CRAtW 2024 episode 3
CRAtW 2024 episode 3
Transcript
00:00Deep in the Brazilian Bahia state, the colonial town of Lençóis.
00:21What animals do you think are in these trees?
00:29Monkeys.
00:30It's got to be a monkey.
00:31I want to see a sloth.
00:32The gateway to the Chapada Diamantina National Park.
00:36A rugged plateau, bounded by tabletop mountains, canyons and caves, sprawling across an area
00:43larger than Wales, home to the highly intelligent Atlantic marmoset.
00:48That doodly little monkey call noise.
00:53And the second checkpoint of the race.
00:57Wow, how beautiful is this?
01:05Having travelled over 1,500 kilometres.
01:08I feel like I'm walking on the moon.
01:10For two teams a chance to recharge.
01:12Oh, that's flat.
01:14Oh, it's deep here though, are you ready?
01:18Sculpted from ancient sandstone by millions of years of erosion, this area dates back
01:24to the time when South America and Africa were joined.
01:28Cold, man.
01:30Sorry, but isn't it absolutely crazy that the bottom two are now the top two?
01:36We've almost played the reverse card in just the first ten seconds.
01:40I can't believe it's swung around like this.
01:44With Scott and Sam not yet at the checkpoint, Geoff and Freddie are now leading, over 15
01:50hours ahead of their closest rivals, Kola and Mary Ellen.
01:55Considering where we both started the leg, it makes you realise actually that anything
01:59is possible.
02:00I wanted to open up that book and not be dead last, leaving a day after everyone else.
02:06It gave me nightmares, you know, coming last.
02:09We're right back in it and I'm over the moon, I'm chuffed.
02:12Didn't realise how hard it was though.
02:13Yeah.
02:14As hard as it is going to be, the fact that I'm going to be on the road stressing about
02:17bus times, I feel like tomorrow we could do something for Mother's Day.
02:22When we set off, both of us need to consider exactly how Fred's going to do something fitting
02:26for his mum, so that you feel like you've marked the occasion.
02:31My mum, she passed when I was 15.
02:36Usually by tomorrow, like on Mother's Day, all of my brothers and sisters, they celebrate
02:40and reminisce.
02:41Her mum's been like a mum to me, so our trees is my favourite one.
02:45Mums are part of the race.
02:46Do it for the mums tomorrow, shall we?
02:47Do it for the mums.
02:48Mumsy.
02:49For the mums.
03:00Everyone's having a party.
03:02Following their adventure along the Atlantic coast...
03:05Scott, there.
03:06Made it.
03:07Oh, wow.
03:08Scott and Sam are the last team to reach Lensoyce.
03:11We're a bit hot.
03:14There we go.
03:15As expected.
03:16Wow.
03:17Geoff and Freddie a day ago.
03:19Wow.
03:21Over 27 hours behind the race leaders.
03:25It's all well and good going.
03:27It doesn't matter.
03:28When you see it in the book, it matters a bit.
03:32OK.
03:33Potter and Mary Ellen got a real shift on, didn't they?
03:37Bonjita.
03:39Frontrunners Geoff and Freddie...
03:41Obrigado.
03:42..are first to find out where they're heading next.
03:44Go on, Fred.
03:45Your third checkpoint is Sao Paulo.
03:48I think that's a big city, Fred.
03:50A journey of 2,400km to Brazil's beating heart,
03:55the buzzing metropolis of Rio de Janeiro.
03:59It's a long journey.
04:00It's a long journey.
04:01It's a long journey.
04:02It's a long journey.
04:03It's a long journey.
04:04It's a long journey.
04:06The buzzing metropolis of Sao Paulo.
04:10Located in the south-east region,
04:12home to almost 12 million people,
04:14this is the largest megacity in the southern hemisphere.
04:19Teams must negotiate the country's biggest
04:21and wealthiest urban areas.
04:24A leg that could have sizeable impacts
04:26on their diminishing budgets.
04:32Freddie, get the map out.
04:34Oh, that's a long way.
04:35South-west of Rio de Janeiro.
04:37That's a long way south.
04:38That is probably from England to Greece.
04:43To reach the checkpoint,
04:44teams could head west via the modern capital, Brasilia,
04:48offering lucrative job opportunities
04:50and a reliable transport network.
04:53South, via Belo Horizonte,
04:55following the most direct route,
04:57but with fewer travel options,
04:59it could be a risk.
05:02Or travel east,
05:03tempted by popular carnival destinations
05:06such as Salvador and Rio de Janeiro.
05:09It's the longest but most well-connected tourist path.
05:14I just don't know.
05:16But I want to make sure that before the end of the day
05:19we get to do something for your mum.
05:22Salvador, Fred, is known for its sunsets
05:25and I think we'd possibly get there today.
05:30Oh, that's a beautiful bird.
05:32Um, you with me?
05:33Yeah.
05:35You don't want to talk about this, do you?
05:37I wouldn't mind walking through their towns
05:39and the cobbled streets and that.
05:44My mum was Jade Goody.
05:47I guess some people know her as the Big Brother star.
05:53I lost my mum when I was four due to cervical cancer.
05:58And that was on Mother's Day,
06:00which is really hard.
06:06If you could go anywhere
06:07to feel like you've took some time out for mum,
06:09where would it be?
06:10It's the sunset.
06:11I think all that sounds really nice.
06:13That will make you feel like
06:14you've done something really special for her.
06:16Let's do it.
06:18I don't really like showing my emotions.
06:20I don't even really speak to my dad much about my mum either.
06:23I just avoid it.
06:25I prefer to bottle it up.
06:27Shall we get the 9 o'clock arriving at 4.30 to Salvador?
06:32I don't want to feel like I'm a burden to them.
06:35Obrigado.
06:36Fred.
06:37Geoff and Freddie hope to make the most of their day,
06:40planning a short 400km hop to the coastal city of Salvador.
06:45Looking forward to that sunset now.
06:47Yeah, it's going to be lovely.
06:49It's going to be real beautiful stuff.
06:51It's so hard, isn't it?
06:53It's harder than I thought.
06:54We both went the same kind of road, so we feel you.
06:57Still at the checkpoint, previous race leaders Kelly and Jeremy...
07:01Coming third, it was a bit of a blow.
07:03We were hoping second.
07:04We were hoping second.
07:05He's still reading the map and the route we've just done
07:08to see where he went wrong.
07:09..followed by fiancés Scott and Sam.
07:12It's a hard day.
07:13It's a hard day.
07:14It's a hard day.
07:15It's a hard day.
07:16It's a hard day.
07:17It's a hard day.
07:18It's a hard day.
07:19It's a hard day.
07:21A whole day behind.
07:23We're at the bottom of the pack.
07:25It's annoyed me more than I thought it would, being last.
07:28Embarrassing.
07:29We need to get a move on next time.
07:32With all their rivals still in Lensoy's,
07:35Geoff and Freddie are fast approaching the city of Salvador.
07:41Maybe mum's putting things in place
07:43and pushing us in the direction of where we need to go.
07:46It's a lovely idea.
07:47Guarding over the entrance to the iconic Bay of All Saints,
07:51the Farol de Barra Lighthouse has stood tall since the late 1600s.
07:56An unwavering beacon of hope,
07:58it has guided countless vessels to safe harbour for over 300 years.
08:05We made it.
08:07Every night as the sun dips low,
08:09crowds flock to the base of the lighthouse
08:11for a spectacular sunset ritual,
08:13making it one of Salvador's most popular activities.
08:17And one of Salvador's most beloved traditions.
08:20This place is mad.
08:21It's like every day there's a different view.
08:23I just want to get in the water.
08:25Like one year in Brighton on Mother's Day,
08:27I think it was, we just jumped straight in.
08:32I want to go over there.
08:34It's lively over there.
08:35That's part of the experience as well.
08:37OK, come on then.
08:38Come on, go where you want, darling,
08:40and let's get there quick.
08:42Ready?
08:53Thank you, Mother Nature.
09:03A lot of my memories that I have of my mum
09:06have come from, like, watching a documentary.
09:09YouTube clips, newspapers.
09:13They're not my memories.
09:18Oh, man.
09:19You need to get in the sea.
09:22I don't really remember...
09:26..being held.
09:27Yeah, I don't really remember being held by my mum.
09:34If I had more memories of her,
09:37it would have made it a whole lot harder for me.
09:44But I think I would have rathered that
09:47than not really remember the things
09:50that I had done with my mum.
09:56It's just life, really,
09:59and I've kind of accepted that.
10:02HE SIGHS
10:15Are you nervous?
10:16Do I have a nervous disposition?
10:18Yeah, the sweat on your forehead, love.
10:20Carla and Mary-Ellen's checkpoint stay is over...
10:25..and they're 15 hours behind Jeff and Freddy.
10:27And they're 15 hours behind Jeff and Freddy.
10:32Sao Paulo?
10:33Sao Paulo's off the rails.
10:35Is this all Brazil?
10:37This place is hot, man.
10:39With no time to spare,
10:40the cousins need to find onward connections out this evening.
10:44Do you know of big stations between Bahia and Sao Paulo?
10:49Yeah. Salvador. OK.
10:50If there's a cab.
10:51Quanto custo?
10:521,600.
10:551,600.
10:57We're not paying that money.
10:58Ciao, ciao.
11:00Thank you for everything.
11:02Oh, my God, the pressure's on.
11:03They rule out paying over £200 for a taxi to Salvador.
11:08If we can get a bus tonight, that would be ideal.
11:10Chancing their luck, they bump into some fellow travellers.
11:15Right, lads.
11:16Can you help us get to Salvador?
11:19I mean, you've just missed the bus.
11:20Just missed it. Oh, is it?
11:22And when is the earliest bus tomorrow?
11:25The bus is at 9am tomorrow.
11:27OK. See you later, lads, yeah?
11:28Cool. Thank you.
11:31Right, we need to make peace that we might be staying in Ensoita tonight.
11:34And then get the bus in the morning? Yeah.
11:37So we have a look in that hostel.
11:38To be honest, I'll take anything.
11:40Maybe the church will take us in.
11:42Hola. Do you have two beds?
11:44Ay, ay, ay, man.
11:46Nicola is a bit annoyed that we've spent money on accommodation.
11:51I'll take the single this time.
11:52We thought it was best to wait it out and take the bus tomorrow
11:56and alleviate kind of all stress of paying extortionate prices and taxis.
12:03We've just got to be careful with our money now.
12:16Right, Sao Paulo is here.
12:19OK, we're quite far away.
12:20So I think we'll go from Brasilia.
12:22Do you want to go to Rio? That doesn't make sense.
12:25Kelly and husband Jeremy are next to leave.
12:27Almost a whole day behind the race leaders.
12:31I can't believe we've done all of Brazil and now we're down to Rio.
12:33We're not going to do it.
12:36But we're doing a race. I'm not doing the coast again.
12:38That was a nightmare. I really want to go very fast.
12:41I mean, let's be honest, Jeremy,
12:42the only thing you want to see in Brazil is an empty guest book.
12:45Wow. Very clean, all clean.
12:48You know what that feeling is.
12:50Yeah, I know it, but I know what is to be last, too,
12:52and I don't like it.
12:55I do miss the competition in my life.
12:57I've been competing in judo for more than 20 years.
13:00I'm black belt.
13:01My dream was to do the Olympic Games
13:04and I gave up judo around eight years ago,
13:07around the time I met Kelly.
13:09So now it's not really a part of my life anymore.
13:11I chose the last leg.
13:13Didn't work out really, did it?
13:14So I'm going to take your lead on this.
13:17So now, because I'm not doing any tournament anymore,
13:20so I need a challenge.
13:22I will do everything I can to win
13:24and it's really important for me to see how I will do this race.
13:27So if we do Brasilia, one.
13:30This one.
13:31Or Uberlandia with connection.
13:33Straight to Sao Paulo.
13:35It's the most direct route.
13:36What do you think?
13:37If it makes you happy, let's do it.
13:38I will be depressed if I go back,
13:39if I see the coast again.
13:40I know, I know, I know.
13:41Too much.
13:43Jeremy plans a 1,000 kilometre journey to Brasilia,
13:47utilising the fast road to the well-connected capital.
13:50I've been sacked from being the navigator.
13:52So we're going to head to Brasilia
13:53because it is the capital city.
13:55We need to make up some time.
13:57I've got to sometimes let him take the lead.
13:59So yeah, this is Jeremy's leg,
14:02so we'll do what Jeremy wants to do.
14:04Can't let Geoff and Freddie have a 20-hour lead on us.
14:0722.
14:09Do you want to get some breakfast?
14:10I think I'm fine for now.
14:13He made the wisest choice.
14:15When do we ever know if we've made the right choice?
14:17Despite leaving the night before Kelly and Jeremy,
14:21Kola and Mary-Ellen are a mere 400 metres
14:23from the last checkpoint,
14:25and yet to settle on a route.
14:27Hello.
14:28Do you know how to get to São Paulo?
14:31With the lowest remaining funds,
14:33the cousins opted for budget-friendly accommodation
14:36over a pricey taxi out of Lençois.
14:39You're going to São Paulo?
14:41Yes.
14:41You can go through the United States.
14:44Yeah, yeah.
14:46I'm going to go to Rio.
14:46There's Copacabana Beach.
14:48Yes, Rio is really nice.
14:50It's very impressive.
14:53Yes.
14:54I'm sold.
14:57Rio, obviously, it'll be more like us
14:59doing things that we actually love.
15:02Me and Kola, growing up, it was like one big family.
15:06Like, we were merged, essentially.
15:08Like, my mum would ring Aunty Gina going,
15:10Mary's at yours for the week.
15:12Kola would stay at my house months.
15:14We were just like one big blended family, to be honest.
15:17Irish mum, Nigerian dad.
15:19It was so much fun.
15:21Food, music, stories, dance.
15:24I'd love to see Rio, but are we going to Rio?
15:27Because it's like, it's trendy to go Rio.
15:30Do you know what I mean?
15:32Kola gets carried away, likes to party, and so do I.
15:36But I'm going to have to rein us in.
15:39It is a race, and we've got to keep on going.
15:42Shall we rule out Rio?
15:44Also, there's a job in Porto Seguro.
15:47Staff needed in Bath,
15:48and good connections to Belo Horizonte.
15:50That will be a faster route.
15:52Yeah.
15:53So you want to go to Porto Seguro
15:54and then go to Belo Horizonte, on to Sao Paulo?
15:58I want to win, not just for me, but for Kola.
16:01I will be bad cop, but I don't want to let him down,
16:04and I don't want to disappoint myself.
16:08So there will be quite a bit of pressure.
16:12OK, are you happy?
16:14Yeah.
16:15Let's get tickets.
16:17Mary Ellen has her sights set.
16:19Head southeast to work in the coastal town of Porto Seguro,
16:23then risking cutting inland via Belo Horizonte.
16:272.49, for both.
16:30Cash?
16:32God, I don't know if we've made the right choice.
16:39Off we go again.
16:40Scott and Sam are the final team to leave the checkpoint.
16:44I just don't want to be last.
16:46Trailing 27 hours behind.
16:50Got a sore plan.
16:52OK.
16:53We went inland, then we're travelling big distances,
16:55and hopefully it allows us to just speed, speed, speed.
16:58I think it's knocked on my confidence now, being last.
17:01I'm too scared to say a plan,
17:03because I don't want it to be the wrong plan.
17:06I'll take this leg then.
17:08All right.
17:09So, I think one of the advantages of us leaving
17:11this time of day is that maybe we can work,
17:14get some cash, get an overnight travel to Gaya Nua,
17:18work, travel overnight, race to the checkpoint.
17:22Just playing devil's advocate here,
17:24I don't think that's as near as we think.
17:27Sam calls me worst case scenario,
17:29because I'll always look on the darker side,
17:34not the lighter side.
17:36I'm a natural-born warrior.
17:38A bit anxious.
17:40The glass is always half empty.
17:42I've got this, trust me.
17:44Over to you.
17:46I'm just going to take Sam's lead on this.
17:48He seems to be pretty clear about what we should do.
17:51To haul them back into the race,
17:53Sam plans a 1,300-kilometre overnight leap
17:57to the city of Gaya Nua.
18:00There's a job, so if we can rush out of here,
18:03earn some money, travel overnight to Gaya Nua,
18:06I think the race is properly on.
18:08Hola. Taxi?
18:10Can we go now? Of course.
18:11We need to be there by one.
18:131pm. 1pm.
18:15We need to get a shift on.
18:16Yeah. Vamos! Vamos!
18:19I love a man that can drive.
18:21Let's just hope that luck's on our side,
18:24and I flippin' hope there's a bus overnight tonight.
18:36We'll go wherever you want, Fred.
18:37Do you choose?
18:38See how much tickets to Rio de Janeiro are.
18:41Geoff and Freddie are leaving Salvador,
18:44taking advantage of the well-connected coastal route.
18:47It's not every day you get to go to Rio.
18:48There's a bucket in this place.
18:50To Victoria, 1,074.
18:53Oh!
18:54We can then go to Rio.
18:56They are following a path avoided by all their rivals,
18:59a colossal journey of over 2,150 kilometres,
19:03on the longest road to the checkpoint via Rio de Janeiro.
19:07Let's walk the market way.
19:11Oh, that. These are the ones I would like. Look.
19:15You're such a wally.
19:16I like the little shell necklaces.
19:19Where?
19:19I'm not great with money, you know this.
19:23So I will need a bit of advice.
19:25No-one's ever great with money when they're your age.
19:29Let's get a matching knitted vest.
19:31Yeah, they're lovely.
19:33I buy stupid things.
19:35Like that time I bought a white coat.
19:37Why am I wearing...
19:38One, white is not my colour. I spill everything.
19:43And I bought a white coat and marked it on the train two days later.
19:48Little watch.
19:49Come on, man.
19:51It would be really easy for me to take charge of the map, the money,
19:54but that's what we've been doing for the last however many years,
19:58is let me take the responsibility, son,
19:59just so we're assured that everything's going to be as it should be.
20:03Did you get a kettle?
20:05A kettle?
20:09Dad's raring to go.
20:11Yeah, spend a bit of our budget without asking.
20:16I got a key ring for my nana
20:19and someone else a present.
20:20And that's only like, what, 10 quid?
20:24No, probably.
20:27Fred, how do you think we're doing on the budget?
20:29We had 3, 2, 6, 8.
20:31Well, that's not a lot of hay-hires left, is it?
20:33Yes.
20:34I've got this and a bus stop, so that's also...
20:38We haven't been writing down our spendings.
20:40That's because you're taking things out of budget
20:43and not actually even telling me.
20:45What did you spend on the presents and your necklace?
20:49Key ring, six Reyes,
20:53six Reyes, 12 Reyes.
20:57So that's another 18.
21:00105. 105.
21:02That is, like, quite a lot.
21:05Do you not think because it's our budget that I deserve to be...
21:09..to be asked? Yeah, of course.
21:12Why didn't you?
21:14Because it's exactly that. I thought it was our budget.
21:19It creates trust issues, doesn't it?
21:23Apparently.
21:24It doesn't lend itself to, like, creating good sort of teamwork.
21:30Yeah.
21:34As I chipped into the budget,
21:37I'm going to do some work while you relax in Rio.
21:39Just watch me.
21:42I appreciate that.
21:47Can you call Obrigada?
21:50Scott and Sam are running late.
21:53They've underestimated the distance to the job.
21:55Their employment is now in peril.
21:57Hello.
22:03It's OK? Yeah.
22:05No.
22:06No, it's not OK?
22:07No, OK.
22:08So, that's not worked out.
22:12The couple arrive at the town of Itabaraba.
22:15Six hours into their leg,
22:17they're still only 140km from where they set off.
22:21Nobody in there. Hello?
22:23That thing's closed.
22:25The bus driver's there.
22:26Now, I don't want to interrupt him having food.
22:28That's OK. We're in a race.
22:30Sorry to disturb you.
22:32We need to go to Goenia.
22:34Goenia?
22:35No.
22:36No.
22:37Not today?
22:38No.
22:40Oh, this has messed up our plans.
22:42Let's try and ask more people.
22:44Hola.
22:45Goenia.
22:46Goenia.
22:47Any today?
22:48No.
22:49Oh.
22:51Let's just try and find the first bus out of here tomorrow
22:54and then we go on.
22:57Tomorrow?
22:58Nine o'clock.
22:59It's a 25-hour bus.
23:00Wow.
23:01Let's just do it.
23:02Yeah?
23:03Yeah.
23:04See?
23:05Dos.
23:061,260.
23:08It's the most expensive bus that we've had.
23:12We're two hours from where we started
23:15and we're not leaving until nine o'clock tomorrow morning.
23:20We are staying in the same place for 24 hours, essentially,
23:23from where we've left the checkpoint.
23:25Seems a waste of time.
23:27After committing to their biggest spend of the race so far...
23:30Hola.
23:31Hola.
23:32Room for two 190 reais.
23:35Thank you. Obrigada.
23:37..another hit to their finances.
23:40I thought today was going to be really easy.
23:43I feel almost back to square one.
23:46Let's go out, maybe get some coffee.
23:49Let's go out, maybe get some work.
23:51I don't know anything about this area or where we are.
23:54We're just near the station where we've been for ages.
23:57Well, don't ask, don't get.
23:59Cos we do need to pick up some Brazilian money
24:01cos that was a big blow to the budget.
24:03One more day like this will break us.
24:05Yes.
24:06And I also feel that we can't win now.
24:14I think we can do this in four days.
24:16Ali and Jeremie have reached the transport hub of Ceabra.
24:19Hola. Brasilia?
24:24Ah, 3.40 in the morning.
24:26Forking out on their most expensive bus of the race so far.
24:30We are spending a lot, babe.
24:32I don't think we've got a lot of option.
24:34So if we're getting it at three,
24:36we're going to want to have a shower
24:38and you don't really want to check into a hotel, do you?
24:41This is really, really, really expensive.
24:43We'll destroy the budget in two days.
24:46Wow.
24:48I've always been on a budget.
24:50But when I met Kelly, all of this had changed.
24:53It was more luxury and it was quite amazing.
24:56I don't forget where I come from.
24:59And I think it would be more easy for me
25:01to do this adventure than Kelly.
25:05The pad and pen is out.
25:07This is not good.
25:09He's not happy.
25:11But we've got to get a taxi every now and again.
25:13We have to get on a bus and travel
25:15and we have to have somewhere to stay
25:17and we have to eat and drink.
25:19So sometimes I just think it's like
25:21we can't not do those things.
25:23The prices are getting higher and higher.
25:25Our budget for the day is £40
25:27and today I already spent £120.
25:29If we work in Brasilia, maybe we'll make some money back.
25:32We're going to the capital.
25:34Lots of job opportunities.
25:36I think my plan is still good
25:38and hopefully with a job tomorrow
25:40we can make some money.
25:42We've literally got a little pack of biscuits.
25:45Bottle of water.
25:4717 hours on this bus.
25:49It's insane.
25:51Obrigada.
25:53Jeremy's route better pay off.
26:03Did you bring your CV?
26:05No, I've never had a CV.
26:07After the big city bus fares ate a hole in their budget,
26:09Scott and Sam are hoping to replenish their funds.
26:13If we can get a little bit of money
26:15and recoup some of it,
26:17then we'll be happy.
26:19Although I feel the options are slightly limited.
26:21Scott's a bit of a pessimist.
26:23Our outlook in life
26:25are slightly different.
26:27I'm always optimistic.
26:29I'm always looking for the best case
26:31and always what you can get out of a situation.
26:33Am I asking?
26:35Yeah, you're asking.
26:37Bom dia. Hello.
26:39Can we sweep the floors for you for 40 reais?
26:41No.
26:43Negativity will stick in Scott's mind
26:45and for me it's having to turn that around.
26:47Picking back up.
26:49Hello.
26:51We're looking for some work
26:53to get money.
26:55In there?
26:57Si.
26:59How much?
27:01Si.
27:0320 reais.
27:05I'll take anything right now.
27:07Hello.
27:10Oh, it's hot.
27:12Si?
27:16I'm off to clean the toilet, I think.
27:18Good luck.
27:20Ah, okay.
27:22Andrea.
27:24Nice to meet you.
27:26No.
27:32Sam is like his mum.
27:34He bloomin' loves a clean,
27:36so this is probably him and his element.
27:38His mum will come round from Wales
27:40just to clean our house
27:42and then he'll do it again.
27:44It's empty of the dirty tissues.
27:46The kitchen is very hot.
27:48Scott's going to struggle with that
27:50because he's a sweater.
27:52Hey.
27:54Out of all the new things
27:56I thought we might try in Brazil,
27:58this wasn't it.
28:00Hey, Andrea.
28:02Thank you so much.
28:07I think they could tell we were sad
28:09and took pity on us.
28:11I feel I let Scott down today
28:13because I said, trust me,
28:15and within the first hour
28:17the wheels come off
28:19and it all comes crashing down.
28:21But I feel as if we'll wake up positive.
28:23We've got a plan tomorrow.
28:25We're getting out of here.
28:29Oh, thank you so much.
28:31Oh, wow.
28:33And I'm hoping
28:35that the rest of the route
28:37will be positive.
28:39I'm glad we've got a hotel room tonight
28:41so we can get a decent night's sleep
28:43because we have got a 24-hour bus ahead of us.
28:45Yeah, no stopping.
28:47It's the longest we've ever done.
28:57This feels so different to anywhere
28:59we've been so far, doesn't it?
29:01Now 1,000 kilometres
29:03closer to the checkpoint,
29:05Kelly and Jeremy have travelled
29:07through the night to reach Brazil's capital.
29:09Wow. I've never seen a cathedral
29:11that looks like that.
29:15A unique experiment
29:17in urban planning,
29:19this futuristic city boasts large plazas
29:21stretching between
29:23bold geometric buildings
29:25designed by modernist architect
29:27Oscar Niemeyer.
29:29Jeremy's gone. He's in.
29:31Time to get to checkpoint on time.
29:41As the most
29:43religiously diverse nation on the continent,
29:45Brazil claims to have
29:47the world's largest Catholic population
29:49with over 120 million
29:51followers.
29:53My first job was working in a
29:55cake shop next to Rochester Cathedral
29:57and there was this big advert
29:59on how to become a nun and I thought,
30:01God, what a lovely life. I could just
30:03wear a habit, make cheese,
30:05crochet all day,
30:07no stress.
30:09It was definitely an option.
30:11Then I became a pastry girl and it all went downhill.
30:17You will burn in hell.
30:19Come on, let's go back to the race.
30:21Let's go.
30:23At the moment,
30:25money is our religion.
30:29This is busy, isn't it?
30:31We spent a lot yesterday.
30:33The bus was so expensive.
30:35Yeah, we will have some money back today.
30:37Hi, are you Roberto?
30:39To make the most out of
30:41their time at Brasilia Intercity
30:43Bus Terminal, Kelly and Jeremy
30:45have found a quick shoe-shining shift.
30:47Look how shiny his shoes are.
30:49Wow.
30:53Local entrepreneur Roberto
30:55has been shining shoes since he was 14
30:57years old, charging up to
30:5925 reais, the equivalent of
31:01£3.50 per customer.
31:03Look at that technique.
31:05It's all in the wrist, Jeremy.
31:07I can't see anyone with shoes on.
31:09Everyone's got flip-flops.
31:11I need to buy my lunch.
31:13I just see people with flip-flops.
31:15How does he make a living doing this?
31:17I've been in Brazil since
31:19two weeks now and I know with 25 reais
31:21you can eat for the day.
31:23So I'm asking somebody to give me
31:25some of his money.
31:27I'll do your shoes.
31:29You've got to get the bus.
31:31It's a big fat no for most people.
31:33This is a disaster.
31:39The Portuguese first set foot
31:41on Brazilian soil in 1500
31:43at the coastal town
31:45of Porto Seguro.
31:47Look at how everything in Brazil can twerk.
31:49Now known as a party capital,
31:51its beaches are lined
31:53with bars where northeast Brazil's
31:55ashe music, a fusion
31:57of Afro-Caribbean and Brazilian rhythm
31:59never stops.
32:01It's a great vibe. It's really super energetic.
32:03Cola and Mary Ellen are working with
32:05show host Baninha Baia
32:07and dancer Fernanda Silva
32:09at the famous Toa Toa beach bar.
32:13Three times a year, at the start
32:15of the tourist seasons, they welcome
32:17new recruits.
32:19Hello.
32:21Look, you're going to be
32:23our dancer.
32:25And you're
32:27our waiter.
32:29Okay.
32:33Okay. Yes.
32:37Alright.
32:39Alright.
33:01The professionals are chiseled AF.
33:05I don't remember the last time I actually wore
33:07a bikini or being confident
33:09in my body to actually show this much skin.
33:11So today's actually
33:13really big for me.
33:15Mary Ellen grew up in my
33:17household, and that was a household.
33:19If you wasn't shouting,
33:21you might be forgotten.
33:23So she is confident.
33:25But, you know,
33:27with everyone, everyone has their own insecurities.
33:29On the race, what I would want
33:31Mary Ellen to forget about what other people
33:33think, be in the moment
33:35and lose herself a little bit.
33:37I'm incredibly nervous.
33:39Oh!
33:41I'm just going to harness all the beautiful
33:43Brazilian energy around me.
33:45Hopefully they won't boo me off the stage.
33:49Bahia! Oh my God!
33:51So good!
33:53So good!
34:05Oh my God!
34:17Go Mary!
34:31I'm really proud of Mary.
34:33It takes a lot of courage, being confident enough
34:35to get on that stage
34:37and dance and strut her stuff.
34:39It's really wonderful to see.
34:41Ian Culler
34:43has so much love in our relationship.
34:45Culler!
34:47He's one of my biggest supporters.
34:49He will always push me to be
34:51the best version of myself.
34:57Do you know what?
34:59Absolutely buzzing.
35:01I was like,
35:03OK, we've got this.
35:05I looked at every single one of those women.
35:07I saw every
35:09shape and size and the confidence
35:11that just radiated
35:13was insane and I was like,
35:15do you know what? I need more of that.
35:17I don't think I've ever felt that free
35:19being so vulnerable.
35:21That was very magical
35:23and it was just what I needed, to be honest.
35:25Obrigada!
35:31Arrasou!
35:33Foi muito massa!
35:39140.
35:41Oh, in the bank.
35:43140 for checking the booty?
35:47I was so proud seeing you up there, Mary.
35:51So proud.
35:53And I feel that today you've learnt something about yourself.
35:55Massive, eh?
35:57I hope you run with it.
36:01You need more days like this.
36:03We can use this experience as like a propeller
36:05to start living in the moment.
36:07Because I feel like we've needed this
36:09big time.
36:13I might not come back to the UK.
36:15Catch me in Brazil shaking my booty.
36:17I've never been on like a
36:1919th century tram.
36:21Yeah, it's cool.
36:23Getting thrown around a little bit.
36:25Not the back massage I wanted,
36:27but I'm getting one.
36:29Rio de Janeiro.
36:31Portuguese for January River.
36:33Named by
36:35explorers in 1502
36:37when the river was called
36:39Rio de Janeiro.
36:41It was named by
36:43the Portuguese for
36:45explorers in 1502
36:47when they mistook the bay
36:49for the mouth of a large river.
36:51I can't believe the whole city
36:53is just built into the mountainside.
36:55It makes London seem quite
36:57boring and flat, doesn't it?
37:01The city is surrounded by the Tijuca
37:03National Park, one of the
37:05world's largest urban forests.
37:07Attracting over 5 million
37:09tourists a year,
37:11this hotspot is one of the most expensive
37:13holiday destinations in Brazil.
37:17Come to Rio!
37:19This could
37:21quite possibly be the worst hotel we've ever
37:23stayed in.
37:25This is mental. What?
37:29I'm thinking, wow.
37:31There's probably better entries
37:33into cells.
37:35This isn't the luxury
37:37that images of the Copacabana
37:39conjures up, but it's
37:41perfect for what
37:43Freddie and I need right now.
37:45One room?
37:47It's 25 quid or something.
37:49There'll be a reason it costs 25 quid,
37:51but that's okay. It makes so much
37:53strategic sense
37:55literally 100 metres away
37:57from the bus garage.
37:59I'm all about the sacrifice.
38:01Alright, this is lovely.
38:03Thank you. Very beautiful.
38:05The TV is probably two times older than me.
38:07It smells of 1970.
38:11It's like a staleness.
38:17It's exciting,
38:19Fred. The world's most famous
38:21beach,
38:23Copacabana.
38:25A bit cloudy.
38:27This looks like the man.
38:29Hello. Nice to meet you.
38:31To recoup
38:33his souvenir splurge,
38:35Freddie's planned to work for beach seller
38:37Tubarão, Portuguese
38:39for shark.
38:41I'm going to tell him my name's Frog.
38:43We have to walk around
38:45with one of them on our back skis.
38:47He has been selling Brazilian
38:49iced tea, called mate,
38:51on Copacabana beach since he was
38:53a teenager.
38:55It's all mixed.
38:57Yeah, that's really nice.
38:59That's really nice.
39:01It's like Coke mixed with orange juice.
39:03Charging the equivalent of £1.40 per
39:05cup,
39:07he sells over 100 per day.
39:09Right then.
39:11OK. My dad don't have
39:13to carry any?
39:15I thought you were doing this on your own, actually.
39:17Mate, lemonade.
39:19Mate, lemonade.
39:21Maracuia.
39:23How do you say? Maracuia.
39:25Mate, lemonade.
39:27Mate, lemonade.
39:29Mate,
39:31lemonade.
39:33My first job was on a beach,
39:35running up and down and bouncing on a
39:37trampette and sticking to a Velcro wall
39:39wearing a Velcro suit.
39:41My shoulders are tearing.
39:43Mate, lemonade.
39:45Why did I sign up for this?
39:47You'll get a lot of
39:49confidence as well when he sells one or two.
39:53Mate, lemonade.
39:55See?
39:57Lovely.
39:59Obrigado.
40:01Well done.
40:03Mate, lemonade.
40:05Help me get rid of this drink cos my shoulders
40:07are in bits.
40:09See?
40:11Obrigado.
40:13Your turn now.
40:15I've pulled my
40:17neck, my shoulders and my back.
40:19You should be doing it, no?
40:21Why am I replacing
40:23what you spent?
40:29My experiences in childhood
40:31have probably really
40:33lent into how I've
40:35parented Bobby and Freddie.
40:37It's your mess, you've got to clear this one up.
40:39My mum,
40:41probably against everyone's opinions,
40:43decided to have me even though
40:45she was only 15 years old.
40:47So I'm forever grateful for that.
40:49Mate, lemonade.
40:51I didn't ever have
40:53the company of my biological dad.
40:55He died when I was nine.
40:57I always obviously regretted never meeting him.
40:59So when it came to me being a dad,
41:01I was always going to make sure that they had
41:03the experience of me that I would have
41:05liked to have had from him.
41:07Obrigado.
41:09When I struggle with Freddie not taking
41:11responsibility sometimes,
41:13I struggle with that because I had no choice
41:15at a very young age.
41:17But that's not his fault.
41:23Obrigado.
41:25Mate, lemonade.
41:27Obrigado.
41:33Obrigado.
41:35Well guys, I'm very happy
41:37to have received you here.
41:39Obrigado.
41:41Obrigado.
41:43It's hard, isn't it? Sales.
41:45Yeah.
41:47I could have made so much more but there were so many
41:49fit girls in groups
41:51and I just bottled it.
41:53Don't think it's about the money, actually.
41:55about the fact that you went out and did it.
41:59Well done. Proud of you.
42:17We really have spent a whole day on a bus.
42:20I quite like it. She's not spending any money.
42:23As part of Sam's plan to make up lost time,
42:26they're on a mammoth 24-hour bus journey to Goiânia,
42:29where they hope to take another overnight bus
42:32900km to the checkpoint in São Paulo.
42:38We've got a lot of ground to pick up on this leg.
42:41We deserve a good day. We do.
42:43And I'm hoping that we'll manage to get some work,
42:46so we boost our budget.
42:48But always in my mind, I'm thinking,
42:50have I chosen the right route?
42:52Have I chosen the right bus?
42:56Have I chosen anything right?
43:01Belo Horizonte, por favor.
43:041,550km east...
43:07Can you scratch my back? Just there.
43:10Oh, to the right.
43:11..Cola and Mary-Ellen are the last team to leave the state of Bahia.
43:16It's 18 hours.
43:17This country's big, man.
43:20Mary-Ellen's plan?
43:22Head inland via Belo Horizonte
43:25to propel them 930km closer to São Paulo.
43:30It's quicker than going to Rio.
43:32We're closer to the checkpoint.
43:34For one time, she has a chance to go real.
43:391,300km west, in Uberlândia...
43:45Whoa!
43:46That's crazy rain.
43:49..sticking to Jeremy's direct route...
43:51Holy moly!
43:53Go in that restaurant, babe. Let's splash out.
43:56..the couple enjoy a rare treat.
44:01I mean, I have no idea about the budget,
44:03cos you've managed the whole thing.
44:04Are you being too strict? No.
44:07You should not be skipping meals.
44:09I don't agree with that. I think that's a judo thing.
44:11I don't want to be there the last three days without money.
44:14No, I know. It's discipline, so...
44:16It can be boring, but I just... It's for us, I do this.
44:19You really want us to finish this, don't you?
44:21Yeah, yeah. I would feel so, like, humiliated if I can't.
44:24What I'm struggling with is not having a regular shower,
44:26not cleaning my teeth enough.
44:30When you do the race, you need to try at least the best.
44:32No, I know. I literally could cry.
44:35I just did the maths, babe.
44:36No, I know.
44:38I'll do it, because I know you want to save the money,
44:40but I'm like, oh, my God, I've got another day without having a wash.
44:43Like, it's a horrible feeling.
44:46This is really not romantic.
44:48Are you getting drenched?
44:49We went from having a romantic dinner
44:50to now being in an absolute thunderstorm.
44:52Oh, my God.
44:55Oh, Jeremy!
45:01It's been a really long day.
45:02We've got to find a hotel and time's getting on now.
45:04I think we'll just worry about the bus tickets tomorrow.
45:06Approach tomorrow with a clearer head.
45:09Plan's done.
45:14Hola!
45:15Check-in?
45:16Jeremy...
45:17Ah!
45:19OK, perfect, thank you.
45:221.79 until 10am.
45:24This is definitely by the hour, isn't it?
45:27We're going for an all-nighter.
45:29You drive in, you park your car, you go in, no-one sees you.
45:37Oh!
45:39Oh...
45:43Is it to the music?
45:46I don't know how to turn this off.
45:47Oh, we might be listening to this all night.
45:50OK. OK.
45:52Oh, it's all getting a bit too sexy for me.
45:55Babe, look at the jacuzzi.
45:57Oh, no.
45:59Oh, look!
46:00Babe, there's a mirror, like, literally right opposite the...
46:07Jezza? Yeah?
46:09I don't think this is on our budget.
46:11What, baby?
46:13Five! Oh, it's too much.
46:16We won't be doing any of that.
46:17Can't afford it.
46:21Does this put you in the mood, though?
46:23Go to sleep.
46:25340km north...
46:30Uh, Caprini?
46:32See?
46:33Enjoy.
46:34Thank you very much. Thank you.
46:36In Goiânia, Scott and Sam are working for the second time this week.
46:40An evening job at a Wild West-inspired bar
46:43before their final journey to Sao Paulo.
46:48Obrigado.
46:49I'm new.
46:52We've not been able to book our transport out here tonight.
46:55Obrigado.
46:56And I really don't want to spend a night here.
46:58I think that will cost us greatly in the race.
47:01Hola.
47:02I'm hoping that we can meet some people that can help us.
47:05CHEERING
47:08We are in a race to get to Sao Paulo,
47:12so we need to get a bus.
47:15Is there one tonight?
47:17No, no.
47:19Last bus, 10 o'clock.
47:21Doesn't look like we're going there tonight.
47:25There is no bus that we can get tonight to Sao Paulo.
47:29You just want things to work out,
47:31and if you don't have a bus,
47:33you're not going to get anywhere.
47:35You just want things to work out,
47:37and it's a shame when they don't,
47:39and it can make you feel a little defeated.
47:42Maybe we're just really bad at it.
47:44I don't know.
47:58This leg, you know I said,
48:00leave this down to me.
48:02Mm-hm, he did say that.
48:03Have I let you down?
48:06What do you mean, have you let me down?
48:08Well, they said, trust me on this,
48:09and here we are in a hotel room,
48:11and nothing's gone right.
48:12Of course you haven't.
48:13But this leg has been the worst leg.
48:16If we're fourth by any more than an hour...
48:21What?
48:22..then I feel like I've left you down.
48:27They've never let me down.
48:29Don't be silly.
48:30You're the best.
48:32Sam hates seeing me upset or down.
48:37Sometimes things don't work out.
48:39We're in this together.
48:41It's an experience of a lifetime,
48:43and nothing can change that.
48:47I wasn't expecting it to be this hard.
48:51How is it hard to get around the world?
48:53It is.
49:02585km north-east of the checkpoint...
49:08Erm, no.
49:10No, it's not there.
49:11No, it's over here.
49:12Of course it is.
49:13..with their bus booked to Sao Paulo,
49:15Kola and Mary-Ellen take advantage
49:17of big city wages whilst they wait.
49:19Getting money, getting money.
49:21You should have been a dishwasher.
49:23You're so good at it, like, honestly.
49:25And it beaks close to Cabana Beach, right?
49:29I think we've done really well to scrape back time
49:33that we lost in Lençois.
49:35We need to get a move on to Sao Paulo.
49:37Shall we? Let's go. Let's go.
49:39You did well.
49:40Maybe this was the more logical route,
49:43cos we're always quite far in.
49:45Sorry.
49:46There it is.
49:47There it is.
49:48I think we made the right decision.
49:50We're not far away from the checkpoint now.
49:52Hola.
49:54Bon dia.
49:57Bon dia.
49:58Bus station.
50:00I don't have a clue where we're going to come in that book.
50:03I don't think we're going to come last.
50:12Checkpoint ready, ready to catch a bus.
50:15I don't want to be waiting even an hour.
50:18In Rio de Janeiro, 430km east of the checkpoint...
50:23Race mode.
50:24Right, race mode. Go for it.
50:27¿Cuánto costa Sao Paulo?
50:29OK, dois.
50:31Ready.
50:32Well done.
50:33There it is.
50:38Approaching from the north-west, 588km away...
50:42I want to run fast tonight.
50:44This is a kind of sign to Jeremy
50:46that I don't really know, to be honest.
50:48Oh, dear.
50:50So far on this leg, I think he's done an incredible job.
50:53I wouldn't say we've had, like, the most fun.
50:56If we close the gap, I will be happy, very happy.
51:01In Goiânia, 900km north of the checkpoint...
51:05Sao Paulo.
51:06I just want to do my bit and have some responsibility myself
51:09rather than Sam thinking, oh, God, it's all on me.
51:12457 each.
51:14The quickest one gets us in...
51:16A few hours ago.
51:17..four and a half hours earlier.
51:19There's 100 Reais more.
51:21Could make the difference between fourth and third.
51:24BEEPING
51:26Starting to smell a bit.
51:28That's a new low.
51:3072 hours of protection.
51:32There's different rules here.
51:34Have a smell.
51:35Bleurgh!
51:36Smells like fresh linen.
51:37Absolutely madness.
51:39We are on our way to checkpoint three.
51:42Here we go.
51:45I've got the checkpoint feeling of dread.
51:47The same feeling I used to get when it was school sports day.
51:50But I can't get my mum to do a note this time.
51:54I remember thinking the quickest route for this leg
51:57would have been Brasilia, Belo Horizonte to Sao Paulo.
52:00I wouldn't be surprised if the other teams
52:03are running to the checkpoint at the same time as us,
52:06if not in before us.
52:099, 10 lanes of traffic.
52:12This is another level.
52:14South America's most populous city.
52:17Sao Paulo.
52:19A skyline pierced with high-rises,
52:22it's one of the most congested metropolises in the world.
52:26It's the largest city in the world.
52:29It's the largest city in the world.
52:32It's the largest city in the world.
52:35It's the largest city in the world.
52:39And I know you want to get there quick.
52:41We've just got to crawl back some time, I think.
52:43Home to Brazil's largest metro system.
52:46At over 74km long,
52:48it transports over three million passengers a day.
52:51Race HQ.
52:53Travel by metro to find...
52:55Masp.
52:56Masp.
52:57What's masp?
52:59Suspended over a freestanding space,
53:03Sao Paulo's museum of art.
53:07Five.
53:10Five?
53:12That's not any of those.
53:18We've finally made it.
53:20Yeah.
53:22M-A-S-P.
53:23Masp.
53:24It's been to Masp. It's going that way.
53:26Argh!
53:29Ah! Ah!
53:30We just missed one.
53:32Excuse me. Sorry.
53:35Oh, my God.
53:39It makes you paranoid that someone is following you.
53:48Right, there it is.
53:49Masp. Look, masp.
53:50Masp?
53:51Masp, over here.
53:52This?
53:53Let's see.
53:56Stop.
53:58Walk toward the Brazilian flag
54:00and take a left down Avenue Brigadeiro
54:04to find the checkpoint hotel you need.
54:06You've got to somehow cross this massive road.
54:09Brigadeiro, there.
54:10It's here?
54:11Go.
54:12Brazilian flag.
54:13Ah, up.
54:14Can you see it?
54:15Yeah.
54:16Brigadeiro, that way.
54:17Straight up.
54:18Come on!
54:19It's got to be somewhere.
54:20You see it?
54:21No.
54:22Cross, cross, cross, cross, cross.
54:23Just keep an eye on both sides.
54:25We went the right way on the road, yeah?
54:27Look for a big building.
54:28Do you reckon it's that building there?
54:30That looks like a hotel.
54:31Quick, while it's red.
54:33Whoa.
54:34Mary?
54:35I'm coming.
54:40Welcome to Hotel Unique.
54:41Please sign in.
54:42My God, my heart.
54:45Fourth!
54:49That's not bad.
54:50It's not like we're 12 hours or 24 hours behind.
54:52We're two hours behind third.
54:56Yes!
54:57Yes!
54:58We clawed some time back.
55:00I'm on.
55:01Amazing.
55:03We've clawed back 13 hours.
55:04And we're not in last.
55:06No, that is really good.
55:07That's really, really good.
55:09I am ecstatically happy.
55:12I've been bronze before, but it's never felt this good.
55:16I'm so proud of us.
55:18You also need to stop saying, oh, you know, I've let you down.
55:21Because you haven't.
55:22No, I haven't, because I've clawed back 13 hours.
55:24No, you haven't.
55:25I'm just saying you haven't.
55:26You didn't anyway, before you knew you were third.
55:29Yes!
55:30This has got to be it.
55:35I'm so nervous about this.
55:39Yes!
55:40OK, not bad.
55:41Yes!
55:42Not bad at all.
55:43Geoff and Freddie, we're coming for you.
55:46Because last week it was 22 hours difference.
55:48Yeah.
55:49Now it's nine.
55:5013 hours.
55:51In one week, we did 13 hours.
55:52Yeah.
55:54Well done.
55:55Oh, stop it.
55:57Top floor of the hotel, what a view.
56:00Feeling good.
56:01It's another victory.
56:02And honestly, a massive relief after a very long week on the road.
56:06They don't matter who put in the most effort,
56:09but we got it together.
56:12We're quite happy with the time we've made up.
56:14Yeah.
56:15We'll catch them up, for sure.
56:16I will try my best.
56:18You actually clinched your own time.
56:20Yeah, I did.
56:22I will try my best.
56:24You actually clenched your fist then.
56:26I just want to see if they can keep the pressure.
56:28OK, let's go.
56:30Smell that lovely, nice hotel smell.
56:34After the longest leg so far,
56:36just over 16 hours separates the teams
56:38at the halfway point in the race
56:40to Frutti Gia.
56:42How do you feel being first place?
56:44Proud of us.
56:45I think we've still got a little bit more in our locker as well.
56:48100%.
56:49We're just getting going.
56:52Ready to step foot into another country?
56:54Austria, Uruguay.
56:56Take me to Paraguay.
56:58We're definitely in Argentina.
57:00Tango, tango, tango.
57:02This is chaos.
57:04We're in the water world.
57:06The most beautiful thing I've ever seen.
57:08Oh, wow.
57:10This has been the reconnection that we needed.
57:12You're right.
57:13Where's my passport and the bus?
57:14Is it the fact that he's a celebrity
57:16and he has people holding onto him?
57:18I don't know.
57:21This leg taught us a lesson
57:23and gave us a slap around the face.
57:25Let's just sit and smile
57:27and act like this isn't shit.
57:51You
57:53You
57:55You
57:57You
57:59You