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Father and son, living it up in the Amazon.

I want a hammock and a glass of Cava, please.

Jeremy and I were really ready for an adventure.

I'm going to "eat, pray, love" the hell out of this.

The tough reality of the race kicked in.

THUNDER CRACKS

We're in trouble here, mate.

Where are we going, babe?

Argh! We're in the middle of nowhere.

I don't think Dad's coping well.

For four celebrities and their loved ones...

You've got a lovely cheap room and you've got a miserable wife,

so well done.

One more day like this will break us.

God, I was so naive.

..the 12,500km race...

This is another level.

Mate, limonada.

..from the Amazon to the Andes...

This is the most beautiful thing I've ever seen.

Just makes you fall in love with life again.

Whoo!

..has strengthened them...

Get knocked down, you can get back up. That's what it's all about.

I feel like I'm winning.

..and their relationships.

Have I let you down? No, you never let me down.

I wouldn't have wanted to have done anything else with anyone else.

Proud of you.

ALL:Argh!

Now the final stretch...

That's a volcano?

..and a mountain to climb.

This is it.

Which team will triumph...

Jeremy, it's really steep. This is our last sprint together.

Let's do it. I can see the book.

I can't do this. Argh! There's the flag!

..in a race... ECHOING:Kola?!

..across the world?

Lying in the foothills of the Andes, the Argentinian town of Tilcara,

where some precious downtime is enjoyed

before the last and longest leg of the race.

Oh, this is gorgeous!

Ah, it's stunning.

I've forgotten, who won? Who won this?

How could you forget, Kelly? Our first time!

Oh, yeah, it was you. Congratulations.

ALL:Congratulations! Congratulations.

39 minutes between us all.

That's the time it takes me to brush my teeth

and bloody have a sink wash at the bus station.

After racing 9,750 kilometres,

there's now just 39 minutes separating all four teams.

Who's going to win?

Ah! THEY LAUGH

Oh, we've got one vote.

Hold on, you've got two! You've got two.

We're in a very strong line-up with lots of people

that really, really want to win.

We're already emptying our bags. Are you? Ready. Are you?

I've got one pair of knicks, one bra and a lip-gloss.

We haven't come this far without... you know, just to give up now.

I know we're fourth.

I think we've got a little bit of fight left in us.

I don't think I've won anything, so to win this, of all things,

I'd be like, "Oh, my God."

Yeah, I wouldn't stop... I wouldn't shut up about it.

When your team-mate says she's never won anything in her life,

you're like, "What?" THEY LAUGH

I think we can win it, definitely.

Even if we don't have enough money to get there,

we'll make it happen somehow. Yeah, mate.

With the slenderest of leads,

Kola and Mary Ellen also have the smallest of budgets,

a third of Jeff and Freddy's.

Argentina is expensive, but what is Chile?

Yeah, exactly, I think it might be more. Oh, stop it!

We get the impression that

we might have a little bit more than others.

Let's see how that advantage plays out.

I think our budget was going well

but then, in the last week or so, we've been splashing.

We've made a few gambles and they have paid off,

and I'm hoping that we've got one more gamble left in us.

The race is anyone's. KOLA:Everyone's out for blood.

Cheers. Cheers. Cheers, everybody. Good luck. Good luck.

Good luck, everyone. Good luck.

INSECTS CHIRP

Morning. Buenos dias.

Good morning. How are you?

So this is for you.

Ah, yes!

I think we know where we're going.

"Head to Frutillar and await further instructions."

2,750 kilometres south from Tilcara...

..the finish line.

A small town situated in Chile's lake district, Los Lagos.

It sits beside Lake Llanquihue,

and beneath the shadow of the mighty Osorno volcano.

All right. Let's go, then. Go, go, go, go, go.

Standing in the teams' way, the Andes.

Forming over millions of years

and now towering up to nearly 23,000 feet,

the longest mountain range in the world

separates Chile from Argentina,

and the decision of where to cross is crucial.

They could cross early and enter Chile

by taking the northern border through the Atacama Desert -

a rugged, less travelled route,

but with dramatic, otherworldly scenery -

or head to the hub city of Mendoza, where they have a choice -

either take the high-altitude mountain pass

to Chile's capital, Santiago, to find good transport links,

or continue south through Argentina's beautiful Patagonia

before crossing the southern Andes closer to Frutillar.

I think crossing the northern border into Chile as quick as possible,

that's a win. Yeah.

And if we don't make it, at least we can say we made it to Chile!

Go, go! We're released. Let's go.

Let's do it.

It is go time - Jeff and Freddy are only seven minutes behind us.

With buses crossing the northern border thin on the ground...

Is this a taxi point? Hola.

..the cousins look for a faster getaway.

We need to go San Pedro?

San Pedro, Atacama? Si. Yeah. Atacama, yes.

We're going to win. I'm manifesting writing my name in that book first.

Oh, 100%.

$50? Deal?

And I might be like, I'm not in the game for 89 minutes

but that last minute, mate, it's game time.

$50? Handshake? Yeah!

Whoo!

Five minutes in, baby, we on the move.

Taking the northern desert route,

Kola and Mary Ellen are the first team to leave town,

but have no room for monetary mishaps.

See you later, mate.

Jeff and Freddy...

Dude, you're absolutely right, we don't have to work.

..are starting off with the deepest pockets.

Cos we've got a really good budget,

work isn't going to dictate our leg.

My focus is enjoying this with you.

For us to not do that on this last leg will be a bit of a crime.

Yeah.

All of these wonderful big moments

are going to help shape my little boy.

I want that for Fred, I want that moment of opening the book

on that last leg and coming first.

What do you think we would do? You think we'd be, like...? Cry.

Mendoza gives you flexibility, doesn't it?

It means that we can go into Chile at Santiago

or we can carry on through Argentina. Yeah.

Avoiding the less-travelled northern route, Jeff's plan -

hop to nearby transport hub San Salvador de Jujuy

to make an onward connection to Mendoza.

Let's go, Fred. Last bit.

Give it our all.

Oh, it's early.

Remind me to never do the breakfast show.

Eight minutes behind...

Let's plan our route.

..Scott and Sam.

So do we just go straight to Chile?

We have no signs at all of how expensive Chile is.

If we cross early, everything, everything could be more.

So do we stay in Argentina, then? Oh, I don't know.

This is the biggest decision we'll have to make. I know.

And one wrong route could be the difference

between winning and losing.

Let's go, go! Let's do it.

Freddy, Mendoza via San Salvador.

This is it. The last push.

Jeff and Freddy aren't the only team

heading to San Salvador for a way to Mendoza.

I'm really keen to take quite a direct route all the way south

and then head straight over into Frutillar.

Jeremy and I have loved Argentina so much,

and there's still more to discover.

I honestly think it's going to be not only really scenic

but also quite quick.

Hola. Um, 7:45, er...Jujuy?

We can take a car. Have a little look, see if you can find a taxi.

There you go, keep the change.

While Jeff and Freddy take the cheaper option...

Taxi? OK.

Babe?

..banking on a speedier journey,

Kelly and Jeremy fork out five times as much.

Ooh! They've got impatient, they're getting in a cab.

They're on the move, son.

Are we doing...? Are we actually doing this?

Which way do you want to go? Are we doing this?

Unless you want to make a decision.

Right. Heads, Argentina. Tails, Chile.

COIN CLATTERS

Heads. Argentina. Argentina.

Let's go.

DOG BARKS

Heh-heh, the boys.

Yeah, they're on there. They're out of here. They're gone!

Jeff and Freddy are out. Grr!

There's nothing more depressing

than seeing another team wave to you from a bus.

Why, hello! Hi! SHE LAUGHS

JEREMY: Good luck, guys. Good luck. Thank you, and you. Good luck.

So that's two couples out of here. Brilliant. Come on, then.

Let's race, race, race.

How was your taxi? It was good.

Our bus went so quickly, so taxi would have been no advantage.

Anyway...enough about us. KELLY LAUGHS

Hola. Mendoza?

This is great. We want to get on this bus

cos the tickets are selling out.

The 21-hour bus catapults teams 1,300 kilometres to Mendoza,

where they can either head to Chile's capital, Santiago,

with its myriad of transport options,

or continue further south through Argentina.

But with the Easter holidays approaching,

tickets are at a premium.

Oosh, that is hefty.

Big bucks.

Arriving last in San Salvador...

Gracias.

..also hoping to catch the same 1:15 bus to Mendoza...

I spy with my little eye something beginning with KB.

Shall we go and find bus tickets?

Hola. Mendoza?

Full.

Oh, tonight?

So there's no buses till this evening,

and that means a nine-hour wait here.

And that means, if there's a nine-hour wait...

..that's us gone in the competition.

This is the problem when you've got loads of teams

descending on the same bus station.

I think that the other two teams that are here

have managed to get on that bus, and the bus is now full.

I actually don't know what to do.

God, it really is breathtaking, being this high up.

It's just unreal. Absolutely stunning.

The only team making an early break for Chile, Kola and Mary Ellen,

are approaching the northern border crossing and ascending the Andes.

Oh, for altitude? Si, I'll have some. Si.

KOLA LAUGHS

What does it taste like?

Bitter.

En route, the Salinas Grandes,

212 square kilometres of white salt flats -

a remnant of an ancient lake evaporated over time.

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

So random.

Like, what makes a lake just leave?

Crazy.

Something to behold.

It's unreal.

Absolutely stunning.

This is beautiful.

We are out of here.

Do you think that we're the most ahead? Yeah. Woohoo!

We'll probably be the first ones to leave Argentina. The first... Yeah.

We're approaching the border from Argentina to Chile.

How exciting, Kola.

Vamos!

The southernmost country in the world.

Squeezed between the mighty Andes and the vast Pacific.

Half of Chile's flora and fauna is found nowhere else on Earth.

It's a land of extremes,

from sparkling lakes to the driest desert in the world, the Atacama.

Amazon to the Andes, my peoples. We have made it!

Waaarrrrggghhhh! THEY LAUGH

We're a bit of a reckless duo, but we've made it to Chile,

and we're really, really proud to be here, so....

Yeah, absolute hustlers. Hustlers, genuinely.

Look - alpacas.

Or are they llamas? Llama.

I think it's been the best road trip I've ever been on.

Imagine if we were on a bus into the city. Yuck!

Babe, I've got this for you. Yeah, yeah, I want everything.

And I've got my fleece. I'm literally going to make a bed!

Here we go.

The 1:15 bus to Mendoza is about to depart with two teams onboard.

We're just re-checking.

There might have been one with a big queue that we didn't join.

Sam is determined to find a way to stay in the running.

Hola. Hola.

Mendoza? Si.

Today? Si. Dos?

Only two...

There's only two seats left?

Scott? There's two seats. Go.

$150. Oof!

I mean, there's nothing we can do about it - that's the price.

For $150, that's quite a lot of money. Yeah.

Right, we're on it.

But, yeah, I think we're sharing a bus with them for 20-odd hours.

Oh, that's going to be annoying,

cos then we can't plan our next move on the bus.

Do it quietly.

So we've got to go to M, we're going to M now. Mendoza.

Then we need to go from M to S.

Santiago.

Then we need to find a BC to S.

A border crossing?

OK, those... That's our code now.

A FBC.

Fast border crossing. FBCBC. No, don't make it complicated.

A fast border crossing but cheap.

Let's just stick to BC, S and M, OK? OK.

REVERSING BEEPS

For the next 21 hours...

..we're all joint.

KELLY:Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.

BIRDSONG

KELLY:Roses are red, violets are blue,

I hope I win this race and it's not you.

Ha-ha! That's a good one.

Here we go, then.

After 21 hours on a bus together...

Go, go, go, Freddy!

..a chance to make a break,

and three teams now head in different directions.

Jezza, just grab your bags, babe.

Grab it.

Hola. Hola.

Chile? Santiago?

Thank you.

Keen to cross the border into Chile

as soon as possible,

Scott and Sam are travelling 360km west to Santiago.

Oh, that's nice. Next to the toilet again.

And the bin.

When you recline, your head's in the bin.

Oop! THEY LAUGH

I can't see the others on the bus.

Interesting. Where's everyone else going, then?

Where are they?

Oh, my God.

Kelly and Jeremy are taking a gamble

on the route south through Argentina.

This woman doesn't realise that she's between us and first place.

She's taking her time, having a lovely little chat.

The stakes are so high, she's just oblivious.

Hola. Er, Bariloche?

Para hoy? Today.

Their strategy -

a leap of over 1,000 kilometres to Bariloche in Patagonia

to take a southern border crossing over the Andes into Chile.

Sold out?

No directo.

Direct's sold out.

No, no, no. This is terrible.

It's the religious week, everyone's moving around.

Like, we want to get to the Patagonia region,

so we're happy to go to Neuquen, or is there somewhere else?

Mendoza-Neuquen? Si, today.

60,000 for two.

We've only managed to get, like,

half the trip down there towards Neuquen,

and I think if we get there,

there'll be some other kind of options

to get more down towards Bariloche.

I thought this was going to be a really straightforward route

and now obviously it's turning out to be a little bit more complicated.

OK, we've got a plan.

We've got half a plan.

We're going in, boys.

THEY LAUGH

There's a slide, there's a lazy river,

and you've got mountains around you. What more do you want?

I've never been anywhere like it.

Recharging their batteries after the long bus journey,

Jeff and Freddy are outside Mendoza, at the Cacheuta Thermal Spa.

How's that, Fred?

Just like the shower that I spray in when I haven't washed for two days.

I wash every day at home.

Buoyed by still holding a healthy budget,

they relax before the final push.

Here he goes.

The natural hot springs, rich and rejuvenating minerals,

can reach up to 40 degrees.

Fred plus water equals joy.

HE LAUGHS

Obviously seeing Fred happy makes me really happy.

But in this hand, I'm thinking about the race,

I'm thinking about the next steps,

and I find it really hard to switch off from that.

I was brought up playing football and it was train to win,

you play to win, it's a part of why I'm really resilient.

But there are always going to be the experiences like this

where I think it just demands your focus be taken from the race

and just put on the now.

That's something I'm really grateful for.

I feel like we deserve this cos of how well we've done. Yeah.

Where do you think the bus goes from, Fred?

Heading back to Mendoza to continue their onward journey...

Dad, we've just missed our bus.

Oh, my God.

Ah!

What a mess.

You go somewhere relaxing, you take your head off the race,

then all of a sudden you just, like, completely go off the boil.

Now I can't even, like, literally get out of here.

Fred, what do we do? How have we messed this up?

We could possibly hitchhike.

I'm going to walk with my thumb out.

Mendoza? Are you going to Mendoza?

Please can we come with you?

FREDDY LAUGHS

Mendoza, por favor?

OK.

Mendoza?

Oh! Go on, quick!

Hola. Er, Mendoza, por favor?

Yes?

Thanks again, guys. I love this.

Where are you from? Buenos Aires. Right.

I-I was in England two times. Really?

And I was in Manchester, London, Southampton, Bournemouth.

But this? Beautiful.

We're going to South Chile. Oh, OK.

That's the finish line. OK.

A big question for us -

do we stay in Argentina and go south,

or actually do we go to Santiago and go south through Chile?

We-we just really need the quickest option.

Where to South Chile, like...?

Frutillar. Ah, Frutillar! Do you know it? Yeah.

Maybe, maybe it's quicker by Chile. Sure.

It looks like we're heading to Santiago, then.

I hope you win. Thank you so much. Good luck.

200km ahead...

Well, we've made it to Chile.

We did. Quicker than I thought.

..already on the road to Santiago,

Scott and Sam are the second team to traverse the Andes.

I've never seen anything like this.

It just goes on. The scale of it.

You know on these buses, cos we've taken so many of them,

I normally sleep to pass the time?

But I don't want to sleep on this one,

cos I'm worried I'll miss something.

Climbing 10,500 feet,

the crossing takes in views of Mount Aconcagua,

the highest mountain in the Americas.

Oh, my God.

I can't look at that. It's too high.

The descent is one of the world's windiest roads,

a steep series of continuous switchbacks.

I find it mad there's no barriers.

Yeah, stop talking.

Put your hands up.

Oh, I don't like it.

GRINDING Oh! Oh!

That's my worst nightmare.

As the sun's setting behind the mountain,

it's making the mountains all look red.

What is it? Red sky at night, shepherd's delight.

I'd be saying that every night if I lived here.

The couple are the first team

to reach Chile's capital,

one of South America's

most expensive cities.

We need to find the cheapest hotel in town.

Hola. Can we book one room, please?

No breakfast, cheapest room possible.

I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous about the budget, cos I am.

We're literally counting pennies now.

It's just adding to my anxiety about finishing the race.

49. 49. Dollars?

Gracias.

Quite a lot of dollars.

Grr!

It's vital that we work now.

And we can do this. We've come such a long way.

We're so close to the end and it's been brilliant

and, at times, it's been brutal,

and winning would just be an absolute dream.

Oh, oh, oh! Shall we go in?

Hello. We're from London.

Wicked. Come to dinner at our restaurant, man.

Back in Mendoza much later than planned,

Jeff and Freddy console themselves

with the spending power of their healthy budget.

We're going to drop some pesos. A lot of pesos, actually.

I've just hitchhiked. That is something to celebrate.

And we're winning.

It's probably the best thing we've eaten this whole race.

Remember in the early days in Brazil,

eating buffets in the petrol garages? Mm.

And now look - three steaks in front of...in front of us. Mm.

It's good, innit?

We've got many beautiful memories, not just from this trip...

..from the whole time. Yeah.

Jumping in the waves in Rio De Janeiro with you -

that was probably one of my favourite moments.

I think what you teach me

is what I always need to be reminded,

and that is to be less serious.

Right? Life got challenging, it got complicated.

Now it isn't. Yeah.

When me and Bobby lost our mum, he had a big responsibility -

two very young boys who were grieving -

and that's not very fun.

I feel like I haven't given myself the time to grow up

because I've been holding on to a lot of things

that happened to me...as a kid. Yeah.

I guess that's why I've still got such a playful side.

LAUGHING:Um...

You have a wonderful nature that is instantly forgiving,

wonderfully carefree.

I often describe you as a better person than me.

I've learnt a few things this race.

I feel like I'm getting a bit more comfortable in myself

and it's OK to show vulnerability.

I love you a lot and, um, also very grateful for you.

Yeah. THEY LAUGH

I've also learnt...

..me and Dad are a pretty good team.

Here we are, Gorilla Hostel.

Like, I knew Dad was competitive.

But wow! Like, competitive.

Door F, Dad.

Look, I would love to win,

and I would love to share that moment with Dad.

Fred, I think today was the day we become actual backpackers.

We hitchhiked and we're in a hostel.

Backpacker crew.

What has this race done to us?

Making their way through northern Chile,

Kola and Mary Ellen have reached the mystical Elqui Valley...

Welcome! Hola, buenas noches.

..where the clear skies come alive

at night with a blanket of stars.

These are the clearest skies in the world,

so tonight is going to be good night. Aww!

The cash-strapped cousins are here to work at a campsite

run by Amador, who believes in the healing power of the mountains.

And did you camp before?

No, I haven't camped.

We give the tent but bed mattress, pillows and everything.

Amazing. I got, I got a two-bedroom apartment here, boy.

Yeah, yeah, yeah!

This place, you can feel the, like, positive energy. Energy.

The magic. Many people heal here.

Yeah, do they? Yeah.

Kola, er...lost his father six months ago, this weekend. Oh.

Yeah, this Sunday. So...

Yeah, and also it's the same day as my mum's birthday... OK.

..and I lost her 16 years ago. Oh.

The memories that I have of my parents are all lovely ones.

My mum was a larger-than-life character.

She fostered over 200 kids.

My dad, yeah, he loved travel. Yeah.

Both loved to embrace life.

Chilean wine? Oh, thank you so much. Oh, don't have to ask me twice.

Gracias. Gracias.

Mary, look where we are. I know, right?

Just look at how many clusters there are.

I think they will be happy, like, you know, seeing us.

Oh, my God, they would love this.

My mum sadly passed from cancer in 2008.

It was very hard, growing up without your mother.

Yeah.

It made me more driven to make something of myself

and make my mother proud,

and be the person that she... she would have wanted me to be.

Did you know I believe in reincarnation?

I'm sure of that. We live many lives.

So when you die, you're going to meet again. Yeah.

So you have to try to be happy now. Yeah. Yes.

I've learned that on this trip, you know.

First time backpacking, first time horse riding,

first time camping. Mm-hm. You know?

My parents, if they could see me in the race right now,

my mum would be over the moon - she'd be bragging.

My dad? HE LAUGHS

He'd be like, "Yeah, so you're going to do this race,

"and then you're going to become a lawyer."

I'm proud of you, as well, Mary. How strong you are

and how willing you are to face your fears.

You know, that takes a lot of courage.

Never did I think I'd be on a stage in Brazil,

dancing with professionals.

I felt so free. It was incredible.

When you go back, it's going to be a new Mary with a new lease of life.

Oh. Thanks for choosing me to be your race partner.

It's all right.

With three teams standing still for the night,

Kelly and Jeremy gain ground on an overnight bus to Neuquen...

So I would like to buy this ticket at ten o'clock.

Yeah, let's make you win the race, so...

..planning ahead by booking an onward connection to Bariloche,

in touching distance of the border.

Because it's Easter weekend,

all the tickets on the buses are selling out so fast,

so we've bought tickets online for a bus at ten in the morning.

Right, so are you sure you want to try this?

Yeah. You sure? I'm sure. I'm sure.

OK, that's confirmed.

It's a huge risk.

But fingers crossed it's going to pay off.

We are going to fight for this until the very end.

ENGINE KNOCKS AND STRUGGLES Oh, my God.

This isn't good.

Ugh!

This is the worst thing that's happened on the race so far for us.

We've spent quite a big chunk of our budget now on tickets.

If we don't get this bus moving and we miss our onward travel,

I don't think we can afford to buy another ticket,

and that's the end of the race for us.

This is a catastrophe.

Had the best sleep ever. This place is wonderful.

It's really peaceful. Nice. I like it.

After a night under canvas

in the fertile oasis

on the edge of the Atacama Desert...

Is that a weed?

Mary, do you think this is a weed?

I don't know.

..Kola and Mary Ellen are working Amador's land

to replenish their funds and repay his hospitality.

This is going to be wonderful

because we're going to reproduce, you know, more plants

that produce more food for us.

Rarrrr!

Me and Kola woke up with a spring in our step this morning.

It helps that we had a good night's sleep.

Camping's a breeze.

What, you get the mattress with the tent, yeah?

If all camping's like this, I might put a little tent in my back yard.

But, you know, you can't do that in Peckham.

Mwah! You are going to arrive before two o'clock.

Amazing. Thank you, my friend, yeah? Gracias.

With their budget boosted...

Hola. Ah, please!

Santiago?

..the cousins are heading south to Santiago,

in search of a quick connection to Frutillar.

Wow, that was close!

470km away...

Going into the city.

..after a slow start,

Jeff and Freddy are finally

leaving Argentina and also heading

for the Chilean capital.

Freddy, faster bus, do you think?

Is it ready to break the land speed record

between Mendoza and Santiago? That's the question.

I know everybody wants to win,

but there's that sense that, you know, one last push...

It would really be something to cross the line first.

This main transportation route between Argentina and Chile

is a notoriously congested crossing over the holiday period.

Oh, the traffic!

Oh, there's a bus lane.

Fred, do you know what we're doing? We're cutting all the traffic.

We're breezing past absolutely everyone.

Fred, this is unbelievable. Yeah.

This is very good for our race.

See ya!

Arriving in Neuquen

after their bus breakdown...

We really haven't got a lot of time to get our tickets.

..Kelly and Jeremy are the only team

continuing through Southern Argentina.

Our connection is in about 20 minutes. Oh, my God.

We need to pick up tickets.

SHE GASPS Ah, OK. Ah, it's two hours late?

JEREMY SIGHS

This is crazy.

We don't know when we will leave

because the bus is blocked behind an accident, so we have to wait.

The couple are now held up, 500km away from the border crossing

near Bariloche, where they still need to find a connection

across the Andes to Frutillar.

Do you want to go and find out how much a taxi is to Bariloche?

Oh, God!

It's a nightmare.

A metropolis rising

from the foot of the Andes,

Chile's capital was founded in the 16th century

and is home to South America's tallest building

and almost half of the country's population.

These are sexy, aren't they?

After clearing out their funds

booking an overnight bus to Frutillar,

Scott and Sam use the time on their hands

to find cash for their break to the finish line.

This is our last chance to make some money.

We need to top up the budget

because, now we've bought the bus tickets, we have nothing.

They've picked up a job making a Chilean speciality, completo...

Tomato, fruita. Beautiful.

..a hot dog smothered in chopped tomatoes, avocado and mayonnaise...

Completo. Completo.

..under the supervision of food truck owner Ramiro.

Oh, God, it's going to fall apart.

I mean, I think I put a bit too much mayonnaise on.

My first customer and he's chuffed, look at him.

Really enjoying himself.

Ow!

THEY LAUGH

Working was important because I've got a feeling

that we need to keep some reserve money behind,

just in case, when we get close to the checkpoint,

we need to pay for a donkey, pay for a taxi, pay for something,

so that we can make sure we finish the race.

Thank you so much, thank you. Thank you.

RAMIRO SPEAKS IN SPANISH

Thanks, Ramiro.

Got money now.

This is exciting.

I quite like it here, I think.

Does remind me of, like, Paris.

For the best views of the city's spectacular skyline...

Are you scared? No, I'm not scared.

..a cable car up San Cristobal Hill.

Oh, OK.

Oh, wow! Look at the mountains.

It's mad to think that we started in the Amazon and there's the Andes.

What a mad few weeks, Sam.

After this, then, are you sure you're marrying the right person?

I think if we can get through the last 30 days together,

I think we can get through life together.

I don't think I would have been able to do any of this with anybody else.

It has been like one continuous date. Mm.

I've loved every minute of it. Same.

Not every minute but most minutes.

At the start of this, I think I was quite caught up in work

and I think I've learnt to spend more time for just you and me. Yeah.

I don't want it to be over now.

But we have got a race.

We've got a race to think about.

We've just got to make sure we win it now.

It's so epic.

So magical.

Spanning Argentina and Chile, the remote wilderness of Patagonia,

once home to some of the largest dinosaurs ever to walk the Earth.

This does look like dinosaur country, doesn't it?

What one would I be, if I was a dinosaur?

One that will fly, that does a lot of noise - "Bababababa!"

Yeah. That's me.

Approaching Bariloche,

Kelly and Jeremy are just over 300km from Frutillar,

but are the only team yet to cross the Andes.

What time were we supposed to get to Bariloche?

Er, 3.00, 3.30.

Now we're about probably at seven, so three hours. Oh, so quite late.

Honestly believe that we picked the best route into Chile.

I honestly believe it was the fastest, the most direct.

I just think we have been so unlucky

with buses breaking down, buses being delayed.

I just think that stuff is just, like... That is so out of our hands.

Arriving late...

..the border crossing is shut,

and there's no option for onward travel tonight.

We need to get a bit of rest, have some dinner and then...

..we've got energy tomorrow morning. Yeah, absolutely. Yeah.

Everyone's going to get there a day before us, babe.

We are so late.

What I'm excited about, Fred, is getting to Santiago

and realising that they have really good onward transport connections.

I really do hope that's the case.

In Santiago,

the holiday-makers are taking to the roads.

BUS BRAKES SQUEAL

Wow, this is the busiest bus station I've seen. It's absolutely rammed.

Scott and Sam are on an overnight bus in a final push to Frutillar.

Please move. Move, please.

We can't have this bus be late.

ENGINE RUMBLES, REVERSING BEEPS Yes, I think we're going.

The engine's making a promising sound. We're reversing.

LAUGHING:Come on!

HORNS HONK

It's a green light and our bus ain't moving. Why?

HE SIGHS

We've got 20 minutes to catch our bus and we're stuck in traffic,

and all I can hear is people's horns.

Just arriving in the capital to catch their connection,

Kola and Mary Ellen.

We've got ten minutes.

Never been so frustrated in my life.

Slow is not even the word for it, bro.

Kola, I don't think we're the only ones in this situation right now.

Frutillar? DRIVER SPEAKS IN SPANISH

Gracias.

This bus cost 30,000 each.

REVERSING BEEPS

We broke as hell.

As two teams make their escape out of the city...

There's a lot of traffic.

..Jeff and Freddy have ground to a halt trying to make their way in.

All I know is we are moving very slowly,

we are bumper-to-bumper with the car in front,

and that car is bumper-to-bumper with that car in front, and so on.

And what time we're going to arrive is...is anyone's guess.

It puts us into doubt whether we're going to be able

to get that bus towards Frutillar or not,

or whether we're going to have to stay overnight

and go again in the morning.

HORNS HONK

So we've got a few hours before our next bus.

There's a nice restaurant up here with, like, a lovely view. OK.

Oh, my God. Jeremy, look at this.

I've never seen anything so beautiful.

See, I can see us moving here and we have like a little house.

See that little house right there? OK. A view of the Andes.

And I'm so happy we chose this route,

cos I wouldn't have wanted to miss this for the world.

Before we came away, I had a couple of weeks

where I wasn't very happy

and actually quite scared.

I didn't know how I was going to be,

living in, you know, other people's homes, not very nice hotels,

being on night buses, not eating well.

And I was petrified that this race would show us...

..maybe that we weren't as strong as we thought we were.

You know, I can be quite bossy.

You were amazing.

Thank you. Cos it was not...it was not easy.

I think I'm a lot tougher than I thought I was. Yeah.

I think I learned something very important,

is I need to challenge myself a little bit more because...

I'm not...I'm not lazy, but I like my routine.

We need to leave the house more. We need to leave the house more.

Go and do something. Something crazy.

SHE LAUGHS

Shall we get to Chile? Come on, let's go.

JEFF:We don't really know where we are,

so we need to find our way to a bus garage.

We're a long way, right? We're a long way from Frutillar.

SHE LAUGHS

Yeah.

Stuck in heavy holiday traffic last night,

Jeff and Freddy ended up diverting

an hour south of the Chilean capital,

to the smaller city of Rancagua.

It would be good if we knew how to say, "We need to travel now."

Er, Frutillar?

We had a major delay last night,

meaning that we couldn't get on our way on an overnight bus.

It meant that we were stuck in Rancagua.

We were expecting to be on a bus to Frutillar last night.

Sooner?

Maybe we would have been arriving right about now, actually,

but the links to the south from here

don't seem as good as we would need them to be.

Frutillar? No?

OK, gracias.

Work your magic, Fred. You've done it so many times on this trip.

This bus goes to Concepcion, which looks about halfway.

Yeah? Yeah, good.

It will hopefully have better transport links.

Sweet, yeah.

I have found a bus for 1.15.

Well done, Fred.

Going to Concepcion, it does feel a little bit sad.

We're putting ourselves out of the race a little bit.

We're maybe even not going to sort of catch anyone.

So, in the context of the race, then,

I don't think there is a race any more.

I wouldn't hold any hope coming in first, second or third.

Did we do everything we could? Yeah. Yeah.

We'll finish, and that's all that matters.

You're right. You're right.

Finishing together.

Good lad. Give our best to the end, yeah?

For the two teams that did manage

to escape the Santiago gridlock last night...

MARY ELLEN:It is go time. It is go time. Yeah.

..the end is in sight.

SAM:How are you feeling?

I'm so nervous for the next bit.

This is the most important run to the checkpoint.

There can be no slip-ups, no wrong turns,

cos every moment counts.

Mary, quickly! Come on!

Kola, don't run too fast.

After 30 days and 12,500km...

Rapido, rapido. We've got this.

..the lakeside town of Frutillar...

Come on, Mary.

..and the finish line.

PAGER BEEPS

OK.

"Head on foot to the Teatro del Lago."

It's a theatre. Let's ask.

Hola? Teatro? Del Lago?

Five blocks. Five minutes? Five blocks?

Straight down? Parallel. To the right. OK. Gracias!

Do you think that's it, that red building over there? Yeah.

Kola, wait for me!

Teatro del Lago?

That? That? Thank you!

Oh, God, downhill - yes!

Teatro del Lago.

Come on, Mary.

We found it. Oh, there we go.

PAGER BEEPS

SCOTT:Here we go.

"By boat or any vehicle head approximately 25 miles..."

That's miles. "..to Ensenada."

"Find the beach at the back of the Bordelago Restaurant."

OK. I see a boat, off that pier.

Let's go. OK.

Sorry. Lo siento!

There's a boat there. I'm going to go and ask. Yep.

KOLA:Look it's there, there.

Oh, Kola, what are you, a deer? Galloping!

DOG BARKS Argh! There's a dog.

Oh, my God. Kola, we need to ask them if they can go. Yeah.

Do you stop in Ensenada?

So you do a tour? Yes.

The boat's going.

Stop, stop, stop. OK, get off.

Right. Boat. What was the other options?

Shall we get a taxi?

Taxi right there.

Hola! "Bordalo"? Bordelago?

Ensenada? Si. Yes, yeah. Yeah, OK.

Yeah? How much? Cuanto? Yeah, cuanto es?

20. 20,000?

Si, 20,000. 20,000 pesos.

Oh, my God.

Ensenada? Si. How much?

Veinticinco mil.

Is it quick? Yes. We need to win.

Let's go. Oh, my God.

Let's go!

Whoooooo!

Yeah!

Do you think we made the right decision, getting a boat over a car?

I'm not sure.

Look, there's a speed boat right there.

Have a look for other teams on the water.

My adrenaline is pumping.

Imagine someone's neck-and-neck with us in a car right now.

It's impossible to know, and I'm trying not to overthink it.

Come on! Just want to get there now.

I'm nervous, so nervous.

Just get me there at this point. Get me there.

Thank you so much. Gracias.

Is this the restaurant? Is that the beach?

This is the beach at the back of the restaurant, right?

PAGER BEEPS OK.

"In front of you is the majestic Osorno volcano.

"By any means, head up to the base station

"and await your final instruction."

Osorno volcano.

Do you think it's that?

For the teams, one last mountain to climb -

Osorno volcano.

8,700 feet high.

And on its slopes, the finish.

Right, let's get on to the road.

Taxi, do you think?

KOLA:"Osorno volcano."

That's a volcano? Oh, my God.

Are we hiking? That is bonkers, Mary.

Taxi? The Osorno volcano.

El volcan Osorno? Si.

OK. Si? Let's go.

Hola. Osorno volcano base station? Si.

How much? Cuanto?

Siete mil pesos.

Yeah, how much we got left?

Perfect, perfect. We've got it.

Vamos!

Oh, can you feel your ears popping?

Woohoo!

Yeah!

This man's not in a rush.

How fast is he going? 30kmph.

He certainly adheres to the speed limit.

Like me, he's a cautious driver, and I appreciate those people.

But when you're in a race, I'd quite like you to put your foot on it,

but that's not happening, is it?

Come on! Go, go, go.

That's it there, innit?

This is the base camp? Si.

Oh, my God.

PAGER BEEPS

"Race up the volcano by chairlift or foot to find a Chilean flag.

"The book awaits you at the finish."

Yeah, we can't afford a chairlift,

so we're going to have to go by foot.

Oh, my God, we're really racing up a volcano.

Mary, come on. Quicker than that.

Do we know this is the right route?

Are we going the wrong way?

We should follow the chairlift.

Do you want to go back down and re-route?

Yeah. Ahh...

Last push now.

This is it. Here we go.

Gracias.

Hola.

Do you know where the Chilean flag is?

That way. I knew it was that way! OK.

We're back on track.

Walk or chairlift?

That looks really slow. I think we can run faster than that.

We've got this. Come on.

This is expert level.

I'm not even intermediate!

Phew!

I have to walk diagonally.

You OK? Yep.

Big powerful strides.

Mary, for someone that's out of breath, you're talking a lot.

Yeah, and it's my way of coping.

This is it. Final bit.

There's the flag!

Oh, my God.

Scott, it's here. I can see the book.

Kola, I could do with your hand right now. Come on, Mar.

Do you want to do it together?

Yeah.

"Congratulations!

"You have successfully reached the finish line.

"Please sign in overleaf

"to find out if you have won the race."

Ready? No.

OK.

Three, two, one.

BOTH: Yes! Yes! Yes!

THEY LAUGH

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God. We did it.

Speechless. I...

When you open that book and there's no other names in it,

there's no other feeling like it.

I'm just glad we flipped the coin.

THEY LAUGH

To have a great experience and win is just the best.

It's the best. Can confirm it's the best feeling ever.

Oh, my God. We actually won.

SAM LAUGHS, SCOTT SNIFFS We won.

Sorry, it's the cold air.

THEY LAUGH

Ahh!

Yeah.

Oh...

Oh, I'm so proud of you.

SHE SOBS

We done it.

We came second, Mary.

Second. Second.

I'm so pleased with that.

This race has been one of the best experiences of my life.

Oh, it really has.

We done it!

Oh. Now I can...

..sit down.

To the winners!

THEY LAUGH

Tilt it, tilt it, tilt it.

It's been exhilarating, it's been tough,

it's been so frustrating at times,

but we've been there for each other -

the good and the bad, ups and downs.

It just proves we're a great team.

A winning team.

Argh! Look how much we experienced along the way.

I know. So much.

First time hiking, never rode a horse, never been to a lagoon,

never been to a sand dune... Whoo! ..and it goes on.

It's a journey that I'll remember for my whole life.

Aww. Ahhh!

Well done! Well done!

Oh, well done! Well done!

Well done! Oh, my God. Oh, my God.

Well, that was hard. So hard. It was really hard.

Did you climb up? Did we climb up?

We didn't have enough money to get the, um...cable car.

If we didn't work yesterday, we wouldn't have got here.

Oh, my God. Doesn't matter, though - you guys won.

Yeah, you won!

Well done, mate.

Well BLEEPdone, man. Thank you.

SAM:Where do you think everyone else is?

We haven't got any money, we have to walk. Come on.

It's snowing. Oh, my God.

It's actually snowing.

Hola. Hola.

Ugh... SHE PANTS

Jeremy, it's really steep. We can do it. Argh!

You glad we're not walking up this? Yeah. Some teams probably did.

If they had no money, they would have had to. No, thanks.

I'm carrying, like, 10kg of laundry on my back.

The flag, Jezza.

Oh, yeah!

THEY LAUGH

To the flag!

Third. Fair play. Well done, Dad. Well done, you.

Well done. You did well.

Didn't come first, we didn't need to come first -

we finished the race and we done it together,

father and son. I mean, what a duo.

I'm really, really proud of you. I'm really proud of us.

We've done well.

Watching Freddy grow, I've seen him see what he's capable on this trip.

That is winning this experience.

I do love you. I love you, too.

Oh, my God.

Amazing. We did it.

Come on. Well done, babe.

Oh, means everything to finish.

Jeremy wanted to win. I just wanted to finish.

To be honest, we came last,

so I feel like we should have had a jolly from day one.

SHE LAUGHS

It wouldn't have made any difference.

We did it.

Hello! THEY CHEER

Congratulations. Thank you. Well done.

Congratulations. Well done.

Well done, you guys. Thank you. Well done. Congratulations.

Well done.

What a mad experience. Oh, how do you feel?

Weird. I don't want to go back to real life.

Yeah, yous done amazingly well. Thank you so much. Thank you.

Listen, we all did it. Well done, everyone.

Well done.

This has been one of the best experiences of our life...

CORK POPS ..it really has.

Possibly the wedding could top it.

Hmm...probably on par. On par.

Yeah, we did win. We did win. We did win.

So it's all downhill from now. THEY LAUGH

Cheers! Well done, everyone.

Well done, everyone.