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  • 6/22/2025
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#Race Across the World
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00:00Transcribed by ESP. Translated by —
00:30wow this is picturesque india really has it all though it really does yeah you ready selfie
00:39is that better no i missed you which is good
00:44gear national park the only place outside of africa where lions still roam in the wild
00:52these big cats were hunted close to extinction before 1900 when the navab of junaga turned his
01:01hunting ground into india's first wildlife sanctuary
01:08and today it's home to a thriving population of lions once more oh look down there it's beautiful
01:16it's just an oasis of calm and it makes the stress of the race so worth it being on a safari
01:26it's amazing not thinking about the race just yeah having this experience together
01:32it's lovely just to drive around it's lovely isn't it really it is being the
01:35to feel the wind in your hair how fast can lions run 60 60 kilometers and how fast can this go
01:46oh my god oh there's a there's a lion in a cup that is so magical that is so gorgeous
02:00that's incredible i didn't think we were going to see this at all lying down on a snooze in the middle
02:07of the road wow oh my god that was super it was wasn't it mate it was great that that is genuinely a
02:20serious that once in a lifetime i think excited it just surprised me yet again
02:33good morning sir 5 25 a.m this is for you thank you thank you so much sir as brian and melvin were
02:46first to reach the checkpoint they're now first to leave all right we'll go and have a look
02:54in the penultimate leg just six and a half hours separate the brothers
02:58and last place the closest the race has been so far
03:04see where we're going hey ready
03:10your seventh checkpoint is panagy panagy panagy never heard it
03:19it's here bloody hell mate well spotted oh it's on the coast that could be sea sand and beer
03:25almost 1500 kilometers south of sasangir
03:33panarji the capital of goa india's smallest state until 1961 it was under the yoke of portuguese
03:43colonial rule now it's palm fringed beaches are visited by both nesting turtles and millions of
03:50tourists each year the decision we've got to make is do we go back on ourselves using the same route
04:00or do we cut across the bay their first decision how to get off the cart of our peninsula
04:08they could opt for a ferry but with only two crossings a day timing the connection is key
04:16or retrace their steps north on land before heading south to goa
04:22the ferry brings you all the way south to south it's going to save you 12 hours today
04:28once off the peninsula a choice skirt the concan coastline via the mega city of mumbai
04:36a more direct but popular route where demand for tickets is high
04:43or veer inland through the dekan traps one of the largest igneous areas of the world
04:50here they may avoid the crowds but could add mileage to their journey
04:55the mumbai is one of the busiest cities in in india beat beat blah blah smog smog
05:01you don't want to go to mumbai i'm not that bothered about it i would sooner go in the countryside
05:07yeah i'm well up for that right okay we've got a very early start which gives us a chance to get to
05:14the ferry port we need to get there as quickly as possible okay if we're going to win this race we've
05:21got to take a chance we could stretch a lead by taking the chance now thanks very much my friend
05:28thank you if we can get to that ferry port knowing that let's say there was only one ferry and another
05:33couple turns up as the ferry's pulling away they'd be cruel wouldn't it we're away
05:38okay let's go leaving the checkpoint two hours behind the leaders wow we're going down
05:48wow okay caroline and tom right what i really want to do is go the most direct route to checkpoint
05:57straight down i think mumbai might be a really good option um possibly a time to try a train
06:04yeah i think we have to brave it it would be good for connections i know we're a bit threatened by
06:10bigger cities but this is leg seven it started off as a marathon in china and we're basically now on
06:16the sprint so i think this is really important that we face our fears so rather than being worried by
06:23mumbai and avoiding it we're actually going to try and use it as the best connection for our race
06:29i'm feeling weirdly excited about this leg i've no idea what mumbai has in store for us but i'm
06:36keeping my mind open right what are we doing to try hitch hi could you take us into the bus station please
06:47we've already relinquished our first place and that doesn't feel good
06:51we really want to battle to get that back so we will have to really dig deep
06:55this is a good start great start
07:06where do we buy tickets from come come come ticket thank you thank you already at the ferry port
07:14current race leaders brian and melvin well at least we made it well i'll let you know when i've got
07:19a ticket in my hand right yeah we don't know how much it is so whatever it is this is the gamble we're
07:27taking
07:31hello hello can we please have two tickets to get over the water just a rat
07:37two class available eight five zero business class one ticket price second class slipper class nine
07:43double zero okay we'll take business then is that what's business yeah it's 850 business is
07:48850 what's the cheapest 850 850 is the cheapest well figured out melvin when we were younger used to
08:01beat me up that's the fact i honestly do not remember you did you used to get me in headlocks
08:08well it's always worth tripling what about the second class the agency's just said two classes
08:14available business or sleeping you're listening you reckon i need me a syringe
08:21but nowadays we have had different opinions occasionally um we both bought the same football
08:26team yeah but uh i don't think we're the bickering type i think we might have achieved our aim today
08:32i think we're in front on the first night how long would it take you do you think to get on the bus
08:38to go from where we were to surat by road how long that all rail at least two days two days
08:46so in theory we could have sneaked a day it is possible other teams can make it here and capture
08:53this ferry well nobody else here it's early days melv i know it so let's not count our chickens
08:59i don't think many will actually not do what we're doing i'm not so keen on the ferry next to depart
09:11hello can we go to bus stop let's go bus stop yeah elizabeth and letitia let's do this
09:20we're only a couple of hours behind like anything could happen yeah i think the more i'm getting
09:25closer to the finale the more competitive i'm getting cello cello cello go go go go thank you
09:31thank you thank you thank you maybe we can get a train train to mumbai to go straight down yeah
09:40sticking to roads and rail the sisters plan to head north off the peninsula before picking up speed
09:47along the coast i feel like there's more pressure when everyone's so close like there's no room for
09:53mistakes there's no room for taking around transportation there's no room for error
09:59right i want to do what we did last leg but faster ready to start chasing down their competitors
10:05let's go finn and seanet brian and melvin are first but only six hours ahead of us
10:11considering we just caught up about 26 hours that's easily doable it's all to play for and it shows that
10:18as possible with what we've just done so for the next leg and the last leg first first
10:28all along the coast to mumbai i think it's probably the fastest option hoping to replicate
10:33their successful strategy of back-to-back transport the couple plan to make for vedodara before the day is
10:40out go try hitch high okay three three no no we know we need to be communicating with locals more
10:53i feel like i'm growing in confidence for the next two legs we need to ask a lot more questions to get a
10:59lot of people's help without asking questions we definitely wouldn't have got as far please stop
11:05please stop yay oh my god to the bus station oh wow yeah thank you very much thank you
11:14that went well though that was unbelievable we should be proud of ourselves for that
11:22hello we're trying to get to the bad nigger yeah bus bus two tickets perfect thank you sir
11:32bus hopping their way along the coast towards bhavnagar caroline and tom have made it to diu
11:3998 kilometers southeast of sassangir
11:44linked to gujarat's southern coast by a bridge it's home to a 16th century fort standing watch over the
11:51arabian sea i like things like this obviously restoring yeah it's lovely though thomas
12:00should we pop a squat yeah yeah proper squat the further we get the closer we're getting towards
12:07the finish line now i think we should try and just work on helping each other as much as we can
12:12because it's only going to get more stressful it was easier to start with because i felt i had a more
12:18maternal role so i was helping you and now i don't know if i'm frightened making the wrong decision
12:22last leg there was one point where i was kind of left to make a big decision and then you didn't
12:27help me as much as i would have liked you're a very confident person but but when it comes to making
12:33a decision i feel like you're kind of holding yourself back a little bit but thomas you must be
12:38aware at home i'm not used to making decisions the last 20 years i haven't had to make them i think you're
12:44worried that when you go home it was going to slip back into normal life yeah i have been perhaps
12:51getting a little bit stuck in a rut i'd like that to change i want you to back yourself a bit more
12:58you're still my amazing mum
13:03i'd really love to know that i am capable of doing whatever i choose to do in the future
13:08we're going to goa beach because i was quite capable before and i'd like to feel i am capable again
13:15just feels really tropical already it does wow oh my golly look at this it's incredible isn't it and we
13:23were in jungle only two hours away oh my god it's beautiful it is lovely you inevitably sacrifice so
13:30much to be a parent you willingly do it but it often takes a toll on you and i think that contributes
13:36to making you a little bit old and possibly in my case boring thomas oh no way yes way no no no no
13:46he's going up i don't know how many summers i've got left it would be shame not to live life to the
13:52the full wow that looks so fun do you think you'd ever do that god yes definitely would you yes
14:00maybe i don't have to do what others think might be expected of me
14:07tell us we've got to be at the bus station
14:14they let us off first which is good yeah i'm gonna feel like any minute i'm gonna get run over
14:18my motorbike after catching the last ferry of the day brian and melvin are the only team to have
14:26made it off the peninsula my gut feeling is that we're still ahead at the moment we didn't see
14:33anybody else on the ferry and we've got to capitalize on that job done yes 470 kilometers north
14:43we're in love but we can't complain oh right now it was about 2.50 each for the tickets yeah
15:02there's so much going on
15:03i don't think it's worth going to the ferry plotting their route and we already have a solution
15:23staring us in the face barring disaster we get there tomorrow morning we're exactly where we want to be
15:28let's do it caroline and tom have found a 15-hour bus we're going to be in mumbai tonight that is
15:34bloody good i think that will take them all the way to mumbai
15:40at last we're on the go on the move on the way to mumbai
15:46let's go to the bus station last to secure transport off the peninsula
15:51can you say straight maybe we can ask along the way yeah elizabeth and leticia are determined to
15:58reach palgar a town 87 kilometers north of mumbai
16:05hello is there direct please to palgar direct okay and then palgar how long
16:14i don't know 10 hours 10 hours 10 hours
16:21well we know there's a bus to surah in 15 minutes but that would require us changing again
16:29yeah so it's not really ideal
16:33should we just go to a train station okay maybe that's a direct train yeah you have a good feeling
16:40leticia with the gut instinct i feel like that chat the last leg definitely um benefited us and
16:48yeah i feel like we are more comfortable around each other we are communicating better we are um
16:54yeah cooperating yeah it's working out for us yeah ready let's go searching for a better option
17:01leticia's hunch take a gamble on the trains hello we want to go to howard gut
17:10mean 45 that's really good that's good okay yes we want to get that ticket i definitely think
17:18that leticia has changed from the younger sister that i remember when we were growing up well this
17:24is smooth isn't it i feel like you've definitely got a knack for it she is more determined than i
17:33thought and maybe even more determined than she thought as well now she can't even go back on
17:38herself she can't say that she can't do things because it's very very clear that she can do a lot
17:43i was so confident in that so it's a good decision okay that's good your confidence gave me conscience
17:53i think it worked really well yeah because first leg we would have jumped on that bus i thought yeah
17:57i think i still would have jumped on the bus if it wasn't for you so yeah yeah feeling happy
18:06we have worked onward travel so we're on the move
18:10plan of attack is to get to nashik the wine capital of india i'll leave the wine to brian i think on this
18:24quite happy with that you've got your paracetam
18:27keen to swerve mumbai brian and melvin are the only team heading inland
18:31to a region known for its 175 000 acres of vineyards
18:38maybe england is popular for their football yeah uh we support derby county in india
18:44people only know manchester city and manchester united yeah that's the trouble you see they need
18:48to learn about a proper football club hey so you guys are visiting india yeah so we're going down to
18:55there panji goa panji goa oh nice on the way you're going to um valoon vineyard yeah
19:04when you reach nashik uh there are local buses
19:12we've got the whole bus involved hey everybody's helping these guys are going near igatpuri place
19:18they will help you thank you there's a plan the plan is formulating right brilliant that's very helpful
19:25without people like you we we get lost you're brilliant thank you so you've been very helpful
19:30nice to meet you thank you thank you i'll see you soon happy journey for you thank you thank you
19:37we're getting close i can smell the wine quite a way actually isn't it yeah it was a five hour bus
19:44trip it's eight hours all together long day uh it is what it is bro we'll get there today but it's not
19:52that bad really is it could be snowy
20:03340 kilometers to the north the gujarati city of vododara
20:09this means across india on myriad street corners chai valas serve up steaming cups of sweet
20:23spiced tea from the roadside stalls vishnu has been serving his local community for over 30 years
20:31wow that's a lot of sugar hello chai and for finn and sean ed with the lowest remaining budget of any
20:40team it's an opportunity to earn some rupees there we go
20:46good choice okay when i see three chai okay how long have you guys been in here about four weeks
20:57all together is this yours yeah yes there you go thank you um so yeah now we're working our way to
21:02mumbai now nice yeah after mumbai uh after mumbai we're going to panjim down south
21:07i don't want all of them sure it's got on i think better than me she's got stuck in thank you thank
21:13you i already see that she is gaining confidence one i see three chai 18 rupees well it was hard for
21:20the start and i do think slowly she's overcome a lot of challenges good poor natural there we go thank you
21:30there we go to try i've been chatting away to some customers and yeah it's been nice okay
21:44this race is off the scale something to be proud of
21:48it's nice to say i am proud of something because normally it's just i'm proud to be welsh
21:54we're going to goa that's a good game is it nice i haven't been there you haven't it's a dream for
22:09all india really oh wow yeah do you know if this train's from mumbai to goa yeah it's a there's a
22:16direct train direct yeah it's always for you but you have to rebook like a couple of months ahead
22:24one of the reason i cancelled my plan for goa was that i didn't got any reservation in
22:28oh okay
22:32that's made me nervous now months months in advance
22:37bye bishnu
22:38i've got a bit of nerves about getting out of mumbai because of what the woman at
22:48the chai shop said i mean on this stage in the race it's really hard to make a decision because
22:53you really cannot go wrong only 50 rubies 50 rubies perfect any holdups can cost us a lot
23:01while finn and sean ed consider their options
23:10so we go up with the ladder just 60 kilometers to the north
23:15oh it actually wasn't nice being at the top here you could see everything
23:19elizabeth and leticia are trying something new
23:24it's our first super train on this race
23:28today where it's gone really really well actually i'm really learning from the district
23:34because i think that it's just got
23:37in magic instincts
23:40your feet hanging out a little bit oh i don't think i like that like just people
23:44walking past they'll get a lovely stench
23:50so it's actually more comfortable with some of the beds
23:52well i don't know what we let ourselves in for
23:58no neither do i no you don't after more than 10 hours on the road
24:03it does seem a bit light out doesn't it completely off the beaten track
24:07i don't think how are we going to get away from here tomorrow
24:10brian and melvin have finally arrived at their destination
24:14oh yeah hi the valenay vineyards in igart puri on the outskirts of nashik
24:22we've made good progress today but it's been a very long day very tiring day
24:28this is your home sir please all right
24:32we've got a room with two beds no we don't have any i can uh give you some mattress uh that's
24:38right and yeah can we have another mattress then yeah yeah i'll do that we've paid four and a
24:44half thousand rupees for the room here it's the most expensive room that we've had in the whole of
24:49india do you get many people stay here that want single rooms in them we are taking only for the marriage
25:00well i'm gonna put the kettle on i'm gonna have a cup of tea
25:08all right let's roll the first team to set foot in mumbai
25:17are you ready let's go caroline and tom are looking for a way out have you seen anything like it
25:25this is really quite something
25:27once an archipelago mumbai was initially composed of seven islands that were joined together under
25:40the watch of the east india company in the 19th century today home to 21 million people it's known
25:49as the city of dreams is it possible to book tickets here please i want to go to panji as close as
25:58possible one way two people please not this it not here you can't do it here oh no sorry okay he's just told
26:11me to wait hello so do you speak english oh thank you hello so do you speak english trying to go to
26:22panji okay i don't think you get the ticket over here from this is only for local train you can go to
26:27church get from church getting before ticket lovely okay thank you so much you're welcome thank mom i found
26:34the answer you can only go within the state at this station because this is a local train station
26:41okay well done but the train is not very fun but we are going to conquer it
26:47right platform five yeah oh it's quite a busy train station oh my god
26:56the pair must master a train network that carries over seven and a half million commuters every day
27:04eight eight 24 whoo glad you're feeling it church gates
27:14oh for god's sake let's move down move down where i don't like this oh my god
27:20time i can't scramble with this lot i haven't got a home oh well fuck it let's go
27:27yes come on Thomas okay okay go go go there you go first trade we're on the
27:38move this experience is just making me feel so alive
27:57I think that was the best overnight bus of being on thank you 150 kilometers southeast after
28:11changing tack to avoid Mumbai Finn and Sean Ed have arrived in the city of Pune I'll feel like
28:19it was a good decision to make changing from Mumbai to Pune especially after what we heard
28:25from other people back in Vandara so I think I feel better about this decision yeah I'm just
28:31hoping that this this route is definitely benefiting our race and is a little bit quicker than Mumbai
28:35would have been eager to keep moving hello hello do you go to Panjim they're searching
28:43for a direct bus to the checkpoint oh right that's not good is there anything earlier
28:55nothing before seven okay okay thank you must be something do you go to goa and gym only night
29:07tomorrow everyone ah do trains go in the day no trains full maybe we should have gone to Mumbai then
29:17the earliest we could get directly to Panjim from here is tomorrow night so we're gonna have to find
29:27another option we're here we could go to Collapur which is like midway if we get in there we can take a
29:38taxi from there is that a ticket place I think so I think I've adopted and I'm actually getting used to how things work around here and how busy places are
29:52Collapur this this one thank you I mean it's not gonna change for me so it's either get used to it or go home so it's heads down and do the best we can what
30:06times to call I put tomorrow 30 oh yeah that what time does it get to Collapur five o'clock
30:15come on can we book two tickets thank you
30:36there's great loads of great loads of great isn't there in return for discounted accommodation and a
30:45chance to sample the produce so that needs to be up there like that Brian and Melvin are training vines
30:53whoa that's good we will train our wines so when Sun goes from east to west the bunches are
31:02constantly exposed to the sunlight right at an altitude of 2,000 feet India's wine capital Nashik
31:10is framed by the 150 million year old Western Ghats a mountain range older than the Himalayas
31:21so we generally you are vineyard boys the target right or for you four rows four rows that's fine four
31:29okay I'm certainly a gold gold-giver man I will smash my target and normally I'd say I would go on to
31:39surpass it but maybe not on this one occasion Brian doesn't like to come second he beat me at rummy cup
31:51and he's in your face with it you know and I like that about him do you know we've done about six now
31:55don't you Melvin I've done eight on me own his determination and will to succeed I think he's
32:04made him extremely successful well that took in to me oh the bride comes along like a bully in a
32:12china shop knocks it out again I'm sorry right Melvin's a grafter he's ambitious he's driven he has had a
32:23lot of jobs but he's done very well at them he's been keen he's got promotions and he's moved on yeah I'm
32:31proud of him and maybe I should tell him I think we're doing our over quota well you're just enjoying it Mel
32:39yeah the best way to learn more about wines is to taste them and you mean taste not drink
32:47moderation is it's good yeah yeah drinking in moderation is good thank you
32:52yeah
32:53cheers mate well done cheers
33:00oh that is marvelous look at the view it's nice isn't it
33:07you've got a leg and a half to go and I know we're always conscious of the next leg and and
33:16it's nice to not think about it for an hour isn't it yeah it's good yeah well when we come to places
33:22like this and we think well we're going to do a little bit of work and then you think well we can
33:26actually chill for a few hours it's nice this race has has pulled something out of us I think I
33:35think I think it's it has brought us together I think the last few weeks we've found out a bit more
33:40similar than we think yeah similar traits we are sharing things more now we're not just Brian on his
33:46own or Melvin on his own it's it's Brian and Melvin yeah and and as long as we remember that that
33:51we are there for each other yeah which which which which which we will well we might piss each
33:57other off from time to time but the fact is we're brothers yeah I think it's a brilliant change in our
34:04relationship before the race I can't imagine Brian and I do it talking the way we've we've spoken over
34:11the last six seven weeks our relationship will only get better now once this race is finished
34:17will speak to each other more doing something together whether it's if we hired a villa somewhere
34:23or other I'll bring all the kids over and then you come over um for a few days or whatever you want
34:29it'd be brilliant I'm not a bigger lovey-dovey bloke but yeah yeah I love him really I wouldn't tell him
34:38that to his face I don't mind that I gotta be honest Jesus I don't think I'd ever say to Brian I love him
34:46even though I'm sure he knows I do I I am absolutely delighted to have done this adventure with you
34:58I couldn't think of anybody else I'd rather do it with no we've done we've done okay Mel yeah
35:05we need to we need to shift mate because we're we're back in the races from now so let's go
35:14I should bugger off oh dear I'll get on I like it
35:20passenger reservation office first floor still in Mumbai with the correct station located
35:29hello we'd like to get two tickets to Panji Caroline and Tom now face the trickier task of getting hold of tickets
35:38that's pretty good two of us please
35:49okay okay wait so now you have to put your tickets and then tomorrow morning go to the station one hour
36:04before the train depart we had to check whether they have got it confirmed or not and then according to you
36:09how to travel the ticket isn't guaranteed yeah it's not that it's it's a bit risky yeah but if we wait
36:18it'll be another day I think we have to do that okay let's put the tickets obviously being on the
36:25waiting list is a worry we asked about trains later on in the day and they are fully booked
36:31I'm really hoping it just goes away and we turn up tomorrow and they say yes you've got seats that
36:36would be amazing so we just had to take the gamble and we'll have to wait and see taking the risk on
36:44the 5 50 a.m. Train tomorrow towards Panaji leave the pair free to indulge in some sightseeing
36:51Mum look at that building I know it's beautiful it looks like it's got trees going inside of us and one
36:59of the city's most eclectic neighborhoods Bandra where modern high-rises sits side by side with
37:07crumbling Indo-Portuguese bungalows everything's so individual and different and colourful and graffitied
37:15streets are lined with Catholic shrines and grottos what are these
37:21oh yeah it's called panikari it's like the street food these are like waltz with spicy and sweet sweet
37:28are they nice really nice you should eat them yeah you should try some yeah is it really spicy
37:35it's a bit spicy oh my god now on the race I think I've seen mum more carefree she's really confident
37:54excuse me could I taste the sugarcane things oh my god is that noise it is like a milkshake is it
38:10all right so yeah it's not quite a coffee it's lovely isn't it I have to admit I really like Mumbai oh
38:20oh thank you very much oh at last
38:24it's just been the best day this race has given me newfound confidence that there are things I can do
38:39I would like to make some changes when I get home I've always felt a great sense of guilt if I wanted
38:52to do something for myself or perhaps not that the family first which most parents do under completely
38:58understandably but now I feel if I want to do something I can find something that I absolutely
39:04love and follow it through right should we get going I think we should get to bed because we've
39:11got an early start tomorrow tomorrow is going to be a a stressful day it's just the worry of not knowing
39:18for certain that we're going to get on that train and that we're going to make it to checkpoint
39:23tomorrow 12 hours from now the train leaves actually right while Caroline and Tom wait
39:32to learn whether they've secured tickets Brian and Melvin are competing with local traffic
39:44not only three of horrible folks I bloody heard on just a milking time in a bloody daring
39:53whilst 100 kilometres West Elizabeth and Letitia have made it to the outskirts of Palgar
40:03to work at a retreat run by the Chabra family so lovely to have you they will prepare the evening
40:14meal for guests under the guidance of daughter Ayana thank you you like cooking outdoors yeah yeah in return
40:30discounted accommodation and a massage I love the architecture here like it's all open but you
40:40know you have some shelter it feels like you're in the jungle yeah that's what we wanted yeah very
40:46relaxing yeah it's it's mostly for people to come from the city and relax because like it's very chaotic
40:53there yeah and do you normally cook yeah I know I started cooking when I was four years old wow how old are
41:02you I'm 15 15 so you've grown up yeah it's nice it's peaceful quiet no I love the idea of retreat yeah I've been to a few retreats yeah and I would like to have my own retreat as well yeah I like that mmm
41:24I've traveled a lot I've lived abroad and I've come back to my hometown and I've just been a bit
41:33stagnant really I've been a bit you know deciding what I'm gonna do with my life etc etc etc I started
41:41getting into going to retreats and it's definitely helped with understanding myself a little bit more
41:48being more confident in what I want to do and actually I would like to provide it for other
41:53people because I know how beneficial it's been for me I'm just excited for what the future will hold
41:59sit down yeah oh okay you're comfortable yes
42:12I'm very comfortable thank you
42:32I guess seeing my sister envision her dream about starting a retreat it does make me think oh what
42:40should I do you know which I thought I'm still trying to figure out for myself
42:48before the race I think I definitely had a cycle of starting things not finishing things and just
42:55being upset about that like university I mean I lasted until you know over last year and then I was
43:03like actually no I don't want to do it I couldn't stay in a job really so long I started to feel
43:12failure scared of just putting myself out there such a weird sensation I don't know what to do with myself
43:19I'll embrace it I'll embrace it being in a race there's so many things you can fail at small things like
43:31communicating with people getting rejected that's like a sense of failing and that was happening on the daily
43:36you just have to become comfortable with failure
43:41it's toughened me up I would like to have that feeling I'm just completing something but I've worked
43:54hard on and I've tried my best on oh this is lovely
44:01it's well being you can just yeah feel isn't it yeah I definitely wish we were here for longer
44:12right let's go 200 kilometers southeast on the outskirts of Pune
44:24this place is absolutely beautiful this looks really nice Finn and Sean Ed are embracing the great
44:32outdoors oh wow look at that everyone's chilling having a good time it's cute good vibes at Pauna Lake
44:40a popular campsite destination for locals seeking a weekend getaway from the cities of Pune and Mumbai
44:48I love being here with you yeah I mean we're together a lot at home anyway but we've not had a breather from
44:55each other no and somehow still kicking yeah I know do you think after in the finish line do you think
45:01you could carry on I don't think I'd want to go on for long I think I'd want to go home for a little bit
45:06see everyone but then I do think I'll have that itch again to go traveling so I honestly think give
45:14me three days at the finish line I go again it just makes it just inspires me I want to do more things
45:19I do just want to see more of the world yeah do a lot of fun things first then all the serious stuff we are
45:29still young before coming on the race all I was thinking was the house the family marriage all of that
45:39stuff the race has made me realize there's so much more that I'm able to do that I'm able to see I'm only 19
45:49I've got the rest of my life to settle down
45:56oh my this is the kind of vibe going on here
46:01do you know the words it's between you have come to show you go you could switch
46:18this is so cute oh oh shit surely I don't think that was meant to happen
46:47good night sure I love you good night I love you
46:52I was quite cozy in here I need a pee
46:58Mumbai 5 a.m. check out please thank you very much
47:11yeah I'm feeling really quite nervous just because there's still a chance that we're not
47:19going to make the train and then we're back to square one so all I need to do is find out that
47:25we've come off the reservation list and we have reserved tickets which is what we're going to find
47:30out in the next five minutes I think so it's oh it affects our whole day
47:35why do we do this to ourselves with all other trains sold out it's their only chance to escape Mumbai today
47:47passenger assistance hello sir hello we need to get confirmed seats
47:57oh he's talking something okay right the right place
48:06well he's writing something oh my god
48:09oh my god
48:10ask him sorry to do do do we do we have seats
48:13do we do we have seats so we we have seats we have seats oh
48:21yes it's coach number six 38 39
48:28yes it was all worth it look at that oh I am absolutely over the moon all the worry of yesterday despite really enjoying my day this was at the back of my mind it just makes it all worthwhile that we might be getting there so exciting
48:46okay
48:49just 22 kilometers northeast of Mumbai
48:53there's one that's just arriving
48:55Elizabeth and Letitia are also taking advantage of the Indian rail network
49:00come in come in come in come in come in
49:03lovely
49:06we're getting close to checkpoint and we get there today
49:10we get there today and you had a vision of getting there today
49:13today yeah I'm happy we're getting there today
49:20we are planning to buy some tickets
49:23where are you planning to go right now
49:25Panji tonight
49:27lining up their last transfer to checkpoint Brian and Melvin
49:31our office is closed today because of Sunday
49:34oh no
49:35you can wait at the hotel
49:36I'll send my representative in 45 minutes maximum
49:39okay we'll wait here then for 45 minutes
49:42yeah sure
49:43that is brilliant
49:44I'm actually quite confident that because we caught that ferry on the first day if you had to go back up and back down again that's a 12 hour trip that took us 4 hours so in theory that gives you an 8 hour lead
49:58do you guys speak English
50:01do you know how much a taxi would be from Kolapur to Panjim
50:05leaning on locals for a little help
50:07when you want to go tomorrow
50:09today after this bus
50:11Finn and Sean Ed
50:13we're just wondering like how much a taxi would be and how do we get a taxi
50:20oh that would be really good if you could
50:22yeah thank you so much
50:24I mean if we can get it sorted for us I mean
50:27half it
50:30yeah okay so he'll be waiting for us
50:37that's amazing thank you so much
50:39oh wow
50:41oh that's good
50:42what a lovely guy
50:43see asking gets you far
50:45I'm a very kind man it's just actually really helped us out
50:49it does really prove that just having that a little bit of extra confidence to just speak to people can work wonders really
51:02our wife prepared a special dish really ended
51:07you try all of you try
51:10oh it's still hot
51:12mmm that's really good
51:15ooh spicy
51:17we've learned along the way
51:19people in India are very hospitable
51:21and very giving
51:23and just want to help all the time
51:26it's really good
51:27it's really spicy but it's really good
51:29your wife makes absolutely lovely food
51:31very nice
51:33you could say that we've learned it too late
51:36but I think we've learned it just in time really
51:38because we're taking it into that last final lag
51:40no it's yours it's your food
51:43no no no I help you need
51:45quanta
51:46are you sure
51:47aww thank you
51:48aww thank you
51:49aww he's so sweet
51:51so yeah we're very happy
51:53transport to checkpoint is just all organised now so yeah
51:57I do like the biryani
52:00so good
52:02you ready?
52:12yep
52:13go
52:14after an 11 hour bus
52:16humid isn't it? sticky
52:21Brian and Melvin have arrived in Panaji
52:24on the banks of the Mondovi river
52:28goes regional capital as a jumble of colourful streets
52:34towered over by the sparkling Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception Church
52:41along the coast
52:45Bambalin Bay
52:46and the seventh checkpoint in the race
52:54on foot
52:55head through the colourful street
52:57and turn right after the temple
52:59and find the Panjim People's Gallery
53:01colourful street
53:03colourful street
53:04this is a colourful street innit?
53:06keep coming Mel
53:07that's the temple down here
53:09yeah
53:10right is it left or is it right?
53:12would be wouldn't there
53:13choice of three
53:14which one would you normally pick?
53:16well there's more people down here
53:17right you go that way
53:18I'd go that way
53:19so let's go that way
53:20nah
53:21this way
53:22trust me
53:23here you go
53:25Panjim People's Gallery
53:27you were right
53:28first time ever
53:29head through the village
53:32up the incline street
53:33to reach the Immaculate Conception Church
53:36incline?
53:39I'm just starting to sweat a bit
53:41what was the name of the church?
53:43the Immaculate Conception
53:45excuse me
53:46do you know where the Immaculate Conception Church is?
53:48Ryan!
53:50is that it?
53:51could be
53:52I just asked this chap
53:53that's it
53:56here you are
53:57by Tuk Tuk or Taxi
53:58travel to the Checkpoint Hotel
53:59the Grand Hyatt
54:01and check in at reception on the first floor
54:03Tuk Tuk
54:04yeah?
54:05we're going to the Grand Hyatt
54:06how much?
54:07how much mate?
54:08500
54:09good lad
54:10thank you
54:11go go go go go
54:13are we going to be first?
54:14are we going to be second?
54:15are we going to be third or what?
54:16I don't know
54:17I don't see what we could have done any better
54:19on the leg
54:20no
54:21but who knows
54:22we both know that if we could get a bit of a lead on this leg
54:25we've got a chance for the final leg
54:27yeah we've got a bit of a challenge haven't we?
54:30there you go Mel
54:31oh here we are
54:32excellent
54:33thank you so much
54:34thank you mate
54:35thank you
54:36wow this looks a bit special doesn't it?
54:38lovely view
54:39it is lovely isn't it?
54:42here you go Mel
54:44see ya see ya
54:47hello mate
54:49good morning
54:50good morning
54:51how are you?
54:52welcome to Grand Hyatt gore
54:53please sign in here
54:55congratulations
54:56congratulations
54:57you have successfully reached your seventh checkpoint
54:58please sign in overleaf
55:00you ready?
55:01yeah
55:08don't know how we've done that
55:09oh bollocks
55:16this place is incredible
55:17reception
55:18thank you
55:19thank you
55:20come to the left
55:21go to the left
55:22hold on Thomas
55:23come on keep going
55:24nearly there
55:25oh here it is
55:26yes
55:27oh my hand
55:28yes
55:29yes yes yes yes yes
55:30hello
55:31hi
55:32okay
55:33okay you ready?
55:34yeah
55:35oh my god
55:37well done
55:38oh
55:39oh
55:40oh
55:41oh thank you
55:42i can't believe we are first
55:44i can't believe we are first
55:45it's the most incredible feeling
55:47three's a charm
55:48and i think if we can win on the final leg
55:51win three times
55:52it would just be fantastic
55:55ohhhhhh
55:59it would have been nice to come first
56:00it would have been nice to come first
56:01but you know
56:02maybe that's for the last leg
56:05oh
56:06oh
56:07okay
56:08it's fine
56:09because we are all still very close together
56:12it's not like we have fallen behind again
56:14yeah?
56:15yeah
56:16yeah yeah
56:17we should be very happy with that
56:18think of it that way
56:19at least we are not 31 hours behind again
56:20i know and we are not fourth anymore
56:21exactly
56:22okay
56:23after nearly 13,000 kilometres
56:27only eight hours separates the top three teams going into the final leg
56:32for Brian and Melvin
56:34a 17 hour gap to close
56:40we didn't expect it before i've got to be honest
56:43the only people that we can blame is us
56:45yeah
56:46so we've we've we've cocked it up
56:48Mumbai would have had an infrastructure of transport linked
56:51and what we did is that we avoided that
56:54so we've avoided all of those fast transport routes
56:57it's all in last leg isn't it?
56:59yeah
57:00we've moved from fourth to first before
57:03and we'll do it again
57:05it is what it is
57:06we're not despondent
57:07we'll get out there for the eighth leg and we'll hammer it
57:09won't we?
57:10we'll give it the best shot
57:13it all comes down to now
57:14it does
57:15we've seen the world and now we're racing
57:18let's go
57:19come on
57:20Thomas!
57:21oh!
57:22that's alright isn't it?
57:23one mishap could jeopardise our position
57:26why can't we catch up 19 hours?
57:28everybody knows that you can catch up time
57:30run Sean Edmund!
57:32we just need to get that extra little push to win
57:35i think we can do it
57:36vote! vote!
57:37vote!
57:38if Thomas and I can win this race
57:40it will mean the world to me
57:41i feel the pressure song
57:42let's go!
57:44go! go! go! go! fast go!
57:46oh! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go! go!
57:48to this book?
57:50Why does a book
57:51hold this much power?
58:18Why does a book hold this much power?