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Reaching the other side of the world

has never been easier.

But by flying over, are we forgetting

how to travel through?

Mexico City, North America's largest Metropolis,

to ushuaia, Argentina, the most southerly city in the world...

20 hours by plane.

But could you travel the length of Latin

america at ground level, and all for the price of the airfare?

What have we got ourselves into?

Five pairs of ordinary brits are attempting just that.

Let's go!

They will cover over 25,000 kilometers...

Moments like this, you'll remember

for the rest of your life.

In a demanding and challenging race, which

soars high into the andes, crosses vast deserts,

and navigates some of the world's most volatile regions.

He's coming over with a gun.

Have they got what it takes...

Got no Google maps, got no mum, got nothing.

Both physically...

Someone call an ambulance.

And emotionally?

We need a miracle to get out of here.

The rewards are great.

This is crazy good.

This has brought us closer together.

The first team to the finish line

will claim the prize of 20,000 pounds, in a race...

Let's go. Let's go.

Across the world.

Excitement, adventure, trauma.

Oh my god.

Previously, five teams battled through five

south American countries.

This is not the best day of my life.

Hang on, where's my money belt?

Have you seen?

Back to back buses...

We smashed two countries in two days.

Got dom and Lizzie to Panama City in first place.

Woo!

Oh my...

No way!

When Sam began to feel the heat...

Countries are hot, but I didn't

think it would be this hot.

I can't deal with it, I'm just going to get a flight home.

Jo's maternal instinct kicked in.

Anything I can do to make his journey easier,

I will try and do.

I don't think my uncle's put in too much hard work.

I think he's been tossing about, to be fair.

Uncle and nephew emon and jamiul

continue to splash the cash...

Is that what you want?

Yeah.

Yeah, it's 107 each.

We've got to spend to make moves.

To leave Jen and Rob in last place.

Oh, no!

I'm a little bit gutted about that.

I'm absolutely gutted.

But for Michael and shuntelle...

We had some really bad luck.

We lost our money.

The race came to an abrupt end.

Panama City... the second checkpoint

in the race to ushuaia.

With over 17,000 kilometers still to go,

the sudden departure of shuntelle and Michael

leaves four teams remaining.

Lessons to be learned, and we've got to be careful

as we kind of go forward.

We have to be more vigilant.

It's made me realize that that could have been us.

And I'm not really ready to go home.

We need to learn from this.

If that happened to us, well, that'd be it,

wouldn't it?

To lose that amount of money, it just...

It just shows how quickly it can be taken away.

So I'll ask for Michael and shuntelle,

we've got to make sure we don't forget anything.

Teams can only leave the checkpoint

in the order they arrived.

Do you want to look after my passport, then?

The less stuff I have to look after, the better.

Thanks for putting the responsibility on me.

With a two hour lead over their closest rivals,

brother and sister dom and Lizzie are first to depart.

Being around each other 24/7, it's quite intense.

But we're getting used to it, I think.

Although we bickered and argued the whole way,

we've still worked well as a team.

After the race, hopefully, we can

say we're not just siblings, we're best friends, as well.

Hello.

Buenos dias.

Thank you very much.

My pleasure.

Oh!

Is that our next instructions?

Here we go.

Your third checkpoint is Quito.

I know where that is.

It's capital of Ecuador.

2,000 kilometers away, Quito, in Ecuador...

The second-highest capital in the world, at 2,850 meters

above sea level.

It is also the closest to the equator.

To reach it, the teams must travel through the cities,

jungles, and mountain ranges of Colombia

as they enter south america for the first time.

But there's a more immediate hurdle...

Crossing the notorious Darien gap, a dense area of jungle

stretching 160 kilometers that connects

central to South America.

It's considered the most dangerous place

in the western hemisphere.

Ruled by paramilitary groups, the teams

will have no alternative but to navigate

around this lawless terrain.

I would have quite liked to cross the Darien gap.

Yeah, I think we could die, so.

Yeah.

Daily schedule for ferries to capurgana...

9:00 am, 12:00 noon, 3:00 pm.

If we can get on that 3:00 pm one,

everyone's going to be a day behind us.

So I think it's pretty important that we make it.

Definitely.

East of Panama city, on the country's

Caribbean coastline, lies the small port of tupile,

where the teams can catch a boat and bypass the Darien

gap to enter Colombia.

In we go. In we go.

Vamos, vamos.

We're not going to make the 3 o'clock ferry.

Why are you being so pessimistic?

Because it's 12:30, dom.

It takes two hours and a half to get there.

So it's going to be 3:00 when we get.

So? Lizzie: And it leaves then.

We need to buy a ticket.

There is no point getting yourself worked up, saying

we're not going to make it.

I'm just being realistic.

But what's the point in... Like, because you don't know.

Ok.

Timings aren't exact in Central America, are they?

Right.

Pretty much every single bus, taxi...

Let's just end this conversation now, dom.

Ok.

When we were about 13, 14 years old,

we started fighting quite a lot.

And I think that's because we didn't

understand each other, and the changes we were going through.

No.

I'd say now, we definitely argue less.

But we do still have little spats.

Yeah.

There's the sea.

There doesn't seem to be anything here.

We're not... we're not friends anymore.

But I feel like, to be that close as children,

there must be something still there.

And I'd love to find that again.

Lo siento.

We were trying to go to capurgana.

- Capurgana. - Si.

Si.

Is there a ferry today?

Si.

What time?

Ok.

Oh, 3:30.

3:30.

In 10 minutes. 10 minute.

10 minutes?

Ok.

So now, your little hissy fit in the car...

Yeah.

Seems pretty pointless, doesn't it?

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, to be fair, I didn't know, did I?

I feel better now.

On to Colombia we go.

Where did you think it was?

Quito.

Is it Quito?

I am a white witch.

Oh, you're so annoying.

That's so funny.

Two hours behind the leaders,

and second team to depart Panama City, Jo

and her 19-year-old son, Sam.

A big part of this adventure is to spend as much time

with my mom as I can, as she's one of the biggest

parts of my life.

You're still living at home, but in five years' time,

you'll be doing your own thing.

So I suppose I'm grabbing onto him before he leaves,

and having this experience before he goes.

So we have to get a boat.

There's only three a day, and we two have missed it.

Dom and Lizzie would have gotten 3:00 pm.

So hold on, we're going to be getting

the same one as everyone else will be getting?

Potentially, yeah.

With the last boat of the day already departed,

Jo and Sam need to leave the comfort of the checkpoint hotel

and fend for themselves.

Oh.

It's all right.

Wouldn't choose to come on holiday here, but.

I've seen worse.

Being stuck in Panama city, it does mean that we're

18 hours behind dom and Lizzie.

And the others will be closer to us.

There's nothing we can do about it.

So it'll make it a much tighter race.

Already en route to Colombia, dom and Lizzie.

It's weird, because you wouldn't believe

we're bypassing one of the most dangerous parts

of the world, the Darien gap.

Because on the other side, it's just loads and loads

of tiny little paradise islands with palm trees,

white beaches, and blue water.

And it is nice just to go in-between the two of them.

The total journey time from tupile to capurgana,

the first town across the Colombian border,

is eight hours.

I think we must be here.

It's pitch black.

That's all I really know.

I have literally no idea.

For all we know, we could be in Jamaica, so.

Ooh!

There's some awesome lightning.

Are we here at capurgana?

Because it's late, we've had to stop early.

After three and a half hours,

the siblings have reached playon chico, 122 kilometers short

of their destination.

I don't think this is attached to the mainland.

Nope.

We're literally on a little island

in the middle of nowhere.

I don't even know if we're still in Panama, or...

Colombia.

We're in no-man's-land, literally.

What are we going to do?

Just 383 meters wide, playon

chico is one of 378 San blas islands,

home to the indigenous gunas.

Until the 1990s, the main form of currency here was coconuts.

I didn't... I didn't know we'd be able to speak English here.

Oh.

Hola.

Hola.

Um, do you speak any English at all?

No.

We're looking for somewhere to sleep.

Do you know anywhere where we could stay?

- Si. - Yeah?

Ok?

Mm-hmm.

Oh, wow.

Oh, this is so cool.

Now, this is beyond what I

expected about 10 minutes ago.

Amazing.

Pay tomorrow?

Si?

Ok.

How did we get so lucky?

The only thing is, he hasn't told us how much it is.

I think we haven't got much option here

on this little island, so I think...

We have to... we pay what we're asked to pay.

Whatever the price is, because he's done us a favor.

Yeah.

Um, we need to pay you?

Si.

Um, how much is it for

Yeah, good.

50, is that right?

Si.

Lorenzo.

We've spent far too much over the past two days.

Yeah.

Do you see that?

Those are dolphins.

And I'm not even joking.

Literally right there.

Oh, there!

Oh my god.

I don't want to go.

I know.

It's such a shame that we're not staying here for longer,

to take things slow.

Third leg, here we come.

20 hours behind the current leaders, uncle

and nephew emon and jamiul.

I think from the start of the race to...

To now, I think our relationship has become closer.

But we are still learning about each other.

We have been getting frustrated with each other

in there, I'm sure we have.

But you're wise, you took a hard hit.

The pair have spent the most money, by far...

Over a third of their total budget,

with six legs still remaining.

I think that we just need to plan better.

We're going to have to work more,

because so far, I don't think he's put in too much hard work.

The...

You need to have a captain of the ship,

do you know what I mean?

Yes.

Colombia.

Too late for yesterday's ferries...

South America, here we come.

Jo and Sam make the 116-kilometer journey to tupile

for the first boat of the day.

We are literally in the middle of nowhere.

I really didn't expect there to be a border stop.

Yeah.

Well, I think they're telling them to put the camera down.

Yeah, it's all looking quite... they're all army...

Guns, and everything else.

Feels very much like we're going to the Darien gap, doesn't it?

Put the camera down.

Guys, look again.

What?

He's coming over with it... coming over with a gun.

I've never experienced this sort of traveling before.

Nothing's ever scared me.

Polar bears scare me, but nothing else.

What were they checking for?

I don't know. I suspect...

Must have been drugs.

There's cartels and things going through the Darien gap,

it would be drugs and guns they'll be looking for.

I don't think they're looking for Internet.

Oh, this is just beautiful.

I know.

Sam desperately wants to see the world.

But I'm not sure he could quite do it on his own yet.

Adios, Panama.

Yeah, peace out.

Bring on Colombia.

It would be nice for him to find his feet traveling with me.

The best water transport ever!

From my perspective, I think only travel

gives you that real excitement.

And I think this probably is the last opportunity to do

a proper backpacking thing.

But you never know.

I think we must be in Colombia, though.

Should bloody well hope so, after a...

That took while longer than I expected.

Seven-hour boat ride.

The gateway to South America, capurgana

is a remote village known for its quiet bays,

backed by dense rainforest, making it only

accessible by air or water.

What number country is this?

Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama...

Seventh country.

Ola.

Hello.

We're trying to go to medellin.

Today? Today.

Today?

Yes.

Today is not possible that you'd reach medellin

because our boats are leaving before 10 o'clock the morning,

all of them.

Oh, there's no roads here, is there?

There's no road.

So you can't get anywhere today?

No.

At all?

Well, yeah.

We've lost our lead essentially.

If everyone gets the 9am boat and it arrives today,

everyone will be then leaving at the same boat as us tomorrow.

Yeah.

I'm quite frustrated by the fact that we can't leave here today.

But, where does frustration get us?

No, I know.

Closing in just 40 kilometers

from capurgana Jo and Sam.

This is very nice.

3 hours behind on the midday boat, emon and jamiul.

I enjoy going on boats.

Got everything?

I think so.

And about to get the last one of the day

from tupile, married couple Jen, and Rob.

Hello.

Ola.

Capurgana

si.

So you want to sleep on there in one night?

In one night.

Next day, go to the capurgana it's a long way.

It's a long way?

I just didn't realize that it would take us overnight.

Just a shame we can't get further away.

Last isn't a good place to be.

No.

But, the positive side, we have gained on the leaders.

That's not too bad.

It's terrible.

Wow this is rickety.

We might just have to smash a bit more cash this next round.

But if it keeps us in the game...

Then,

then that's...

It's all good.

It's all good, yeah.

Beneath all the trauma, it's actually really fun.

Oh my god, the boat flooded robby.

Here we are.

5pm.

Without the need for an overnight stop,

Jo and Sam have reached capurgana

where the race leaders have been stuck since this morning.

So what's up.

Oh.

Oh my god.

Guys.

Oh.

I'm so pleased.

- It's a nice place. - Yeah, its really beautiful.

We've been here since that time.

Oh god.

What you got there, man?

A map.

80 kilometers away, arriving

on the island of ustupo for the night, emon and jamiul.

We're about to come stay here.

It's got too dark.

And what we're going to do is go up

in the morning, first flight, and get into Colombia.

Thank you very much.

These areas are infested with mosquitoes.

So the first time we're putting up our mosquito nets

or trying to anyway.

40 kilometers behind them,

Jen and Rob will bear it down on playon

chico, where dom and Lizzie stopped the night before.

I hope there's some hotels on the island.

Where might we stay for the evening?

Hostel.

Ok.

Yeah, ok. Rob: Your hostel?

- Yeah. - Si.

Ok.

Cuanto es?

25, 25.

25, 25?

So, 50.

Yeah.

What, dollar?

Yeah.

No.

Is it just one hostel?

Yeah.

Just one?

50 us dollars for one night in a hostel on this island?

We've been paying like six.

Can we work here to make it cheaper?

We only have one option and therefore we have to take it.

Uh, can we sleep in these?

Cheaper?

We don't need a room, we just need a roof over our heads.

Don't we?

Oh, robby.

- One, one. - One, one.

15.

So 30 together.

- To sleep on the hammocks. - Yeah.

- Ok. - Muchas gracias.

Muchas gracias.

Are you happy about that? Are you...

No, I'm really not happy about it,

but I know we've got no choice.

Well, can I get my bag off then?

Well, no I better keep it on because there's

nowhere to put it.

This trip's going to be really tough, actually.

Yeah.

I just get miserable.

I mean, I'm not very good when I'm hungry.

I'm not very good when I'm tired.

I'm not very good when I don't know where I am.

You don't see that every day, do you?

We've always been cautious when we're

somewhere that we don't know.

I just always think everybody's

trying to Rob me all the time.

Hiya.

Yeah.

A high five.

Oh I got a hit with the locals, uh.

People generally tend to kind of get lax on holiday and a bit,

you know, oh I'm in the holiday spirit,

I've had a few tequilas.

Whereas, I would always pay more attention to my bag and money.

Oh, god.

Robby, I'm so scared.

Why are you being so nice?

People aren't nice like this in england.

It's quite awful,

actually I don't give anybody the benefit of the doubt

which is actually really sad.

That's a shame but, yeah.

Nice to meet you.

You ok?

Beautiful name.

This trip is going to challenge all of those things.

It is.

But you know what, that's a good thing.

I think so yeah.

Because I will learn to be a better person,

a different person.

Whenever in england that would a kid come up to you

and cuddle you, only when it was rubbing your pockets.

Putting the race to one side for the evening,

the leading teams hang out in capurgana.

We've been trying to sort of relax a bit more.

We were just intensely traveling.

And if you go all out for this whole race, you enjoy it.

Yeah.

Ok.

Jesus, what's this?

8pm, an alert via the team's GPS trackers.

Oh.

Good god.

What, there's a message?

Something bad's going to happen.

A state of emergency has been declared

in Ecuador and travel to that country is now forbidden.

Gosh.

A state of emergency could be anything.

A war, a terrorist, a natural disaster, flood.

With no phones or access to the Internet,

the teams are unaware of dramatic scenes

unfolding at their next checkpoint

in the center of Quito.

Demonstrations have broken out all over the city,

protesting government cuts to fuel

subsidies and workers' rights.

With unrest spreading, an official state of emergency

has been declared throughout the country,

shutting Ecuador's borders and making travel to the checkpoint

of Quito impossible.

So you can't go to Ecuador at all?

It's quite concerning now.

As a consequence, the third checkpoint is

now villavieja, tatacoa desert.

Where on earth is that?

Right.

Oh my god.

What a turn off for the books.

You think we should get the map, huh?

Yeah.

The third checkpoint will

now be in Colombia, at the heart of the tatacoa desert.

Well that's thrown some funds up in the air.

We might have to completely change our direction.

To reach it, the teams have several options.

Travel via the vibrant cities of medellin

and the nation's capital, Bogota, the main bus

transport hub in the country.

Or, take in the spectacular countryside

the southwest has to offer by going

via Cali, famous for its laid back dance

culture and mountain views.

Well, to tatacoa desert.

Yeah.

Wherever it is.

We need to hope that all the other teams have

gone in the wrong direction.

With routes to plan and strategies to consider...

Do you know where villavieja tatacoa is?

Tatacoa.

So this checkpoint is in Colombia.

The teams retire for the night in preparation

for the race ahead.

Ooh.

Night, love.

10am, and ready to depart capurgana in pole

position, dom and Lizzie and Jo and Sam.

Is that dom and Lizzie?

That's dom and Lizzie over there.

But even earlier starts from the others

mean surprise arrivals.

Oh my god.

Oh.

Rob and Jen.

Let's get our bags on.

No time to wait.

A bit awkward, isn't it?

Everyone seems smarter.

Same time.

The same time.

Oh.

So close, yet so far guys.

- We're leaving. - You're leaving?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Are the both of you are leaving?

So have you heard about the checkpoint change?

Yeah, yeah. Checkpoint change.

Really sad about Ecuador.

Excuse me, Please.

Ok.

Jen.

What?

Why are they all here?

What the hell?

Oh my god.

All four teams.

Are you going now?

Yeah, oh my god.

Oh hello, darling.

Good to see you.

Oh bless you.

You getting on this boat, our boat?

No, I don't think so. But it looks like we need to.

Yeah, this is the last boat of the day.

Shit.

Two minute boat.

Elizabeth, Por favor.

Enjoy yourself, guys.

See you later.

Samuel, Joanna.

Robby, we need to get on that boat.

It leaves right now. It leaves right now.

It's once a day.

So if we don't get on this, we're stuck here till tomorrow.

Well, let's get our passport stamped quick.

I'll do your passport.

You go and find out how much tickets are and try and get

us on that boat to necoclí.

Rob is running down the road.

They're trying to get us to the platform.

The boat's gone.

There's no more.

Oh my days, oh my days, oh my days.

Billeto necoclí dos.

Dos.

Passport.

Passports I need a passport.

Oh god, the boat is going.

I can't buy it until I show her my passport.

Oh no. Where is it?

Where is it? Mine's stamped.

You ok? Jen: Yeah.

Oh.

There we go.

Sorry.

Two tickets to necoclí the ferry that's going now, please.

Muchas gracias.

Muchas gracias.

I don't think Jen and Rob are going to make it.

We've created this lead since the start of the race

so I want to keep it.

Get out of my way.

Get out of my way.

There they are again.

Is that them?

Oh.

We're here.

Jo and Sam.

Oh, we're going.

Ok.

Adios.

Oh my days, oh my days, oh my days.

Please wait for me two minutes please.

You're going in the next boat.

Second boat please.

Ok.

What time does that leave?

Maybe 10 minutes.

Oh, great. Great.

Right. Muchas gracias.

The crazy thing is that they think we've missed it

and we're here for 24 hours.

Yes! - Woo!

So actually...

Back in the game.

We are so back in the game.

Oh, and the boys, the boys are here.

We should probably hide from them.

They're not going ahead of us now.

We're in last place.

We have to stay here tonight.

Under the impression the last boat of the day

has already left, emon and jamiul

are left behind in capurganá.

In the morning we'll head back out and get back on the race.

We left the boys behind.

Oh, man.

They are going to be so upset.

This is a dive shop here, is it?

Yeah,.

We can go ask for a job, then.

Might as well.

I feel really sneaky.

But then I feel really, like, happy that I've been sneaky.

Stuck in capurganá for 24 hours,

the boys take the opportunity to earn some cash

at a local scuba diving school.

All this gear is kind of heavy,

so we're helping put all the gear on our customers.

Is that ok with you? - That's fine.

- Sounds good to me. - Ok, let's go.

Are you actually going to work this time,

or just make me do the work?

We'll be out in the sea, si...

It'll be nice.

I like the sea, so I'll give it a go.

The way I've been brought up, I've

always been told to try to achieve the best I can achieve.

I remember in school, if I didn't do good in my grades,

my father would just go straight to the school

and tell my teachers to put me right at the front of the class

to make sure I listened.

So we're going to need help to put the gear together.

These things kind of build up a way of life.

And that's why winning is the best option.

If you win, you've achieved the best.

How was that, guys?

Pretty good.

Awesome.

The last couple of jobs obviously

I've taken a backseat and sort of overlooked everything.

And this job is completely different.

It was equally shared between me and jamiul.

And we had to work hard.

We did everything together, so I enjoyed it.

It shows that he can put in the effort,

and he can do the work.

It's been good.

With work done for the day...

We just asked him.

But stranded until morning, the boys look

into their own.

How long is it from the necoclí to villavieja tatacoa?

Cuanto hora?

Days?

Here's to neiva.

- Oh, so it's in neiva. - It's in neiva?

It's in neiva?

Ok.

Right, we've got our route planned.

They found out that the fastest route

to the checkpoint is to head via Medellín to neiva,

the nearest major transport hub to villavieja.

Ok.

We're 24 hours behind now.

Everybody else is ahead of us.

But we're hoping to kind of creep up on them

and take them by surprise.

I reckon we should head to the bus station.

Head towards the bus station to try and find somewhere to...

Why do you want to sit by the bus station

when you can sit on the beach?

Now on the Colombian mainland, Joe

and Sam, and dom and Lizzie.

With Jen and Rob close behind.

All right, let's move then.

Robbie, Robbie, Robbie, Robbie, Robbie...

What's this?

What, what?

Go that way.

The leading teams are taking the first

bus south to Medellín.

Everyone is going now.

I think it's going to be better

to stay here and get on a night bus,

and then we save on accommodation.

What's your preferred idea, then.

Get on this bus.

I think we get the 8 o'clock.

Well, we've got to.

The bus is going.

It's been quite nice with Jo and Sam.

I've really enjoyed it, yeah.

Yeah.

But we need to crack - Separate.

Separate.

We need to go our separate ways.

We should really plan where we're going to head

on to next after Medellín.

I think the more obvious route would be

going straight down via Bogota.

Yeah.

Ok.

But we want to work.

There's a job available in guatapé,

where you can help with the horse-riding trips and I think

that's something i'd really love to do because I

used to work at stables.

Which is two hours outside of Medellín.

Lizzie's plan to top up their budget means

a detour to the town of guatapé, 82 kilometers east of Medellín.

I'm a little bit scared of horses.

I quite fancied going to Cali

because Cali is the salsa capital of Colombia.

It's a nine-hour bus today to Medellín, and then from there,

we go to Cali.

Good?

We have a plan.

Jo is aiming to travel straight to Cali,

420 kilometers beyond Medellín, all on buses.

Most of the time I'm enjoying the race.

But then quite a lot of the time, I'm not.

It's just like you go through highs and lows.

And I think with eight weeks I will struggle.

Going from Panama to Colombia on a boat,

going from the islands and the beautiful water

was absolutely amazing.

But then stuff like doing the nine-hour, 10-hour bus ride,

I get so bored because there's nothing to do.

And I can't deal with that.

So it's not pleasant.

Do you think it's got anything to do with your adhd?

It probably does.

I don't know.

I've never been able to explain why I'm anything.

When I adopted Sam when he was six months old,

he was very hyper.

And he was quite disruptive at nursery.

And in fact, the nursery owner said,

did his birth mother drink?

And I said, well, yeah, she did.

Why?

And she said, oh, I've just seen children a bit like Sam.

We went off and did a little bit of research

and found this condition called fetal alcohol disease,

or fetal alcohol effects.

And it was just like reading a story about Sam.

Because you get frustrated, don't you?

Well, I get frustrated that I can't explain it.

Basically, how it affects the brain

is the wiring is just off.

If you said, you know, don't touch that, it's hot,

he would touch it.

I'm sorry that you're struggling with this bit.

So we'll try and get things right and try

to prioritize what's important.

We're going to Medellín.

And is there anything that you'd like to do there?

Well, that is where Pablo Escobar is, isn't it?

Well, was, yeah.

I'd really love to go to a tour of...

Ok.

Well, let's do it.

Can we do that, shake on it?

Shake on it?

Jo and Sam's new plan, to postpone the 12-hour bus

journey to Cali and instead take a break

from the race in Medellín.

When I was younger, I couldn't deal with pressure or stress.

So that's when i'd spiral off and kick off.

No one ever really knew I had fetal alcohol syndrome,

but they knew I had adhd.

And it was a hard thing to deal with.

On this journey, I will just have to figure out

different ways of dealing with the stress and the pressure

that comes in front of me.

Right.

Well, guys, this is farewell.

We'll see you in a few days probably.

- Yeah. - Bye, guys.

Bye.

As the teams separate to find accommodation,

10 hours behind and just leaving necoclí, Jen and Rob

settle in for the night.

If he said to me, do you want to sleep in a bed right now

or do you want to sleep on a bus, naturally I'd take a bed.

But we just have to deal with it.

It's not ideal, is it, but if we want to stay in the game...

Still be in the game, we don't really have a choice.

This is our best option, I think.

Yeah.

And we are much happier for it.

We're enjoying it a lot more.

Well, I'm absolutely exhausted and can't do anything.

And he's taken his socks off, and his feet stink.

Give it five minutes.

It'll calm down.

6:00, Medellín.

Morning.

Buenas dias.

Jen and Rob are planning for another night bus.

Oh, where's he gone?

What the hell?

Oh, he's here.

Need do it from Cali.

Oh, oh!

My bag is so heavy.

No, I'm fine.

Just leave me here.

Go without me!

Nestled in a valley between the andes,

the city of Medellín, the second largest in Colombia.

Once known as the murder capital of the world due to warring

drug cartels in the 1980s, in recent years,

Medellín is a city reborn, flourishing with new business,

arts, and culture.

So welcome to Pablo Escobar district.

I will explain the mural, the graffiti, the pictures, and

also a little bit of history.

Please, after you.

We just met the guys on the Pablo Escobar tour.

It's a lot of money, particularly on a budget,

but I think Sam wants to do this.

And he's fascinated by it.

And I think, just blow a bit of money,

and hopefully he gets a lot out of it.

At the height of his grip over Medellín

in the 1980s, Pablo Escobar was one of the most

powerful criminals in history, supplying

80% of the world's cocaine.

This is the mural of the members of the Medellín cartel.

Over the past couple of weeks

there's been a few things that I've missed out

I've really wanted to see.

And finally I'm going to see something I want to see.

So it's quite a nice feeling that mom's

listening to me, actually.

So this was the rooftop Pablo Escobar got killed.

Pablo tried to escape from the back of his house,

get onto the neighbor's rooftop, and then he got killed.

It's very chilling to know that that's

where he got killed.

But at the same time, it's really cool.

80 kilometers east of Medellín...

All right, dom.

We need to find out where this job is.

Dom and Lizzie have arrived at guatapé.

Wow.

Oh, my god.

This is so amazing.

I wish parts of Yorkshire were this colorful.

Often refer to as the most colorful town

in the world, it's looked over by the pedra del peñon,

a 200-meter granite rock with a brick staircase

of 659 steps built into it.

In its shadow, dom and Lizzie's job for the day.

So...

Sweeping.

Uh-huh.

Just here, or...

What's that?

I'm not sure.

So basically, it's picking up poo.

They said it'd be fun working with horses.

Hopefully they haven't eaten too much today.

Ugh.

I've got horse poo on my fingers should we just sack this off?

Do you just want me to do, dom?

Because if you've got a problem with the job, I'll do it.

I'm willing to work hard.

Ok.

Bye.

It's Lizzie's job choice, so I'm going

to let her clean the poo up.

What, do you want money?

Stop complaining.

I feel like coming to guatapé, we've gone a bit

out of our way to do this.

And I know we need to earn this money back.

But we have lost our lead now.

So I'm not really chuffed, to be honest.

Hey!

One perk of the job...

Dom, do you want to get on?

Do you think that's a good idea?

They're not going to run off.

Ok.

Getting to ride like a llanero.

Go on, dom.

A Colombian cowboy.

And then you put your feet in the stirrups.

Are you pooing yourself a bit?

That's an understatement.

There you go.

And if you feel like you're going too fast, just shout.

I'll stop. - Go.

Come on.

Oh, ok.

Ok.

Oh!

So I finally found something

that I can do better than him, and it's

quite satisfying for me.

No, no, no.

This is too fast.

I'm going to fall off.

Ah, gracias.

50 for me.

20 for me.

I put the work in, so...

Muchos gracias.

Welcome to Bogota.

Dominating a high plateau 2,640 meters above sea

level with modern skyscrapers standing

next to colonial churches, Colombia's capital,

Bogota, the lady of the andes.

Founded by the indigenous muisca people

long before the arrival of the conquistadors,

it is now the second most congested city in the world.

Robbie, stop walking away from me.

What are you doing, chick?

I just want to know what you're doing.

We're looking for a hostel.

Well,.

Jen and Rob arrived in the city at 6:00 am

after two long nights spent on buses.

Hello, Buenas dias.

60,000 pesos.

Let's keep looking.

Let's keep looking for prices.

What's the matter?

We could be walking around till 2:00 pm, couldn't we?

Let's give it till 2:00, then.

- Give it till 2:00? - Yeah.

Well, you said 2:00.

That was a joke, because then we could be

walking around until 2:00 pm.

All right.

Let's do that, then.

No, no, no.

No, this is ludicrous.

Almost everything is exagerated with Jen,

I think, which is... which is part of her charm.

I mean, i'm absolutely exhausted.

I've not slept for three days.

I've not showered for three days.

But at the same time, something four days.

I would like to brush my teeth.

I would like a glass of water.

It's often explaining that things aren't

quite as bad as they are.

The room is all yours.

- No way. - Oh, wow.

Yes.

Oh, amazing.

It's the first bed in three days.

I think that's how our relationship works, really.

A dime to winning.

A wish doesn't come true if you make it public.

Ok.

I'll make it secret, then.

Goodnight tonight's meal.

I'm eating. You're not.

For a dime?

Crikey.

They still stink. - Yeah.

Yeah.

Having left capurganá 24 hours after the other teams,

emon and jamiul have made it to Medellín

on an important day in the city's football calendar.

The fans are amazing.

You can really tell the passion for football here.

Everyone is singing and dancing outside.

Football is probably bigger here than it is in the UK.

Local team atlético nacional are playing

their league rivals, junior.

The football is my passion.

It's not jamiul's.

I've seen him play football.

He's got two left feet.

He's really crap at football.

I like the hustle and bustle.

I like the fans going crazy and chanting.

I'd say I'm more of an atmosphere

fan than a football fan.

Cuanto es?

So 55,000 each.

That's our daily budget, man.

I would like to experience it.

But if it's the race or the experience, at this stage,

I would choose the race.

You want to choose the race over the experience?

Yes.

My uncle's put me and the race ahead of his passion

and his wants.

And I'm quite moved by that.

So, what, should we go to the bus station and get tickets?

While three teams are taking well-established routes

towards the checkpoint, the boys are looking

for a more direct bus to neiva, the town

they heard about in capurganá.

Right now we're assuming that everybody else

is a good 24 hours ahead of us.

But I'm hoping that we can catch up to them.

No.

Neiva.

No.

No neiva?

However finding this less-traveled route

is proving difficult.

I think these guys ..

Hola.

We want to go to neiva.

Neiva?

Neiva.

12.

Oh, way down there.

This'll do my head in.

Hola.

You go to neiva?

Neiva.

Quando hours neiva?

12.

So we get to neiva 8:00 am, si?

Yeah.

This is exciting.

We've just spent how much?

152,000?

150,000.

They've managed to find an overnight bus to neiva,

a move that could help them get back in the race.

It should be 170.

This is.

How did we get so lucky?

Apparently Cali has the prettiest girls,

so I'm sure you'll have plenty to look at.

She is so embarrassing.

Jo and Sam have reached Cali.

The second largest city in Colombia

is known as the salsa capital of the world,

thanks to its dance culture.

Sam would just like spend money

and not actually go in it, whereas we

do need to earn some money.

And I thought working at the salsa bar

would be really good fun.

Having overspent and Sam's Escobar tour,

Jo's hoping to earn some money back

doing something she enjoys.

La matracka, a club the historic cabrero district,

is famous for its salsa and tango parties.

Jo and Sam's task...

Keep the tables clean and clear the empty glasses.

It is so hard to...

I don't understand any of this.

What happened?

Sam?

Yeah, one minute.

One minute.

But Sam is struggling with the language barrier.

I don't understand what they're saying.

The whole place is clean.

What to do is go around all the empty tables

and wipe the chairs.

We've done that.

Well, have you done all these end tables.

No, you've done those end tables.

No, I've done the ones with glasses on them.

So you do the empty ones and the chairs.

We're actually cleaning stuff that's already clean.

When I can't understand anyone,

I just feel like an idiot.

I'm out of my comfort zone, basically.

I just hate big crowds of people.

I feel like everyone's watching, and I don't like it.

I can't deal with this.

It's a discomfort I can't explain.

It's just a really horrible feeling

that you've continuously got, like you're on your tiptoes,

trying to figure out what to do.

I don't know what it is.

It's just me.

Sam.

What am I doing?

I am wasting my time.

I want to go now.

Darling, she's just given us a job.

She's...

I don't care if she's given us a job.

I know it's not a difficult job.

I'm wasting my time.

On the surface it looks like he's

being a petulant 19-year-old, but I don't think he is.

I just don't think he can cope.

As you know, me, I am one big problem.

You're not one big problem.

You're complicated.

He's never been great with big crowds.

And he feels stupid if he can't communicate.

And I think this is probably what some of those issues are.

I'm out of the race.

I quit.

I'm done.

Enough.

Done.

You're being ridiculous.

This might be the end of it for us.

Grandma gave me this to give to you.

Oh.

Do you miss her?

Oh.

Thinking of you all the time.

Hope it's going well.

Big hug to you and Sam.

That's lovely.

Well done for keeping a secret.

I just wasn't in a good place last night.

And when I'm not in a good place,

my easiest option to go to is quitting.

Just had to clear my head a bit.

Happy birthday.

I don't ever like having conflicts with my mom,

but we always get through it.

So I'm glad she's happy.

And if she's happy, I'm happy.

Did you bring me one?

Sorry, no.

You get me a drink tonight?

Yeah, it's on me.

It's on me.

On the move again, Jo and Sam

are off to neiva, the closest transport

hub to the checkpoint.

So yeah, back to racing.

Final, final day of this leg.

300 kilometers lies ahead of them, much of it

along winding mountain roads.

The bus is about 30 centimeters from the edge.

Jesus Christ.

It'll take us two days to get there.

Just approaching neiva after our 12-hour shift.

Take the last little sprint to the finish line

and we'll be there.

Jobs a good'UN.

After traveling overnight

on a more direct route, emon and jamiul

are first to arrive in neiva.

They must now head north to reach

the third checkpoint near the village of villavieja,

37 kilometers away.

Go on. Let's go, let's go, let's go.

I'm hoping that we've pulled up, man.

All depends on how the other teams get on.

Departing Bogota, Jen and Rob.

Also heading to neiva, but with a plan to get ahead.

Can we get out at villavieja?

- Si. - Si.

Yeah?

Will you shout, it's villavieja?

And then we get out?

Securing an early drop off

could avoid a 76-kilometer detour.

This guy is like a "Mario kart" racer.

That's good, because it means we'll get there quick.

Yet to leave Bogota...

Dom and Lizzie.

Neiva?

Neiva.

Neiva?

It's neiva?

Neiva.

Neiva?

Oh, si.

Ok,.

Getting through the capital's notorious traffic

at rush hour means a slow getaway.

The traffic is awful.

No mas. No mas.

We could be arriving ahead, just north of neiva.

So now we've got to cross the river, though.

I don't understand how we're going to do that.

There must be roads.

This is it?

Oh, god.

It doesn't look very "it."

Villavieja?

Si.

That way.

Gracias.

What, down there?

Yeah.

Jen and Rob are now just two kilometers

from villavieja, but they face a further hurdle...

The magdalena river.

This was a massive risk.

I hope it pays off.

Yeah.

We haven't saved cash, but hopefully we've saved time.

Oh, I've seen a boat.

Do you?

A boat just crossing the river now.

Get me on a boat man.

Holla!

We're gonna need a boat now.

Across the river...

Seems like we've come into a little time.

- Right. - Oh, hello.

Here we are.

Should I pull the garmin out?

Emon and jamiul are closing in

on the third checkpoint and are notified of its exact location

by the GPS tracker.

Proceed to bethel hotel.

16 kilometers outside of villavieja

lies a path to the checkpoint hotel,

at the heart of the tatacoa desert,

named after its venomous inhabitants, rattlesnakes.

This vast, arid area has a Mars-like landscape,

and its position near the equator

gives it a unique view of both northern and southern skies,

attracting astronomers from all over the world.

Hello, villavieja.

We're so close, Robbie, I can smell it.

All right.

Robbie.

Be the turtle.

Be the turtle?

Don't be the hare.

Be the turtle.

Oh.

Come on.

Oh, it's warm, man.

Hola, amigos!

- Hola. - Bethel hotel?

- Bethel hotel? - A hotel?

Si?

You can take us now?

Go, go, go!

I'm ready to brush my teeth, man.

I can smell the wine.

Gotta be here.

Gotta be close, man.

One moment we're crossing a river, the next moment

we're in a desert.

Makes no sense.

I spy with my little eye something beginning with a w.

Window.

No.

Wall.

Nope.

Oh, my god.

We're here.

I don't see no hotel.

I can't see anything for miles.

Those buildings in white over there.

I can't walk there.

I feel like the rubber on my trainers are going to melt.

We are trekking through the middle of the desert.

Ridiculous.

I thought I can see a sign.

We can see it.

Or is it a mirage?

That's got to be the hotel.

Third checkpoint, here we come.

Check in! Wait!

Check in!

Hola.

Bienvenidos a Colombia.

I see the book.

Ok.

Prepare yourself to be last.

Oh, god.

Do you want to do the honors this time?

Do it, man. Do it.

Oh, my god!

No way.

What?

They came in first?

Ha!

Oh, my gosh.

I don't care.

Amazing.

Oh, my gosh.

I do not believe that.

Gracias.

I'll close that for you.

Thank you.

To come first, amazing.

It's an awesome feeling.

Previous legs we were being a bit fancy.

That's why we made mistakes.

And on this leg, we've learned from our mistakes.

We've been fortunate with the people that we've met.

The locals have helped us quite a bit.

Races like this can be done on fine margins.

There is no room for error.

Ah!

12:20, two hours.

Yeah.

Yeah!

I actually cannot believe that we

have gone from last to second.

Oh, wow.

Definitely back in the game.

Yeah.

I'm dead proud of us.

Just little Jen and Rob from reading.

Boom, second.

Oh, if a bug or something jumps out at me, I'm gonna...

You'll be fine.

Seven hours later.

I really can't see anything.

Hola.

Buenos noches.

Third.

Jamiul and emon came first.

Oh, that's brilliant.

With three teams having made it to the tatacoa

desert, emon and jamiul are now in first place,

after starting the leg 20 hours behind the leaders.

We sort of expected to come third or fourth,

because we took a slightly circuitous route.

I mean, the roads were just...

Horrible.

Rubbish.

Where's Liz and dom, then?

I know.

That's amazing.

I feel like maybe if we do come last,

it'll be a good kick up the ass for the next leg.

Might make me race a bit harder.

I hope so.

Anyway, we're not going to have that discussion now.

Let's just go.

Ok.

Don't start, Lizzie. - No, no.

That's why I said let's stop.

Next time...

Bring it on.

The teams plunge into deepest, darkest Peru.

It's exhausting.

Oh, look at you!

And the sky's the limit.

I can do this.

I can do a hell of a lot more.