Race Across the World 2025 S05 E03
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02:30We knew we were going to come in last, but I didn't think the gap was going to be as big as it is.
02:34Yin and Gaz will start the third leg almost two whole days behind the race leaders and a challenging 26 hours behind their closest rivals, Caroline and Tom.
02:45Opening the book and seeing, like, everyone's names in front of you was really quite demoralising.
02:53Our hearts just set with, oh, yeah, we are bad at this.
02:56Yeah, we are bad at this.
02:57We've got each other, it's all right.
03:00Nobody thought we'd get to second place, did they, on this leg?
03:15We'll plod along, we'll keep doing what we're doing.
03:18Hiya, mate.
03:19Brothers Brian and Melvin are the second team to check out.
03:23Thank you very much.
03:24Go on.
03:26Your third checkpoint is Shangri-La.
03:30Lying on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau, over 10,000 feet above sea level, in the heart of the Hongduan mountain range.
03:48The third checkpoint, Shangri-La.
03:54For centuries, this frontier city was known as Jong-dien, but in 2001 it was renamed after the fictional paradise and a government bid to drive tourism.
04:06The team that arrives in fifth place will be eliminated from the rest.
04:11That's what I didn't want to see.
04:14Right, let's get off this dirt island.
04:18This is the leg I was dreading from the start.
04:21Yeah, we're all excited.
04:22The kick out.
04:23Nervous.
04:24It's important just to keep doing what we've been doing, but quicker.
04:28Yeah.
04:29To reach the third checkpoint, teams must journey through southwest China, climbing from the tropical coastline towards the foothills of the mighty Himalayas.
04:40They could head north through the untamed beauty of the Guizhou province and its newly built eco-cities.
04:47Because it's an elimination leg, we've got to be direct, haven't we?
04:50We both agree that.
04:51The direct route is west.
04:54Or teams could veer west into Yunnan province, utilising the region's best connected transport hubs, but forced to travel alongside the millions of tourists who visit each year.
05:06So we do the overnighter, then you go and bang out the homestay.
05:10It's got to be that overnight travel, paid off on the second leg, so we're hoping it does a similar thing this time.
05:17Stuff the cost.
05:18We've got to be direct.
05:19It'll be nice to go outside now.
05:26It's quite warm, isn't it?
05:27Yeah, yeah.
05:28Oh, wow.
05:29Look at the sea.
05:32Oh!
05:32I'm going to get my sunglasses up.
05:35I do like being by water.
05:37After travelling the length of Hainan Island yesterday, Elizabeth and Letitia have caught an early ferry, sailing back across the Cheongzhou Strait to the mainland.
05:48I'm feeling so good today, but it is daunting to see elimination.
05:56People can catch up and they're not too far behind us.
06:00But we want to make the most of our time in China.
06:02I feel like we need to stick with the same strategy.
06:05Homestay accommodation and continue to make memories together.
06:11We're approaching.
06:12I see a port there.
06:14As soon as you get off, we'll get on a bus.
06:16Once on the mainland, the sisters plan to forge a scenic route north, away from the tourist trail.
06:24Would you like one of these?
06:26Yes, please.
06:27Having left the checkpoint five and a half hours behind...
06:31Er, cardboard.
06:32It's like a hard powder.
06:34These were expired.
06:35March 2024.
06:37That's literally the day after you turned 18.
06:41Finn and Sean Ed are en route to Heiko Port.
06:44If we head north, there's meant to be wildlife and nature, and we can also use the big transport hubs again.
06:51It's achievable.
06:53It is achievable if things go our way.
06:56Like, I really, really, really don't want to get eliminated.
06:58Yeah.
06:59We're definitely not city people.
07:03So, the amount of stress it was putting on us on the last leg, it was either me pushing his buttons or he was pushing mine.
07:10There is a crossing there thing.
07:12See you again.
07:12It's go that way.
07:12Oh.
07:13Crossing there.
07:13I think this leg was more of a priority to kind of keep that calmness.
07:19I feel like I'll always be in charge, to be honest, but communication is key.
07:24I do feel pressure to get off this island really quickly because we just need to gain some distance.
07:31It's beautiful.
07:32It's boiling now.
07:33Do you think we'll get some kip on it?
07:37We might be able to, yeah.
07:38We'll get a leg room anyway.
07:39I'm not going to take my shoes off.
07:40Yeah, I'm going to take mine off when we get to the ferry.
07:43With elimination looming, Brian and Melvin are gaining crucial momentum aboard overnight transport.
07:49We've got to keep on going west now.
07:52Yeah.
07:52Their 11-hour journey will see them board and delight the ferry by bus, which then continues west, propelling them to the major transport hub of Nanning.
08:03But the good thing is it's a non-stop journey.
08:06This is all in one package, isn't it?
08:08This is one go, isn't it?
08:10I've always been a very competitive person.
08:12Not always won, not always succeeded, but always been extremely competitive.
08:19And I know Brian is as well.
08:20If we're going to do this, then we give it 100%.
08:23So I think we're going to end up going further than anybody else today.
08:27Obviously, we'll soon see.
08:29As the brothers try to get ahead of the other teams...
08:33Time will tell.
08:35Hello.
08:36Hello.
08:37To check out, please.
08:39Leaving the checkpoint in fourth place...
08:42The team that arrives in fifth place will be eliminated from the race.
08:46Mother and son, Caroline and Tom.
08:49Wow.
08:50Oh, my God.
08:51That's going to add so much pressure.
08:5419 hours after race leaders, Elizabeth and Leticia.
08:58Do you know where Shangri-La is?
09:02Here.
09:03That's Shangri-La, is it?
09:04OK.
09:04Right.
09:05Good start.
09:06I was feeling gutted when I realised there was going to be an elimination.
09:10However, it won't stop me fighting like mad and going the fastest we possibly can.
09:15I would imagine off overnight for the longest journey we can.
09:19OK.
09:20I feel nervous.
09:21I feel nervous.
09:22I thought we were getting eliminated is scary.
09:23Like, really scary.
09:24When the chips are down, that's when I come into my element.
09:28I'm feeling a little more ballsy, I think is how you would say it.
09:32OK.
09:34Tickets.
09:35Yeah.
09:36Time is of the essence.
09:39So, our plan is to go north-west towards Nanning.
09:44We think that's the quickest.
09:45Perfect timing.
09:46Oh, here's the train.
09:49Like Brian and Melvin, they hope to take a direct overnight bus to Nanning to gain ground
09:55in the three teams in front of them.
09:57Hey, look.
09:58We're trying to go to Nanning.
09:59Tonight?
10:00Oh.
10:01Tomorrow.
10:02Tomorrow?
10:03Yes.
10:04Give up.
10:05No, we can't give up.
10:06Thomas, no.
10:07Any...
10:08Any...
10:09Any...
10:10No.
10:11No.
10:12No, we can't give up.
10:13Thomas, no.
10:14Any...
10:15Any bus at all?
10:16No.
10:17Nothing.
10:18No bus.
10:19She's beautiful.
10:22I think I'll rely on mum just to cheer me up, because mum's really good at that.
10:29She just has a way of making me feel like everything's OK.
10:33Oh.
10:34You'll be there soon.
10:36OK?
10:37Because mums somehow just know everything, which is really annoying, but they just do.
10:43The last bus for Nanning was five o'clock.
10:45We must be able to get the ferry.
10:47It means we'd get off the island tonight.
10:50Would you consider that?
10:51Shall we pursue it?
10:52I feel more comfortable with Thomas beside me, I suppose, because my role is as his mother.
10:59We did so well trying, Thomas.
11:00Yeah.
11:01Come on.
11:02I just can't deal with the thought of going home.
11:04I know, I know.
11:05I'm gutted too.
11:06Inertia will never lead to progress.
11:09OK?
11:10I don't want to come across as weak in front of him.
11:13I always want to come across as confident, and I know what I'm doing, and he can trust
11:18me.
11:19But that's not really true when I'm on my own.
11:23If you get eliminated, mum, that would be the toughest mood to swallow probably in my life.
11:27All we have to do is stay in, OK?
11:30We'll just get through it together.
11:32Yeah?
11:33I think because your role as a mother and protector takes over from your actual inner fears and
11:40you overcome them, you don't think about things that would normally affect you.
11:44I just want to stay.
11:45I know, I know.
11:46So we just try our best anyway.
11:53I know we're waiting three hours.
11:54That's so long.
11:55This is a bit of a setback, so it's annoying that things are not going to plan.
12:00Waiting for their connection to the city of Leo Jo, Elizabeth and Letitia.
12:06Because we had a lead as well.
12:08Yeah.
12:09Oh, it's the right place.
12:11Oh, it's the right place.
12:13Also hoping to head north.
12:16There has to be a train tonight, surely.
12:18Hopefully.
12:21Oh, my God, Schneid.
12:22Schneid!
12:23Schneid!
12:25Ah!
12:26No way!
12:28Is that them?
12:29No.
12:30We have caught up.
12:32Yes!
12:34I was expecting to see someone.
12:37You kept on speaking it to the universe.
12:39Look.
12:40You speak it out, it happens.
12:42Oh, we have done well.
12:43We have done well.
12:44We have done well.
12:45We have done well.
12:46They're fuming.
12:47They're fuming.
12:48We have done so well.
12:49They are fuming.
12:50Oh, we have done well.
12:51Oh!
12:52I feel like they're getting on this one.
12:53They're getting on this one, for sure.
12:55They, what?
12:56Six hours ahead of us?
12:57Yeah, we've made up six hours ahead of us.
12:59Oh, this is amazing.
13:01Oh, look at the aerodynamic on that.
13:04Okay.
13:05Is this 15?
13:06Oh, my gosh.
13:07Finn and Sean Ed are in carriage 15.
13:09They're literally up there.
13:10I can see them.
13:11It's the first of us, really, to have a competition.
13:13Yeah, of course, when you're in the lead, if you're seeing anybody, it's not a good sign.
13:18Because now we're not leading.
13:19I don't want to feel stressed.
13:20I'm worried about you.
13:21You're not going to enjoy it as much.
13:22It's like...
13:23This just makes me go into race mode.
13:24Oh, great.
13:48It could be worse places, couldn't it?
13:58Well, we have.
13:59That's the problem.
14:00Well, I think we've got a chance of winning it, if we're still in it tonight.
14:03Yeah, well, yeah.
14:05Everybody's got a chance of winning it.
14:09That worked, didn't it?
14:10I'm sorry.
14:11I just can't.
14:13Having capitalised on overnight travel,
14:16Brian and Melvin have made the hop from Transport Hub Nanning to Pooja Hay,
14:21home to the indigenous Yi people.
14:24I would say, when you see pictures of China, this is the kind of new...
14:28What a place, eh?
14:30The only high-rise is the hills.
14:33Beautiful hills.
14:36In return for free accommodation,
14:38they're assisting in the removal of dead lotus plants from the lake.
14:42See? Technique, mate.
14:46Yeah, well, this is easier.
14:48Piece of piss.
14:49Flick it up.
14:50Oh, I missed that.
14:52Yeah, it works every time, your method, doesn't it?
14:54The difference of East China to now we're in Western China
14:59is quieter, pretty, peaceful.
15:03You can hear the birds singing.
15:05And the sun is just trying to pop out.
15:12A bit nutty?
15:13Cucumber.
15:14No, not cucumber.
15:15And I don't like cucumber.
15:16I don't like cucumber.
15:17Do you not like cucumber, do you?
15:18No, I don't like cucumber.
15:20Our relationship was always fun when we were young,
15:22but we went off in two totally different trajectories
15:25and things just grew apart.
15:28Now, our relationship is distant
15:30and the friendship that we had, we lost over the years.
15:35Don't do that!
15:39You can't just turn around in the middle of a boat and half stand up.
15:44Lotuses provide breeding grounds for wildlife to flourish
15:48and throws light upon the meaning of the name Pooja Hay,
15:51lake full of fish and shrimp.
15:54When was the last time we went fishing?
15:56Oh, no, I can't remember that.
15:59I remember many times on a Sunday morning,
16:01that was, what, two miles walk?
16:04Oh, it was more than that.
16:05That's what we used to do, set the alarm, wasn't it?
16:07Four o'clock and then get up there for about six.
16:11I think our mother wanted us to go to Sunday school.
16:14Yeah.
16:15And we didn't like it.
16:16They wanted us out of the house on a Sunday.
16:18Well, I think so.
16:19When you think back on it now.
16:21Mum was quite hard work.
16:25We weren't a particularly loving family.
16:27So, how old were you when you went to boarding school?
16:30Well, that's what I'm trying to remember.
16:31It'd be ten or eleven, I should think.
16:33We don't know to this day really why I was sent off to school.
16:38Melvin went to secondary school and then joined the army.
16:44I didn't feel as though, oh, I'm special, I'm privileged.
16:48It was probably the opposite.
16:50It was, why am I being sent away?
16:56I'll tell you what I couldn't understand,
16:57and I still can't get my head around to it to this day.
17:00I was never told that you were going to go to private school
17:04or boarding school.
17:05Really?
17:06Yeah, you just went.
17:10It wasn't, oh, your brother's going there and this is that
17:13and that's happening.
17:15It just happened.
17:17The way it made me feel was,
17:19well, they must be looking at the way I'm turning out
17:21and they don't want Brian to turn out the way I'm looking,
17:23so we're going to send him over there.
17:25They're taking me brother away,
17:26probably me best friend at the time, away.
17:28Right.
17:30Right?
17:31I was never told.
17:32Did you miss me then?
17:33Oh, yeah.
17:34Did you?
17:35Of course I bloody did.
17:37It's very difficult to talk about your relationships,
17:40your upbringing and everything else,
17:42and it's something that we don't normally do.
17:44I think this is quite nice in our latter years
17:47that we can reflect on this, talk about it,
17:50the shared adventure.
17:52This is crazy.
17:54It is crazy.
17:55Literally crazy.
17:56I'd like to think that we can,
17:59we can get rid of the ghosts.
18:08What's in the bucket near you then?
18:10Just a bucket for the fish.
18:11A bucket for the fish.
18:12That's bloody optimistic, innit?
18:14That's a bird laughing at us.
18:17800 kilometres behind.
18:20That's a bit limp.
18:23After missing the direct bus to Nanning.
18:26Nanning.
18:27This bus is to Nanning.
18:28Number 13.
18:29Caroline and Tom are bus hopping city to city.
18:33I think after yesterday I felt we didn't succeed much.
18:36This is a very important leg and there's a lot at stake.
18:39We need to move towards the checkpoint fast.
18:43630 kilometres north in Leojo,
18:46known for its green parks and sustainability initiatives.
18:50What's the address?
18:51Oh, wow.
18:52Quad exhaust in the centre?
18:54Oh, wow.
18:55Come on, concentrate, please.
18:56Finn and Seanhead are on waste management.
19:05Do I get gloves to do this or...?
19:07Working for local currency at the Sing Now Chafu Salon.
19:12Ew.
19:13Oh, look at that.
19:14It's a bum cleaner.
19:16That's quite powerful.
19:17Why didn't you tell me to use this instead of the hose?
19:20Yeah.
19:21Yeah, it works smarter, not harder.
19:23There we go.
19:24Me and Finn are getting along fine, to be fair.
19:27Ugh.
19:29I feel like because it's not been so stressful,
19:32we've actually been all right.
19:35What?
19:36You don't look happy to me.
19:38I'm brushing around the rims of the toilet, Shred.
19:40I offered to do the toilet,
19:42but, I mean, she took you there,
19:43so she clearly wants you to do it on me.
19:49Oh, hang on.
19:50The tea that arrives in fifth place will be...
19:52Oh, great.
19:53..back in Sanya.
19:55Let's go.
19:56Thank you very much.
19:58Bye-bye.
19:59And 44 hours after the race leaders departed...
20:02We've always been underdog.
20:03100%.
20:04Everyone's always bitten us off, haven't they?
20:05Exactly.
20:06I think we catch them.
20:07Yin and Gaz are the last team to leave the checkpoint.
20:09Jump in, Yin.
20:10Me and Gaz have, like, a real in-built resilience.
20:13Like, right, OK, we're in fight mode now.
20:15We will give, like, the next leg our all.
20:19We need to figure out what is going to be fast.
20:22There is, like, a railway that goes all the way to come in,
20:25get an overnight if we can.
20:28The motivation is just to try and race hard and fast,
20:30make quick decisions, but the correct decisions.
20:33I don't want to just rush, make the wrong decision,
20:38and we end up in Hong Kong.
20:42You never know with us.
20:44First, they must secure a way to the mainland.
20:48All right, can you take the lead on this?
20:51Yeah, OK.
20:52What we need to know is, like,
20:53what's the quickest way off the island?
20:55Is it via the bus station or via the train?
20:57Yeah, OK.
20:59So, the relationship I have with Gaz now is...
21:03..is amazing.
21:04Before I go, any more questions?
21:05I don't think... I think that's it.
21:06OK.
21:07You could even ask how much roughly the price is if you wanted to.
21:09Oh, OK.
21:10I am so grateful that coming out of the marriage,
21:13where it wasn't pleasant,
21:15that we've managed to retain that relationship.
21:18Do you speak English at all?
21:19No.
21:20Callum, do you speak English at all?
21:23With Gaz, he probably goes in for, like, a softer approach.
21:26He's just got a lovely, friendly way about him.
21:28He smiles and, like, you know, he laughs.
21:30Can you...
21:32Slowly?
21:33Yeah.
21:34Yeah, sorry.
21:35The last year has been a tough one for me.
21:37It's definitely you've been there for me.
21:42After the marriage breakup,
21:43I started seeing someone new, a new partner.
21:46Um...
21:47And...
21:48He was amazing.
21:49He was kind, generous.
21:52He also had this wonderful sense of adventure.
21:56And I thought my life was with him.
21:58September last year,
22:02he passed away very suddenly.
22:04And I was devastated.
22:07Just don't know how to deal with that.
22:10You know, no-one tells you how one minute they're there,
22:14the next minute they're gone forever.
22:25My first concern was Yin.
22:26She was on her own.
22:27She was going through a really, really tough period.
22:30So I just said instantly, come with me.
22:32And, you know, within an hour, she moved in with me.
22:34And she's been there ever since.
22:36What have you got me, soldier?
22:38When I moved over to Gaz's,
22:40it was just such a relief.
22:42And what more do you want from a friend, really?
22:45The timings look good.
22:47We could be in Nanning by tomorrow morning,
22:49which would save us an immense amount of time.
22:51That's the dream.
22:53With him passing has made me really question,
22:56why am I putting things off for another day?
23:00That is one of his legacies that I want to carry on living.
23:03Go out and have an adventure.
23:05Just do it.
23:10He's going to cut it fine.
23:12Oh, you look sneaker.
23:14Yin and Gaz are the third team to head for Nanning,
23:18but are looking to catch up by train.
23:21Hello.
23:22Ni hao.
23:23Where are you going?
23:24We want to go to Nanning.
23:28What ticket can we get?
23:30You can go to Mau Ming.
23:32Mau Ming.
23:33Okay.
23:34Okay, so we can go to...
23:37Can we go to Moo Ming today?
23:40On a sleeper one?
23:42Yes.
23:43Perfect, that's fine.
23:44Well, let's just book it and pray for a miracle.
23:47Moo Ming isn't on here.
23:48It's on the map, right, okay.
23:49What she's saying is, like, there's a train that leaves in 16.48 to Moo Ming.
23:53Wherever the hell that is.
23:54Yeah.
23:55It will arrive at 1.22am.
23:57Yeah.
23:58We can't get a direct route.
23:59We can only go far to a place called Moo Ming or something like that,
24:02which is not even on the map.
24:04I think that's probably our best option at this stage.
24:08Oh, we have to go down that way.
24:10We know we need a miracle to stay in the game.
24:13Oh!
24:14We're desperate to get off the island because the island,
24:16not only did it not want us to get on the island,
24:18but now it doesn't seem to want us to leave the island.
24:21Going to Moo Ming, we'll be at least heading in the right direction.
24:27Ah, we love popcorn, isn't it?
24:29Yeah, I do miss popcorn, actually.
24:30Oh, gosh.
24:31Lost one.
24:38I'm loving this.
24:39Look at that, Letitia.
24:42In Leo Joe, before their pre-booked sleeper train,
24:45Elizabeth and Letitia have squeezed in an evening cruise
24:49on the Leo Jiang River.
24:51It's like synchronised swimmers, isn't it?
24:53Yeah.
24:54To see the world's largest floating musical fountain.
24:58Oh, people aren't proud.
24:59Oh, because look how high it's going.
25:01Look at the breast.
25:02Whoa!
25:03It's such a strange form of entertainment.
25:09That's what I love about China.
25:11Everything's a spectacle.
25:12They go full out.
25:16It's magical, really.
25:23Coming in now.
25:24Gosh.
25:25Ideally, we would have had our bags on here.
25:28on here already.
25:29So we need 20 minutes to get to the hotel,
25:3220 minutes to get to the station.
25:34Oh, my gosh.
25:35Who don't make it?
25:40We're trying to get a taxi over there.
25:41Can you see?
25:42Yeah.
25:43Here, here, here.
25:44Okay.
25:45Vienna Hotel.
25:46We need to go quickly.
25:48Quick, quick, quick, quick, quick.
25:49Okay.
25:50He doesn't know.
25:51Does he know?
25:52It's a hotel?
25:53Yeah, but there's many chains.
25:54Visa all there.
25:55Oh, shit.
25:56So what can we do?
25:57I feel like we should just go because we're far anyway.
25:58At least we're on the move.
25:59Do you know what I mean?
26:00Okay, fine.
26:01Let's just choose one.
26:02Do it.
26:03Do what?
26:04That's the furthest one.
26:05Yeah, furthest one.
26:06We don't think about there being a chain.
26:07No, it's alive.
26:08And I'm worried that we could miss our train.
26:09It was already a rush.
26:10This is the wrong hotel.
26:11I doubt we'll make the train.
26:12That looks really familiar.
26:13I feel like it's going to be a little bit.
26:14So what can we do?
26:15So what can we do?
26:16What can we do?
26:17I feel like we should just go because we're far anyway.
26:18At least we're on the move.
26:19Do you know what I mean?
26:20Okay, fine.
26:21I'll just choose one.
26:22Do it.
26:23Do what?
26:24Do what?
26:25That's the furthest one?
26:26Yeah, furthest one.
26:27Yeah, furthest one.
26:28Yeah, furthest one.
26:29Yeah, furthest one.
26:30We didn't think about there being a chain.
26:31If it's the wrong hotel, I doubt we'll make the train.
26:33That looks really familiar.
26:35I feel like it's here.
26:36Is it?
26:37Do you have a health?
26:38It's here.
26:39It's here.
26:40Where?
26:41Is that here?
26:42No, it's not that.
26:43For for sake, yeah.
26:46She's a woman.
26:48Stop it.
26:49It's not the right hotel.
26:50Yeah, it's the wrong one.
26:52Shit.
26:53Yeah.
26:54Feeling very bummed right now.
27:00I can't believe we missed the night train.
27:03Now we're a day behind.
27:04We've also spent money on that, so that's money gone.
27:09And we'll probably have to spend money again here for accommodation tonight.
27:14So, we need to get our bags and now think about accommodation for the night.
27:21The sisters must wait until morning to continue their journey north.
27:25Of all legs for this to happen, it's the one you don't want it to happen, you know?
27:29This is such a big mishap.
27:32It could cost us a lot.
27:38Do we just go back? I feel bad.
27:41Everywhere is selling something to eat.
27:44Yeah.
27:45Nestled in the verdant hills of the Yunnan province, Funing County, the area is a tapestry of ethnicities coexisting with different languages, cultures and culinary traditions.
28:00It seems a lot more open and green.
28:04Calming, I don't know.
28:05It's really relaxing.
28:07Oh, fruits.
28:08I love how they just sell in the back of these tuk-tuk things.
28:11How many do you want, Mumma?
28:14Four would do, would be lovely, if we can get four.
28:17Ni ha.
28:18Two.
28:19Wow.
28:20Two yen.
28:21What?
28:22Two.
28:23Wow.
28:24Two yen.
28:29I know my money, but I left it on the side of the chair in the hotel.
28:31No, you didn't.
28:32I promise you.
28:33Unless you picked it up, I promise you I left the other side.
28:36Do you want me to run back?
28:38I can't with this.
28:40The cleaner will be there.
28:41Remember, if they don't have it, the cleaner is going into the room.
28:43I know, I know, I know.
28:44If we lose the money, but we're bugging, basically.
28:46Sure, sure.
28:48Wow.
28:59Oh, it's not here.
29:02I left it on the back of that chair.
29:04Oh, no.
29:05He went to Switzerland on his own first and actually left his bag on the train.
29:09What do I actually do?
29:11When he was in South America, he left his bag in the taxi with passport in it and everything.
29:17Hi.
29:18Um, in 6.09, no, I left a money boat.
29:24I was hoping he'd be a bit more careful and would have learnt by his mistakes.
29:28It has to be here.
29:30I'm really worried.
29:31It would hugely affect us.
29:33It was a lot of money.
29:34It's a black...
29:37With the yen.
29:40Ahhh.
29:42I was an idiot for leaving us a massive
30:11idiot and I would never do that again but we got it back as a lesson I learned hi
30:17found it okay let's go right we need to get on we have to taxi now and it's on you now it's on me
30:27and how did you not remember it I don't know 550 kilometers east we're already late we just wanted
30:37to get a train straight away Elizabeth and Leticia are also having money troubles I still love it
30:43here I just want to leave now these past two days we spent way more than we expected to spend
31:01before traveling to tonight's homestay in the remote outskirts of Anshun they need to exchange
31:08pounds for Yuan we can afford the late training but we can only afford that journey you'll end up
31:14arriving at our destination with no money okay oh oh here it is doesn't look shut though so let's go to
31:25the ABC bank yeah where are you seeing the bank is that blue thing that it's closed doesn't it look
31:31they're all closed basically I feel like we've had it quite smooth for two legs and feels like you
31:41can easily just lose your first place isn't it just with a few mishaps after exhausting their options for
31:50changing money the sisters head to the train station they failed to reach last night ready to spend the
31:56last Yuan on tickets out of town we have got 12 UN left on us literally equivalent to like 1.30 as risky
32:08there's no point of us staying here so you might as well just be moving forward hello I'm worried about
32:17of being eliminated from having money now what's moving we'll feel like we're still in the race kind
32:23of still in Phu Ning our shop here we used to have you helping in the kitchen when you were little
32:34as well while waiting for their train to Kunming Caroline and Tom are working a shift at Miss Lee's
32:40restaurant and you remember having to sit on the naughty step yeah I remember once I said the word
32:45bugger oh oh I remember that and what was the only word you were allowed to say golly gosh golly gosh
32:50that was a really rude word hmm chopping fragrant laurento mushrooms for her signature hot pot good
32:57just one of 800 varieties harvested across the region my first ever proper job was a kitchen
33:06porter it was it was one of those jobs that you do when you're young you know it's kind of taught you
33:10to work a little bit I think it was more probably the lesson that it was teaching me rather than the
33:13actual job itself learning how to hold a job I think so I'm a laborer you know I have to lift
33:18heavy bags of cement and bricks on my shoulder so it keeps you fit and it keeps you active I don't
33:23think I could do an office job I'm just I'm hoping I find a thing I get really passionate about and do
33:29you feel under pressure from daddy and I to try and forge a career or anything well no one wants to
33:34purposely let anybody down do they I don't wish anything for you apart from absolute health and
33:39happeners did it ever bother you that I didn't finish GCSEs I obviously would have preferred
33:45you to have had qualifications and a grounding age 16 yeah I'd say probably one of the hardest
33:52things I've dealt with is probably getting kicked out of school me and my friends started smoking a bit
33:57of weed at school thinking oh this is cool we got called into the office and from there we basically got
34:04kicked out of school I think you might just have been drifting yeah what happens if I never find
34:09that thing because there are people who don't never let fear of failure prevent you from starting
34:14something it's a lot easier said than done I know and it's it's something I've suffered from yeah I'd
34:20hate to see you do the same I think perhaps he lost a sense of direction and he probably lost
34:26confidence as well that's another reason for us dreading the elimination it would be lovely if this race
34:32helped him discover more things about himself and I think that's just the best opportunity and I so
34:37hope we can make it way Joe a province carved with deep gorges me all villages and one of Asia's
34:49largest waterfalls Wang or shoe we've not really been to this this kind of China every I'm enjoying the
35:00peace and the fresh air escaping the cities Finn and Sean Ed have made it to its heart Chiangling Park
35:08home to a thriving troop of macaque monkeys I just want to see the monkeys look at that little turtle oh cute
35:18hello the very different feel today look how high we've got this is so nice it's also a nice way for us to make memories that'll last forever look at it it's beautiful I'm well aware that this race is gonna make or break us and I'm hoping it obviously it makes us
35:44it makes us because the next steps in our lives are such big steps oh there's monkey shreds
35:51really where yeah there's loads of them there oh look at that baby one don't go too quickly towards it shred
35:59oh that is so cute I want one
36:06God I've always wanted to marry young wanted to have kids young I'm hoping for engagement and marriage in the next five years with one child a stable income a house
36:20this is the wild life I've been craving my childhood was like the best thing you could
36:27ever want family really matters to me because of how I've grown up they've got very red arses don't they
36:34they do trying to get the perfect bum shot my childhood was definitely a lot different compared to shreds oh wow this is actually well worth it look at that
36:49that's lovely my dad left then it was just me my mum my brother when your parents get divorced at a young age you don't necessarily know what's going on you kind of just think they're splitting up just one house another house kind of look for the positives I think
37:03two Christmases and then you grow up and you realize it's really not like that the idea of marriage doesn't scare me it's just I know things can go wrong just have to make sure it is definitely with the right person
37:20I do not want to be going home in the next few days I'd rather be here with you so enjoying this I want more challenges to see if you are the one I want to be with
37:31I mean I don't really question it so I'm pretty certain that you're the one I want to be with but I know it's it's not easy for you I mean obviously sometimes you do wonder like is our communication ever going to be right
37:49I do think we've started to understand how to get further and actually succeed in the race and succeed together I think
37:58what is it it's training
38:03a very loud train
38:06let's go time to get back into the race
38:10as Finn and Sean Ed head to the station
38:17are you guys from UK
38:19we are from England
38:20taking part in a race
38:22a race?
38:23a race
38:24yeah
38:25Brian and Melvin are traveling by train to Kunming
38:28the last transport hub before the checkpoint
38:31where's the train to Shangri-La?
38:33is that from this station or the other one?
38:35no it's from the
38:37central
38:38central station
38:40so the plan is get off here
38:42we get a metro
38:44to central
38:45yeah
38:46we can catch a train to Shangri-La in the morning
38:49yeah
38:50that sounds like a plan
38:52what a bit of luck meeting you
38:54yes
38:55yes
38:56brilliant
38:57excellent
38:58thank you very much
39:00thank you
39:01and if any of this is wrong
39:03we'll come back
39:04we'll tell you
39:08we're like brothers
39:09similar haircuts
39:11yeah
39:12yeah
39:14on their long haul train to Maomeng
39:17Maomeng, I'm trying to find is it that way or that way on the map
39:20Yin and Gaz need to locate their destination
39:23excuse me
39:24excuse me
39:25do you speak English?
39:26a little
39:27a little
39:28ah
39:29I'm trying to find
39:30Maomeng
39:31on the map
39:32but it's not written down
39:33could you roughly
39:34show me where it is on the map if that's okay
39:36you think it's about there?
39:38Maomeng
39:39on that line there?
39:40yes
39:41ah shit
39:42yeah
39:43yeah
39:44yeah
39:45oh sorry
39:46all right thank you very much
39:50thank you
39:51thank you
39:52right
39:53yes
39:54spoke to some young chap
39:55he showed me where we are
39:56where we're heading to on the map
39:58we're heading there
39:59okay
40:00it's a little bit concerning that we've
40:03kind of
40:04almost heading the wrong way
40:06their earlier decision means they are heading 250 kilometers northeast in the opposite direction to the third checkpoint
40:16it's hard because it just seems to be
40:18every time you talk to someone it's a different story
40:21we're fucked basically
40:23gods are against us
40:25it does feel like that
40:26yeah it does feel like that
40:27yeah it does feel like that
40:28yeah
40:29we've been sinners in our past life
40:30do you think that's what it is?
40:32let's give it a shot
40:34going into a rural area where
40:43pardon anybody
40:44it's not
40:45ideal
40:46out of local currency
40:48Elizabeth and Letitia are on a train heading north to their planned homestay
40:53and do you know
40:55do you know
40:56answer she
40:57can we get cash there
40:59I don't have a kiss
41:01let me have a try
41:04let me have a try
41:06okay
41:07thank you
41:08let me have a try
41:11how is he going to get cash?
41:13I don't know where he's going
41:15where could he have gone?
41:17where did he go?
41:18what did he say?
41:19let me just check
41:20let me try
41:21let me try
41:22let me try
41:23oh he's coming back
41:24has he got anything on his hands?
41:27I feel like
41:28oh my gosh
41:29I see a flash of red
41:30oh my gosh
41:31oh wow
41:32oh wow
41:34wow okay
41:39wow okay
41:40sorry sorry sorry sorry
41:43which is very emotional right now
41:45it's been a long day
41:46how much do you have?
41:47350 yen
41:49350 yen
41:51we can give you um 40?
41:53yeah
41:54yeah
41:55okay
41:56oh shit
41:57thank you so much
42:00that's so good
42:03I've literally got tears in my eyes
42:06literally
42:07this whole day
42:08this is all we realised
42:10we were able to get some money
42:17minutes
42:18what are the odds?
42:19before getting stranded
42:20yeah
42:21but today we took a risk
42:23you know
42:24and it paid off
42:25it really paid off
42:26it's a good feeling
42:28back in the race
42:301100 kilometres from the checkpoint
42:35the sisters have made it
42:37to the remote Shui Yuan village
42:41hello
42:42hello
42:43welcome to my house
42:44oh thank you
42:45oh thank you
42:46staying in Ms Her's countryside home
42:51oh
42:52you can eat now
42:54you can eat now
42:55yeah
42:56wow
42:57it's a feast
42:58don't be shy
42:59don't be shy
43:00don't be shy
43:01don't be shy
43:02just say
43:03mm-hmm
43:04where are you from?
43:06Sichuan
43:07Sichuan
43:08oh
43:09you know
43:10yeah
43:11and when did you come here?
43:13it's summer
43:14I don't like
43:16live in city
43:18I like
43:20countryside
43:21yeah
43:22the air is more
43:24fresh
43:25and
43:26and
43:27more free
43:28I want to
43:29find some
43:30new
43:31lifestyle
43:32mmm
43:33it's slow
43:34yeah
43:35slow lifestyle
43:36yeah
43:37compared to
43:38the city
43:39yeah
43:40wow
43:41honestly if this
43:42doesn't make you fall in love
43:43with China
43:44I don't know what will
43:45the people here
43:46are just so hospitable
43:47they really extend
43:49their welcome
43:50yeah
43:51they just share their love
43:52so
43:53openly
43:54our lead is
43:55pretty much
43:56gone
43:57I'm just
43:58more worried about
43:59being eliminated
44:00because
44:01sharing this journey with my sister
44:02I feel like
44:03we're just getting started
44:04to
44:05you know
44:06get to know each other
44:07and
44:08I want to continue on that journey
44:09I can't see anybody
44:20I'd be a bit gutted if I'm honest if I did see someone
44:26now
44:27because I do think we've done all right
44:29could do with the train moving now couldn't we
44:32I know we could
44:33come on move
44:35Kunming
44:36a pivotal transport hub for all routes from southern China to the northwest part of Yunnan province
44:42there we go the doors are shut in Brian they just shut the door
44:46right we're in
44:47as Brian and Melvin depart
44:48we're away
44:49winding their way 600 kilometers up the mountains to the third checkpoint
44:56a little bit anxious at the minute
45:00Elizabeth and Laetitia are trying to pick up the pace after leaving their homestay
45:07this has been a very difficult long leg
45:13yeah
45:14quite possibly have lost others
45:17but we've lost others
45:18the other way
45:19the other way
45:20and we're in
45:21we're in
45:22we're in
45:23we're in
45:24we're in
45:25we're in
45:26we're in
45:27we're in
45:28hmm
45:29yeah
45:30quite possibly have lost our lead
45:31we're just trying to
45:32stay in the game
45:33so we're not eliminated
45:35we're still gonna push
45:36right until the end
45:40Shangri-La Railways
45:41well I'm guessing this way
45:42because everybody's heading that way
45:43let's go go go go go go
45:46Shangri-La
45:48sitting at an altitude nearly 4,000 meters above sea level
45:54dominating its skyline
45:56the Ganden Sumsteling Monastery
45:59once home to 2,000 monks
46:03close by
46:04the Songstam Linka Hotel
46:07the third checkpoint
46:09where only the first four teams to arrive
46:12will continue in the race
46:14Shangri-La bro
46:15Shangri-La
46:16good god look at that
46:17that's pretty
46:18that is okay
46:20you're a few hundred feet above sea level
46:22if you feel yourself getting light headed
46:24just ease up
46:26on foot
46:27head towards the Ganden Sumsteling Monastery
46:30and find the Twin Deer Dharma Wheel
46:34that's gotta be the monastery up here hasn't it
46:36gotta be
46:37there's a gate there
46:39put on a bit of weight
46:40you've had it
46:43smell that air
46:44it's good
46:45keep this pace fun
46:46are you happy with this
46:47yeah yeah
46:48that's where we're heading
46:51well here's the entrance
46:52alright
46:53okay wait
46:54hello
46:55do you know where the Twin Deer Dharma Wheel is
46:58what what?
46:59Twin Deer Dharma Wheel
47:02the wheel Twin Deer Dharma
47:05no idea
47:09how do we get straight to Shangri-La
47:11straight to Shangri-La
47:12we are here
47:13how do we get here
47:14more than 1,000 kilometres east in Guiyang
47:18go to Kueming
47:20Kueming
47:21oh we have to go to Kueming okay
47:24Finn and Sean Ed are planning their next steps to the checkpoint
47:28there's a train from Kueming to Shangri-La
47:32straight to Shangri-La
47:33straight to Shangri-La
47:34yes okay
47:35right there we go
47:37should I stop going in the straw?
47:39no I'm not
47:40I just want to go quickly
47:41slow down then
47:42well no I'm not walking like a slug
47:45as they forge ahead
47:46Caroline and Tom make their march
47:50so immediately get off
47:51let's look at tickets
47:52onward travel first thing okay
47:54do you feel nervous?
47:55god yes
47:56this is our last chance
47:58yeah to stay in the race
48:00does anybody know where the twin deer dharma wheel is?
48:10twin deer dharma wheel there's no clues
48:15twin deer there's two bloody deer
48:17travel through the ZXG village and find the checkpoint hotel Songstam Linka
48:27is that the village or is that the village?
48:30right we need to ask don't we?
48:32there or there?
48:34oh oh
48:35there?
48:37thank you
48:38this way yeah?
48:39that's what the old man said
48:40pointed up here
48:41there's a couple of buildings on the right there
48:43that could be
48:44yeah
48:45hotel-able
48:47now
48:48further on
48:50travel through the village
48:51we're not through it are we?
48:53absolutely naked
48:55further on
48:56it had to be uphill didn't it?
48:59oh hey up mate
49:00hello
49:01look at my neck
49:02do not charge at me
49:04oh
49:05I was thinking to say meself
49:06right there's a big grey building
49:11where?
49:12that could look hotel-y
49:13oh yeah
49:14hello
49:15reception
49:16a buggy
49:18hang that mouth buggy
49:19that'll do
49:21that'll do
49:25what a place man
49:26that's beautiful
49:31I think we are here
49:33hello
49:38hello
49:39hello
49:40please stay here
49:43you ready?
49:46congratulations
49:47you successfully reached your third checkpoint
49:49please sign over it
49:50you ready?
49:51yeah
49:54oh shit
49:56oh
50:03totally
50:07totally gobsmacked
50:09can't speak
50:11yeah
50:12can't speak
50:13and it's not because I'm out of breath
50:14well it is for me
50:15I am out of breath
50:16oh
50:17massive relief really
50:19massive relief
50:20a couple of old blokes
50:24yeah there you go
50:25my kids will be so proud
50:26yeah they will
50:27yeah
50:28they said dad
50:30tell them
50:31don't get kicked out
50:34so
50:35yeah
50:36extremely proud
50:37aren't we?
50:38firm British handshake
50:39yeah
50:40well done
50:49it's on this one
50:50yes?
50:51oh okay
50:52see?
50:53I can't fit
50:54take off my bag
50:55take off
50:56nervous
50:57very nervous now
50:58exit
51:00exit
51:01right let's go
51:02three teams arrive in the ancient city
51:04what do you want to do?
51:05bus or taxi?
51:06there's one now
51:09thank you
51:10thank you
51:11bye bye
51:12thank you
51:15adrenaline's pumping
51:16oh my god
51:19we're here
51:21shit
51:22shit
51:23another team
51:24okay
51:25oh my gosh no
51:26there's Tom and Caroline
51:27go go go go go go go
51:28right let's go
51:29and the little one
51:30yeah yeah
51:31well done
51:32there we go
51:33thank you
51:34bye bye
51:35thank you
51:36on foot
51:37lovely
51:38head towards the
51:39and um
51:40some stelling monastery
51:41and find the twin deer
51:43dharma wheel
51:44dharma wheel
51:45that's nice
51:46twin dharma wheel
51:47where?
51:48i don't know get up we can have a look
51:49a dharma wheel
51:50maybe a symbol
51:51twin deer
51:52so you're looking for two deers
51:54please
51:55oh shneiade
51:56go
51:57shneiade
52:19Please, can anybody help us?
52:22Twin deer Dharma wheel.
52:24Fred!
52:26That looks like a wheel with deers on top.
52:30Thomas, Thomas!
52:32Fred!
52:33Shred.
52:35Thomas!
52:36Fred!
52:37Shred!
52:40Travel through a Xiaojiezi village
52:43and find the Checkpoint Hotel, Song Sam Linka.
52:47OK, let's go.
52:48Let's go.
52:50Ni hao?
52:51Song Sam Linka?
52:53Song Sam Linka.
52:54Now go to.
52:55OK, thank you.
52:56The hotel might be that big one up there.
52:59Yeah.
53:00Oh, my gosh, there's a car on the road.
53:01Can see the gate.
53:03Oh, now we've got signs.
53:05Come on, just rest when we get there.
53:07We're here.
53:08Oh, my gosh.
53:11We're finally here.
53:13Hello.
53:14What do you say here?
53:15Ready?
53:18Oh, my gosh.
53:20Oh, my gosh.
53:21Oh, my gosh.
53:22Oh, my gosh.
53:23Second.
53:24Oh, my gosh.
53:25Feeling so relieved.
53:27Um...
53:28Such a big sense of relief.
53:29Yeah, such a big sense.
53:31Oh, my gosh.
53:32You made it.
53:33Better than what we thought.
53:34A lot better than what we thought.
53:36Yeah.
53:37Let's go and relax.
53:38Let's go.
53:39Take a shower.
53:41Twin deers.
53:42There's two deer.
53:43This isn't it.
53:44We saw it as we came in.
53:46Travel through the Jiaojiz village and find the Checkpoint Hotel,
53:52Song Tisam Linka.
53:54OK.
53:55But, Mum, this isn't going up.
53:57This is going up.
53:57We need to go up to the top.
53:59Surely.
53:59We can get across here.
54:01Oh, Mum, if we can get this wrong, we can be going up.
54:05Song Tisam Linka Hotel.
54:07Oh, in here.
54:09Down here?
54:10Yes.
54:12Ssh.
54:13OK.
54:14Come on.
54:15Let's get some.
54:16Come on.
54:18Please, don't be last.
54:20Please, don't be last.
54:24Oh, go on, Harry.
54:26All right, sit here.
54:27Sit here.
54:28Oh, Roger.
54:29Welcome to Linka Hotel.
54:34Please stay here.
54:36Oh, my God.
54:38Oh, my God.
54:39Oh, my God.
54:40Oh, my God.
54:42Oh, well done.
54:43Oh, God, it isn't.
54:45We're over the moon.
54:46Absolutely over the moon.
54:48It just feels amazing.
54:49It feels like a weight has just been lifted off our shoulders.
54:53Absolutely.
54:54Wow.
54:55I'm happy we're, you know, we're not getting eliminated, but I'm a little bit gutted that we obviously
55:05couldn't be, you know, a little bit higher.
55:06We're still in the race.
55:08We're not going home.
55:09We absolutely scraped up.
55:11We're still in the race, too.
55:21In the city of Maomeng, Yin and Gaz's race has come to an end.
55:25to an end every time we turn it seems to be a block against us you know it's
55:32China's trying to tell us something it's a bit raw now but I do think as time
55:44goes on we will look back at it and we will laugh about it we were hoping it
55:48would make us stronger and I think it has ultimately is not the journey that
55:52was destined for us I think the race has given me a zest for let's explore a
55:57bit more let's go a bit more off the beaten track like we used to when we
56:00were together actually live life a little bit before we get too old I hope
56:05that all the other teams have an incredible time because I think you know
56:09that would make up for our journey yeah I agree
56:20I do feel really bad I do something obviously went and missed something's gone
56:26to miss isn't it it's actually really sad you don't want it to be anybody too well
56:32done to everybody for getting here you two have gone from fifth to fourth yeah we've
56:41gone the opposite we've gone second third to fourth but you're still here still here so
56:47now there's three of us really close anything can happen I mean there's still a
56:51lot at stake but I think now the elimination is out of the way I think
56:54everyone can probably relax a bit more yes but you guys just relax a little bit
56:58more than us too
57:07we're going to Nepal wow I got goosebumps it's an opportunity to experience
57:13something new yeah the buses go wow look at this it's very surreal I'm getting really overwhelmed oh
57:26my god how are we doing this is so cool oh my god India is going to be full of surprises
57:34so much actually quite relaxing
58:04so you
58:07you