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This programme contains some
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Oh, wow.
This is mega.

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This is incredible.
Let's walk fast.

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Let's go, come on.

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Come on, you're doing really well.

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Nearly there.

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We're so close.

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Let's do it together.

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Come on.

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It's iron. Hello.

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You ready?

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Oh! It's all right.

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We're 26 hours after
the first people. It's OK.

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It's OK. We can catch up.

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Thank you.
OK. Thank you very much.

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26 hours. It's fine.

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It's OK. Don't...

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It's OK. It's OK.
It's understandable to get upset.

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going to happen. OK?

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Right, OK.

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Gutted.

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It makes me upset
because it means a lot.

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Because it's a way of proving
something to myself.

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And at the moment all
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Just love the rooftops.

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Oh, my gosh. Oh, look.

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Look at all the spices.
It's amazing.

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This is what I think of
when I think of China, I think...

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NARRATOR: Perched on
a 100 metre tall mountain

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in east China's Jiangxi province,

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Huangling.

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Wow, this is busy.

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Never seen anything like it before.

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Although six centuries old,

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until 16 years ago.

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Now restored,
it has been transformed

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into a rural destination
for tourists.

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We knew it was going to be you guys.
Yeah.

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Cos you were three hours behind us.
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How are you feeling?
Very, very tired.

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This is definitely
starting to feel like race.

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It is, it is.

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Didn't think I was going to
feel this competitive.

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to Kanyakumari on the southernmost

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tip of India, less than seven hours
separate the top three teams.

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But trailing a whole day
behind the pack,

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Brian and Melvyn
and Caroline and Tom.

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working together?

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I lost my voice
so I didn't really speak that much.

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But she's like the social,
like, you know,

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person.
Yeah, talker. Yeah, talker.

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Um, it was a bit
overwhelming at first.

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We're from Wales
so it's really quiet.

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So, it's a whole new speed for us.
Yeah.

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So, do you speak a little bit
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None at all. Oh, none at all.
None at all.

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So, have you found the language
barrier hard as well, then?

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Yeah. Yeah. It's harder
because, like,

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Yeah. So, that's the struggle,
cos everyone comes up to me

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and just expects me
to speak Mandarin.

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Cos I know you did Mandarin.
Is it one of you?

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Or a little bit.
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Emphasis on little.

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Please. Top three.

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ALL: Cheers!

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On the road again.

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Good morning. This is for you.

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I'm nervous.

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NARRATOR: First to leave,
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sisters Elizabeth and Letitia.

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Your second checkpoint is Sanya.

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Sanya. What does it sound like?

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Place it.

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2,700 kilometres away, lying
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Sanya, one of China's
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With palm-fringed beaches
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its tropical climate makes it a
magnet for China's wealthy elite,

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but also for destructive
monsoon storms.

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Oh wait, I found it. That is far.

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I feel like that's what's missing.

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I'm like, I just need some sea!

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To get there, teams must
traverse southeastern China,

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embracing new landscapes,
languages, climate and cuisine.

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They have the option to city hop,

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trains that run alongside

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the East China Sea coastline...

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..or head inland -

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kinder on budgets,

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and a chance to explore
China's dramatic scenery.

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Look at this.

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Cos you wanted to go here
even before coming to China.

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When I was in China previously,

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I missed an opportunity to go
to rice fields near Guilin.

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And it's such a, like,
picturesque area.

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another opportunity to go to China,

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as we do now,
like, we can go there.

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One big passion of Letitia

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is Asia.

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This is an opportunity that
we shouldn't pass really. Exactly.

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I am Asia obsessed,
especially China.

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There's a whole different culture,
a whole different language,

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just so unfamiliar to
what I'm used to.

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Being there, that's when
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I think because we came first,

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we should try our best
to keep the lead. Yeah.

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Cos they're not that far behind.
They're not that far behind. At all.

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So, we have a plan.

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I think it's going to be so good.

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The sisters' goal -

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the Longji rice terraces

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via the well-connected
transport hub, Guilin.

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Take a train to Shangrao.

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Whoa, this is fast.

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Oh, my gosh.

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It's like a roller-coaster.
It's like it goes... Argh!

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Whilst Elizabeth
and Letitia descend...

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It's far. It's so far.

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That doesn't seem easy to get to.

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Just want to leave the place now.

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..teenage couple Fin and Sioned.

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How do we get down?

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English? English? Please.

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Knowing we're second and
we're quite close, this leg,

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we want to get there quickly.

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We're going through cities

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so there'd probably be more
transport, more English speakers.

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We're kind of being safe
with it all.

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It's a bit of a comfort blanket.

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Sticking to their tried
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they're planning to
city hop down the coast.

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First stop, Xiamen.

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We don't know where we're going.
I know, I know, I know.

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Do you want to go into that
checkpoint, hotel,

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and ask for a taxi?

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we're literally where we started.

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Oh, at this point we've
just got to get down, Fin.

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Got far, didn't we?
This is so embarrassing.

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Thank you. I like these.

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I prefer Yorkshire, but it'll do.

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brothers Brian and Melvyn.

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We messed up terrible.

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So did we.

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And in last place, mother and son
Caroline and Tom.

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I just felt helpless and useless,

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and I just
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This is way, way out
of my comfort zone, totally.

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Yeah, sleeping in places that
I would never, ever, ever...

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HE LAUGHS

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Our strengths are...

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It hasn't...
it hasn't come to the fruition yet.

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the front of our thoughts.

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We have got experience
of life behind us.

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But does it really help in this
situation, life experience?

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We've got nothing else going.
No, we haven't, have we?

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I don't know how the youngsters
have done it. I know.

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It was gutting. Absolutely.
Emotional. Yeah, it was.

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It was. I didn't think we'd get
emotional because it's just a race.

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mean this much.

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And we all know where the danger's
really coming from, don't we?

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These youngsters. Who knows?

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Next checkpoint it could be
first and second.

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Aw, wouldn't that be nice?
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Sanya, you heard of it?
Never heard of it.

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No, me either.

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Leaving the checkpoint in third,
Yin and ex-husband Gaz.

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That's where we're going.

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Actually, that's not too far.
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It'd be quite good to kind of
see the rural parts of China.

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OK. Maybe do a home stay
or something like that.

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That'd be nice. We spent far
too much in the first...

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Yeah. We need to save money.

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cheaper in the countryside.

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So, that's going to
save us loads of money.

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Tick. And also we can see
if we can pick up some work.

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OK.

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With almost one fifth

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and seven legs remaining, the pair

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are keen to rein in their spending.

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Come on, friend. Bring it in.

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Ah! We've got to stop do...

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Don't overuse our hand thing.

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Their plan - to journey
through rural China,

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with local families.

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What I'm discovering about this race

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is that I'm questioning
my own Chinese identity

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and what it means to me.

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Going rural, there's an opportunity

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to see things that
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It's going to be a complete contrast

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to my experience of growing up
in a Chinese family in the UK.

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Let's go.

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As the day draws to a close,

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two teams are heading into rural
China on overnight trains

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They are smoking on the train.

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Great.

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Elizabeth and Letitia...

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Wow. LED lights.

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Look at this. I don't know
what Shangrao's all about.

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Like a cartoon.

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But the man's lying all over it.

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..and Yin and Gaz.

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It's quite rough and ready.

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If people bought in their
like little gaggle of chickens

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and things like that, it would not
be out of place on this train.

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Vroom. Yeah.

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308km, this is the fastest
I've been on a train, I think.

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Like, I feel like we're just
going city to city to city.

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Yeah, it looks so cool.

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After a slow start,

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prioritising speed,

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spending big on a bullet train to

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reach Xiamen city before morning.

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First day on the second leg

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and we've spent about £70 so far.

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That's not good.

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Right, it was approximately...

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I can't do numbers at all.

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Sioned's probably better with money.

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56.78.

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Yeah. I don't think I'd be
able to do that day to day.

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It's too much, isn't it?
Too much going on.

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I got an A star in Maths GCSE.

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we still live with our parents.

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So, budgeting for us
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but I'm hoping to kind of
have a plan,

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and map out what we can spend.

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Approximately £160
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160 x 8. What's that?

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2,280.

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Is it? No, it's not.

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It is.

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No, it's really not.

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I...
My brain is really bad with maths,

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but I know for a fact that you did
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Where have I got that from?

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Where have I got that number
from before? Two...

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Shall we just chill
and see what happens?

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We've got a good head start.

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This leg is going to be
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and I feel like we are coming first.

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You're going to follow me?
I'm following you, mate.

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6.45 am.

256
00:12:43,720 --> 00:12:45,520
I'm following you. You carry on.

257
00:12:45,520 --> 00:12:48,280
Almost a day after
the race leaders departed,

258
00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,120
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259
00:12:51,160 --> 00:12:53,440
Brothers Brian and Melvyn.

260
00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:57,040
What we've learned from this
first leg, we've been rushing in,

261
00:12:57,040 --> 00:12:58,360
haven't we? Yeah.

262
00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,600
We need to stop...
Fools rush in, Melv. There you go.

263
00:13:00,600 --> 00:13:02,160
<font color="
aren't we, mate?

264
00:13:02,160 --> 00:13:04,360
So, we have got more in common
than we think.

265
00:13:05,640 --> 00:13:08,720
Our strategy for this leg
is start catching people up,

266
00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,480
to travel quickly without
spending the money.

267
00:13:11,480 --> 00:13:13,080
We have got to work.

268
00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:16,800
<font color="
maybe we can get free accommodation.

269
00:13:16,800 --> 00:13:19,320
We've got to plan our routes better.

270
00:13:19,320 --> 00:13:23,280
It says public transportation
parking area here.

271
00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,520
Well, we found it. That was easy
wasn't it? Brian, no-one's here.

272
00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:27,720
I knew it was.

273
00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:31,600
<font color="
a place to third.

274
00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,120
Going to have to take a gamble to go

275
00:13:34,120 --> 00:13:37,040
as far south as we can
and go for it.

276
00:13:37,040 --> 00:13:40,520
I disagree. I think doing
the home stay is far more logical.

277
00:13:41,600 --> 00:13:44,160
Food and board we're getting,
isn't it?

278
00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:46,920
<font color="
saving money by doing that.

279
00:13:46,920 --> 00:13:49,240
OK, Melv,
I'm with you on that, then.

280
00:13:50,920 --> 00:13:53,360
I don't know why I'm looking out
in front at the road signs

281
00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,200
cos I can't understand them anyway.

282
00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:01,160
As the brothers motor
towards the coast,

283
00:14:01,160 --> 00:14:03,480
<font color="

284
00:14:03,480 --> 00:14:05,680
the ancient town of Fenghuang.

285
00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:13,080
Named after a mythical bird,

286
00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:17,840
this frontier town connects
the Hunan and Guizhou provinces.

287
00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,960
Hidden in the mountains,
it was once a useful rallying point

288
00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:29,440
for politicians,
<font color="

289
00:14:29,440 --> 00:14:34,480
..and today it offers Yin and Gaz
a chance to earn back some budget...

290
00:14:36,240 --> 00:14:41,720
Are you hungry? Would you like
noodles? No? No, no, no. OK.

291
00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:43,200
Xiexie, xiexie.

292
00:14:43,200 --> 00:14:45,960
..by helping
at Miss Xhou's Noodle Bar.

293
00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:47,760
<font color="

294
00:14:48,760 --> 00:14:50,400
It's breaking my back.

295
00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,960
It's not really made
for my height, this sink.

296
00:14:52,960 --> 00:14:55,960
Come on in, come on. Come on in.

297
00:14:55,960 --> 00:14:58,760
This leg, it is all about
clawing back a bit of money. Yeah.

298
00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:00,320
Getting the shift done.

299
00:15:00,320 --> 00:15:02,480
<font color="
wander around the village.

300
00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:05,560
And then it'll be
back on the road again.

301
00:15:05,560 --> 00:15:07,720
You want noodles? Any noodles?

302
00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,040
You want food? Food? What? Noodles.

303
00:15:10,040 --> 00:15:11,680
Noodles? Yes.

304
00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:15,400
<font color="
for noodles? I'm not cooking.

305
00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:17,280
I'm just trying to usher you in.

306
00:15:17,280 --> 00:15:20,480
No-one's going to know
what he's saying.

307
00:15:20,480 --> 00:15:22,960
When we had the takeaway,
Gaz was front of house

308
00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:24,720
because he was just so confident.

309
00:15:24,720 --> 00:15:26,680
<font color="
He's a people person.

310
00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:29,440
Hello. Would you like any noodles?
Are you hungry?

311
00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,160
No. No, OK, all right. OK.

312
00:15:32,160 --> 00:15:33,320
Xiexie, xiexie.

313
00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:36,760
And I like the fact that
he had a real front about him.

314
00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,720
<font color="

315
00:15:38,720 --> 00:15:41,560
Yes, thank you, sir.
Yes, OK, thank you, sir.

316
00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:43,400
Madam? There you go!

317
00:15:46,240 --> 00:15:47,760
I've got a customer.

318
00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,240
That's one of the things
that I miss about Gaz.

319
00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:54,840
That was the charm that
hooked me in.

320
00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:57,440
<font color="

321
00:15:57,440 --> 00:16:00,040
That's what we made.
You want to take that? Perfect.

322
00:16:01,200 --> 00:16:02,560
Got a free dinner, got some money.

323
00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:04,640
So, that wasn't that bad
after all, was it?

324
00:16:04,640 --> 00:16:07,000
I think I did more work
than you did.

325
00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,440
<font color="
I brought them punters in.

326
00:16:10,920 --> 00:16:12,640
Being married to Yin was amazing.

327
00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,120
I did feel there's security
being married

328
00:16:16,120 --> 00:16:19,040
because you are a unit, you're...
you're...you are together.

329
00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,160
But the breakdown
<font color="

330
00:16:22,160 --> 00:16:23,880
because I became lazy.

331
00:16:23,880 --> 00:16:25,040
I took Yin for granted.

332
00:16:26,440 --> 00:16:28,080
Even to this day, I blame myself.

333
00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,000
Oh, that was spicy.

334
00:16:31,680 --> 00:16:33,720
Well, that's nice, isn't it?
That view?

335
00:16:33,720 --> 00:16:35,120
There's a pagoda at the top.

336
00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:39,760
<font color="
of the relationship at all well.

337
00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,200
I became insular.

338
00:16:41,200 --> 00:16:43,120
It was hard
and I didn't like it at all.

339
00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:44,360
What do you do?

340
00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:46,600
Oh, let's go down the pub
and have six pints of Guinness

341
00:16:46,600 --> 00:16:48,000
and forget about it.

342
00:16:49,320 --> 00:16:50,480
<font color="

343
00:16:53,960 --> 00:16:55,800
I would drink myself into a stupor

344
00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:57,880
because I didn't talk
to anyone about it.

345
00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:03,360
One of the big key things with Yin
is she identified that,

346
00:17:03,360 --> 00:17:05,599
and whilst I was going
through my demons

347
00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:08,240
<font color="
she never did.

348
00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:13,640
She could see, you know,
what I was doing was not right.

349
00:17:13,640 --> 00:17:15,520
We're going on the stepping stones.
Yeah.

350
00:17:15,520 --> 00:17:17,040
We do not want to be falling in.

351
00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,079
No, we do not.

352
00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,720
I'm at that point now
<font color="

353
00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:25,839
And by doing the race,
I want to repay her

354
00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:28,440
because she was there for me
through the dark times.

355
00:17:30,960 --> 00:17:32,560
And I don't want to let her down.

356
00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:35,200
I've let her down too many
times in the past.

357
00:17:35,200 --> 00:17:36,560
<font color="

358
00:17:37,880 --> 00:17:40,080
Hello, pussycat. Hello.

359
00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,800
What did you take?
Some pictures of the cats?

360
00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:44,560
I did take a little picture
of the kitten. What a surprise.

361
00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:45,600
THEY LAUGH

362
00:17:49,040 --> 00:17:52,280
<font color="
Huangling high speed.

363
00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:56,720
Last to leave the checkpoint, almost
26 hours after the race leaders...

364
00:17:57,840 --> 00:17:59,640
Two people to Shangrao.

365
00:18:01,280 --> 00:18:02,320
Shangrao?

366
00:18:04,480 --> 00:18:06,120
Shangrao?

367
00:18:06,120 --> 00:18:08,800
..mother and son Caroline and Tom.

368
00:18:08,800 --> 00:18:12,680
<font color="
Wuyuan.

369
00:18:14,760 --> 00:18:16,840
Oh, Wuyuan. Wuyuan!

370
00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:18,840
Wuyuan
is where we got the train into.

371
00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,280
And it says we can get trains
direct. So, we can go to Wuyuan.

372
00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,920
<font color="
That's how they say it.

373
00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,320
Oh, yeah, "Ooh-yeah."

374
00:18:26,320 --> 00:18:28,120
Wuyuan. Wuyuan. Wuyuan.

375
00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:32,280
This leg is focused more on the
racing element because we're fifth.

376
00:18:32,280 --> 00:18:34,640
We need to try and
<font color="

377
00:18:34,640 --> 00:18:36,240
Wuyuan, let's do it.

378
00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:39,360
We're making steps
in the right direction.

379
00:18:39,360 --> 00:18:41,080
Ooh-yeah!

380
00:18:41,080 --> 00:18:42,880
We can't lag behind.

381
00:18:42,880 --> 00:18:46,280
If we want to catch up,
we have to sacrifice experiences.

382
00:18:48,120 --> 00:18:49,960
God, Thomas, it feels
<font color="

383
00:18:49,960 --> 00:18:51,920
Russian book. Russian book.

384
00:18:53,560 --> 00:18:55,600
I think I have a point to prove.

385
00:18:55,600 --> 00:18:59,040
I'd like Thomas to realise he has

386
00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:00,960
a mother who can achieve things

387
00:19:00,960 --> 00:19:03,840
and do things rather than
just be a mother.

388
00:19:03,840 --> 00:19:08,200
<font color="

389
00:19:08,200 --> 00:19:11,280
As Caroline and Tom begin
their dash for the coast...

390
00:19:14,120 --> 00:19:16,880
Wow. This has a different feel
to it, hasn't it?

391
00:19:16,880 --> 00:19:18,600
That's beautiful though.

392
00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:23,360
..750km south,
one team are already there.

393
00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,880
<font color="
straight to the train station

394
00:19:26,880 --> 00:19:32,000
and book our travel for tonight,
and then we're going to the beach.

395
00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:39,320
Once known as the gateway to China,

396
00:19:39,320 --> 00:19:42,520
the ancient
tea trading port of Xiamen

397
00:19:42,520 --> 00:19:45,320
is now a vibrant cosmopolitan city,

398
00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:48,240
<font color="

399
00:19:48,240 --> 00:19:52,840
and blend of European
and Chinese architectural styles.

400
00:19:52,840 --> 00:19:55,040
It's like a holiday day.

401
00:19:55,040 --> 00:19:56,920
We've both got a spring in our step.

402
00:19:56,920 --> 00:20:00,200
Before a chance to enjoy the beach,
a plan to action -

403
00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:05,640
secure overnight transport
<font color="

404
00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:07,240
Don't let me do it by myself.

405
00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,120
Sioned, only one of us can go.

406
00:20:09,120 --> 00:20:10,360
Why is it always on me?

407
00:20:11,360 --> 00:20:13,120
Communication is your part.

408
00:20:13,120 --> 00:20:15,400
My part's planning.

409
00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:17,280
Why is it always my part?

410
00:20:17,280 --> 00:20:20,600
Cos mine's planning
<font color="

411
00:20:20,600 --> 00:20:23,320
Yeah. We bicker. Yeah, we're young.

412
00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,160
Somehow I'm in charge again.

413
00:20:25,160 --> 00:20:27,440
I've planned it.

414
00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:29,680
So, you're sorting it.

415
00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:31,760
To where? Guangxiao?

416
00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:33,960
No, Zhuhai.

417
00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:36,000
Fin never listens.

418
00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:37,720
<font color="

419
00:20:37,720 --> 00:20:39,520
It's not an argument.
It's more of a...

420
00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:41,600
"Neh-neh-neh."
Yeah, it's just chopsing.

421
00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:43,880
Chopsing each other, yeah.

422
00:20:43,880 --> 00:20:45,640
Tonight, Zhuhai?

423
00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:51,520
Zhuhai, no ticket. No tickets.
<font color="

424
00:20:53,640 --> 00:20:56,640
That's so annoying. Xiexie.

425
00:20:57,840 --> 00:20:59,320
Brilliant. All right. Sound.

426
00:20:59,320 --> 00:21:01,040
We need to figure this out quickly,

427
00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,800
and then just crack on
with sightseeing.

428
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,160
It's getting on my nerves.
<font color="

429
00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,440
We need to try to find a bus,
Sioned. I'm not going to lie.

430
00:21:09,440 --> 00:21:12,920
I'm not very confident any more that
we're getting out of here today.

431
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:17,320
Navigating China is
definitely overwhelming.

432
00:21:18,320 --> 00:21:22,240
On the race, everything's
<font color="

433
00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,440
I feel a bit daunted.

434
00:21:24,440 --> 00:21:27,040
Right, is he helping or is he, like,
just... Well, I'm not sure, Fin.

435
00:21:27,040 --> 00:21:29,920
I...I have never been here before.

436
00:21:29,920 --> 00:21:32,640
It probably is the most
we've been tested

437
00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:35,160
just because we can't
<font color="

438
00:21:35,160 --> 00:21:36,440
and I don't catch a break.

439
00:21:37,640 --> 00:21:40,120
The bus station has been suspended.

440
00:21:40,120 --> 00:21:42,560
Oh, please, not again.

441
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,600
We're running out of options.

442
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,200
Fin, what's the plan?
I have no plan, to be honest.

443
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:49,400
Neither do I.
<font color="

444
00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:50,640
Well, neither do I, then.

445
00:21:50,640 --> 00:21:52,160
Oh, please, don't start this.

446
00:21:53,240 --> 00:21:55,400
I'm so stressed anyway,

447
00:21:55,400 --> 00:21:57,920
so bickering on top of that,

448
00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:01,600
I find myself just thinking,
like, I'd just rather be home.

449
00:22:02,720 --> 00:22:05,600
Nothing makes sense in this place.

450
00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:07,440
<font color="

451
00:22:14,840 --> 00:22:17,840
Hello! Your name, is it Mr Xu?

452
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:19,160
Yeah.

453
00:22:19,160 --> 00:22:22,400
Tucked in the rolling
mountains of Fujian,

454
00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:24,280
Brian and Melvyn have made it

455
00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:26,480
to Chuxi Village...

456
00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,920
Just picked it up and took it off
<font color="

457
00:22:28,920 --> 00:22:30,400
Could have had mine, couldn't he?

458
00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,640
..to work for Mr Xu in exchange
for bed and board.

459
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:35,560
Look at this.

460
00:22:35,560 --> 00:22:37,920
This is a... Look at this place.

461
00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,600
I've never seen anything like this.
This is amazing.

462
00:22:45,080 --> 00:22:48,720
<font color="
by the Hakka people,

463
00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:54,960
tulous, fortified earthen homes
that housed hundreds of people each,

464
00:22:54,960 --> 00:23:00,680
protecting entire communities from
invaders, thieves and wild animals.

465
00:23:04,320 --> 00:23:06,200
The chef... The chef is brilliant.

466
00:23:06,200 --> 00:23:08,040
Looks brilliant. Beautiful.

467
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,000
<font color="

468
00:23:13,720 --> 00:23:15,120
Is it good?

469
00:23:18,040 --> 00:23:20,000
Is it chicken?

470
00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:22,760
Chicken? Cluck-cluck-cluck-cluck?

471
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:24,560
THEY LAUGH

472
00:23:24,560 --> 00:23:28,440
And that's...?
Is that, what... Moo? Moo?

473
00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:30,520
Moo? Yeah? Yeah. That's moo.

474
00:23:30,520 --> 00:23:32,840
Whoa! And beer.

475
00:23:33,840 --> 00:23:35,440
<font color="

476
00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:38,360
Oh, I like this man's style.
I really do.

477
00:23:38,360 --> 00:23:39,880
Whisky.

478
00:23:39,880 --> 00:23:41,320
Chinese whisky.

479
00:23:41,320 --> 00:23:43,960
Whisky?

480
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,480
He said it's whisky!

481
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,040
Cheers. Yeah, cheers. Cheers.
<font color="

482
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,680
LAUGHTER

483
00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:53,680
It's like moonshine!

484
00:23:53,680 --> 00:23:56,080
Oh! Oh!

485
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:57,520
Oh, dear.

486
00:23:58,520 --> 00:24:00,400
That'll make me hair grow back!

487
00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:01,920
No more, no more.

488
00:24:03,840 --> 00:24:10,120
Melvyn persuaded me that we don't
go as far south as I wanted to.

489
00:24:10,120 --> 00:24:11,920
<font color="
See you later.

490
00:24:11,920 --> 00:24:13,640
Goodnight. Goodnight. Goodnight.

491
00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:17,240
Melvyn has made that decision,
and I've followed it.

492
00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:18,480
We're up at five.

493
00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:20,680
Rest me aching bones!

494
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:22,560
This has been a long day.

495
00:24:23,840 --> 00:24:26,360
<font color="
to this home stay.

496
00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:29,000
I was adamant that it
made more sense to do that.

497
00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,280
Hey, I reckon you've got the best
bedroom. It's pissing me off a bit.

498
00:24:31,280 --> 00:24:33,200
I'll swap with you. I don't...
You can have the big one.

499
00:24:33,200 --> 00:24:35,680
<font color="
here, Melv. What, my snoring?

500
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,080
Mm.

501
00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,080
MELV CHUCKLES

502
00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:40,840
I don't push myself, in a way.

503
00:24:40,840 --> 00:24:43,560
I would have given in
to him eventually.

504
00:24:43,560 --> 00:24:45,880
But I feel good about the fact
<font color="

505
00:24:45,880 --> 00:24:48,800
he thought about it,
and got on board with me.

506
00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,520
Eventually he did see sense.

507
00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:53,040
Have a good night.

508
00:24:53,040 --> 00:24:55,240
I'll try not to snore too loud!
HE LAUGHS

509
00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:57,280
DOOR CREAKS LOUDLY

510
00:24:57,280 --> 00:24:58,880
That's a creaky one!

511
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,520
<font color="

512
00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:11,240
So beautiful. Wow.

513
00:25:12,760 --> 00:25:16,520
Riding a bullet train
towards the city Guilin,

514
00:25:16,520 --> 00:25:18,640
Elizabeth and Letitia.

515
00:25:18,640 --> 00:25:21,280
We're going through the mountains!

516
00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,560
Speeding through Hunan province
and the Guangxi region,

517
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:32,680
<font color="
over 250 million years old.

518
00:25:34,520 --> 00:25:37,720
I can stare at this view all day.

519
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:42,000
Remind me a little bit of,
um, skittles.

520
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,200
Little...

521
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,200
SHE CLICKS TONGUE

522
00:25:44,200 --> 00:25:45,760
..green skittles.

523
00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:48,600
I think Letitia will be
<font color="

524
00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:53,040
We need to get the bus
to Longji tomorrow.

525
00:25:53,040 --> 00:25:57,240
Rice paddies - finally!
It'll be exciting.

526
00:25:57,240 --> 00:25:58,840
Prayers are coming true.

527
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:12,520
I'm glad I put that knee bandage on.

528
00:26:12,520 --> 00:26:15,040
Yeah. Watch this bit here, Melv.
Yeah.

529
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,240
<font color="

530
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:18,600
I'm sweating.

531
00:26:18,600 --> 00:26:20,880
..amongst the forests of Fujian,

532
00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:23,600
where the tigers of South China
once roamed...

533
00:26:23,600 --> 00:26:25,800
For want of a better phrase,
I'm fucked!

534
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,960
..Mr Xu's family have worked
the land for nearly two centuries.

535
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:31,560
<font color="

536
00:26:31,560 --> 00:26:33,000
It's actually quite nice.

537
00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:34,680
It's lovely, innit?

538
00:26:34,680 --> 00:26:37,800
Brian and Melvyn are
repaying his hospitality,

539
00:26:37,800 --> 00:26:41,040
scaling a mountain
to harvest bamboo,

540
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:44,800
a staple for both local cuisine
and construction.

541
00:26:44,800 --> 00:26:47,440
<font color="
ever since we've been in China.

542
00:26:47,440 --> 00:26:48,920
Melvyn. What?

543
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:50,640
It's absolutely ridiculous.

544
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:54,440
Pandas come from China! You're not
going to see a panda in here, Melv.

545
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:56,080
Did we sign up for this?

546
00:26:56,080 --> 00:26:58,400
<font color="
to cut bamboo shoots?

547
00:26:59,480 --> 00:27:02,000
So, cut it straight down, yeah?
Try that, bro.

548
00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:06,520
You cut one yet, Melv?
Well, there's summat here.

549
00:27:06,520 --> 00:27:07,920
Oh, no, that's a bottle top.

550
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:11,000
We're a couple of old blokes,

551
00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:13,120
<font color="

552
00:27:14,200 --> 00:27:17,240
But if we can use our skills that
we've acquired over the years

553
00:27:17,240 --> 00:27:21,000
to give us a bit of an advantage,
that's our game plan.

554
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,840
Army days, Melv.
Remember when you were a soldier?

555
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:26,440
It reminds me of Belize 50 year ago.

556
00:27:28,160 --> 00:27:31,320
<font color="
I joined the Army,

557
00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,560
and I did seven years in the Army.

558
00:27:33,560 --> 00:27:37,320
Armalite and backpack,
tracking through stuff like this.

559
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:40,080
And from that I did a bit of
painting and decorating.

560
00:27:40,080 --> 00:27:41,640
Then I joined the Prison Service.

561
00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:44,280
<font color="
of private eye work.

562
00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:47,600
I used to run a karaoke evening,

563
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:50,960
and I like Elvis Presley,
a lot of Elvis's songs,

564
00:27:50,960 --> 00:27:52,840
so I nick...
I called myself Melvis.

565
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:55,000
<font color="

566
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,520
That'll be 30 quid please,
labour cost.

567
00:27:57,520 --> 00:27:59,680
And then I trained to be
a driving instructor,

568
00:27:59,680 --> 00:28:02,240
and that's what I've been
doing ever since.

569
00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:04,000
<font color="

570
00:28:04,000 --> 00:28:06,920
but I've always worked to my means
and spent to my means.

571
00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:10,040
I've got four shirts for 9.99.
That's OK.

572
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:13,920
I'm comfortable in my bamboo,
lightweight, soft,

573
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,120
sweatproof, really nice stuff.

574
00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:17,400
<font color="

575
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:20,480
Well, it doesn't...
It's not actually.

576
00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:24,440
I managed to sell my company
many years ago.

577
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:28,720
I'm fortunate that I do have
the money to do what I want to do.

578
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,080
He's always been a hard worker.
<font color="

579
00:28:32,080 --> 00:28:34,200
But with Brian,
it wasn't physical work,

580
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:38,680
it was mental work, and it was
stressful work for him as well.

581
00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:40,240
There you go!

582
00:28:40,240 --> 00:28:42,200
Is that good? Yeah.

583
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,320
Is that it, then?

584
00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:44,320
<font color="

585
00:28:44,320 --> 00:28:46,520
Aah!

586
00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:49,800
He's a good lad, and to end up
where he's ended up is brilliant.

587
00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,640
I'm really proud of him
for doing it.

588
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,000
What have we managed to get?

589
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,280
Marvellous.

590
00:28:56,280 --> 00:28:58,080
OK, we're off.

591
00:29:02,720 --> 00:29:05,520
<font color="
you, Mr Xu. Thank you very much.

592
00:29:05,520 --> 00:29:08,600
Right. So, we need to go to
the train station.

593
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:11,720
Inquire about tickets.
Go as far south as we can get.

594
00:29:19,160 --> 00:29:20,840
<font color="

595
00:29:20,840 --> 00:29:22,120
It does look nice.

596
00:29:23,400 --> 00:29:25,920
City-hopping along the coast,

597
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:30,440
Fin and Sioned have travelled
700km to reach Zhuhai.

598
00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:33,640
Known as the Chinese Riviera,

599
00:29:33,640 --> 00:29:36,400
it is one of the most prosperous
regions in China.

600
00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:41,800
<font color="
with big buildings

601
00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,720
that go on straight to a beach.

602
00:29:44,840 --> 00:29:47,440
I would definitely never have
thought this would be in China.

603
00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,080
The sea looks like home water.

604
00:29:51,080 --> 00:29:52,520
So chill.

605
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,520
I mean, Wales has beautiful beaches.

606
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:57,120
<font color="
New...St Davids and stuff

607
00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,720
and like Barafundle. Yeah.

608
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,760
It's a lot more of a peaceful life.
It is.

609
00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:06,160
At home, we don't really have
hard decisions to make,

610
00:30:06,160 --> 00:30:08,560
and we can depend on other people.

611
00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:13,680
<font color="
we have no experience at anything.

612
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,640
I think we're forgetting the fact
that we're 18 and 19

613
00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:20,880
and we have got from like above
Beijing to Zhuhai.

614
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,880
Yeah. By ourselves, basically, like.

615
00:30:23,880 --> 00:30:27,360
<font color="
you know, our local train station,

616
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,200
there's two platforms.

617
00:30:30,200 --> 00:30:33,280
Even then, we still have to ask
someone which platform it is.

618
00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,360
So, to be in a train station
where there's 24 platforms,

619
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:42,440
it's in Mandarin, it's absolutely
<font color="

620
00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:46,360
I like going to beaches
and stuff when I am home.

621
00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,880
It's just like quite nice for me
to just be able to just

622
00:30:49,880 --> 00:30:53,960
stop for a minute
and have that, like...

623
00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,280
..home feeling maybe.

624
00:30:58,280 --> 00:31:00,640
How are you feeling
<font color="

625
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:04,080
..like not being able
to speak to your mum?

626
00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:11,520
SHE SNIFFLES

627
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,520
Deep breath.

628
00:31:17,520 --> 00:31:19,080
Count to ten.

629
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:25,600
What is it that you miss?

630
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,480
That familiarity.
I like to have that.

631
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:31,880
<font color="
away from everyone we know

632
00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:37,040
and basically just
having each other.

633
00:31:37,040 --> 00:31:39,080
SHE SNIFFS

634
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:41,280
Do you regret it?

635
00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:42,800
No.

636
00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,520
I know I need to do it.

637
00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:50,880
It's like speaking
and thinking about home,

638
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:54,040
<font color="
because I know, like...

639
00:31:54,040 --> 00:31:58,040
..as much as I feel like I want
to be home right now,

640
00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,640
I definitely don't.
If I was home, I'd want to be here.

641
00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:02,360
I'm just trying to adapt to China,

642
00:32:02,360 --> 00:32:05,480
adapt to the language,
<font color="

643
00:32:05,480 --> 00:32:08,960
Trying to build up my confidence
to be a bit more risky.

644
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:11,440
Everyone misses you. Don't worry.

645
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,920
That's not helping. OK.

646
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:15,040
Nobody misses you.

647
00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:16,720
Oh... No. Sorry.

648
00:32:16,720 --> 00:32:18,680
<font color="

649
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:27,120
PRONOUNCING DIFFERENTLY: Bath. Bath.

650
00:32:27,120 --> 00:32:28,760
Baahth. Barth.

651
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,480
It's not barth!
It would B-A-R-T-H, wouldn't it?

652
00:32:32,480 --> 00:32:35,120
So half the population is right
<font color="

653
00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,280
Yes, my popu... My side's right.

654
00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:39,760
Madness.

655
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,120
Brian and Melvyn's push south
has brought them

656
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:46,240
to the city of Guangzhou.

657
00:32:48,320 --> 00:32:50,360
ANNOUNCEMENT:

658
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,200
Oh. Is that what that says?

659
00:32:54,200 --> 00:32:56,960
<font color="

660
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:03,880
We have a major problem. Apparently
there's a typhoon warning,

661
00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:07,680
and it's south of the island
that we want to go to.

662
00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,360
No buses at all tomorrow
because of the typhoon.

663
00:33:10,360 --> 00:33:13,240
<font color="
are still running.

664
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,640
Takes us to Zhanjiang,

665
00:33:15,640 --> 00:33:20,040
which is within spitting distance
to the island.

666
00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,680
It's not going to do our budget
any good at all.

667
00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:26,640
That's 520 yuan.

668
00:33:26,640 --> 00:33:28,160
But it gets us there.

669
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,080
<font color="
and we can't move,

670
00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:32,920
we've got no choice -
it's the bullet train.

671
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:34,160
We said we were going to get there.

672
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,320
We've got to get there.

673
00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:36,320
BRIAN SIGHS

674
00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:39,000
That's 500. I've got 500.
How much have you got?

675
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:42,320
<font color="
take my pants off to have a look.

676
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:43,600
Well, it...

677
00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:51,000
That was discreet, wasn't it?

678
00:33:52,720 --> 00:33:54,160
CAROLINE: We want to head south

679
00:33:54,160 --> 00:33:57,000
and we want to get there
as quickly as possible.

680
00:33:57,000 --> 00:33:58,480
Travel, travel, travel.

681
00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:00,040
<font color="

682
00:34:00,040 --> 00:34:02,480
Zhanjiang, fair enough?
Let's do that. Yeah. OK.

683
00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:06,160
..but unaware of the impending
typhoon, Caroline and Tom.

684
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,199
Do you have tickets to Zhanjiang?

685
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:13,920
Oh, no.

686
00:34:13,920 --> 00:34:16,440
All tickets for today are sold out.

687
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:17,840
<font color="

688
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:19,920
Tomorrow afternoon, please.

689
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,080
Oh, it's just stressful, I hate
this. I hate booking tickets.

690
00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:24,320
I hate this part.

691
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:27,560
Being fifth,
I felt most bad for Mum.

692
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:29,719
Oh, my shoulders are hurting!

693
00:34:29,719 --> 00:34:32,480
<font color="
the problem with coming last.

694
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,920
We just have to suck it up.

695
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,920
SHE CHUCKLES

696
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,800
Cos I just keep on thinking
how she's going to feel

697
00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:41,800
if we get to that book
and it says last again.

698
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:43,360
<font color="

699
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,760
We've sacrificed experience
to gain speed. Yeah, yeah.

700
00:34:45,760 --> 00:34:48,520
We've booked the expensive trains,
done the bullet trains.

701
00:34:48,520 --> 00:34:52,080
We've got a train booked
to Zhanjiang tomorrow,

702
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:55,000
the earliest one we could,
<font color="

703
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,480
and earn some money
back on the budget. OK.

704
00:34:57,480 --> 00:35:00,760
Enjoy today. Work tomorrow. Race.

705
00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:01,840
Perfect.

706
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:03,560
Let's get in the spirit, Mama.

707
00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:04,960
Yep, I'll be fine.

708
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,680
<font color="
standing, potentially.

709
00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:13,560
But for some reason we've chosen
to hang out by the toilet.

710
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,320
I'm not sure why.

711
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,320
GAZ LAUGHS

712
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:20,360
With three teams
positioned along the coast,

713
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,480
<font color="
their way inland,

714
00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:28,800
heading to Jiangtou to work
and stay on a local family farm.

715
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:30,680
Growing up in a Chinese family,

716
00:35:30,680 --> 00:35:33,800
I know how much food is kind of
like the central focal point,

717
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,840
and I know we'll be fed
<font color="

718
00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:38,240
They will want to share everything.

719
00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:40,600
They're going to be really proud
of what they produce,

720
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:43,000
how they turn that
into food for the family.

721
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:45,480
And I think that experience
is priceless, really.

722
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:54,280
<font color="

723
00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:56,600
Oh, wow, look. Look.

724
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,240
That looks so neat and organised.
Oh, whoa, look at that.

725
00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:01,600
They look so neat.

726
00:36:01,600 --> 00:36:04,440
Elizabeth and Letitia
have made it to Longji...

727
00:36:05,640 --> 00:36:08,040
Take off your socks, man.
<font color="

728
00:36:08,040 --> 00:36:09,480
No, I'll wear your socks after.

729
00:36:09,480 --> 00:36:12,600
No, cos I'm going to wear my socks
after. What do you mean?!

730
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,520
..to fulfil a lifelong dream
of Letitia's...

731
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,600
No rain can bother me.

732
00:36:19,600 --> 00:36:22,920
Looks like ripples in the sea.
<font color="

733
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:26,040
..and experience one of
the world's finest examples

734
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:28,240
of agricultural ingenuity.

735
00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:40,560
Built over 700 years ago
by the Zhuang and Yao minorities,

736
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:46,320
more than 70 square kilometres of
cascading rice terraces weave along

737
00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,400
<font color="
the steep mountain slopes.

738
00:36:51,000 --> 00:36:54,120
Being in the clouds,
one with the rice,

739
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,920
one with the rain.

740
00:36:54,120 --> 00:36:56,920
ELIZABETH LAUGHS

741
00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:01,880
It's a shame that we can't see
the whole of the field really.

742
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:04,200
But I like the ambience.

743
00:37:04,200 --> 00:37:08,200
<font color="
like, a unique experience, you know?

744
00:37:08,200 --> 00:37:11,360
I would be more comfortable
in the sun, honestly.

745
00:37:11,360 --> 00:37:13,880
I was dressed for the sun.

746
00:37:13,880 --> 00:37:17,040
Oh, I just love the smell!
Don't you love the smell?

747
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:19,360
You feeling very happy?
<font color="

748
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,320
It's good that you're enjoying it.

749
00:37:21,320 --> 00:37:23,160
Yeah, I'm really enjoying it. Good.

750
00:37:25,680 --> 00:37:29,360
Letitia was very extroverted,
actually, when she was young.

751
00:37:29,360 --> 00:37:31,040
LETITIA LAUGHS

752
00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:33,280
She was very loud.
She would always want to be,

753
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:36,520
<font color="
and sing.

754
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,920
It almost looks like
the ripples in ice cream.

755
00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:41,920
Mm.

756
00:37:41,920 --> 00:37:45,960
When I went to Italy,
Letitia was still a teenager.

757
00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,280
There was more than ten years,
really, that we were apart.

758
00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,840
<font color="
Yeah, I think so.

759
00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:56,120
When I came back to the UK,
Letitia had become quite anxious

760
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:59,200
and she had this introverted
quietness to her.

761
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:03,320
She definitely got a bit shyer,
a little bit more reserved.

762
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,000
<font color="

763
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:08,720
but, you know, it's great we
went over there anyway. Mm.

764
00:38:08,720 --> 00:38:11,800
It was something that you really
wanted to do for a long time, so.

765
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,720
Yeah. Yeah.

766
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:22,080
I'm just happy that I came here.

767
00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:25,440
<font color="
um, yeah, I just love it.

768
00:38:25,440 --> 00:38:27,440
It just fascinates me, really. Mm.

769
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,840
Cos I remember you just
started having this love...

770
00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:34,000
Like, your love
for Asia started with China.

771
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,440
<font color="

772
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:38,520
I was just, like, down all the time.

773
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:43,520
When I wasn't feeling my best,
I would watch, like, an Asian movie

774
00:38:43,520 --> 00:38:46,080
or something and it would
just make me feel better. Mm.

775
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:52,920
I was just one of those teenagers
<font color="

776
00:38:52,920 --> 00:38:56,800
I didn't really understand
who I was. Bit depressed.

777
00:38:56,800 --> 00:39:01,440
And I feel like Asia...culture
kind of like woke me up, I guess.

778
00:39:01,440 --> 00:39:05,160
Cos I feel like I was just
so, like, stagnant.

779
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:07,840
It gave me a goal to work towards.

780
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:11,000
<font color="
maybe I can go study there,

781
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:13,400
maybe I can, you know,
learn the language.

782
00:39:13,400 --> 00:39:16,200
So it gave me something
to, like, look forward to.

783
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,680
It was definitely an escapism.

784
00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:22,360
It was a safe space because
<font color="

785
00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:35,000
It's hard for me to think
that you've gone through that

786
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,360
and that I wasn't there.

787
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:40,760
It's OK.

788
00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:43,680
I'm so glad we came today.

789
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:45,760
It's lived up to my expectations.

790
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:48,880
Yeah. I really liked it.

791
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:52,520
<font color="
to, you know, do it,

792
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:58,240
and also with you, just for you to,
you know, see part of my interest.

793
00:39:58,240 --> 00:40:02,320
And this is definitely me
getting to know you a lot more.

794
00:40:02,320 --> 00:40:04,800
It's nice actually
experiencing it with you.

795
00:40:04,800 --> 00:40:07,560
<font color="
wanted to come to China, I think,

796
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,440
with anybody else but you, honestly.

797
00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:13,880
I would be highly offended if you
went with someone else and not me!

798
00:40:13,880 --> 00:40:15,520
You wouldn't survive!

799
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:30,080
Jiangtou, 117km south
in the Guangxi region.

800
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:33,960
<font color="

801
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:35,960
Mm! The fish is very good, eh?

802
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,240
Beautiful.

803
00:40:37,240 --> 00:40:40,440
This is the best food we've
had in China since we've been here.

804
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:45,000
Yin and Gaz are spending the evening
with Mr Lou and his family.

805
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:47,720
Number one food. Really good.

806
00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:49,240
<font color="

807
00:40:51,080 --> 00:40:54,360
Yeah, that's like, uh, fish.
Fish. You catch it?

808
00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,000
"The fish was caught this afternoon
to entertain our esteemed guests."

809
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,480
Oh! Oh, thank you! Xiexie. Xiexie.

810
00:41:00,480 --> 00:41:03,440
<font color="

811
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:05,480
I am going to have
to stop soon, though.

812
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:06,960
Bao, bao!

813
00:41:06,960 --> 00:41:10,080
THEY LAUGH

814
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,520
How long have you had the farm?

815
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:14,080
20...
20?

816
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:16,240
..four.
BOTH: 24!

817
00:41:16,240 --> 00:41:18,240
<font color="

818
00:41:18,240 --> 00:41:20,720
Yeah. Yeah.
And do you have children?

819
00:41:20,720 --> 00:41:22,640
UNTRANSLATED

820
00:41:22,640 --> 00:41:24,480
Two children? Mm-hm.

821
00:41:24,480 --> 00:41:26,960
We...one daughter. Mm.

822
00:41:31,080 --> 00:41:32,480
That dinner was good, wasn't it?

823
00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:34,880
<font color="

824
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:38,080
When we used to be as a family,
instead of like Sunday roast,

825
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,600
that'd be our equivalent
of the Sunday Chinese dinner.

826
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:43,800
Doing a pork chop stew.
Oh, I loved that one!

827
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,240
Do you miss that kind of food?

828
00:41:45,240 --> 00:41:47,640
<font color="
now for about three years.

829
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:50,120
Chicken's feet in black bean sauce
is still my favourite.

830
00:41:50,120 --> 00:41:52,680
But also, Autumn likes it as well.

831
00:41:52,680 --> 00:41:54,640
Little AB's birthday yesterday.

832
00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,880
It seems strange cos, like,
23 years of her birthdays,

833
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,440
<font color="
not going to be with her.

834
00:42:04,720 --> 00:42:06,400
We had quite a long marriage.

835
00:42:06,400 --> 00:42:09,480
We did have a child,
our daughter, Autumn.

836
00:42:09,480 --> 00:42:13,280
Of all things, that's probably the
thing we're proud of the most. Mm.

837
00:42:13,280 --> 00:42:16,520
<font color="
split up, we still came together

838
00:42:16,520 --> 00:42:19,240
for birthdays, whether it was mine,
yours or Autumn's.

839
00:42:19,240 --> 00:42:20,720
They've always been fun.

840
00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:23,480
We've always managed to put our
differences aside for Autumn. Yeah.

841
00:42:23,480 --> 00:42:26,200
<font color="
how it works, but it works.

842
00:42:26,200 --> 00:42:28,440
Yeah. But it does.

843
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,240
It's unique, but it does.

844
00:42:35,120 --> 00:42:37,840
Also, it's quite sad that we're
not with her for her birthday.

845
00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,120
Yeah. It's all right, don't cry.
It's fine.

846
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:42,680
<font color="

847
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:48,280
Taking part in the race,
Autumn sees it as...

848
00:42:48,280 --> 00:42:52,080
..I don't know,
like a last adventure together.

849
00:42:52,080 --> 00:42:55,000
Time has moved on.
Autumn is now grown up.

850
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,800
We both are different people.

851
00:42:57,800 --> 00:43:00,920
She understands me and Gaz
<font color="

852
00:43:00,920 --> 00:43:02,960
living our own lives.

853
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:06,720
We still want to be
supportive of each other,

854
00:43:06,720 --> 00:43:10,640
but me and Gaz want to get back
to engaging with life again

855
00:43:10,640 --> 00:43:14,000
and start enjoying it again.

856
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:15,680
GAZ LAUGHS

857
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,120
<font color="
each other. Sorry!

858
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,160
THEY LAUGH

859
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:36,760
Thomas, this is it!

860
00:43:36,760 --> 00:43:39,440
With a few hours remaining
before their train departs

861
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:40,800
towards the checkpoint...

862
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:44,640
..Caroline and Tom have
picked up work in Foshan...

863
00:43:45,680 --> 00:43:48,080
<font color="

864
00:43:48,080 --> 00:43:50,520
..the kung fu capital of China

865
00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:54,520
and birthplace of Bruce Lee's
legendary master, Ip Man.

866
00:43:57,800 --> 00:43:59,480
I think Thomas is loving this.

867
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,320
He's desperately wanting to watch,
but he has to get on with his job.

868
00:44:05,080 --> 00:44:07,040
Oh, you'll like this, Mum,
<font color="

869
00:44:07,040 --> 00:44:08,800
Up. All the way.

870
00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:11,360
OK.

871
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:13,920
Look at the speed!

872
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:15,680
Ah, I don't do anything slowly.

873
00:44:15,680 --> 00:44:17,360
Ah, bathrooms.

874
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:20,840
I love to be busy all the time.

875
00:44:20,840 --> 00:44:23,160
I'm quite a restless person.

876
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,200
<font color="

877
00:44:25,200 --> 00:44:28,800
She'll be happy
and having a good time.

878
00:44:28,800 --> 00:44:31,240
That's just genuinely
what she enjoys.

879
00:44:31,240 --> 00:44:33,760
She just took the broom
and she was straight off.

880
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:35,440
Just Speedy Gonzales.

881
00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:39,680
Mum's role when I was a kid
<font color="

882
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:43,680
everything at home is in order
while Dad's out working.

883
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:46,600
It's very much a, um...
old-fashioned upbringing,

884
00:44:46,600 --> 00:44:50,520
with Dad being the provider and Mum
being kind of the stay-at-home mum.

885
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:51,880
How did you lift that? It's heavy.

886
00:44:51,880 --> 00:44:54,160
<font color="

887
00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:58,000
I do feel until now my life has
largely been predetermined

888
00:44:58,000 --> 00:44:59,800
and traditional.

889
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:02,720
When I got married,
I gave up working.

890
00:45:02,720 --> 00:45:05,720
My husband was happy to work
and wanted me to stay at home.

891
00:45:05,720 --> 00:45:08,080
<font color="

892
00:45:09,440 --> 00:45:12,160
I don't financially
contribute at home,

893
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:15,120
and I do feel guilty. Um...

894
00:45:15,120 --> 00:45:17,240
And it doesn't make you
feel good you.

895
00:45:17,240 --> 00:45:20,680
It makes you feel literally
not as important.

896
00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:25,680
I think for Mum, that's just part
<font color="

897
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:28,080
And she's...
I think she quite enjoys it,

898
00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:31,120
you know, like being
needed and wanted.

899
00:45:31,120 --> 00:45:33,360
I genuinely don't even know who
Mum would be without those things

900
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,640
because I've never really seen it.

901
00:45:35,640 --> 00:45:40,360
<font color="
really for the past 20-odd years.

902
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:43,400
I haven't done something
that comes from my soul

903
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:48,440
that means something
really, really important to me.

904
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:52,440
I want to prove that I can add
value and do something fulfilling.

905
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:56,320
<font color="
means more than just a race to me.

906
00:45:58,040 --> 00:45:59,960
Oh! Oh!

907
00:45:59,960 --> 00:46:01,800
Oh, my God!

908
00:46:01,800 --> 00:46:04,040
Look at the size of that spider.

909
00:46:04,040 --> 00:46:05,960
I can't see it. Well, come closer.

910
00:46:05,960 --> 00:46:07,520
Look at that.

911
00:46:07,520 --> 00:46:09,560
Oh, that's massive!

912
00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:11,200
<font color="

913
00:46:11,200 --> 00:46:13,080
Oh! Oh!

914
00:46:13,080 --> 00:46:15,280
Thomas, how do you expect
to be a kung fu master

915
00:46:15,280 --> 00:46:18,000
if you can't even
cope with a spider?

916
00:46:18,000 --> 00:46:19,880
HE GRUNTS

917
00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:23,680
Before departing, there's time
to spar with Master Dong.

918
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:30,920
Ryu.

919
00:46:30,920 --> 00:46:32,800
<font color="
ALL: Ho!

920
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:35,040
Oh. I have!
Ho!

921
00:46:35,040 --> 00:46:36,400
Ho!

922
00:46:39,520 --> 00:46:40,600
One.

923
00:46:41,640 --> 00:46:43,840
This is going to tire us out
before we can race!

924
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:46,040
It's great seeing Mum
doing something like this.

925
00:46:46,040 --> 00:46:47,680
<font color="

926
00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:50,040
Hyah!
Hyah!

927
00:46:50,040 --> 00:46:52,600
She's just quite tough.
She doesn't stop.

928
00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:54,360
Ho!

929
00:46:54,360 --> 00:46:56,520
Yeah, mama do it.

930
00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:58,680
Mum, you got this. Oh, gosh, OK.

931
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:04,720
Thank you, Master Dong.
<font color="

932
00:47:06,480 --> 00:47:07,840
Back in race mode. Yeah.

933
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:11,200
It's nice to know that this is
potentially, hopefully...

934
00:47:11,200 --> 00:47:13,800
The last day. ..definitely
the last day of this leg.

935
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,560
As Caroline and Tom head
<font color="

936
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:29,880
GAZ: Oh, I think... Oh, I'm in luck.

937
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:31,320
Yeah.

938
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:33,000
Yeah, I got a big one.

939
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:36,480
.before making their way
to the checkpoint,

940
00:47:36,480 --> 00:47:39,880
Yin and Gaz are paying for
last night's accommodation...

941
00:47:39,880 --> 00:47:41,880
<font color="

942
00:47:43,800 --> 00:47:46,040
..digging lotus roots...

943
00:47:46,040 --> 00:47:49,600
Our host has just turned up
in his jeans and gone straight in!

944
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:51,880
..central to Chinese cuisine.

945
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:55,640
Their host, Mr Lou, will sell
this morning's harvest

946
00:47:55,640 --> 00:47:57,840
at the local market.

947
00:47:57,840 --> 00:47:59,920
<font color="

948
00:47:59,920 --> 00:48:02,440
Whoa, look at the size of that one!
That's a good one!

949
00:48:03,960 --> 00:48:06,480
This is what I think
of rural China -

950
00:48:06,480 --> 00:48:09,200
picturesque scenery, agriculture.

951
00:48:10,720 --> 00:48:12,720
Whoa. Careful, careful.

952
00:48:15,360 --> 00:48:16,960
I keep falling over.

953
00:48:16,960 --> 00:48:18,520
<font color="

954
00:48:18,520 --> 00:48:22,640
Rural China is interspersed
with industrial China,

955
00:48:22,640 --> 00:48:26,000
but then you get rewarded
with views like this.

956
00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,400
You feel like such a small speck

957
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:31,600
when you're surrounded by these
magnificent mountains.

958
00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,520
<font color="

959
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:37,920
Ta-da!

960
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:41,600
We did all this. This.

961
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,360
This is the China
that I wanted to see.

962
00:48:47,360 --> 00:48:49,400
I feel quite honoured
to have experienced that,

963
00:48:49,400 --> 00:48:52,120
and to have experienced it
<font color="

964
00:48:52,120 --> 00:48:55,080
You're wonderful! Thank you, sir!

965
00:48:55,080 --> 00:48:59,120
After a morning's hard work,
Yin and Gaz...

966
00:48:59,120 --> 00:49:00,880
We're going to try to get to Sanya.

967
00:49:00,880 --> 00:49:02,320
..join the other four teams.

968
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:03,880
Place it. Place?

969
00:49:03,880 --> 00:49:05,600
<font color="

970
00:49:07,880 --> 00:49:11,360
To get there,
they need to reach Xuwen Port

971
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:15,200
and board a ferry to
Haikou is Hainan Island,

972
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,480
before travelling a further 280km

973
00:49:18,480 --> 00:49:21,520
to the second checkpoint, Sanya.

974
00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:27,560
If we can get to the checkpoint
<font color="

975
00:49:27,560 --> 00:49:29,880
Yeah. Do the last 200-300 miles.
It's worth the money, it's worth

976
00:49:29,880 --> 00:49:32,960
the early start if we can get there
today. If we get there today, yeah.

977
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:37,240
That's subject to the typhoon
<font color="

978
00:49:37,240 --> 00:49:39,640
Just hope. If the transport's
not working, we're stuck,

979
00:49:39,640 --> 00:49:41,200
and we're stuck for a day.

980
00:49:42,480 --> 00:49:46,880
Approaching from the southeast,
Typhoon Trami,

981
00:49:46,880 --> 00:49:51,800
bringing torrential rain,
high winds, and major disruption.

982
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:55,880
<font color="
the window, it's so gross.

983
00:49:55,880 --> 00:50:00,600
Once a storm hits, all transport
is typically suspended,

984
00:50:00,600 --> 00:50:03,760
meaning teams risk being
stranded on the mainland.

985
00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:05,160
The weather's bad.

986
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:07,680
I'm not feeling
<font color="

987
00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:17,520
Elizabeth and Letitia are the first
team to set foot on Hainan.

988
00:50:17,520 --> 00:50:19,080
Oh, it's very slippery.

989
00:50:19,080 --> 00:50:21,640
Feeling a bit nervous, actually.

990
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:23,560
Oh, it's raining.

991
00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:25,480
Typhoon might be on its way.

992
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:26,840
Chop-chop-chop!

993
00:50:28,160 --> 00:50:31,280
<font color="
so we're on the road already?

994
00:50:31,280 --> 00:50:34,120
Yeah, let's just get moving.

995
00:50:34,120 --> 00:50:37,280
Oh, there's literally
torrential rain.

996
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:39,960
This bus seems very slow.

997
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:42,880
Do you think we could have
potentially lost our lead?

998
00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:46,560
<font color="
That would be faster.

999
00:50:46,560 --> 00:50:49,640
I just hope that we're
not so far behind.

1000
00:50:49,640 --> 00:50:51,720
ELIZABETH SIGHS

1001
00:50:51,720 --> 00:50:55,680
As the sisters begin an arduous
bus journey south to Sanya...

1002
00:50:55,680 --> 00:50:58,080
What's the Titanic?

1003
00:50:58,080 --> 00:51:00,000
<font color="
for that.

1004
00:51:00,000 --> 00:51:02,200
Oh, I'll stay along the side.
It's safer!

1005
00:51:02,200 --> 00:51:04,840
..two other teams are
approaching the island.

1006
00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:06,600
So excited to get to the checkpoint.

1007
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:09,520
It felt impossible, but we're
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1008
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:10,960
Yeah, I'm happy.

1009
00:51:10,960 --> 00:51:13,480
BRIAN: Keep going. Keep going.

1010
00:51:13,480 --> 00:51:15,760
Got a bit of a breeze going
through the hair.

1011
00:51:15,760 --> 00:51:17,360
Typhoon, innit?

1012
00:51:17,360 --> 00:51:18,760
Two tickets to Sanya.

1013
00:51:20,600 --> 00:51:23,400
That's a result.
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1014
00:51:24,680 --> 00:51:26,400
Ah!

1015
00:51:26,400 --> 00:51:28,240
END: Oh!
Finally!

1016
00:51:28,240 --> 00:51:30,120
I'm sorry. Place? Place?

1017
00:51:30,120 --> 00:51:31,680
Tonight?

1018
00:51:31,680 --> 00:51:33,840
BOTH: Two. Ah.

1019
00:51:33,840 --> 00:51:36,040
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1020
00:51:36,040 --> 00:51:37,880
Ah, butterflies are coming.

1021
00:51:37,880 --> 00:51:39,560
BRIAN: This is the last push.

1022
00:51:39,560 --> 00:51:40,840
What is this?

1023
00:51:40,840 --> 00:51:44,160
BOTH: This is the calm
before the storm.

1024
00:51:52,520 --> 00:51:54,440
Race mode is on.

1025
00:51:54,440 --> 00:51:56,440
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1026
00:51:56,440 --> 00:52:00,800
"Make your way to
Sanya Qi Che Zhan."

1027
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:04,320
"On the Jiefang Road
by any available means."

1028
00:52:04,320 --> 00:52:06,000
Zhan is a station.

1029
00:52:06,000 --> 00:52:08,600
Shall we just flag down a taxi?
No, I think we should walk.

1030
00:52:08,600 --> 00:52:11,400
So, let's just go and we can
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1031
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:16,120
BRIAN: "Sanya Qi Che Zhan
on the Jiefang road."

1032
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:18,440
No?

1033
00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:20,840
Not Russian. I'm not Russian.

1034
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:22,600
He thinks I'm Russian.

1035
00:52:22,600 --> 00:52:24,200
Jiefang Lu? Xiexie.

1036
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:28,480
Is it a hotel maybe? No, no, no.

1037
00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:30,880
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1038
00:52:30,880 --> 00:52:33,480
It's got to be somewhere here.

1039
00:52:33,480 --> 00:52:35,200
Um... Oof!

1040
00:52:35,200 --> 00:52:38,160
I can get you a car. Thank you.
Do you know how much it'll be?

1041
00:52:38,160 --> 00:52:39,960
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1042
00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:41,960
Thank you so much. Xiexie.
Thank you so much.

1043
00:52:41,960 --> 00:52:43,480
Yay!

1044
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:45,880
LETITIA: Why are these
directions not clear?

1045
00:52:45,880 --> 00:52:47,080
Are you with me, Melv?

1046
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:48,720
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1047
00:52:48,720 --> 00:52:52,400
It's absolutely pouring it down
and it's pitch-black.

1048
00:52:52,400 --> 00:52:54,560
See if you can see street names.

1049
00:52:54,560 --> 00:52:57,320
Yeah. It's this one. Yes!

1050
00:52:57,320 --> 00:52:59,440
Ah! This is the station.

1051
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:02,120
Bus station. That sounds right.

1052
00:53:02,120 --> 00:53:04,960
BEEPING

1053
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:09,120
<font color="
to find the beach."

1054
00:53:09,120 --> 00:53:10,680
MELV: Bri, hang on.
Hang on, hang on.

1055
00:53:10,680 --> 00:53:12,680
Line your north up,
line your north up.

1056
00:53:12,680 --> 00:53:16,120
OK, west is not that way.
West is not that way.

1057
00:53:16,120 --> 00:53:17,640
So west is that way.

1058
00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:20,080
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1059
00:53:20,080 --> 00:53:21,640
It's that direction.

1060
00:53:23,080 --> 00:53:25,080
West...should be that way. West...

1061
00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:27,720
Never eat shredded wheat.

1062
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:31,600
Where'd you know...
How do you know where north is?

1063
00:53:33,040 --> 00:53:34,400
Flooded everywhere.

1064
00:53:34,400 --> 00:53:37,920
<font color="
our noses. Follow the wind.

1065
00:53:37,920 --> 00:53:39,240
So it's down here and then...

1066
00:53:39,240 --> 00:53:41,840
No, over...
Over there I think. I don't...

1067
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:43,200
One...

1068
00:53:43,200 --> 00:53:45,080
I feel really, really stupid.

1069
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:47,880
I feel really, really
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1070
00:53:47,880 --> 00:53:50,360
THUNDER RUMBLES

1071
00:53:50,360 --> 00:53:52,480
That's the beach! There you go.

1072
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:54,560
Beach coming up!

1073
00:53:52,480 --> 00:53:54,560
BEEPING

1074
00:53:54,560 --> 00:53:57,160
"Head across the bridge
to find your checkpoint hotel

1075
00:53:57,160 --> 00:53:59,080
"in the Phoenix Island Resort."

1076
00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:00,680
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1077
00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:04,280
Is that it? That's the lights!
Is it the LED?!

1078
00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:08,200
SIONED: There's a bridge
over there, look.

1079
00:54:08,200 --> 00:54:09,840
Go! Run after it.

1080
00:54:09,840 --> 00:54:11,400
Last push, Melv.

1081
00:54:11,400 --> 00:54:13,480
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1082
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:16,640
FIN: So the bridge was to the right?
Yeah.

1083
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:20,720
Oh, my gosh. I don't think
I can run any more.

1084
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:23,680
Come on. We'll make it.

1085
00:54:23,680 --> 00:54:25,200
Oh, my gosh!

1086
00:54:25,200 --> 00:54:27,400
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1087
00:54:31,680 --> 00:54:34,600
Ni hao. Ni hao. Ni hao.

1088
00:54:34,600 --> 00:54:37,160
Please sign in here.

1089
00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:39,480
"Congratulations,
you have successfully reached

1090
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:42,240
"your second checkpoint." Aah!

1091
00:54:42,240 --> 00:54:43,960
Aah!

1092
00:54:43,960 --> 00:54:45,720
<font color="

1093
00:54:47,360 --> 00:54:48,800
Winners!

1094
00:54:48,800 --> 00:54:51,120
What?!

1095
00:54:51,120 --> 00:54:53,080
Wow!

1096
00:54:53,080 --> 00:54:55,440
We're surprising ourselves cos
I think we actually are doing

1097
00:54:55,440 --> 00:54:57,880
quite a few things right. Yeah.

1098
00:54:57,880 --> 00:55:01,560
I feel like this leg, we really
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1099
00:55:01,560 --> 00:55:04,760
Even, like, the rice paddies,
I was so happy,

1100
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:06,720
and it's nice to share it. Mm.

1101
00:55:08,000 --> 00:55:09,520
Oh, yes, yes! Oh!

1102
00:55:09,520 --> 00:55:10,640
Oh!

1103
00:55:12,840 --> 00:55:14,520
We're in second place!

1104
00:55:14,520 --> 00:55:17,160
And look at the time.
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1105
00:55:17,160 --> 00:55:19,120
Don't give me a hug.

1106
00:55:19,120 --> 00:55:22,040
That is a big surprise, isn't it?
It's good.

1107
00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:25,840
We never, ever expected
to pick up places. Never.

1108
00:55:25,840 --> 00:55:29,320
And the time. I'm chuffed on that.
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1109
00:55:29,320 --> 00:55:31,400
I'm absolutely buzzing now.

1110
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:36,240
Ah! Ni hao. Ni hao.

1111
00:55:38,280 --> 00:55:40,520
Oh! Wow! Wow!

1112
00:55:40,520 --> 00:55:43,640
They've made a comeback,
Brian and Melvyn. Wow.

1113
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:46,680
I would have loved to hold that
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1114
00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:48,560
but I'm very happy with third.

1115
00:55:48,560 --> 00:55:51,640
At home our relationship
has no stress,

1116
00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:55,520
so coming here and having
only each other, it's a lot.

1117
00:55:55,520 --> 00:55:57,920
I'm proud of us.
I'm proud of us too.

1118
00:55:57,920 --> 00:56:02,000
<font color="
that I would never want to change.

1119
00:56:02,000 --> 00:56:04,280
And we're both so sweaty. Ah!

1120
00:56:05,840 --> 00:56:09,920
Three pairs have made it to
the second checkpoint in Sanya,

1121
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:12,240
but two teams are yet to arrive.

1122
00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:16,440
It's scary.

1123
00:56:16,440 --> 00:56:17,560
Thank you.

1124
00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:19,400
<font color="

1125
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:21,320
My feet are soaking now.

1126
00:56:21,320 --> 00:56:23,800
I don't know what choice we have.

1127
00:56:23,800 --> 00:56:25,840
The weather's conspired against us.

1128
00:56:29,080 --> 00:56:34,240
..but stranded until morning,
Caroline and Tom.

1129
00:56:34,240 --> 00:56:36,000
So near yet so far.

1130
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,600
I'm worried about how we're going
<font color="

1131
00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:41,120
I think it'll be our fifth again.

1132
00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:43,400
I think we're going to feel
so deflated.

1133
00:56:46,160 --> 00:56:48,480
Still on the mainland...

1134
00:56:48,480 --> 00:56:50,040
Why are we not moving?

1135
00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:51,720
..Yin and Gaz.

1136
00:56:51,720 --> 00:56:52,760
ANNOUNCEMENT:

1137
00:57:02,040 --> 00:57:04,080
PASSENGERS GRUMBLE
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1138
00:57:08,120 --> 00:57:09,520
What is going on?

1139
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:11,080
There's nothing we can do.
We're trapped.

1140
00:57:11,080 --> 00:57:12,680
It's definitely been 12 hours

1141
00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:15,360
and we've gone from here to there,

1142
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:17,960
to back here again.
We haven't gone very far at all.

1143
00:57:17,960 --> 00:57:21,400
I have no words.
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1144
00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:23,960
I'd pull me hair out if I had any!

1145
00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:26,400
We are literally in the hands
of Mother Nature.

1146
00:57:26,400 --> 00:57:28,440
THUNDER CRACKS

1147
00:57:31,880 --> 00:57:34,360
Oof, adrenaline's pumping!

1148
00:57:34,360 --> 00:57:35,920
"The team that arrives
in fifth place...

1149
00:57:35,920 --> 00:57:37,840
<font color="
from the race."

1150
00:57:37,840 --> 00:57:39,240
OK. We're in fight mode now.

1151
00:57:39,240 --> 00:57:40,640
Look at that!

1152
00:57:40,640 --> 00:57:42,240
For the first time in 40 years,

1153
00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:44,480
we've got a different
type of relationship.

1154
00:57:44,480 --> 00:57:47,280
We want more challenges.
I do not want to be going home.

1155
00:57:47,280 --> 00:57:49,720
<font color="
fall in love with China,

1156
00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:51,560
I don't know what will.

1157
00:57:51,560 --> 00:57:53,720
No! We have caught up!

1158
00:57:53,720 --> 00:57:56,360
We're 1-0 down at half-time.
I'm not panicking just yet.

1159
00:57:56,360 --> 00:57:57,600
I give up.

1160
00:57:57,600 --> 00:57:59,240
<font color="

1161
00:57:59,240 --> 00:58:00,560
We need to go quickly!

1162
00:58:00,560 --> 00:58:01,720
Fin!

1163
00:58:01,720 --> 00:58:03,240
Thomas!