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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.
26:06You didn't think about there being a chain.
26:07I'm worried that we could miss our train.
26:08It was already a rush.
26:09This is the wrong hotel.
26:10I doubt we'll make train.
26:11That looks really familiar.
26:12I feel like it's going to be a little bit different.
26:13I feel like it's going to be a little bit different.
26:14Yeah, we're going to be a little bit different.
26:15So what can we do?
26:16I feel like we should just go because we're far anyway.
26:17At least we're on the move.
26:18Do you know what I mean?
26:19Okay, fine.
26:20Let's just choose one.
26:21Do what?
26:22Do what?
26:23Do what?
26:24Do what?
26:25That's the furthest one?
26:26Yeah, furthest one.
26:27Yeah, furthest one.
26:28Yeah, furthest one.
26:29Yeah, furthest one.
26:30Shhh.
26:31It's the wrong hotel.
26:32I doubt we'll make train.
26:33That looks really familiar.
26:35I feel like it's here.
26:36Is it?
26:37Do you have a health?
26:38It's here.
26:39It's here.
26:40Where?
26:41Is that here?
26:42No, it's not that.
26:43No.
26:44For for sake, yeah.
26:46She's a woman.
26:47Stop it.
26:48It's not the right hotel.
26:50Yeah, it's the wrong one.
26:52Shit.
26:53Yeah.
26:54Feeling very bummed right now.
26:59I 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 and now think about accommodation
27:19for the night.
27:20The sisters must wait until morning to 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.
27:40Do 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, Funing County.
27:52The area is a tapestry of ethnicities coexisting with different languages, cultures and culinary traditions.
28:00It seems a lot more open and green.
28:04Calming, I don't know.
28:05It's really relaxing.
28:07Oh, fruits.
28:08I love how they just sell in the back of these tuk-tuk things.
28:11How many do you want, Mumma?
28:14Four would do.
28:15Would be lovely if we can get four.
28:17Ni ha.
28:18Two.
28:19Wow.
28:20Two yen.
28:21I know my money, but I left it on the side of the chair in the hotel.
28:26No, you didn't.
28:27I promise you.
28:28Unless you picked up, I promise you I left the other side.
28:29Do you want me to run back?
28:30I can't with this.
28:31The cleaner will be there.
28:32Remember, if they don't have it, the cleaner is going into the room.
28:33I know, I know, I know.
28:34If we lose the money, but we're bugging, basically.
28:35Sure, sure.
28:37Wow.
28:38Whoa.
28:39Oh, no.
28:40He went to Switzerland on his own first, and asked him to be a bag and he's in the window.
28:44I don't think man, well...
28:45Oh, no, no, no.
28:46I can't with this.
28:47The cleaner will be there, remember, if they don't have it.
28:49I know, I know, I know.
28:50If we lose the money, but we're bugging, basically.
28:52Sure, sure.
28:54Bye.
28:55Ah!
28:56Ah!
28:57Ah!
28:59Ah!
29:00It's not here.
29:01What's left on the back of that chair?
29:03Oh, no.
29:05He went to Switzerland on his own first and actually left his bag on the train
29:10What do I actually do when he was in South America?
29:14He left his bag in the taxi with passport in it and everything hi. I'm in
29:20609
29:21No, I left a money boat
29:25I was hoping he'd be a bit more careful and would have learned by his mistakes. It has to be here
29:29I'm really worried. It would hugely affect us. It was a loss of money. He's a black
29:38With the yen
29:50So
29:59I
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 and it's on you now it's on me and how did you not
30:29Remembering I don't know
30:32550 kilometers East
30:36We're already late we just wanted to get a train straight away Elizabeth and Letitia are also having money troubles
30:43I still love it here. I just want to leave now
30:47Yeah
30:49Oh yeah, yeah
30:51Oh
30:54These past two days we spent way more than we
31:00expected to spend
31:02Before traveling to tonight's homestay in the remote outskirts of an Shun
31:07They need to exchange pounds for you, and we can afford the lace training me, but we can only afford that journey
31:13You'll end up arriving our destination with no money
31:16Okay, oh
31:18Okay, oh
31:20Oh here it is
31:22Doesn't look shut though, so
31:24Oh gosh, let's go to the ABC bank
31:26Yeah
31:27Where are you seeing the bank?
31:29Is that blue thing there? It's closed doesn't it look?
31:32They're all closed basically
31:34I feel like we've had it quite smooth
31:38for the two legs and
31:40It feels like you can easily just lose your first place
31:44Yeah
31:46Isn't it just with a few mishaps
31:48After 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
31:58We have got 12 yuan left on us
32:04Literally equivalent to like £1.30
32:07It's risky
32:08There's no point of us staying here so you might as well just be moving forward
32:14Hello
32:15Hi mate
32:16I'm worried about being eliminated from not having money now
32:19Whilst moving we all feel like we're still on the race kind of
32:23Still in Phu Ning
32:29Our shop here
32:31We used to have you helping in the kitchen when you were little as well
32:34While waiting for their train to Kunming
32:37Caroline and Tom are working a shift at Miss Li's restaurant
32:41Do you remember having to sit on the naughty step?
32:43Yeah, I remember once I said the word bugger
32:45Oh, oh, oh
32:46I remember that
32:47And what was the only word you were allowed to say?
32:49Golly gosh
32:50Golly gosh, that was a really rude word
32:51Hmm
32:52Chopping fragrant laurento mushrooms for her signature hot pot
32:56Good
32:57One knife is very sharp
32:58Three, okay, okay
32:59Just one of 800 varieties harvested across the region
33:04My first ever proper job was a kitchen porter
33:07It 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
33:11I think it was more probably the lesson that it was teaching me
33:13Rather than the actual job itself
33:15Learning how to hold a job down
33:16I think so
33:17I'm a labourer
33:18You know, I have to lift heavy bags of cement and bricks 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
33:26I'm hoping I find a thing I get really passionate about
33:28Yeah
33:29And do you feel under pressure from Daddy and I
33:31To 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
33:39Did 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
33:49Yeah
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?
34:10Because there are people who don't
34:11Never let fear of failure prevent you from starting something
34:15It's a lot easier said than done
34:16I know
34:17And 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
34:39Guizhou
34:44A province carved with deep gorges, Miao villages
34:49And one of Asia's largest waterfalls, Huanggorshu
34:56We've not really been to this kind of China yet have we?
34:59I like it
35:00I'm enjoying the peace and the fresh air
35:02Escaping the cities, Finn and Seanhead have made it to its heart
35:07Chiangling Park
35:10Home to a thriving troupe of macaque monkeys
35:14I just want to see the monkeys
35:15Look at that little turtle
35:17Aww, cute
35:22Hello
35:23It's a very different feel today
35:25Look how high we've got
35:28This is so nice
35:30It's also a nice way for us to make memories that'll last forever
35:35Look at it
35:36It's beautiful
35:38I'm well aware that this race is gonna make or break us
35:41And 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
35:53Oh, look at that baby one
35:55Don't go too quickly towards it shred
35:58Oh, that is so cute
35:59I want one
36:00You can't
36:01I'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
36:18A stable income
36:19A house
36:21This is the wildlife I've been craving
36:23My childhood was like the best thing you could ever want
36:28Family really matters to me because of how I've grown up
36:32They've got very red arses, don't they?
36:34They do
36:35Trying to get the perfect bum shot
36:37My childhood was definitely a lot different compared to my dad's
36:46Oh, wow, this is actually well worth it
36:48Look at that
36:49That's lovely
36:50My dad left
36:52Then it was just me, my mum, my brother
36:56When your parents get divorced at a young age
36:58You 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
37:05Then you grow up and you realise it's
37:07Really not like that
37:11The idea of marriage doesn't scare me
37:13It's just
37:15I know things can go wrong
37:17You just have to make sure it is
37:18Definitely with the right person
37:20I do not want to be going home
37:22In the next few days
37:23I'd rather be here with you
37:25Than enjoying this
37:26I want more challenges
37:28To see if you are the one I want to be with
37:31I mean, I don't really question it
37:33So, I'm pretty certain that
37:37You're the one I want to be with
37:39But I know it's not easy for you
37:42I mean, obviously, sometimes
37:44You do wonder, like
37:45Is our communication ever going to be
37:47Right
37:49I do think we've started to
37:52Understand how to get further
37:54And actually succeed in the race
37:56And succeed together, I think
38:01What is it?
38:02It's a train, I think
38:03A very loud train
38:06Let's go
38:08Time to get back into the race
38:10What's that?
38:11Is that a wolf?
38:12Is it a dog?
38:13As 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
38:24Brian and Melvin are travelling by train
38:27To Kunming
38:28The last transport hub
38:29Before the checkpoint
38:31Where's the train to Shangri-La?
38:33Is that from this station or the other one?
38:35No, it's from the Central
38:38Central Station
38:40So the plan is
38:42Get off here
38:43We get a metro
38:44To Central
38:45Yeah
38:46We can catch a train
38:47To Shangri-La in the morning
38:49Yeah
38:50That sounds like a plan
38:52What a bit of luck meeting you
38:54Yes
38:56Brilliant
38:57Excellent
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
39:09We're like brothers
39:10Similar haircuts
39:11Yeah
39:12Yeah
39:14On their long haul train to Maoming
39:17Maoming
39:18I'm trying to find
39:19Is it that way
39:20Or that way on the map
39:21Yin and Gaz
39:22Need to locate their destination
39:23Excuse me
39:24Excuse me
39:25Do you speak English?
39:26A little
39:27A little
39:28Ah
39:29I'm trying to find
39:30Maoming
39:31On the map
39:32But it's not written down
39:33Could you roughly
39:34Show me where it is on the map
39:36If that's okay?
39:37You think it's about there?
39:39Maoming
39:40On that line there?
39:41Yes
39:42Ah shit
39:43Yeah
39:44Yeah
39:45Oh sorry
39:46Alright, thank you very much
39:51Thank you
39:52Thank you
39:53Right
39:54Yes
39:55I spoke to some young chap
39:56He showed me where we are
39:57Where we're heading to on the map
39:58We're heading there
39:59Okay
40:00I feel a bit concerned in that
40:03We've
40:04Kind of
40:05Almost heading the wrong way
40:06Their earlier decision means they are heading 250km north east in the opposite direction to the third checkpoint
40:16It's hard because it just seems to be, every time you talk to someone it's a different story
40:21We're fucked basically
40:22We're fucked basically
40:24Gods are against us
40:25It does feel like that, yeah, it does feel like that
40:29We've been sinners in our past life
40:31Do you think that's what it is?
40:33Let's give it a shot
40:34Let's give it a shot
40:42Going into a rural area where, pardon anybody, it's not ideal
40:46I do
40:47Out of local currency, Elizabeth and Leticia are on a train heading north to their planned homestay
40:53Hello
40:54Hello
40:55Hello
40:56Do you know, Anshu Shi?
40:57Can we get cash there?
40:58Can
40:59I don't have a kiss
41:00Let me have a kiss
41:01Oh
41:02Let me have a try
41:03Okay, thank you
41:06Let me have a try
41:07How is he going to get cash?
41:08I don't know where he's going
41:09Where could he have gone?
41:10Where did he go?
41:11What did he say?
41:12Let me just check
41:13Let me try
41:14Let me try
41:15Let me try
41:16Let me try
41:17Oh, oh, oh, oh, he's coming back
41:19Has he got anything on his hand?
41:20I feel like
41:21Oh my gosh
41:22I see a flash of red
41:23Oh!
41:24Wow!
41:25Wow!
41:26Okay
41:28Wow, okay
41:30Sorry sorry
41:31Which is very emotional right now
41:32It's been a long day
41:33It's been a long day
41:34How could he have gone?
41:35Yes
41:36Did he have gone?
41:37Where did he go?
41:38What did he say?
41:39Let me just check
41:40Let me try
41:41Let me try
41:42Oh, oh, he's coming back
41:44Has he got anything on his hand?
41:45Has he got anything on his hand?
41:46how much do you have 350 yeah 350 UN we can give you 40 yeah yeah
41:55literally this whole day this is all we really we were able to get some money
42:17minutes what the odds before getting stranded yeah but today we took a risk
42:23you know and paid off it really paid off it's a good feeling back in the race
42:331100 kilometers from the checkpoint the sisters have made it to the remote where
42:39you end village staying in miss hers countryside home
42:53you can you can eat now you can eat now wow it's a feast it's a feast don't don't be shy
43:00no don't we shine just say where where are you from
43:06sitran oh really you know yeah and when did you come here
43:13it's summer I don't like live in city I like countryside yeah the air is more
43:24fresh and and more free I want to find some new lifestyle mmm it's slow yeah slow
43:36like yeah compared to the city yeah honestly if this doesn't make you fall in
43:43love with China I don't know what well the people here are just so hospitable they really extend
43:49their welcome and yeah but just share their love so openly our lead is pretty much gone I'm just more
43:58worried about being eliminated because sharing this journey with my sister I feel like we're just getting
44:04started to you know get to know each other and I want to continue on that journey
44:19I can't see anybody
44:36I'd be a bit gutted if I'm honest if I did see somebody now
44:41because I do think we've done all right we could do with the train moving now couldn't we
44:45I know we could come on move
44:50Kunming a pivotal transport hub for all routes from southern China to the northwest part of Yunnan
44:57province there we go the doors are shutting Brian they just shut the door
45:04right we're in as Brian and Melvin depart we're late winding their way 600 kilometers up the mountains
45:13to the third checkpoint a little bit anxious at the minute
45:19Elizabeth and Leticia are trying to pick up the pace after leaving their home stay
45:25this has been a very difficult long leg yeah quite possibly we've lost our lead we're just trying to
45:32stay in the game so we're not eliminated we're still going to push right until the end
45:38Shangri-La always well I'm guessing this way because everybody's heading that way go go go go go
45:46Shangri-La sitting at an altitude nearly 4 000 meters above sea level dominating its skyline the
45:57Ganden sumstilling monastery once home to 2 000 monks close by the songstam linka hotel
46:08the third checkpoint where only the first four teams to arrive will continue in the race
46:15Shangri-La bro Shangri-La good god look at that that's pretty
46:20air is okay you're a few hundred feet above sea level if you feel yourself getting light-headed just
46:25ease up on foot head towards the Ganden sumstilling monastery and find the twin
46:32deer dharma wheel that's gotta be the monastery up here hasn't it gotta be there's a gate there
46:39put on a bit of weight you've had it
46:44smell that air it's good keep this pace fun are you happy with this yeah yeah that's where we're heading
46:50well here's the entrance right okay wait hello do you know where the twin deer dharma wheel is what what twin
47:00deer dharma wheel the wheel twin deer dharma no idea how do we get straight to Shangri-La straight to Shangri-La we are here how do we get here
47:15more than 1 000 kilometers east in Guiyang go to Kunming Kunming oh 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 straight to Shangri-La straight to Shangri-La yes okay
47:35all right there we go
47:36all right
47:38should i stop going in the straw no i'm not i just want to go slow down then well no i'm not walking
47:43like a slug as they forge ahead Caroline and Tom make their march so immediately get off let's look
47:52at tickets on the travel first thing okay do you feel nervous god yes this is our last chance yeah
47:59to stay in the race does anybody know where the twin deer dharma wheel is
48:10twin deer dharma wheel there's no clues
48:16twin 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 right we need to ask don't we
48:33there or there oh there
48:37thank you this way yeah that's what the young man said pointed up here there's a couple of buildings
48:43on the right there that could be hotelable now further on travel through the village we're not
48:52through it are we absolutely naked further on it had to be uphill didn't it oh hey look look look my neck
49:02do not charge at me i was thinking to say myself
49:06right there's a big grey building where it could look hotel oh yeah hello reception a buggy
49:17oh my mouth buggy that'll do that'll do what a place that's beautiful
49:28i think we are here hello hello please stay here
49:42you ready
49:46congratulations you successfully reach your third checkpoint please sign over later
49:51you ready yeah
49:52oh
50:03totally totally gobsmacked
50:10can't speak yeah can't speak and it's not because i'm out of breath well it is i am out of breath
50:17oh massive relief really massive relief a couple of old blokes
50:22yeah there you go my kids will be so proud yeah they will yeah i said dad
50:31tell them don't get kicked out so yeah extremely proud aren't we boom british handshake
50:39it's on this one yes oh okay see
50:53i can't see it yeah i can't go my bag
50:57nervous very nervous now
51:00exit all right let's go so three teams arrive in the ancient city
51:05what do you want to do bus or taxi there's one now
51:09she's here thank you thank you
51:11she's here bye bye thank you
51:15adrenaline's pumping oh my god
51:19we're here
51:22shit shit another team sean finnett okay oh my gosh no there's tom and caroline we've got to go go
51:27go go go go go go all right let's go and the little one yeah yeah well done there we go
51:32thank you thank you bye bye bye bye thank you
51:37on foot lovely head towards work and um some stelling monastery and find the twin
51:43deer dharma wheel that's nice twin dharma wheel where i don't know get up we can have a look a dharma
51:50wheel maybe a symbol twin deer they're looking for two ds oh schwyke
51:56oh should i try right go
51:59Shit, stop running. Stop running. This way. This way, Thomas. No, we can't get that way, though. Finn, what's it going the wrong way?
52:06It's all right. Go far right. Go far. Just go straight ahead.
52:11Dharma wheel. Dharma wheel?
52:13Isn't that the twin deer?
52:15There's two deers.
52:17I feel like we're racing from fifth place.
52:19Please?
52:20Can anybody help us? Twin deer Dharma wheel.
52:26That looks like a wheel with deers on top.
52:30Thomas, Thomas!
52:32Fred!
52:33Surehead.
52:34Thomas!
52:36Fred!
52:37Surehead!
52:41Travel through Xiaojieji village and find the Checkpoint Hotel, Songsamlingka.
52:47Okay, let's go.
52:49Ni hao, Songsamlingka.
52:52Songsamlingka, now, go.
52:54Oh, okay. Thank you.
52:56The hotel might be that big one up there.
52:58Yeah.
52:59Oh, my gosh, there's a car on the road.
53:01You can see the gate.
53:02Hey.
53:03Oh, now we've got signs.
53:05Come on, just rest when we get there.
53:07We're here.
53:08Oh, my gosh.
53:11We're finally here.
53:12Hello.
53:13What do you say?
53:14You're here.
53:15Ready?
53:16Oh, my gosh.
53:17Ah!
53:19Ah-ah!
53:20Ah-ah!
53:21Ah-ah!
53:23Oh, my goodness.
53:24Oh, my goodness.
53:25Feeling so relieved.
53:27Um...
53:28Such a big sense of relief.
53:29Oh, my goodness.
53:30Yeah, such a big sense.
53:31Oh, my goodness.
53:32You made it.
53:33Better than what we thought.
53:34a lot better than what we thought yeah let's go and relax let's go take a shower twin deers
53:42there's two deer we saw it as we came in travel through the jiao jizz village and find the
53:51checkpoint hotel song to sam linker but mom this isn't going up it's just going back we need to
53:58go up to the top surely we can get across here oh mom if we get this room we can be going home song
54:05sam linker hotel oh in here down here yes thank you okay come on please don't be last please don't be
54:20last oh go on hurry welcome to linker hotel please stay here
54:36thank you we're over the moon absolutely over the moon this feels amazing if it feels like a
54:50weight has just been lifted off our shoulders
54:53wow i'm happy we're you know we're not getting eliminated but i'm a little bit gutted that we
55:05obviously couldn't be you know a little bit higher we're still in the race we're not going home we
55:10absolutely scraped up
55:12in the city of maoming yin and gaz's race has come to an end
55:25every time we turn it seems to be a block against us you know it's china's trying to tell us something
55:34yeah there have been some really really lovely moments no it has
55:41it's a bit raw now but i do think as time goes on we will look back at it
55:45and we will laugh about it we were hoping it would make us stronger and 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 let's go a bit more off the beaten track
55:59like we used to when we were together actually live life a little bit before we get too old
56:05i hope that all the other teams have an incredible time because i think you know that would make up for
56:11our journey yeah i agree
56:23i do feel really bad i do something obviously went and missed something's going to miss isn't it
56:28that's actually really sad you don't want it to be anybody
56:31well done to everybody for getting here you two have gone from fifth to fourth
56:36yeah we've got the opposite we've got second to fourth but you're still here still here so now
56:47there's three of us really close anything can happen i mean there's still a lot at stake but i
56:52think now the elimination's out of the way i think everyone can probably relax a bit more yes but you
56:57guys just relax a little bit more than us two
57:08we're going to nepal wow i've got goosebumps it's an opportunity to experience something new
57:14oh yeah mama the bus is going wow look at this it's very surreal i'm getting really overwhelmed oh my god how
57:28we doing this is so cool oh my god india is going to be full of surprises
57:37actually quite relaxing
57:44so
57:57so
57:58so
58:04so