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Celebrity Race Across the World 2025 S03E05
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00:00That is a picture-perfect postcard
00:12It's paradise paradise on earth
00:17Huge difference in color from the Pacific to the Caribbean Caribbean ocean is just unmatched
00:23Are there sharks in these woods?
00:30Bocas del Toro an archipelago of tropical islands along the northwest coast of Panama
00:36Ranging from uninhabited natural wonders to the colorful stilted clapboard houses of Bocas town
00:44This has been a proper vengeance story. I think we've seen that growth to first
00:48We were in total shock. Yeah
00:54Competition in the penultimate leg of the race promises to be tight as just 43 minutes
00:59Separates the top three teams and for the first time
01:03Dillon and Jackie sit in pole position don't slip up. You've got the pressure of leading the pack now
01:08I don't like it. We don't want pressure
01:11crumble we crumble
01:12Still after that first place at one point. I've had dreams where I'm like we come first and like shoving the knees from
01:19Bound that out of here
01:20Come on
01:21The first, come on
01:23When we first met Dillon he was a different person to who he is now
01:27Now I feel like he's grown into himself throughout this journey
01:30And now I'm ready to beat him
01:32I was quite gutted when we opened the book
01:36No, you were fuming
01:37I was I was pretty I was pretty mad because I felt like we've done so well
01:43How would the top two become the bottom two character building
01:48I think we felt sorry for her
01:52We're not too far behind
01:54We know our strengths and when we start moving way we move we move four legs in
01:59Everyone is hot on it now. Yeah, like everybody's found their river
02:03Obviously we finished last
02:05But it's all to play for every man for themselves on this one
02:10You thought we were racing before oh, we're on it. We're changing gear. It's gear five now two legs to go. Yeah, we race
02:27What day
02:29I
02:32630 a.m
02:34First to leave the checkpoint
02:36Wednesdays
02:36Yeah, thank you
02:37Race leaders Dillon and Jackie
02:40Ready? Ready
02:42Your fifth checkpoint is
02:44Medellin
02:45I swear that's Colombia
02:47I think I've seen it in like a Pablo Escobar series
02:50Oh really? I think
02:52Over 1300 kilometers away
02:54Colombia's second largest city Medellin
02:57Sprawls across the abura valley in the northern end of the andes mountain range
03:04As the epicenter of Pablo Escobar's drug cartel it was once labeled the murder capital of the world
03:10But now it's a safer and vibrant metropolis
03:17Oh, okay all teams have to bypass the darien gap
03:23By water
03:24For safety reasons this journey has to be in daylight hours
03:28Darien gap
03:29I've heard that it can be a bit dangerous
03:32The notorious and perilous darien gap
03:35The only land connection between central and south america
03:39But no roads run through its dense jungle and vast swamps
03:43For tens of thousands of migrants each year this treacherous expanse much of it controlled by criminal gangs is their only route north
03:54To reach colombia the teams have one option to travel by sea
03:59But first a chance to explore panama
04:05panama's quite funny shape it's kind of like a like a goose neck there seems to be a main road going through
04:10Yeah, yeah
04:12They may be tempted to grab opportunities in the west
04:17With its allure of well-paid work and hidden natural beauty
04:22Or the adventurers could make a beeline for the east coast
04:25And the secluded turquoise ringed islands of guna yala
04:29Also known as sandblas an autonomous territory home to the indigenous guna people
04:34On the last leg just being in nature and gave me a sense of calm and it would be nice to have a nature feast again
04:44Definitely something like hot water springs
04:46Yeah waterfalls
04:48Yeah, yeah, that'd be amazing
04:49So if we go south maybe
04:51Buquette there might be like something around there
04:54Yeah
04:54And then follow this big road through to panama city. Yeah
04:59It's also very difficult to judge whether we have enough money for the whole trip or not
05:04We've hemorrhaged a bit. Yeah
05:07With budgets dwindling dylan and jackie have the least amount of money to tackle the longest leg of the race so far
05:15It's just the unknowns of of these these countries we don't know
05:19But this is our penultimate leg
05:21So I want us to stand in good stead for the last leg by saving in this leg
05:28Here we go. Hola. Hola
05:31To continue their journey teams need to get off the islands of bocas del toro
05:36Boats depart regularly to almirante the closest mainland port where they can pick up onward transport
05:42We need to get to buquette
05:45Right now it's the actual
05:47Put a boat to the main island and then bus shorter to buquette
05:51Would it not be quicker for us to get boat now to almirante and there's any almirante travel to buquette sooner?
05:59It's possible but it's more expensive
06:01I recommend you go street to buquette or buquette
06:04Okay, so shall we book it?
06:06Yeah, let's book it 30 each. Yeah, rather than risk finding a connection in the port of almirante
06:12dylan and jackie opt for a package deal transfer of boat and bus to boquette in the western highlands
06:20We could get a quicker ferry but then it's a bit risky juggling buses
06:24Which are not that regular over there from what I can gather also it might be more expensive that rain as well
06:29So it makes more sense to wait for three hours. I think it's smart to save money. We could speed up later
06:37While the leaders sit tight
06:40That's where we're headed
06:43Having departed half an hour behind them and now on their tails siblings roman and harley moon
06:49This is our last time for a proper like cultural adventure. Do you know what I mean? Yeah
06:54Roman found the first few legs quite stressful and I really felt like I had to look after him a lot
06:59But on the last leg he's been quite calm. So I hope he
07:04Realises it is fun as well. We're gonna have to get the boat from panama. So
07:10Mandigua is a tiny island in the direction of colombia, which is good. Yeah
07:15It is home to a single
07:17Goona family. I mean the only thing is is I'm an arsenal fan. I like Gooners
07:21I think we can live in our own bubble at times and traveling somewhere and seeing what their version of life is
07:29I think it offers
07:30Perspective the faster we can get to panama city the better
07:35Seeking and off the beaten track experience while staying race focused
07:40Roman and harley moon plan to head via panama city straight to gunayala
07:44Ali look jackie and dylan we see them. Yeah, so what's the fastest way to panama city? Yeah
07:54I was hoping not to see another team. Yeah
07:56So our best bet is to get to almirante. Yes, and then get the bus to panama. Yeah
08:02Let's just get off this island. We got two tickets
08:08They're getting on the boat
08:11I don't think we should be stressed by it. Yeah, we shouldn't sweat about that
08:16Why are they not getting on this boat off the island? I can still see them. Why are they not getting off? Give them away
08:23Poodles
08:25Bye
08:26Adios Roman and Harley
08:28We'll see you in Median
08:31I hope
08:32Technically that was like we're ahead of the team at first. Yeah
08:36Here we go router mass rapid up
08:39Got it. Yep one two three
08:41As the siblings make a quick getaway
08:45Just 12 minutes behind them. So my instinct is
08:49We take a job. Anita and bal eager to find ways to preserve their budget
08:54Worker shift at rocks is in boca chica down here. Yeah, and
08:59Then you're by the main roads to get to panama city
09:02panama is mega bucks
09:05And so saving money is definitely part of the strategy because we know we're going to probably need as much as we can for when we get
09:11to colombia
09:12anita's plan
09:14Working at a b&b to save an accommodation in the cherokee province en route to the capital
09:20almirante
09:21muchas gracias
09:28The first team to arrive on the mainland
09:33Roman and harley moon searching for a bus straight to panama city
09:37Six p.m
09:39Six p.m
09:40Six p.m
09:41Six p.m
09:41Six p.m
09:43It's direct
09:53That's a bus
09:54Should we get that
09:55We can't wait till 60
09:56Yeah
09:57Yeah, let's do it
09:58Yeah
09:59With no direct bus departure for seven and a half hours,
10:03the siblings head to a nearby transport hub
10:05in search of an earlier connection.
10:07Come on, David, my sweetheart, give us some luck, give us some faith.
10:13Do you reckon Dylan and Jackie made it off the island yet?
10:18Do-do-do-do.
10:21Having finally reached Almaranti port by boat,
10:25mother and son are still waiting for their bus to depart
10:28for Bocchetti.
10:29Where are you guys from?
10:30Like London area?
10:32Yeah.
10:32Like England?
10:33Yeah, yeah.
10:33Cool.
10:34In Medellin, we did the boat to San Blas.
10:37Don't do it like that, okay?
10:38The waves were like three metres tall.
10:41Oh, my gosh.
10:42People were crying, dogs were barking.
10:44No.
10:45People were throwing up.
10:46It was intense.
10:48We're going to Colombia.
10:49We might be doing that.
10:52Yeah, thank you.
10:53And you enjoy as well.
10:55Yeah.
10:55I was crying, she said.
10:59Yeah.
11:00Oh, God.
11:05Right now, the buses are ready.
11:07Okay.
11:07This way, please.
11:09Gracias.
11:09So we got going at most six hours ago.
11:12Yeah, slow stop.
11:14Makes you wonder whether where we're going is a bit in the middle of nowhere.
11:17That's why there's not such a regular bus service.
11:21Hopefully, we can make up the ground and finish strong.
11:25We'll stay positive.
11:26Yeah.
11:26Stay positive.
11:28How are you doing, sir?
11:29You okay to take us to the terminal?
11:31Yeah.
11:31Excellent.
11:33Just arriving off the boat into Almirante, Molly and Tyler.
11:37Swift start.
11:39With a seven-hour gap to close, they're on a dash to the bus station.
11:42Hopefully get an overnight bus.
11:45To Panama City.
11:46To Panama City.
11:46And then grab a boat into Colombia.
11:49Yeah.
11:51Is there a direct bus to Panama City?
11:53Let me see.
11:54It's in my space.
11:56Oh.
11:57Thank you, ma'am.
11:58He's going to check if there's space on the bus.
12:00That's great.
12:02Yeah, I have space to Panama Direct.
12:04From here?
12:04Yes, from here.
12:05Oh, man.
12:06Yeah, you have luck.
12:08That bus reaching about 5 o'clock in the morning.
12:10Yeah, perfect.
12:11Yeah, perfect.
12:11Yeah, perfect.
12:12Yeah, amazing.
12:13This is good.
12:17This is awesome, man.
12:20You are the best, man.
12:22Thank you, sir.
12:2311 hours of travel over halfway across the country, and it's a nice accommodation.
12:29There you go.
12:30Get the bus.
12:30Get the bus.
12:31Get the bus.
12:35Yes.
12:36This is going to help us catch up majorly to the other teams.
12:40This is the redemption leg for us.
12:43This is catch up leg.
12:44Yeah.
12:45Taking the bus Roman and Harley Moon passed on earlier, Molly and Tyler are making a 600
12:51kilometer overnight leap to Panama City.
12:56I feel like tomorrow morning, this is basically like a level playing field.
13:00We need to just continue this energy.
13:02We can't take our foot off the gas.
13:06Look at the skyscrapers.
13:07First time we've seen skyscrapers this entire trip.
13:09After successfully securing a connection in David, the siblings are the first team into
13:14the capital.
13:15I'm quite impressed by Panama City.
13:17Yeah.
13:19Towering over the Pacific, the Wall Street of Central America, one of the region's wealthiest
13:25cities.
13:26It's become a magnet for millionaire migration.
13:28It really feels like we're in the U.S.
13:31I have a feeling it's going to be U.S. prices.
13:35In a way, you're a bit gutted to not spend time in a nice city, but on our budget...
13:40I don't think we can afford to stay here.
13:44Hola.
13:44Oh, lift.
13:46What?
13:47We haven't had a lift in ages.
13:49This is very modern.
13:51Oh, yeah.
13:52Electricity and everything.
13:54I feel quite good about our progress today.
13:55We've pretty much covered half of the country in a day.
13:59We're about to cross the Guna Yala.
14:03I don't know much about the Darien Gap, but it doesn't sound safe.
14:08There's moments in this race where we've both decided we will not tell our mum about it,
14:13and this might be one of those moments.
14:15It's got such a nice feeling about it here.
14:27You have holler monkeys every morning.
14:28You are here?
14:29Yes.
14:32Okay, coming this way.
14:34We have the guests today around here already.
14:36Ah, nice.
14:37If you can give me the hand and put those on the tables.
14:39For everybody?
14:40Same for everybody?
14:41Yes, exactly.
14:42450 kilometers west from Panama City,
14:45and sitting on the gulf of Cherokee National Marine Park,
14:49the small fishing village of Boca Chica.
14:52This is going to be the best tour she's ever seen in life.
14:56Anita and Bal are working to pay off last night's accommodation at Roxy's B&B.
15:01This looks so delicious.
15:04Buenos dias.
15:05There we go.
15:07And one for the little boat.
15:08Right.
15:09This is ready to go.
15:11Who hasn't had breakfast yet?
15:14You're emptying them.
15:15Yep.
15:15I'll watch them.
15:18Look at Dad.
15:18He's washing the dishes.
15:20He's really good at that.
15:21He's so cute.
15:22Oh, my God.
15:23We'll have these done in minutes.
15:25He's such a hard worker.
15:26I want to keep it longer.
15:29There we go.
15:30You were really helpful for us.
15:32I want to show you the area.
15:33That would be amazing.
15:37This village is just 200 people.
15:41I had the experience from Costa Rica that I used to run hotels.
15:45I'm like, I can't start a bed and breakfast by myself.
15:47My place is running by girls.
15:49All women.
15:50Just women.
15:51Wow.
15:52They have their own families, but no husbands.
15:54Single women.
15:55I told them, I can teach you some English.
15:57You can run a place with me together.
16:00We have to empower women in a small village like this.
16:02I just want them to know how valued they are.
16:06That is special for me.
16:07This is the dream, Roxy.
16:09You're amazing.
16:11I feel like I'm being told something myself, right?
16:14That there are things that I'd like to do.
16:20There's been a bit of a change in my life in the last couple of years.
16:24Come on, Dad.
16:24Let's have a little meander before we have to get on it again.
16:28Becoming single in my mid-40s is huge.
16:31A lovely cove.
16:33Wow.
16:34Not a soul here.
16:37Growing up, there was so much expectation that you must get married and have children.
16:42And so now, it's not just a process of letting go of a past life.
16:46It's also an embracing of a new one.
16:50I've been in a bit of a funk.
16:52But what I saw in Roxy is what I know I have in myself.
16:56Drive, tenacity.
16:58Master your strength.
16:59Before, there was always this pressure that I had to keep everyone happy.
17:05But now, this whole trip is making me think, there's so much that I want to do.
17:10It's like a sense of liberation, Dad.
17:12As a woman, but particularly as a South Asian woman, I really enjoy how powerful it feels to be able to choose to live the life I want to.
17:24And actually, I had my dad's support.
17:26Maybe I have sacrificed having a family, but I'm okay with that.
17:32And this trip has opened up my eyes about Ramon.
17:35About you, how you feel and how you think.
17:37Do you ever worry about me, Dad?
17:39We sometimes say, oh, who's she with? Is she by herself?
17:42Because she feels lonely.
17:44And that's why we sometimes phone you up and say, come on, sit with us.
17:47We don't want to feel lonely. That's all.
17:49I'm not lonely, so don't worry about me being lonely.
17:53I'm good. I'm very happy.
17:54Yeah, because you're sticking with me now.
17:55I know, Dad.
17:57This is incredible.
18:09We made it.
18:11Panama City, early doors.
18:14Arriving into the capital after their overnight bus, Molly and Tyler.
18:18We've had a toilet wash.
18:20Yes.
18:21We smell fresh-ish.
18:22We smell fresh-ish.
18:23And we need to find where we can get this ticket.
18:26To the Gunayala Islands.
18:28Yeah.
18:28The only way for tourists to get safely to Colombia without flying
18:32is to take a 4x4 transfer from the capital to the Panamanian coast,
18:37followed by a boat journey through Gunayala to the border.
18:42In here.
18:43Let's go.
18:46Hola.
18:47We're trying to cross-bird the Gunayala to get into Colombia.
18:51Habla ingles poquito.
18:53No.
18:53Le voy a dar un teléfono.
18:57Gracias.
18:59Hola.
18:59Hola.
19:00Hola.
19:01Can you please take us to Gunayala?
19:03Sure.
19:04Thank you very much.
19:05I can do that.
19:07And how much will it cost?
19:09A price?
19:10Yeah.
19:11It's $155 per person.
19:17$155 per person?
19:18Yeah.
19:19You pay me directly, $155 each.
19:23Okay.
19:23And that's the best price.
19:25That's the best price.
19:26Wow.
19:27That is absolutely spend dog.
19:32God.
19:34Right.
19:37My life savings have just gone.
19:38That is basically our whole leg budget.
19:46Yeah.
19:47That's the most expensive thing we've paid for.
19:50There's nothing we can do.
19:52Oh, we're such a curve for.
19:53I mean, thank God we saved, but we can spend that money.
19:57To reach the port, a 120-kilometre journey that winds around the sandblast mountains to the Guna coast.
20:11We are in the sticks, man.
20:15And there's nothing but jungle.
20:17Mm-hmm.
20:18It makes you think how hard it is to get to the border and the coast.
20:23What the Darien Gap is actually like and how it's so inaccessible.
20:27Yeah.
20:28Trying to go through this any other way would be a wild journey.
20:33There's just so much bush.
20:36This is boss-level winding road.
20:39This is Helter Skelter, Salt Park.
20:46Right.
20:47Don't be sick in the car, basically.
20:49Now he's said it.
20:50No, you don't, honey.
20:53Imagine what a ball, like, tarmac in this is.
20:57Let's go.
21:00Let's go.
21:01Oh.
21:06Are you the captain?
21:07Yeah.
21:08Captain.
21:09Oh, okay.
21:10This boat?
21:11Yeah.
21:12Oh.
21:14It's absolutely tiny.
21:16This boat is safe, right?
21:17Yeah.
21:18Is it fast boat?
21:19Yeah.
21:19Yeah.
21:19Excellent.
21:21That's what we need right now.
21:24Let's go to the island.
21:27Passage through the Gunayala is limited to daylight hours only.
21:31It's got a bit of oomph.
21:33Oh, my God.
21:34Thank God this seat's got a bit of cushion.
21:36Nighttime presents the danger of rough seas and shallow reefs, as well as an increased risk of cartel activity.
21:46This is the toughest journey at sea of the biggest waves I've ever seen in my life.
21:54Oh, Lord of mercy right now upon our souls.
22:00You have to have a strong stomach first.
22:03Whoa.
22:05It's proper pirate life, please.
22:07I thought we paid for a luxury cruise.
22:11Whoa.
22:14You okay?
22:15I'm a bit uneasy right now, I'd say.
22:18I'm not living my best life, you know?
22:21Oh, you'll be okay.
22:23I thought you were holding on to me, and I realised you were just holding the money belt.
22:27Yeah.
22:28Keep that precious.
22:29Fighting for my life against these waves, and you're worried about the bloody money belt.
22:34Whoa.
22:35This is proper adventure.
22:38Woo!
22:46Going at a less urgent pace...
22:49Oh, see that blue?
22:50Oh, my gosh, it's coming towards us.
22:52It's blue.
22:54Dylan and Jackie are exploring the highlands of western Panama.
23:00Holly and Roman are definitely ahead of us, but are they experiencing anything like this?
23:04We don't know.
23:06Hidden away deep in the cloud forest...
23:08Oh, wow.
23:10..the Haguata waterfall.
23:14Look at this guy.
23:16No way.
23:17Locals and travellers come to swim in its clear pools, and for the brave, the opportunity to jump from its eight-metre-high ledge.
23:26I'd be so scared.
23:27Dad would be straight in the water now.
23:30We'd make a big splash.
23:32Oh, my gosh.
23:36Let's go to the kiddie pool.
23:39That's more our speed.
23:40Well, that's divine.
23:41I feel like I'm close to heaven or something.
23:52I think through losses I have, I feel closer to them when I'm in those moments of serenity and beauty.
24:03That's amazing.
24:05When I was 22, I met my first husband.
24:08I was due to have James, my first son, on the 19th of December, and on the 21st of December, there was a knock at the door, and there was two fluorescent jackets.
24:23They said, we just want to let you know that your husband has been knocked over by a car and killed instantly.
24:35I had James, and I found it very difficult on my own.
24:42I eventually got my act together and got on in life and coped, and I met Barry, who I married.
24:50I've never swum near a waterfall before.
24:55It's so clear, the water.
24:57It is, isn't it?
25:00We had Cameron, and then ten and a half months later, Dylan came around, so I had three little boys under three.
25:07It was absolute chaos.
25:13Are you missing Dad?
25:14Yeah, I am.
25:15But I actually think Dad not being here has made me push the boundaries of me as a person and made me grow.
25:23Yeah.
25:23Because I've always relied on Dad to do things for me.
25:27Exactly.
25:27We've had our little moments of braveness on our own.
25:31It's cemented our bond even more, and we support each other with James and things, you know?
25:37And it's been tough.
25:41Losing two people very close in my life definitely has changed me as a person.
25:48When James had gone, I was internalising it, trying to be brave and put brave face on for boys.
25:54It took me a while to be strong again, but I've had to be strong as a mother to my boys.
26:04I just want to say thank you so much for everything, and it needs a lot.
26:08Of course I do.
26:09I just don't think about it.
26:11I just would always help you and love you and protect you.
26:15Yeah.
26:16And I want to protect you now, you know?
26:18I want to protect you and just, yeah, like, you deserve the world.
26:23You're the best mum, man.
26:25I don't think I'm the best mum.
26:26No, you are.
26:27You are.
26:29I'm really proud of the way you've grown up.
26:32And probably you don't need me anymore now.
26:35I know.
26:36I always need my mum.
26:38I always need mama.
26:44Oh, my gosh.
26:47That is the most beautiful sand I've ever seen in my life.
26:52After over an hour at sea, Molly and Tyler are making a pit stop.
26:57We've got to jump off on here.
26:59It's too special not to.
27:07Gunayala is made up of a narrow strip of shoreline on the fringes of the Darien Gap,
27:12as well as more than 350 islands in the crystal clear waters of the Caribbean.
27:19How on earth did ants get here?
27:22That's crazy.
27:23They're so crafty.
27:26Babe, look at this.
27:28Oh, that's another level.
27:29Isn't it?
27:30Wow.
27:32Follow us.
27:34What?
27:35Oh, piss off.
27:36You idiot.
27:37You absolute idiot.
27:39After the Spanish colonised Colombia in the 1500s,
27:43the Guna population gradually migrated towards the Sandblast Islands,
27:48eventually renaming the region Gunayala.
27:51There are no luxury hotels or resorts,
27:54and outsiders are banned from owning property.
27:57I've literally never, ever in my life been somewhere this remote.
28:03I don't quite get it.
28:06Yeah.
28:07Roman and Harley Moon are docking on the 168-metre-long Mandingua Island.
28:14Let's go say hello.
28:15Wild.
28:16They're staying with the Tejada family,
28:19who have lived here for generations,
28:21along with their menagerie of dogs, chickens and pigs.
28:25Hola.
28:26Si, Jean-Fla, much pleasure.
28:27Much pleasure.
28:28Welcome to your house.
28:29Welcome to the order.
28:31Ah.
28:32What's my name?
28:34It's called Orion.
28:35Orion.
28:39Here is the name of Gunayala.
28:44Yes, Gunayala.
28:45Is it correct?
28:45Yes.
28:46Sorry about my Spanish name.
28:48Gunayala is for us, Tules.
28:50Yes.
28:51Aborigines.
28:52Yeah.
28:52Yala is all this mountain.
28:54in London my football team named Gunas.
29:01Yes, yes, yes.
29:04It's us and all, it's Gunas.
29:08They are my family.
29:11Gunas is Spanish or no?
29:14No, it's a maternian dialect.
29:17It's my family.
29:19Gunas is Spanish or no?
29:22No, it's a maternian dialect.
29:25Aprender is easy.
29:27Anay, friend, friend.
29:29Yes, Anay.
29:31You are my friend, Anay.
29:33Anay, in English, it's mate.
29:35Mate?
29:36Mate.
29:37I feel so far from home being on this island,
29:41but it's nice to be in a family environment, to be honest.
29:45There's a wolf here.
29:48W-S-Y-C.
29:51Very good.
29:52Muy bien, muy bien.
29:54Hermana es el nombre, Harley Moon.
29:58Harley Moon.
29:59Harley Moon, sí.
30:03I think I'm very much in love with you, pig.
30:07If I stay here for the rest of my life with this pig and Roman,
30:10we'd probably do OK.
30:12All right, then.
30:1835 kilometres ahead, Molly and Tyler are the closest team to Colombia,
30:23but with boats restricted from travel after dark,
30:26they're bedding down on Isla de Pinos.
30:29Sunset on an island.
30:33We've smashed it.
30:35It's actually blowing my mind that we've been travelling for 27 hours,
30:40so it feels like a massive weight lifted to be on this island.
30:45What?
30:46Miles.
30:47They've got hammocks.
30:48OK.
30:49Hola.
30:50Can we stay here?
30:51Yeah.
30:52OK.
30:54Well, there's a touch.
30:55See, this is it.
30:56I can do this.
30:57This is vibes.
30:58This is true island living.
30:59What is that?
31:00Is that an ant?
31:01This is the first night I've ever spent in a hammock in my whole entire life.
31:19Molly's hammock is nicely protected with a mosquito net.
31:24My mosquito net is on me like it's my wedding day.
31:28There's no lights.
31:29There's no electricity.
31:31There's just the sounds of the waves and the sun that's going to wake us up.
31:35And that's quite actually special but scary at the same time.
31:38But this is the most we've ever felt alone.
31:43How are you doing, Miles?
31:44Not great.
31:45Yeah.
31:46You're protected though, isn't it?
31:47Not really.
31:54Over on Mandiangwa Island.
32:06It's harder than it looks.
32:15This has actually been a really special place for us to stop.
32:19There's not a TV, there's not a radio.
32:23It's just animals and family.
32:26I think coming to places like this are really good for people like me, you know,
32:30who sometimes can get lost in our own world.
32:33What's so funny is that you could feel like you're in the middle of nowhere
32:36but you'll still find siblings performing for guests.
32:40Yeah, we used to do it.
32:41It just reminds me of us singing Craig David.
32:45Doing dance routines.
32:46Shaggy wasn't me.
32:48Gracias, amigos.
33:06Hola.
33:07Gracias.
33:08Dylan and Jackie are the last team to depart Panama City for Colombia.
33:12Quanta Cuesta.
33:14$310.
33:15$50.
33:18So, $155 each.
33:21$300.
33:22Yeah, okay.
33:23Well, we'll just have to play.
33:25That's a lot of money.
33:27Kind of looking forward to leaving Panama now because of so much expenses.
33:33One step ahead of them, Anita and Bal.
33:37Ready.
33:39To Pile.
33:40Setting off on a crossing that can take as long as eight hours.
33:43Whee!
33:45It's a little bumpy.
33:46A bit bumpy, yes.
33:48But very good fun.
33:49Good job.
33:50Well, we like rollercoasters.
33:51We do love a rollercoaster.
33:52In an ideal world, we get to check point tonight.
33:58Yeah.
33:59Let's hope it's a quick, smooth trip.
34:01But I have no idea how long the journey is.
34:03Maybe three or four hours, I don't know.
34:06Fingers crossed.
34:07Yeah, yeah.
34:09At the front of the park, Molly and Tyler.
34:17Do you feel like jumping back into the race?
34:20Not just yet.
34:23Oh, look at that.
34:25That's a proper traditional fisherman.
34:28I could catch a fish.
34:30Have you ever been fishing?
34:31I've never been fishing, but that don't matter.
34:33It's about mindset.
34:34Okay.
34:36Buenos dias.
34:38My bro.
34:39Can you show me how to fish?
34:41You teach me.
34:42Okay, let's go.
34:44The Guna people live as their ancestors did.
34:47Farming and fishing sustainably in Ulus, handcrafted wooden canoes.
34:53Como te llamas?
34:55Tameleo.
34:56Me llamo Tayla.
34:58Right, I'm going to give this a go.
35:00Come on then.
35:02Fishing is the least South London thing I could ever imagine myself doing.
35:08I never knew what it was like to grow up in, like, a nuclear household.
35:12My mum brought me and my brother up on her own.
35:15She's done everything for us.
35:16You just gotta drag it.
35:20I never knew what it was like to not see my mum work multiple jobs.
35:24Come on, Tayla.
35:25We want to be able to say, caught a fish.
35:28My mum would take us out and we'd go to, like, the supermarket at, like, midnight.
35:31She would say, we're gonna play a game.
35:32Who can find the cheapest dinner?
35:34And at the time, me and my brother are running around like, yeah, we're running wild in the aisles.
35:37Like, it's like supermarket sweet.
35:39And then we'd go home for whatever we could afford and then she'd make the dinner and then she'd tuck us in and then just...
35:44The reality of that situation is that she was struggling, but she never let up.
35:48Oh!
35:49Oh, my God!
35:50Molly!
35:52Molly!
35:53What?
35:54I caught a fish!
35:55Yay!
35:57Come on!
35:59Oh, my gosh.
36:00I'm holding a fish.
36:01I'm holding a fish!
36:03Yes!
36:04I knew we could do it.
36:06Oh?
36:08Oi!
36:09This is so good.
36:10Honestly.
36:11Muchas gracias.
36:13Molly Rayford!
36:15She's gonna have to marry me, isn't she?
36:18How many fish you got?
36:19What?
36:20Five.
36:21Breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks.
36:23That's all I was talking about.
36:25I'm proud of you.
36:27It was actually really special because, like, I've never had that growing up.
36:32Like, going out, learning how to fish and stuff like that.
36:34And it's one thing that I know, as a dad, one day I would love to be able to take my kids out and say,
36:40hey, come on, let's go fishing.
36:42I feel on top of the world.
36:44I feel on top of the island.
36:50You go every day?
36:52Every day.
36:53Yes.
36:54Roman is also throwing himself into the Guna way of life.
36:57Joining Senor Blas to collect food supplies from his farm on the mainland,
37:02where plantain fields line the coast.
37:13We're the first?
37:14Yes.
37:15Wow.
37:16There's snakes here.
37:25Just like that he's got the knife and I've got the handbag.
37:30This feels like a proper step into the jungle.
37:36This is hard work.
37:37These plantains are not light either.
37:40It's a really nice feeling.
37:42You're not thinking about anything and you've just got a job to do.
37:46It is kind of a nice break from your own brain, I guess.
37:51You know, there's been moments in my life where I didn't even want to be here anymore.
37:54And things like this just make me think, if I had made different decisions, I never would have seen this.
38:02And I never would have experienced this and I never, you know.
38:06Yeah.
38:08It shows that there's stuff worth living for.
38:11You know.
38:20It was a bad time in my life.
38:27I remember one moment in particular where it was really bad.
38:31I just remember my mum passing the phone to Harley and Harley trying to just talk to me.
38:39Just to, I guess, distract me and keep me on the phone so that my mum could get in the car and drive to me.
38:47I don't know if I ever actually have spoken to Harley about that call.
38:51I don't think we've ever really been ready to have that conversation.
38:55It's hard to talk about, man.
38:57It's really hard.
39:00What I do know is that conversation between my mum and Harley might have saved my life on that day.
39:20That was hard.
39:22We walked about an hour into the jungle.
39:24What was it like?
39:26I'm not used to doing stuff that removes me from everything.
39:32Yeah.
39:34But it did make me think, though.
39:36Because, obviously, you know that I've had moments in my life where I just feel like I didn't really want to be here anymore.
39:43Yeah.
39:45What's upset you?
39:51No, nothing.
39:53It's just hard because, like, we had that day where it was really bad.
39:58For me.
39:59The more that I think about it and I realise that it was you on the phone to me and...
40:04Until mum got there.
40:07I can't even remember what the conversation was.
40:22But I knew that I was safe if I stayed on the phone.
40:24And I feel bad because I never really said thanks for that.
40:31That was...
40:33Come on.
40:35We just want you to be OK.
40:40No, I appreciate it so much.
40:45I'm so sorry that I put you guys through that.
40:48It was OK.
40:50I just want you to be happy, right?
40:52You don't need to say thanks.
40:54Yeah, I know.
40:57I don't want to feel like that ever again and I don't think I will.
40:59I'm sorry that I don't tell you enough that I love you.
41:05I love you, too.
41:22We've never had that conversation before.
41:25It's nice to hear him say I love you, but I know he loves me.
41:29When someone has had episodes of really bad mental health, I think you'll always worry about them.
41:36And I was worried about him coming out here.
41:39And...
41:41He's really turned it around and he's doing great.
41:44And I'm really proud of him.
41:48It feels really freeing to have the conversation because...
41:51Now there's...
41:53There's nothing lingering.
41:55We're kind of a clean slate again.
41:57And I think this place will always kind of be special to Harley and I.
42:02All right.
42:03Let's get back on the boat.
42:05It's one of those places you want to take one last look.
42:08I know.
42:14Can you get in?
42:16Yes.
42:17Right, back to it.
42:18Aw.
42:20Aw.
42:22That was amazing.
42:28All four teams are now back at sea.
42:31But with Colombian immigration closing before dusk, there's urgency to get to the border.
42:39We will get there.
42:41We will.
42:43Oh, my gosh.
42:45He's going into boy racer mode now.
42:48What's going on?
42:50Senor?
42:51Uh, why have we stopped?
42:53Let's stop.
42:55Until when? What time?
42:57No more.
42:58It's getting dark.
43:00No, sir, you don't know.
43:03This is it.
43:05They're sleeping overnight.
43:07Anita and Bal have travelled as far as they can safely before night falls.
43:11We've been deserted on a desert island.
43:16The adventure continues.
43:1870 kilometres behind...
43:21I haven't seen the Colombian flag yet.
43:23Mother and son are also dropping anchor.
43:28All right, let's go figure out how to get to Medellin.
43:31Hola. English?
43:33English?
43:35We're looking to get to Medellin.
43:39Colombia.
43:40DC.
43:43Long way away.
43:44Long way.
43:45We're not in Colombia?
43:46No.
43:47Panama.
43:48Panama still.
43:53Okay.
43:55All right.
43:56I thought we were in Colombia.
43:57I thought...
43:58Well...
43:59Okay.
44:03I don't understand where the heck we are.
44:07Hola. Hello. English?
44:08Yes.
44:09Hi.
44:10Where are we?
44:11I could stop Panama.
44:12Yeah.
44:13So you're right here.
44:14Here.
44:15Oh.
44:16Okay.
44:17Okay.
44:18So we're trying to get to Medellin.
44:20Medellin.
44:21Oh, Colombia.
44:22Yeah, but we don't know how to get to Colombia.
44:24You've got to first get the shore.
44:26All right.
44:27We're on an island, are we?
44:28How did you guys get here?
44:29Well, we got here by boat, but we have no idea.
44:34Dylan and Jackie are still in Gunayala on Nargana Island, 170 kilometres from the Colombian border.
44:43We're going to figure this out.
44:45It is brain rattling that we landed here and it's not where we thought it was.
44:52And we don't know how the heck to get to Colombia, but I'm going to try and keep positive.
44:57Okay.
44:58Hello.
44:59Colombia, see?
45:00Okay.
45:01What time does it go?
45:02Hello.
45:03You sleep today.
45:04You sleep here.
45:05It stays here today?
45:07Okay.
45:10We might be a bit screwed.
45:12We're in the final country.
45:21Oh, my days.
45:23We made it.
45:24This is nuts.
45:28Molly and Tyler are the first team to land on Colombian shores.
45:34We made it by the skin of our teeth because immigration is literally just closed.
45:40So, someone's looking down at us.
45:43We've just got to get through Colombia now.
45:45Okay.
45:47This looks like a hostel.
45:51On the other side of the border.
45:53Oh.
45:54Hola, buenos.
45:55Para frontera.
46:01Mañana?
46:02Ocho.
46:038 o'clock.
46:048 o'clock.
46:05Oh, okay.
46:06Okay.
46:07Great.
46:09We literally got here just after five o'clock.
46:11So, we just missed the stamp out time, which is a bit gutting.
46:15So, we'll have to get at it tomorrow.
46:17It's going to be a big day tomorrow.
46:20We'll just be there as early as possible.
46:21I want to be at the front of that queue.
46:23Yeah.
46:27Hola.
46:28Gracias.
46:29Gracias.
46:30Farthest away, stuck on Nargana Island, Dylan and Jackie have secured a room for the night.
46:38This past couple of days has completely annihilated our budget now.
46:43We're going to have to be canny and careful to get to the end.
46:46I had no idea how difficult doing the race was going to be.
46:51The confusion of, are we in Colombia? Are we in Panama? That was, yeah, quite a tough pill to swallow.
46:59We were almost at breaking point there.
47:02But, yeah, we're just trying our best to power through.
47:05We still don't know how many hours we've got to go to get to Colombia.
47:14We have no idea where we are.
47:16A desert island in the middle of nowhere.
47:19However, tomorrow I am switching into another gear.
47:24Whatever it takes, I'm going to get us to the checkpoint tomorrow.
47:30All right, here we go.
47:33Night, Dad.
47:34All right.
47:39Oh, I hope you don't snore tonight, Dad.
47:41I don't snow.
47:42You have these tiny little snores.
47:45Shush, I do not snore.
47:48Stop fibbing about me.
47:50Shush, shush, Dad.
48:04There's an 8am boat. Let's get it.
48:06Gracias.
48:12We're back on a boat.
48:15Still a bit bumpy.
48:16It's all right.
48:17But it's better.
48:18I had a good feeling about today.
48:20Teams have one last boat trip across the Gulf of Urabah.
48:24From here, they can head directly by road to the checkpoint.
48:30This is moving pretty quick.
48:32If we get to the end of the segment first, it would have been worth it.
48:35Just to taste it, at least once.
48:39What, do you agree?
48:40Yeah, I'm up.
48:41Diving at immigration, Anita and Bal looking to close the gap.
48:46Is the border crossing, is this?
48:48Let's get our passport stamped and let's get into Colombia.
48:5160 kilometres behind.
48:54Feels like Panama's not letting us go.
48:57Whoa, look at that.
49:00No way.
49:01Bloody hell.
49:02Look at those lungs.
49:04That's amazing.
49:05Yeah.
49:07Makes the journey all worth it.
49:12Goodbye, Panama.
49:13Take three.
49:15Finally reaching dry land.
49:17We're here.
49:19Two teams now on the home straight.
49:22That was a quick boat.
49:23No, I'm a bit windswip.
49:24Get our bags and find the bus station.
49:27Now we need to find a bus.
49:30An express bus.
49:33Oh.
49:34Oh, mate.
49:36Garmin message, what?
49:37Don't send me back the other way.
49:39Due to planned strikes on the approach to Medellin for safety,
49:43teams will be shuttled to Betancourt Airport
49:46and will board the next available flight.
49:49So there's strikes.
49:51On the approach to Medellin.
49:52What does that mean?
49:55Due to rumoured armed attacks in the Antioquia region,
49:58the Colombian police and army are on high security alert.
50:02For safety, teams must fly to make a final approach
50:05to the checkpoint of Medellin.
50:07Oh, no.
50:08This could be a game-changer though, so if the flight's not till this afternoon, we'll all be on it.
50:19Oh, God.
50:20This is getting madder and madder.
50:26I'm kind of sad about having to fly to Medellin because I feel like we were really...
50:31On track and on focus.
50:32...aggressive.
50:33But now it all depends what time the next available flight is.
50:37It could change everything.
50:40Unaware of what lies ahead...
50:42Yahoo!
50:44Point it.
50:45Oh, this is really fun.
50:46Anita and Bal are on the final crossing.
50:49I think it might have broken down.
51:03We're literally five minutes out of the port.
51:05Oh, my God.
51:07We're literally just bobbing around.
51:10I hope another boat doesn't come.
51:12And passes us.
51:13Passes us.
51:14Oh, my God.
51:16What is going on today?
51:18Is there a mechanic aboard?
51:24Keep your eyes peeled for any others.
51:27I just don't want to see any other teams.
51:29Whatever happens, we tried really hard.
51:32And I'm proud of us.
51:36I keep checking out.
51:38That's all I don't know.
51:39There's no big balance.
51:41We are having the nightmare journey, Dad.
51:45After they're set back at sea, Anita and Bal are making up time.
51:49Right.
51:50Let's go find out where these buses go from.
51:53Oh, no.
51:55Due to planned strikes, for safety you will be shuttled tomorrow to Betancourt Airport
52:00and we'll board the next available flight.
52:03They've missed the last flight departing today
52:06and must now wait until tomorrow to continue their race.
52:10Tomorrow.
52:12Wow.
52:14Okay.
52:16I guess we're stranded.
52:19Is that everybody?
52:22Wow.
52:23That's crazy.
52:25No, it's just like a seven minutes.
52:36Two teams have arrived in Medellin.
52:39Home to around two and a half million people.
52:42A model of urban regeneration
52:44and one of Latin America's fastest growing cities.
52:48Lying at its heart.
52:51The fifth checkpoint.
52:52The fifth checkpoint.
52:58Travel to Estacion Aurora Metro Cable.
53:01Take the cable car and await further instructions.
53:05Estacion Aurora Metro Cable.
53:08Come.
53:09Get in the whip skinny.
53:11You need a ride.
53:13Estacion Aurora Metro Cable.
53:15Good afternoon.
53:16Good afternoon.
53:17Good afternoon.
53:19Oh, this is tense now.
53:21I just hope that we've done enough to catch up.
53:23I know.
53:24The meter is on and there is traffic and I'm stressed.
53:27We're actually moving.
53:29I can taste the checkpoint already.
53:31I need to be there.
53:33Okay.
53:34I think this is it.
53:37I don't think there's anything I'm happy about right now.
53:41Absolutely hating this traffic.
53:44We are not moving at all.
53:47I'm nervous.
53:48Feeling quite stressed.
53:49Yeah, I'm stressed.
53:50Because I don't even know where the other teams are.
53:52Can't figure that out.
53:55Oh, it's whizzing.
53:57I don't know where anybody is.
53:58I don't know where I've been about it.
54:00This is scary.
54:01It is scary.
54:02This is a scary checkpoint now.
54:03But you look great when you're focused like this.
54:12This city is ginormous.
54:14It's huge, isn't it?
54:17All the buildings are matching.
54:19You better like your neighbours here because...
54:21Yeah, that's what I was about to say.
54:23How many neighbours you got?
54:25Right.
54:26That's next level.
54:28Locate.
54:31Locate.
54:32Museo.
54:33Museo de Antioquia.
54:36Just get off.
54:38Come on.
54:40Oh, my days.
54:42It's mega busy.
54:44Here we go.
54:46Museo.
54:48Okay.
54:49Let's go.
54:50Let it, let it, let it.
54:52Yes!
54:53Let it go.
54:54That's it.
54:55Museum.
54:57Continue through Provenza and locate the click, clack, click, clack hotel.
55:01Go.
55:02Go.
55:03Let's head that way.
55:04Museo de Antioquia.
55:05You okay?
55:06Yeah.
55:07This is the Provenza.
55:08Where is the click, clack hotel?
55:09No.
55:10No?
55:11Okay.
55:12Keep going, keep going.
55:14Where is it?
55:15Where is this bloody hotel?
55:16This is killing me.
55:17Is that it?
55:18Oh, yeah.
55:19No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
55:21Carolina, yeah.
55:22Click, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack, clack.
55:23Oh, my.
55:24Hello, hello.
55:25Welcome to Medellín.
55:26Okay.
55:27Okay.
55:28Keep going, keep going.
55:29Okay.
55:30Keep going, keep going.
55:31Keep going.
55:32Keep going, keep going.
55:33Where is this bloody hotel?
55:34This is killing me.
55:35Is that it?
55:36No?
55:37Oh, yeah.
55:38No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
55:39Carolina.
55:40Yeah.
55:41Click, clack, clack, clack, clack.
55:42It's up that way.
55:43Go, it's free.
55:44Okay.
55:45Great.
55:46Gracias.
55:47Is that it?
55:48Ah, yeah.
55:49This is it.
55:50Oh, this is it.
55:51Where's the reception?
55:52Welcome to Medellín.
55:54Please sign in.
55:56All right.
55:57Congratulations.
55:58You have successfully reached your fifth checkpoint.
56:01Oh, God.
56:02Please sign in, I believe.
56:03We've done well, all right?
56:04Are you all right?
56:05Ready?
56:06We've done really well.
56:07Ready?
56:08Go.
56:09We did it!
56:10We did it!
56:11Oh, my.
56:12Babe, we did it!
56:13Oh, my.
56:14Oh, my.
56:15Oh, my.
56:16Oh, my.
56:17Oh, my.
56:18Oh, my.
56:19Oh, my.
56:21Why do you keep clapping?
56:22I'm not.
56:23I'm just happy.
56:26No way.
56:27I know we smashed it!
56:29We're first from last.
56:32Finally feels like we have found our feet.
56:35Day 28.
56:371757.
56:38Oh, I'm so proud of us.
56:41This gives us a head start for the final leg. I'm speechless. I'm in shock. Oh
56:50Wow
56:52They've done so well did they catch up well done to them
56:56Second place again. We're always second man. I was actually this this one. I actually thought we had a chance of coming first
57:03well done
57:04That was really tough
57:07Val and anita they're behind us by quite some time. I feel because we haven't seen them and
57:15Jackie and Dylan were first
57:18Not not in sight at all
57:31We've got around 300 left I think
57:36I felt like 36 hours ago. We had about 800
57:43It's gone down so much
57:47But we ain't down yet
57:51Come on, this is what Yorkshire's prepared us for
57:54I feel like I'm in a car chase. After over four and a half thousand kilometres
58:01This journey has been amazing. I will never forget this
58:04And eight countries
58:06We're in the middle of nowhere
58:08Keep your eyes peeled
58:10Seeing you be strong makes me strong
58:12The finish line awaits
58:14We've put ourselves through so much. We have to make it count. We've had highs. We've had lows
58:22But it all comes down to this
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