Race Across the World S05E03
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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.
26:06I didn't think about there being a chain.
26:07And I'm worried that we could miss our train.
26:09It was already a rush.
26:10It's the wrong hotel.
26:11I doubt we'll make train.
26:12That looks really familiar.
26:13I feel like it's kind of a little килограмm.
26:15Yeah, sorry.
26:16So, what can we do?
26:17Oh, what can we do?
26:18Oh.
26:19I feel like we should just go because we're far anyway.
26:20At least we're on the move.
26:21Do you know what I mean?
26:22Okay, fine.
26:23Let's just choose one.
26:24Do it.
26:25Do what?
26:26Yeah, no.
26:27That's the furthest one.
26:28Yeah, furthest one.
26:29Yeah, furthest one.
26:30Yeah, furthest one.
26:31Daniel, you didn't think about there being a chain.
26:33That looks really familiar. I feel like it's there. Is it?
26:38It's here. It's here. Where?
26:42No, it's not that.
26:45Fuck sake, yeah.
26:47It's the woman.
26:48Stop it. It's not the right hotel.
26:50Yeah, it's the wrong one.
26:52Shit.
26:54Yeah.
26:57Feeling 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.
27:08And we'll probably have to spend money again here
27:12for accommodation tonight.
27:14So we need to get our bags
27:17and now think about accommodation for the night.
27:20The sisters must wait until morning
27:23to continue their journey north.
27:25Of all legs for this to happen,
27:27it's the one you don't want it to happen, you know?
27:30This is such a big mishap.
27:32It could cost us a lot.
27:39Do we just go back? I feel bad.
27:42Everywhere is selling something to eat.
27:44Yeah.
27:45Nestled in the verdant hills of the Yunnan province,
27:49Funing County,
27:51the area is a tapestry of ethnicities coexisting with different languages,
27:57cultures and culinary traditions.
28:00It seems a lot more open and green.
28:04Calming, I don't know.
28:05It's really relaxing.
28:07Ooh, fruits.
28:08I love how they just sell in the back of these tuk-tuk things.
28:11I can't say, though, lad.
28:12We've got to wait.
28:13How many do you want, Mama?
28:14Four would do.
28:16Would be lovely if we can get four.
28:18Ni hao.
28:19Ten quat?
28:21Two. Wow.
28:23Two yen.
28:25I 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.
28:35Do you want me to run back?
28:37I can't with this.
28:39The cleaner will be there, remember, if they don't have it,
28:41the cleaner is going into the room.
28:42I know, I know, I know.
28:43If we lose the money, but we're bugging, basically.
28:46Sure, sure.
28:48Wow.
28:59Oh, it's not here.
29:01I left it on the back of that chair.
29:04Oh, no.
29:05He went to Switzerland on his own first
29:07and actually left his bag on the train.
29:09What do I actually do?
29:11When he was in South America,
29:13he left his bag in the taxi
29:16with passport in it and everything.
29:18Hi, um, in 6.09...
29:21No, I left a money boat.
29:24I was hoping he'd be a bit more careful
29:27and would have learnt by his mistakes.
29:28It has to be here.
29:30I'm really worried.
29:32It would hugely affect us.
29:33It was a lot of money.
29:34It's a black...
29:37With a yen.
29:40Oh.
29:42What happened?
29:52What happened?
29:54What happened?
29:56What happened?
29:57My hand, hold it back at me.
29:59No, I'm not...
30:00Logical?
30:02I
30:09Was an idiot for leaving us a massive idiot, and I will never do that again, but we got it back as a lesson I learned
30:17Hi
30:20Found it
30:22Okay, let's go right we need to get on we have to taxi now
30:25And it's on you now. It's on me. And how did you not remember it? I don't know
30:32550 kilometers East
30:36We're already late. We just wanted to get a train straight away
30:39Elizabeth and Leticia are also having money troubles. I still love it here. I just want to leave now
30:54These past two days we spent way more than we expected to spend
31:02Before traveling to tonight's homestay in the remote outskirts of Anshun
31:06They need to exchange pounds for Yuan
31:09We can afford the late training me, but we can only afford that journey you'll end up arriving our destination with no money
31:18Okay, oh
31:20Oh here it is doesn't look shut though, so
31:24Let's go to the ABC Bank. Yeah
31:27Where are you seeing the bank is that blue finger? It's closed doesn't it look?
31:32They're all closed basically
31:35I feel like we've had it quite smooth for the two legs and
31:40Feels like you can easily just lose your first place. Yeah, isn't it just with a few mishaps
31:46After exhausting their options for changing money the sisters head to the train station they failed to reach last night
31:54Ready to spend the last Yuan on tickets out of town
32:00We have got 12 UN left on us literally equivalent to like one pound 30
32:07It's risky
32:09There's no point of us staying here, so you might as well just be moving forward
32:15Hello. Hi mate. I'm worried about being eliminated for not having money now
32:20Whilst moving we all feel like we're still in the race kind of
32:28Still in Phu Ning
32:30Oh, so here
32:32We used to have you helping in the kitchen when you were little as well
32:34While waiting for their train to Kunming
32:38Caroline and Tom are working a shift at Miss Lee's restaurant
32:41And do you remember having to sit on the naughty step?
32:43Yeah, I remember once I said the word bugger
32:45Oh, oh, I remember that
32:47And what was the only word you were allowed to say?
32:49Golly gosh
32:49Golly gosh, that was a really rude word
32:52Chopping fragrant laurento mushrooms for her signature hot pot
32:59Just one of 800 varieties harvested across the region
33:03My first ever proper job was a kitchen porter
33:06It was one of those jobs that you do when you're young, you know
33:09It's kind of taught you to work a little bit
33:10I think it was more probably the lesson that it was teaching me
33:13Rather than the actual job itself
33:14Learning how to hold a job down
33:16I think so
33:16I'm a labourer
33:17You know, I have to lift heavy bags of cement and brick to my shoulder
33:21So it keeps you fit and it keeps you active
33:23I don't think I could do an office job
33:25You know, I'm just I'm hoping I find a thing I get really passionate about
33:28And do you feel under pressure from daddy and I to try and forge a career or anything?
33:33Well, no one wants to purposely let anybody down, do they?
33:36I don't wish anything for you apart from absolute health and happiness
33:41Did it ever bother you that I didn't finish GCSEs?
33:44I obviously would have preferred you to have had qualifications and a grounding at age 16
33:48Yeah
33:50I'd say probably one of the hardest things I've dealt with is probably getting kicked out of school
33:55Me and my friends started smoking a bit of weed at school thinking, oh, this is cool
34:00We got called into the office
34:02And from there, we basically got kicked out of school
34:05I think you might just have been drifting
34:07Yeah
34:08What happens if I never find that thing? Because there are people who don't
34:11Never let fear of failure prevent you from starting something
34:14It's a lot easier said than done
34:16I know and it's something I've suffered from
34:19Yeah
34:20I'd hate to see you do the same
34:22I think perhaps he lost a sense of direction and he probably lost confidence as well
34:27That's another reason for us dreading the elimination
34:30It would be lovely if this race helped him discover more things about himself
34:35And I think that's just the best opportunity and I so hope we can make it
34:41We've not really been to this kind of China yet, have we?
34:58I like it
34:59I'm enjoying the peace and the fresh air
35:02Escaping the cities, Finn and Seanhead have made it to its heart
35:06Chiangling Park
35:10Home to a thriving troop of macaque monkeys
35:13I just want to see the monkeys!
35:15Look at that little turtle
35:17Aww, cute!
35:21Hello
35:23It's a very different feel today
35:25Look how high we've got
35:28This is so nice
35:29It's also a nice way for us to make memories that'll last forever
35:34Look at it!
35:35It's beautiful
35:37I'm well aware that this race is gonna make or break us and I'm hoping it obviously it makes us
35:45Because the next steps in our lives are such big steps
35:50Oh, there's monkey, Shred
35:51Really? Where?
35:52Yeah, there's loads of them, yeah
35:54Oh, look at that baby one!
35:57Don't go too quickly towards the Shred
36:00Oh!
36:03That is so cute
36:05I want one
36:05You can't
36:08I've always wanted to marry young, wanted to have kids young
36:13I'm hoping for engagement and marriage in the next five years
36:17With one child, a stable income, a house
36:20This is the wildlife I've been craving
36:24My childhood was like the best thing you could ever want
36:29Family really matters to me because of how I've grown up
36:32They've got very red arses, don't they?
36:34They do
36:36Trying to get the perfect bum shot
36:41My childhood was definitely a lot different compared to Shred's
36:46Oh wow, this is actually well worth it
36:48Look at that!
36:49That's lovely
36:51My dad left
36:53Then it was just me, my mum, my brother
36:56When your parents get divorced at a young age, you don't necessarily know what's going on
36:59You kind of just think they're splitting up
37:01Just one house, another house
37:02Kind of look for the positives, I think
37:04Two Christmases
37:06Then you grow up and you realise it's
37:08Really not like that
37:09The idea of marriage doesn't scare me
37:14It's just I know things can go wrong
37:17Just 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
37:23I'd rather be here with you than enjoying this
37:26I want more challenges to see if you are the one I want to be with
37:32I mean, I don't really question it
37:33So I'm pretty certain that you're the one I want to be with
37:39But I know it's not easy for you
37:42I mean, obviously sometimes you do wonder like
37:46Is 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
37:56And succeed together, I think
38:02What is it?
38:02It's a train, I think
38:05A very loud train
38:06Let's go, time to get back into the race
38:11What's that, a fowl wolf?
38:13Is it a dog?
38:14As Finn and Sean Ed head to the station
38:17Are you guys from UK?
38:19We are, they're from England
38:20Taking part in a race
38:22A race?
38:23A race, yeah
38:25Brian and Melvin are travelling by train to Kunming
38:28The last transport hub before the checkpoint
38:31Where's the train to Shangri-La?
38:34Is that from this station or the other one?
38:35It's from the Central
38:39Central station
38:40So the plan is get off here
38:43We get a metro
38:44To Central, yeah
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 look me to you
38:53Yes, brilliant, excellent
38:58Thank you very much
39:00My pleasure
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
39:12Yeah
39:12On their long haul train to Maomeng
39:17Maomeng, I'm trying to find
39:18Is it that way or that way on the map?
39:20Yin and Gaz need to locate their destination
39:23Excuse me, excuse me, do you speak English?
39:26A little
39:27A little, ah
39:28I'm trying to find
39:30Maomeng on the map
39:32But it's not written down
39:33Could you roughly show me where it is on the map if that's okay?
39:37You think it's about there?
39:39Maomeng
39:40On that line there?
39:41Yes
39:42Oh, shit
39:44Yeah
39:45Yeah
39:45Oh, sorry
39:49All right, thank you very much
39:51Thank you, thank you
39:53Right, yes
39:54Spoke to some young chap
39:55He's shown me where we are
39:57Where we're heading to on the map
39:58We're heading there
39:59Okay
40:02It's a little bit concerning that we've
40:04Kind of almost heading the wrong way
40:07Their earlier decision means they are heading 250 kilometers
40:12North East
40:13In the opposite direction to the third checkpoint
40:16I don't know, it's hard because it just seems to be
40:19Every time you talk to someone it's a different story
40:21We're fucked basically
40:24Gods are against us
40:26It does feel like that, yeah, it does feel a little bit
40:29We've been sinners in our past life
40:32Do you think that's what it is?
40:34Let's give it a shot
40:42Going into a rural area where
40:43Pardon anybody
40:44It's not ideal
40:47Out of local currency
40:49Elizabeth and Letitia are on a train heading north
40:52To their planned homestay
40:53Hello
40:54And do you know
40:56I'm sure she
40:57Can we get cash there?
40:59Come
41:00I don't have a kiss
41:01Let me have a try
41:06Let me have a try
41:07Oh okay
41:07Thank you
41:10Let me have a try
41:11Okay
41:11How is he going to get cash?
41:14I don't know where he's going
41:16Where could he have gone?
41:17Where did he go?
41:19What did he say?
41:20Let me just check
41:21Let me try
41:22Let me try
41:23Oh, he's coming back
41:25Has he got anything on his hands?
41:28I feel like
41:28Oh my gosh
41:29I see a flash of red
41:30Oh my gosh
41:31Oh wow
41:32Wow
41:34Wow
41:38Okay
41:43Sorry sorry
41:43Sorry sorry
41:44Which is very emotional right now
41:46How much do you have?
41:48350 yen
41:50350 yen
41:52We can give you um 40
41:54Yeah
41:54Yeah
41:55Okay
41:55Oh
41:56Thank you
41:58Thank you so much
42:02That's so good
42:04I've literally got tears in my eyes
42:07Literally
42:07This whole day
42:09This is all we realized
42:15We were able to get some money
42:17Minutes
42:18What are the odds?
42:19Before getting stranded
42:21Yeah
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
42:341100 kilometers from the checkpoint
42:36The sisters have made it to the remote Shui Yuan village
42:41Hello
42:42Hello
42:43Welcome to my house
42:44Oh thank you
42:45Oh thank you
42:47Staying in Ms. He's
42:48Countryside home
42:52You can eat now
42:54You can eat now
42:54You can eat now
42:55Wow
42:56It's a feast
42:57It's a feast
42:59Don't be shy
43:02Don't be shy
43:02Just eat
43:03Where are you from
43:05Where are you from?
43:06Where are you from?
43:07Sichuan
43:07Sichuan
43:08Oh
43:08Sichuan
43:09You know
43:10Yeah
43:11And when did you come here?
43:13It's summer
43:14I don't like live in city
43:19I like countryside
43:21Yeah
43:22The air is more fresh
43:26And more free
43:29I want to find some new lifestyle
43:34It's slow
43:35Yeah
43:36It's a slow lifestyle
43:36Yeah
43:37Compared to the city
43:39Yeah
43:41Honestly
43:41If this doesn't make you fall in love with China
43:43I don't know what will
43:45The people here are just so hospitable
43:48They really extend their welcome
43:50And yeah they just share their love so openly
43:54Our lead is pretty much gone
43:57I'm just more worried about being eliminated
44:00Because sharing this journey with my sister
44:02I feel like we're just getting started to you know
44:06Get to know each other
44:07And I want to continue on that journey
44:11I can't see anybody
44:36I'd be a bit gutted if I'm honest
44:38If I did see somebody now
44:40Because I do think we've done all right
44:43We could do with the train moving now
44:45Couldn't we?
44:45I know we could
44:47Come on move
44:50Kunming
44:51A pivotal transport hub for all routes from southern China
44:55To the northwest part of Yunnan province
44:59There we go
45:00The doors are shutting Brian
45:01I just shut the door
45:04Right we're in
45:05As Brian and Melvin depart
45:07Where are we?
45:10Winding their way 600 kilometres up the mountains to the third checkpoint
45:14A little bit anxious at the minute
45:19Elizabeth and Letitia are trying to pick up the pace after leaving their homestay
45:23This has been a very difficult long leg
45:28Yeah
45:29Quite possibly we've lost our lead
45:31We're just trying to stay in the game so we're not eliminated
45:35We're still going to push right until the end
45:40Shangri-La railways
45:42Well I'm guessing this way because everybody's heading that way
45:44Go go go go go go
45:45Shangri-La
45:49Sitting at an altitude nearly 4,000 metres above sea level
45:54Dominating its skyline
45:57The Ganden Sumsteling Monastery
46:00Once home to 2,000 monks
46:04Close by the Songstam Linka Hotel
46:08The third checkpoint
46:10Where only the first four teams to arrive will continue in the race
46:15Shangri-La Brian
46:16Shangri-La
46:17Good God look at that
46:18That's pretty
46:20Air's okay
46:20You're a few hundred feet above sea level
46:23If you feel yourself getting light-headed just ease up
46:27On foot head towards the Ganden Sumsteling Monastery
46:31And find the Twin Deer Dharma Wheel
46:34That's got to be the monastery up here hasn't it
46:36Got to be
46:37There's a gate there
46:39Put on a bit of weight you've had it
46:44Smell that air it's good
46:45Keep this pace fun
46:47Are you happy with this?
46:47Yeah yeah
46:49That's where we're heading
46:52Well here's the entrance
46:53All right
46:53Okay wait
46:55Hello
46:56Do you know where the Twin Deer Dharma Wheel is?
46:59What what?
47:00Twin Deer Dharma Wheel
47:03The wheel Twin Deer Dharma
47:05No idea
47:08How do we get straight to Shangri-La?
47:11Straight to Shangri-La
47:13We are here
47:14How do we get here?
47:15More than 1,000 kilometres east in Guiyang
47:19Go to Kunming
47:21Kunming
47:22Oh we have to go to Kunming okay
47:26Finn and Sean Ed are planning their next steps to the checkpoint
47:30There's a train from Kunming to Shangri-La
47:33Straight to Shangri-La
47:34Straight to Shangri-La
47:35Yes okay
47:35All right there we go
47:38Should I stop going on the straw?
47:40No I'm not I just want to go quickly
47:41Slow down then
47:42Well no I'm not walking like a slug
47:44As they forge ahead Caroline and Tom make their march
47:50So immediately get off let's look at tickets on the travel first thing okay
47:55Do you feel nervous?
47:56God yes
47:57This is our last chance yeah to stay in the race
48:02Does anybody know where the Twin Deer Dharma Wheel is?
48:10Twin Deer Dharma Wheel is no clues
48:14Twin Deer there's two bloody deer
48:20Travel through the ZXG village and find the Checkpoint Hotel Songstam Linka
48:28Is that the village or is that the village?
48:31Right we need to ask don't we?
48:33There or there?
48:34Uh oh
48:35There
48:37Thank you
48:38This way yeah
48:39That's what the old man said pointed up here
48:42There's a couple of buildings on the right there that could be hotelable
48:47Now
48:49Further on
48:50Travel through the village we're not through it are we?
48:54Absolutely naked
48:56Further on
48:57It had to be uphill didn't it?
48:59Oh hey up mate
49:00Hello
49:01My neck
49:02Do not charge at me
49:05I was thinking to say myself
49:10Right there's a big grey building
49:12Where?
49:12It could look hotel
49:13Oh yeah
49:15Hello reception
49:16A buggy
49:17I'm out mouth buggy
49:19That'll do
49:22That'll do
49:25What a place
49:27That's beautiful
49:32I think we are here
49:33Hello
49:40Hello
49:41Please stay in here
49:43You ready?
49:46Congratulations you successfully reached your third checkpoint
49:50Please sign over later
49:51You ready?
49:52Yeah
49:54Oh shit
49:55Totally
50:08Totally gobsmacked
50:10Can't speak
50:11Yeah
50:12Can't speak
50:13And it's not because I'm out of breath
50:15Well it is
50:15I am out of breath
50:17Oh
50:17Massive relief really
50:19Massive relief
50:20A couple of old blokes
50:22Yeah
50:24Yeah
50:24There you go
50:25My kids will be so proud
50:26Yeah they will
50:29They said
50:29Dad
50:31Dad
50:33Don't get kicked out
50:34So
50:36Yeah extremely proud aren't we
50:38Boom British handshake
50:49It's on this one
50:50Yes
50:50Oh okay see
50:53I can't see it
50:54Yeah
50:54Take off my back
50:55Take off
50:57Nervous
50:58Very nervous now
51:00Exit
51:01Right let's go
51:01Fran
51:02Three teams arrive in the ancient city
51:05What do you want to do? Bus or taxi?
51:06There's one now
51:09Thank you
51:10Thank you
51:11Bye bye
51:13Thank you
51:15Adrenaline's pumping
51:17Oh my god
51:19We're here
51:20Shit
51:22Shit
51:22Shit
51:23Another team
51:23Sean and Finnhead
51:24Okay
51:24Oh my gosh
51:25No
51:26There's Tom and Caroline
51:27We've got to go
51:27Go go go go go go
51:29Right let's go
51:29And the little one
51:30Yeah
51:31Yeah
51:31Well done
51:31Right
51:31There we go
51:32Thank you
51:32See you
51:33Bye bye
51:34Bye thank you
51:37On foot lovely
51:38Head towards the
51:40And um
51:40Sunstelling monastery
51:42And find the twin
51:43Deer
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
51:51Maybe a symbol
51:52Twin deer
51:53So we're looking for two deers
51:56Oh should I head
51:56Should I head
51:57Go
51:57No no no no no
51:59Shit
52:00Stop running
52:01Stop running
52:01This way
52:02This way
52:02This way Thomas
52:03No we can't get that way
52:04Then what's it going the wrong way
52:06It's alright go far right
52:08Go far
52:09Just go straight ahead
52:11Dharma wheel
52:11Dharma wheel
52:12Isn't that the twin deer
52:14Well there's two deers
52:17I feel like we're racing for fifth place
52:19Please
52:21Can 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
52:33Short head
52:35Thomas
52:36Fred
52:37Short head
52:38Travel through a Xiaojieji village and find the checkpoint hotel
52:48Okay let's go
52:56The hotel might be that big one up there
52:59Yeah
53:00Oh my gosh there's a car on her own
53:01You can see the gate
53:04Oh now we've got signs
53:05Come on just rest when we get there
53:06We're here
53:08Oh my gosh
53:11We're finally here
53:13Hello
53:14Lisa's here
53:15Ready
53:23Second
53:25Feeling so relieved
53:29Such a big sense of relief
53:30Yeah such a big sense
53:31You made it
53:32Better than what we thought
53:34A lot better than what we thought
53:36Oh let's go
53:38And relax
53:39Let's go
53:40Take a shower
53:41Twin deers there's two deer
53:43We saw it as we came in
53:46Travel through the
53:48Xiaojiez village and find the checkpoint hotel
53:52Songtsamlinka
53:55But mum this isn't going up
53:57It's just going up we need to go up to the top
53:58We can get across here
53:59We can get across here
54:00Oh mum if we get this room we can be going up
54:05Songtsamlinka hotel
54:07Oh in here
54:09Down here
54:10Yes
54:10Thank you
54:11Thank you
54:12Thank you
54:12Ssss
54:13Good day
54:14Come on
54:15First get some
54:16Come on
54:18Please don't be last
54:20Please don't be last
54:24Oh go on hurry
54:25Oh it's it
54:26It's it
54:27It's it
54:27Oh well done
54:30Ni hao
54:32Welcome to ninkau hotel
54:34Please stay here
54:37Oh my god
54:38Oh my god
54:42Oh well done
54:43Oh well done
54:43It is
54:44Thank you
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
54:52Off our shoulders
54:57Wow
54:59I'm happy we're
55:01You know we're not getting eliminated
55:02But I'm a little bit gutted that we obviously couldn't be
55:05You know a little bit higher
55:07We're still in the race
55:08We're not going home
55:10We absolutely scraped it
55:21In the city of maoming
55:23Yin and gaz's race has come to an end
55:28Every time we turn it seems to be a block against us
55:32You know it's china's trying to tell us something
55:34Yeah
55:35There have been some really really lovely moments
55:39No it has
55:41It's a bit raw now
55:43But I do think as time goes on we will look back at it
55:45And we will laugh about it
55:47We were hoping it would make us stronger
55:48And I think it has
55:50Ultimately it's not the journey that was destined for us I think
55:54The race has given me a zest for let's explore a bit more
55:57Let's go a bit more off the beaten track
55:59Like we used to when we were together
56:01Actually live life a little bit before we get too old
56:05I hope that all the other teams have an incredible time
56:08Because I think you know that would make up for our journey
56:12Yeah I agree
56:23I do feel really bad
56:24I do
56:24Same I feel for them
56:25Something obviously went and missed
56:26Something's gone and missed isn't it
56:28It's actually really sad
56:29You don't want it to be anybody
56:31Well done to everybody for getting here
56:33You two have gone from fifth to fourth to third
56:37Oh no
56:40Yeah we've gone the opposite
56:41Second third to fourth
56:44But you're still here
56:46Still here
56:46So now there's three of us really close anything can happen
56:50I mean there's still a lot at stake
56:51But I think now the elimination's out of the way
56:54Yeah
56:54I think everyone can probably relax a bit more
56:56Yes but you guys just relax a little bit more than us two
56:59We're going to Nepal
57:10Wow
57:10I've got goosebumps
57:11It's an opportunity to experience something new
57:14Oh shoot
57:14Yeah mama
57:15That's sad
57:17That's sad
57:18The bus is going
57:19Bye darling
57:21Wow
57:22Look at this
57:23It's very surreal
57:24I'm getting really overwhelmed
57:26Oh my god
57:27How are we doing?
57:28It's just so cold
57:29Oh my god
57:32India is going to be full of surprises
57:37Actually quite relaxing
57:58I'm getting ready
58:00You're the best in the valley of theanic
58:08Thank you
58:09You're welcome
58:10I'm getting ready
58:10I found you
58:11I'm getting ready
58:12At this park
58:13Thank you
58:14You're welcome
58:15Thank you
58:15I asked you
58:16To the Shallow
58:16Appearing the Standards
58:17side
58:17As you water
58:17How are we holding the踏
58:18Sandcast?
58:18See you
58:19I wanted to ???
58:20I'll find you
58:21To the Shin
58:22Generally
58:23Not even
58:23That soir
58:24I knew
58:25People
58:26Those who