All language subtitles for Race.Across.The.World.S02E05.WEBRip.x264-ION10

[Narrator] Reaching the other side of
the world is a dream many of us share.

But by flying over, are we
forgetting how to travel through?

Mexico City, North
America's largest Metropolis,

to ushuaia, Argentina, the
most southerly city in the world.

Twenty hours by plane.

But could you travel the length
of Latin America at ground level?

And all for the
price of the airfare?

[Sam] What have
we got ourselves into?

Five pairs of ordinary
brits are attempting just that.

Let's go.

They will cover over
25,000 kilometers.

Moments like this you will
remember for the rest of your life.

And a demanding
and challenging race

which soars high into the andes,

crosses vast deserts,

and navigates some of the
world's most volatile regions.

He's coming over with a gun.

Have they got what it takes?

[Sam] Got no Google maps,
got no mom, got nothing.

Both physically...

[Lizzie] Shall I
call an ambulance?

And emotionally.

We need a miracle
to get out of here.

The rewards are great.

This is crazy good.

[Emon] This has brought
us closer together.

[Narrator] The first
team to the finish line

will claim the prize of £20,000,

in a race...

[Man] Let's go, let's go.

Across the world.

[Dom] Vamos, vamos.

Excitement, adventure, trauma.

Oh, my god.

[Narrator] Previously...

The fourth checkpoint
is puno, Peru.

The team's climbed
into the andes.

[Lizzie] They
were pretty high up.

[Dom] I felt like my eyes were
gonna pop out of my head.

[Jen] Oh, look at you.

Jen and Rob made
friends with the locals.

[Jen] Sneaky little boy.

You can see her happier,
and that makes me happy.

-Aiming high -we did it.

Cost emon and jamiul their lead.

- [Emon] You got to make bold decisions.
- [Jamiul] It paid off.

[Jamiul] Doing it
before hasn't paid off.

A new plan...

Travel in style and comfort. That's
what we gonna do from now on.

Worked wonders for Jo and Sam.

[Sam] We're really
surprised we came first.

[Dom] Will you help
it go over my back?

While a damp dom and Lizzie...

[Dom grunting]

were left treading water.

Not a place you wanna be
when you feel like this. It's not fun.

[Dramatic music playing]

[Ferry horn honking]

- The sunrise, just absolutely stunning.
- Yeah.

[Narrator] Eight hours and twenty
minutes behind leaders Jo and Sam,

dom and Lizzie reach
the fourth checkpoint.

Dom, can I have a break?

[Dom] Come on,
let's get this done.

- Hello. Buenos días.
- Good morning.

[Inaudible conversation]

[Dom] Right.

Oh, last again.

[Dom] It's frustrating that we've
come last, two times in a row.

We have been pushing
ourselves hard enough, I don't think.

We've got some
catching up to there.

[Narrator] Fifteen thousand
kilometers remained to ushuaia.

But before resuming the race,

the teams are
taking the opportunity

to explore lake titicaca.

[All] Hola.

At nearly 4,000
meters above sea level,

the highest and largest
lake in South America.

Oh, thank you.

It's home to the uros
tribe, an ancient people,

many of whom still
live permanently

on the lakes 120
man-made floating islands,

each constructed
from living reeds.

Boop.

[Emon] Pick a card.

[Dom] Oh, so they leave
nets here with some bait.

[Sam] That's a big boy.

I'm loving it.

[Emon] Okay, you ready?

[People laughing]

Please don't.

[Sam] That was gruesome.

[Lizzie] Big thing for me is
that I love these checkpoints.

I get to hang out with you guys.

I genuinely enjoy
your company so much.

I think they're sort of making like
we're a weird, dysfunctional family.

[Lizzie] Definitely.

[Dom] We don't really see them
as rivals when we're at checkpoints.

And like we all really get on. And
I actually think, beyond the race,

we'll be friends forever because
we've all shared this unique experience.

Do you think you've got better
in dealing with the bus journey?

- Oh, god, no, god, no.
- No. Is it still bad?

- It's getting even worse and worse.
- Oh, god.

Each bus journey, it's like I
just know what's ahead of me.

[Sam] As much as I have a
downer in getting all the long buses

and not enjoying it,

moments like today
do make it worthwhile.

[Both laughing]

[Sam] We're all
so close together,

and the culture,
it's just warming

to feel that vibe
that they give off.

We've just been astonished
with what we've seen.

[Indistinct chatter]

[Dramatic music playing]

- Buenos días.
- Buenos días.

[Narrator] First to set
off on the fifth leg...

Thank you.

Current leaders, Jo and Sam,

ninety minutes clear
of their closest rivals.

- [Jo] Cafayate, Argentina. Oh!
- [Sam] All right.

- Steaks.
- [Laughs] And red wine.

[Narrator] Sixteen hundred
kilometers south of puno,

the colonial town of cafayate,
the team's first stop in Argentina.

Situated in the
north of the country,

the humidity and rich soil
make it the perfect location

for the vineyards that
thrive in the valley floors.

[Jo] Right, next leg.

[Narrator] To get there,
the teams could choose

to travel through
land-locked Bolivia,

with its otherworldly
landscapes, salt flats,

fossilized dinosaur prints,
and unique rock formations,

or be tempted by
the lower altitudes

of northern Chile's
pacific coast,

breathtaking volcanic vistas,
and the vast atacama desert.

[Dramatic music playing]

[Jo] We know we're going to
Argentina but what would you like to do?

[Sam] If we can
do some cool stuff,

and make the bus rides worth
it, that's what I'd much rather do.

'Cause you see a bus, if
it's there, you wanna take it.

But sometimes you just
need to sit back and relax.

[Jo] So say that happens, you
just need to communicate that,

and then we can get
that happy medium

of enjoying as well as racing.

[Jo] Okay, love, so we're gonna go
through Bolivia to Argentina, yeah?

That's where the salt flats are
and that's where uncle Johnny went.

And it looked absolutely insane.

That'd be fantastic.
It does look stunning.

[Narrator] To
reach the salt flats,

Jo and Sam need to
head to the town of uyuni,

seven hundred and fifty
kilometers into Bolivia.

I think we'd best get on then
and try and get to the border.

[Jen] Hola.
Checking out, please.

[Narrator] Next to leave,

- ready?
- Jen and Rob.

- Cafayate?
- Cafayate?

- [Rob] Hello, hello.
- [Emon] Where are we going?

Back to Mexico City.

- [Jamiul laughs]
- Okay, bye.

[Rob] I think we've been
working much better together.

We've closed the gap
from two and a half hours

to one and a half hours.

- It's working for us. Yeah.
- We're doing all right.

[Rob exclaims]

[Jen laughing]

[Emon] You guys
might as well go first.

Okay, bye.

- Bye, guys.
- Bye. Good luck.

[Jen] Hola, we
need to go to Bolivia.

- [Man speaking foreign language]
- [Jen] Come with this man.

- Look at the map.
- [Rob] Ah.

[Rob speaking Spanish]

- [Rob] Puno. Sí, sí.
- [Jen] Okay.

[Jen] Do we get a boat?

[Man speaking foreign language]

- Not possible.
- Not by the lake.

[Narrator] The border
dissects lake titicaca

so the teams will only be able
to cross into Bolivia by land.

[Jen] We've chosen to go to
Bolivia 'cause actually Bolivia

is one of South America's cheapest
countries to live, eat, and travel.

The downside is,
unfortunately we've been told

that there are
national elections.

It's illegal not to vote, so
the whole country shuts down,

and there won't be any
transport out of the country.

So we've got three days
to get through Bolivia.

[Emon] In South America, I believe
Chile's the most expensive country

because it's the most developed.

I think it'll be
similar to Panama.

- Right. Expensive as well.
- Yeah, expensive.

Where's Bolivia's
got quite a lot to offer.

[Narrator] Also opting for Bolivia,
cash-strapped emon and jamiul.

I think we should do
what we did last time.

- Good experiences and travel hard.
- Yeah.

We might have to travel
harder than we did before.

There's the valley De Luna which
people say it's similar to the moon.

- So that will be kind of cool to do.
- Why not?

[Narrator] The boys went ahead to a
Bolivian landmark known as moon valley

because of its lunar-like
rock formations,

just outside the
capital city, La Paz.

[Emon] La Paz
will be kind of close.

Inspirational. Got us
some good times in Peru.

[Jamiul] Yeah, Peru's
been good to us.

[Narrator] Already
across the border...

[Sam] All right,
we're in Bolivia.

Racing to make a bus
connection to the salt flats

six hundred and fifty eight
kilometers away, Jo and Sam.

We need to try and book
the nighttime bus before 9:00.

We should be there by 7:00.

- Or around that time.
- Exactly. Yeah.

[Jo] This will be
interesting. Oh, my god.

Ahoy.

[Sam] We're literally
on lake titi-bus-bus.

For as far as I can see...

[Jo] Really, lad,
but you're on a ferry.

[Both laugh]

[Lizzie] I wish I had topped up.

[Dom] Right, okay.

[Dom speaking Spanish]

[Narrator] Back in puno, the
last team to leave the checkpoint,

eight hours and twenty
minutes behind the leaders,

dom and Lizzie.

[Dom] This altitude's
made me feel really weird.

[Lizzie] It's
finally hitting you.

[Lizzie] The landscapes in
Chile just sound unbelievable.

[Dom] And we might get to go back
down to sea level away from this altitude

- that is just doing my skull in.
- Yeah.

[Narrator] The only team
to travel through Chile,

dom and Lizzie are looking to head
south to the border tone of tacna.

[Dom] So shall we book a ticket?

-[Lizzie] Yes, please. Get money out first.
-Oh, yeah.

[Thudding]

[Lizzie] Oh! He's having a
seizure, he's having a seizure.

- [Lizzie] Oh, my god, oh, my god.
- [Dom moaning]

[Lizzie] Oh, dom.

- [Man] You're all right.
- [Lizzie] He's had one of these before.

- [Man] You're all right.
- [Lizzie] I can't do it.

[Lizzie] Someone
call an ambulance.

[Narrator] Closely following
each team at all times,

a medic who
immediately tends to dom.

- [Medic] He's fine.
- [Lizzie] Oh, my god.

[Medic] That's it,
there we go, dom.

- [Lizzie] Is he gonna be okay?
- [Medic] It's all right, dom.

[Medic] Just relax.
He's coming back now.

I can't watch.

[Medic] That's it. Rest
on your back, dom.

[Lizzie] That was horrible.

Dom's just had a seizure.

He's had a couple before,
but I've never seen them.

And that was, honestly,
his face, that was petrifying.

[Dom breathing heavily]

It's really scary. And usually,
he'd be the one looking after me,

and now I feel like i'm...

Like I don't know whether
I can do the same for him.

[Lizzie crying]

[Lizzie] I honestly cannot
remember the last time

I said I love you to my
brother, or he said it to me.

[Laughs] I think that's just
because we don't talk about love,

we don't talk about family.

He's getting up.

He's my only sibling.
He's all I've got,

and he's one of the most
important people in my life.

[Dom groans]

- [Lizzie] You all right?
- Yeah.

- [Dom] We've missed our bus?
- [Lizzie] Dom, we're not going anywhere tonight.

[Dom] Oh, what?

[Narrator] With emergency
services in attendance within minutes,

dom is taken to a hospital
in the center of puno.

[Ambulance sirens wailing]

I think they're checking whether the
seizure he had was triggered by altitude.

They're checking
his oxygen and stuff.

He's come back to himself,
he's realized what's happened.

You know, it's obviously,
he's been pushing himself hard.

The altitude's hard and
it's had an effect on him.

It's pretty scary
and quite daunting,

and I really don't know
what more I can do.

Just got to stand by
him, and look after him.

[Narrator] After tests, Don is
advised to rest for 24 hours.

So brother and sister head
back to the checkpoint hotel.

The race, on hold.

[Jo speaking Spanish]

Okay. Sam, we can't
get the bus tonight.

This whole time,

I didn't realize we went
forward an hour in Bolivia.

So, yeah. We'll have
to stay here tonight

[narrator] With no onward
connection to the salt flats today,

Jo and Sam are
stranded in La Paz.

[Jo] This has basically
put us back 24 hours.

[Sam] Oh, my god,
is that a cable car?

[Narrator] Also forced to
pause their journey in this city...

[Emon] I love cable cars.

This better be the longest
cable car in the world.

[Jen] Hola. Buenas noches.

[Narrator] The other two
teams traveling through Bolivia...

[Jen speaking Spanish]

Could you write it down with this
novelty light-up pen that punches?

[Rob laughs]

I'm sorry but my
normal one's gone.

His eyes used to light up but
I think it's run out of battery.

[Sam] I'm pretty glad
we're not on a night bus.

- Yeah.
- Because you can't do this on the night bus.

[Jo chuckles]

[Acoustic guitar music playing]

I can't believe it's only
half six in the morning

and there's so much
hustle and bustle.

They start early, don't they?

[Narrator] Three thousand six hundred
and forty meters above sea level,

La Paz.

The highest
capital in the world,

with a suitably elevated
form of public transport:

The mi teleférico
cable car network.

The city is the birthplace
of cholita wrestling,

[crowd cheering]

Bolivian women's
traditional version of wwe.

[Jo] Well, let's hope that
there is a bus this morning

because otherwise
we've lost 24 hours.

It's a bit of a bugger
not getting it last night.

[Narrator] In the city center,
the main transport hub

designed by
architect gustave eiffel,

better known for his
famous tower in Paris.

[Jo] Gracias, muchas gracias.

[Man speaking Spanish]

[Narrator] After their time
difference confusion from Peru...

[Sam] So what are we
gonna do about food?

[Jo] Let's just see
if we get a bus first.

Jo's eager to get
them back on the road

to the salt flats as
soon as possible.

- [Jo] Hola.
- [Woman] Buenos días.

[Jo] Buenos días.

[Jo and woman speaking Spanish]

No, it's only at 3:30
in the afternoon.

I'm a bit pissed off.

[Dramatic music playing]

So we got up at half five
to try and get morning bus.

We're basically not
progressing in the race,

and I'm still very conscious
of the elections coming up

and any problems that
might come with those.

- [Sam] You all right?
- [Jo] Still tied up.

[Jo] Just feeling a bit rough,

and I think I'll probably need
a couple more hours sleep.

There's been quite a
lot of pressure on me

to try and work out
what's best for you.

I think, all the
things with the buses

has just got on top of me.

I feel like you do take
it a bit too seriously.

I'm just conscious
of the budget.

- And, you know, if we...
- Fuck the budget.

- [Jo] Life's about budgeting.
- [Sam] I just want to have a decent time.

Okay, well, let's do it.

[Sam] I feel like that's what
we're not doing enough of.

I just need you
to enjoy yourself.

[Jo] I will try and
chill out a bit more.

So you get a taxi,

and then I'm gonna go off
and just get me some food.

[Instrumental
guitar music playing]

[Jo speaking Spanish]

Okay, I'll take.

[Jo] I'll see you back at the
hotel. Go and enjoy La Paz.

[Sam] I'll try.

[Narrator] With eight hours
until their bus connection,

for the first time in the race,

Sam's going solo,

oh, my god. I'm on my own.

In possession of
100 bolivianos...

She said only
spend 50. Yeah, right.

Just over ten pounds.

I didn't even tell him
where the bloody hotel was.

He doesn't really
listen or take things in,

so he probably hasn't a
clue where we're staying.

Can you feel that?

No pressure.

I want big food.

I think, personally, there's a
main street and tall buildings.

So therefore, restaurants.
That's my logic.

This place is amazing.

[Sam] I actually finally
got some time on my own.

It's a bit less
stressed in a away,

and that's why
I'm kind of like...

Whee.

[Sam] My mum just
wants to get there.

Let's go to a restaurant.

But straight off
of another bus...

Smells amazing in there.

I'm fancying something a
bit more pricey. [Laughs]

Personally, I want to
go do some cool stuff.

[Sam] Hola. Do you have a menu?

- Sí?
- Uh, I could have the chocolate?

- [Woman speaking Spanish]
- Yeah. Sí.

[Sam] Caesar
salad, for starters,

lasagna for seconds,

spaghetti bolognese for thirds.

Muchas gracias.

[Sam] I might
get a cake as well.

Gracias.

[Slurps noisily]

Now I'm worried
about Sam. [Chuckles]

Should have written
down the hotel.

[Sighs wearily]

[Jo] I've been fine up till now.

It's just hit me
today. [Sniffles]

I think the frustration
of the buses yesterday

and then the
knock-on effect of that

means an extra
kind of two nights

that we could have done
without, and I was thinking,

again, to keep him going.

Yeah, so it's all
piling up a little bit.

But I think a few hours
sleep might just do me good.

[Jen] Let's get through Bolivia,

then I'll allow myself to
relax and enjoy Argentina.

[Narrator] Also in La Paz...

- Okay, uyuni or salta?
- Ideally, salta.

Yeah, defo.

Jen and Rob are
trying to book a bus

non-stop out of Bolivia
to avoid the delays

the nation-wide
election will bring.

- [Jen] Hola.
- [Rob] Hola.

- [Rob] Salta, Argentina? No.
- [Jen] Salta?

- [Woman] Sí.
- [Man] No, no.

[Jen] Today's our second
day of three days to get out.

Uh, salta?

- No.
- No? Gracias.

[Jen] So if we can
get out by tomorrow,

we're cutting it fine but
at least we've done it.

This is just a waste of time.

Let's let's do the last remaining
ones that we haven't done yet.

And then we know
what the best options are.

I think Rob and I
are very different.

We've done all of these.

I'm kind of slow and methodical.

This one we wanted today.

Yeah, but then
there's no one there.

Whereas I am absolutely
spontaneous and like "now, now, now."

[Sighs]

Rob's qualities are
his worst and his best.

All the planning,
all the research,

you know, it's fantastic.

But sometimes I just
want things done now.

The frustration is, like, he
wants to gather more data,

but, I mean, we've
done data gathering,

and it's enough for me to
make a decision. [Sighs]

I don't know.

[Rob] I can't get information with
you stood still. You've got to follow me.

- Pardon?
- You've got to follow me.

I could get information
with you stood still.

Why can't you get
the information?

Why do I have to be there?

- Ola. Salta?
- Jen?

- Thank you.
- Jen?

- What?
- This way. Come this way.

Why am I following you?

You're just taking
a pick out of me.

Just follow you
around like a wench.

[Rob] I'm trying to crack on and
you're standing there doing nothing.

Fuck off! Fuck off
right now! Fuck off!

Standing there doing nothing?
Fuck you! I'm done with you.

Get me outside. I
need some fresh air.

- You all right, Jen.
- No, no, okay?

I'm upset because you
said, "come with me now

because you're just
standing there doing nothing."

[Rob] That's not what I meant.

Well, then you need to think
about how you say things.

'Cause you say things to
me, and it really upsets me.

And you don't care how
you make me feel. [Sniffles]

- No, I do you care how I make you feel.
- Clearly.

Sam was supposed to
be here half an hour ago.

And I stupidly left him and didn't
give him the name of the hotel.

[Sam] Gracias.

So, you know inca's...
Inca... inca's hotel?

[Speaking in foreign language]

Pardon?

Uh, no. Never mind.

Probably best to just
walk back up where I was,

and see if I can remember
where I came from.

[Narrator] With an hour
till their bus departs...

Time to get lost. [Chuckles]

Sam must navigate a city

four times the size of his
hometown, Manchester.

It's just difficult to know
what his next move would be.

[Sam] So this is where I
think I came down, up across.

Hey, there's a bus pulling up.

I hope mum gets my mental
message to come to the bus station.

[Exhales] That is amazing.

I found my way
to the bus station.

Got no Google maps.
Got no mum. Got nothing.

Did go one direction wrong!

Come on, mum, I believe in you.

Mum! Mum!

Come on, mum.

Sam?

[Sam laughs]

- I knew you'd get my logic.
- Exactly.

Well, I just thought,

"I didn't give him the name of the
hotel. There's no way he's gonna find it."

I telepathically sent you a
message to come here, so...

Did you find somewhere
nice for breakfast?

- Yeah, had to walk a few injured miles.
- Yeah.

It was a brilliant little tour, like,
some tours are the best tours.

[Jo laughs] Yeah. Brilliant.

- [Jamiul] You ready to take a few steps on the moon?
- [Emon] Yep.

[Narrator] With a few hours
to kill until the night bus,

emon and jamiul have
reached the valle De la Luna,

12 kilometers outside of La Paz.

Lovely, lovely.

Not actually a
valley, but a labyrinth

of eroded sandstone
and Clay pinnacles

that acquired its name
after Neil Armstrong

likened the bizarre formations
to the landscape of the moon.

The moon walk on
the moon. [Laughs]

But it looks pretty darn good.

Yes! Come on!

[Jamiul] The experiences
that we're having like today

are bringing us closer together.

I'll say, "conquered the moon."

They're allowing us to sort of know
each other on a very personal basis

'cause we're
together all the time.

I guess, um, for me
right now, it's hard

because I don't
wanna disrespect him,

and I don't want to put him
in an uncomfortable position.

But for things to progress
in our relationship,

I need answers for questions
I've had for a very long time.

- This is probably where Neil Armstrong had lunch.
- [Jamiul laughs]

-This is a cool place. I'm glad you chose this place.
-Yeah.

You can't miss this.

[Emon] I feel that this race
has brought us closer together.

Yeah. Yeah, man.

You know what, one thing I wanted
to ask you for a very long time.

Do you get any of the decisions
that you made back in the day,

in terms of why is it exactly
that you left the family?

Uh, it's a tough
question, to be fair.

[Jamiul] Every time
I've asked about

what's happened to
him or where he is, um,

if I've asked my
mom or my family,

they've kind of just
brushed it off to the side.

After asking so many
times, you just kind of know,

"you know what, nobody
wants to answer your questions."

If I didn't leave
Manchester when I did,

I wouldn't have been
able to spread my wings.

It's literally that.

It sounds cliche, but
it is literally that, okay?

After finishing
university my dad was set

that I should settle
down and get married.

But about 15 years ago,
you get married to a person

that your mom, dad set.
That was the bengali culture.

- Yeah.
- That was the way it was.

And, my dad did
have someone in mind,

but I didn't see
that as my future.

Because I was being
selfish at the time.

But at the end of the day,

it was my life.

That wasn't for me.

I'd already chosen someone
that I wanted to marry.

My parents weren't too
happy about that choice.

But I just knew inside
that she was the one.

- Laz?
- Yeah.

Do you know where the
jumpers are? They're missing.

Are they not in your drawer?

- I'm not sure.
- I think they might be here.

[Emon] We've been together
for about ten years now.

I'll be honest with you, I
am gonna miss her a lot.

Are you not gonna take
anything to remember me by?

I'll have our wedding
ring with me, so, yeah.

Well, that's all I need,
is the wedding ring.

I guess everything
happens for a reason in life.

And I've ended up
with an amazing wife.

And now I'm back in touch
with dad's side of the family.

I'm doing this trip with jamiul.

So, yeah, we got a
lot of catching up to do.

That's what it came down to.

Either I choose the easy
option, staying with the family,

and doing what my
dad told me to do.

Or I do my own thing.

I chose love over the family.

I'd say I'm similar to you in that
position, innit? I don't think it's for me.

End of the day, you need
someone to break them boundaries.

And just, unfortunately, had
to be myself for the family.

You broke some
boundaries for me, yeah.

And I understand.
Give me a bro hug.

[Both grunt]

-[Jamiul] I've missed you, man.
-I've missed it.

Go on then, another night bus.

[Narrator] With the
Bolivian elections eminent,

three teams are on the
move, leaving La Paz,

and traveling south
overnight towards the uyuni.

- [Jen] What a weird day, isn't it?
- [Rob] Yeah.

Been a shame, really.

[Jen] What's happened
has happened.

Let's just draw a line. Let's
just move on. We're a team.

So we'll get through
it because we have to.

[Jamiul] I'm glad to
finally get some clarity

on what actually happened.

Throughout my life, I haven't
been able to get that clarity.

I'm gonna remember this.

It's going to be a
defining moment

in both of our lives, I think.

[Narrator] 264
kilometers to the north,

still at the fourth
checkpoint in Peru,

dom and Lizzie.

Leaving puno 35 hours
after the other teams.

[Lizzie] Muchas gracias.

I didn't really realize
that anything was wrong

till probably I was getting
wheelchaired into hospital.

And then I knew,
obviously, I'd had a seizure.

I've got the all clear, then.

Yeah, we'll carry
on with the race.

- I hope there's not too soon.
- No.

I feel a lot better now.

Maybe for a few days
I'll be of taking control

of the situation, that
should be different.

But I think it'll good for me.

[Dom] I don't want last
night's events to be the reason

why we're not coming
in third, second or first.

I want us to be in
control of our own race,

and I think, if anything,
it's spurred me on more.

- Bloody hell, this rain is ridiculous.
- Oh, my god!

It just seems we bring
Yorkshire weather with us

everywhere we bloody go.

[Narrator] In a bid to catch up,

the siblings are aiming to
bus hop straight through Chile.

[Lizzie] I think you
need the bad moment

to realize how much you
appreciate each other,

and that's something
that'll probably strengthen us

both here and at home.

[Narrator] The uyuni,

home to one of South
America's few rail networks.

[Sam] That is incredible.

[Narrator] On the outskirts
lies a collection of over 100

abandoned British
steam train carriages.

All aboard!
[Imitates train horn]

[Narrator] Imported in
the early 20th century,

but discarded in the 1940s

after a steep decline in
Bolivia's mineral mining industry.

- [Sam] Salt plains?
- [Jo] Yep.

[Narrator] Uyuni is also home

to the world's
largest salt flats.

[Jo] Wow!

- [Sam] This is salt?
- [Driver] Yes, that's salt.

- [Sam] You sure?
- [Driver] Yes, yes.

[Jo laughs]

[Narrator] Created
over 40,000 years ago

from the drying
out of several lakes.

At points, the salt
crust is ten meters thick.

The flats are
visible from space,

and are so vast and white,

NASA uses them to
calibrate the satellites.

Stop!

[Grunts]

[Imitates farting]

[Laughs]

[Narrator] At the heart of
the salt flats, Isla incahuasi,

the tip of an ancient
volcano that provided respite

for incans and their llamas as
they cross the inhospitable terrain.

[Sam] You said these
grow one centimeter a year.

- Yes.
- How many years old do you reckon that is?

- 500 years old.
- [Sam] That is ridiculous.

That cactus there has
got to be over ten meters.

That's about a
thousand years old.

- Yes.
- [Jo] My goodness.

Yesterday I had a bit of a,
sort of emotional meltdown.

Sam was sweet and he was just,
you know, saying from his perspective,

I needed to chill a little bit,

and try and enjoy things more.

Oh, my goodness.

[Sam] That is incredible.

Speechless.

[Jo] It's just incredible.

I didn't expect
this that is for sure.

[Jo] I think it's very special

when your own child can
advise you and support you.

Obviously, it shows
he's growing up.

So I think I need to
heed what he was saying.

- I'm so pleased we came here.
- Yeah, I know, definitely.

- [Jo] God. Incredible.
- Beautiful.

This salt flats is,
like, on my bucket list.

Something I never thought
I'd ever see in my life.

Possibly one of the coolest
places in South America.

- They're like massive penises, mom.
- [Jo laughs] Yes, darling.

[Lizzie] Thank you. Gracias.

[Narrator] Finally crossing the
border into Chile, dom and Lizzie.

[Lizzie] We need to find
a bus to calama asap.

And we need money as well.

[Narrator] Determined
to make up time,

Lizzie's looking for the
fastest transport south.

Ola. Uh, kalama?

We just booked a
bus ticket to calama,

which leads into
the atacama desert.

So I'm bursting to
see what it looks like.

All right, let's keep
going. Keep going, dom.

I tend to take the driver's seat

because that's
always been the case.

I still need to
recover and rest.

And after everything
that's happened,

it's nice to see that she's
taking control of this race.

I definitely feel a lot
more confident in myself,

like, I can choose
wherever we go next

without making too
much of a mistake.

'Cause I do understand
how this race works,

and I have watched
how you do it.

[Dom] I know.

Might be quite nice to me,
just to sit back and chill for a bit.

Yeah. We need to.

[Narrator] Last to leave uyuni,

Jo and Sam have
opted to travel in style.

[Both imitating train horn]

[Narrator] An overnight train
to the border town of villazon,

286 kilometers away.

First train.

- Go on, go ahead and sit on one of 'em train.
- [Jo laughs]

[Train horn honks]

[Sam] Are you
kidding? I can't do it.

This is the size of half
the buses we've been on.

The way it's wobbling
and the speed it's going,

I think it might take us to the end
of the race to get there. [Laughs]

I have to say, we are
possibly going walking speed.

[Jo laughs]

[Narrator] With Jo and Sam
on their way to Argentina,

two teams have crossed
the border, neck and neck.

Argentina is where
our final checkpoint is.

So we're actually knocking
on the door, aren't we?

I am really looking forward
to Argentina. Why is that?

[In sing-song voice]
Someone likes their wine.

[In sing-song voice] Wine time.

[Narrator] Stretching
from the tropic of capricorn

towards the tip of Antarctica.

Argentina boasts wildly
different landscapes,

with rain forests and
waterfalls in the north,

to mountains and
glaciers in the south.

Uniting the country,

its love for wine,
and the tango.

We need to look for some work

because we need
a bit of money, man.

[Narrator] With just the thought
of their budget remaining,

emon and jamiul are once
again braving high altitude.

This time in the
search for work.

[Jamiul] Now this is epic.

[Narrator] 4,500 meters above
sea level, the salinas grandes.

Not as extensive as
the salt flats in Bolivia,

but still the third
largest in the world.

Their distinctive turquoise
pools setting them apart.

- Ola.
- Ola.

[Man speaking in Spanish]

Walter. Walter, jamiul.

[Narrator] Local
indigenous communities

mine the area for salt

using the same techniques

Walter's ancestors
have used for centuries.

Uh-huh.

[Emon] It's too hard.

Ah, okay.

All right.

Oh, okay.

[Emon] It's very hard work, but
I'm also concerned about the budget.

This job will just take
the heat off us a little bit.

[Grunts]

We should get that
left bicep, yeah. [Grunts]

We didn't have to do
this back in england.

Hell no.

[Exhales]

[Emon] How is your asthma, dude?

[Panting] I am still good.

Just take it easy.
Slowly does it.

Come on, you son of a gun.
I've got you. Stop teasing me.

[Emon] I think jamiul
is the kind of person

that he doesn't wanna
let the team down,

even if he's struggling.

He doesn't like to
leave a job half done.

[Panting] These mans
are on another level.

Oh, it's tough. It's tough.

I rate these guys, what they do.

I'm really impressed.

My uncle did a
bit of work today.

Did better than I did.

[Sighs]

It's much nicer to do
things like this now.

There isn't this thing in
the back of our minds.

Probably be myself a bit more.

Own goal, there. Own goal.

I'm better now. Thank you.

I'm sorry. I'm much better.

Oh. Gracias.

Hopefully, now we can make a
straight shoot for the checkpoint.

Get there as soon as possible.

[Sighs] Hard day's graft.

Back in the race.

[Narrator] Emon and
jamiul are speeding south

from the salt
flats towards salta,

the nearest major transport
hub to the checkpoint,

219 kilometers away.

Nearly arrived in
Argentina, Jo and Sam.

[Jo] I think picking
our stops is important.

And if we just make sure

that they're going to be
really something special,

then hopefully Sam
will want to keep going.

[Sam] I quite like
this. Bit different.

[Narrator] Heading into the
quebrada De humahuaca valley,

they're answering an ad in the
jobs directory for help in a farm.

[Sam] Where the hell are we?

[Speaking in foreign language]

[Narrator] Hector
and clarita's family

have lived here
for four generations.

Whoa, who's a good boy?

[Narrator] Living a
back to basics life

with no Internet or
phone, drinking rainwater,

and subsisting off their land.

It's actually really nice to
finally feel like I'm back at work.

- Finally burn some energy.
- [Jo] Great.

[Narrator] As well as
growing their own vegetables,

Hector breeds goats
to make cheese.

[Goats bleating]

[Jo] Yeah, I think
we take him down.

- Come on, little one.
- [Sam laughs]

That was insane. There you go.

- Oh, look at this.
- Yeah.

Incredible.

Never thought I'd
be goat herding.

It's really cool. Like, I never
thought I'd ever be doing this.

Like, following a bunch
of goats with a farmer

whose family has been
here for four generations.

And, like, to have been
invited into their home

to work with them, it's
quite an honor to be honest.

Something I can tick off the
list that I didn't know I had.

[Laughs]

[Narrator] 285
kilometers to the west.

I think we've arrived into
the atacama desert now,

and it looks incredible
from what we can see.

We've had a relentless few days,

and I think we
need to just stop.

So I think we're
gonna stop. [Laughs]

[Narrator] A
thousand-kilometers-long,

stretching from southern
Peru through northern Chile,

the atacama desert.

Outside of Antarctica,
the driest place on earth.

Some parts receiving less than
one millimeter of rainfall per year.

It's a varied landscape
of bubbling geysers,

cinematic rock formations

and crystal clear blue lagoons.

Having raced over a thousand
kilometers on back to back buses,

dom and Lizzie have reached
the town of San Pedro De atacama.

[Dom] I think we have a chance
to sort of let our hair down a bit,

and not just experience the things,
but we need to recover as well.

So, let's get to the checkpoint
tomorrow rather than tonight.

- Yeah.
- Yeah?

Shall we ask about prices and
then think about booking a bus?

- I think it'll be good to get it booked.
- Okay.

- Ola.
- [Woman] Ola.

We're trying to go to salta.

[Speaking foreign language]

- It's full.
- [Woman] Full.

Oh. Is there any other...

- We can't stay for two days.
- Yeah, it's full.

[Sighs]

So there's no way to get
to salta, so we're stuck

- okay.
- Okay.

Um... right.

I don't know what we can do.

We're so tired, the last
thing we needed to hear

is that we were gonna
be stuck, still in the race,

like, it's just...
It's soul crushing.

Oh dear.

Well, I think we
just need to rest first.

- Okay?
- Yeah.

[Dom] I never expected
us to be this far behind.

I don't think we realized
how hard it was going to be.

We really need a
miracle to get out of here.

To get out of here

[Lizzie sobs] This has
been the worst leg yet, by far.

[John] Meanwhile,
in northern Argentina,

Jo and Sam are staying put
with Hector's family in hornaditas

emon and jamiul are
closing in on salta.

Already there and in
striking distance of cafayate,

Jen and Rob.

[Jen] It is nice
though, isn't it?

[John] With its striking
colonial architecture,

the city has earned the
nickname, salta the beautiful.

And celebrates a
rich cultural heritage.

In the country's 1810
war of independence,

gauchos weren't just
masterful horse riders.

They were considered warriors, tasked
to help protect their local communities

from the Spanish army.

We need to get to our
next checkpoint, cafayate.

[John] Having booked
themselves a bed for the night,

Jen and Rob quiz
hostel manager, Diego.

How far from here is that?

- 190 kilometers.
- Wow, okay.

Do you know how much a taxi
would cost for, like a journey like that?

Mm-hmm.

I was thinking to
take you in my car.

- Really?
- Yes, maybe.

[Jen] How much
would you charge us?

Uh, no, just for fun.

- [Jen] Just for fun?
- No, really?

-Would you do that? Oh, my god.
-Amazing.

[Diego] It's a nice trip to do it,
because the landscape is really nice.

- Oh.
- I can't reach you in the phone, no?

- No, no.
- No.

- [Jen] We could just meet you here.
- In the morning?

- So, nine?
- Great.

Yeah. Yeah.

Thank you so much.

- [Rob] Wow.
- [Jen] That was so good.

[Jen] I hated strangers,
didn't I, before?

Restoring my faith in humanity.

[John] With a free lift to
the checkpoint, planned,

Jen and Rob can afford
to let their hair down.

I'm ready to be entertained,
I'm hungry. Fancy a wine.

We're just gonna
really enjoy ourselves.

What's this?

[Speaking Spanish]

Oh, other... Other meat.
Just other meat, she said.

- Other meat?
- Other meat.

[John] With its reputation, as
the cradle of argentinian folk lore,

salta celebrates its cultural
history in music and dance

at the city's manypeñas,

music venues.

Where you can also try local
specialties such as empanadas,

meat pasties and locro,

a bean maize and meat stew.

[Rob] Having a lovely time.

We've been able to relax,

we've been able
to enjoy ourselves.

I've had fun and it's so
much easier to get along

and communicate with each
other when we're all in good mood.

I honestly had
such a lovely day.

Feels a little bit to me
like a bit of a turning point.

I don't know whether that's because
the fight we had was just so awful,

but I feel like we've
really pulled it back

and that... That was kind of, you
know, one and now we're at a 100.

[Rob] I think we needed to do it
to get all of our frustrations out.

And...

Wow we have, it's kind
of a lot more relaxed.

I get frustrated about not
being the person I used to be.

But, perhaps I have
to create a new me.

[Jen] I think he had a
really good time tonight.

He's been dancing.

It's really nice to see
Robbie enjoying himself

and I always kind of think back to
the old Robbie and kind of, you know,

want to see him,
kind of as he was.

Actually, really,
that's quite mean

and probably not very nice for
Robbie 'cause the old Robbie is gone.

New Robbie, that's... I think
what we've got to look forward to.

[Man speaking in Spanish]

[Music continues]

[Jen] We're hoping that
our hostel host gives us a lift

to cafayate tomorrow.

He said that he would.

Only we've come home to sleep

and he's gone on a bender.

- So we're somewhat concerned.
- Well, he's still out, yeah.

Hmm.

[John] 5.00 am.

Hornaditas.

[Sam] Going to go
collect a bunch of wood,

to warm the oven
up to make the bread.

[Jo] I've never baked bread,
ever, so this could get messy.

[Sam chuckling]

Spiky stuff.

[Sam] First thing I noticed with
Hector when I shook his hand

was his hands were pretty much
the same size is mine, if bigger.

I know what, like
work hands as well.

So, straight away I
appreciated him as a person.

Just looked like he'd been
working hard all his life.

Reminds me so
much of my granddad,

he'd pretty much just do the
same thing, work and not talk.

And...

You'd learn from
just watching...

And doing.

My grandad was a massive part of my life
because he taught me most things, really.

Just... how to get on in life.

But... suddenly passed away.

It was just the hardest
thing in the world.

His paternal grandad pepo,

was so helpful with that sort
of physicality that Sam needs.

Because he was such
a doer and a worker.

I think his work ethic
has really helped Sam

and he no doubt shaped him.

Uh, absolutely, no doubt.

[Sam] Enlisting yourself with
the actual people in thecountries,

is one of the things that I never
thought I'd be capable of doing.

But, like after me and Hector
and Hector's family here,

they're just incredible people.

I feel at peace
here, I feel at home.

- Hey.
- [Women laughing]

Like a lot, its hard work.

[Chuckles] Perfecto.

The way they live
their life is just great.

[All] Gracias.

This is beyond why...
My expectations were in.

And that's what
I've loved about it.

You actually feel like
you're part of the country.

Now, that's what I think

this trip should
mostly be about.

[Speaking Spanish]

[In Spanish]

Ohh.

[All] Ciao.

I know.

- You crying?
- No.

Ciao.

[Jo] I thought you were crying.

- [Sam] No.
- [Jo] Okay.

- [Sam] That's like, so embarrassing.
- [Jo] Okay, calm down.

[John] With the checkpoint
still 450 kilometers away,

Jo and Sam, begin their
descent towards salta.

Sad to leave. That
was really brilliant.

- A brilliant experience.
- Yeah.

Um, but guess we've
got to get back to the race.

[John] Preparing
to leave the city,

Jen and Rob.

Hoping hostel manager, Diego will make good
on his promise to drive them to cafayate.

Uh, should we knock on his door?

What if he's still in bed?

Probably still in bed, isn't he?

Oh, my days.

[John] But he's
nowhere to be seen.

Oh, how awks.
Come on, we need to.

-Come on, let's play.
-'Cause we're wasting time. Okay, let's just be brave.

[Jen clears throat] I'd
obviously want to say be brave.

I mean, you be brave.

And I'll just stand here.

[Both whispering] What?

Good morning.

Did you go out, all night?

- No, no, no.
- Have you just got in?

- I went to sleep.
- [Jen laughing]

So, it's probably not the most
sensibilist idea for him to drive us.

I mean, this seems
completely safe.

- He does look knackered.
- He does look knackered.

- Thank you so much for offering. You're really kind.
- Not at all.

- And here is our bed and breakfast money.
- No, no, no, it's not.

- Yes, yes, yeah.
- No, no, thank you.

- Yes.
- No, no, it's for you.

- So, I dunno.
- I think he's really gutted.

I think he's actually
really sad about it.

And so we're just
gonna leg it right now

- to the bus station and hope for the best.
- Yeah.

[Jen] Oh, how disappointing.

Diego, you naughty beast.

[John] 500 kilometers
further from the checkpoint...

Chile's atacama desert.

[Lizzie] I've woken up
with a new mind and...

Yeah, much happier
about our 48 hours here,

and I think we're
just going to enjoy it.

[Dom] This leg has just been
one stroke of bad luck after another.

The only bit that's positive is that we've
discovered this beautiful part of Chile.

When you're in these stunning
places, it sort of just makes you reflect

on life in general.

[Lizzie] This race has been
sort of like, weird, intense therapy.

[Dom] Yeah, definitely.

I know that we bickered
and argued the whole way,

but the end of the
day, you're my sister.

And...

I care about you and I
want to spend time with you.

- Okay?
- Okay. Yes.

[Dom] I do love you, okay?

- Is that the government?
- Oh.

[John] An urgent message via
dom and Lizzie's GPS tracker.

Civil unrest in Chile, need to evacuate
a.S.A.P. Before the border closes.

Right?

- What?
- Oh, my god!

[Crowd shouting]

[John] Starting in
the capital, Santiago,

protests for political
and economic change

have escalated into violence.

And rapidly spread across Chile.

With all borders likely
to close eminently,

dom and Lizzie could find
themselves stranded indefinitely

with no way of getting to
the checkpoint in Argentina.

So, for their safety, immediate
evacuation is necessary.

This is different to Ecuador,

we're actually in the
country with civil unrest.

-Let's move. A.S.A.P. Come on.
-Yeah.

In, in, in.

We need to get
to the checkpoint.

So, the fastest
way out, possible.

Maybe we can catch
up with the other teams.

[John] 700
kilometers to the east,

in Argentina, two teams
are arriving in cafayate.

[Phone ringing]

Okay. Thank you.

[John] They received the checkpoint
details via their g.P.S. Tracker.

Okay. Please proceed to...

Grace cafayate by

any means of transport
available to you.

[John] Four and a half kilometers
away in the heart of the calchaqui valley,

one of the region's vineyards.

- [Rob] Right.
- [Jen] Oh, no, my pants have gone in my bum.

[John] 90 minutes in a cab.

Let's go to one of these shops.

Anyone, man, ask anyone.

[John] Or an
hour's hike on foot.

- One block.
- Okay.

The... the taxi's coming now

they're all just
thinking I'm saying, "hi."

Yeah, see? [Laughs]

Let's ask this guy.

- [Speaking Spanish]
- How are you?

- Um, grace cafayate?
- Yes, for sure.

You're going to
cross this bridge.

One more block and on the
left you have the entrance.

- Oh, amazing.
- Okay, cool.

I wish we could stop
for wine, maybe later.

I can't run a kilometer.

So let's go and hail,
like a cab or something.

Is that... no, it's not a taxi.

- Um, a-ha!
- Yeah.

Si, si, amigo.

Rapido. Si. Si.

There's a taxi. Please
be someone in here.

- Nobody!
- Keep on walking.

Hello?

Somebody, please?

Okay, whatever.

Okay.

Oh, we're here.

[Pants] Far is our way, uncle.

I can see someone.

[John] While dom
and Lizzie still racing

to the argentinian border,

Jo and Sam have
descended from the mountains

and are now 250 kilometers away.

Oh, it's miles.

I can't do it.

- [Rob] You can, you're almost there.
- [Jen] I'm gonna cry.

- Thought so...
- [Jen grunts in pain]

What's the matter?
What's the matter?

- [Rob] You can't carry on?
- [Jen sobs]

[Rob] Almost
there, almost there.

You're stronger than
you can ever imagine.

So close now.

[John] After five days
and 1,800 kilometers,

the fifth checkpoint.

[Speaking Spanish]

Oh, my god. You have successfully
reached your fifth checkpoint.

[Inaudible]

Go on, then.

- No way.
- [Jen sighs]

Second.

Whoo! We're first place.

I'm really happy about that.

We're getting closer, we're getting
more connected to one another

because we have laid
everything out on the table.

We've been able to make strides.

Kind of think
you're all right now.

Yeah, kinda.

- I'm real chuffed with that.
- Thank you.

-Thank you. [Speaking
Spanish] -Thank you very much.

I'm just so
emotionally unstable.

I think it's just because

we try so hard.

Probably had our worst low

and our biggest high
this leg, didn't we?

So being able to
maintain second position,

whilst all of that was going on.

It is pretty impressive.

I just can't help thinking now,
had we got a lift with Diego.

- Mm.
- Could have been first, maybe.

But I'm happy to be second.

I know my face isn't showing
it, but actually I am happy.

[John] Five and
a half hours later...

[Speaking Spanish]

Why are we in such a rush, mum?

'Cause we're in a
race. [Chuckling]

The past was definitely
my lowest point so far.

But then, when Sam had such a
good morning he was really buoyant.

So, that just
brought me up again.

And then from then
on it's been brilliant.

This place looks swish.

This looks amazing, doesn't it?

It's been a brilliant week.

Feels like being alive at least.

Finally.

For five weeks and it's...

Yeah, there it is.

-Jamiul already... got it right.
-We called it.

Where's Liz and dom?

[John] Next time.

Ilha grande

Brazil.

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

[John] Teams race
across the continent.

[Jen] We're going so fast.

[John] New alliances are formed.

If we work together, we could
both advance in the leaders.

[John] And new
awakenings are discovered.

I've struggled.

I'm same as you, dom.

Shouldn't be like this, man.

[Jo] Life's fragile.

And you really don't know
what's around the corner.