & Liz
Flight 4 has... Calvin & Hobbes, Patty & Marcie and Jeremy & Pierce
Once in Zambia, teams have to search for marked cars which the must then take to the "Knife's Edge" bridge in Victoria Falls. It can take 23, 28 or 30 minutes
What will happen in Zambia? Find out on my next blog in Amazing Race: Comics Edition!!!