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00:00When we were kids, we did promise ourselves an adventure.
00:06I don't think I'll actually come to terms
00:09with what I've been doing until I'm home.
00:15I'm finding that the longer I'm going on this race,
00:18the stronger I feel.
00:21It's just a whirlwind of emotion.
00:24This adventure has been the most uncomfortable adventure
00:27of my life, but it has been the most rewarding.
00:35The closer I'm getting to the finale,
00:37the more competitive I'm getting.
00:40If we add every single thing we've learned together now,
00:43I do think we have a good shot at winning.
00:47People underestimate them, and I think that's one of our superpowers.
00:57they have a great hope and the past?
01:01I found it out and знает it.
01:02Everybody análises it after winning the potential.
01:05But I think I again,
01:08the latter was another cultural phenomenon that I'm giving
01:10about to achieve.
01:12Can we hear from him?
01:14Those who really webbing their existing experiences
01:16are really intended to haveМrs게.
01:18But greatly manequed them in their 빛
01:20I actually can't believe that we're here
01:30and I actually can't believe that we've turned it around.
01:33We're going into Legate in first place.
01:37We couldn't have asked for a better start.
01:41When you open that book at No Name, how bad would you want to see it?
01:44Obviously, I want to win.
01:45The only thing I've wanted this whole time is to have that book just empty.
01:50The odds are against us.
01:54But if we look at it in reality now, with the money that we've got,
01:58it could still be anybody's race.
02:00Why can't we catch up 19 hours?
02:03Everybody knows that you can catch up time.
02:09Caroline is very competitive and we're second to them.
02:13So we need to be much in their competitiveness, really.
02:17Let's win.
02:19It's really tight.
02:22Now everybody is on the same level.
02:24It is literally crunch time.
02:27We just need to go, go, go.
02:284.44 a.m.
02:47Hello, good morning.
02:49Good morning.
02:50Heading into the eighth and final leg, Caroline and Tom are in pole position.
02:57But as they begin the final battle to the finish line, mere hours separate the top three teams.
03:05You ready?
03:06Last one.
03:08The finish line.
03:10Kaneia Kamari.
03:11Oh, very exciting.
03:14Shall we go?
03:15Let's go.
03:16Bye.
03:18This is it.
03:19After racing 13,000 kilometers, just over 1,000 remain.
03:26The distance that stands between the teams and a prize of 20,000 pounds.
03:33The finish line, Kaneia Kamari, sits at the southernmost hip of India, where tourists flock for the sunrise and the 41 meter Tirovaluva statue stands guard.
03:46A profound symbol of Tamil culture and philosophy.
03:52To get there, they must traverse the southern states, where life by the sea has shaped its traditions, from spicy fish curries to water-bound rituals.
04:04The most obvious route to Kaneia Kamari is down the coast.
04:08Following along the coast may be the most direct route, but competition for tickets is fierce.
04:18And whilst travelling inland is a greater distance, heading via southern India's major cities offers regular services and well-connected highways.
04:28I think if we left Pangea and went inland, it does look a little more complicated.
04:37Yeah.
04:37I think we'd have to overcome a mountainous area, and it just seems to look a lot longer on the map.
04:43Whereas I think if we stick coastal route, shorter mileage, surely the distance is shorter that way.
04:49Then go from Kochi to Kaneia Kamari.
04:53Yeah.
04:54And then win the race.
04:55I love that plan.
04:57Caroline and Tom's plan propel themselves along the coast to Kochi, in the heart of Kerala.
05:07Hello, good morning.
05:08We'd like to get a taxi to the station.
05:10As soon as possible.
05:15From our very first leg, we have learnt so much.
05:18This is the time for us to leave no stone unturned, do absolutely everything we can to ensure we come in first.
05:25How much to drop us at the train station, please?
05:281,800 rupees.
05:291,600.
05:31Yeah, okay.
05:32Perfect.
05:32Okay, perfect.
05:34Winning would mean everything.
05:36For myself, but more for mum.
05:38It would mean so much to her to win.
05:41We are looking for a train south today.
05:43Yes, please.
05:44Which comes first?
05:45Udupi, Udupi.
05:478.15.
05:498.15.
05:50It leaves today?
05:518.15.
05:52UDP won?
05:53Yes.
05:53Let's do UDP.
05:55Thank you very much.
05:58Eager to get moving, Caroline and Tom make a snap decision to travel to Udupi, nearly 500 kilometres shy of Kochi.
06:08We're on the move.
06:09I think this is probably our best chance.
06:11I am feeling very relieved that we have a lead.
06:14It gives us a slight buffer zone.
06:16We're on the move, but we're not covering a massive distance, which another team could do.
06:23The thought of waiting around is absolutely awful to me.
06:26I think you've done good.
06:28Really, really good.
06:30Departing just under seven hours after their rivals.
06:35Get the correct transport, make the right decisions, because, you know, Tom and Caroline, they had a head to start, so we need to catch up with it.
06:43Elizabeth and Letitia.
06:44I think the coastal route seems to be less in terms of kilometres.
06:48I think, though, that the inland route may have better roads, better connections, because of the bigger cities.
06:55Yeah, I feel ready to get to Kaniakamari.
06:59Game on.
07:01The sisters' first step to reach the finish line, head inland to the state's cultural capital of Mysuru.
07:10What time is the bus to Mysore?
07:134.45.
07:14Is it a sleeper?
07:15Yeah, a sleeper.
07:16Yeah, a sleeper.
07:17OK.
07:18That's it.
07:18That's it.
07:18That's it.
07:18That's it.
07:19That's it.
07:19I'm like, yeah, motivation, let's go.
07:23We can do this.
07:24Let's just try our best, and our best will just get us there.
07:29On route, with a night train, bus, bus, also making their departure, Finn and Sean Ed, the finish line is Kaniakamari, a tantalising 54 minutes behind the sisters.
07:49That's the last time we're opening an envelope.
07:51It's not going to be straightforward.
07:54It's going to be a hard leg, I think.
07:55Thank you very much.
07:56Thank you so much.
07:58Bye.
07:58Here we go.
08:00We've got this.
08:03We've just got to plan it well.
08:05Major cities like Bangalore seems quite big.
08:08We really need to use that to our advantage.
08:10Ask as many people as we can.
08:12Get as much information as we can.
08:13I don't think anything else really matters this leg now, other than just focusing on speed.
08:18There's no room for mistakes, really.
08:21Do you speak English?
08:23Do you know any buses going to Bangalore?
08:26What's he saying?
08:28I'm going to follow him.
08:30Okay, we're going.
08:32Where are we?
08:34Oh, I'm going.
08:37This feels dodgy.
08:40I mean, that bus doesn't look functionable.
08:43We're following this, but I think he's taking us to get bus tickets.
08:51I'm not really sure.
08:54Ah, tourists.
08:56Ask me.
08:57I'm a tourist.
08:59Yes?
09:01Thank you very much.
09:02Thank you so much.
09:04Bangalore.
09:05Bangalore, yes.
09:05As soon as possible today?
09:09Heading inland, they stick to their proven strategy.
09:13Staying close to major cities with strong transport links.
09:18Stay good.
09:19Thank you so much.
09:20Thank you very much.
09:21I think my competitiveness has kind of ranked up a notch.
09:25I think I'm a lot more competitive than Finn.
09:27If he doesn't win, he doesn't want to be too disappointed.
09:30Whereas I'll just be disappointed for probably a few years and then I'll get over it.
09:35300 kilometres south, Caroline and Tom are approaching their destination, Udupi.
09:43Thomas?
09:44Mmm.
09:45Thomas?
09:45Yes?
09:46I hate to tell you, but we're only a few minutes away.
09:48Thomas?
09:49OK.
09:50OK?
09:50I avoid ever having to wake him up because it's normally really unpleasant.
09:55Sometimes I've even taken him in a hot cup of tea or a bacon sandwich and I leave it beside
09:59him, tell him I've done it and then just run.
10:03It's been beautiful scenery.
10:05Jungle, very, very marshland and wetlands.
10:08And some beautiful water buffalo with their symbiotic birds.
10:12Mmm.
10:12They're beautiful.
10:14Good.
10:14The coastal city is flanked on one side by the Western Ghats and on the other, the Arabian
10:23Sea.
10:24We're in Udupi.
10:26But these natural barriers can limit onward transport options.
10:30Excuse me, sir.
10:31Hi.
10:31Do you have two minutes just to help us, please?
10:33Oh, thank you so much.
10:35Um, we need to get to Kochi.
10:37Kochi.
10:37Do you know if the train is one of the fastest ways to get there?
10:41One minute.
10:41Oh, thank you for looking.
10:44There are multiple trains, but there are no seats available right now.
10:48Oh.
10:49No tickets.
10:50No.
10:51A bit of a kick in the teeth.
10:54Do you know if there's buses tomorrow?
10:56Tomorrow, there is an AC sleeper.
10:585.25.
11:00That's 5.25 in the afternoon.
11:02My worry is it's not exactly race mode for me.
11:05Physically, nothing else we can do.
11:08And I will sleep well tonight if we know it's books.
11:11Would it be okay if you could help us and book two tickets?
11:14Yeah.
11:15For the bus tomorrow night.
11:17An overnight bus will take Caroline and Tom 500 kilometres south to the Carolyn city of Kochi.
11:25But not till tomorrow night, meaning a delay in Udupi.
11:30With our bus not being in till tomorrow afternoon, I'm quite worried about having Elizabeth and Letitia on our tail.
11:36Finn and Sean, they're only about 45 minutes behind them.
11:39I think they're both breathing down our neck.
11:44Oh, this looks quite fancy, doesn't it?
11:48It's even got a door.
11:50Oh!
11:50Oh!
11:52Put it, put on it.
11:53I got ready.
11:54Oh, right.
11:55What the fuck?
11:58Setting off from Goa...
12:00So now it is race, race, race.
12:03...Elizabeth and Letitia board an overnight bus to Mysuru.
12:07We'll be waking up in a completely different city.
12:10While Finn and Sean Ed also opt for sleeper travel, bound for Bengaluru.
12:17Tom and Caroline did have a head start.
12:19They may have spent this day going as far as they can.
12:22If that's the case, they will be further than us.
12:26We're going hundreds of kilometres tonight.
12:28We just need to get that extra little push to win.
12:31I think we can do it.
12:33Finn and Sean Ed are just an hour behind, so we do need to keep that lead ahead of them.
12:39This leg is now on over.
12:41Do you know what I mean?
12:45What we've got out of now is we've got the opportunity to catch a load of hours up by just bombing it south.
12:52Trailing the leaders by 17 hours.
12:55Brian and Melvin hope to kick-start their comeback.
12:58If we go inland, Mel, we're going to probably lose it again.
13:02We're just going to waste our time.
13:03It's about getting there as quick as possible.
13:04It is.
13:05We both still want to win.
13:06Yes.
13:06We both still want to win this, and we've got a chance.
13:08We have got to get as far south as we can.
13:10And if it's a taxi, then...
13:12That's what it's going to be.
13:13And if we run out of money, then we run out of money.
13:16We need to get it.
13:16The earlier we do it, the sooner we're on our way.
13:19OK.
13:19All right?
13:21Due to cost-effective travel across India,
13:24all of the teams have been able to preserve funds for the final leg.
13:29How far south can you take us?
13:32Mangalore.
13:32Yeah?
13:33Mangalore is 350 kilometres.
13:35It's fine.
13:36We'll go.
13:36Get the car.
13:37Go to Mangalore.
13:38Yeah.
13:38For Brian and Melvin, spending nearly 40% of the remaining cash on a taxi to Mangalore,
13:45it's a crucial boost.
13:48Right.
13:49Good.
13:49So you think we'll get there about 6 o'clock in the morning?
13:54Yeah.
13:54OK.
13:55We're only going to be there for a quick cup of tea, wash under your armpits and carry on.
13:59We've got half a chance there of doing something.
14:03Catching some time up there.
14:04Yeah.
14:05Winning the race would be absolutely brilliant.
14:08What an achievement to do that with your brother.
14:11If Tom and Caroline aren't hundreds of kilometres in front of them right now,
14:15then they're doing something wrong, aren't they?
14:16They just need a bit of bad luck and one missed connection.
14:20And we can catch up.
14:22We'll catch up.
14:23If we won and I could see Melvin's face, it would be fantastic.
14:31Money can't buy that.
14:32That would be brilliant.
14:33Whilst three teams race through the night, Caroline and Tom are the only pair at a standstill.
14:42It gets us to where we're going.
14:43Well, it does.
14:44It gets us bloody close to it.
14:47On the outskirts of Udupi, the Jumadi Islands, an archipelago situated in the delta of the Ceta and Suverna rivers,
15:14attracting rare bird species, including the black-backed dwarf Kingfisher.
15:22Look at those two, seriously.
15:23Wait, wait, wait.
15:24Yellowy-green.
15:25Oh, yeah.
15:26They look like lemon and lime parrots.
15:29So this is like a little water safari.
15:31It is, yeah.
15:32It's turned out to be a little bird-watching exhibition.
15:36It's brilliant.
15:39Still waiting for their bus to depart, Caroline and Tom.
15:43It's the calm before the storm, Thomas.
15:46Because it's bound to get so manic later.
15:56That was lovely.
15:59India delivers.
16:01Pretty cool.
16:02Just amazing.
16:03I thought I'd be too old to travel and experience what I've done, because you always hear about the young traveling and backpacking, and yet I now realize that when I can be just as capable and quick, it doesn't have to slow you down.
16:19You've kind of been tied down for 20 years, and now all of a sudden, you can go and do whatever you like.
16:26I can now.
16:27I was frightened of, and this is being quite serious, possibly one day being lonely.
16:32Yeah.
16:32And just drifting my time until then, without a purpose.
16:36Yeah, yeah, yeah.
16:37It's been quite sad to hear that you felt like you'd lost a bit of purpose.
16:42You never really spoke about it, you know?
16:44Yeah, that's true.
16:45Sometimes it's difficult to reveal yourself to your child as a person rather than just their parent.
16:51Yes, yeah, I know.
16:52It could possibly be awkward or a bit embarrassing.
16:55I now view you as more of a friend as well as a mother, where I think before you were very much a mother figure in the household.
17:04It's enabled me to see you in a different light.
17:07Oh, I'm so pleased.
17:08Travelling with you has been probably the best experience of my life.
17:15Oh, that's really nice to hear.
17:17It really has.
17:18It has been great.
17:20I think we both helped each other out a lot more than we could actually ever imagine.
17:28I wrote that in my journal, and I wrote something else in my journal I kind of want to read to you.
17:33Well, sit down and go grab it.
17:38I'm actually going to read it because I'm sure you'd laugh at the spelling mistakes.
17:45Oh, I love them.
17:47This was a note to self on leg six when we were at the carpet place.
17:52I keep having a feeling that me and mum will win, but I think we already have.
17:59Just remember how lucky you are to be travelling the world, seeing the best things you couldn't even dream of with your mother and having the best time ever.
18:08Remember how well me and mum got on, how fun she is, and just how much you love her.
18:15I appreciate these times and these memories, because there will be a time that I can't.
18:21This to me is winning.
18:22No amount of money can make me realise all of this.
18:24It was absolutely lovely, thank you.
18:30It's okay.
18:33I'm feeling very valued and very lucky and totally loved by Thomas.
18:41My son reintroduced me to the world and given me the second chance of life when I thought that might have passed me by.
18:50Right.
18:51We've had a lovely time.
18:52I think it's back into race mode now.
18:55Definitely.
18:56What a lovely thing for a young man to be able to express and write down.
19:02350 kilometres east.
19:07It's very tired.
19:09Oh.
19:10Oh.
19:14Let's go, Wendy.
19:15Let's go, let's go.
19:20Bengaluru.
19:21Celebrated as the garden city of India.
19:24Home to one of the largest flower markets in Asia.
19:27We need a bus.
19:29Madurai.
19:30Madurai.
19:31Madurai, yeah.
19:31Pay off one.
19:32Today?
19:33Yeah, today.
19:34Ah.
19:34OK, that's good.
19:36Ken and Sean Ed are looking to secure bus tickets to hurtle them 400 kilometres south to Madurai, in the Tamil region of India.
19:45Our last training session before the big day.
19:48Run, Sean Ed, run.
19:50The bus is until five, so we have a couple of hours to kill.
19:53So I think we're going to explore the city and enjoy the last few days we have in the race.
19:58Mmm.
19:59That hummus is good.
20:01It's good.
20:02It's the nicest josep part.
20:06But here we are, nearly at the final.
20:09I'm actually having a whale of a time.
20:12Both a lot stronger than we initially thought we were.
20:15We can rely on each other, depend on each other.
20:18Yeah.
20:19This race has kind of done a lot for us without us kind of realising.
20:22You've still been strong through it all.
20:27Still been very resilient.
20:33Appreciate it.
20:34Appreciate everything.
20:38Don't...
20:38I'm not going to cry.
20:41I'm not crying in a dumpster place.
20:46It's been a journey and a path.
20:49It has.
20:50It definitely has.
20:51This race has shown sides that we may have not seen, for the both of us, I'd say.
21:00Wow.
21:01Look at the flowers.
21:02Oh, wow.
21:03It's a lot of flowers.
21:06Shoya's always been there for me.
21:08She gets up in the night and has my diabetes.
21:10She's very understanding.
21:12She cares a lot.
21:13So, what do they do with them?
21:15Just decorations and stuff.
21:16Wedding item.
21:17Wedding item.
21:18Marriage.
21:18Marriage.
21:19You get matching ones.
21:20Matching flowers.
21:21Oh, yay!
21:22Little neck things.
21:24You never ask for stuff like that.
21:28Can we have it around our neck?
21:33And you get a bracelet as well.
21:34Oh, yeah.
21:35Oh, my gosh.
21:38Yeah, yeah.
21:40We've watched each other go up, really.
21:42We're like best friends and boyfriend and girlfriend.
21:46Oh, we could get married now.
21:48Oh, no.
21:49We could walk over the finish line, come in first with them on.
21:54We could wear our flowers first.
21:56Yeah.
21:57I think life for Ashland would be quite boring.
22:01It would be quite dull.
22:02I feel very, very lucky.
22:04I feel very fortunate to have met Ashland.
22:13So, we get on here.
22:15Which is the first class?
22:18First class.
22:18After a seven-hour journey through the night,
22:23Brian and Melvin have pulled ahead of the race leaders
22:26and look to be extending their lead by train
22:29to the coastal city of Corricode.
22:35See, that's quite pretty, isn't it?
22:37Yeah, it's nice, isn't it?
22:38They have croconauls, and it's far south.
22:43Kerala.
22:44Believed by some to mean land of coconut trees.
22:48A tropical state, with a labyrinth of lagoons, backwaters, and canals.
22:55Dotting its waters are its Ketuvalum boats.
22:58Once used to transport rice and spices, now transformed into floating hotels.
23:05It is slotted into place, isn't it?
23:08We got straight out of the cab.
23:11And within two hours, we've got a train.
23:12There's a train.
23:13We've got a train.
23:14Which we're now on.
23:15There's that little glimmer saying, well, you could do it.
23:17You might.
23:18You might do it.
23:20You're from England.
23:21We're going to Cozy Cody.
23:25Cozy Cody is known as a food city.
23:28Food city.
23:29Food city?
23:30Yeah, yeah.
23:31Tomorrow, we're going to Cochy.
23:33Train is there.
23:34Good one.
23:34It's a good train.
23:35Can we book that train when we go into Cozy Cody today?
23:39Oh, I will check the train.
23:42I will check.
23:42Just see me.
23:44One train is there, 145.
23:48It will reach for evening 5.30.
23:51Thank you for helping us.
23:53Melvin.
23:54Melvin.
23:55Brian.
23:56Brian.
23:56What's your name?
23:57Mansu.
23:57Mansu.
23:59Before you came.
24:00Yeah.
24:01You ruled India.
24:02Yeah.
24:02Remembering.
24:03No.
24:03I don't remember it.
24:04Yeah, we don't remember it.
24:06How old are we?
24:06If I could apologise, I would.
24:10Season 1, this system.
24:12Train system.
24:12Train system.
24:13Beginning world.
24:14This system you gave me.
24:16Did we do it?
24:21After 13 hours on a bus.
24:24So, this bus station, how long?
24:29Okay, 5 minutes.
24:30Okay, 5 minutes.
24:31Can we get a bus to Madurai from here?
24:35Oh, she'll be there.
24:36Yeah, yeah.
24:37Okay, perfect.
24:38Elizabeth and Leticia are approaching Mysuru.
24:42All our hard work has led up to this.
24:46Like, all the night buses we've taken, all the sleeper trains we've taken,
24:49like, it's all worth it for the win.
24:53Sharing the win together, that would just be the cherry on the top.
25:00Can we also get the bags?
25:06No, we need our bags.
25:08We need our...
25:10Can we open the booth, thank you.
25:14Unaware that their lead has slept, Caroline and Tom are trying to locate their pre-boot bus to Kochi.
25:22Bus operator name, Kalada Travels.
25:25We need to go over there, I think.
25:26Okay, let's go over there.
25:27I don't know how we get there.
25:28Oh, God, back to the chaos.
25:32God, we mustn't be late.
25:33Yeah, I know.
25:34We've got to find it, Tom.
25:36Let's see the bus here.
25:37Where?
25:38Right there.
25:38Yeah, but that's not the one we've got.
25:41Do you speak English?
25:42Where do we get the sleeper bus to Kochi?
25:46Over there.
25:46Thank you very much.
25:48Thomas, come on.
25:49Is it here?
25:49Oh, shit, man, look at it.
25:52Yeah, the bus.
25:54Well done.
25:56I've got the ticket.
25:57Oh, have you got it?
26:00I'm just nervous.
26:01It's horrible.
26:03My mind just can't rest.
26:05There's been a lot of time since we arrived here yesterday.
26:08Yeah.
26:09And we're only leaving now.
26:11I know that's given enough time for Elizabeth and Letitia, Finn and Sean,
26:14and even potentially Brian and Melvin to even go past us
26:18because we didn't travel that much distance.
26:21As the pair forge ahead again...
26:23So where do the buses come?
26:26Which I'm just here, generally.
26:27Just here?
26:28Yeah.
26:28OK.
26:30Finn and Sean are trying to escape Bengaluru,
26:33the second largest city in India.
26:36I think this is right.
26:37Are you sure?
26:38I think so.
26:40We're wondering if this bus is here.
26:42This is actually here, Axel.
26:44Yeah, so the bus comes here.
26:46Oh, what a relief.
26:48Do you know where there's a shop that sells, like, chips?
26:51Just a moment.
26:53Be here.
26:56He really wants to help.
26:57He's very eager to help, isn't he?
26:59Yeah.
27:00Bless him.
27:09Oh, he's boring.
27:11Oh, my gosh.
27:12Oh, thank you so much.
27:15Thank you so much.
27:15You didn't need to do that.
27:16How much do we owe you?
27:17No, no, no, no, no.
27:18Are you sure?
27:19No, no.
27:19Thank you so much.
27:21I just wanted to help, actually.
27:22Oh, thank you so much.
27:24You've been so helpful.
27:24You're a very kind person.
27:26Thank you so much.
27:27I have been in lots of places, OK?
27:28Yes.
27:29Where sometimes you get help.
27:31Yeah.
27:31Yes.
27:32Sometimes you don't know the language.
27:32Yes, exactly.
27:33Very tough.
27:34Yeah.
27:34After that, what's your name?
27:35My name is Clinton.
27:36When I was born, ex-president of America, Bill Clinton, was there.
27:40Uh-huh.
27:41Wow.
27:42He's going to be named after him.
27:43All the rest.
27:44Thank you so, so much.
27:45Thank you so much.
27:46It'll be great.
27:47Have fun.
27:48Thank you so much.
27:49Have a good evening.
27:50Stomp it.
27:51Oh, he's got bananas as well.
27:53Oreos.
27:54Oh.
27:55Oh, bless him.
27:56That's actually...
27:57That's the nicest thing someone's actually probably done for us.
28:02Is this us?
28:03Yeah.
28:04Yeah.
28:05All good.
28:08Look at that.
28:09No dust at all.
28:10This is so bougie.
28:12What a good sleep of us to end it on.
28:15I think I've settled with India now.
28:19The amount of time we've spent here, I think I've really adapted.
28:24The amount of different people you come across in these places.
28:27It's a cool country.
28:29There's a lot more to this country that meets the ire.
28:32That's exactly what I wanted to get out of travelling and out of this experience.
28:38Look where I am now.
28:40About to finish the race first.
28:42In India, I thought I'd have to go home because I was struggling so much.
28:47As the couple take their second consecutive night bus...
28:52Here's a tuk-tuk.
28:53Are you a tuk-tuk?
28:54Yeah.
28:55You're available.
28:56One team take a break from the road in Coricode.
29:0040 rupees.
29:0140 rupees.
29:0240 rupees.
29:04A prosperous trading hub for nearly two millennia, it's known as the City of Spices.
29:16You can see how much cash we've actually got here.
29:19For Brian and Melvin, who have travelled 600 kilometres non-stop from Panaji, a chance to take stock.
29:2715, 16, 17, 18.
29:2924,841.
29:31So I've got 20 for the running.
29:32One, two, three, four, eight hundred and a bit.
29:35For grub and beer.
29:37Money isn't going to matter about chasing the leaders.
29:40It's not.
29:41We can't do any more than what we've done.
29:43No.
29:44Can we?
29:45No.
29:46So money is irrelevant.
29:47Yes.
29:48The unknown on this leg.
29:50If we could create more time, we would.
29:53If we could turn back time.
29:55That's what they want to do.
29:56It's Tina Turner, isn't it?
29:57No, we would cheer.
29:59Was it cheer?
30:00Malf, hungry?
30:02Yeah, I think it's Tom.
30:03Beer, biryani, naan bread.
30:06Go for it.
30:07That's it.
30:08We're gone.
30:09Can you get off my bed, by the way?
30:11Because this is mine tonight.
30:13Cheeky git.
30:14There's yours.
30:15We've done everything that we can in order to pre-put the leaderboard.
30:24We are now relying on everybody else to cock up.
30:27We're going to get it in a show.
30:28We will do everything we can.
30:37Would you want to have chai or South Indian coffee?
30:41Chai?
30:42Chai?
30:43Please.
30:44Yes, please.
30:46Ground down by a 13-hour overnight bus to Mysuru, Elizabeth and Letitia have found a bed for the night and a homestay run by Sarchin.
30:57I can see that a lot of your is from your travel.
31:00Yeah.
31:01Sarika is the one who picks all of these up.
31:03I love it.
31:04She's the one who decorates the house.
31:06I just live here.
31:08So, all the rooms are booked by a wedding party.
31:16Have you attended an Indian wedding in the UK?
31:18We haven't attended any Indian wedding.
31:21Just a night or a couple of nights before the wedding.
31:25They have something called Sangeet.
31:27Sangeet literally translates to music in Hindi.
31:30Okay.
31:31So, it's like the bride and her friends and the groom and his friends.
31:35They put up a show, dance and stuff like that.
31:38It's not a South Indian tradition, but because of the movies, it's become so popular that even South Indians have started.
31:44They've adopted it.
31:45Yeah.
31:46If you're up for it, I'll check with the family if they're cool with you guys coming in.
31:50Oh, lovely.
31:51Yes, please.
31:53Gosh, this is our dream.
31:58We've got to dress up as well, so.
32:00Sarika.
32:01Look at this.
32:04Lovely.
32:05The earlier we get ready, the better we go.
32:08Yeah, yeah, yeah.
32:09Chop, chop.
32:10Let's go.
32:11How long do we have?
32:12Like 15 minutes?
32:13As fast as possible.
32:14You're in a race, right?
32:15Exactly!
32:16Yay!
32:17Yay!
32:20An Indian wedding typically lasts three days.
32:23The highest number of guests ever recorded, 150,000.
32:29According to Hindu faith, once a couple is married, they are bound to each other for seven lifetimes.
32:38Thank you so much.
32:39Wow.
32:40He's really good for it.
32:41The hips.
32:42Love it.
32:43They seem so welcoming.
32:44How can, you know, people come to the wedding?
32:45That's how it is.
32:46There are people who just go to weddings, even if they don't know anyone, and they're going
32:50to show up.
32:51Yeah.
32:52You've got the food.
32:53You've got the food.
32:54You've got the food.
32:55No, no, no.
32:56I've done it.
32:57But it's not common.
32:58Wow.
32:59Wow.
33:00Wow.
33:01Wow.
33:02This is definitely topping off the end of the race in India.
33:05I just love it.
33:06I love it.
33:07It's so welcoming.
33:08How can, you know, people come to the wedding?
33:09That's how it is.
33:10There are people who just go to weddings, even if they don't know anyone, and they're going
33:11to show up and then...
33:12Yeah.
33:13You've got the food.
33:14No.
33:15I've done it, but...
33:16It's not common.
33:17Wow.
33:18Wow.
33:19Wow.
33:20Wow.
33:21That's how he's having such a good time.
33:22He's, like...
33:23He's loving it.
33:24He's giving it.
33:25He's giving it the energy.
33:26Oh.
33:28At the beginning of the race, I feel like me and my sister's relationship was strained.
33:34Let me take a picture of you.
33:36Oh, this looks so good on you.
33:38I feel like how we were when we were kids.
33:44We've become more comfortable in each other's presence.
33:46So I feel like the race has definitely allowed us to make time for each other.
33:50You look very... You look like sisters. I can see them. You look alive.
33:58Look at them.
34:07Family is really important to me.
34:09I think at the beginning of the race, I had so many assumptions of Leticia
34:15and I've slowly let those go and I'm seeing Leticia for who she is now
34:22and not thinking of her as like a little seven-year-old girl anymore.
34:30I'm just so happy about, you know, it was my sister that I was able to take this journey with.
34:36Thank you. Thank you for having us. It was amazing.
34:40We definitely broke down the barrier of opening up.
34:43Bye! Bye-bye! Bye-bye!
34:45We know we're there for each other and I feel like it's part of our story,
34:51something we've done together and we'll remember it forever.
34:54Woo!
34:56Hello, mate. Two for Kochi, please. There you go. Thank you.
35:13Simple, wasn't it?
35:16Mm. Two fifty.
35:18After spending the night in Corrie Code,
35:21Brian and Melvin have booked an afternoon train to Kochi.
35:25But first, time to dip their feet in the Indian Ocean.
35:31Ooh, that's all right, innit?
35:33That's nice, yeah.
35:34Picture, picture, picture.
35:38A picture. You want to take a picture of us?
35:40Yeah.
35:42That's good.
35:44He's printing them now, look. Thank you.
35:48Yes, sir.
35:49It's actually not a bad little photograph, is it, really?
35:52And the photo's not bad.
35:53It's actually quite a good photo.
35:55We're 62, 65 years of age and we're about to wait this long
36:00and we've needed something like this to say,
36:02come on, let's go and do this,
36:04let's go and have that adventure we've always talked about.
36:06You keep that photo, Mel.
36:08I will, mate.
36:09Get a nice frame for it.
36:11I'm going to get a pound, then.
36:13No, you need something decent.
36:15I do believe that we've grown closer
36:18because we've done a lot of things together again,
36:20as we did when we were kiddies.
36:22I don't think I'm going to need a therapist.
36:23We're not going to pick up the phone and talk to your bride.
36:25Have you got any photos at your house at all?
36:27No, none at all.
36:28You've got nothing, no photos up at all of anyone?
36:31No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
36:33So why don't you frame that one and pick that one
36:36and that's the first photo?
36:38I will be.
36:40From growing up as kids
36:42and then we went our separate ways
36:44and so we started our life together
36:47and then at the back end of our lives
36:49we're back together again.
36:51It's pretty special indeed.
36:54Feels nice, doesn't it?
36:56We have got a train to catch.
36:58Let's go.
36:59Onwards, yeah?
37:03It's so colourful.
37:04Look at those flowers hanging up there.
37:06Caroline and Tom's long-awaited
37:0811-hour overnight bus
37:10has put them back in contention.
37:12That's remind me a little bit of Europe
37:14with the quaint streets, cobble pavements.
37:16It's lovely.
37:18Meaning they're the first to arrive in Kochi,
37:21the jewel of Kerala.
37:23A collision of cultures
37:30where a 450-year-old synagogue
37:33stands beside mosques
37:35and Christian churches
37:37and Katakali dancers perform in the courtyards.
37:41Look at that!
37:42That is massive!
37:44On the shoreline,
37:46medieval Chinese fishing nets
37:48brought to the Malabar coast
37:50by traders from the east
37:51cantilever over the shallows.
37:53Oh, it's literally done by stones!
37:57Look at that!
37:58Anything in the nets?
38:00This is like being a Pirates of the Caribbean.
38:04Ooh!
38:05Feels like we're walking the plank, Mum.
38:07I know, I know.
38:09Do you do this every day?
38:11Every day, early morning,
38:12at 9 o'clock, chatting.
38:14OK.
38:15And two way close, finishing.
38:16It's very efficient.
38:17Are we lacking?
38:19Oh!
38:20Oh, can I pull it?
38:21Yeah.
38:22Oh, no way!
38:23This trip on a more personal note
38:25for me has been eye-opening.
38:28Whoa!
38:29Whoa!
38:30Stones coming in!
38:31Wow!
38:32Look at that!
38:33That was incredible,
38:34watching the stones come down.
38:36I came out of school very confused
38:39and quite scared of the future.
38:42I was taught you have to be good at school
38:45to do well in life.
38:50Wow.
38:51Wow.
38:52That's like see-through.
38:54It's given me just a bit of confidence
38:56to know that even though I'm not necessarily
38:58book smart,
38:59you can learn so much about yourself
39:01and about the real world
39:02by just throwing yourself out there.
39:04It's coming back up!
39:05It's coming back up!
39:06Look, what's the stones?
39:08Oh, that is so cool!
39:11I like stumbling along.
39:12Stuff like this.
39:13Cool stuff like this.
39:14Yeah, yeah.
39:1575 kilometres north.
39:21We've got to leave Kochi tonight.
39:24Ryan and Melvin are in hot pursuit.
39:26There's a crane at 1213.
39:28No tickets.
39:29There are many taxi operators.
39:32How is that?
39:33We've got about 15,000 rupees,
39:35so we could do that.
39:38300 kilometres to the east,
39:40Elizabeth and Letitia are on their way to Madurai.
39:43Hopefully, you know, Finn and Sean Edd
39:46haven't caught up.
39:47Or Ryan and Melvin.
39:49Their last major transport hub
39:51before the finish line.
39:53I feel like as soon as we get on that
39:55transport to checkpoint,
39:56all the nerves are coming, you know?
39:58It is very emotional.
40:00It's just like, um, closing this chapter, I guess.
40:04Already there.
40:06Hey!
40:07I get to have three my handies.
40:09I love how to do it with you.
40:10Name?
40:11Sean Edd.
40:12Do you like your name?
40:13Uh, Finn.
40:16Finn and Sean Edd squeeze in a final souvenir from Madurai.
40:20How does it all start off with your name?
40:25She's getting her name.
40:27Oh, no.
40:28Oh, that's not...
40:29She's not going to be happy about that.
40:31Oh, bless.
40:32I feel so bad.
40:33It's gone kind of wrong.
40:37Aw, thanks for showing how much you love me.
40:40You wrote your name and my name in your hand.
40:44That was really nice.
40:46Finn and Sean Edd.
40:49Thank you very much.
40:51The plan is now to go pick up our bags
40:53and book our final transport of the race.
40:58I'm sorry, but I couldn't think of anything worse than that.
41:00Finn and Sean Edd.
41:01Yeah, all right.
41:02This is all for me.
41:07As the landmass of India narrows, so does the race,
41:11with all four teams closing in on each other
41:14and the finish line.
41:17In Kochi...
41:19Can you tell us where to go to book a sleeper bus, please?
41:23Caroline and Tom are raring to get on the move.
41:26Not in the whole of Kochi.
41:27I think we should just consider a private taxi the whole way.
41:39OK.
41:40Well, my only concern is we found out it's about 340 kilometres.
41:45Mm-hm.
41:47And would that not be just too long for one driver all the way?
41:50We've got the budget and we've always said we want to...
41:53We don't want to finish with budget, we want to finish first.
41:56So let's do that.
41:57Well, let's look at that then.
41:58I'm happy to.
41:59I think now we just need to find something that keeps us moving.
42:03While they search for a driver willing to take them to Kanya Kumari,
42:08266 kilometres east in Madurai...
42:12Spin, spin, spin, just to push ourselves to the, um, checkpoint.
42:22Elizabeth and Letitia are adopting a similar strategy.
42:26We would like to go to Kanya Kumari.
42:28Yeah, Kanya Kumari.
42:29You can take us to Kanya Kumari?
42:30Yeah, yeah.
42:32The other side of town, Finn and Seanhead.
42:35We need to get to Kanya Kumari.
42:37Do you think it's possible to book us a taxi there?
42:39I'll try, but I don't have one of the charges.
42:42Let me speak to us.
42:43OK, yeah.
42:44If you could get the price for us, that would be great.
42:47So, at what time, you'll want the taxi?
42:49Like, right now, if possible.
42:50Right now.
42:51As soon as you can.
42:52Yeah, as soon as you can.
42:53It takes about half an hour.
42:55OK.
42:56OK.
42:57Yes, perfect.
42:58As soon as you can.
42:59We need to tell him, um, it's a race.
43:01And we need to get there as quickly as we can.
43:02So we need to get there as quickly as we can.
43:03As quickly as possible.
43:04Yeah.
43:05We're in Kochi.
43:06The only way that we will be able to catch up on the leaders
43:10will be to use the rupees that we've got left.
43:14To do it.
43:15And throw it.
43:16Throw it at it.
43:17Throw it at it.
43:18That's all right.
43:19That's all right.
43:20It's a big one.
43:21No, it's a diesel.
43:22And it's diesel.
43:23Right then, let's get in and let's get out.
43:25Let's jet and move on.
43:27This is our last chance, you know, to come first.
43:31Let's go, go, go.
43:33Kanye Kamari, Formula One driver today.
43:35Still got a chance of getting in first.
43:37There's a cockle here.
43:38It's really important that we, we listen to each other,
43:42communicate and just try to think as rationally as possible.
43:46We've got this.
43:47We just need to be wise, not stupid.
43:55After thousands of miles raced through China, Nepal and India,
44:00it's the closest the race has been in 51 days.
44:04How far is it?
44:05Oh, we're close.
44:06So we're close to the bus stand?
44:07Yeah.
44:08Oh, that's so good.
44:09Oh, God, Liam, this valley.
44:10What's happening?
44:11Why are we stopping?
44:12Are we going forward?
44:13Are we driving?
44:14Right.
44:15Oh, you need a state permit.
44:16Oh, you need a state permit.
44:17OK.
44:18There's nearly six o'clock.
44:19The sun's going to be up in a minute.
44:20We're well behind schedule now.
44:22At the southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula...
44:23Kanya Kumari and the finish line.
44:24Kanya Kumari and the finish line.
44:27Kanya Kumari and the finish line.
44:28Kanya Kumari.
44:29Kanya Kumari and the finish line.
44:30Kanya Kumari and the finish line.
44:31Kanya Kumari and the finish line.
44:38Kanya Kumari and the finish line.
44:39Kanya Kumari and the finish line.
44:45Kanya Kumari and the finish line.
45:04I
45:09Am so nervous
45:12Right we're ready to get out
45:18I'm grabbing some sugar because I do not want to be on this final approach going low
45:27Are we nearly there?
45:30Fuck I've just seen finish your lid you haven't I promise you have I've just seen finish your lid
45:43Thank you so much
45:48By any means find the tip of India the tip of India the tip of India the tip of India
45:54Hey
45:57The most bottom part of India could we go there now? Thank you so much
46:03What we're looking for the tip of India
46:08Hello tip of India yeah, thank you the nice sunrise bit hard to focus on but it's nice
46:15It's beautiful
46:17Look at me
46:19We are now within touching distance of the more calm
46:25Could you wait for five minutes this is tip of India?
46:31Sorry
46:34The most seven tip
46:36I'm assuming is this oh
46:39Do we need to go to the end over there?
46:41You think we need to go to the end you see that thing there?
46:44It's got to be the most suddenly tip now
46:47Is this the most sudden point of India that's the second one thing? Oh gosh for the wrong place?
46:54Anybody know?
46:56I have a strong feeling that there's other teams around and I doubt they it's made that mistake
47:05See the checkpoint
47:07I think it's here, huh? Yeah, yeah, definitely step Kevin's done. I can see it. Oh, this must be it
47:13I'd say we found it. This is the tip
47:21What the heck oh
47:26Right right at Q proceed on foot to the front of our lady ransom shrine
47:36We're looking for the our lady of ransom shrine
47:39But I'm some shrine our lady
47:45Hi here, this is it the big church over there where yeah
47:51Ransom shrine Thomas if I don't know that's it. It is under that white one. Thank you so much. Oh my god. That's far
48:01Good spot in trying to play do run some
48:06Go around the other fun around here
48:09I
48:13Take a boat to
48:15Rock impure and a fishing village fishing village
48:20boat
48:22Back where we came from the boat down there
48:24But there it is go. That is it. Let's go, but which is south which way south to where the boats are going to make boat boat boat boat boat boat
48:32Careful careful
48:34Can we get a boat? Can we go now in a race? I want those of the new school. It is arguable. That's fine
48:40Let's go
48:42All right, let's go. Thank you. Thank you
48:44Thank you
48:46Oh
48:47What would you do like that?
48:51I rock your pool around fishing village. Yeah. Yeah, okay, that's fine. Okay, that's fine. Let's go
48:56Oh
48:58Oh
49:00Teller teller teller teller
49:02Let's go
49:04Oh, this is choppy. I like it
49:10Up and down up and down
49:12I can't see finish order. Yeah, I don't know if they can see us. This is so good
49:27That is actually quite nice
49:29Look at the mountains
49:32It really just looks prehistoric
49:3412,000 kilometers
49:36I can be all down for this moment
49:38It's all down to this book
49:40Why does a book hold this much power?
49:43Thank you
49:45When we arrive, can we leave our bag?
49:47Yeah
49:48Yeah
49:49Thank you
49:51Oh my gosh
49:53Now I'm like five kilos heavier
49:55Where do we go?
49:57Where do we go?
49:59Avoiding the main road
50:00Race on fort
50:01To the
50:02Vatakotai
50:03Fort
50:04Vatakotai
50:05Please
50:06The fort
50:07Fort
50:08But no
50:09This way
50:10Can we walk on the beach?
50:11Yeah?
50:12Can we get to the fort this way, please?
50:14Vatakotai fort
50:15I don't think we can, Thomas
50:16This way
50:17Oh, what's it look like?
50:18It's a fort
50:19A fort
50:20What's that?
50:21Thank you so much
50:22Thank you
50:23I can't explain what a fort is
50:24You should know what a fort is
50:26You ain't gonna pull that
50:27No, I'm not
50:28I'm gonna get the straps
50:29You'll have to lift it up for me
50:30Hang on, let's get
50:31Just lift it for me
50:34Vatakotai fort
50:35Vatakotai fort
50:36Vatakotai fort
50:37Oh my god, are you sure?
50:38Bugger
50:39That's a waste of time
50:44Oh, fuck
50:45This is so far out of the way
50:47Last push
50:48Come on, Sean
50:50Thomas Beach
50:51Come on, Thomas
50:52Faster
50:53I can't run on this
50:54Oh
50:55Dump the bag
50:56I'm not dumping the bag
50:57I'm not dumping the bag
50:58I'll have to come back for it late, won't I?
50:59Right, bye-bye bag
51:00Let's go
51:01Fair enough
51:02It's like a jungle
51:03Just dumping
51:04Are you coming back for it?
51:05Yes, I'll come back for both of them, I promise you
51:07Oh, that looks like a fort over there
51:09Can you see it?
51:10Have you spotted the fort?
51:11Yeah
51:13Can you see anyone else, Thomas?
51:14I don't see anyone
51:15Yes
51:16Come on
51:17Let's go
51:18Go
51:19The book is somewhere
51:20Here
51:21Up
51:22Surely up
51:23This is it
51:24Oh my gosh, go
51:25Go
51:29Oh, that's it
51:30Go
51:31I know we've got a win on us
51:43Everything is coming down to this moment
51:47If Thomas and I can win this race, it will mean the world to me
51:52You ready?
52:05Yes
52:06Congratulations
52:08You have successfully reached the finish line
52:12Please sign in Overleaf to find out if you have won the race and £20,000
52:17I was going to look
52:19I felt like such a failure to begin with
52:31We must never doubt ourselves again
52:33Ever, ever, ever
52:34We won the race
52:36Well done
52:37Oh my God
52:39It's a really good feeling
52:41I'm lost to words, I can't believe it
52:4451 days racing through countries that I never thought I'd go to
52:48I never thought we'd come this far
52:51I never thought we'd achieve so much
52:53And I've never been proud of my mum
52:55She got me through it
53:00Oh
53:02Tom and Caroline
53:04They did it
53:05Look at them, yeah
53:06So close
53:07Nineteen minutes
53:09Five
53:11No
53:13No
53:14Wow
53:15Oh, so close
53:16We've done well
53:18Oh
53:19No, I'm proud of us
53:21Mm
53:22I am proud of us
53:23You high five
53:24I'm knackered
53:29It would have been incredible to come first but obviously
53:31We can't all come first
53:32We've gone what, 12,000 kilometres
53:34It's been more than just the distance
53:36It's been a journey for us
53:38I'm a bit sad that the race is over now though
53:41We're going home
53:42We're going home
53:43Oh
53:44Let's go
53:51Whilst I'm standing here, sweaty, smelly, exhausted, I'm actually feeling on top of the world
53:59Throughout the race, I've learnt the confidence to not care about what people think and I've learnt that from mum
54:04Woo
54:05Where are you from?
54:06England
54:07Lovely jubbly
54:08It's just been glorious to get to know my son as a person, as a travelling companion
54:14We've discovered each other as people and it's as if the generations between us have disappeared
54:19And it's just been absolutely magical
54:23I'm feeling really, really proud of ourselves for like pushing through right into the end
54:29Oh wow
54:30It looks like a picture
54:33It's an experience I will never forget
54:35Ooh
54:36I feel like I can set my mind and do anything now
54:38Thank you so much
54:40Thank you so much
54:41I definitely feel a lot closer to Letitia and it's definitely from this race
54:45It's like a different bond
54:47I'm excited for that dynamic
54:49And even, you know, I hope you feel comfortable sharing your life too
54:53Yeah
54:54I'm really proud of us
54:5651 days of travelling all to come down to a 45 minute difference of coming first
55:03I think we've done well to actually make it to the finish line
55:06We started this journey quite immature
55:10We had a lot of room for improvement, a lot to learn
55:15We hadn't experienced any of the world
55:18And I think we're going home with so many more life skills
55:23Wow
55:24Oh, I don't think relevant
55:26I feel very fortunate
55:28And very grateful to have done the race to do so
55:31Marge is probably still on the cards at some point
55:34Not sure when
55:35Not right now
55:36But yeah, at some point
55:38This would be a nice proposal
55:40It's too hot
55:41It's too hot
55:44Come on
55:45Okay
55:47We got it
55:48We're here
55:51Oh, God, it was tight, wasn't it?
55:53Look at this
55:54Yeah
55:55We've caught up all those hours
55:57Two hours
55:58We've done very well actually
55:59Really pleased for the guys that have won it
56:01That's it
56:02Well done, mate
56:03Stick it there, mate
56:04Well done
56:05Well done, pal
56:06Hug
56:07We have completed the race
56:10Beer
56:11Desperately
56:12And definitely
56:13Let's go
56:1612,000 miles
56:17Three countries
56:18A pair of old codgers
56:20I think we've done a good
56:21I think we've done well
56:22No regrets
56:23And, erm
56:24Really pleased that we've done it together
56:26Don't do that
56:29Many times as a kid I was told
56:31I wasn't good enough to do this or to do that
56:33Well, you can do anything you want to do
56:35And the way!
56:39What we've done
56:40Is we've got to know one another
56:42We have rekindled a few
56:44Lost memories
56:45And we've made a few more as well
56:47I'm pleased that I've done it
56:49With Mel
56:50We're brothers
56:51So yes, we do love each other
56:53But would I tell him?
56:55No, I wouldn't
56:56I'm not going to turn around
56:57I'm not going to turn around
56:58I'm not going to turn around
56:59I love you, brother
57:00Oh, there he is!
57:01Oh, there he is!
57:02Oh, there he is!
57:03Oh!
57:04I'm great!
57:05Woo!
57:06Are we all ready for a celebration?
57:07Yeah!
57:08Oh you're ready!
57:10Yay!
57:12Are we all ready for a celebration?
57:14Yay!
57:16Yay!
57:18Whoa!
57:20Karen and Tom, the pair of you have worked so hard on this race.
57:25You've got all of our respect.
57:27Cheers, guys.
57:28Well done.
57:29Well done, everybody.
57:31Everyone's smashed it.
57:33Just to get to the end is such an achievement in itself.
57:35I want to race home.
57:37Come on.
58:07What a loss
58:12You know what?
58:14Cananger, them.
58:16What is our host?
58:17To be the couch of the sea.
58:19You're suddenly awake.
58:20This early January of 2019, the!?
58:22What happened to me around 20 years in July?
58:24I don't know.
58:25reservist.
58:26You've got to build?
58:28Yeah!
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