The Amazing Race
Aja and Ty
Eliminated October 26

You were in last place the entire leg, how did you manage to keep such a positive outlook?
Ty: I was hoping it would be a non-elimination leg. All we needed was one team to make a really bad mistake and we would have been okay. You never know what could happen and we could have been right back in it.
Aja: Yeah, and for me I just felt like if we were to have approached that leg with a defeatist attitude, it would have affected everything that we did and how hard we pushed ourselves. If we went in feeling bad about the fact that our flight came in two hours after everyone else's, we would have really defeated ourselves before we even began. And I just looked at it like if we are going to go out, we're going to go out like champions. I'm still happy that we went out fighting.

How far behind Andrew and Dan were you at the pit stop?
Aja: They were finished before we got off the plane.
Ty: It wasn't that far.
Aja: No, it was. They were finishing as we got off the plane.
Ty: You're making it sound like they finished a full day ahead of us. They finished two hours before we did.

What was your first impression of Cambodia?
Aja: It was hot. We came from New Zealand where I was wearing a jacket and sweat suit so it was an adjustment. We got off that plane and I was like, whoa.
Ty: It was definitely hot. But it was beautiful in its own way. It was great to see a different part of the world that I would never have been eager to go to on my own. But I feel blessed to have been there.

Was it a hard adjustment to go from dating long distance to spending 24/7 together?
Ty: We had some hiccups. But, I think that was partly due to the stress of the race itself. It's so intense. So, to go from not seeing each other every day immediately into the race was a big transition. But, it was a learning experience and we've definitely grown. I feel like our relationship has benefited from it.

What did you learn about each other?
Ty: I did not know that she could get such an attitude sometimes. But, it's a part of her that I've grown to appreciate and love.
Aja: You love my attitude problem?
Ty: I'm able to get you out of the bad attitude pretty quickly.
Aja: Yeah. That's true.
Ty: I can get her out of it by cracking some jokes and making her laugh. Her attitude wasn't as easy to deal with on the race, as it is in real life, because during the race I wasn't looking to crack jokes, I was serious.

Are you living together now?
Ty: Yes. I moved to Los Angeles. But, I'm not there now because I'm visiting some family and friends.
Aja: And I miss him!
Ty: But we do live together. I moved here right after the race ended.

What's next for the both of you?
Ty: Well, she's going to become the most famous actress in the world, and I'm just going to live off of her the rest of my life.
Aja: No you're not!

You two are so cute. You perfectly compliment each other.
Aja: You think so? He's a nut bag!