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00:00:04Oh, my God.
00:00:39Oh
00:00:40My god
00:01:10Palermo where tourists traffic and tradition jostle for space under the Sicilian Sun
00:01:21Swinging between chaos and beauty this Italian city has been conquered more times than any other in Europe
00:01:30Today five teams are setting out to attain a victory of their own
00:01:34That's a view and a half that you know screensaver vibes
00:01:38Descending to the baroque church of San Giuseppe de Teatini
00:01:47Best friends Joe and Kush
00:01:50Looks like a video game
00:01:51Those look like San Andreas
00:01:55I think Scouse is the perfect people to travel
00:01:57We're not shy to like say hello to someone on the street
00:02:01You always say
00:02:02Oh babe
00:02:03See you right there love
00:02:05You have a proper little like
00:02:07There's a little charm about the Scouse or anything
00:02:08I want to swim in the sea look how pretty it is
00:02:11Aw lad
00:02:11On the race we're definitely going to use our Scouse charm to our best ability
00:02:17The timing of the race is like so perfect
00:02:20Because we want one more side
00:02:21Because we're going to come back with so much independence afterwards bro
00:02:25Character build
00:02:26Before we go into the adult world
00:02:28The only thing the other contestants will have over us is experience
00:02:34Winning is our priority
00:02:37However I'm going to be stressed to the max
00:02:40Which is good because I don't stress a lot
00:02:43Like I should be
00:02:45I was packing my bags until like half twelve last night
00:02:48Like literally last last minute
00:02:50Oh nice chaos
00:02:52Things chaos
00:02:53Yeah
00:02:55Also making their way
00:02:57Look at the head
00:02:58Oh my god
00:02:58That's almost as big as yours
00:03:00Wow
00:03:01Katie and her older brother Harrison
00:03:04You see this pace we're walking up
00:03:05Yeah
00:03:06We're going to need to be quicker than this
00:03:08Harrison loves to plan
00:03:09He thrives off planning
00:03:11Like I think it gives him a kick
00:03:13I'm a lot more laid back
00:03:15We can't just go oh we'll go here and then we'll see what happens
00:03:18We could do that actually
00:03:19We could do that but we're not
00:03:20That is a possibility
00:03:21We could
00:03:22We could
00:03:22Oh my gosh look at the mountain
00:03:26You've got to have some sort of planning place to reach your final destination
00:03:29You're not just going to waltz and end up there
00:03:31We might
00:03:32Right okay
00:03:33Well there you go
00:03:34That's why it's
00:03:35That's why it might work and it might not work
00:03:38That's so cute
00:03:39Oh look at the little trinkets
00:03:42Yeah no we're not doing any of this
00:03:43We're not racing
00:03:44I feel like we need these to kickstart morale
00:03:47Wow
00:03:48We've always lived at home together and we do everything together
00:03:52Pubs, football
00:03:53Going for a dance, going for a sing
00:03:55We love going for a sing
00:03:57Yeah
00:03:57Oh wow look at that
00:03:59Oh yeah
00:04:00Wow
00:04:01Throughout our whole lives we've always been there for each other
00:04:05We've lived in 14 different homes which is quite tough but we've always been the one constant in each other's
00:04:12life so I say
00:04:13I'm yet to see a custard cream, one thing
00:04:16Who needs a custard cream when you have cannolis?
00:04:18Yeah
00:04:19Yeah, not custard cream though
00:04:23Buongiorno
00:04:24Buongiorno
00:04:25Welcome to Palermo
00:04:26Okay, grazie
00:04:27The teams must surrender their phones and bank cards
00:04:30Look after these, okay?
00:04:32Yeah, of course
00:04:32This is for you
00:04:34Are you having that?
00:04:36You should probably take that
00:04:37Okay, yep
00:04:38Equipped only with a GPS tracker and a world map
00:04:42Erm
00:04:43Yeah, that's for you as well
00:04:46Arrivederci
00:04:47Arrivederci
00:04:47Thank you
00:04:48Do I need to set them off you as well?
00:04:50Yeah, you probably do
00:04:53Oh look at this
00:04:54You know, it's all tectonic plates
00:04:56So this thing has all been crushed together and pushed up
00:04:58I think that's how the island was formed
00:05:00And this is where Tim Kardashian got married
00:05:05Cruising towards the starting line
00:05:07It might bore you being a geography teacher, just shut me up, okay?
00:05:10Oh yeah
00:05:12Andrew and his eldest daughter Molly
00:05:15I'd be very good if I have to go to a place a second time
00:05:17I'm very good at remembering where to go
00:05:20So what do you want to do, race around the world twice?
00:05:21My problem twice!
00:05:23Can we?
00:05:25We've got the port area, so we must be coming into the land
00:05:29We're from a small town in County Derry
00:05:31Well everybody knows each other
00:05:33Absolutely everybody knows each other
00:05:34Yeah
00:05:35My daddy teaches in the only school in our town
00:05:37It's always, oh you're Mr Clifford's daughter
00:05:39I'll be Clifford's daughter for the rest of my life
00:05:42Absolutely
00:05:43I hope my love of timetables and bus timetables
00:05:46You're so regimented, oh my goodness
00:05:48This could be a problem
00:05:50Molly understands how I operate
00:05:52And understands I have a bit of a control freak
00:05:55I understand her
00:05:56Yeah, sometimes daddy's a bit like his way or the highway
00:05:58So like I'm a junior doctor
00:06:00I'm able to give out antibiotics in a hospital
00:06:02But like I'm not allowed to promote grass
00:06:04Like I'm still a child in his eyes
00:06:06You are still a child
00:06:08Buongiorno
00:06:08This is for you
00:06:10Thank you very much
00:06:11Thank you very much
00:06:12Thank you
00:06:14Gosh look, it looks like a cathedral
00:06:16It is, it's got a cross on the top
00:06:18Ready to race
00:06:19Trainee anaesthetist Pooja
00:06:21And her cousin
00:06:22Software engineer Roshni
00:06:24How are you feeling?
00:06:26You know when you're about to sit your final exam
00:06:28Yeah
00:06:29And you feel like kind of butterflies in your stomach
00:06:33I feel like this is the biggest exam of our life
00:06:35Do you feel it?
00:06:36Yeah but I feel like you've prepped quite a bit
00:06:38Like you've been revising for a while
00:06:40I've done an overnight job
00:06:41Our family
00:06:42Everyone is quite conservative
00:06:44Life is predetermined
00:06:46Like we finished university
00:06:47We both have stable jobs
00:06:49The family's like
00:06:50Right now you need to find a husband
00:06:52Even though you've been told not to talk to guys for 25 years of your life
00:06:55Like go find someone
00:06:56Oh wow
00:06:58Oh that's beautiful
00:07:01Now we just wanna scratch this itch we've had for the last five years
00:07:06We wanna just see the world and explore
00:07:08Shall we say a prayer?
00:07:10Being in the race everything's a bit unpredictable
00:07:12And you don't know what's gonna get thrown at you
00:07:14So it'd be good to see how we deal with it
00:07:19What are you praying for?
00:07:20To come first
00:07:22I just ask my ankles not to break
00:07:24The both of us
00:07:26Hello Mo
00:07:27I always wanted to come here
00:07:28I was here last October
00:07:29I cannot believe it
00:07:30Well you must have an advantage over everyone else
00:07:32Don't get overexcited Mark
00:07:34No chance
00:07:34Completing the line up
00:07:36Retired architect Mark
00:07:38And clinical hypnotherapist Margo
00:07:40So Mark and I are
00:07:42We are chalk and cheese
00:07:43He's very systemised
00:07:45And I'm very random and chaotic
00:07:47These bags are heavy aren't they?
00:07:49No
00:07:49Yes they are
00:07:50No
00:07:50Yes they are
00:07:51I don't even feel it
00:07:52If I'm perfectly honest for a lot of years
00:07:54I just thought he was boring
00:07:55This is fantastic isn't it?
00:07:57Oh my god yes
00:07:58This is yes
00:07:58What scares you the most about the race?
00:08:01Margo
00:08:02That's my first form of transport
00:08:04Good morning
00:08:05Buongiorno
00:08:05Buongiorno
00:08:06Buongiorno signori
00:08:07I got married to Margo's sister
00:08:10Who I first met 40 years ago
00:08:12It seems a bit mad going with your in-law
00:08:15And sometimes I do go
00:08:16What am I doing?
00:08:17So do I
00:08:20Oh my god look at it
00:08:23This is what we might have had
00:08:25If we hadn't had the reformation Margo
00:08:26Yeah
00:08:26We've had a very typical in-law relationship
00:08:29For like nearly 40 years
00:08:31In that
00:08:31There has been a little bit of friction
00:08:33But we worked with each other
00:08:35Caring for my sister Julia
00:08:37Before she passed
00:08:38Three years ago
00:08:39It was Julia's dying wish
00:08:41That I make friends with Margaret
00:08:43And to build on the friendship
00:08:45Which actually formed
00:08:47During that
00:08:47Both caring for her
00:08:50Goodbye
00:08:51Here is the money
00:08:52That's for me
00:08:53Margo can take that
00:08:54Hello
00:08:55Ciao
00:08:56Bye
00:08:56Go
00:09:01Equipped with the essentials
00:09:02Right Molly
00:09:03Are you ready for this?
00:09:04I can't look
00:09:05Time to find out where the race will take them
00:09:07Your final destination is Hatsgal
00:09:10I have never ever heard of Hatsgal
00:09:12I have never heard of Hatsgal
00:09:13I have never heard of Hatsgal
00:09:14Oh what the hell
00:09:16What if we just don't find it?
00:09:17This is the end of our race
00:09:19Thanks for having us guys
00:09:21Hatsgal
00:09:21We're going to Mongolia
00:09:23We are going from here to there
00:09:26What the hell?
00:09:29That's a lot of distance
00:09:30The finish line
00:09:32The finish line
00:09:34Hatsgal
00:09:34On the northern edge of Mongolia
00:09:41To get there
00:09:42Teams will traverse more than 12,000 kilometres
00:09:45Via seven checkpoints
00:09:47At each stop
00:09:49Their next destination is revealed
00:09:52That is crazy
00:09:53It's so close
00:09:54Crossing eight countries
00:09:56Each border
00:09:57A change of language and culture
00:09:59Oh my god
00:10:00There's an eagle
00:10:00This is a journey of extremes
00:10:03From sunny tourist trails and bustling bazaars
00:10:07To sub-arctic snowscapes and nomadic worlds
00:10:10Oh my god
00:10:11You have to see this
00:10:12Good morning
00:10:14They will retrace the Silk Road
00:10:16The trade path forged by centuries of merchants
00:10:19In search of fortune
00:10:21This is an adventure
00:10:24Today
00:10:25A reward awaits once more
00:10:27What if we made it?
00:10:29Every second comes
00:10:30Every second comes
00:10:31For the first team across the finish line
00:10:33£20,000
00:10:34Group of KC
00:10:40Oh my goodness
00:10:41Travel is going to be really challenging
00:10:43Very challenging
00:10:44To reach the finish line
00:10:46£1,297 each
00:10:49The cost of flying the route
00:10:51That is
00:10:53That's not much
00:10:54A very small amount of money
00:10:56What?
00:10:57What is it?
00:11:00£23.16 each per day
00:11:03That is a tight budget
00:11:05How do you say two for one in Italian?
00:11:07That's
00:11:07That's doable
00:11:09It's doable
00:11:09It's going to have to budget hard
00:11:13In central Palermo
00:11:15Beneath its 12th century cathedral
00:11:17I'm actually really nervous I can't lie
00:11:20Same here
00:11:20The start line
00:11:22This is insane
00:11:26Don't lose me Mark
00:11:27Here we go
00:11:29Oh God
00:11:29They're looking fit and young
00:11:31Good to meet you
00:11:31I'm Margot
00:11:32I'm Joel
00:11:33I come from Liverpool
00:11:33Oh no way
00:11:34Whereabouts
00:11:35I'm Mosley Hill
00:11:36I'm from Toxniff
00:11:37No way
00:11:37Our Scouts is there
00:11:39Oh here we go
00:11:40Oh I can see them
00:11:42I think their backpacks are definitely smaller than ours
00:11:44Bit warm isn't it?
00:11:45Just a little bit
00:11:47Ginger
00:11:47I'm dying here
00:11:49Hello
00:11:50Oh
00:11:51Hello
00:11:51Hello
00:11:52Hey guys
00:11:54You alright?
00:11:55No
00:11:55But
00:11:55You're fine
00:11:55Alright
00:11:56Whenever you'll be
00:11:58There's a room for two more
00:12:01Hello
00:12:01Hello
00:12:02How are you?
00:12:03How are you?
00:12:04Will we get this thing started?
00:12:05Yeah
00:12:06It has to start at some time
00:12:07Good luck everybody
00:12:08Good luck
00:12:09Good luck
00:12:15We're going to win
00:12:16I just
00:12:16I believe it
00:12:18Fully
00:12:18Like we are winning this
00:12:20There's no doubt about it in my mind
00:12:23You've got to give it all to win
00:12:24Every little decision matters
00:12:26I think Harrison will take charge
00:12:28Because he's older
00:12:29But I would actually say I'm more street smart
00:12:33We are in it to win it
00:12:34No dirty tricks
00:12:35Or good honest energy
00:12:37I'm not frightened of taking risks
00:12:39No
00:12:39No, I'm not cautious
00:12:40I'm feeling very confident
00:12:42And very determined that we're going to win
00:12:44We're going to absolutely graft
00:12:46Put in blood, sweat and tears
00:12:48I see a journey
00:12:49I see an opportunity
00:12:51To do things
00:12:52Yeah
00:12:52That was never done before
00:13:00Hey good luck everyone
00:13:01Good luck
00:13:01Good luck
00:13:02Yeah
00:13:03Come on
00:13:05This is it
00:13:07Come on
00:13:09We got this
00:13:10Let's go, let's go
00:13:12Sorry
00:13:13You alright
00:13:14Yeah
00:13:19Just let me get my breath running
00:13:22Right
00:13:23Let's figure out exactly where we're going
00:13:25Woo
00:13:27First checkpoint
00:13:29Fiscado
00:13:30I have no idea
00:13:32This is exciting
00:13:33Oh
00:13:34Oh
00:13:35Oh
00:13:35The first checkpoint
00:13:37Fiscado
00:13:38I know where Fiscado is
00:13:40To the east
00:13:41In the wine dark sea of the Ionian archipelago
00:13:44The Greek village of Fiscado
00:13:47Situated on the northern tip of Cephalonia
00:13:49It was once known as Panormos
00:13:52Sheltered harbour
00:13:53Today
00:13:54Flashy yachts and humble fishing boats float side by side
00:13:58And visitors enjoy its neighbouring coves
00:14:01Lush forests
00:14:02And the Venetian architecture at its bustling heart
00:14:07We need to find out where Fiscado is
00:14:10Because it's not on the map
00:14:11Do you know what lad?
00:14:13Train station
00:14:13There might be a stop
00:14:14Called Fiscado
00:14:16Checkpoint
00:14:16We are coming
00:14:19A train to Fiscado would be golden buzzer
00:14:23I don't see Fiscado anywhere
00:14:25No, I don't know what it is
00:14:26You're not sure?
00:14:28I don't think you can go by train there
00:14:29I don't think this place exists
00:14:31It's like Narnia
00:14:35Excusey, do you know where Fiscado is?
00:14:38Oh, it's in Greece
00:14:40Oh
00:14:40It seems to be on an island
00:14:43Brilliant
00:14:43Thank you
00:14:44It's the top of Cephalonia
00:14:46We're looking for Fiscado
00:14:47Oh, it's just to go to Zante
00:14:49California
00:14:50Yeah, Cephalonia
00:14:51Thank you
00:14:52How are we going to get?
00:14:53Off the island
00:14:53Off the island
00:14:55Okay, Posh, get the map out
00:14:57Weighing up their options
00:14:59Pooja and Roshni
00:15:00Right
00:15:01You can catch a ferry from Palermo
00:15:03Straight to Napoli
00:15:04All I know is the Amalfi Coast is ridiculously expensive
00:15:09Buy Naples is potentially quite pricey
00:15:11The other option is buy land
00:15:14It feels like this kind of just curves around into the right place
00:15:18Travelling by sea will propel teams from the heart of Palermo
00:15:22Straight to mainland Italy
00:15:23Reaching distant Naples on long but often costly ferries
00:15:29Or they could travel by land through Sicily
00:15:32Before a short ferry across the Strait of Messina
00:15:35Into the rugged region of Calabria
00:15:37With its budget-friendly travel
00:15:41Once into Puglia
00:15:42The race continues across the Adriatic Sea towards Fiscado
00:15:48It just looks like southern Italy is a bit of a longer route
00:15:51Whereas if we took a ferry straight to Naples it would be more direct
00:15:54And then it looks a lot shorter
00:15:55I know
00:15:55I think when you see a boat you think a bit more expensive
00:15:58Whereas this is so off the beaten track
00:16:01Yep, you're for it
00:16:02Yeah? Yeah? Are you happy with that?
00:16:04Yeah
00:16:04We've got a plan
00:16:06Opting to keep on land
00:16:08The cousins are heading east through Sicily
00:16:11Hoping to avoid pricey transport
00:16:14We're on the west side of the island
00:16:17Working out their first move, Katie and Harrison
00:16:20I think we should go Palermo to Napoli on a boat
00:16:25Yeah, the boat to Napoli could be quite expensive
00:16:27I think we'd have to work
00:16:29Mm-hm
00:16:29To supplement the race budgets
00:16:31Teams are given a directory of local jobs
00:16:34What's this job?
00:16:36The Grand Café
00:16:37Grand Café sounds fancy as
00:16:3910 euros per person per hour
00:16:41It'll pay for accommodation for the night in Napoli
00:16:44Yeah, it would just buy us maybe some quicker transport elsewhere
00:16:48If we had a bit more money as well
00:16:49Yeah
00:16:50I think the race strategies accumulate as much cash we can
00:16:53And obviously spend as little as we can
00:16:55I'm really excited to go to Naples
00:16:57It's one of the homes of football for Italy
00:16:58I'd want to go to Napoli for the football as well
00:17:01I've heard, like, it's a really good atmosphere
00:17:03We don't have a larger amount of cash to start with
00:17:05But I just really want to complete the full race
00:17:07If we're, like, first checkpoint Ian
00:17:0920% of our cash down, I'm going to be panicking
00:17:12So just to earn money in Naples
00:17:13It's going to make me feel a little bit better
00:17:15Let's go
00:17:16Come on! First leg
00:17:17Do it
00:17:1910 years later with the map
00:17:22Would you like a hand?
00:17:23I don't get it
00:17:25Planning a quick getaway across the Tyrrhenian Sea
00:17:28The siblings opt for the culture and cash that Naples provides
00:17:34Could you tell us where the port is?
00:17:36You follow the streets?
00:17:37Follow the streets?
00:17:38Yes
00:17:38And you arrive in the port
00:17:40Very
00:17:41It's beautiful
00:17:41Yeah, okay
00:17:42It is very, very beautiful
00:17:45It's a long road, that
00:17:47How long is it?
00:17:49Long
00:17:50Walking is a free mode of transport
00:17:51So we shall do it
00:17:53I could do it just like a blindfold
00:17:54So I can't see all these apple sprints
00:17:56I know, it's not fair
00:17:57It's a joke
00:17:58It's not fair
00:17:59What's that?
00:18:00One euro for a glass of orange juice?
00:18:02The problem is, when it's that cheap
00:18:04It feels like you can just spend a euro
00:18:05But we generally can't just spend a euro
00:18:07I mean, we'll see
00:18:11We could ask people in the queue, I guess
00:18:13That's true
00:18:14Still trying to locate the checkpoint
00:18:16Joe and Kush
00:18:18Excuse me
00:18:19We're trying to get to this place called Fiskado
00:18:22Do you guys have any idea?
00:18:25Here it says that it's a village in Greece
00:18:27A village in Greece?
00:18:29What?
00:18:29We must be going through this little gap
00:18:31Yeah, Greece is pretty though
00:18:34You have a nice day?
00:18:37See you soon
00:18:38Thank you
00:18:39Thank you
00:18:39Nicely done, my bro
00:18:41So, I think the fastest way
00:18:43Is if we can find a ferry over to Naples
00:18:45I'm sure that we can connect very quick
00:18:47Sort of up, across and down into Greece
00:18:51Sound
00:18:51Let's get to the ferry port
00:18:53And hopefully we can get on the boat overnight
00:18:55As the boys head for Palermo port
00:18:58Trains are here, Molly
00:18:59Oh perfect
00:19:00Tickets this way
00:19:01Andrew and Molly are planning their departure
00:19:03Hello
00:19:04We need two tickets to Messina
00:19:0632 and 16
00:19:08Thank you
00:19:09Thank you
00:19:09Thank you
00:19:11Excuse me
00:19:12Does this go to Messina?
00:19:14Yes
00:19:14Yes
00:19:15Double checking
00:19:17Fingers crossed that we're leaving Sicily tonight
00:19:20Because both of us haven't travelled
00:19:22It's quite important that we prove to ourselves
00:19:24On the first day that we can do it
00:19:26It's my first train in Italy, Molly
00:19:29Yeah
00:19:29You know my love of trains
00:19:30Let's get moving
00:19:32The father and daughter aim to build momentum
00:19:35And reach the mainland by tonight
00:19:37Following the same route as Pooja and Roshni
00:19:42I love Naples
00:19:43Absolutely brilliant place
00:19:45I hate it
00:19:46I loath Naples
00:19:47I've been there quite a few times and I just
00:19:50You enjoyed it?
00:19:50It was brilliant
00:19:52I've been once
00:19:53I just didn't enjoy it at all
00:19:55Caught in deliberation
00:19:57Mark and Margot
00:19:58I don't want to go to big city
00:20:00Okay
00:20:01Okay
00:20:01I would rather go along the coast and go to smaller towns
00:20:05It'd be quite nice to go up here through Pooja
00:20:08Sounds good
00:20:08It's a part of Italy that neither of us have been to
00:20:11Yeah
00:20:11At this stage we're feeling our way in
00:20:14We've got to explore and see where our interests do collide
00:20:17I'd like to see that there's truly
00:20:19They're circular with the stone conical roots
00:20:22Yeah
00:20:23I've always wanted to see them
00:20:24Race wise I don't know if it's the wisest decision
00:20:27But it's speaking to us both isn't it?
00:20:29Absolutely
00:20:30I think we'll go with our heart not with our head
00:20:34Feeling the pull of Pooja
00:20:36They set a course to Italy's east coast
00:20:38In the hope of exploring the region's old world charm
00:20:43Ah!
00:20:44Pulluma Centrale
00:20:45Yeah, here we are
00:20:46Grazie, grazie
00:20:48Sign down there says Porto
00:20:50Yes!
00:20:52With a ferry crossing in their sights
00:20:54Katie and Harrison
00:20:55Free shuttle bus
00:20:57Oh yeah, sound
00:20:58Where were you two hours ago?
00:21:01Buongiorno
00:21:01Can we get two tickets to Napoli, please?
00:21:06125
00:21:09So 62.50 each
00:21:10Just figured it out and that's about 4% of our budget I think gone
00:21:14It's a bit of a tough one to swallow
00:21:16And how long is the boat?
00:21:1825 hours
00:21:18Thank you so much
00:21:19Bradzie?
00:21:20Bradzie
00:21:20I think 12 hours moving is really good progress
00:21:23For day one, we're doing pretty well
00:21:31Selling for the night
00:21:33Got a bite on my face, looks really itchy
00:21:35Like a type of
00:21:36I've got Mount Edna on my face
00:21:39Mount Edna?
00:21:40Edna, that's the one
00:21:41Edna's her cousin
00:21:43Oh it looks like we're moving
00:21:46On the same overnight ferry
00:21:49Joe and Kush
00:21:54Could do with a shower
00:21:55Maybe we could have a dip on
00:21:57Jump off
00:21:57Yeah
00:21:58Get one of the rubber rings and just
00:22:00Float around the back
00:22:02I could really do with a cup of tea and a custard cream
00:22:04You always can do with a custard cream
00:22:07No, but this is like an especially like end of the day
00:22:11This is peak cosy cream in tea time
00:22:14Yeah, I think it'd be three
00:22:16Three cosy creams
00:22:18And three cups of tea
00:22:31So what's up?
00:22:32Talking
00:22:35Having made it across
00:22:36To the mainland last night
00:22:37Two teams are already on the move north
00:22:41Why are we here?
00:22:42To experience
00:22:43Why not stop
00:22:44Somewhere along the way
00:22:46Explore maybe the coast
00:22:47Yeah
00:22:48Do something we've always wanted to do
00:22:50a bit of kayaking maybe see the sea caves and before we make that madash to barry great job
00:22:55all right we've made good time yesterday we made the effort yesterday to reward ourselves
00:23:04perfect look look look look oh that is really nice you can see the whole coast there's been
00:23:10a lot of farmland as well lots of crops that you want to eat just like you know fresh italian
00:23:15tomatoes like cherry tomatoes that taste like grapes that's what i want to eat if mom knew that
00:23:21i was hungry she would totally freak out she'd call 999 and be like my daughter is hungry in italy
00:23:31lounge deck oh this is sea breeze trailing the pack mark and margot are making the short hop to
00:23:39southern italy it's absolutely gorgeous things are fitting into place let's sit here yeah once we
00:23:46get to mainland italy and get a bus all the way to puglia we should be able to get there
00:23:51by this
00:23:51evening after a slow start the pair are skipping the sites of calabria for express travel to puglia
00:24:02oh look at this people are joining in i think it's a flash mob
00:24:09you're gonna join in i'm not tempted at all come on mark i'm not joining in now
00:24:14can we join in yeah i'm not very good i need you near the back margot's very impulsive
00:24:21i'm not quite as brash as margot la la la la what do we do i haven't got the musical
00:24:29beat oh oh if
00:24:31they're turning around i don't know what we're doing on the ferry this is mad
00:24:35it's very margot very much joie de vivre full of life she is
00:24:52naples founded by the greeks as neapolis or new city it's hailed as the birthplace of modern pizza
00:25:00where narrow streets pulse with life and the air echoes with the songs of devoted football fans
00:25:07oh there we go gary baldy baldy gary bro i'm not a biscuit
00:25:15after their overnight ferry two teams have reached the cosmopolitan city yeah we're so good at this
00:25:26i'm getting a ton already but while joe and cush make a swift departure towards the sorrentine peninsula
00:25:36everywhere you look is beautiful katie and harrison have a chance to explore before their shift
00:25:43it's got character you just keep looking up it's just like amazing like i think what it is is
00:25:48everything hanging off the balcony is blown in the wind yeah it's so cute even though it's just
00:25:53people's dirty laundry oh wow just literally everything is maradona everything football's
00:26:01clearly a way of life here i've never seen anyone idolized like this ever like you don't even see
00:26:07religions idolize no like he's beyond the religion it's wild right 40 minutes to our shift should we go
00:26:18right left now we need to get turning a wee bit left left left after 260 kilometers along the
00:26:25calabrian coast andrew and molly's push for momentum pays off with their chance to take to the water
00:26:32on the southern spine of the apennine mountain range maratea is a tectonically active region where
00:26:40black mineral rich sands meet a labyrinth of sea carved caves wow
00:26:49look at the color of the water it's nearly bioluminescence oh my god this is so cool but do you
00:26:57see the
00:26:57pockmarks in the uh limestone yeah i'm a geography teacher i've been doing it for 30 years it's the
00:27:04only job i've done because i love teaching i love the mystery that surrounds caves i feel like i'm a
00:27:11mermaid i daydream about travel all the time in school but i have not seen as much of the world
00:27:17as
00:27:17i'd like definitely not there is only a certain amount you can learn from a photograph because
00:27:22somebody else's photograph hello world we're free when you have kids and you get married and those
00:27:30kind of things dictate to you where you can go and yes maybe a fact of of a bit of
00:27:35fear as well and
00:27:36and it's kind of stopped me from doing a fear of the unknown a bit of a scaredy cat in
00:27:41me at times
00:27:41love to be adventurous but adventures in a kind of in in in quotations ollie this is fab this is
00:27:48so good
00:27:58that's what's going on in naples katie and harrison are embracing the city's famed cafe culture
00:28:09yes okay manchester manchester yeah nice place there yes i'm from naples oh support napoli football
00:28:16yeah yeah and the arsenal i'm super oh manchester united i'm sorry the siblings are sampling a shift
00:28:24at gran cafe gambrinas a neapolitan institution since 1860. hello um just a moment no italiana english
00:28:38no no no no this one this one this one there's so many here okay so many here i know
00:28:45no italian so
00:28:46it's a bit stressful boy i can not licha licha licha i'd much rather just be clearing tables right now
00:28:53dai veloce prendi questo grazie this is a place quite posh in up market cheers boys that's it but with
00:29:02what i'm wearing this is the best i'll look for eight weeks i think the cream suits me i feel
00:29:06like
00:29:06quite italian grazie grazie and i'm pretty pleased that we'll have 80 euros soon i don't think anyone
00:29:13else will have hurt this money pay for a hotel and then tomorrow the books a bus to barry to
00:29:18get the
00:29:18ferry across the greece oh duty calls
00:29:33yeah mama papa and my brother oh lovely to meet you ciao my brother richie nice to meet you of
00:29:40course
00:29:40ciao first important things are you angry absolutely always always i'm so glad you asked
00:29:4850 kilometers away joe and cush have made it to sorrento
00:29:55look at this bro that's insane i've never seen a place like this
00:30:02i've prepared for you the mozzarella and the tomato we call a caprese you guys are too kind
00:30:10overlooking the bay of naples its grand terraces and lemon scented air have long stirred the
00:30:16imagination of visiting artists is it just your family who works here my family help me to clean
00:30:24the room uh during the dinner i work about 10 hours a day oh geez because i am the owner
00:30:31can't wait to
00:30:31help honestly yeah i need help absolutely yeah yeah we're happy too in exchange for bed and board
00:30:38the friends will be working at valentina's lemon grove restaurant which has been in her family for 250
00:30:44years how do i say uh okay we need to read it loud loud in english speak smile smile smile
00:31:01here we go hello nice to meet you
00:31:06voila have you guys enjoying thank you very much
00:31:09thank you thank you no worries enjoy i'm loving it i think all the staff are great they're all having
00:31:15fun they're all laughing yeah i don't really understand the jokes because they're all in italian
00:31:19however i can feel the vibe what will you do tonight um what's it called again
00:31:25galopina ala ala ala sorrentina ala sorrentina
00:31:30bravo okay
00:31:33it does take me back to home i have a big family dinner that nice warming family feeling that i
00:31:41always have
00:31:41in liverpool i have an amigo for you oh that's food out for me oh great joe valentina give us
00:31:50food on
00:31:50the table you want to eat oh that's amazing she's made us feel so welcome
00:31:57this is so good bro it's proper food i think both our moms look absolutely kill to be in
00:32:03i'll come down with the whole family i'll bring my mom she'll love this no she will
00:32:08me and kosh we were both brought up by our moms i think a lot of my good qualities come
00:32:13from my mom
00:32:14my positivity try to succeed my empathy and for me family is still priority number one over
00:32:25everything i wish you could stay for longer to be honest but isn't it if it weren't a race and
00:32:28it
00:32:28was just like chill across the world yeah no tomorrow we're back on race mode absolutely otherwise
00:32:35i'll be stressed that was here we go here we go oh the bear though
00:32:48having traveled 475 kilometers cross-country to pulia mark and margot are now the closest team to the
00:32:56checkpoint all right oh this is very comfortable what in god's name this is
00:33:05like what is that it's a white cocoon what what's it for what did you what what's it modesty so
00:33:13why do you need a modesty cocoon well last night we had separate beds but tonight we're sharing a
00:33:19bed for the first time just think it was ridiculous and also i don't sleep on the same sheet as
00:33:27you
00:33:27in case you fart thank you ma all right let's get some sleep night night night night sweet dreams
00:33:39i don't know what's going on
00:33:41is that a butternut squash that's huge
00:33:46diamante known as the city of murals where more than 150 large paintings adorn aging buildings
00:33:55we have some cafe cafe cafe puja and roshni have spent the night at a homestay hosted by local farmer
00:34:06giuseppe and his family cafe cafe napoletano napoletano it's strong
00:34:16grazie giuseppe
00:34:19this is like pure italian grandma cooking
00:34:43and now we have a train booked at around six o'clock we're in a beautiful town
00:34:52i just want to enjoy it should we just wander around street to street and see what we see
00:34:57poshi look at this seat this looks beautiful we are technically cousins but our relationship
00:35:06feels like sisters and we behave like friends we behave like five-year-olds that looks very banksy
00:35:13is that banksy you think banksy came all the way here to the beach i just don't think we've spent
00:35:20enough time together as adults we went to different unis and we work hard smile
00:35:28recently i think we both just realized that we've been missing each other a lot
00:35:33okay
00:35:34oh your shoes get wet wet shoe
00:35:37puja is one of the most humble people i know she has achieved so much and all you get from
00:35:42her is
00:35:42just love i feel like puja's relationship with oh don't cry
00:35:47i wish i could record this and then i could just play that to you when you're getting upset on
00:35:51the
00:35:51race be like remember this is what you think of me i love my feet right now they're very happy
00:36:00okay with all teams needing to move east reaching the adriatic in good time is key to the journey
00:36:08ahead they can set sail from barry into southern greece and then island hop through the ionian sea
00:36:15to the first checkpoint on kephalonia or set off from brindisi to make a shorter hop to egumenica
00:36:22and head south through greece's western isles we're trying to transverse the country from the
00:36:28west coast to the east coast there's barry centrale yes duration is seven hours 43 minutes perfecto
00:36:37italian trains they're on time if anything they're perfect
00:36:44all right here we are also with barry in their sights joe and kush
00:36:48so you have um what's the body today 22 euro not bad congrats yeah thank you 22 euros direct to
00:36:59barry how heavy is that one big money moves big money moves right little money moves little money
00:37:04moves little money moves isn't happy days
00:37:10actually hot here isn't it scotch yo
00:37:14just 55 kilometers away from the port mark and margot wake up in albero bello
00:37:22those features of beauty isn't there yeah hundreds of years old the iconic stone truly
00:37:29are said to have been built without mortar to dodge taxes designed to be dismantled before the inspectors
00:37:36arrived good stone work mega today they stand protected by unesco a cone-topped maze teaming with
00:37:45tourists stations over there isn't it stazione is pretty easy we are planning on going to bari and
00:37:55then we want to head over to the port and get right over to greece as quickly as possible where's
00:38:00that
00:38:03the
00:38:03a train train
00:38:10there's no seat oh it's so frustrating but what needs we now the current situation is there are no
00:38:16more buses tonight he's coming out of the place it's a real setback in the race we're stuck here
00:38:24here
00:38:24excuse me can you recommend a cheap bed for the night
00:38:28when i see that i don't really care that i don't have a chance to see it up
00:38:51there's no room at the inn i don't know what we're going to do
00:39:02there's no room at all right
00:39:08right ticket office ticket big hotel already in barry a direct early morning bus from naples has put
00:39:16katie and harrison in prime position can we buy a ticket to capelonia
00:39:23patras super does the boat leave today oh this is exciting now this is tasty we could get that
00:39:31like tomorrow and how much 76 euro 76 that's brilliant i was prepared to pay 150. it's
00:39:39unbelievable i'm so happy about that today is gone securing the ferry means the siblings will be the
00:39:46first team to cross the sea to greece do we have our sandwiches starving bread i'm so excited
00:39:56pocket meat and cheese the cheese is feeling pretty sweaty but let's go
00:40:05really dry really dry is an understatement really dry like i've just stuck my face in the sahara
00:40:21desert oh my god that was a workout trying to get that down i think we can keep doing this
00:40:31it's cost us a euro 61 per meal that's so cheap you just need a bottle of sauce to take
00:40:38it to one
00:40:39euro 80. yeah cost per meal will be quite small exactly yeah cost per meal but you are getting that
00:40:47you are getting the budgeting thank god
00:40:59good morning
00:41:03stuck in albero bello for a second night mark and margot oh wow look at that should go up here
00:41:10okay
00:41:12we've been trying for five hours to find accommodation in this town everything is booked
00:41:18up there's nowhere oh wow i'd love to have a go at one of these i know you come on
00:41:23you get one i get
00:41:24one if i was by myself i'd be very stressed out now but i'm just so chilled at the moment
00:41:30i think
00:41:31it's the influence of margot it's the margot effect if she's not worried i'm not worried
00:41:36if they've got nowhere to stay no he's not getting us down nothing's gonna stop us
00:41:43the three years of caring for my wife julia my role was making sure that she was comfortable
00:41:49and safe and that she had square meals and she had all the medication but margot gave her the will
00:41:55to
00:41:55live excitement a spark of life
00:42:12caring for someone it's not a one-man job when she was ill i used to go there for weeks
00:42:17at a time to
00:42:18help out leaving my partner behind and i would be sitting with her eating sweets drinking cups of
00:42:25tea laughing giggling and just having fun
00:42:35there's a saying is that enjoy yourself it's later than you think julia can't go on this race but we
00:42:41can and so it's like enjoy yourself go for it it's that chance isn't it yeah we're going to enjoy
00:42:53ourselves yeah is it brilliant wish you're here yeah he's great but you do wish julia was here don't
00:42:59you i do even though she hated pink floyd after an evening filled with searching mark and margot have
00:43:07finally secured accommodation ah hallelujah yeah oh baby truly brilliant but their last minute room
00:43:15in peak season has cost them four percent of their total budget thank you very much
00:43:20congratulations i'm absolutely knackered but saying that i don't think i've got through today
00:43:28it's happening for you this is a calming influence that's what i used to do with julia when she was
00:43:33sick it is yeah and now you can see i used to raise her spirits and you're raising mine now
00:43:40some people wouldn't have actually be able to give that level of commitment that you did to julia but not
00:43:45once did you complain about it for that i'm very grateful thank you marco i i i mean i think
00:43:51to do
00:43:52to be able to be there for someone like that is it's i'm lucky and it's a great honor isn't
00:43:58it it's
00:43:58it's a great honor to go to spend that time to do that for someone and be there for them
00:44:02cheers marco
00:44:15two lads are over there oh so they're doing the same as us yeah we can give them the game
00:44:21face eyes
00:44:22at the port of barry planning to catch the 17-hour ferry to mainland greece andrew and molly after
00:44:29that we just take an island hop then to to a smaller ferry to kefalonia yes perfect
00:44:34what do they say they're doing the same one and joe and kush and how much will it be for
00:44:40two
00:44:44we might be on the button yeah 13 14 15 we're 10 short is there any we could change money
00:44:52okay okay thank you thank you problems ciao ciao okay you know the people who come before us
00:45:03did they try and buy the same ticket yeah
00:45:11it's sunday at the moment and the banks are always going to be closed so maybe somebody might help us
00:45:16out here and change a bit of money or we won't be able to go on this ferry these are
00:45:20your tickets
00:45:20all right thank you thank you so excusey do you know anywhere i could get euro for sterling
00:45:26euro oh right outside the port you wouldn't give us a tenner for a tenner no oh it's a shame
00:45:33don't know it's a shame we're 10 euro short for the ferry would you be able to get and we
00:45:38give you
00:45:39sterling uh no okay sorry oh they look stumped what they look stumped
00:45:46i feel like we should help them all no oh lad what are you trying
00:45:51joe's always looking out for people i admire it however this is a competition and you can't be
00:45:57giving the other person the advantage over you isn't this pretty yes if they don't find it
00:46:03sick realistically not to be mean sick if they have to stay behind then we're winning oh no i feel
00:46:10bad
00:46:12you know right just need to keep trying that's all we can do excusey we need to get our ferry
00:46:17ticket
00:46:17would you have 10 euro and i'll give you 10 pounds sterling grazie
00:46:25thank you oh my god the stress 62 63 thank you very much
00:46:34but both let's work as a team back in the game grease here we come
00:46:44is this train going to rundizi also heading to a port puja and roshni feeling a bit more
00:46:52apprehensive this morning thinking about where everybody else is are they behind us
00:46:57are they already there i just feel mentally exhausted the cousins are the first team to opt
00:47:04for the shorter ferry crossing to one of greece's busiest ports egumenica hopefully there's a night
00:47:11ferry positive thoughts we'll get there we'll swim there if we have to put us a float on our backpacks
00:47:22no no they're saying barry i think we should try and get some more information mark and margot have
00:47:29made it to monopoly down the coast from the port of barry barry barry no brindisi oh do you know
00:47:37can we
00:47:37get a boat from brindisi to greece a boat ferry vero vero a boat boat ah ferry ferry ferry we've
00:47:50had to
00:47:50make a quick decision because the train's about to come let's do it we're in dc we could steal some
00:47:55time i'm very very happy with us late hindering our race move your boat quicker me in greece aren't gonna
00:48:12get on
00:48:17although it's ancient poetry politics and philosophy still resonate in our lives today
00:48:22greece was only declared a modern state in 1930 having been assailed by successive conquerors from
00:48:29the romans and byzantians to the venetians and the ottoman empire now with a coastline of over 13 000
00:48:37kilometers the longest on the mediterranean sea it's known for its 6 000 islands of which just over 200 are
00:48:49inhabited all right here we go let's hope there's some more boats this afternoon arriving in the
00:48:56commercial port of patras katie and harrison are the first team to reach the second country of the race
00:49:04we want to go to um kefalonia the the ferry left one o'clock one o'clock okay so there's
00:49:10a ferry tomorrow
00:49:10though yes but there's a ferry from killini yeah that goes to kefalonia okay today today how do we
00:49:18get to killini by taxi the price is there the 100 euros oh we are the 100 i can make
00:49:25it 90 90.
00:49:28do we risk it to get there today can you check if there are tickets there are tickets 100 yes
00:49:34if
00:49:34there are no tickets you don't pay me do we just do it should i get there we might be
00:49:38able to get to
00:49:39this garden tonight yeah you are going to be out are we yeah yeah of course perfect thank you thank
00:49:44you very much thank you oh it's hell conditioned go go how far is it taxi drive one hour your
00:49:51english
00:49:52is very good i'm australian ah are you a spontaneous spend for the budget conscious siblings will take them
00:50:0075 kilometers to killini in search of their final ferry crossing
00:50:08one is that i want to set up still in italian waters but heading east towards the greek shores
00:50:14mark and margot this is quite nice isn't it it's well it's funky and puja and roshni
00:50:20i think the seating area is this way is it oh hello hi how are you guys good good we're
00:50:30all crossing
00:50:31paths good night guys good night up till today we really thought we were like last but seeing the
00:50:42girls it was like a little light bulb oh we might not have done so badly if we don't get
00:50:47many people
00:50:47it'd be like business class voila that is good just need someone to come and serve me a glass of
00:50:55champagne
00:51:03430 kilometers ahead thank you very much let's pay and go katie and harrison have made it to kephalonia
00:51:11what a place arriving into the town of fiscardo where harbour lights shimmer against dark ionian waters
00:51:20and the first checkpoint nestles deep amongst towering cypress trees
00:51:27it would be helpful if we weren't in the pitch black
00:51:32hey what does it say continue on foot look for the local map stands and you can find an off
00:51:36-road
00:51:37shortcut to your first checkpoint it's in your foot off the track it's a map here case it's a map
00:51:44hotel on the lease where you are here i hate maps we are here it's fine don't figure out our
00:51:51bearings
00:51:53i can't see anything should you put some head torches on yeah
00:51:59you're in that hill it's gonna be a path to a hotel
00:52:06i see a big build look this way katie oh
00:52:10i feel it's a book are you thank you hello hello welcome to the skype thank you so much
00:52:16thank you very much thank you very much please sign in here
00:52:18you want me to hello yeah i can't look
00:52:22thank you congratulations you have successfully reached your first checkpoint please sign in over
00:52:26leaf
00:52:28yes
00:52:30yes
00:52:35quick get it down every minute counts
00:52:39first we're first we've won
00:52:41but we've won yeah one race so far
00:52:46it's made the budget spend just about worth it you just had to
00:52:51sorry sorry enjoy the win no i know come on i'm really happy yeah all right no i think you're
00:52:59happy i'm happy you're happy really we're happy well done what a feeling it is you enjoy your stay
00:53:07thank you so much cheers thank you thank you very much sorry for the sweaty hands sorry amazing
00:53:20oh there's the boys there now oh there they are that's good we're not party last exactly
00:53:27having made it to greece andrew and molly and joe and cush are on a three and a half hour
00:53:33crossing
00:53:33to kephalonia where they'll need to travel the final 40 kilometers from sammy by road we're gonna
00:53:40have to spend that we won't go around see and if anybody is willing maybe to give us a lift
00:53:45i smell
00:53:45this bad i wouldn't give me a lift are you going to fiscardo by any chance do you know how
00:53:50to get
00:53:51from sammy to fiscardo fiscardo any chance no yo are you going to fiscardo we've asked i think almost
00:53:59everyone on the on the ferry so not ideal this card though what's the best way we can get there
00:54:06bus there is not but there is a van 120 euro okay okay okay okay thank you so much very
00:54:14good thank you
00:54:15thank you it's 120 euro so would it be an option to go and ask the two boys to split
00:54:23the money with us
00:54:24it would be easier if we're spending 60 knowing that they are spending 60. it's very manipulative
00:54:33yeah even though it will not get us to checkpoint quicker makes it a hell of a lot more part
00:54:38of the
00:54:39little that's just like peace i'm going suggestion for you all right oh all right captain has offered
00:54:45us a minivan for 120 euro shit yeah do you want to split it you know okay hey he wants
00:54:53an answer
00:54:53all right quickly may i speak with my associate guys yeah yeah yeah you can speak to your associate
00:55:00regular tax will not be 120 it'll be less than that no no no but it's 120 to 60. if
00:55:05this was in
00:55:06school they'd be told what to do because it'd be told what to do all right thank you is that
00:55:11good sorry
00:55:12you're not going to pull out when we get no no no no okay thank you very much results well
00:55:18okay
00:55:21we've got this mark we have got this last transport before fiscado we chose this route with our heart
00:55:29not our head what that means only time will tell we have to race to checkpoint against mark and margot
00:55:35maybe we'll be able to come first from the north and south four teams converge in unison as they close
00:55:44in on the first checkpoint what's game plan just be ready to run because you never know that 10
00:55:52second difference may be the difference between getting on one train and subsequently not for the
00:55:57next leg i like your thinking the sooner we get that the sooner we leave yeah think logically think
00:56:04quickly the conversation is about winning but also trying to gain time on the other teams may the best
00:56:11same win this card oh we made it above the calm waters of fiscado rise narrow streets and relentless
00:56:20climbs and beneath the piercing sun the race for an early lead gets underway this is it yeah i'm feeling
00:56:29quite competitive right now just getting ready to start running lads we're going to beat you no way
00:56:35oh it's going to be a foot race yes
00:56:44on foot find the church overlooking the sky to harbor over there is that the church that's the church
00:56:52yeah let's go one more leg here we can do this do you know where we're going yeah cool
00:57:02they're coming if this gets down to a foot race you know who's winning we're up come on
00:57:08hey go speed up man come on ah daddy daddy daddy i just can't run this one
00:57:17it's going steady it's going steady all right money where we go kid right so all right hey lads
00:57:23they go pass you've got me a need church that's not it no nah stay on
00:57:33i think that's it there yeah that looks to me it doesn't look like a lot of the chairs
00:57:43continuing on foot look for the local map stone
00:57:47and if you can find an off-road shortcut to your first checkpoint hotel emily see
00:57:53the map stands molly would have been down towards the village
00:57:57is there a church here yes oh up the stairs you okay buddy i'm good potty
00:58:03look for the local map stands right
00:58:17let's go we need to find the maps there's one here right molly this way wait a minute
00:58:25no it's here no it's not a map stand no i just pictured molly
00:58:30so uh maybe around by the harbour money where boats are coming in where's he gone
00:58:36hotel there is oh it's right there it's around that headland on the side right so let's get to
00:58:41the headland we follow the water yeah let's meet marco isn't it what do you want to go back and
00:58:47draw a map a bit no i think we draw a map and you've lost the race mark i've seen
00:58:52three of these
00:58:53it is i was right you're right we need to go back up the headland okay so i was right
00:59:00the first time
00:59:00i know i need to listen to you i do need to listen to you up there you see that
00:59:05yeah
00:59:22oh my god let's get in and sign that book
00:59:36i hear the police say it's pretty serious this is scary jesus christ everything that we knew
00:59:51about travel going into this just does not apply we're coming to the middle of nowhere we could
00:59:57really do with a miracle at this point what do you want me to do i can't mind you got
01:00:01the bus
01:00:01i've never traveled with just my dad before we don't know what we're getting ourselves into
01:00:06what the oh gosh for mark and i this is the chance to be spontaneous again give me your monitor
01:00:16this is what i've been wanting to do with this whole time that is amazing we've got a checkpoint to
01:00:22get to
01:00:23get that kettle on
01:00:25you
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