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Narrator: Singapore.

The furthest point from
the u.K. By road and rail.

Normally, a 12-hour
plane journey,

but could you get there for
just the price of the airfare

without taking a single flight?

What am I doing?

Holy moly, that's
gonna be tough.

Josh: Every second counts!

Narrator: Four pairs
of ordinary brits...

Beep beep!

Are attempting just that...

Darron: Most people would
go from "a" to "b" on a plane,

but then, they'd miss all this.

Alex: Oh, man!

- In an extraordinary race.
- Come on! Come on!

Narrator: At ground level,
they'll cover over 12,000 miles.

- Look at that.
- It's amazing.

♪ Everybody wants
to get to Azerbaijan ♪

Narrator: Who will finish first?

Alex: We do not have
time to mess about.

Narrator: As they leave behind
the trappings of modern day life...

34 hours on one bus?

Without their bank cards...

We're gonna run out
of money at some point.

And their smartphones.

Elaine: I don't want
to argue about it.

Time's ticking on.

You can't finish a
race if you're dead.

Shameema: It's almost like
I'm questioning my purpose.

What is it that I want?

It's just a bit much.

Narrator: The reward is great.

This is where you get
to find out about yourself.

Narrator: And the first team to
Singapore will claim the prize

of £20,000...

Aaah!

In a race across the world.

Tony: Shift your butt. Come on.

50 days... blood, sweat, tears.

♪♪

Narrator: Previously, the
teams raced through China...

A crazy, wacky, whoopy place.

To the fourth checkpoint...

- Where are we going, eh?
- Huangyao.

Narrator: A dash
to the border...

Might be our best shot.

Saw Josh and Felix stranded.

Looks like we're staying here.

Whoa!

But darron and Alex
squeezed through...

[ Speaks indistinctly ]

to reach huangyao...

Oh, wow!

With a 22-hour lead.

Oh, man.

Natalie and shameema...

I can do this.

Both achieved
lifelong ambitions,

but dropped farther behind.

I'm actually really gutted.

And after attempting to save
money by taking slow trains...

Whatever's the
cheapest, we will take.

Tony and Elaine
are still on the move.

Elaine: I'd give
anything for a flight.

♪♪

Checkpoint four.

The finish line is
drawing ever closer,

3,300 miles away in Singapore.

One team, Tony and
Elaine, is yet to arrive.

For the other three, the fifth
and penultimate leg beckons.

♪♪

Hello. We'd like to
check out, please.

First to depart with a
whopping 22-hour lead

over their nearest rivals...

Thank you.

Narrator: Darron and Alex.

Koh rong.

Alex: I do not got a
clue where this place is.

Koh rong?

No.

See, he don't even know.

But he's got a phone.

Eh.

No, koh rong.

That says Cologne.

We're not going to Germany.

[ Laughs ]

Narrator: The final
checkpoint before the finish line

in Singapore...

The Cambodian island
paradise of koh rong.

Known for white sand
beaches and coral reefs,

it's 1,800 miles from huangyao.

This whole leg looks quite cool.

In theory, should be a
lot easier than China.

Narrator: To get there,

the teams could head
down Vietnam's coastline,

hopping between Hanoi,
hoi an, and Ho Chi Minh City,

all well serviced
by trains and buses,

then jump into Cambodia.

Or they might choose to hit
Cambodia sooner and travel

as the crow flies
across country.

In this rapidly
developing nation,

transport can be
cheaper but less reliable.

Once in Cambodia, the teams
must reach the port of sihanoukville

to catch a ferry for koh rong.

The border shuts at 7:00.

Don't.

[ Laughs ]

It's race day. We're
back on the road.

We've got a massive distance
on the other teams now.

Tony and Elaine aren't
even here to be seen.

Darron: We're in this
competition to win it.

And if we don't win,
we won't be happy.

No, and I'll blame
you for it all.

[ Chuckles ]

Said turn right,
didn't it? Yeah.

I don't like losing. I get in
a bad mood when I lose.

You do.

Even when I play my
children at monopoly,

if I'm starting to
lose, I will cheat

and just Nick loads of
money from the bank

just so I can win.

And that's even my own children.

Their first challenge... Get
to the China-Vietnam border,

420 miles away.

Bag? Back?

But as the border closes
at 7:00 P.M., the race is on.

Darron: Well, I'm very confident
by today we'll be in Vietnam.

Narrator: They have just
nine hours to get there.

Everything is
major for this leg.

The others are gonna
be hunting us down.

Back in huangyao, but unable
to leave the checkpoint today,

Natalie and shameema...

Natalie: We said all
the money that we saved

would be used to power forward,

so that's exactly
what we're gonna do.

Yeah.

And Josh and Felix.

I do think darron and
Alex are very hard to beat.

Yeah.

But we are in the best
position to beat them.

Rumors of them not
having a whole lot of dosh.

Yeah, they spent a lot
of money in the last leg.

They are the wounded wildebeest,

and we are the lion
in the long grass.

Darron: What's
gonna be our downfall

if we're not careful
is our money.

Alex: Yeah. We're gonna run out.

Of all the teams,
darron and Alex

have the least money left from
their starting budget of £2,658.

If we can get a couple
of jobs up on the way,

that may save on accommodation
and earn us some money.

Learn how to create Vietnam's
answer to street stall lemonade.

Sugar cane juice.

You get paid, and you
get free bed and board.

And a sugar hit.

Yeah, that'd be so cool.

I hope we're not more than
12 hours behind everybody.

It'd be a shame if
it's more than that.

After a gruelling
journey through China,

Tony and Elaine
finally reach huangyao.

Oh, they're long in. Hello!

Hello. Hi.

Ah, the book.

Well, let's see if our
suspicions are right.

Oh, dear. So we're late.

I need my glasses.
Two days behind.

They've arrived
38 and a half hours

after the current
race leaders...

Oh, dear me.

Oh, I'm gutted.

And will have to
wait another 36 hours

before they can head off.

Oh, no!

As three teams cool their
heels at the checkpoint,

darron and Alex
arrive into nanning,

the last city in China
before Vietnam.

It's 6:20 P.M.

Darron: I seriously wanted
to be in Vietnam today,

but we've got 40 minutes
before the border closes.

Not gonna make it.

Potentially means our
lead has nearly disappeared.

Hopefully, the same
happens to them,

what happened to us,
but we just don't know.

You think you've got
a commanding lead.

It can disappear in a day.

We've got enough money to
get to Hanoi tomorrow morning.

We're hoping we've
got enough money now

for some accommodation tonight.

Getting food as well
will be quite a big stretch.

I suspect we may
not be eating tonight.

Alex: It's been a bad day.

7:20 A.M.

Felix: It's nice to have
a little jog in the morning

with 60 kilos on your back.

Narrator: Next out of the
checkpoint, Josh and Felix.

[ Speaking Chinese ]

He says it's this bus.

Their plan... do what
darron and Alex failed to

and cross the border
before it closes for the night.

Right. We've got to
move quickly now.

Felix: We'd do
anything to win this race.

We're incredibly pig-headed
when we're together.

We know that we
complement each other so well.

You're much stronger as a
team than you are as individuals.

It's these type
of things which...

'cause darron and
Alex left at 9:15,

we left at 7:15, it could
make a big impact on our race.

Yeah.

In the darkest moments,

we pick each other up
and we get on with it.

If we can cut
out a night's stay,

then we're really
eating into their lead.

Pow!

Bye-bye, China.

You've been good to us.

Also up early, darron
and Alex cross the border.

Alex: Bloody warm!

Did you expect it to
be cold in Vietnam?

Yeah, I bloody did.

Heading into Southeast Asia,
the heat and humidity soars,

and tropical storms can
strike out of nowhere.

Good morning, Vietnam!

Oh, no. Shut up!

One legend has it that
the people of Vietnam

originated from a union

between an immortal
Chinese Princess

and the dragon lord of the seas.

Having suffered
through brutal wars

for most of the 20th century,

it is now well-established
as a tourist hot spot.

Arriving in the capital,
Hanoi, and strapped for cash,

darron and Alex.

Wow, it's noisy.

Loads and loads of traffic.

Pretty cool though, isn't it?

I agree.

Beautiful place.

They're looking to
take a train to hoi an,

where they have secured
work selling local thirst-quencher

sugar cane juice.

We want the cheapest tickets.

Cheapest?

So, nearly two million?

Yes.

This is definitely
one of the hardest

financial decisions I've made.

At a cost of £63, the
train fare will eat up

22% of their remaining budget

but gets them 770 kilometers
closer to the checkpoint.

It's money we don't have.

I am concerned about
getting to Singapore.

Is that where it is?

Yeah.

We've got to remember how
far we're actually getting through.

And we can work and
get free accommodation.

I reckon take a train
from Hanoi to hoi an

and work there.

Look after my bag.

Okay.

Darron: Yeah, we're having
a bit of a flappy moment.

And Alex hasn't once lost
his rag or thrown a hissy fit.

He's kept calm and gone,
"right, how do we deal with this?

How do we deal with this?
"How do we deal with this?"

Which is a good thing.

These are the valuable lessons

which help you function
as an adult in society.

Some people go a whole lifetime
without learning these lessons.

Learning them at 20,
it's quite impressive.

I'm very proud of him.

It's bloody hot here.

Narrator: As they
head to hoi an...

That were a tough call, but
I think it was the right call.

Back in China...

We're really happy
with our progress today.

It's been smooth connection
after smooth connection.

We're making good progress.

Josh and Felix
arrive in nanning,

but with less than four
hours to cover the 130 miles

to the border before it shuts.

Josh: We should just get a cab.

Pingxiang... how much money?

Pingxiang, uh...

650.

650? Yeah.

65 quid? No, no,
no. It's too much.

I think we should just
buy the train ticket.

I'm happy to do that, yeah.

It's too much money.

The train leaves at 6:00

and gets in at 10:00
after the border shuts.

And it's a lot cheaper,
so we may as well do that.

Stay at the border.

It's really annoying because
it means we probably

haven't caught up any time
on darron and Alex today.

Narrator: As Josh and
Felix head out of nanning,

Natalie and shameema arrive,

having joined the race
four hours after the boys.

We're not making it
to the border today.

Natalie: Let's find out
when the earliest bus is.

We need to go here.

[ Speaking Chinese ]

Okay. So they know
what they're doing.

Our short-term goal is to
catch up with Felix and Josh.

Need somewhere cheap to stay
tonight and cross over tomorrow.

And then travel down
to the south of Vietnam.

Where is the bus time?

Narrator: Booking a bus
to the border for tomorrow...

Hello.hello.

Natalie continues
to make new friends.

Where's your mum and dad?

Mama, papa? Where?

No?

It's weird that in all of
China, I haven't seen any,

and now that we're
getting towards Vietnam,

I'm starting to see...

Homelessness.

Where's your shoes?

I'm definitely somebody
who doesn't take

anything for granted.

Oh, no!

I've always had to rely on
myself from a young age.

You sleep here?

My dad died when I
was seven years old,

and then my mum died
when I was 19 years old.

Now I'm an orphan.

I've only got this.

Do you want this?

Shameema: She's had that
understanding of other people

and that empathy that you
have for people who don't have,

you know, what they should have.

[ Speaking Chinese ]

[ Indistinct
conversations in Chinese ]

♪♪

Narrator: At the
Chinese border...

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Stop!

Do you know where a hotel is?

Oh, look. This looks
like a pleasure complex.

Josh and Felix
find a cheap hotel...

Yeah. The happy
meet international.

I wonder why they
charge by the hour.

Hoping their long day
has a happy ending.

This is the best
place I've ever stayed.

Look at this window!

It's just a mirror.

Oh.

Oh, it is nice that you're
able to see through

to whoever's having
a [bleep], though.

[ Both laugh ]

What's this free stuff?

So we've got ladies'
type joy condoms.

And a male god dew pleasure.

It's a brothel!

Oh, no, it's fine.

I think it's actually
really nice.

Look how clean it is.

[ Laughing ] Stop it!

Ahh.

Ohhh!

It was quite cheap, Josh.

[ Laughs ]

♪♪

Tony: Thank you so
much for everything.

It's been great.

Taxi.taxi.

5:20 A.M., huangyao.

♪♪

Okay. Go, go, go, go, go!

Finally setting off, nearly two
days after the race leaders,

but with the biggest budget
remaining, Tony and Elaine.

Their early start gives
them the best chance

of making it over the border
into Vietnam in one day.

We've just splashed out
on this taxi to speed us up.

I think that's where
our priority lies...

That the money we do
have will be all for travel.

There's absolutely no
way we're out of this race.

We'll catch them.

Elaine: I don't think
I've ever given up,

ever, in the most
difficult times in my life.

I think of when I went
to base camp Everest,

and despite altitude
sickness, which isn't pleasant,

I didn't give up.

We were definitely cart
horses through China.

Tony: We had to cut
back, money-wise.

But we're now
sylphlike race horses.

[ Chuckles ]

And I've never given up, either.

Uh... well, I can't think
of a time when you have.

Despite how Elaine treats me,

I've never given
up on our marriage.

[ Both laugh ]

Elaine: Why have we
stopped? Do we need fuel, or...?

Ah, no. He needed the khazi.

He's taken some loo roll.

Could have done without that.

His having a [bleep] could
jeopardize our transfer

over the border.

I hope he don't sit for hours.

♪♪

Yay!

Go, go, go, go!

[ Clicks tongue ]

[ Neighs ]

While Tony and Elaine
hot-foot it to the border...

Whoo! It's war!

Whoo!

Darron and Alex have arrived
in the trading port of hoi an.

Its 16th-century bridge once
separated a Japanese settlement

from the rest of the town

that, over the years, has
been inhabited by Chinese,

Dutch, Indian, and
Portuguese merchants.

Hello. Uh, here? There
and up? Thank you.

Narrator: Just outside of
town, at a roadside kiosk...

Darron: We're here to work.

Woman: Ah, yeah. Yes. Darron.

Alex and darron. He's my son.

Ah, nice!

Darron and Alex have
put the race on hold

to earn some much-needed money

selling the Vietnamese
speciality nuoc Mia,

a sugar cane and
citrus fruit drink.

Alex: I've never actually
used a machete before.

Have you ever used a machete?

Only to murder people.

[ Laughter ]

Like this? Yeah.

Darron: That properly
gets all the juice out.

That is cool.

I want one!

That is cool.

Two to go? Drink now?

[ Laughter ]

Thank you. Enjoy.

Alex: This moment in
time, we've just got to work,

earn as much money as we can.

But it's better that I'm
stood out here working,

so people can see and
hopefully draw more customers in.

I'm sweating.

Whew!

♪♪

Competitors might be
closing in on us now.

Enjoy.

But every little bit of money

is gonna count
towards Singapore.

Thank you.Enjoy.

Darron: I always hoped this
trip would be the making of Alex.

At the start, he were a
petulant, self-centered,

selfish child.

Now he's a man.

He's assertive, he's confident.

Bye!

That makes me feel
proud, humbled...

touched.

Just got another tip.

Fantastic.

Are you gonna do
some actual work?

[ Laughs ]

Is it just me today?

I am so looking forward
to some Vietnamese pho.

Oh, my god! Pho!

Narrator: Natalie and shameema
have crossed into Vietnam,

also aiming for hoi an.

Another country, new
currency to navigate,

new language, new culture.

All exciting. Also
all anxiety provoking.

Josh: It's amazing, isn't it?
Completely different to China.

It's just got that real energy.

[ Horn blowing ]

Josh and Felix have
reached Hanoi...

Hello. How are you?

With a plan to catapult
themselves into the race lead.

There's no seats?

Yeah.

They're targeting an epic
day-and-a-half train journey,

taking them 1,072 miles
down the full length of Vietnam,

past hoi an and on
to Ho Chi Minh City,

bringing them within touching
distance of the checkpoint.

From here.Yes.

Okay, great. That's perfect.

That's perfect.
So fast, so fast.

Josh: We've just signed up
for 36 hours on a hard seat

in a carriage with no air
conditioning in 40-degree heat.

You're not gonna see me.

I'm gonna be bare bones
and a pile of bloody sweat.

We're so wired and
mental about the prospect

of catching the others up.

Narrator: On an express train hurtling
towards the Vietnamese border...

I think the other competitors
may well have gone

the Vietnam route,

and so if we gamble and
go the Cambodia route,

then it might give
us the option of trying

to make up a bit of time.

Tony and Elaine
continue their strategy

of spending their
way out of last place.

We need to be quick.

Have you got the money? Yeah.

Vietnam.

Vietnam? [ Speaking
foreign language ]

Narrator: Seven miles to go.

Tony: 11 hours, it's taken us.

The race is on.

♪ The race is on
♪♪ the race is on ♪

And 90 minutes before
the border shuts...

Where do we go? This way?

Yeah! We made it!

After travelling
nonstop for 420 miles,

they've achieved what none
of the other teams could...

Getting from the checkpoint
to Vietnam in one day.

We're here, and it's
gone pretty smooth,

so let's hope it's a good guide
for what we've got to come.

I actually don't think
it's gone smoothly.

I think we're here by
the skin of our teeth.

You know, one way and
another, it nearly didn't happen.

You know.

But it has happened, so
i'm just so grateful it has.

♪♪

That drawer's full. We
made them loads of money.

I earned a bit of tips,
as well, personally,

when I was serving.

But weirdly my dad
didn't get any tips

when he were
doing it, but I did.

Narrator: At the
nuoc Mia kiosk...

I'm for working in the morning,

earning some money.

Darron and Alex realize
they are on to a good thing.

If we work here
from 8:00 till 11:00

and then we catch a taxi
across the border tomorrow.

Okay? Yes. Thanks a lot.

Thank you, thank you. Thank you.

Alex: We did four hours'
work which was 400,000 pay,

which was half of our ticket
from Hanoi to hoi an city.

So coming here to work,
it's been very valuable.

Man: Is everything
evenly cooked?

Mmm.mmm.

Spicy?

Very, very nice.

[ Horn honks ]

Narrator: 480 miles
to the north in Hanoi,

with time to kill before their
train to Ho Chi Minh City,

Josh and Felix head
to the old quarter.

Our budget is so tight that even
things like where you eat food

becomes, like, a big deal.

- Like, it's just...
- Excuse me, your beers.

And those things are gonna
make... thank you very much.

Those things are gonna
make the difference

between winning and losing.

These are, like, 20p by
the way, so they don't count.

Narrator: Hanoians
enjoy a tradition

of meandering the length of
the 3 kilometer night market,

something the boys
can't quite master.

Why don't we just sit down
there and have a beer?

Well, this place
looks way better.

We can come back then.

I don't need the hand
control, thank you.

Well, you were going
in the wrong direction.

That's really annoying.

Yeah, it's really aggressive.

Just like go and lean to go
left. What's wrong with that?

That's not aggressive!
It's not a problem, mate.

Josh: I don't think ever
in the last eight years

of travelling and working
together and being friends,

we have ever taken
anything personally.

You're such a
douchebag sometimes.

Wow!

What? Why say that?

What's wrong with doing that?

It's just when
it's in your face.

It's a bit like... it's
not in your face.

It's just like, "oh, I
think we should go left."

I don't want to interrupt
what you're saying.

It's so important, usually.

Wow!

Josh: And although
along the way,

we might disagree or
one of us might be tired

or one of us might be hungry,

we're charging forward
for the same goal.

All right, we'll just sit
down then. It's fine.

See you later.

♪♪

How much is pho?

Sometimes we annoy each other.

But, like, it's silly,
and it's nothing.

It's just the fact of
spending eight weeks

in each other's
constant company.

Like what? I'm just
saying it's nothing.

And now you're
pulling faces at me.

Why are you making
a big deal out of it?

I was trying to say
it's actually nothing.

Josh: Always there's the moment
where you take a deep breath

and you're like, "this
is the only person

that I could be doing
this adventure with,

and this is the
experience I want to have.

And we're going in
the same direction,"

and it's never personal.

I just want to get
drunk is all I want to do.

[ Laughs ]

Natalie and shameema
arrive into hoi an

after 13 hours on a
Vietnamese institution...

Never have I ever, ever
been on a sleeper bus.

Having leapfrogged
into the race lead

for the very first time.

I'm changing into a
traveller. It's happening.

Natalie: As she
reclines with a bag of rice

or whatever that
is behind her head.

[ Both laugh ]

The city has over
400 tailor shops

packed into the old town...

Wow! It's hot.

Aah!

A legacy of its past
as a trading port

on the ancient silk
road joining east to west.

Hello. i love your outfit.

Beautiful.

When we win the race,
we want to wear the blazers

and look really nice
in a really nice blazer.

Shameema: We live
far away from each other,

we've got different lives,
different responsibilities.

But when we catch up, it doesn't
feel like any time goes past.

Natalie: It is like going

back to teenage
girlfriends that go out.

You can just, like, become 13.

Yeah, exactly.

Wow.

I don't really like
shoulder pads.

I have broad enough
shoulders as it is.

[ Chuckles ]

And I love being a kid.

Like, one of the things
that we have to say...

We are in touch
with our inner child.

Yeah.

And so that's when
I have the most fun.

[ Laughs ]

So for a suit, how much is it?

It depends on the material.

About $120.

$120?

Oh, it's so unfair that
we have a budget.

You made it out to be
like it was gonna be a fiver.

No, that was in
your head if you think

that they're gonna make a
custom suit for you for £5.

Why would you think...
We're racing across the world.

Why would you think we
can spend money on clothes?

I wasn't thinking about
racing across the world.

I was thinking about how much
a custom blazer would cost.

And it wasn't a lot.

I don't want to race
across the world any more!

I just want to spend it on a
custom-made wine pantsuit.

[ Laughter ]

Narrator: While darron and
Alex put in a second shift

to boost their cash flow...

Oh! You're an
idiot. I can do it.

I'll do it. I'm not a baby.

You pretty much
are acting like one.

That's what I'm
saying, so let me do it.

Tony and Elaine are closing in.

Tony: Sunrise over Vietnam.

Elaine: I think we've done
very well to get here in 24 hours.

I wonder if they'll bring food.

[ Both laugh ]

Oh, yeah, yeah.
Bacon and eggs, please!

After crossing into Vietnam,
they've travelled through Hanoi

and are now heading
to Cambodia...

I'd like to go to Phnom Penh.

Isn't that where
the killing fields are?

Yeah.

Implementing the risky strategy

of heading across country,

aiming for the
capital, Phnom Penh,

and from there to the
checkpoint on koh rong.

Elaine: We've had
good luck so far.

When we put our little
bit of string on the map,

it looks as though going
through Cambodia is quicker.

Hopefully, we will be
gaining a lot of time

on our greatest
rivals, darron and Alex.

New strategy... Blend
in with the locals.

Blend in with the locals?

Get rid of them short shorts.

Those things are
definitely local shorts.

They're not local shorts!

Local shorts, local hat.

[ Laughs ]

Narrator: Job done,
it's back on the road.

Absolutely buzzing.

We got a wage.

We've got a cut of profits.

Let me look after it. And a tip.

I reckon we've made
not far off a million dong.

Absolutely buzzing.

Now we know we can get
to the Cambodian border.

Planning their next move,
darron and Alex are drawn

to another ad in
the jobs directory.

Help maintain a sanctuary
for rescued elephants.

Pay... two nights'
bed and board.

The job at an elephant sanctuary
also takes them to Cambodia

into the jungles of the
mondulkiri province.

Really want to do
the elephant job.

We'll do it.

Those sort of opportunities

don't come up
very often in life.

If it means lose some
of our lead, then so be it.

The experience is gonna
live with you forever,

which is more important.

Well, it's not more
important than money, but...

[ Chuckles ]

Back in Hanoi...

Felix: 36 hours
without air conditioning.

Josh: It's gonna be
hard. That's brutal, man.

That is a lot of sitting.

Josh and Felix board their
train to Ho Chi Minh City.

Oh, my god!

Oh, man!

Can't sit on that for 36 hours.

I'll do myself an injury.

[ Indistinct conversations ]

[ Wailing ]

Josh: Why would they make
these seats so uncomfortable?

Felix: It's the longest train
journey we've ever done,

so this is the biggest
stretch of transport in Vietnam

and $70 is really good.

That does give us one
of those advantages

in terms of the money,

'cause I think actually the
race is less in the travel.

It's more in the money
because if you run out of steam,

then you're stuck.

So we'll get Singapore
by hook or by crook.

♪♪

Narrator: The town of pleiku.

Leaving from here
in five minutes,

the only direct bus today

to the border with
Cambodia 55 miles away.

Ah! Thank you. Thank you.

It's Tony and Elaine. Thank you.

They've caught us off guard.

They've made up
massive time then.

To the Cambodian border?

How have they made
up so much time?

Elaine: How long?

We thought they
were out of the race,

and they're actually here.

Remember, we'd left
before they'd even turned up.

So they've actually got
down here super fast,

or we've been massively slow.

Hello.

Oh, you're kidding me!

It's good to see you.

Ohh!

So good to see you.

I can't believe
you're on this bus.

We nearly got on... we
can't believe you are!

[ Horn honking rapidly ]

We were very lucky
with all our connections.

I'm really, really impressed...
Annoyingly impressed.

[ Horn honking rapidly ]

Narrator: With two days'
work having eroded their lead,

darron and Alex are
joined by Tony and Elaine

crossing the border into
the kingdom of Cambodia.

Once center of the ancient
khmer empire of angkor,

today, it still boasts
over 290 temples,

dozens of unspoilt islands,

picturesque rice
paddies, and rare wildlife.

Alex: See you at
the check point!

Elaine: Well, unless we've
left before you get there,

but if so, goodbye and
good luck in the last leg.

Darron: I really hope
you come second.

Yeah, likewise.

Elaine: [ Laughing
] Darron's face.

He wasn't best pleased.

He tried to act pleased, but
his face told his true feelings.

But that fired me up because
they were streets ahead of us,

and now we're kind of on a par.

But there you go.

Psychologically, win-win
at the moment for us.

♪♪

Proper wilderness
stuff, isn't it?

Narrator: 25 miles
into the jungle,

the mondulkiri
elephant sanctuary.

Alex: My dad has been waiting
since the start of this journey

to come out in the sticks
and be out in the wild.

Narrator: By agreeing to
work with the animals tomorrow,

darron and Alex have secured
free bed and board for tonight.

We're in a jungle.

I've never been
in a jungle before.

It's just... it's a bit freaky,

just knowing there's
a lot of insects about.

Narrator: But they
won't be sleeping alone.

Alex: Dad, I think
I can see a spider!

Looks big.

Where? Right here.

[ Shudders ] Where?

Right there.

Oh, that's a big one.

I know!

Ohh!

It's only a huntsman, probably.

I don't care. It's huge.

Absolutely huge.

Yeah, and what's it
gonna do? Eat you?

I'm swapping.

This is scary. I
do not like this.

I'm a lot more stronger,
braver, more confident

because of the stuff we've
gone through to now...

It's changed me as a person.

I've just had a look.

I can't see any more
hanging around.

But I do feel safe
when you're about.

My dad does make me feel safe.

If I were doing it by myself,

I would have quit and
would have gone home.

Like, could not have
done it without him.

Don't leave your
bag on the floor.

I don't know how you feel
so relaxed about the situation.

Darron: We've got less
than two weeks left now.

The end is approaching
really, really quickly.

The reality is I
don't want it to end.

I don't think I'm gonna be
getting much sleep tonight.

Oh, you'll be fine!

All right. Goodnight.Goodnight.

Just keep your left eye open.

Narrator: 2:00 A.M., Vietnam.

Josh: I hold some hope
of getting a night's sleep...

More hope than when
we got on this train.

Narrator: After 17 hours, Josh
and Felix's epic train journey

is approaching hoi an.

There are quite a few
bugs, though, aren't there?

Yeah, it's quite a
fun game, actually.

As soon as they
land on me, I go...

That one was massive.

While the boys try to sleep...

I'm just tired!

The train welcomes
two new passengers.

Oh, this is carriage one.

♪♪

Oh, my god.

Yeah.

[ Gasps ] There's a
little baby on the floor!

Where?

There.

There's two army people
underneath the seat.

What are you doing now?

This is really bad.

How do you actually
manage to sit in this position

17 hours?

Right.

This would be another plan

other than staying
here all night.

Shameema.

Josh and Felix.

Who else is there?
Who else is there?

Who else is there? Who cares?

Just chill.

♪♪

[ Laughs ]

Well, what about these
seats? There's loads left over.

Sit down.

[ Giggling ]

♪♪

370 miles from
Ho Chi Minh City...

Felix: We've stopped
in an unscheduled stop.

The train's running a
bit early, I think, anyway.

'Cause we were
pelting along earlier.

Steaming towards victory.

Josh: Excuse me.

Do you know why
the train's not moving?

Man: Yeah. Storm.

Storm? yeah.

Is it better to get off?

What time do we
move? Ho chi minh.

At ho chi minh, 7:00 P.M.

Narrator: Further down the
line, a typhoon has struck...

And damaged the tracks,

so the train is forced to stop.

The teams should have reached
Ho Chi Minh City in seven hours,

but now all they can do is wait.

Felix: A two-hour delay.
The train's leaving at 7:00.

We could feed Natalie and
shameema false information

that it leaves in two
days and they fall afoul

of a local transport option.

♪♪

Hi, guys.

Hello. Afternoon,
morning... whatever it is.

Oh, it's very nice
in here, isn't it?

Do you guys know how
long we're gonna be here?

No.

Shameema: There's a flood on
the track, and the train can't go.

That's all we know.

At this point, I think I just
want to make it to Singapore.

Now the train seems
like a bad idea.

If Tony and Elaine
took the coach,

I wonder whether they won't
be affected by these delays.

When we're here for
three and a half days,

they'll waltz in.

See you in a bit.

[ Laughs ]

I don't know.

Shameema: If I
really started to believe

that they're playing mind games,

then I have to believe
that they're intentionally

trying to stress us
out, and that's not nice.

You're focusing on too much
on other people's games.

It's gonna stress you out,

and you're not gonna
focus on your own.

So we're gonna rise
above it, keep our focus

as much as we can on this train.

The roads won't be any better
than the train at the moment.

♪♪

Narrator: Unaffected
by the weather,

Tony and Elaine
have arrived in kratié,

situated on the banks
of the mekong river.

2,700 miles long, the
mekong flows from China

through five southeast
Asian countries

and into the Gulf of Thailand

and is famous for its
irrawaddy river dolphins.

There you go.

The monsoon climate
makes this area ideal

for growing rice.

Nice to know you.
Nice to know you.

[ Both speaking khmer ]

Tony.

The budget went out the window.

To get back in the race,
we've spent far more on this leg

than we intended to.

We need to pull
it back in sharpish.

Narrator: Joining
the local workforce,

Tony and Elaine lend
a hand with the harvest.

Tony: We love farming,
so to see how you cut rice

is gonna be a good day for us.

So if you don't finish
one block today,

we will not stop
unless we finish.

Elaine: Ohh! Yeah.

Let's start, then.

We have a phrase
in england... work-shy.

Have you heard of this?

"Work-shy"?

It's when people find lots of
good excuses not to work hard.

So now I think
that we stop talking,

and we have to finish.

If I don't talk while i'm
working, I never get much done.

Ohh.

Tony: Working in the rice fields

brings back a lot of
memories from my youth.

I used to work every
summer holiday.

I was sitting on
a tractor one day,

and I saw all my mates
playing on the sports field

and I just thought, "I'm
working too hard here."

And at the end of it,
gave me a fiver and said,

"thank you very much, Tony."

Six weeks' work for a fiver.

I thought there just had
to be another way in life.

♪♪

Are you all right?

No, I need to just
sit down a minute.

It's just the heat,
I find, really.

It's really good with
you standing there,

Tony, blocking it.

Are you feeling okay?

A bit of a breeze.

It's all right now.

Is it? Yeah.

Good. That was only 30 seconds.

Do you want 45 seconds?

What's that? Pull us up, then.

Okay.

You're a tough old cookie.

I know. It's the heat.

Narrator: 100 miles away
at the elephant sanctuary...

it's feeding time.

Oh! Quick! Quick, he's going.

Alex: Oh, my god.
Dangerous. Venomous.

Oh, I'm getting away.

Alex, look, it's
gone up the tree.

Oh, that's amazing.
It's going all the way up.

I feel much safer with
my machete in here.

That's pretty cool.

Darron: This place
is just amazing.

If you want to
get out in the wild

and off the beaten track, this
is definitely the place for you.

I hope these bloody
elephants are hungry.

I've just made them
a hell of a lot of food.

Narrator: The mondulkiri
elephant sanctuary

provides a protected
jungle environment

for rescued Asian elephants.

Wow.

Oh, look at that.

I know.

That looks so cool.

Oh, there's another.

Some elephants were
rescued after spending 30 years

working for illegal loggers.

Darron: Quite a
pretty impressive skill,

taking the leaves off.

I'd struggle.

And I've got opposing thumbs.

You are bigger than me.
I'm not gonna argue with you.

I didn't used to know why
my dad used to come out

in these sort of places
where animals can kill you

and you're just in the sticks
in the middle of nowhere.

I am seeing more
through his eyes now.

It's quite impressive being
this close to an elephant

in its natural environment.

Alex: Oh, yeah, definitely.

Doing something like this,

we're doing it together, and
we're bonding even more.

It's an amazing privilege.

Darron: I haven't always
been the greatest of dads.

There were periods of time
when I wasn't there for him.

We've had five
years of wasted time.

It'll be seven weeks together.

But we have a lot
of catching up to do.

When we go back it's up to
us if we let the next five years

be wasted time or not.

It's nice to step
out of the race.

♪♪

Bye.

Have you seen the
dog in the water?

[ Dog barks ]

Narrator: Gathering in the rice
harvest has earned Tony and Elaine

free bed and
board for the night.

Tony: We've had a
really lovely day today...

The setting with
the old way of life.

Everybody looks in, and
they all help each other.

The cattle still
plough the land.

That was just wonderful.

Elaine: Tony went on this whole,

"this is how it should be
done, with the sickle, the scythe.

The old-fashioned way."

Blah-De-blah.

He loved it so much as a kid

that he did
everything in his power

to get as far away
as possible from it

and go to London to
become a p.E. Teacher.

And now's he hankering
after it in his old age.

I don't know. Childhood
memories, eh?

[ Thunder rumbles ]

I have no idea how many hours
now we've been on this train.

Seeing everybody
kind of losing their...

Except for the
Vietnamese people,

because they're
used to this weather.

There's worse things in life
than being stuck on a train.

But to live it, it's
really frustrating.

[ Sighs ]

Felix: Do you know
when the train's leaving?

No. I don't know either.

Don't worry. Thank you.

It's all arbitrary.

Even the people
who run the train

don't know when
the train's going.

Narrator: 10:00 P.M...
14 hours behind schedule.

Natalie: So the train is moving.

Shameema: The train is moving.

At last.

Look how flooded... oh, my gosh.

People have actually been
working on this all night.

Oh, my god.

This is serious stuff.

And that just put it
all into perspective.

Josh: 24 hours lost because...

The way it travels, it's gonna
come out of ho chi minh.

So I think it's kind of hard
to feel anything but deflated.

♪♪

Narrator: Ho Chi Minh
City, formerly called Saigon,

and named for
the first president

of the Vietnamese republic,

affectionately
known as uncle ho,

and today the country's
most visited city.

Very relieved to
be in ho chi minh.

Anywhere, anywhere
but that train.

See you later.

Thank you.

You said you wanted the hat.

Whoo! [ Laughs ]

I don't think it
looks as stylish

as it looks on most people.

Narrator: After seven days
trekking through Southeast Asia,

the teams are within
striking distance

of the port of sihanoukville,

from where they
will catch a ferry

to the checkpoint on
the island of koh rong.

We would like to find out

if we can get a bus
to the ha tien border.

We're hoping we can
leave as soon as possible.

Narrator: While two teams
plot their way into Cambodia

for the first time...

Felix: Bus is gonna
leave at midnight,

and then we can get to
sihanoukville at 11:00 A.M.

We're actually gonna
be waiting in a coach

for the border to open, so
the moment the border opens,

we'll be through it like a shot.

Bam!

It's back to race day again.

Darron and Alex are
heading to its capital,

Phnom Penh.

The bigger our lead,
the more pressure we felt.

Oh, definitely.

I personally
think it's far better

being second and
third than being first.

I don't.

11 miles south of the city,
retired teachers Tony and Elaine

make good on a longstanding
promise to one another.

It's something, like,
that I'm interested in,

but I don't expect it'll a
very pleasant experience,

but that's not why
you need to go, is it?

A pilgrimage to the
choeung ek killing fields...

A memorial to Cambodia's
troubled recent past

when millions were killed under
the brutal khmer Rouge regime

of its leader pol pot.

1975 to 1978, and he
kills how many people?

Elaine: Three million.

Elaine: But I just think
it's good to remind yourself

of the atrocities that human
beings can do to each other.

Whilst pol pot was
in power in the '70s,

one of the groups of people

gathered together to
be killed were teachers.

So, had this tyrannical leader
led an army across england,

Tony and myself
would have been dead...

Simple as that.

Tony: We've been very fortunate
that we've both been teachers...

Thoroughly enjoyed that,

but your life is taken over
by bells and commitments.

You lose yourself
on that journey

and a vocation like teaching,

you really have to give all
of yourself all of the time.

We've both retired,
so hopefully now

this is the time we can go
and rediscover ourselves.

♪♪

We're going to sihanoukville.

[ Speaking khmer ]

Narrator: On Cambodian
soil for the first time,

Josh and Felix...

We have to
transfer... 45 minutes.

I want to do that!

We should flag him down.

Narrator: And Natalie
and shameema.

Hello. go, go, go.

Yeah, but it's taken
quite a lot of time,

and a tuk tuk... We're
back into race mode.

We're gonna have to look
for a faster mode of transport.

The port of sihanoukville
on the Gulf of Thailand.

The jumping-off point to
Cambodia's southern islands.

Including the fifth
checkpoint, koh rong.

Darron: From this
checkpoint here,

I think it's going to
be really, really tight.

I can see a town approaching.

Arriving from Phnom
Penh, darron and Alex.

I guess this is
where we get off.

Are we here? Looks like it.

Last stop, yeah?

They are notified
on their GPS tracker

of the jetty location where
ferries leave for koh rong.

"Proceed to the drop off.

"Catch a boat to your
checkpoint destination."

Two people. Two
people. How much?

Woman: $10. $10?

It can't be that much.

Narrator: The next
crossing leaves at 5:00 P.M...

We can see the sea.

It can't be that far away.

In 20 minutes' time.

Look who's there.

Where am I looking?

Tony and Elaine in a tuk tuk.

Seriously? yeah.

I get the feeling like
the others are around.

$5 on tuk tuk, please.

Man: Expensive gasoline.

Please! Okay, okay.

Yes, thank you.

[ Speaking khmer ]

Also in town, Josh and Felix.

Is there a ferry
tonight to koh rong?

We've got to remain
positive. We'll get there tonight.

Alex: Josh and Felix and
shameema and Natalie

will probably be already there.

Darron: Until we get
and sign that book,

we're making assumptions.

Look at all the
boats. Bloody hell.

♪♪

[ Laughter ]

Don't laugh.

Tony: We tried to
give you such a lead,

but we keep on
catching back up to you.

Come on, guys. Pull it out.

I saw you drive
past in a tuk tuk.

Elaine: You're all sweaty.

I know. Tell me about it.

♪♪

The really frustrating thing is,

if we hadn't got
caught in the rain

we would have been
doing this 24 hours before.

Every little thing
has a knock on it.

Anything could have
happened to anyone.

All bets are off.

Whoo-hoo!

Narrator: Five minutes
till the ferry departs...

- Pull it out.
- More.

♪♪

Oh! Flat tire.

Woman: On the boat.

Here we go.

"Drop off closed."
9:30 A.M. tomorrow.

♪♪

Darron: It's a
strange feeling that,

when we left the checkpoint,

Tony and Elaine
hadn't even arrived.

And we come here
at the same time.

♪♪

Alex: See, this
is a special place.

Elaine: I know.

This could be the
best checkpoint.

Hello. Welcome to koh rong.

Hello. Yeah, hello.

"Please sign in overleaf."

Yes. Congratulations.

Ohh. I'm happy.

I'm happy. Well done.

Well done. Yes.

Absolutely chuffed
to bits. Tony: Yeah.

We do, we need the
edge. You deserve it more.

We didn't imagine
we could actually

pull in the amount
of time we have.

We are over the moon.

Even though we bombed
through it, we've enjoyed this leg.

So much, yeah.

We felt we couldn't
miss that opportunity

to spend some time
with wild elephants.

It were a risk, and we
were prepared to take it.

There's one more leg
left, and I'd love to win.

I've said it from the start.

Shameema: [
Speaking indistinctly ]

Narrator: There's one last
team to reach the ferry port.

Natalie: Oh, my god! I knew it!

They got here.

Hi, guys.

I love you guys,

but I don't like seeing
you here, to be honest.

Josh: We were
running the perfect leg.

The heavens opened, and
we couldn't go anywhere.

At that point you
have to just go like,

"there's nothing I
can do about this.

I can't get angry at
anyone. I can't get upset."

Then as soon as the
ground dries, you try again.

It's heaven.

This is so beautiful, man.

I just want to swim in the sea.

Hello! Hello.

Welcome to koh rong. Thank you.

[ Groans ]

No way!

Oh, my god.

"Tony and Elaine."

Well, guys, seeing as
I'm here first with a pen,

I'm signing in.

I love Tony and Elaine.

So cool, man.

Dark horses. The dark horses.

Narrator: After the penultimate
leg in the race to Singapore,

Tony and Elaine have managed
to close a gap of 38 hours

to join darron and
Alex in first place.

But with 1,500
miles still to travel

some of the teams are
desperately short of cash.

Coming into the last leg,
it feels quite pressured.

It's 'cause we have to make
the perfect right decision.

There's no more space
for any more mistakes.

Natalie: This is the
last opportunity we had,

but it's anyone's game.

Josh: All four teams...
They're in it still.

But if we continue
with the same strategy

there's no reason that
we shouldn't be two days

ahead of everyone to Singapore.

Bloody amazing. They smashed it.

They bloody smashed it.

Josh: Anything can
happen in the next 48 hours.

Felix: I thought it
was wrapped up.

What the hell have darron
and Alex been up to?

Narrator: After 12,000
miles across two continents...

It's a lot further
than we think.

21 countries...

The storm is coming.

Narrator: And four seas,

the finish line and the
£20,000 prize awaits.

Alex: There it is...
The famous book.

Darron: Let's just
get there, Alex.

Shameema: There's no
second chances any more.

Josh: We're absolutely
brass knuckles broke.

Alex: You can finish them.

- Whoo!
- That might be our downfall.

Tony: What a bloody dipstick.

Josh: We're gonna leap
ahead of everyone else.

- Oi!
- We are royally screwed.

- Oh, [bleep].
- Can you see them?

Natalie: The dream
is happening right now.

Tony: Somebody's
got to cross the line first

in a race like this.

I bet they're bloody sitting
up there having a beer.

Having a beer.

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