Ben escorts the nine remaining bachelorettes to Panama for a visit to an Embera Indian village and, for one gal, a one-on-one date on a deserted island. Before three are sent home, there’s also a two-on-one date that features salsa dancing. Next stop: Belize.

Ben and his 13 would-be soul mates visit Park City, Utah, for kayaking, rappelling, fishing, horseback riding, a rain-soaked dinner and a concert by country star Clay Walker. Before Ben sends two gals packing, there’s romancing and sniping as well. Next stop: Puerto Rico.

Ben returns to his hometown, San Francisco, with the 16 remaining gals and goes skiing with 11 of them. (It’s a hilly city.) He takes another to City Hall, where they’re serenaded by singer-songwriter Matt Nathanson. There’s also a cocktail-party crasher, a woman who already knows Ben and wants to add her name to his [...]

The 18 survivors of the opening cocktail party venture to Sonoma, Cal.—Ben’s hometown—where the season’s first one-on-one date takes place. In it, Ben and the chosen bachelorette view each other’s home movies. Later, two gals will be sent home, but first there’s another one-on-one date (a Redwoods romp with Ben and his dog, Scotch) and [...]

Millions of viewers were shocked, along with Ben Flajnik (pronounced Flannick), 29, the handsome winemaker from Sonoma, when, after summoning the courage to get down on one knee and offer his heartfelt proposal to Bachelorette Ashley Hebert, she rejected him, sending him off heartbroken and angry. But Ben isn’t giving up. He is back as [...]