Race Across the World (2019–…): Season 2, Episode 6 - Ilha Grande - Brazil - full transcript

Reaching the
other side of the world

is a dream many of a share.

But when we fly over,

do we forget how
to travel through?

Mexico City,

North America's
largest Metropolis

to ushuaia, Argentina

the most southernly
city in the world,

20 hours by plane.

But could you travel the length

of Latin America
at ground level?



And all for the
price of the airfare?

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'll
remember for the rest of your life.

In a demanding
and challenging race,

which soars high into the andes,

crosses vast deserts,

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

He's coming here with a gun.

Have they
got what it takes?

Got no Google maps.
Got no mom. Got nothing.

Both physically...



Someone
call an ambulance.

And emotionally.

We need a miracle
to get out of here.

- The rewards are great.
- This looks crazy good.

This has brought
us closer together.

The first
team to the finish line

will claim the prize
of 20,000 pounds

- in a race...
- Come on, let's go, let's go!

...Across the world.

Excitement,
adventure, trauma.

Oh, my god!

Previously...

Three teams headed
through Bolivia...

Ahoy!

- To northern Argentina.
- ♪ wine time! ♪

Why is it that you
left your family?

Emon's revelations...

I chose love.
That's what it came down to.

- ...Bolstered his bond with jamiul.
- Whoo!

Kinda think you're all
right now.

Yeah, kinda.

- Jen.
- What?

- This way. Come this way.
- Why am I following you?

Just follow you
around like a wench.

After a bus stop...

That fight we
had was just so awful.

...Jen and
Rob bounce back.

It feels a little bit to me
like a bit of a turning point.

With hope to... I feel
at peace here. I feel at home.

While a
revitalized Sam...

Was in his element.

It's very special when
your own child can advise you.

- A health scare for dom...
- Oh, dom.

- That was petrifying.
- ...Saw Lizzie step up...

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

...Before another emergency.

Civil unrest in Chile,
need to evacuate asap.

...Left them in
a race to cross the border.

Maybe we can
catch up with the teams.

And the
only team yet to reach

the fifth checkpoint
in Argentina.

We're not quitters.

One day and five and a
half hours behind the race leaders...

Oh, my god, the check
point I've been longing for.

...Dom and Lizzie
arrive in cafayate in Argentina.

- Shock...
- But in last.

It's okay, well, what
we expected anyway.

This has been by far the most
dramatic leg we've had in this race.

Probably the most dramatic
five days I've ever had in my life.

I can... I can agree with that.

- Aw, guys.
- You made it.

- I mean, hardly. A lot of stories to tell.
- Oh, god.

It's been one
hurdle after another

that we've just about managed to scrape ourselves over.

We were waiting
to get a bus to Chile,

I stood up and
basically just collapsed.

- Oh, my gosh.
- It was the scariest thing.

You know, we got good treatment.

Don was really
looked after well.

Right, I'm amused
you're here, to be fair.

For dom to, you know, carry on

with the race and the journey,
it just shows his character.

- That he's determined.
- Strong. Strong willed.

Uh, I'm not sure what I'd do in that
situation. I might probably go home.

And then Chile called a state of
emergency. So we got evacuated.

- They were blocking the road. Stopping...
- doors were shutting.

We were... Yeah, it was serious.

We just so wanted
to see you guys.

- We didn't wanna come...
- We thought you were all gonna be gone

- by the time we got here.
- Time we got here.

We're taking
different routes.

We have come across
different challenges,

- but there's something that keeps us together.
- Yeah.

A little family.

It is about getting to the
end because it shows us

how volatile and
fragile this race could be.

- Still here. Still in the race.
- Right.

A s the finish
line draws ever closer

12,000 kilometers
away in ushuaia,

budgets are
becoming ever tighter.

4:40 A.M.

An early start
for race leaders emon and jamiul.

Ilha grande.

How do you pronounce that?

- Ilha.
- Ilha grande.

Thank you very much.

There.

Ilha grande, Brazil.

- Brazil?
- Amazing.

The
teams are setting off

on the longest leg
of the race so far.

A 3,600 kilometer journey

heading east across the
continent for the first time

to take in South America's
number one tourist destination Brazil.

Just off the Atlantic coast,

positioned between Rio de
Janeiro and Sao Paulo, ilha grande.

Once a pirate's hideout,
now an island paradise.

It's a bit of a
weird way to go, innit?

Right across country.

So, what'd you wanna do?

Straight from, uh, Argentina
and straight to Brazil.

Or do we go for Paraguay?

The most direct route
to ilha grande is through Paraguay.

A hidden gem of the region
known as El corazon De america,

heart of the Americas.

Or the teams could risk
adding a further 200 kilometers

in order to pick up
Brazil's coastal highway

that could accelerate them
north towards the sixth checkpoint.

Looking up Paraguay,

there's a direct road,
border to border.

Just go straight
through Paraguay.

- Yeah.
- Then we'll hit another country as well.

Yeah, I
would love to do that.

Yeah, I
would love to do that.

- Let's get going. Make decisions on the way.
- Yeah.

We're wanna
get to the bus station.

We're in first place now.

A few more legs to
go. And I think hitting our peak.

- We've opened up to each other a bit more.
- Yeah.

We're getting closer, we're getting
more connected. Especially on the last leg.

I think, uh, that's
made us a better team.

This is the
business end of the season,

as Fergie once said.

Thank you very much, ciao.

To reach
Paraguay from cafayate,

the boys must head back
to the transport hub of salta.

Jen and Rob are a few
hours behind. They'll be right on our tail.

Brazil?

- Portuguese language.
- Oh, yeah, we're going through iguazu falls.

One of the seven wonders
of the natural world.

Yeah, it looks
pretty incredible.

Just four hours
behind, Jen and Rob...

We haven't made the
most of Bolivia, have we?

We should have been
out seeing the sights,

but instead, we were
punching each other and crying.

I hate the person that
this race has made me.

I do.

She's awful, she's emotionally
unstable, she's irrational.

Because at home, I honestly
don't believe I'm like this.

I...

If we want to do iguazu
falls, which is on route,

it's going to be quicker to
go through Paraguay, I think.

It looks quick in my eyes.

Also planning
to head through Paraguay,

Jen and Rob came to visit
the world famous iguazu falls

just across the
border in Brazil.

I want to go home and say,

- i had a really amazing time...
- Mmm.

Rather than a race so hard I
didn't see any of it and we still lost.

Emon and jamiul
have reached salta bus station.

- Perdón, um, we wanna get to... yeah.
- Paraguay.

Aiming for
Paraguay's capital, Asunción?

All right, okay.

No direct transición?

Let's book it, man.

On a bus
leaving in three hours.

We just spent
two days', uh, budget.

So, when we get to Asunción,
I've checked the classifieds

and there's like an elderly people's
home that we can go work at.

- Which I think could be pretty cool.
- I like old people.

The boys are
here, I've seen the boys.

Hey, hey, hey.

But they're
not the only team

looking for the best route to Paraguay
among the terminal's many kiosks.

You saw your travel log?

- Clorinda, the border town.
- Clorinda?

- You got Paraguay, right?
- Are you going straight to Asunción?

- No, we're going to, uh...
- Formosa.

- Formosa.
- Oh, okay.

Safe travel, boys.

- Goodbye, ta-ta.
- They going to clorinda.

- Be good.
- They're going to the border.

The actual border.

It's a bit annoying.

While the boys
need to change buses

at formosa from the
border town of clorinda.

Jen and Rob have found a
bus to take them straight there.

We potentially have
a chance to overtake.

But you cannot get excited about
potentially having a lead on day one.

But what it does do, it fills us with
confidence that we're well in the game.

- No, no, no, no. We must not get complacent.
- No.

11:00 A.M.

So I excited to go Brazil.

Brazil just reminds me of Shakira for some reason.

Next to
leave, Jo and Sam.

- Before there, we have to go there.
- Yeah.

- Uh, we probably won't make there.
- We are low on budget.

We really do need
to work on this leg.

There's a job in
the Atlantic coast.

There's a family
of experts surfers.

Make sure you ask for a
free lesson in return for work,

and that's bed and board.

- I think that sounds like a good plan, don't you think?
- Yeah, it does.

We've had a really lovely
experience in Argentina

because we spent a day
and a night with a family.

I loved how they
appreciated what they have.

It's really humbling.

It gave me a
different perspective.

I don't think a place could
actually do that to someone.

Joe and Sam aim to cross
directly from Argentina into Brazil.

Tempted by a job and to
surf on the Atlantic coast.

This leg, I think
it's all about money

and, um, making smart decisions.

- I'll accept it this time.
- Okay, love.

But with
2,500 kilometers to cover,

the can ill afford the air
conditioned comfort that Sam favors.

- I wonder if anyone will actually stop.
- We will see.

You are a rubbish hitchhiker.

Like, I am bored.

When I was in school, like,
I used to get in trouble a lot.

I would be sat in there
bored, then I'd start fiddling.

I'd always distract people.

I'd never be able to sit there
and concentrate on anything.

Hey, rattle snakes.

The teacher would tell me off.

And then it would just
escalate from there onwards.

- So...
- Yeah.

That's about right, isn't it?

Usually it ended with a
chair through a window,

- or something like that.
- I didn't want to put up with it.

- I thought I saw you crying at something, right?
- Yeah, sure did.

You are the biggest reason
why I never lost faith in myself.

I just hope that this
just builds on our relationship

rather than destroy
it.

It would be really sad.

- You're my mum, I love you. I couldn't...
- I love you, too.

Yeah, we... We'll
get through it.

We'll get through it, whatever
way. Won't we?

Yeah.

Okay, love. We're given
it half an hour hitching.

We'll need to make it
way back to the bus station.

'Cause it looks like we're
having a night in salta.

We need to get to the
border, which is a taxi ride away.

Having
reached clorinda...

I am gonna need to brush
my teeth and have a wee.

Jen and
Rob are on course

to be the first team
to cross into Paraguay.

- Is this it?
- No way.

- That's the border?
- Border?

Okay. It
doesn't look like a border.

They've arrived
at the crossing used by locals

to visit the market
district of San Antonio.

This just is suspicious as hell.

Three
kilometers to the north...

Paraguay, here we come.

Another
day, another border.

Emon and
jamiul's roundabout route

has brought them to the
main highway crossing

to Paraguay's capital, Asunción.

- Asunción?
- Asunción?

So, is this
literally Paraguay?

- Yeah.
- Oh, my days.

I just don't understand.

I mean, are we at the border crossing
or at east gate market, like what?

- Down here.
- Ah, here you go.

Looks like it
might be a bus station.

Oh, my days. No.

How this queue is. I'm
desperate for a wee as well.

We probably should get price for
a taxi, just so we can compare it.

My only concern is that
this queue is growing

and growing and
growing and growing.

- It's not...
- One of us can stay in the queue

and one of us can go.

Yeah, that's
right. I'll stay here.

I'm not gonna walk off on my own

in the middle of a country
that I've never been to my life.

It's just over there.
The taxi's just over here.

You want me to go, don't you?

Yeah.

Although she might like

to think I'm under her thumb...

...I let her think
that she's got control of me.

But really, I don't
think that's the case.

Uh, 300?

Uh...

$5.

Okay.

Right...

Here he is,
the man of the hour.

Okay, this might
be a better option.

So, to get to the center
with five us or 300 local

garudas or
something it's called.

- Okay, I think we're better off doing that.
- Yeah, let's do it.

So, um, terminal...

Asunción in us dollars.

See, now it's gone to $70.

That's it, I'm just confused.
It's written $5, Robbie.

Oh, well, he put up five...
He'd put up five fingers up.

So, I out five.

- But I think, actually...
- So, you've written that.

- I think I wrote the five.
- Well, that was a waste of time.

Right, get back in the queue.

After more than five weeks
traveling in Spanish speaking nations...

Where did five come from?

...Language
is still a barrier.

You did this, you got us
out of the bloody queue.

...And the last to
leave cafayate, dom and Lizzie,

determined to catch up
almost 30 hours on the leaders.

Our next checkpoint
is ilha grande.

We're quite far behind.

But now we're full steam ahead.

Even if we get...
Come last in it,

its only by one
hour. We'll be happy.

'Cause that means we
tried and we've done well.

- No, I won't be.
- Okay.

I want to win still.

- Can we book a taxi from here?
- Yes, of course.

If you think about the amount of
time we have left, then it's achievable.

- Quickly grab your map.
- Um, I don't think I've got it.

- But, okay.
- You don't think you have it?

Lizzie, you definitely had it.

100%.

I had the travel guide,

- you had the map.
- It's not here.

We don't have a map.

- Lizzie.
- It's my fault, obviously.

Right, well...

Let's go for a walk.

Lizzie!

Just let me be alone.

She thinks she has the
right just to have a stroll

every single time
something like this happens.

Lizzie, come back now!

I've tried so hard to
sympathize with her

and not get angry,

but right now it's
getting on my tits.

The map is gone,
irrelevant, doesn't matter.

- Done, blip, blap, done.
- Okay.

We need to now
think about how, tactically,

we're going to catch
up with everyone else.

I do not want another rubbish,

- sort of, negative leg.
- Nor do I. Nor do I.

I feel like I can be quite
fierce with Lizzie sometimes,

but I want her to
have the confidence

to be able just to tell herself that
even if she does something wrong,

you know, it's not
the end of the world.

I can come back
better and stronger.

'Cause she's definitely
got the ability to do so.

It's just asking the right people
who might be willing to help.

Oh, okay.

Okay.

Come on. Let's do this.

This this dom's
plan to tap up the locals

immediately pays dividends.

They've discovered the most
direct route to the Brazilian border,

starting with a 19 hour
express journey to corrientes.

I'm sorry that I
put that pressure on you,

- but I'm not coming last again.
- No, it's...

No, I don't wanna
come last again.

Closing the
gap on Jo and Sam,

who, after there unsuccessful,
attempted at hitchhiking,

were unable to catch a bus
out of salta until this morning.

Back on the road.

- I'm just so excited to go to Brazil.
- Yeah, I know.

The music, the color. I like how
everyone's just always on the beach.

There might be some
nice girls on the beach.

Just stop talking about girls, mum, it's just cringy.

emon and jamiul arrive in
Paraguay's capital, Asunción.

Located on the left bank
of the Paraguay river,

and home to the largest
Navy of any landlocked country.

Are you gonna
show them the magic trick.

I'll show
them a thing or two.

In the
suburb of lambare,

having answered an
ad in the jobs directory,

Pass me some cold...

The boys
arrive at retirement home.

My name is emon.
Nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you.
- Oh, you're from France.

- Nice wine?
- Yes.

Very nice wine.

Until now,
they've been used

to earning cash in exchange
for hard physical work.

- Alice is my name.
- Alice. Nice to meet you.

This time,
tasked with keeping

the residents
active and occupied,

- they'll need to dig deeper.
- Where? From where?

- England, Manchester. Yeah.
- Manchester?

Wonder what are you
doing here in Paraguay.

You are from Manchester.

We've come
to see you, yeah.

- To say hello.
- Of course, of course.

I'll have a go. Two,
three, four, one.

- I'm losing it.
- No, you're winning.

I can do magic.

Ah!

You're
taking your cards?

Oh, my god. I
almost forgot to take my cards.

What's the best trick?

I got a lot of tricks,
you know that.

Magic is worldwide,
everyone loves magic.

When you
approach a stranger

and show 'em a quick magic
trick, they'll always be engaged

into what you're saying.

That's your card.

- Yeah?
- No.

- It is.
- I promise you that's not my card.

- No?
- No.

You're not going to get
very far with tricks like that.

Sometimes I do struggle
with certain tricks.

But at the end of the day,
practice makes perfect.

I think I'm gonna have a lot
of time to brush up my skills.

Pick any card. This one,
yeah? Okay, just take it.

- Okay.
- Okay. I'm not gonna look at it,

show it to everybody else.

Yes, we're in the race. Well,
the law of living in this world

is giving a little bit back.

Ready? Okay.

I would have said
you've gone for queen,

but you didn't go for a queen.

- No.
- You went for a king.

King of spades?

- Yeah.
- King of spades.

Wow.

Who's going to show
me some dance moves?

- Do you dance?
- I like to dance.

But the only
dance I know is this.

That's the only dance I know.

That's it. So you're gonna
have to teach me how to dance.

Come and teach me some moves.

- Why not?
- Yes, come on, I'll help you up.

Come on.

One... two... What
else can you do?

Oh, you're gonna do that to me?

- Yes.
- I want to do it too.

The lady Alice
and the French lady

remind me of my
grandmas back home.

One step backwards.

There you... oh, yeah,
that one, and then forwards.

- Forwards.
- And then back again.

It must get lonely.

And it must be
hard for these guys

to be here alone
without their families.

My grandmas, they at
least have their grandsons

or their granddaughters
with them.

If anything happens to them,
whole family would rush there.

I'm not too sure how
it would happen here.

There you
go. Pizza for you.

How do you say pizza in Spanish?

Pizza -oh,
pizza, yeah. Pizza. Pizza.

Pizza.

You've traveled a lot
when you're a journalist, no?

Yeah, many, many.

- All around Europe.
- Many, many.

- Italy. Italy is so beautiful.
- Italy's nice, yeah.

- You know Italy?
- Yes, I've been to Italy.

Do you want a napkin?

Venice is beautiful.

Venice. I went
to venice, I was in love.

You were in love in venice?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Finished with that?

My mum works in a nursing home.

It was a chance for me
to put myself in her shoes.

Easy come, easy go.

Easy come, easy go.

Try and put a
smile on their faces.

Bedtime. Come here, my darling.

Good night.

Good night and good travelling.

Thank you very
much. Thank you very much.

Back in Argentina
at corrientes bus station...

After 16 days lagging
behind the other teams...

Hello.

Oh, my god. What on...

Dom and Lizzie have
caught up with rivals Jo and Sam.

Both teams want to cross into Brazil
tonight, but they may have to wait.

There's only one bus to Paso De
los libres and that's at one o'clock.

Is there seats?

- So get in there...
- We've not got, erm...

Oh, we've not got money, dom.

Do you want me to go
to the cambio this time?

- No, I'll go.
- I'll wait here.

We need to start exchanging more
money, just to save me the hassle

of doing these
trips to the cambios.

It's always me that
has to go sort it out.

With dom
off running an errand...

Jo, if we
wait for this bus,

we're going to be another
seven hours behind.

Lizzie steps forward
with a plan to speed things up.

We could go and see
if we could get a private taxi.

Yeah, we could.

We split when we're together.

That would work.

If we're gonna get
same bus anyway.

Yeah, exactly.

- Should we go and have a look?
- Yeah.

Oh, okay.

That's 8,162 pesos.

So that would be
about 50 quid each.

It's worth spending a bit more
money, I think, to catch up that time.

It will arrive at the border

before the bus here even leaves.

And then we're in third
and fourth. We need it.

That's our minivan over there.

Get our stuff on.

Making a plan without dom's
approval is something I don't often do.

And I know that dom doesn't like
doing things that cost a lot money.

But I had the idea

and I've got Jo and
Sam to back me up.

He can't say no now.

- Oh, dom.
- Dom's coming now as well.

Dom's back,

Um,
we've got minivan...

- Yeah.
- Waiting for us now.

- Okay.
- Yeah, it's 4,000 each.

Right. Okay.

So I've got, like, 3,600.

The plan we've
come up with isn't cheap.

But I've wanted to in this
race, make more decisions.

So I'm quite happy
that I've done this,

- and whether he likes it or not, we're going.
- I'll cover you.

And we can get
more money at the border.

- Okay.
- All right.

- Should we get it going?
- Let's go.

I just hope that he's not in a
grump for the rest of the journey.

To be fair, when
I was at the bank,

I was thinking "has Lizzie
just ran off with Jo and Sam?"

The amount she's been
talking about you two,

I was thinking she
might just ditch me.

- No.
- I would never swap my brother for the world.

- Well, guys, cheers to Brazil.
- Cheers to Brazil.

- Cheers.
- Cheers.

As two teams
joined forces to reach Brazil,

373 kilometers away...

What's Portuguese for cheers?

I'm not happy about
the new language.

I'm going to get
ever so confused.

Jen and Rob are
the first team to get there.

Portuguese?

Is that... I don't
want to say it.

Where do they speak
Portuguese? In...

- Portugal.
- That's what I was gonna say but I felt too stupid.

So is this like
Niagara Falls then?

- I that think niagara is not as wide.
- Really?

Can you see up there?

Oh, look at that.

Iguazu falls.

Straddling
the border with Argentina,

iguazu, a chain of
nearly 300 waterfalls.

The most dramatic is
known as the devil's throat...

Formed according to folklore,

by an angry god,
spurned by a local girl.

- Look at that.
- Oh, wow.

Oh, my god.

That is possibly the best view
that I've ever seen in my life.

Better than
seeing me naked?

Way better.
Like 100 times better.

And just like, with
the mist coming off it,

it just... you can see
its power and strength.

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

You just forget, don't you?
Like, because of the race,

you just forget to stop and
look around at where you are.

Imagine that we just
passed through Brazil.

Yeah, we've been to Brazil, but
have you actually seen Brazil?

This is nice, we're
actually stopping to see it.

Just take it in.

When we first met, I mean,
we would attend parties.

We'd got out to dinner, we'd go to
the theater, you know, go to the cinema.

And that's just not really a fun
environment for him anymore.

We should absolutely put radiance
here and make it into a pool.

What we do for fun now is
really dramatically changed.

We've probably now just have, you know,
the TV on the background with subtitles.

We probably play like a
board game or something.

We've just taken
this little bit of a stop

just to work out
how we'd be together

and how things have
changed and how to go forward.

We just hit play and
we'll be off again.

Robbie, get me a banana.

Probably nicked
more than your banana.

I don't have
anything for it to take.

Buoyed by
the iguazu adventure,

Jen and Rob are planning
some more sightseeing.

Can't believe we're
going to Blumenau.

I really can't.

Really can't.

Jen, I'm really excited.

With a detour
to the town of Blumenau,

founded in 1852 by
germanic immigrants.

My dad's half German. That is good.

Have some
beer, have a sausage.

- Brazil.
- Brazil.

Newly arrived
in Brazil, emon and jamiul.

Sao Paulo. Discount.

No money, try, try.

Magic, magic.

On
route to Sao Paulo.

No chance?

Okay, here, 220.

Wow. Wow. Wow.

Just a case of getting out of Brazil
with as much money intact as we can.

All right, let's get ready
for an 18 hour journey.

- At the border...
- Bye, Argentina.

Hello, Brazil.

For Jo,
Sam, dom and Lizzie,

their marriage of traveling
convenience is at an end.

We'll see you at the checkpoint.

Make sure you
enjoy Brazil, guys.

But both teams are heading in
the same direction, to the Atlantic coast.

Mother and son, lured by the
surf from the promise of work.

- We're in Brazil.
- Whoo!

Florianopolis today?

That's a $100 each.

While the siblings aimed to continue
along the coastal superhighway north.

How do you say "how
long" in Portuguese?

Just about learning Spanish.

Now we're
in a different country.

- Takes about 24 hours.
- 24 hours.

Oh, Christ.

- Does that break our record?
- Yeah, it does.

I'm quite smug that we've
already caught up with Jo and Sam.

Obviously, it is
not great for them

that they've lost their
lead on us, but I don't care.

Brazil.

Wow, Sao Paulo.

Wow.

Home to over
twenty one million people,

Sao Paulo is the fourth
largest city in the world.

A melting pot of African, European,
Japanese and arab cultures.

Presenting emon and jamiul with
an opportunity too good to miss.

Let's get to the
hostel, get checked in,

freshen up and...

Since we've been on the travels

we've not been able to do or
find a praying congregation,

even in Panama.

The Friday prayer
is very important.

It's one time in the week that every Muslim
should give a little time to do prayers.

In the city center,
the country's oldest mosque,

mesquita Brazil,
founded in 1929.

Helping to serve the largest
Muslim community in Latin America.

Take a bit of time out
in the race to do this,

I just feel at peace right now.

I just feel peaceful.
I just feel happy.

I think it was almost destiny
that we come here on a Friday.

So it's the universe
speaking to us.

Emon.

On our trip, we've been
through a lot of countries.

This is the first Friday
prayer we've done five weeks.

- To the first masjid we found in South America.
- Oh.

That's why we really
wanted to come here.

Sao Paulo, you can find lot of
mosques. Several mosques here.

It's mad how we're sat
on a table with Moroccans,

Libyans, Afghans, brits.

It just shows how
multicultural the space is.

We actually genuinely
haven't met many muslims.

It's just good. It makes
you feel welcomed,

you guys have welcomed
us very nicely, thank you.

- Mohammed's got my Facebook, yeah?
- Mohammed... okay.

Community and family are two
things that are very important in my life,

and I found community here.

- I'm full, I'm full.
- I'm so full.

After an 18
hour journey cross country,

Jo and Sam have reached
Praia do Rosa, the Rosie beach,

surrounded by tropical
jungle and forested mountains,

it has seven kilometers
of golden sand

and the perfect
break for surfing.

- Hi, I'm Sam.
- Hello, nice to meet you.

- This is Luna.
- Hello, Luna.

Hi, Jo, this is my wife Ivana.

Seven years ago,
British expat Sean

moved here with his Brazilian
wife, Ivana and their two children.

- Oh, my god.
- Oh, wow.

And set about
building their dream home.

This is incredible.

Cash strapped mother
and son are hoping to end their keep.

We've got a real problem
in the back of the house.

You're going to
have a look for us.

If you can help me,
it'd would be really cool.

I've got five cubic
meters of earth to move.

Back at home, I do
landscape gardening.

Quite often we use a
digger and a dumper.

But quite often we use
a shovel and hand, so...

It's a shovel and hand.

How about, if we have a deal?

If I get you surfing, get you up
and riding, you help me with this.

You got a deal.

Perfect. Perfect.
Come on, let's go.

Right there, is literally, my
dream of a dream house.

We're really lucky,
man. And living here,

has taught us a really
different way to look at life.

I'd say we need
$400 a month to live.

- And that's for food... Everything?
- Yeah.

I don't have the latest iPhone.

I don't have a new car, but I'm the
happiest I've ever been in my life.

Back at home, I think I'm
pretty privileged personally,

but coming on this has got to make
you realize, appreciate what you have.

They call it here
gratidao. It is gratitude.

Which I think really is
missing from western culture.

- Of all things.
- 100%.

- People don't appreciate what they've got.
- No way.

Yes.

- Little miss sunshine.
- Little miss Princess.

Suits you.

Sick of the rain.

Oh!

Dom and Lizzie are looking
to overnight in florianopolis.

- Leeds, that way.
- And that's where we're getting breakfast.

Regarded by many as
the party destination for backpackers.

Oh, hello.

- Do you have a reservation?
- No.

Okay, do you want a
private or shared room?

- Shared room.
- Shared, yeah.

I have one bedroom with
six beds. That's okay for you?

- Yeah.
- Okay.

Little bit awkward, I just
don't want to wake anyone up.

But with only 21%
of their budget remaining...

it's a quiet night in.

I've just been
thinking about the race,

and I'm like, as these
latter stages ensue,

and I'm going to become
more and more competitive.

And I know we both get on
with Sam and Jo really well.

But I feel like you have
this loyalty towards them.

I don't know, I know you
probably won't like to hear this,

but when me and Jo were
making decision about the minibus,

and we were running around
and Jo was so encouraging.

And I responded way better
to that, and I went and did it.

I kind of need a positivity.

Whereas, I think,
sometimes with you,

I feel like you're
really discouraging.

Okay.

We'll just try to do
things as a team.

And I'll say... I'll try to
be more encouraging.

- Yeah.
- I think what I struggle with is vulnerability,

because on the outside,
I've always been confident.

I was always okay
off until university,

and then, like, just when I
wasn't achieving as much

as I thought I was
going to achieve

and there was a lot of
pressure. And I've struggled.

By not talking to
anyone about it,

I sort of dug myself into a hole
and bottled up all these emotions

that eventually led to me
dropping out of university and...

I'm really not sure what's
going on in my life right now.

Maybe you can learn
something from my open emotion

because you don't
communicate. That's your problem.

And that... aha, now
you've picked out my flaws.

You need to communicate better.

I'm just not very good at it.

But try harder, because I think it'll
make a whole world of difference.

I think I really could
use some of Lizzie's grants,

some of her wisdom in life,

and I don't think I actually
listen to her all the time

when I really should.

That was probably the most
open conversation we've hard,

- probably since we were six.
- Yeah.

I feel like it's been
a long time coming.

Just 215
kilometers to the north...

- Let's be German.
- How do you be German?

Go for a beer.

Jen and Rob have arrived
in the Brazilian beer capital, Blumenau.

That claims to host the largest beer
festival in the world outside of Germany.

Attracting around a
million revelers each year.

I guess that is what I expected,
but still it is a bit strange.

Everyone is wearing lederhosen.

And it's in the middle of Brazil.
It just feels... It feels weird.

I know the
race is so important,

I really want to continue
having a lot of fun.

Do more things like this.

There's only two legs left,

and I don't want to waste them.

Like, I absolutely want
to just make the most of it,

have a really pretty
bloody great time.

I've decided that's
what we're gonna do.

I can honestly say now I've
had nice... Really nice time.

I know it's baby steps.

But I almost wish I knew
how to kind of build on it,

and how to carry on
that when we get home,

I'm scared that we're just gonna
go back to, like, our normal routine.

I don't want to. 'Cause I can
see now, how life limiting that is.

I really want to be
able to kind of go home

and make changes and
continue to make changes.

Let's make sure we go home with
real memories and real experiences

rather than regrets.

Well, there you are.

Slightly scary!

Brilliant, I want
one of this at home.

Whoa. There we go.

It's so lovely of you to have
us here. It's was an experience.

Thank you.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

So nice to have you guys around.

And he did amazing job.

- Well done, Sam.
- Cheers.

- Cheers.
- Cheers, guys.

- Cheers to life.
- Well done.

So what made you make the
move from Brighton to Brazil?

We kind of thought about it as a
dream, you know, maybe one day.

And then in two 2012,
I had a heart attack

- 'cause of stress.
- Oh, my goodness.

And then, unfortunately, Ivana
got thyroid cancer at the same time.

- Oh, my goodness.
- So we were, like, both of it.

And you're in the clear
everything with your thyroid?

- Yes, thank god for that.
- There's more to life, you know.

- Just follow our dreams.
- Just do it, yeah.

You know, just do
it. Let's get out here.

Yeah. We actually
started this race, really,

just for the adventure
and fun of it.

But, actually, it's become
so much more, I think.

- Gypsum.
- Yeah.

You know, you just
look at life differently.

And you can
do it. You change it.

- You can change it.
- Yeah.

It wasn't easy,
life is not. But, you know...

- I think health does do that, doesn't it?
- Yeah.

- You just suddenly go... Reevaluate.
- Exactly.

This whole
time I'm travelling,

I've been dying for
the beach, dying to surf.

It's an amazing place,
you're gonna love it.

I've gotten speechless.
It's just... I'm ready.

- Yeah? Let's go.
- Let's go.

So, you're
paddling to the wave,

you even say to yourself, "back
foot, front foot. Back foot, front foot."

So, you just go, "back
foot, front foot." That's it.

Yeah, show me that
when we're out there as well.

Don't watch me
getting changed, mum.

I'm not watching you.
I'm looking at the waves.

Good luck, guys.

Have fun.

- He's gonna enjoy this.
- Yeah, I think he is.

I think he's gonna love it.

I didn't really expect
the race to be enlightening.

But it has.

You know, it's just... You look at
the ocean and watching Sam surf,

um, on one of the ten most
beautiful beaches in the world.

It frees you up to think about
why we're doing this trip and...

See... see the bigger picture.

The last few years, I've
had a few health issues.

I was diagnosed with lymphoma,

which is a cancer of
the lymphatic system,

um, back in 2011.

And then it came back
about four years later.

And then I had chemo, um...

Which... it was harder
than I thought it would be.

I lost 80% of my hair.

And I put on weight

and I lost a lot of confidence.

I tried to sort of put
a brave face on it,

but, um, I think I
was maybe a bit naive

about dealing with things.

It's not curable.
It will come back.

So I know that I've
got a limited period,

really, that I can do this.

This made me kind
of reevaluate life now.

I really want to do
something again.

I want to travel again. I want
to, um, see the world again.

And also introduce Sam to it.

Um, I think spending
time with locals

and doing amazing
things in amazing places,

um, he really seems
to be embracing it.

And for me, that's the
biggest gift, um, I could get.

You know, just seeing
him... Seeing him loving it

and discovering world, you know,

we've got memories
to last us forever.

In Sao Paulo...

One room,
45 for the hostel.

- Other than food.
- Eighteen for taxi.

- Taxis.
- A money count.

We spent £2,354.

What the bloody hell, man?

That's a lot of money.

Yeah, I think Brazil's
taking its toll on us.

All the other teams, I think,
would've got hit in Brazil as well.

Two, four, six, eight, ten.

Actually a lot
less than I thought.

We've way overspent.

The sixth leg is
beginning to take its toll on all teams.

And every day spent in Brazil

is costing them close to
10% of the remaining budgets.

It's gonna be tight.

- We need to make sure that we...
- get out of Sao Paulo,

With as much
money as we can.

Being second to be
the first of the ones.

- We lose.
- There's no point to be going second.

- En route to the bus station.
- Bit of coconut juice.

Six reals for a coconut.

It shouldn't be like this, man.

It should not be like this.

Let's give what I
can to them kids.

What I've seen is just...

It's just killing me inside.

Anything else?

If I wasn't on a
race with jamiul,

this was my
money, I'll give it all.

Then I go to the closest bank
and take as much as out I can.

Surely, that must be
worth a Bob or two.

Where... where is jam?

I've seen
the whole family.

I just...

I just can't, for the
life of me, understand.

Cards always makes people happy.

He did better than I did.

I'd say he's strong enough, man.

He can keep himself together.

Water bottle.

First thing that I noticed when I
went there, there was no shoes.

Seen some little feet poking
out the blanket at the bottom.

And they were like, you
know, black as anything.

So I just did what any
human being should do, really.

Who wants sweets?

Okay?

- Hundred and six.
- Yeah. Okay.

- Thank you.
- Thank you.

So, we're leaving for Sao Paulo.

At least we're heading
to checkpoint now.

To
get to ilha grande,

emon and jamiul need to catch a
boat from the port of angra dos reis.

No boats operate after dark.

So the boys have eight hours

to cover 400 kilometers to
set sail for the island tonight.

It's just one little
boat to get on, that's it.

Let's have a real
think about this.

In Blumenau,

Jen and Rob also have
their sights set on ilha grande.

What about rio?

Rio de Janeiro?

However, they've
opted for a more circuitous route.

Leap frogging Sao
Paulo to arrive in rio.

Then, doubling back
to a different port,

conceicao De jacarei.

And from there, catch
a boat to the checkpoint.

This is good. I'm happy.
We've got to get a move on.

- Thank you so much.
- We'll be in touch.

Also
back on the road...

- See you later.
- ...Jo and Sam...

The race is back on.

...And
dom and Lizzie...

Both aiming for Sao Paulo.

I reckon we've
got 30 quid to spend a day.

How are we gonna do that?

Dom, it's fine.
We can't change it.

- What time is it?
- About afternoon.

Afternoon?

Hope we get at this boat
today, man. It's dark already.

Pitch black.
Ain't happening tonight.

Arriving at angra
dos reis the bay of kings,

emon and jamiul failed to catch
the last boat of the day to ilha grande.

Let's find
some accommodation

and try again in
the morning for boat.

And are forced
to wait for the next boat,

leaving at eight
tomorrow morning.

Closing in on rio,

Jen and Rob on
their overnight bus.

Do you know a boat terminal?

Boat? Ilha grande?

This. Ilha grande?

It's got
to be here sooner.

Thirty
kilometers along the coast.

- Hello.
- Ilha grande?

Okay.

Yes?

- Okay.
- Okay.

Goes in 15 minutes.

Right. Okay. There's a port. So
where do we get this boat from?

Just walk around.

- These are some god statues, eh?
- You got the three wise men.

Is it the three wise men
or is three something else?

Oh, it might be right in
the back. Can you see?

I don't think it's that.

I think I
can see the pier.

Oh, is that where
we're going, to the jetty?

Thank you very much.

Ooh.

Let's go, let's go, let's go!

We need to get moving.

In Sao
Paulo, dom and Lizzie...

♪ I want to get to the
checkpoint today ♪

♪ please ♪

Aiming to
reach angra dos reis

before the last boat
of the day departs.

That was quick. Well done.

This could be the difference in
arriving today or arriving tomorrow.

All right.

Also in the city...

We need to exchange
some more money.

...But unable
to make a move, Jo...

Step out of the subway
and it's just madness.

There's just people
and noise and dancing.

It feels very like I
expected Brazil to feel...

...And Sam.

I know we're
on a tight race budget,

but I saw a subway
and wanted it instantly.

Change money, us dollars.

It's closed.

Right, we are here.

Ilha grande...

Big island...

A onetime leper colony

and one of the most pristine
remnants of Atlantic rainforest,

home to several
endangered species.

Bags, bags, bags. Bags, bags,
bags. Every second counts.

Right.

- We're ready to run.
- The race is on.

"Walk east to the
end of the beach.

"Your checkpoint
is portal do sol."

It says east.

Look where the sun is.

Ah, yeah, okay, wait.
Which is the sun then?

East.

Although
small scale tourism

- is nowadays encouraged on the island...
- I need wine.

Need wine!

...Motorized
vehicles are banned.

So to get
to the checkpoint,

the teams will need to choose...

20 reals?

- Yes?
- Yeah.

Pay the man now. Pay the man
now before he changes his mind.

Fancy a walk through the jungle?

I fancy a walk
through the jungle.

A two-kilometer
trek through the rainforest...

A jungle trek.

This is cool.

Or a
canoe across the bay.

I'm just trying to
save my trousers. Oh.

Yeah, don't pull it
over. Don't pull over.

Yeah, but I've never canoed
before. Give me a minute.

We'll see one of other teams
when a canoe passes in a minute.

Am I doing it right?

Yeah, you're
doing perfect.

I'm canoeing!

I'm canoeing!

- Ooh.
- You okay?

Yeah. Yeah.

Come on,
checkpoint time. Come on.

We're going the wrong way.

Do we need to go over there?

Whoo!

This is awesome,
man. This is sick.

Lovely walk. Lovely.

- What the fish?
- Dude, I'll get a fever, man.

No!

We'll dry
off at checkpoint.

Argh!

Oh, my god, I'm so good at
canoeing. Look how fast we're going.

So, this is the last beach.

- This one.
- This is it.

Freaking awesome.

Hola.

- The dreaded book.
- Here we are.

Sixth checkpoint.

I didn't expect that.

Awesome, man.

Oh, my god.

Genuinely I thought we're
third. I did not think we're first.

Okay, I feel like we're going really
deep into the ocean now, Robbie.

We've had a
crazy experience this leg.

Very fortunate in the
things that we get to do

and the things that
we're experiencing.

I think we had some... The teams
must have had issues along the way.

It's taking, Lizzie, ages...

Back
on the mainland...

Si.

Okay.

Has the boat left?

Yeah, it has already left.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

Okay, fine. You know,
don't worry about it.

Are you running in the morning?

- Yeah.
- At what time?

- 7:00.
- At 7:00.

7:00 A.M., yeah.

- We can't do anything about it.
- Yeah.

I'm just
absolutely gutted that

we've raced so hard this leg

to get this close, right
at the end, we couldn't...

I'm pretty sure the
island was literally there.

And we can't cross. Just gutted.

The siblings
weren't the only ones

unable to reach the
checkpoint tonight.

Finally on the
bus to the checkpoint.

I broke a nail.

Caw-caw, caw-caw.

Look, we're in the
right place. It's here.

- Yay.
- Ahh! Finally.

Maintained second place.

Turns out I'm so good canoeing.

Half nine, half ten, half
one, half two, half three.

The gap was one and
half hours, then it was four.

Now it's six. But that's okay.

Still second.

I think we just learning to actually
have a good time, aren't we?

- Yeah, definitely. Yeah.
- We're getting the balance just perfect.

It's been quite an
emotional leg for both of us.

The things that we witnessed,

you know, must have been about
eight, nine kids sleeping on the floor.

If you ask me would this race have
changed me, I would have said, "no,"

'cause, you know, I've always
been the kinda guy that...

You know, I run my own business,

I'm doing very
well in my business,

and I've been very strict and...

I guess it just softened
me up a little bit.

This made me
realize, you know what,

it's a big world out there, I'm
just a little dot in the spectrum.

I'm just grateful
for what I got.

Mendoza, here we come.

With just two
legs till the finish line...

- A little push.
- Budgets are at breaking point.

Don't blow away the budget, day one. Keep
making money. Keep watching our budget.

To make it the end, it's
questionable right now.

- And the gloves are off.
- Thank you.

Long day, eh, pal?