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It's really nice to be in a city,

and I think it's a really beautiful place.

Yeah, lovely to see Sao Paulo.

The halfway mark on the race - Sao Paulo.

Founded as a Jesuit mission in the mid-16th century,

now Brazil's financial capital and wealthiest city.

Hello!

Good to see you, team.

Everyone looks clean and polished again.

That's what happens when you get in first.

Congratulations to you guys.

All four teams have reached the checkpoint.

Whilst Jeff and Freddy have maintained their lead,

for the others, a reshuffle.

How happy are you to be back in the top two?

We are really happy, aren't we? It was quite traumatic last week.

Jeremy has just been on it.

We sacrificed Rio to try and catch you up.

This leg was a huge improvement on the last,

but feel like we're going to burn out really quick. It's too much.

We know our limit.

We know how much we've got in the tank. Yeah.

I think we're going to try and enjoy it more,

and race well. That's really the goal, isn't it? Yeah.

It's just getting that balance between experience and...

Race. ..race.

And I find it really difficult.

The guys that are catching us up,

I can feel them breathing down our necks now more than ever.

Look, I might not get to explore some of these cities ever again.

Yeah. I'm 19, I'm like, "I want to have fun."

As much as I love being able to sign in and see first

and be all like, "Yes!" I'd like to see more,

and I can't wait to tell my kids, when I'm a dad,

about the great times I had with my dad.

Yeah, I would like memories but I would also like to win.

I think Jeremy and Jeff should just team up

and me and you go on holiday.

THEY LAUGH

With three legs still to run,

teams on top have the heathiest budgets,

but, for those lower down the rankings, money is dwindling.

Listen, we want to win this race, all right?

I don't know how we're going to do it, cos we've been last twice.

We finished last, yeah? But we wasn't that far behind,

so I'm pretty optimistic about the next leg.

We had a good time the last leg, innit? You know what I mean?

We did, it was really special.

It's not all about first, second...

No. ..third.

I feel good to be third. Do you? Yeah.

Because we clawed a lot of time back.

But, then, we'll probably leave here

and it'll just go downhill straight away.

That's what we've usually experienced

when we've left a checkpoint.

Do you reckon, on this leg, we'll move out of Brazil?

Yeah. We've got to.

I don't think Brazil ends.

No. It just keeps going.

It doesn't appear to.

Bom dia. Bom dia. Hi, guys.

Bom dia.

Before the break of dawn,

race leaders Jeff and Freddy get a head start on their rivals.

This is for you, OK? Thank you. Welcome.

Tigre. "Your fourth checkpoint is Tigre."

Oh, wow we're going into Argentina, Fred.

After 16 days in Brazil,

teams are heading to South America's second largest country, Argentina -

land of the gauchos and birthplace of the tango,

a journey of 2,250 kilometres to the fourth checkpoint - Tigre.

On the outskirts of the capital, Buenos Aires,

a riverside town of old-world charm,

sitting in a network of waterways and islands

forming the Parana Delta.

All right, off to the bus garage.

We have to get on the red line, I believe.

From here, we're going to go down there. Six stops.

This way, this way, this way.

Fred has a weird knack of just knowing his way around

metro systems that he has never touched.

I'm enjoying just following him.

Come on.

Sit in the comfy chairs.

Why not? Sit in the massage chairs.

Do it in style.

All right.

Go for it.

To reach Tigre, teams must decide where to cross into Argentina.

They could continue to the southern tip of Brazil,

then into Uruguay, South America's priciest country

but with the allure of good transport links and well-paid jobs.

Or venture west to make an early break for the border,

travelling directly through Argentina,

or even skirting through the corner of Paraguay,

where the cost of living is cheaper

but transport could be less reliable.

Well, Dad, what do you fancy?

I feel like we need more experiences than just focusing

purely on the race.

I'm really attracted to the family stay.

Oh, this sounds lovely.

"A family-owned campsite run by local couple need help."

Let's immerse ourself into a Brazilian family.

I like that, I must say.

What is also screaming out, it's free overnight stay

if you can use your own tent.

What do we have? Our own tent, man!

I knew it was going to come into play. Wey-hey!

I knew it was a tactical stroke of genius.

Let's see where Cascavel is.

Oi, oi, so, if we go Cascavel, we're near Paraguay.

Paraguay will be cheap,

so that's going to be really good for the budget.

Does that sound like a plan? Yes.

Connection.

Jeff and Freddy plan to head 900km south-west,

to Cascavel,

before cutting through the corner of Paraguay

to take advantage of its low-cost transport

en route to the checkpoint.

Pre-warm-up, pre-workout.

Oh! THEY LAUGH

Trying to touch my toes.

Take me to Cascavel, please.

Er, Cascavel, si.

8.30. Ah! Ah!

Dad? There's one at 8.30 that we've just missed.

Oh, you're joking.

HE GROANS

Absolutely unhappy.

To wait six whole hours, that's our lead sort of gone.

Such a shame it's in the afternoon, isn't it?

Yeah, Dad, that's long.

Two o'clock - right.

As Jeff and Freddy sit tight...

Oh, we can have some lovely Argentinian steak,

nice glass of Malbec.

Happy days.

..Kelly and Jeremy are next to leave the checkpoint.

So, it looks like there's quite a few different routes we could go.

Uruguay was high on my list of somewhere I wanted to visit.

I just know that it's going to be so expensive.

It's like the Saint Tropez of South America.

I just don't think we're going to be able to do it on our budget.

So what do you think? I think, for you,

you like the idea of going a more direct route

so you can get to checkpoint quicker.

We could just stay in Brazil

and then we just nip straight into Argentina.

Can we do this? Yes, that's what I'm saying.

You've got the waterfalls that are right on the kind of border

of Brazil and Argentina,

and it's the most spectacular waterfall in the world.

And I feel like we've not had that like wow moment yet, have we?

OK. And you did promise me you were going to have more fun.

You literally look like you're my security guard on this whole trip.

No, I'm just thinking.

Yeah, OK, so we do this, we've got a plan. Yeah.

Er, I think it would be wonderful to do this with Kelly.

Visiting the waterfall, like, it's lovely, it's very romantic,

so I think we need this after three long leg,

and I think we need some time for us.

Kelly and Jeremy are planning a swift exit from Brazil

via the border city of Foz Do Iguacu,

before slipping into Argentina from the north.

Ola. Foz Do Iguacu?

How long is the bus?

Between 16 and 18 hours. Oh...

It's an epic bus journey again.

It's just, psychologically, I can't even begin to describe it.

It's just like, imagine flying to Australia every two days.

It is just relentless. Oh!

Front of the bus, Fred.

Why have we missed out on this for the first three legs?

It's nice. Check out the leg position.

I'm getting a sun tan whilst travelling on a bus.

This is next-level.

Jeff and Freddy are finally escaping Sao Paulo.

It's a shame that we had to hang around for six hours.

But the way you navigate your way around, like, busy city centres

that you've never actually even been to, it's really impressive.

You notice things that no-one in a million years would spot.

Yeah, I'm talented.

Don't ruin it.

THEY LAUGH

It's a skill that not everybody has got,

and that might help guide you towards a job.

I always get told my ADHD will really help me in the future.

I don't really know how.

Truthfully, I don't like working for other people

and being told what to do.

I just want to be my own boss.

I think I'm...I'm quite intelligent and smart, but not school-smart.

Don't think I took much from that whole school experience at all.

I think I only done two GCSEs,

so, actually, pat on the back for that.

I got two out of two.

I'd like to do a lot with my life.

I just don't know what exactly,

and I feel like that's why I've kind of put myself off not having a job.

I can't wait to watch what you do.

You know, when you...you sort of keep looking at your right bicep.

When? No, I'm not looking at my right...

Dad, I'm just looking.

I just feel sorry for the left bicep because you never check it.

Yeah, ask it how it is, cos your right one gets all your attention.

It's cos the right one's bigger.

Well, the left one heard that,

and he's upset that you're complimenting the right one

and not the left one.

You're all right, you'll get there.

As night falls on Sao Paulo...

Oh, it's the first time we've had to open up a new bit of the map.

This is going to throw us a little bit but we shouldn't let it.

..the last two teams have also left the checkpoint...

Argentina!

This is going to be a long leg.

..and are plotting their way out of Brazil.

There's so many different routes.

We could do Paraguay. Paraguay's one of the cheapest countries.

Potentially. But I think the transport links

will be better in Uruguay.

Even though it's more expensive, we take the risk?

I think maybe we do.

I think, if we could get jobs in Uruguay, then we won't have to worry

about it being a bit more expensive cos we can top up our funds.

Let's do that, then. Yep.

Uruguay is a risk that now, halfway through,

I am willing to take, because we need to race.

Oh. Here we go!

Mary, man, it looks like we might be able to celebrate our heritage

a bit tomorrow. What do you mean?

There's a St Patrick's Day street party.

HE LAUGHS

Oh, my God. I want to go there.

Yeah, so do I. It starts at 4pm, till late.

There's no alternative. We're going to Porto Alegre.

I'm going to the party.

Sights set on the celebrations,

cousins Kola and Mary Ellen have a journey of over 1,100 kilometres

to reach Porto Alegre, in the far south of Brazil, by tomorrow.

We're proud and we're Irish, and if we had the opportunity

to go to a St Paddy's Day festival and we said no,

we wouldn't be able to live it down.

Your mum would be like, "Don't come home, don't come home."

Right. St Patrick's Day, here we come.

Oh, yes. That's cool.

It's just so nice to see a train.

Husbands-to-be Scott and Sam have travelled 400km

to Curitiba, taking in the sights before heading to Uruguay.

It's nice not to be on a bus. It really is.

The city sits on a plateau more than 900 metres above sea level.

With numerous landscaped parks, it's known as the Green Capital.

Steeped in history, from traditional colonial architecture

to its Serra Verde express line.

Think of how different this is to Sao Paulo yesterday.

Yeah, that busy metro. It's two extremes.

Constructed in the late 19th century,

13 tunnels blast through mountain rock,

cutting deep into the Atlantic rainforest.

I've always wanted to go on a train ride like this.

This is exactly what I imagined it to be.

Oh...

Oh! HE LAUGHS

God! I went funny then.

Oh, I can't look down there.

Ooh, wow! Oh, wow.

It just feels as if we're floating in the air.

We are so far up, we're almost at the top of these mountains.

Wow! Oh, ho-ho-ho!

This is one of the most incredible views I've ever seen in my life.

Not many couples get to do what we're doing right now. No.

So glad that we got to do it together. Mm.

Bet you didn't think you'd be doing this with me seven years ago.

No. I couldn't get you to go anywhere with me for a while.

SCOTT CHUCKLES

The moment I met Sam,

everything just went blurry.

It felt different than before.

You weren't keen on me at the start, were you?

I was... didn't say not keen.

I just...

It went a bit too fast too quick. Right.

So, I just had to put the brakes on a little bit.

We'd both come out of quite long-term relationships,

and I was full steam ahead.

He was not.

So, he was like, "Erm, I'm not sure I can do this right now."

I was gutted.

Scott asked me, "Do you just want to be friends?"

And I had to be honest and say,

"I think I do at the moment."

And Scott, rightfully at that time, said,

"I can't do this."

And there was about six to seven months where he didn't talk to me.

I was hoping that he would look back and go,

"I really miss that fun that we had, and he's such a nice person."

It wasn't easy, you know.

Like, I found it so hard not to just text you or pick up the phone.

It was a risk,

but I couldn't think of anything else that I could do.

I think, over that time, I missed him more and more,

and I think I realised what I was letting go.

All worked out, though, didn't it?

It did. It worked out in the end,

and here we are in Brazil,

two months from getting married.

Coming away from this, we've had such an amazing experience,

and I think it has just reinforced my love for Scott.

Things in the last six months have been ridiculous busy,

where I sometimes I don't see him for more than an hour or two

from one week to the next.

This has been the reconnection that we needed

before we do it for the rest of our lives.

635km to the west...

Holy Moley!

..after their 16-hour night bus...

Our last memory of Brazil will be these incredible waterfalls,

and I think that's going to be really nice.

Two buses to get there.

I always say it's three forms of transport

to get anywhere worth seeing.

..Kelly and Jeremy have reached the Triple Frontier border,

planning a direct course through Argentina,

and have inched ahead of Jeff and Freddy en route to Paraguay.

Whilst leading the charge down the Brazilian coast to Uruguay,

Kola and Mary Ellen are halfway through their 21-hour journey

to the St Patrick's Day parade.

Happy St Patrick's Day, Kola.

Happy St Patrick's Day, Mary.

It's three hours ahead in Ireland.

Our family's definitely in the pub by now.

A million percent.

Most people don't know I'm Irish,

because, obviously, I have a very African name

and a very English accent,

so you wouldn't automatically think my mum's Irish.

No.

My mum was born in Kerry, and my dad's Nigerian.

Lovely fusion of cultures.

Erm, weirdly,

so far but so close...

..in...in the passion.

Very dedicated, very loving people.

And I love my heritage.

Growing up as a mixed-race man,

it wasn't that easy all the time.

You know, it was...

Especially in Peckham, like, you had to kind of lean

towards more of the black culture. Yeah.

In the '70s, when, you know,

there was turmoil in this country,

South London was a safe haven for Irish

and for people of black culture.

Erm, and that's, you know, that's how my mum and dad met.

In a pub.

When I was young, I didn't even know race and religion.

I didn't see that.

I just saw my friends as my friends.

But then you get older and things change.

In my social groups, it was kind of seen more as, you know,

you have to choose one side,

you know, rather than just be what you actually are,

which is mixed-race, and that's perfectly fine.

People would say stuff like, "Just because your mum's white,

"it doesn't mean that you're white.

"You're black, you're black, you're black," do you know what I mean?

It made me kind of like push aside my Irish heritage.

But growing up and becoming a man and, you know,

and thinking with my own brain,

I always say, "Oh, yeah, I'm Irish and Nigerian."

How many counties in Ireland do you know?

All right.

Kerry,

Derry,

Galway.

Erm...

Wait, I should know more than this.

There's 32.

THEY LAUGH

It's shocking.

This looks really beautiful.

Hi, guys. Ola.

Nice to meet you. Jeff.

Louisa, Josie, Daniel.

THEY LAUGH

Just 165km from the border with Paraguay,

Jeff and Freddy have pitched up

to work at the Birelli family's campsite.

Meu Filho. Ah, sim.

He is youngest.

Louisa, er, quantos anos?

Treze.

Today? Aha! Happy birthday!

Happy Birthday.

Thank you for spending your birthday with us.

That's...that's really nice. What a boring birthday!

This peaceful refuge is hidden in the forest,

on the outskirts of the city of Cascavel...

IMITATES TARZAN CRY

Right.

..where campers can experience living amongst nature.

Hey! HE SPEAKS PORTUGUESE

Cascavel! JEFF LAUGHS

Come on, Fred. We need to work.

Jeff and Freddy have been tasked with chopping firewood for the camp.

I've never, ever in my life seen that technique.

Ah!

I'll be real I did not just see what he done.

Then he's turned it round.

Like that. Yeah.

THEY LAUGH Oh, unlucky.

Go on, then, keep going.

It's hard work.

Fred, I'm really happy when I'm watching you trying stuff out

and persevering, and not stopping

when you feel like you're no good at it.

Freddy's strengths are absolutely numerous,

but he's the last person to see them himself.

Oh! Me with an axe.

A lot of the time, I think that he sees himself

as being inadequate, inferior, not enough.

All right!

School was tough.

I was that kid in class that weren't really the same.

I...I struggled, my concentration weren't the best.

A bit of a joker.

Right, that is in.

Go on, Fred, you got it.

Ooh... Again.

And so, at ten, I got diagnosed with ADHD.

A lot of teachers had noticed, very fidgety,

that I didn't mean to misbehave, but I didn't know how to really cope

with everything that was going on.

I don't think I was bad... but I weren't good.

And down.

Nearly.

Yes, Freddy!

Only took eight times.

That's all right.

It's hard work. There's, like, a whole three day worth

of firewood there.

I hope they've got the marshmallows to cater for it.

Are you going to be able to push that?

Dad, have you seen the size of my biceps?

He might actually be able to update his CV when he gets home -

lumberjack.

Update my CV?!

I couldn't hazard a guess at how Fred's mind works,

but I know that he's going to do something amazing in his lifetime.

We need the pioneers, we need the people that give

a completely different opinion,

and that's what Fred's role's going to be.

Right, put that one there, that's going to roll.

Ha. And I see it, I've always seen it,

and I look forward to him realising it.

One day, it's all going to click and fall into place.

Nicely done, Fred.

See me?!

Keep your eyes peeled for a jaguar.

SHE CHUCKLES

Oh, my God.

Babe, look at this!

Iguazu Falls stands proud at 80m high

and is made up of 275 individual waterfalls.

Wow! Let's walk there.

Well, we wanted a shower!

According to local legend, Iguazu was created by a god

whose future bride fled with her lover across the river.

In anger, he split it in two, condemning them to the abyss.

Woo, don't look down.

Oh, my God.

You're right under it.

We're in the waterfall! Oh, my God!

That's wild.

It's like we're on the edge of the world!

What a buzz.

Look at this!

Look at the power of that!

Ha-ha-ha! Woo!

Yeah! It's awesome!

I never expected it to look like this.

Oh, it's amazing.

I've never seen anything like this in my whole life.

This is probably, like,

the most beautiful thing I've ever seen, ever.

Like...

Wow.

The nature is so healing, isn't it? Mad, huh?

An energetic, like, shift.

For Kola and Mary Ellen,

a hold-up en route to the St Patrick's Day party.

The bus has broke down.

I don't know exactly what's going on, but I know that we've been

stopped here for about an hour-and-a-half now, so...

..that sucks.

POUNDING

They say parties in Brazil start quite late,

so hopefully we can still make it.

# Happy Birthday, Elouisa

# Happy Birthday to you. #

Woo-woo!

Oi, Dad, there's about eight cakes.

Oh, yes, they've got the cheese balls as well.

He's happy! LAUGHTER

Jeff and Freddy have been invited to join 13-year-old Elouisa's

birthday celebrations.

So, I've just asked Elouisa, what's your favourite lessons at school?

Read it out.

"My favourite class is PE.

"I like to play ball with my friends."

Erm, what kind of ball?

Throwing? Football. Football?

Football?! Yes.

What's your favourite team?

Sao Paulo. Sao Paulo, OK. They are good?

Sim, sim.

My team in the Premier League, Tottenham.

Er, Richarlison.

Richarlison is Brazilian, innit?

Is there anything you'd like to know about England?

Good?Sim.

Er, what is it like to live in a country that has a royal family?

Hmm...

LAUGHTER

You have to watch how you answer this one.

It's really cool for the tourists to see the palace and guards,

but otherwise, they're mostly getting in trouble.

LAUGHTER

Dinner has been really lovely.

What it's taught me this evening, actually, is regardless of the

language barrier, people just know how to be good hosts,

and so I'm really glad that before we depart Brazil,

we've really sat down and been able to get to know these guys.

Obrigado. Obrigado.

Oh, it's been a nice day. It has.

Really kind family. We've eaten, we've laughed.

For not doing so well in the race on this leg, we're definitely

doing really well when it comes to making memories as a father and son.

I've never slept on what felt like a car park before.

150km ahead,

Kelly and Jeremy are the first team to enter Argentina...

Oh, my God, can you smell the barbecue?

Ahh...

We're definitely in Argentina.

It feels really different.

..stopping over in the border town of Puerto Iguazu.

Hotel.

It might be expensive, babe. It looks a bit bougie.

Yeah, I think so. SHE CHUCKLES

Oh, this one looks nice. I know, babe. Come on.

Oh... We could just see.

Come. Come with Daddy.

This one here. Less expensive.

Come on, let's go in this one.

Ola. It's $40.

Is that all? Yeah.

Yeah, come on. Can we see it first? Can we see the room?

Let's make sure it's all right, though.

Yeah? Yes, OK.

I will go and pay.

Hang on, babe.

Oh, look at this one!

Quarenta...

Muchos gracias.

Hello. Hello.What's your cheapest room for two?

OK that would be amazing.

Where's Kelly? I lost Kelly.

Oh, it's, like, two double beds.

Yeah, this is much nicer, isn't it?

My God, you can't even compare.

OK, thank you.

Has he... Is he checking in?

What?

Did you pay already? Yeah, I gave the money already.

I just wish you'd slow down a bit.

Babe, we need to be strong mentally

because we can't go in nice hotel now. We can't afford to.

Why are we working?

What's the point if we can't even have a decent bed and shower?

I just try to do my best.

Babe, you didn't try and do your best, you ran into the first

hotel you saw and then just gave the guy some money.

I did the right decision, trust me.

Well, yeah, you've got a lovely, cheap room

and you've got a miserable wife, so well done.

Arriving late after their bus breakdown...

Oh, my God. This is so heartbreaking.

..Kola and Mary Ellen have missed the celebrations.

Our whole journey revolved around going to

Porto Alegre for St Patrick's Day

and that hasn't happened.

Gutted. In the morning, we start again.

Tomorrow's a new day.

You get knocked down, you can get back up.

That's what it's all about.

Today things went wrong.

Terribly wrong. Like, comically wrong.

But, you know, that doesn't mean that tomorrow,

we ain't going to get some luck our way.

Happy St Patrick's Day.

5:30am.

Oh, it's early.

But we've got to do this to get some ground going, haven't we?

I really don't know where we are in the race.

Until you turn that book over, you just can't guess.

After their day spent sightseeing, Scott and Sam are the furthest team

from Tigre, booked on a bus out of Brazil.

Bus is in 20 minutes, but Sam's striding ahead.

He's turned into his dad.

Thank you.

They face a 27-hour journey,

catapulting them into Uruguay, to Montevideo,

just the other side of the Argentinian border.

We have decided to go through Uruguay, which we are hoping

is a bit faster, but it's a bit more expensive,

so we found a job to help top up our funds.

I'm excited that we're on the way out of Brazil into another country.

600km to the west after leaving the campsite...

That was really nice, that little experience.

Yeah, I feel, like, full of good stuff, but we've had a slow start to

this leg and we need to get back into race mode. Yeah.

..Jeff and Freddy are approaching the Paraguay border

in search of a swift crossing.

I feel like it's a taxi situation.

We know that we're close to the border. Taxi.

You think taxi to the border?

Everything else is buses that are going back to where we've

just come from.

Sure.

Ola, erm, the border?

The border for Paraguay, sim?

Si.

I don't really know that he

definitely knows where we want to go. Border, I think...

But he might do. Worldwide, I think everyone knows what a border is.

They're very close to the border.

They have a different word for it.

There's no Buddhist temple. There's an Arab Mosque. What?

PHONE BEEPS

We would just like to cross the border. Obrigado.

Right. Obrigado.

The border is not the border, Fred.

Well, we're in the car now and we're going to where we need to go,

so we're good.

The Friendship Bridge opened in 1965,

linking Brazil with its much smaller neighbour, Paraguay.

Known as the heart of South America,

it's one of only two landlocked countries in the continent.

Paraguay is going to be really good, budget-wise. Yep.

Do you think they get a lot of tourism here, Fred?

I don't think they see many English people.

I'm absolutely cooking.

With living and transport costs up to 30% cheaper than other

South American countries, Jeff and Freddy plan to take advantage

by cutting through the edge of the

country on their way to Argentina.

Dad, remind me where we're going.

Encarnacion.

Er, the next one leaves at 11:30 at night.

Seven hours.

No...

This is just great.

Fred, I don't know what to say to you, mate, cos it's our second big

delay of this leg, and it seems really gutting.

Let's just sit and smile and act like this isn't shit.

As Jeff and Freddy come to a standstill in Paraguay...

I think so far this leg, we're making good time.

Getting into Argentina early's been quite a good tactic.

..Kelly and Jeremy are the only team in Argentina,

and are planning a day sightseeing in Concordia.

We like these little, unusual stop-offs, don't we?

I'm quite happy to just go and discover something. Yeah, me too.

I just want to forget the race for, maybe, one day.

And just be together. That's what we need.

We could maybe find a little bar and see, like, Argentine tango.

Neither of us have been to Argentina before, so it's exciting, isn't it?

Yeah.

To the East, Scott and Sam are forging forth to Uruguay,

closing in on Kola and Mary Ellen,

heading in the same direction.

Ola.

Er, tickets to... Punta del Este, Uruguay.

Get your money out.

This is our most expensive bus yet.

I don't know how much things cost once we get off the bus,

but we're not financially in the best position to afford Uruguay.

Obrigada.

I guess we going to have to work, then, innit?

With just 31% of their budget left,

they plan to arrive in Uruguay fresh and ready to work tomorrow.

Ahhh...

I'm going to have to get that flannel out the bin for my feet.

Oh, my God.

I was in Hollywood three weeks ago, living it up.

Now, I'm in Brazil in a toilet, washing my feet with a flannel.

Life's about balance.

Off to Uruguay.

I'm a bona fide backpacker now.

So, we went to sleep in Brazil, woke up in Uruguay.

Uruguay - South America's second-smallest country,

but one of its most developed.

Contrasting glamorous coastal cities with rolling plains,

its tradition of cattle ranching sees cows outnumber people

four to one.

I just remembered my dream I had last night.

Vernon Kay was doing Race Across The World against us

and Justin Timberlake.

Who won? I woke up.

After 25 hours on the road,

Scott and Sam are gaining ground on Kola and Mary Ellen,

who are pitching up in Punta del Este...

..where the Rio de la Plata meets the Atlantic Ocean.

Dubbed the Monaco of South America,

a glamorous beach resort, attracting the rich and famous.

Beach club. Look at that. It's looking pretty stunnin'.

Punta del Este's got a lot of money.

But for the party-loving cousins,

it's strictly business with a budget-boosting job lined up.

Oh, my God, man.

Hey.

Left my passport on the bus.

Oh, God.

You all right? I took it out to put the passport back in the case

and just left it on the chair and went back to sleep.

Think about how you're going to get it back.

Well, we haven't really got time for this.

Moving on.

Yeah.

So, do you think your passport's going to levitate towards you?

All right, cool.

Ohhh...

Is it the fact that he's a celebrity

and he has people holding on to these things for him?

Like, what's gone on? He never used to be this clumsy.

I've no-one to blame but myself.

It's a stupid thing to do.

It being the end of the race, it would be hard to swallow

because we've come so far, erm...

..and it will be my fault.

I don't know if there's a way of getting into Argentina

without a passport.

Hopefully, when we get to the job,

we can use their telephone to get his passport back.

Ready to step foot into another country? Ready.

Scott and Sam have arrived in South America's southernmost capital city,

and are looking to secure onward transport to the checkpoint.

After our job, we need to get to Buenos Aires somehow.

Ola. Ola.Do you go to Buenos Aires?

Tonight, pm.

So it's, like, an overnight bus?

Yeah. 12 hours.

Scott, I'm going to go in here.

Ola. We need to get to Buenos Aires this evening,

the fastest way possible.

You have the ferry direct to Buenos Aires.

And how long does it take?

Three hours around.

They could opt to travel by bus,

heading northwest to reach

the bridge into Argentina,

before doubling back...

..or the direct ferry would place

them just 30km from the checkpoint.

But it comes at a cost.

How much?

4,520 pesos.

Each? Each.

It's about 200 quid, just for the three-hour ferry.

Oh, my God. That's insane.

It's blowing a lot of the money.

Usually, it's the other way round.

Scott's like, "Yeah, let's spend it," but when he sees the cash

actually dwindling down, I think he's getting a bit worried.

Three hours over 12 hours.

I think it's worth a gamble.

Haven't taken any other gambles.

Are you sure we can afford it?

I think 100 quid is worth it.

Two, three, four, five... Oh, God, don't even...

I'm nervous because we haven't ever spent this much money

in one go.

It's a bit of a shock after three weeks of being really cautious.

I just don't want to run out of money and that fills me

with a little bit of dread.

I hope this is the right thing to do. Done it now.

Ola. Hello.

I'm Kola. Nice to meet you. You all right? Nice to meet you.

Welcome. Thank you.

A short hop from Punta del Este,

Andrea runs the Luz Culinary Wine Lodge.

Oh, this is beautiful.

Before we work, is there a phone I can use, possibly? Yeah, sure.

A crucial phone call to the bus company

to try to salvage their race.

Oh, hello. I left my passport on a bus to Montevideo from Porta Alegre.

WOMAN SPEAKS ON PHONE

No, this morning.

WOMAN SPEAKS

Oh, my God.

Excuse me, can you tell her the situation...? Sure.

Yeah. Ola.

SHE TRANSLATES:

Ah... Perfecto.

The passport is there. Yeah, OK.

Thank you. The office closes at 9pm.

Oh, OK, so I'll be able to get it there before 9pm?

Yes. OK. OK, thank you. Thank you so much for your help.

It's there? Yeah.

The passport's there? That's incredible.

Office closes at 9pm today.

We'll get there.

Ooh, look at this!

This is the very first vineyard I've ever been to.

It'll be playing on my mind until the passport's in my pocket.

Because Montevideo's hours away,

that does affect the time that we can spend here.

Mary, mate, I can go across and just untangle it, and then roll it.

Oh, OK, yeah.

We can do, like, a little bit of work for these nice people,

but we've got to be on our way pretty sharpish.

Missed this one, Mary.

To be honest, I think I'm better off doing the wine tasting

than the wine harvesting, do you know what I mean?

JEFF:This is exciting for me.

Following their seven-hour hold-up yesterday,

Jeff and Freddy have made it to the southern tip of Paraguay.

I've been waiting so long to get on a bloody train.

Now here we are.

It's not much of a train, it doesn't go very far,

it just goes over a bridge, but it takes us from Paraguay to Argentina

and closer to the checkpoint.

Here we go.

Yeah, boy!

Taking just nine minutes from station to station,

father and son are the second team to enter the checkpoint country.

Fred, seen this cloud? It's mad.

It's like the underneath of a Star Wars spaceship.

Oh, yeah.

It's a really odd cloud.

That was an easier border crossing, wasn't it?

Now we're in Argentina.

Right, here we go.

To reach the checkpoint, there's

still a whooping 1,000km to cover.

We go to Tigre?

Direct? Direto?

MAN SPEAKS

Straight away. We're probably not going to better that.

Let's do it.

Obrigado. Obri...

No. No! Gracias! Gracias.

This leg, this is the one thing that's actually gone right.

We've arrived at a garage and we haven't had to wait for ten hours.

This is what we thought it was always going to be like

until this leg taught us a lesson and gave us a slap round the face.

Oh, on the minute. Is it?

Yeah. Love that.

As Jeff and Freddy play catch-up,

Kelly and Jeremy's direct route has paid off.

Now, just 410km short of the checkpoint,

they're taking time out to soak up the local culture.

Oh, babe, look!

Jezza, we need to get our tango on.

# Tango, tango, tango! #

Oop!

Born out of the late 19th-century working class dance halls

of Buenos Aires, the tango was once considered immoral, due to its

intimate and sensual movements between partners.

The dance of passion is now synonymous with Argentina.

Thank you.

We've never danced Argentine tango before.

If you walk, you can dance tango!

So I will walk. Perfect.

So, when Jeremy and I first met,

I was studying martial arts just to keep fit and he was a judo fighter,

and I saw a video of him, and I was like,

"Oh, I wonder who he is,"

and I found him on social media, and I was like, "Hi!"

Ah...

This one? No, no...

I didn't know who she was and when I saw her, she did an amazing smile,

and I thought, "Wow, it's like a punch in your face,"

because she's beautiful, but my English was not good.

I was with Google Translate,

I was trying to do the conversation.

It was not easy.

Relax your upper body.

OK. Yes? I'm more relaxed, OK.

Ready? OK, so...

When I came to London the first time, it was quite amazing.

Oh, when we first met? Yeah.

Did my aura just, like, bowl you over? Yeah.

Yeah, it was different.

No, it's true. I'm putting words into his mouth.

This is how I teach him English.

You fell in love with me at first sight. I fell in love...

Yeah, that's it.

CHEERING

SHE LAUGHS

We've been together ten years now.

It's really flown by.

I can't believe that.

He doesn't like public displays of affection, so I just...

..I just get the finger.

To the east...

I'm on the bus to Montevideo to go get my passport.

..Kola and Mary Ellen are racing down the coast of Uruguay.

This leg's been a car crash.

We've missed everything, we haven't even experienced hardly nothing,

and we thought we were going to go to a lucrative job opportunity,

but we left the job early, and what we got was enough, basically,

for a bottle of water and a coffee.

I think we're going to come fourth again.

Everything sucks, really. A lot.

Over 100km ahead,

before setting sail to Argentina...

We're looking for Veronica.

..Scott and Sam are replenishing their funds after shelling out

on expensive ferry tickets.

This is so cool.

It's like a proper market. Yeah.

Is that Veronica?

Ola! BOTH: Ola!

I'm Scott. How are you?

Sam. Nice to meet you.

You work here? Yeah! We've come to work.

It's later! Traffic. Traffic.

Later.

You're cracking the whip already!

Veronica runs a barbecue restaurant

that has been in the family for almost 40 years.

You work in the bar and you work in the barbecue. Very quickly.

Yeah, we're going to be quick.

OK? OK.

OK.

BOTH: Let's go.

Gosh, it's hot, isn't it? Oh, my word.

So, you going to work or you going to sit?

I'll work.

The tradition of slow-cooking meat over a open fire is known as asado,

a symbol of Uruguayan identity, celebrating community, family

and the country's heritage, tracing back to the gauchos.

Faster, faster, faster, faster!

How many of these do you cook a day?

Maybe 2,000.

2,000 a day? Throw it, throw it, throw it!

Sam is a master of the barbecue

and he'll be doing that when he gets back home too.

Don't be afraid, don't be afraid.

Si. This is fast. I know, it's very fast.

18. 18?

Table number 18.

Never had a job like this in my life.

This type of work is chaos.

Absolute hats off to these guys.

Every day you're here?

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday?

Every day? Every day.

Veronica reminds me a lot of my dad.

He used to run a transport company.

I used to see him work all hours,

moving big furniture on the vans every day.

I actually did that with him once

when I was about ten, and he thinks that's why I got into radio,

so I didn't have to go out on the vans again with him.

He's gone past 70 now and still works, and I'll be the same.

Oh, my God.

Come on!OK.

Don't think about it. OK.

Let's go. Let's go.

Quickly, quickly! OK!

In Argentina...

Oh, let's go to a bar down here. We can sit out on the square. OK.

..Kelly and Jeremy are booked on an overnight bus to make

a final 410km dash to the Tigre checkpoint.

Today, I completely forgot the race, like, no stress.

How did you find the tango? I love it.

We should do something that when we get back to London.

You did, er, tango in Strictly. Yeah.

I always think... Ah, don't know, it was another life, really.

Quite crazy, yeah. Yeah.

You don't know much about my history in the UK,

like when I was in The Big Breakfast, like,

some of these massive shows that I've been a part of,

it's kind of an invitation for the media to have an opinion on your

life, and to write about you, and comment on you.

When you did The Big Breakfast, you was...18?

18, yeah.

I don't really know how the press was with Kelly, like,

20, 25 years ago.

Erm... I never really ask.

Oh, my God, Jeremy, like, if I could show you the scathing headlines,

they'd say I was stupid, that I was dumb, I couldn't do my job...

There was just no limit.

When you're in the public eye, there's going to be lots of opinions

on who you are, and you can't really control that.

If someone's going to write a scathing headline about you

and use a picture of you in a bikini on the cover of the paper, that was

just like a win-win for the tabloids cos that's what sold newspapers.

As a young girl, you're like, "Oh, God, you know, to be famous,"

and then the minute you're famous, all you want to do is hide away.

When I met you, the first week, an English newspaper,

they message all my family, all my friends.

To ask about me? Yeah.

In France, we don't have this culture,

so I'm still not used to this.

I remember one of the first times I had some paparazzi in front of me.

I thought, "What is this?"

A few people recognised me because I was her boyfriend.

To be honest, Jeremy, I don't think anywhere in the world

has this culture. Yeah, yeah.

It's different because Kelly's in the public eye since more than

20 years, but it's not my life.

I'm, like, private and shy at the same time.

I'm sorry that I've had to, like, drag you into that.

I'm too boring. Nobody wants to write about me.

They might do! Jeremy walking his dog.

Jeremy going to... Jeremy at the gym again!

SHE LAUGHS

Let's go. Let's go. Checkpoint!

As Kelly and Jeremy set off towards Tigre...

..closing in, Jeff and Freddy.

Been an incredibly frustrating leg,

but, nonetheless, we're now on a coach that's going to overnight,

so as soon as we get off, it will be a mad dash towards our checkpoint.

It's like a cruise ship.

I don't think anybody else is going to be on this.

I think we're the only ones silly enough to spend that much money

on a ferry.

Crossing the Rio de la Plata,

Scott and Sam have Buenos Aires in their sights,

30km short of the checkpoint.

We need to try and save some money now.

Anybody going to Tigre? Is anybody going to Tigre? Please?

Is anybody going to Tigre? Anyone? Anyone?

Anybody going to Tigre? Please help us.

Stuck in Uruguay...

Where's lost and found?

Hm? Here?

Hello.

Erm, Ingles?

Er... So-so.

Erm, I lost my passport.

You don't have it?

The lady on the phone told me that you guys have it

in lost and found, in the station.

Ola.

I lost my documents.

Passport. Yeah. British. Er, today.

I lost... lost it.

Thank you.

I'm so relieved. Something's finally gone in my favour.

I would have been absolutely screwed,

so I'm over the moon about that. Heh.

Mary! Found it.

Amazing. Well done.

Do you want to hand over the goods?

Huh? What goods? My passport?

OK, let's try and get tickets going to Argentina.

Ola. We want to go to Buenos Aires tonight.

It's been a horrible leg, but we're en route to Argentina

and, at this point, get us to the checkpoint.

That is our goal.

When we wake up, we'll be in Argentina.

That's something to look forward to.

The land of Messi.

Hopefully it's not messy, though.

Hopefully Argentina treats us well.

Please. Please. We need it.

Tigre. Tigre.

Our GPS could ping at any time now.

Gracias.

Thank you so much, thank you.

Founded as a timber port at the base of the Parana Delta...

..Tigre is criss-crossed by a vast labyrinth of waterways.

Buried deep within, the fourth checkpoint -

an ecolodge only accessible by boat.

BEEPING

"On foot, cross the bridge

"and take a water taxi along the river to the Museo de Arte Tigre."

Cross the bridge...

Water taxi.

How do you get a water taxi?

Do you just call one like a taxi? Taxi! Taxi!

BOTH: Hello!

What the...

This is normal.

Ola. Museo de Arte Tigre.

Yes.Si? Si? Si.

Can we go fast? Fast, fast.

Fast. Vamos!

ENGINE REVS

That's it! Let's go! Woo-woo!

I can see a building with a statue on the top.

That should be it.

I mean, that looks like a museum.

BEEPING

"Direct the captain.

"Take the first big right,

"then the next big left.

"Find the hotel checkpoint in 2km."

Captain?

Big right, big left.

Right, right.

Yeah, right.

Has he gone right?

Yeah. Yeah, yeah.

And then, big... Like, the big left.

Left.

Right, that's the left. OK.

And now 2km, find the hotel checkpoint.

What's this on the right?

This is lit up a bit on the right.

No.

It's so dark, I can't see anything.

Is that a hotel?

That's a house.

This would be easier in the day.

We've definitely done 2km now, surely.

What's here now? I can see some lights here.

A spa. Si, yeah. Stop, stop, stop.

Stop. This is the hotel. This is the hotel.

Just go. Wait, wait, wait. Go!

This is nice.

Where's the reception?

Hi. Hi. Hi, there.

Welcome to Delta Eco Hotel.

BOTH: Thank you. Please sign in.

Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!

BOTH: Yes!

Yes!

Shall we sign in?

We've never come first before. What do we do?

I can't believe this. Look at this.

We honestly thought that Jeff and Freddy were so far ahead,

we didn't think it was mathematically possible

to claw it back.

Sign it.

I had a feeling that if we take a massive risk with the ferry,

it might pay off...

Thank you. ..and it paid off.

Ah, we've clawed back... Well done.

..26 hours... Well done. ..in two legs. Well done.

THUNDER RUMBLES

I have a feeling we could possibly be first.

Babe, let's go right.

Aaargh!

I can see... Water taxi. Do you see anything? I can see a boat coming.

HE WHISTLES Taxi!

He's coming, he's coming.

He's here, babe. Come on.

THUNDER CRASHES Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho!

Ooh!

OK, I'm in.

Don't make me jump, huh?

Museo de Arte de Tigre. OK.

Thank you.

Do you think we've done well?

We... Babe... I hope so cos I'm drenched!

Gracias. Thank you.

BEEPING "On foot, cross the bridge.

"Take the water taxi along the river to Museo de Arte..."

Mary, that way.

Taxi!

Never done that before.

OK, what's the time?

Go. Go, go, go, go.

There. Taxi!

Come on, Fred, over here.

MARY ELLEN:Oh, there we go. That looks like a museum.

BEEPING

"Direct the captain to the checkpoint.

"Take the first big right, then the next big left."

This way, captain!

We've had some really bad luck.

Hopefully, everyone else had some bad luck as well, yeah.

Big left, left.

I thought we'd already done a big left.

We went round to the left, babe.

No, it was just following the road.

We didn't did a big left.

Are you sure? Yeah.

That's the big right. That a big right?

Right?

JEFF:Would you say that's a big right?

No, not this one, the next one!

Got ya, Fred. Yep, you're right.

Oh, got water in my mouth.

Where are we going, babe?

We've done more than 2km, surely.

It was literally dark when we started.

Come on, come on!

JEFF:Keep looking, Fred, keep looking.

Oh, my God, babe, where is this hotel?

Come on, please...

Scott and Sam!

Oh, my God! No way!

OK. No way!

They got in seven hours ago!

No!

Good for them.

We were just focused on Jeff and Fred, but who knew Scott

and Sam absolutely nailed it? Yeah.

We're happy for everyone to come first, but then for the last leg,

we want it to be us, obviously.

I don't think I can sleep now, can you?

Too much adrenaline. I just want to... Yeah.

This leg, I think we got a really good balance.

This leg is my favourite. Yeah, me too.

Ooh! That was epic.

Ah, this dreaded thing again.

Oh! Third.

Shocked. Are you not shocked?

Yeah. That's wicked, though.

I don't know about you, Mary,

but I'm pretty chuffed with being third.

I'm gobsmacked.

I'm absolutely gobsmacked that we're fourth.

Er... No.

See? I'm so used to saying fourth, for God's sake!

It's great, at this moment in the race, to still be in the race.

So, there's ten hours between us and first.

Jeff and Freddy are actually nowhere to be seen.

We are lost.

For all we know, there might be someone just five minutes behind us.

This boat ride really just sums up our leg.

Vamos!

I feel we're the only tourists that have ever been here.

Any decision that you make could mean someone's catching up with you.

This experience has made us re-evaluate what's important to us.

Oh, my God we're really racing now.

Fred, pace it, mate!

Oh, my calves!

Being here makes you feel, "I am not the main character of life."

Push it, push it. We're under pressure today.

I can smell the book. HE SNIFFS

What are you doing?

I don't know.

LAUGHTER