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00:06The End
00:18Look at this!
00:21What a stunning view.
00:23It is me.
00:23Takes my breath away.
00:24Yeah, wow.
00:27That is so gorgeous, isn't it?
00:30Look at the striations of the rock, the way they're going on the lines.
00:33Oh, they're off.
00:34The rock formation, look to see, it's going down.
00:36Older men talking about rocks.
00:38Look at me!
00:41Peeking at 4,000 metres above sea level...
00:46Zaman National Park.
00:50Uzbekistan's oldest nature reserve.
00:53Home to more than 800 species of plants and herbs,
00:57some with medicinal qualities.
01:00The Juniper forests are believed to have such powerful healing properties,
01:05but in the 1970s the Soviets built a sanatorium,
01:09a health resort for lung patients perceived to be in need of its curative air.
01:19It's the sound of the water.
01:20Exactly.
01:21It's so smoothing.
01:24Taking their own therapeutic break before the next leg,
01:27Mark, Margot and Andrew.
01:30I think what's going to make a difference going ahead is budget.
01:33Yes.
01:34And our budget is cooked.
01:36Look me in the eye.
01:37Are you telling me the truth or no?
01:40With just three legs remaining, funds are dwindling.
01:44While Andrew and Molly have the healthiest budget,
01:48they, alongside Mark and Margot, are trailing the other two teams.
01:54The kids are young.
01:55They seem to be racing ahead.
01:57Yes.
01:57Yes.
01:57They've got enthusiasm.
01:59Absolutely.
02:00They've got the energy.
02:01Yes.
02:01How's it going with Molly, though?
02:03Such a lovely girl.
02:04Molly has, I think, has probably struggled this week.
02:06I've had to be the daddy to her.
02:08Mm-hmm.
02:08It was tough.
02:09I have to be in control.
02:11But maybe this leg, I kind of will step back
02:14and let her go and make those calls
02:16and live and die by those consequences.
02:22Do you think youngsters will be doing that?
02:25Oh, I hope not.
02:30That looks so good.
02:32This looks incredible.
02:34Do you reckon we could finish all this?
02:35No.
02:35Joe, if anyone can, it's you.
02:38Yeah, come on.
02:39Go on, boys.
02:40It's quite nice that the young'uns are together.
02:44It's really fun, I have to admit.
02:45It's a bit different.
02:47Travelling with your dad and we get on really well
02:50and I'm very lucky for that, but I can find it.
02:52It is different and it can be difficult at times.
02:55Like, there's always that kind of his final say
02:57because he's the dad.
02:58In this life, there's only a few people you can rely on.
03:01Best friends and family.
03:02Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:04Look at his plate.
03:04That's a quarter of a sheep.
03:08I mean, all I can know.
03:09Save the budget.
03:10Have you got another sheep on the way coming after that?
03:14That's the only leg you're going to win.
03:16Oh, God.
03:18Oh, bro.
03:33That's the only leg you're going to win.
03:49Almaty.
03:49I know exactly where it is.
03:51Back to Kazakhstan.
03:52Exciting!
03:53Let's go.
03:54We've only got a 40-minute lead, so I hope there's something
03:57at this conversation for us.
03:58A journey of 1,500 kilometers into the east of Kazakhstan, Almaty.
04:07A stark contrast to the vast steppe of the west, the city sits in the foothills of the Tian Shan
04:13Mountains.
04:15Founded as a Russian frontier fort, an influence that remains visible in the Orthodox churches
04:21and Soviet-era sculptures dotted throughout the city.
04:25Since gaining independence from the USSR in 1991, it's evolved into the country's cultural
04:32and financial hub.
04:33With over 2 million residents, it's the largest city in Kazakhstan.
04:39Right.
04:40Now we get into Almaty.
04:42Looks like we could partially head through Kyrgyzstan, or we just go around the top of Kazakhstan
04:49straight to Almaty.
04:51To get there, teams face a choice of going through one of two countries.
04:56They could head north into eastern Kazakhstan.
05:00Traveling through the country's major cities, linked by a reliable, but potentially costly,
05:06rail network.
05:07Alternatively, they could cut through Kyrgyzstan.
05:11A country rarely visited by western tourists.
05:15With mountains dominating over 90% of its landscape, and communities spread thinly across
05:21the rugged terrain, transport is affordable, but limited.
05:26It's an absolute no-brainer for me.
05:28I'd love to go to Kyrgyzstan.
05:30I want to really feel like I'm not in the touristy part of that country, and I feel like this
05:36is going to give it to us.
05:37And in the bigger cities, they'll have the student hostels as well.
05:41Yeah.
05:41I think it's going to be more budget-friendly, so I stick to bus routes, which I think are
05:45going to be a lot cheaper.
05:46I'm so glad that we're taking off another country.
05:48Like, I'm genuinely buzzing.
05:49Let's go to Kyrgyzstan.
05:51Let's go to Kyrgyzstan.
05:53Let's go to Kyrgyzstan.
05:53Kyrgyzstan will be upcoming for you.
05:56Venturing east through Kyrgyzstan, they're looking for a true traveller experience on
06:00a budget to match.
06:01But with two borders to cross, getting into the country quickly is of the essence.
06:06Bus today?
06:08Tashkent.
06:09Tashkent?
06:10Tashkent, here?
06:10Yeah.
06:11I don't know.
06:12No?
06:13No.
06:13So, Tashkent taxi?
06:16Taxi.
06:17Okay.
06:17I know very little about Kyrgyzstan, but I am very excited for it.
06:22Oh.
06:22I'm hoping less expensive taxis and more direct bus travel.
06:28What is your name?
06:29Ferdas.
06:30Ferdans?
06:31Ferdas.
06:32Ah, Harrison.
06:33Nice to meet you.
06:34Nice to meet you.
06:35With no buses in sight, the siblings are heading to Tashkent in a local shared taxi.
06:42I am in the apartment.
06:44You smell good.
06:46You are very friendly.
06:48I like your accent.
06:51Manchester.
06:52Manchester United.
06:53Manchester United.
06:54Yes.
06:54No, no city.
06:56No, no, no, no, no.
06:58He's getting the scores up.
07:00Oh, my God.
07:01What a guy.
07:04Joe.
07:07Joe, are you getting in?
07:08I found another passenger.
07:09Just 40 minutes behind...
07:11Work it!
07:13Work it!
07:15Joe and Kush are also taking advantage of a shared taxi as they race to gain ground.
07:21It's about two hours to get to the capital, Tashkent.
07:25Realistically, I think we'd be going more direct if we go through Kyrgyzstan.
07:29Kyrgyzstan's a new country.
07:30That's sick.
07:30So we're looking at Kyrgyzstan.
07:32I know of it, but I know very, very, very little.
07:34So hopefully it's got quite a low tourist population.
07:37And so we're hoping it'll be a lot cheaper.
07:38We need to get to Kyrgyzstan tonight.
07:42Following the same route as Katie and Harrison, the best friends are looking to speed straight
07:47out of Uzbekistan and cross the border by tonight.
07:53I'm really hoping.
07:54I think we can actually get across the border today.
07:56About 45 minutes behind first.
07:58I'm very, very close.
07:59And so it's not much to catch up.
08:01This driver's just charging through everyone.
08:07First to arrive in Tashkent.
08:09Thank you very much.
08:11OK.
08:13On the edge of the Eurasian steppe, this ancient Silk Road trading post retains a blend of Islamic,
08:20Imperial Russian and Soviet influences.
08:23Railway ticket office.
08:25Look at that.
08:28Hello, I'm Dijon.
08:29Today, two tickets.
08:32Pressing on, the siblings have secured tickets to Andijan and are a step closer to their intended destination.
08:40This transport gets us as close to Kyrgyzstan as we possibly can get.
08:44But Joe and Kush are 40 minutes behind, so it's very possible that they get here.
08:48So we have to move.
08:50Thank you for that.
08:53Close behind.
08:55We're trying to get to Andijan.
08:56What time to arrive?
08:57Andijan.
08:58I'm here.
08:591am?
08:59Yes.
09:01400,000, both of us.
09:03That's so much.
09:05We will ask for a taxi because that is very expensive.
09:08So we're looking at a taxi because 400,000 for a train that takes seven hours,
09:12or hopefully a taxi will be 300,000 for four hours if we can haggle our way down.
09:18So we need to know if someone will drive here to Andijan.
09:24Please.
09:25First you should go to the car station and then you should get the next taxi drive.
09:31Can you ask if they can take us?
09:33If these guys can drive Andijan?
09:36No, no, no.
09:36Can't go to Andijan from here?
09:38No, no.
09:40Oh, no.
09:41Having skipped the seven-hour train in favour of a car straight to the border, the boys now need to
09:46head to the other side of town where long-distance taxis depart.
09:50I feel sick.
09:51I can't believe that.
09:52I mean, we have to commit.
09:54We're not even at the border yet.
09:57Kush's reaction to stress is quite instant.
09:59Oh.
10:01I know Kush has that heightened anxiety.
10:05I don't think we have much trace.
10:08He's trying to figure out the best routes and best decisions to make.
10:13Oh, God.
10:15We could have got straight to Andijan in the train.
10:17It's going to be a long day.
10:18No, we're not getting to Kyrgyzstan today.
10:20No, I don't think we should assume.
10:23But it is hard for him to look at the bigger picture and chill out.
10:28I can't believe this first day we've had.
10:31It's f***ed up big time.
10:38Back in Zaman City.
10:40Going through Kazakhstan via some of the major cities screams out to me.
10:45The third team to set off, Andrew and Molly.
10:48I would love to finish the Silk Road in Tashkent.
10:51Head on to Shoe and then head to Almaty.
10:54Yeah.
10:54Maybe I'm taking over this leg.
10:56Maybe you are.
10:58Molly's plan, follow a busier route and city hop by rail through Kazakhstan.
11:04But first, they must reach the Uzbek capital, Tashkent.
11:08Taxi.
11:09There.
11:10Thank you very much.
11:12Excited for Tashkent.
11:13I love cities.
11:14I love people.
11:15And after the last leg where I couldn't even make a bloody decision.
11:18This is something new.
11:19Onwards and upwards.
11:21To Tashkent.
11:21Let's go.
11:22Yes, let's go.
11:23Yes, let's go.
11:26Back on the road.
11:31Leaving in last place.
11:34Margot and her brother-in-law, Mark.
11:37We'll get into Tashkent.
11:38Finds how we're cheaper to stay tonight.
11:41Kyrgyz has been fourth place.
11:42We used to claw some time back.
11:44Do you think the shortest route is through Kyrgyzstan?
11:47I think.
11:48Kyrgyzstan seems the most direct route to go.
11:51So hopefully we can get back to third place if we can.
11:54Like two other teams, they are heading to Tashkent tonight
11:58before aiming for Kyrgyzstan tomorrow.
12:01He's driving very fast.
12:03Go on!
12:04Woo!
12:06Jeez Louise.
12:09As evening sets in.
12:12We've got to get to the border tonight, bro.
12:14Joe and Kush are still trying to find a cheap taxi to the border.
12:19Kyrgyzstan border for one person.
12:21250,000.
12:22That's a lot.
12:23We need to do for this price.
12:25We have little money.
12:27No way.
12:28Really, I tell you.
12:29Oh, I feel shit.
12:31Stuck just outside of Tashkent,
12:33with their goal of the Kyrgyzstan border still 300 kilometres away.
12:38We're not getting to Kyrgyzstan today.
12:40There's no buses and we'd be spending like 40 quran taxis.
12:44Can't believe we didn't get the train.
12:46It's getting dark, bro.
12:48It might just be worth staying tonight.
12:51But then we're going to have to pay for accommodation.
12:52We can sit on the floor.
12:54Oh, no.
12:56We need to stay for very, very cheap.
12:58This one is a cheaper one.
13:00You see the price?
13:02Oh, that's so expensive.
13:04Is there any cheaper we can even do?
13:07Like, if we sleep on the floor of anywhere.
13:08We are so sorry.
13:10I literally sleep standing up.
13:12Oh, I'm so stressed.
13:14We have second floor, the sofa.
13:17You can stay there for free.
13:19You're welcome.
13:20No, Rachmet.
13:22Free of calm.
13:23We couldn't get any cheaper.
13:24As good as this is.
13:25I just think we chose the wrong route in general.
13:29And now we're here.
13:30Now we're near the border.
13:33I like to plan.
13:35Because I like to be in control.
13:37But times like this now,
13:38as we've gotten more into the unknown countries,
13:41we face a lot of difficulty.
13:44It's just not up to us anymore.
13:45It really depends on transport connections.
13:47Also, you guys can use TV.
13:49Oh, thank you.
13:51I am 100% an over-thinker.
13:54I do experience quite a fair amount of anxiety.
13:58Losing my dad was in the space of, like, a day.
14:01It was zero to 100.
14:04So, a lot of anxiety, I feel, is about the unknown.
14:08It is an everyday struggle still.
14:12Not being able to shut off a thought in your brain.
14:15It's exhausting.
14:17Can't lie, bro.
14:18I'm going to be thinking the entire night.
14:20I'm going to be sleeping, I can't lie.
14:22I'm going to be stressing.
14:23I'm going to be snoring.
14:26It's been such a rough day.
14:43Grand Bazaar, am I?
14:45This is cool.
14:48With a history spanning two millennia,
14:52Chorsu Bazaar stands as Central Asia's oldest market.
14:56Wow.
14:57Holy moly.
14:59Crowned by an unmistakable Soviet-era blue dome.
15:06How fast can you do it in?
15:08More faster than you.
15:10Give me a day.
15:13Working for Sanjar on one of the market's popular food stalls,
15:17Andrew and Molly are helping to prepare the national dish, plov.
15:22Said to have aphrodisiac qualities,
15:24it's widely consumed on Thursdays,
15:26a popular day for conceiving children in Uzbekistan.
15:29You're welcome.
15:33Peace today.
15:34It's so cool.
15:35Do you work here every day?
15:37Except five friends.
15:38My father is working 45 years here.
15:40Your father?
15:41He has a big reputation, that's why.
15:43Gotcha, gotcha.
15:44I'm third generation.
15:45You're third generation.
15:47Which you have to keep going, yes?
15:49Mohammed.
15:51Mohammed, Mali.
15:54Ireland?
15:59I just love being in this kind of environment.
16:03I'm buzzing with it, actually.
16:05Yeah?
16:06Yeah, yeah, it's ginger.
16:08Irish.
16:10I've got a new mindset coming into this day.
16:13I would like Daddy to see me a wee bit more grown up and as an adult.
16:17To do that, I need to be confident and stand on my decisions.
16:23Say kebab!
16:25Your daughter, she did so great jobs.
16:27I wanted to do this place.
16:29I did that.
16:30I cut all the onions.
16:32He said that's the highest quality of the place.
16:37You did a great job.
16:38I enjoyed it.
16:39Everyone tell me.
16:41That's it.
16:43Nice to earn a bit of money.
16:45It'll take us across the border.
16:46We'll have enough to get across the border.
16:48All good.
16:49As well as that?
16:52Molly, got paid.
16:54How much do you make in taxi?
16:55I made 5,000.
16:56How much do you make?
16:57Ten.
16:58Ten?
17:01Where do we get a taxi outside?
17:02From this side.
17:04See you later.
17:06Bye bye.
17:06Bye bye.
17:09Our plan is get to the border and then connect in Shimbakent.
17:14As quick as possible.
17:15As quick as possible.
17:17Putting Molly's plan into action.
17:18Border, Kazakhstan.
17:20The team are splitting from the pack.
17:22Heading to the Kazakh border crossing and then traversing north to the city of Shimbakent.
17:29Take Kazakhstan.
17:31Great job, Molly.
17:32Well done.
17:33That's great.
17:34Shimbakent.
17:35Woo, woo.
17:40Kazakhstan would have been quicker and cheaper.
17:46After failing to make it into Kyrgyzstan last night, Joe and Kush are still six hours away from the crossing.
17:54Do you have any advice for us about how we can get to the border?
17:57Yeah.
17:57Yeah.
17:58The Uber.
18:00On top.
18:00And there you can find somebody for cheaper.
18:04Maybe we can help.
18:06Kush hasn't slept.
18:07He's very anxious.
18:09He's stressed.
18:10Let's go.
18:11He's in such a negative headspace.
18:13It feels like he's lost hope.
18:16So, Andeson is here.
18:18But we need to go to this border.
18:20So, like, maybe...
18:21Yeah, Andeson.
18:22A little bit further.
18:23I believe staying positive is the best chances of winning.
18:26Our plan is to help Kush out the spiral he's in right now.
18:31We need to get cheapest, cheapest price.
18:34Yes.
18:34I'm gonna pay then.
18:35What?
18:36Are you serious?
18:37Yeah.
18:38Are you serious?
18:39Yeah, yeah.
18:39Oh, my God.
18:40Oh, my God.
18:42Thank you so much.
18:43You've been so much help.
18:45Can we take a quick picture?
18:46All right.
18:46Oh.
18:47Yes.
18:51When we get to Mongolia, we'll send you a picture.
18:53Oh, okay.
18:54We'll send you.
18:55Yeah.
18:56Thanks to new friend Naima, the boys have a free ride straight to the border.
19:05Naima is a miracle, bro.
19:07I think this morning this gave me some inspiration.
19:12And, obviously, Naima taking such good care of us.
19:15Yeah.
19:16I really enjoyed the homestay, doing a job that's outdoors, which we've been wanting, local and authentic to the area.
19:23Yeah.
19:24Yeah.
19:24Maybe it'll be worth it.
19:27We're gonna save money, which means we can sprint to checkpoints.
19:33Inspired by local generosity, they plan to stop for a homestay in Arslan Bob once they enter into Kyrgyzstan.
19:40We can still do this.
19:42God.
19:44We just can't give up.
19:45Yeah.
19:49Yeah.
19:51Yeah.
19:52Yeah.
19:57Yeah.
19:58In-laws, Mark and Margo, taking a picturesque route towards Kyrgyzstan with a train through the Ferghana Valley.
20:08It's been a lot in the last hour or so.
20:11Very rookies.
20:13They just look like giant sand dunes.
20:17A highly fertile basin between mountain ranges, stretching from Uzbekistan to Kyrgyzstan, this agricultural heartland is famous for cotton and
20:27silk production.
20:29And local life is deeply rooted in centuries-old artisanal handicraft techniques.
20:36Cockhand, the handicrafted city of the world.
20:39Oh, Cockhand.
20:40Cockhand.
20:41That wasn't on your map, was it?
20:43No.
20:44It'd be lovely to explore some of these places, but you can't.
20:49If you want to keep in the race.
20:50No, we can't afford to fall any further behind.
20:53We've just got to push on.
20:55And look at some lovely views from the window.
20:57See, exactly, yeah.
21:00Mark and I are fourth and we have got to race.
21:03But the travelling through is going to be the experience.
21:07And we're going to make the most of it.
21:10Hello.
21:11Hi.
21:12Hello.
21:13Hello.
21:14Mark and I are a little bit older.
21:16People might notice we're a little bit older.
21:18I'm 60 next year and I really think the best is still to come.
21:22Anybody speak English?
21:24What?
21:25No English?
21:26Yay!
21:26I'm from Liverpool.
21:29I've got a lot of energy and I do spend a lot of energy looking after my family.
21:34But now the kids are older and especially at such a crossroads of turning 60,
21:39it gives me the chance to really reassess things, really look for what I want.
21:44I love this.
21:45This is beautiful.
21:47Let's get the party started.
21:49Anybody fancy a sing song?
21:54Where are you all from? Are you all friends?
21:58Kali.
21:59Kali.
22:00Kali.
22:00In Kavalu.
22:02Yes.
22:02I am a child.
22:07I am a child.
22:08I am a child.
22:09I am a child.
22:12I am a child.
22:14I am a child.
22:25Nice to meet you all.
22:27I like this.
22:29As the in-laws head to the Kyrgyzstan border...
22:33Which way is the border?
22:35This way.
22:35The border this way?
22:37OK.
22:38Already there after their late night train, Katie and Harrison.
22:43I've never done a foot border before.
22:45When he crossed on boat, train and bus so far, I think he just walked through.
22:49And then we are in Kyrgyzstan.
22:51Seventh country.
22:52Here we come.
22:55One of Central Asia's most sparsely populated countries, Kyrgyzstan was settled by nomadic tribes
23:01from southern Siberia.
23:03Their legacy of moving in groups across mountainous terrain continues today.
23:08With local ride shares, known as marshrutkas, linking towns and villages.
23:16We want to go to Bishkek.
23:18Where are you from?
23:19Where are you from?
23:20Where are you from?
23:21Where are you from?
23:22I'm from Bishkek.
23:23Where are you from?
23:25I'm from Bishkek.
23:25Oh.
23:26It's tough, isn't it, this?
23:29Taxi?
23:302500.
23:31Yeah.
23:32400.
23:33Too much, sorry.
23:35I want to find out if there is a bus to Bishkek, because a taxi is just so expensive.
23:41Fingers crossed.
23:44Determined to stick to public transport,
23:47they plan to use Bishkek on the northern edge
23:49as a stepping stone to the checkpoint.
23:58But no buses depart after 6pm.
24:02We are on a tighter budget.
24:04We want to save for the next two legs.
24:07It might slow us down in the race a little bit.
24:10I think it's probably more of a risk, splashing out.
24:13There's no more today.
24:23Stuck in Osh.
24:25Very different from where we've been on the race so far
24:27in terms of Greece and Turkey.
24:29Buses ran all day and all night.
24:31You can get anywhere you wanted in the country.
24:34Kyrgyzstan's not turning out to be as we thought.
24:37This is men's room.
24:39Men's room. Perfect.
24:41Having made little progress and stranded for the night,
24:44a chance for Katie's hostile dream to become a reality.
24:49Did you say you were from Toronto?
24:52Oh, wow.
24:53Where are you from?
24:53We're from England.
24:56This type of travelling where it can get a bit difficult
24:59or you're completely out of your comfort zone
25:02is exactly what I wanted to do.
25:03How long have you been doing this for?
25:06Two and a half years.
25:07Really?
25:07Not been home in two and a half years?
25:10Like, the mindset just blows me.
25:11Like, how you can just travel and not kind of know
25:15where you're going to end up next.
25:17I mean, it's just my life now, so...
25:19Yeah.
25:20Yeah.
25:20Happy?
25:21Yes, very happy.
25:22Yeah.
25:23I've been looking for one for, what, five weeks?
25:27Mm.
25:28Yay!
25:29The guys in our room.
25:30They're so cool.
25:31Yeah.
25:32He's got, like, all the countries, like, on his back.
25:34They're, like, proper backpackers.
25:36Yeah.
25:36This is, like, feels like the place to be for travellers.
25:40Yeah, a lot of people.
25:41And I'm here cos I'm the traveller.
25:43Yeah.
25:44I think Katie's very good at turning a situation into a positive
25:48and making the most of it.
25:50There's so many things that could go wrong,
25:51but she just seems to just go with it.
25:54It is a good thing that we're staying tonight.
25:56Yeah.
25:56Cos we'll have more options tomorrow.
26:01What do you do?
26:02Do you just...
26:05As the team's settling for the night...
26:07Oh!
26:11Salaamu alaikum.
26:12What is your name?
26:13Zubair.
26:13Zubair.
26:14Kush.
26:15There's one must thing about Scouse accents
26:16is you can pronounce names a lot better.
26:19200km to the north,
26:21a direct taxi has pushed Joe and Kush into the lead
26:24as they arrive in the rural village of Arslanbog.
26:28Are we working tomorrow in the morning?
26:30Yeah, yeah.
26:31Where they're staying with walnut farmer Abdur Razok.
26:35Bon appetit for you.
26:36Bon appetit.
26:36Mmm.
26:39This is like fresh bread.
26:42Ooh.
26:43That is fresh.
26:44That is very fresh.
26:46Papadoui.
26:47OK.
26:48Oh, so nice.
26:50Feeling a lot better.
26:52It's our first time in Kyrgyzstan today.
26:55I guess not so many tourists come in Kyrgyzstan
26:57compared to, like, maybe Thailand and Spain.
27:0125,000 population.
27:04Everybody know each other.
27:05So you know maybe 25,000.
27:08Sounds like Liverpool.
27:09Everyone knows everyone.
27:11You know, it's the same.
27:11OK.
27:12Everyone knows everyone.
27:13And everyone's happy to help each other.
27:15And so it is his boss.
27:16We love it, I mean.
27:17What boss mean?
27:19Boss.
27:20Boss is like...
27:21Really good.
27:22Yeah.
27:22Like, very good.
27:24Like...
27:24Like, this food is boss.
27:26We have some words about, like this.
27:28Bazarjo.
27:29Bazarjo?
27:30Yeah.
27:30Like, very cool.
27:31It's green tea.
27:33Bazarjo.
27:33Bazarjo.
27:33Whoa!
27:36And it's boss because of your hair.
27:40That's what I'm talking about.
27:41OK, you're welcome.
27:41Two skulls are.
27:43Abdurra was boss.
27:44I mean, we've had such a lucky run-in with people that we meet.
27:48There's just a sort of really, really generous energy about them.
27:51But I'm feeling a little anxious still.
27:54It is proper off the beaten track.
27:56I really think that we're going to be behind everyone else to get to the checkpoint.
28:00In 9.30 we can start to the forest.
28:03Yeah.
28:03That'd be so good.
28:04Aw, that's boss.
28:05Nice.
28:06Is it that's boss?
28:07Boss, yeah.
28:07It's good.
28:18This is fab!
28:19Isn't it?
28:19I love a dramatic flag.
28:23After crossing the border last night, Andrew and Molly have reached Kazakhstan's third largest city, Shemkent.
28:30Hello.
28:31But they're already looking for a way out.
28:33We need the earliest train to choose.
28:36With plans to move swiftly onto Shu, a city 450 kilometres closer to the checkpoint.
28:43One, two, three.
28:45No earlier trains.
28:47No.
28:48Taxi.
28:49Taxi.
28:49Just to see what it is price-wise.
28:52Taxi.
28:52Three, zero, zero, zero.
28:54OK.
28:55OK.
28:56What is the difference in that price between the taxi and the train?
29:01Jesus.
29:02Yeah.
29:03It's 15 times.
29:0415 times the value.
29:06$225.
29:07Yeah.
29:08I didn't get the train.
29:10I didn't get the train.
29:11Yes.
29:11There's no questions.
29:14While Andrew and Molly wait five hours for the train.
29:18On the move.
29:19There's like 10 seats on here, but there's like 30 people on here.
29:23It's great.
29:24In Kyrgyzstan.
29:25I just feel like you're local.
29:27Like there's so many.
29:27It's just local people like going to work or whatever.
29:30It's brilliant.
29:31Yeah.
29:32Great.
29:32And it's cheap as shit.
29:34Loving it.
29:34Finally on the move, using public transport, Katie and Harrison are setting a course to
29:40the capital, Bishkek.
29:42Oh.
29:45F*** now.
29:47Baby.
29:49Quite hectic on the roads.
29:51But getting us closer.
29:53Yeah.
29:53We're making progress.
29:54Yeah.
29:56Oh.
29:58Like that.
30:01Traffic jump.
30:04Ah.
30:08No idea if it's going.
30:09Going on.
30:11Oh.
30:14Great.
30:16One simple road that won't be a simple road.
30:20Well, there's worse places to be stopped by a road, I suppose.
30:24If anyone's travelling up through Kyrgyzstan today, they won't have done it quicker than
30:29us.
30:31Ow!
30:31Ow!
30:32Ow!
30:36The silly beast stepped to my feet.
30:38Ow!
30:40Having now caught up with the siblings.
30:43Margot!
30:44We're car coming.
30:45Ow!
30:47Mark and Margot.
30:49Get across the road now because it's going to get busy.
30:52Ow!
30:53It's been clear we're moving now.
30:55Ow!
30:56Let's get back on the bus.
30:58We're moving.
30:59Don't want the bus to leave without us.
31:04Thistle prongs.
31:05That was really, really stupid.
31:08One of the stupidest things I've done on this race so far.
31:11Who does that?
31:13You do that.
31:15I think today's going to be a very long day.
31:19Ishkek tonight.
31:21We're doing it.
31:24This is a very impressive landscape.
31:26Mm-hmm.
31:28Very dramatic.
31:29I will remember it.
31:30Dramatic and extreme, isn't it?
31:32Yes.
31:35Connecting the south of the country with the capital in the north, a single precipitous 700-kilometer-long
31:42highway, weaving through steep canyons, tunnels and high mountain passes at its peak, reaching altitudes over 3,000 metres.
31:52Oh, Margot!
31:54Oh!
31:55Snow!
31:56Yes!
31:58Yes!
31:58This is what we came for!
32:03I reckon having done this, I reckon we could be with a good chance of keeping him at the pack.
32:08We're very short of money.
32:10We've had three days of real hard travel tomorrow.
32:14Let's see if there's any work in Ishkek.
32:15Yes.
32:16We deserve some time off.
32:20It looks like the Magic Kingdom from Disney.
32:22I've never seen him like this.
32:25No, this is very cold.
32:28Can we go over?
32:30Yeah.
32:32Oh!
32:35Over.
32:37Bazarjo.
32:38Very cool.
32:39How many do you want?
32:41How many more is better?
32:435,000.
32:44Oh!
32:48The Kyrgyz Forest of Arslan Bob, the largest natural water in the world.
32:52Walnut Grove on Earth.
32:56So hard to find them.
32:58I feel it to be, like, proper easy.
33:01Leaving their homes en masse every autumn, local families head onto the mountain slopes
33:06to camp, harvesting up to 1,500 tonnes of walnuts every year.
33:12The precious crop is not only stored year-round for food, but used as currency in the town,
33:18with nuts of different values being traded for goods in shops.
33:23This cheap one, again.
33:25Cheap one?
33:26Yeah.
33:27I'll find some.
33:29But also good.
33:30Joining Abdurrazzak's family to pay off their bed and board, Joe and Kush.
33:36In the market, the wide one is expensive.
33:40This is a little cheaper.
33:41How is it different?
33:42Like, sweet.
33:43Nice.
33:43It's a different one, you know?
33:45Joe, there's loads here.
33:47Come get your walnuts.
33:49So nice to actually see the mountains.
33:52I think that one of the best views we've seen.
33:55Bizarro Joe.
33:56Bizarro Joe.
33:59Nice one for staying up with me last night.
34:01So good.
34:02Made a big difference, you know?
34:03I actually couldn't.
34:04I wouldn't have been able to go to sleep.
34:05Yeah, I know.
34:06You were just chatting to me.
34:07I was like, bro, just shut up and go.
34:09Yeah.
34:11I just need to head to shut up for a minute.
34:14You know how I get.
34:16I wouldn't say it surprised me.
34:18No?
34:19It's like part of your personality.
34:23I do think Kush can be glass half empty, which is understandable since he has gone through
34:31a lot.
34:32So I understand where that negative state comes from.
34:40You can't expect to go on a journey and expect it to be all fine.
34:43But I know you're benefiting from venting.
34:47Do you know what I mean?
34:48Just talking, yeah.
34:48Yeah.
34:51So I kind of do let him rant, get him off his chest.
34:55And I'll be like, OK, let's look at this from a different point of view.
35:01When Kush is not feeling good, we link up.
35:04We go on walks, we go on bike rides, park, play footy.
35:08Honestly, any activity, as long as we're doing something, I can tell improves his mood.
35:15Shut up your boss, bro.
35:17Got a leaf blower.
35:18Yeah.
35:18Just had walnut left behind.
35:20Kush means a lot to me, definitely.
35:23And I want to show him there's always light at the end of a tunnel, you know?
35:29I hate to see you in such a negative space.
35:32I actually do care for you, you know?
35:35Yeah, I really appreciate that.
35:38In the race, every day is a difficult day.
35:41Every day is a struggle.
35:43You have bad days, you have good days, soft days.
35:45But every day is hard.
35:48I'm trying to learn how to function under high stress.
35:53But I think it's only in the past sort of couple of days
35:56that I've realised how much I value having Joe here.
35:58I just really appreciate the fact that Joe's always up for,
36:02for sort of looking after me, in a way.
36:05I don't think Joe will understand, like, the difference it makes.
36:15Yeah, I mean, he is, he's my best mate.
36:19Oh!
36:27Oi! You ready? Keep going.
36:29In this entire journey, I've got nothing.
36:33Just absolutely nothing.
36:35That's all but Joe.
36:39Lads!
36:41That is home.
36:52How much money is that?
36:53300, 400.
36:55Nice!
36:56So good.
36:59Do you know anyone who can drive us tonight for a bit?
37:04Maybe I can drive you to the Jalalabad,
37:06and we will look there.
37:08OK, thank you.
37:10We think maybe we should go to Kazakhstan border.
37:13Tomorrow we go the whole way from Jalalabad.
37:15Does that sound like a good idea?
37:17Also possible.
37:18It's possible.
37:20Many cars go there.
37:22It's going to be a long, long day.
37:23It's going to be an expensive day.
37:25Bro, let's just pray that we can still pull out the bag.
37:40Look at that! Look at that! Look at that amazing hat!
37:43Your hat is fantastic!
37:47Having travelled the breadth of Kyrgyzstan yesterday, Mark and Margo are in the capital, Bishkek.
37:53Tasty savoury breakfast?
37:55Mmm, that's a great.
37:57They're like statues, aren't they?
38:03At the northern tip of the Chewy Valley, this one small settlement grew into a lush garden city,
38:10with residents encouraged to plant trees near their homes.
38:15Today, its nomadic heritage is intermixed with contemporary living.
38:20Fermented mare's milk as well as flat whites are sold side by side.
38:27They're very busy, aren't they?
38:29Adding to the funds before pushing onto the checkpoint...
38:33Oh, my little friend, you must stay here!
38:36Yes!
38:37..the in-laws have found work at a local pet groomers.
38:40Look at that!
38:42Oh, I'd like that myself!
38:43Traditionally seen as working animals, pets in the capital are increasingly kept for companionship.
38:50Whoa!
38:50With pedigree breeds emerging as a status symbol.
38:54What are you telling me?
38:55I don't speak Kyrgyzstan.
38:59Most experiences we've had have been tailored for me.
39:02Margot's been very happy to go along with that.
39:04Here we go.
39:05There's a lot of time for people.
39:07Here we go.
39:08So, this is an experience for Margot.
39:10You're doing fine, you're doing so well.
39:12I'm here, don't worry.
39:14It has been a very exhausting journey.
39:17So, today is a chance for Margot to relax and just forget about the race just for one day.
39:25Don't you like a dog like this, Mark?
39:27No!
39:27So cute!
39:28Hello!
39:30There's this thing I would never want to do.
39:32I don't like animals that smell it.
39:34Dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs.
39:36I'm doing it for Margot.
39:38Come on!
39:38And she loves this.
39:40Oh!
39:43Don't tell my dog, Bailey, what I'm doing.
39:45You have a dog?
39:46I have a dog.
39:47Oh!
39:48When my dog sees this, she'll be very jealous.
39:50My Bailey will not forgive me.
39:55You're not happy with this, are you?
39:59Drama queen.
40:01She can't wait to go home.
40:04Goodbye.
40:05Oh!
40:05Oh!
40:06Oh!
40:11Today has just been my day in the happiest place I could be on Earth.
40:16I've just loved it.
40:18She's very upset now.
40:20I know.
40:20Yeah, I know.
40:21Particularly with you.
40:22I know.
40:24I am very, very pleased, Marcus, doing this job for me.
40:28Oh, look!
40:30And I'm absolutely amazed at how we've got on.
40:33So far, on the race.
40:35Oh, you gentle soul.
40:38We're just really accepting of each other.
40:41You're like, our place.
40:43Oh, we love it. We love it.
40:44I'd love to bring my dog here.
40:46But somehow the two of us have become so supportive of each other.
40:50I'm still getting fur out of my eyes and my nose.
40:53Tomorrow.
40:54Checkpoint, here we come.
41:05We really are in the middle of nowhere.
41:07It might slow us down in the race a little bit.
41:10But that's absolutely incredible.
41:1325 kilometres outside of Bishkek,
41:16after three days of relentless travel,
41:18Katie and Harrison have reached the remote village of Kashkasu.
41:25The siblings will work for husband and wife duo,
41:28Ilyas and Maureen.
41:30Welcome to good service.
41:33In return for a horse ride through the mountains.
41:41It is just such a nice break to come to somewhere like this, so serene and peaceful.
41:48Yeah, I couldn't have done another day.
41:50The chaotic stress.
41:51Yes.
41:52It's a nice temperature as well.
41:54Really nice and warm but windy.
41:56It's like ideal ginger temperature.
41:58I really just wanted like a real rustic raw experience, you know.
42:03This is where I'm like really ticking the bucket list off.
42:08Ajay, where are we going?
42:10Where are we going?
42:11You can't eat that.
42:13Oh, God.
42:14I've lost my horse.
42:15My horse.
42:15My horse.
42:17How sad.
42:18Katie, are you getting walked by your horse?
42:20My horse doesn't like me.
42:23The horses look nice and shiny.
42:26Perfect, thank you.
42:26It's time to reward some ride.
42:28Let's get out there and ride.
42:31Nice and easy, boy.
42:33Good boy.
42:36Oh, my God.
42:39I'm on a horse in Kyrgyzstan.
42:43What?
42:46It's incredible.
42:50That is just ridiculous.
42:52This is stunning.
43:00What?
43:03Wow.
43:08Formed over 50 million years ago,
43:11as the Indian and Eurasian continental plates collided...
43:15That is insane.
43:18The Alatu Mountains form a vast chain of snow-capped peaks,
43:23creating a natural border between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan.
43:27Not that.
43:29This isn't real.
43:30I feel like I'm in a painting.
43:34Absolutely beautiful.
43:38But it is the middle of nowhere.
43:40It's a long way to get to Almaty.
43:53We got the Vans in the car.
43:55With a 570-kilometre taxi through the mountain roads secured for just over £50,
44:02Joe and Kush have their sights set on reaching Almaty tonight.
44:07My God.
44:10Look at that.
44:11It's insane.
44:13Oh, shit.
44:15Where are the snowboards at?
44:17Out of all the stands we've been to,
44:19this is definitely the Prius.
44:22It's definitely the most beautiful drive I've ever been on my entire life.
44:31It's cold.
44:36No idea.
44:38My hands are cold.
44:40I've never drove through somewhere like this.
44:42It's just stunning.
44:44We've still got a long, long way to go.
44:46But we're trying to stay positive.
44:52So, unless you can really come to terms with the constant stress of the race,
44:57only then can you actually relax and start to enjoy it.
45:04Let's go.
45:05Come on.
45:06Come on.
45:06Come on.
45:07Come on.
45:08Come on.
45:15That's mental.
45:16Let's go.
45:17What's our draw?
45:18If dads are on our side, there's a chance to get to Almaty tonight.
45:22We might have a chance at maybe second or third.
45:25It's Kazakhstan.
45:38Have you ever rounded up sheep this way before?
45:40It's lovely though.
45:41It's just like walking the fields at home.
45:43You couldn't beat it.
45:44It's so interesting.
45:46Oh, genie mac.
45:48After a seven-hour journey from Shemkent,
45:51Andrew and Molly have arrived in Tasutkel.
45:55Horse coming through.
45:57My dad, my father.
45:58Hello, hello, nice to meet you.
46:00Nice to meet you.
46:01Hello, hello, hello.
46:02Hello, nice to meet you.
46:05They're joining host Zalgass.
46:07I got a wee borrow.
46:08And his father in the day-to-day running of the farm.
46:14Can me do, yes?
46:17I help.
46:18Okay.
46:22It's very rare.
46:23We're in the middle of nowhere.
46:25We're on a farm.
46:26And I'm loving it, actually.
46:29Did I do good?
46:31Yeah.
46:33This leg, Molly's kind of making the decisions,
46:36and by me stepping back, she's able to take over.
46:39You're very good at onions.
46:40I have discovered that.
46:42Yeah.
46:44It's lovely to see, and lovely to see her flourish.
46:48But in another way, I find that quite difficult at times,
46:51because when I was Molly's age,
46:53I grew up in Belfast during the beginning of the Troubles.
46:58Way to go.
46:58Go on.
46:59Catholics and Protestants just not seeing eye to eye,
47:02and it turned to violence.
47:09You had to care for some of the areas you went to,
47:11what pubs you went to, what streets you went to,
47:13and everybody was in age.
47:20There was bombs going off, soldiers walking around with guns.
47:27People would have been killed for their religion.
47:31And it affects you.
47:37Particularly as I become father,
47:40you kind of manifest that onto your children.
47:44A lot of my generation has that kind of fear and lack of safety.
47:50You can be a bit over-bordering,
47:52and you're probably a wee bit more hypervigilant.
47:57Oh, my Jesus.
47:58It's just so, like, nanny's house, isn't it?
48:01Uh-huh.
48:05Seeing Molly grow up,
48:07you're losing her in a way,
48:09and she's growing up into this independent person,
48:11and you're not having that kind of level of control,
48:15and that's the bit that I'm learning to deal with at the moment.
48:19Go on.
48:20Move it.
48:22It's just like school kids.
48:23They just walk off in their own direction.
48:29It's been 24 long years of looking after somebody,
48:33enjoyed every second of it.
48:37And...
48:41You don't want to let her go.
48:46But that's life.
48:47You have to.
48:51Dinner? Okay.
48:55Spoiling us.
49:09Very good.
49:11Excellent.
49:13Were you a party girl?
49:14No.
49:17I like a party girl, yeah.
49:21Oh, this looks lovely.
49:23Wow.
49:23Wow.
49:24It's your turn to sing.
49:26No, no, sorry.
49:27No, no.
49:28Well, what do you sing?
49:29I'll sing badly, if you want me to.
49:31It doesn't matter.
49:32Come on.
49:33This is a song about a girl in Belfast.
49:37I can't believe you're doing this.
49:39Enjoy.
49:40I tell me, ma, when I go home,
49:42the boys will leave the boys alone.
49:44They love my hair, they come, I come,
49:46but that's all right till I go home.
49:48She is handsome.
49:49She is pretty.
49:50She is the girl of Belfast City.
49:52She is a courting one, two, three.
49:54Please, would you tell me who is she?
49:56Albert Mooney says he loves her.
49:59All the boys are right before.
50:00They're out by the door and they ring the bell.
50:03Say, come, I love her for you well.
50:04Come, that's why the snow rings on her fingers,
50:08bells on her toes.
50:09She is the girl of Belfast City.
50:11She is a courting one, two, three.
50:13Please, would you tell me who is she?
50:16Who is she?
50:16Who is she?
50:22What more?
50:22No, one time only.
50:26I'm so sorry, I'm such a bad singer.
50:37THE BATTLE
50:43Kazakhstan?
50:43Kazakhstan, yes.
50:44Kazakhstan, yay.
50:47We've made quick time to the border.
50:49Checkpoint!
50:51Following an early start,
50:53Mark and Margot have now crossed into Kazakhstan.
50:56Are you ready to run, Mark?
50:59I don't think we might surprise ourselves.
51:00I'm ready to open that book and see a better number there than four.
51:05Oh, Matty, here we come.
51:09I can't thank you enough. Thank you.
51:11You, Kareem?
51:15Close behind them, Andrew and Molly.
51:19We know we have to pay it to get there fast.
51:21Using their healthy budget to carry them quickly to the checkpoint.
51:25We need to go fast. Fast, fast, fast.
51:31The former Soviet capital of Kazakhstan, Almaty.
51:36Meaning place of apples, the wild orchard-covered slopes that surround the city
51:42are believed to be the ancient ancestral home of the popular fruit.
51:46I think we're here. Here we come.
51:50Today, it's also home to the sixth checkpoint.
51:58Make your way to Gogol Street.
52:02Find the memorial of glory.
52:05Behind the eternal flame.
52:07Past the Ascension Cathedral.
52:09And locate the emblem of Kazakhstan.
52:12And on the front of KBTU.
52:15So we need to go to Gogol Street.
52:17It's a lovely day for a walk in the park.
52:19It is, absolutely, yes.
52:21Remember, though, it's a race.
52:22Oh, lordy-dordy, yeah.
52:26Excuse me.
52:28Well, we're doing four-minute kilometres.
52:30I can see the skates.
52:32Can I have your skates?
52:34This way.
52:36Oh!
52:37Moral of glory, that has to be it.
52:39That's one big monument.
52:43It's there.
52:44You see it?
52:45Ascension Cathedral.
52:47Choo-choo!
52:51It's gorgeous, isn't it?
52:52Beautiful, isn't it?
52:53Get in there.
52:54No!
52:56KBTU that way.
52:57That way.
52:58Bob, thank you.
52:59Oh, is that the emblem?
53:01What an amazing building.
53:02You think it's that one?
53:05Follow the apples and sign in on the Terrence of Almaty Hotel.
53:12Keep your eyes peeled.
53:14There's apples down here and there's apples up there.
53:17Excuse me?
53:20He's lost himself.
53:22Molly, there's apples down here.
53:23There's apples up there.
53:24I know, there's bloody apples everywhere.
53:26No, Daddy, there's more apples this way.
53:28This makes more sense.
53:29Follow the clues.
53:32Like it, Mark.
53:33Woo!
53:36Almaty Hotel.
53:39I'm wrecked, no, God.
53:40You're doing really well.
53:41Margot!
53:42Like it.
53:44Irish bar.
53:45Yeah.
53:46Yeah.
53:47Give it everything.
53:51It could be that one up there.
53:53Like it, Mark.
53:54That's it, Molly.
53:55It's thinking up in front of you.
53:56Yep.
53:57Hang on for me.
53:58Sorry.
53:58I want a big glass of rosé wine.
54:02Steps.
54:03I love a step.
54:05I'm here.
54:07Hey.
54:08Hello.
54:08I'm glad to see you.
54:10Good afternoon.
54:11Welcome to Almaty Hotel.
54:12Okay.
54:13Okay.
54:13Please sign in here.
54:15Wonderful.
54:18Congratulations.
54:19You have successfully reached your sixth checkpoint.
54:22Yes.
54:23Please sign in here for a kid.
54:25Bit of great leg now, all right?
54:29Go on.
54:30Go on.
54:31Go on.
54:32Third.
54:33For second.
54:34Yes.
54:36Oh, that's rough.
54:37Joe and Cush.
54:4014 hours in front of us.
54:42Oh, gosh.
54:42They've made good lead.
54:43Oh.
54:44Ah.
54:51Did this ride?
54:52Yeah.
54:54Oh.
54:55Shit, are you good?
54:56I just hit the club.
54:58Yeah, I'm fine.
54:59Sure.
54:59Yeah, honest.
55:00Nice one, bro.
55:01Dream team.
55:02Come, bro.
55:02Final sprint.
55:05There it is.
55:06There it is, Joe.
55:08Joe.
55:09Can you open the box to be last?
55:11Well, I'm going to be last.
55:14Salaam Alaikum.
55:15Hello.
55:16Please sign in here.
55:18Yeah, bro.
55:18Allow me.
55:19I think it's been so hard, but whatever place.
55:22I'm fine with forth.
55:24It just stays what it is.
55:25Congratulations.
55:26You've successfully reached your sixth checkpoint.
55:28Please sign in at Overleaf.
55:35What?
55:36Wait.
55:39That's not right.
55:41That's not right.
55:41That's the wrong page.
55:42That's not right.
55:43That's not right.
55:44Are you sure this is the right book?
55:47Vlad.
55:48How did we do that, bro?
55:54We did it, bro.
55:55First place.
55:56We finally got a taste of it.
55:58I truly think it's thanks that locals are on the way.
56:02How much sleep have I lost over this leg?
56:04I can't believe it.
56:06Neither.
56:07I just want to say thank you for everything.
56:09I know I've been a pain in your arse, but...
56:11Don't worry, bro.
56:12It means the world.
56:14Always.
56:16Bro.
56:17I was really struggling mentally.
56:19What?
56:19I realised that I can actually rely on Joe a lot more than I originally assumed.
56:25You've helped me so much in general.
56:27Bro, same here.
56:28It goes both ways.
56:28I would probably still be in Palermo somewhere without you right now.
56:32I'm not joking.
56:34Second, fifth.
56:35Third.
56:36Third, second.
56:37Second.
56:38Second.
56:39Second, second, fifth.
56:40That's a tune that, you know.
56:41Ha, ha, ha, ha.
56:48Next leg.
56:49I'm sorry, boys.
56:50We're coming for you.
56:52For you, gunning for you, boys.
56:54We did the route we wanted, we did it our way, and we've come second.
56:58And I think we can win.
57:02It's done.
57:05Oh, Jesus.
57:07The boys are very well.
57:08Well done.
57:08Fair play to them.
57:09Fair play to them.
57:12I have thoroughly loved this leg.
57:13I think we communicated well.
57:16And I think we just need to keep it going forward.
57:18Only have to win one.
57:24Come on.
57:29Want to sprint just for a laugh?
57:31Sprint.
57:35Come on.
57:36Sprint's not in my vocabulary.
57:40Welcome to Almaty Hotel.
57:42Thank you very much.
57:45We knew it.
57:46What time is it?
57:49There's a day behind again.
57:51I am actually a bit devastated from fourth.
57:53I really would have loved second or third.
57:55We tried to save a bit of money, which cost us maybe a few hours.
57:59I do have that regret that we didn't spend a little bit more money.
58:02But it is the eighth leg that matters for first place.
58:06We've got the extra money to spend now, I think.
58:08So just spend it wisely.
58:11Really need some, like, insulin and moisturizer.
58:14So, yes.
58:16Absolutely not.
58:22Mongolia is your problem now.
58:24Mongolia is a pretty big problem to have.
58:27We need speed.
58:29And we've got the money to be able to spend.
58:31There's no point in being rich losers.
58:33This kind of experience is what I wanted out of Mongolia.
58:37Oh, my God.
58:37No, this is time.
58:39This is the best memories we've had so far.
58:42It's just all going wrong.
58:44Tomorrow's another day, but today...
58:49Holy moly.
58:51This is absurd.
58:53There's been a miscommunication.
58:55Fasten your seatbelts.
58:57You're in for a bumpy ride.
59:01And race across the world continues next Wednesday at 8.
59:04Hit the red button for the detour.
59:07And are you ready for the race of a lifetime?
59:09Register now at bbc.co.uk slash take part.
59:13Or how about a collab?
59:15Amanda Land has grand plans this series.
59:17Watch now on BBC iPlayer.
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