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00:05I
00:05Thank you so much. Thank you my friend
00:13Right there goes under 30 quid just like that. Not like on a budget or anything
00:19If we've done all this, spent all that money and we're still last
00:23How far behind world? Yeah exactly
00:25I don't know
00:29After a six-day adventure through central Thailand
00:33Come on. It can't be far. Right, come on then
00:34Alfie and Owen are the last team to reach the fourth checkpoint
00:39That's it? Yeah, that's it
00:42To get here has cost them close to five percent of their budget
00:47Hello
00:49Welcome to Mr. Young, please sign
00:51Thank you
00:53Oh, let's see what this was worth then
00:56I can guarantee it won't have been 130 quid whatever the result is
01:00Oh wow
01:02Bloody hell
01:03We're 11 hours behind first
01:06God, they made up a lot of time
01:08A little bit of a shock seeing fourth after being first on the last leg
01:13Thank you
01:15Thank you
01:16Honestly, I didn't think we'd need to use a taxi this soon on
01:18The fact we've had to do that just shows that, you know, we've gone from here to zero in the
01:22space of five or six days
01:24It's a it's a it's an overall disappointment for me
01:28It's a it's an overall disappointment for me
01:41It's weird how small this place is compared to the one in Phnom Penh
01:47Deep in the Shan highlands of May Hong Son province
01:51The sleepy riverside town of May Sariang
01:56A region of Thailand less explored by tourists
02:00I still can't believe we came first
02:02We had to go from fourth to first
02:04Crikey
02:05At the halfway point in the race
02:07The leaderboard has been turned upside down
02:11Alfie and Owen sink to the bottom
02:13And rising to the top
02:15New leaders Stephen and Viv
02:19Number one spot puts a target on our back
02:21The race is definitely hotting up now
02:24We thought that maybe the boys were our biggest competition now
02:28Yeah
02:28They still could be there
02:30They'll have the fire up the bombs after this slag
02:32Yeah
02:34There's four weeks to go
02:35All the teams were surprised that we came last
02:38Yeah, which says it all
02:39We're clearly a threat to them
02:40Yeah, exactly
02:41And we've learned lessons now
02:43It's just time to use those lessons, so
02:45Yeah, I'm not worried
02:49That's good
02:52That's nice
02:54I think we're slowly guessing there now
02:55With our communication
02:56I think it's getting a lot better
02:58We did have that big blip
02:59But I think it's nice
03:01We can have that openness and honesty as well
03:03And are you enjoying my company?
03:05I'm enjoying your company
03:07But it would still be nice to have some space
03:09If I'm being on this
03:11It's not easy being with each other 24-7, is it?
03:17I'm excited for what's to come
03:19I feel like looking at the map
03:21There has to be some beach somewhere
03:23The beach will be class
03:35Yeah
03:38While May Sariyang sleeps
03:43It's an early start to the fifth leg of the race
03:53It's not a clue
03:57It's not a clue
03:59It's not a clue
04:05It's not a clue
04:15Thanks to me
04:16I need a bit of that
04:181,500 kilometres to the south
04:22Checkpoint number five
04:26The paradise island of Kopipi
04:31Where long-tailed boats
04:34Leopard sharks and lionfish
04:37Line the crystal clear waters
04:39Of the Andaman Sea
04:42For the teams
04:43It's only accessible from the ports of Phuket
04:47Or Krabi
04:47And they must travel the length of Thailand
04:50To reach it
04:53Kopipi goes down here
04:56Such a long, long country
04:58Yeah
04:58Thailand is huge
05:02Leaving the remote north-west behind
05:04All roads lead to Bangkok
05:06And for the teams
05:07It's a race to get there
05:10But direct buses are often booked up days in advance
05:15So the teams could choose to travel via Maysot
05:18An area rich in Burmese influences
05:21Rarely explored by Westerners
05:26Or they could detour east
05:28To Thailand's second-largest city
05:31Chiang Mai
05:32To make use of its abundant travel options
05:38Chiang Mai was a big transport hub
05:40I would have thought the quickest route is going up there
05:43And straight down to Bangkok
05:44Yeah, I'd love to spend more time further south actually
05:47See the beaches and the coastline
05:49That's my idea of paradise, I think
05:52Hello
05:54Do you know where the bus station is?
05:56The bus station
05:57The bus station
05:58We've got a little bit of a gap behind us
06:01I don't want to be too relaxed about it
06:03But it gives us a little bit of leeway
06:05That we can actually have a little bit more fun
06:08And enjoy it a bit more
06:10I would counter everything she just said there basically
06:12There's not a chance that we can do that
06:13We've got to keep chasing
06:14Got to keep our direction, got to keep our focus
06:17Because that could disappear overnight
06:19I know
06:20We run our race, let them run theirs
06:22OK
06:22Don't worry about it
06:24To reach Bangkok, Stephen and Viv intend to travel east via Chiang Mai
06:33So, I would rather travel via Maysot because we came here via Chiang Mai
06:38OK, so just another route
06:40OK
06:42While Eugenie and Isabelle are aiming south through Maysot
06:47We're starting the race off tired
06:49Well, I'm starting the race tired anyway
06:51We're also starting the race off with a very long journey
06:53Which we can sleep on, Mum
06:55Yeah, well...
06:56We know it will take us at least four or five hours to get to Maysot
06:59So that's time to sleep
07:00You know I'm tired
07:02And you know the reason why
07:04Because you blame me for being tired
07:07Sorry?
07:07It's fine
07:08I'm going to blame you for what?
07:10I kept you up
07:12Well, you know then, so just show some empathy then
07:14I didn't keep you up, I didn't tell you to not go to bed
07:17How can I go to sleep?
07:19You haven't packed or anything
07:24Mum's an ogre when she's not had sleep
07:27Snappy, she's just ridiculously snappy
07:31I'm just not going to say much
07:32I'll just let her have her space
07:36Is that to Maysot?
07:37No
07:38How much?
07:39How much?
07:41Four
07:41To help cover the 234 kilometres to Maysot and Comfort
07:47Isabella and Eugenie invest in a songdao
07:52I would just focus on going to Sweden, Mum
07:55And her first to leave Maysariang
07:58Last night, we all had dinner
08:01And then I was drunk a lot
08:03Had some gin and tonics and beer
08:05And just ends up chatting for a bit
08:06I told her she could go to sleep
08:09And then I could tuck myself in and I'd be quiet
08:11But she refused
08:13Maybe I am partly to blame
08:15But the gin and tonics were good
08:20Still in town
08:22Please, please, please, please
08:24Please
08:27Steven and Viv are taking a more frugal approach
08:31Oh, this brings back long, long ago memories
08:34Certainly Norwich to Hull and Hull to Norwich I've done
08:37Despite having the healthiest budget of all the teams
08:40They aim to cover the 200 kilometres to Chiang Mai
08:44Without splashing cash
08:46I think if we outsmart the other teams
08:50We can win this
08:51We've got a five minute walk, come on
08:54Let me stop and hitch a bit
08:55Bit of a walk, bit of a hitch
08:57Hubbada, hubbada, hubbada
08:58We're a bit frugal, because we like getting value for money
09:01We don't just splash our cash around
09:05We don't just like to waste money
09:06We've both known poverty, so...
09:07Yeah, we've both known hard times
09:14Where are you going?
09:15To Chiang Mai
09:16You're going to Chiang Mai?
09:18Yes
09:18Can we come with you?
09:19OK
09:20Oh, thank you!
09:21Thank you!
09:22Ah, that is brilliant
09:26In the face of adversity, you've just got to stay positive, haven't you?
09:30And hope that something will come along
09:34Go, Peepy! Here we come
09:37No, no, no, no, no, go
09:38OK, let's go
09:41Next to get going, Betty and James
09:44Less than four hours after the race leaders
09:48It's an island!
09:50That means beach
09:52It's going to be beautiful
09:55Travel, for me, definitely gives me that sense of freedom
09:57Oh, I'm so excited
09:59Feeling like I'm actually experiencing a life that I want to live
10:03I'm just excited to go to the beach
10:04I'm excited to get there
10:06I suppose I had that hope that James would maybe follow in those footsteps
10:09But all I see James doing is wearing shit-shirts and straw hats on Instagram
10:14And drinking with the lads, so...
10:17Are you ready?
10:19Yes
10:19Do you want to try Bangkok as quickly as possible?
10:22Yeah
10:22Is that a bus stop?
10:24Oh, express bus tickets
10:26Why should I go to Bangkok?
10:28Oh, wow
10:30Hello
10:30We want to go to Bangkok
10:35Oh...
10:35There's nothing today?
10:39BEEP
10:41The options are...
10:44Four o'clock bus to Chiang Mai
10:46Or...
10:46Tomorrow evening Bangkok
10:49It's not an ideal start, the leg
10:51No
10:52Two tickets to Chiang Mai?
10:54Thank you
10:55Even though, you know, Chiang Mai is away from Jet Point
10:57We just want to feel like we're on the road
10:58Maesha Rian
10:59It's been nice
11:01Chiang Mai
11:01Here we come
11:02As the siblings head east
11:04I think one of like the best temples in Thailand is in Chiang Mai
11:07Oh really?
11:08I think the national sport, like Mai Tai boxing
11:11So it would be quite nice to see that
11:14Start my leg off nicely
11:16Yeah
11:17Yeah
11:18Yeah
11:19Already in Chiang Mai
11:20Thank you
11:21Thank you
11:22Blimey, what a legend
11:23Oh, this looks like a beautiful place
11:28In the lee of the country's highest mountain, Doi Intanon
11:33Thailand's cultural heart abounds in temples, theatres and festivals
11:40The old city is still marked out by the remains of ramparts, gates and moats, dating back to the 13th
11:47century
11:49Something about water just makes it beautiful
11:52Yeah, lovely place
11:53But it's still the buzz of a city too
11:55Mm
11:56Right, over the bridge to the station
11:59But Stephen and Viv are resisting its allure
12:03Hello
12:04Hello
12:04Can we have two persons to rang sit, please?
12:08Maybe one first class
12:09No, two seats, please
12:11This one third class, Jessie
12:13Yes, please, yes
12:14No air con
12:15No air con, oh God
12:18I was going to go more expensive ones because we've saved all that money getting here
12:22No, that's not how you save money
12:23I bet he said no
12:24You don't save money and spend it all
12:25It's not a saving then, is it?
12:27No
12:27No, darling
12:28It's a kind of way for anything
12:32Continuing their focus on budget
12:34It's going to be sticky, isn't it?
12:37They're heading to a job just outside Bangkok
12:41A 13 hour overnight train journey away
12:47This doesn't look so bad
12:48Ask me about it in 12 hours time
12:51Yeah
12:57Bus station
12:58This way
12:59This way
13:00And then go left maybe
13:01All right, thank you
13:02Thank you
13:02Thank you
13:03At the back of the pack for the first time
13:05Alfie and Owen itching to leave Maesariang
13:09Eleven hours after the leaders set off
13:13We went too far off the beaten track in the last leg
13:15I want to just go straight down into Bangkok
13:18But we can't be fourth
13:19That's for me that is not acceptable
13:21You know we have got to be at the top of our game this time
13:24We can get bus to Bangkok
13:25I don't care how long it takes
13:27Hello, we need to get to Bangkok
13:30What buses are there today?
13:31We don't have a seat for you
13:34You have to wait for tomorrow
13:36Oh no
13:38Oh it feels so shit
13:40Yeah
13:40Right
13:41Okay
13:42Is there anywhere else we can go first
13:44And then from there go to Bangkok?
13:46Yes
13:47I don't even know what to say now
13:51There's no seats to Bangkok tonight?
13:564pm
13:57Is that the earliest one we can do?
14:05For the boys, a big call
14:08It will just feel so grim to not move
14:11Wait for the next bus to Bangkok
14:13Oh Jesus
14:15And they'll have to sit tight for over 21 hours
14:18While the other teams continue to advance towards the capital
14:22So
14:24I don't think there's actually any tangible benefit
14:28To leaving here tomorrow morning
14:31To go somewhere else
14:32Yes we'd be standing still
14:34But we're going to need to go to Bangkok anyway
14:36It's shit
14:38It probably does, it is shit
14:39But it makes more sense than
14:41Because you know how bad it's going to feel if we get to Mysore or Chiang Mai
14:44And then can't get out
14:46It's going to be a good test to see how well we can actually work together
14:49We know everything about each other that is
14:51Yeah we just have to put faith in each other
14:53Yeah
14:53Which we do
14:54We could hitchhike
14:56But the chances of us getting a hitchhike to Chiang Mai from here
14:59I don't even know where to start, I don't even know where the road is
15:01I think we should do the 4 o'clock bus to Bangkok tomorrow
15:05Yeah?
15:05It's a bit of a risk bar
15:07It could really pay off
15:09I'm willing to take the risk
15:10And if it works, amazing
15:12If it bites us in the arse
15:13Then we will have to deal with that
15:20Almost 200 kilometres away
15:22Thank you
15:23Yay!
15:24Sick! Let's go!
15:27Pass us, pass us, pass us
15:28James aims to capitalise on the change of plan that has brought them to Chiang Mai
15:34This is class
15:35Do you have a thing?
15:38I'm glad there's some distance
15:40That's all I can say
15:41I think this is class
15:44I'm not ready to see people fart
15:46They've got popcorn
15:48Popular with tourists, Muay Thai sweeps and strikes
15:52Using fists, elbows, knees and shins
15:56Are admired as the art of the eight limbs
15:58Oh lovely!
16:00Go on!
16:01Get into it!
16:02The comeback of the century
16:03Oh my god!
16:05It was just like, amazing to see really
16:08Back up, legend
16:11Go on!
16:13That adrenaline, full on competitiveness
16:15The action, the bit of thrill
16:17Wanting to win, needing to win
16:19Highlights what I've been missing I think
16:20Go on!
16:22Alright
16:25Shot
16:28James played competitive cricket from the age of 11
16:31And by 19 was on the fringes of the Yorkshire County first team
16:36Cricket to me was pretty much everything
16:39I think I made my second team debut two, three years ago
16:41I got to bowl with the Australia team, England team in practice
16:45On the verge of being professional
16:46Not two pounds
16:50My journey ended with an appraisal with my coaches
16:53And they basically said, you're not good enough for
16:57Yorkshire and our standards
16:59Thanks for everything
17:00Bye
17:03Rang my dad
17:04Told him he started crying
17:06It was only when I got off the phone that
17:08I started crying
17:11It was all I saw myself doing
17:12So
17:14Yeah
17:18Oh my god
17:20This is the best game I've ever seen
17:21When you've dedicated your whole life to something
17:23It must be heartbreaking
17:25But we've not really ever spoken about it one on one
17:29I've really enjoyed that
17:30Yeah, I could tell by your face
17:32I think it's been sick
17:34He is capable of going to new places
17:37He's capable of doing anything he wants with his life
17:40It'll definitely be nice to wake up tomorrow and like see Chiang Mai in the light
17:44Yeah
17:44But then we'll have both had culture in our own different ways
17:47And that's good
17:48Yeah
17:54Oh God
17:56That was the worst night's sleep ever
17:58I thought I wouldn't even call it sleep
17:59No, it was noisy
18:01It was uncomfy
18:03After a night in the cheap seats
18:07Stephen and Verve are approaching Rangsit
18:09Just outside of Bangkok
18:12I am tired but it'll be a great day
18:15Yeah
18:15We like getting our ducks in a row
18:17Yeah, we do
18:18Continuing to prioritise budget
18:20They've secured a rather unusual job
18:33Oh my god
18:36Wow
18:37The racket
18:42Oh shit
18:43You want all the ducks?
18:44Right
18:45Before the sun reaches its zenith, and temperatures soar, duckherder Dao's 8000 strong flock must be corralled into the surrounding
18:54paddy fields
18:55Oh, it smells like duck shit
19:09Here they're grazing acts as an environmentally friendly pesticide,
19:14helping farmers rid their rice crops of invasive insects.
19:19Oh my God!
19:30He did a high one every now and then.
19:32Oh, they're all running.
19:34Come on, Stephen, quick, get them.
19:38I mean, we've had a horrendous journey on the train.
19:41Now he's got his little twinkle in his eye again.
19:44Oh, this little one. Come on.
19:47Come on, keep up.
19:49All right, little fella, come on.
19:51Go and play with your friends.
19:53There you go.
19:54What I didn't want to do was just become someone who potters in the garden.
20:06I want to go out doing what we enjoy.
20:09In a blaze of glory.
20:10If I drop dead on a dance floor or falling off a mountain,
20:13don't care as long as it's what we want to do.
20:16Oh, coming down, darling!
20:18Oh, aye, aye, aye!
20:20Hey!
20:33After a rocky start from the checkpoint,
20:36Isabel and Eugenie have navigated their way cross-country
20:39to reach the heavenly city, Nakaan, Sawan.
20:47Do you want breakfast?
20:49Yeah.
20:50It's just felt like a bit of a tense morning.
20:52I do feel quite guilty.
20:54I should get Mum a peace offering of some food.
20:57So I got you a toastie.
20:59OK.
21:00And then there's some cupcakes if you want them now as well.
21:04No, I just have the toastie now.
21:06We want different things out of the race.
21:08I think Mum really wants to relax.
21:10I think that might be why we're butting heads so much.
21:12Mum hates me saying this, but she is getting very old.
21:16It would be nice to actually be able to know a bit more about her
21:19and just be there and know that you're actually catering for her needs.
21:22Do you want to get your toy into this waterfall?
21:25I definitely would like to go and just experience it.
21:29To placate her mum, Isabel proposes to head to the majestic Erewhan Waterfalls,
21:35an area of stunning natural beauty deep in the Kanchanaburi province.
21:40Hello, bus to Kanchanaburi.
21:45But to get there, they need to make three bus connections
21:48and will be travelling away from Bangkok.
21:53Can you push me up?
21:56Waterfalls not necessarily my cup of tea
21:58and I'm a bit nervous because I think we might be last,
22:01but I do think it's something she needs.
22:06I'm feeling absolutely shattered today,
22:08but what has helped is Isabel being really kind and caring
22:13and she's just gone with things.
22:23500 miles to the north.
22:25Worth an ask, definitely worth an ask.
22:27All right, this is the most demoralised thing I've ever done.
22:30Do you have any work?
22:32For, like, money?
22:34Still static.
22:35Is there, like, anything round here that we could do?
22:37Just a moment. Yeah, thank you.
22:41Owen and Alfie try to fill time before their 4pm bus to Bangkok.
22:47Earning any money in the free time we have is a win-win, really.
22:50Working with money, money equals good.
22:52Good equals happy.
22:56We don't have any work for you right here.
22:58OK.
23:00But we have, um, I heard another place.
23:03Right.
23:04OK, we'll go there. Thank you for your help.
23:08We spent too much money on the last leg simply to make up ground,
23:11so there is an absolutely massive pressure to work once if not twice.
23:15You can clean the room.
23:18Yeah? OK. That's fine.
23:21Should we have it?
23:22They do it.
23:22Like that or like here?
23:24No, because they do it like this.
23:26So bring it, like, up to here and then fold it back.
23:29Yeah, so like that?
23:30No, no.
23:31Can you do towel origami?
23:33I wish I could.
23:34I can't even drive myself with the towel.
23:38Normally, once we leave a checkpoint, you know,
23:40we're out of the town or city within a few hours,
23:43but other couples left at 4am yesterday.
23:47They're well on their way and we're just still here.
23:50It's just a bit of a weird feeling.
23:59Although the boys continue to wait it out...
24:01Do you have six o'clock, boss?
24:03Yes.
24:04Thank you so much.
24:06And there is a meal on board?
24:07Yeah.
24:07Perfect.
24:08That's great stuff.
24:10Amazing.
24:10Meal accommodation and travel.
24:12Betty and James have yet to move on from Chiang Mai,
24:16700 kilometres from Bangkok,
24:18but with a bus booked that will get them there
24:21early tomorrow morning.
24:24Oh, look at those steps.
24:27It's like vertical.
24:29Before they board, it's Betty's turn to dictate the itinerary.
24:32It'll be worth it when we get to the top for sure.
24:36Accessible by climbing 306 steps.
24:42Wat Pra Tat Doi Suthep,
24:45believed to house a piece of the Buddha's shoulder bone.
24:49I need to get something to cover my need.
24:55Making this one of the most sacred pilgrimage sites in Thailand.
25:02I wonder if it's real gold, though.
25:04What gold if it is?
25:05It'd be sick if it is.
25:07This is beautiful.
25:14It's actually crazy how everything's just done, like, so intricately.
25:18It doesn't make you think it's not handmade, though.
25:20Because it is so good.
25:23Oh, she is hand painting it.
25:25It is.
25:27She's literally painting it now.
25:30Oh, my God.
25:34I think thinking back to last night and, like, literally watching people punch each other in the face,
25:39to now being here to, like, this tranquil space, like, the contrast between that is just nuts.
25:46It's lovely.
25:48I think in terms of compromises, like, this has been one of our best ones yet.
25:52Just walking around, you can see the detail of every little thing.
25:55I didn't even have any words.
25:57This is sort of the first time doing something like this and enjoy it for what it is.
26:03Look at that view.
26:06I think it just shows that there's things out there that haven't really discovered and seen yet.
26:11I hope there's a lot more to come.
26:13Playing cricket was your life.
26:15Then suddenly one day, like, that wasn't your life.
26:17Like, didn't that feel a bit shit?
26:19Yeah, it was shit.
26:21If you find yourself in shit situations, you've got to dig yourself out of them.
26:24Mm.
26:26Are you ready to get on an 11-hour bus?
26:28Yes.
26:30Definitely.
26:32To the bus station?
26:34100.
26:34100 for both of us?
26:36Yeah.
26:37Woo!
26:38So I'm excited to, like, get moving back towards that one.
26:41Yeah, yeah.
26:42As the siblings race to get their overnight bus to Bangkok...
26:47We are miles away.
26:50Oh, God, we've got five minutes.
26:53We're running.
26:53We need to run for our bus.
26:55We're going to run.
26:55Where's the bus station?
26:57Where's the bus station?
26:58This is f***ing awful.
27:06First team to reach the capital...
27:08I think I'd like to lay to rest my jinx of dolphin-watching.
27:13Viv and Stephen plan their next step south.
27:17Pink dolphins in Khunom.
27:19Yeah.
27:20They're sights set on sightseeing.
27:23817 kilometres away on the east coast.
27:26Two train tickets to Khunom.
27:29Right now, you know, only seen.
27:30Only seen.
27:31I really don't fancy another one of them.
27:34Do you?
27:36No, but it's a race.
27:39So we're never going to do this again?
27:4316 hours.
27:44That's 16 hours.
27:45Oh, God.
27:47Bang on time.
27:53To the north...
27:54Let's get out of here.
27:56We're so far behind, so we need to play catch-up.
27:59Get me out of here.
28:00It's a lovely place, but I never want to come back.
28:02Alfie and Owen are finally able to depart Maesariang...
28:07..and are on their way to the capital.
28:10Bangkok.
28:11I've got to wait.
28:14Oh, it's heavy, it's heavy.
28:15Currently heading away from Bangkok...
28:18Well, we get a nice tour of Kanchanaburi.
28:21Oh, a lovely, cool break.
28:23Yeah, it's nice.
28:24Isabelle and Eugenie have fallen short of their goal,
28:27with two hours still to travel to the waterfalls tomorrow.
28:33Sorry, excuse me.
28:35Sorry.
28:36We made this bus, it's a f***ing miracle.
28:38Is that it? Is that our bus?
28:40Oh, my God.
28:51Nice.
28:52Hold on.
29:03This is nice.
29:05It's quiet.
29:07Tranquil.
29:10I can hear the birds in the background.
29:13I can hear water.
29:18After 776 kilometres since checkpoint,
29:21a chance for Isabelle and Eugenie to shake off the dust of the road.
29:27Hopefully we can relax, reset, rewind.
29:30Mum, be careful here.
29:31It said it was slippery.
29:33I made a pact to myself that I would be less irritable.
29:39Cascading from pool to pool across seven tiers,
29:42the Erewhan Falls.
29:44Hey, this looks nice.
29:48Oh, no!
29:50Eugh!
29:52Oh, there's big fish!
29:54In each one, hundreds of doctor fish.
29:58Oh, my God!
30:02The big ones are okay.
30:04It's the little ones that nip, Isabelle.
30:07People travel from miles around for a piscine pedicure.
30:11Oh, no!
30:15Oh, my God!
30:19Oh, my God!
30:25This is what life's all about,
30:27spending time together here
30:28and just having fun.
30:29Kind of belly laughing and just having fun together.
30:35Well done!
30:37And after a while, you do get used to the fish.
30:40Um, no, not really.
30:42It's so funny when you're in there.
30:44You don't actually...
30:45They look ugly, though, don't they?
30:46I think coming here has helped with the morale
30:49and just...
30:49I think it's added a bit of positivity as well.
30:52I think we needed this.
30:54Yeah, I think so, too.
30:55I could stay here for the whole day.
30:57We just need to kind of rush now, get that bus
30:59and continue with the race.
31:01Yeah.
31:03As a rejuvenated mother and daughter head to Bangkok...
31:07We spent longer than we planned,
31:09but kind of glad we went out of the way for that.
31:12Yeah, it was really worthwhile.
31:15Beating them there...
31:16It's my advice of me to death.
31:19Alfie and Owen's patience has paid off.
31:23Their direct overnight bus getting them to the capital
31:26until before Isabel and Eugenie,
31:29despite starting the leg 11 hours later.
31:34Hello?
31:35Oh, my God, she's asleep.
31:38I think our plan, getting that bus direct to Bangkok,
31:40was absolutely the right decision.
31:41We're at the point in the race where we've seen how quickly
31:44the game can change.
31:45Hello?
31:45Hello?
31:47Can we book something?
31:49Right.
31:50So, I think it's a feeling of positivity
31:52in terms of our decision-making.
31:54We want to go to Surat Fanny.
31:56Can we get two tickets for that, please?
31:58Yeah.
31:59Have saved our race.
32:02With nine and a half hours until their bus heading south,
32:06the boys have time to explore the city
32:08with the longest name in the world.
32:15Otherwise known as Bangkok.
32:24In the centre of the city, Wat Po Temple.
32:28Oh, that's the big Buddha.
32:31Home to a 46-metre-long, 15-metre-high reclining Buddha.
32:37I wasn't really sure what to expect.
32:38When you see an advertisement saying giant Buddha,
32:41you don't really know how giant it is,
32:42but you get right up close to it and you, like,
32:44have to, like, properly look up 90 degrees just to be able to see it.
32:48Fashioned on his side, calm and content,
32:51just before reaching the afterlife and achieving nirvana.
32:57This is definitely more of a knowing experience than me.
33:00I get a little bit frustrated by tourist hotspots.
33:03I mean, it's an unbelievable sight.
33:04Like, it's absolutely worth coming.
33:05I just feel like the nature of the area
33:08and the nature of how many tourists there are
33:09just kind of takes away from the actual meaning.
33:11But, obviously, whilst we're on the race,
33:14we need to remember that the beaten track
33:15is often the safer way to go
33:16because it's more reliable transport
33:18and we can get more reliable information.
33:20So, this is where we are for the time being.
33:24Are we going?
33:25We all head to the job, yeah.
33:28Obviously, we spent big last leg,
33:30so we need to continue to make that up.
33:32So, iron up any kind of work we can get.
33:36Where do you go?
33:37Samwood Sakon.
33:38Yeah?
33:40Also in Bangkok...
33:42Neither of us had a shower.
33:43Not eating with breakfast.
33:44Or absolutely shouted.
33:46..after enduring an overnight bus to get here...
33:49Last night's bus was horrific,
33:51and we didn't make sleep much.
33:52We've got about 20 minutes.
33:54..Betty and James have lined up a much-needed job
33:57just outside the city.
34:06Hello.
34:07Hi.
34:08Hello.
34:08Hello.
34:09Hi.
34:10Hi.
34:10Nice to meet you.
34:11It's so nice.
34:12It's beautiful.
34:13It's beautiful.
34:1322 years ago, Mrs Warapon gave up a career in banking
34:18to build the family guava farm.
34:22Not just a food crop,
34:24guava are traditionally used to treat ailments
34:27such as fever and high blood pressure.
34:30Are you tied?
34:32Two.
34:33Two pepper.
34:34OK.
34:35OK, no, no, no.
34:36In return, they require protecting from the sun.
34:40OK.
34:41Oh, yeah.
34:42That's good.
34:42You said I'm good.
34:44How many of these and the whole thing?
34:46One million.
34:47One million?
34:48Yes.
34:48One million plants?
34:49Yeah.
34:51One.
34:51Two months of doing this?
34:52Yes.
34:53The whole thing?
34:53Yes.
34:54Oh, my God.
34:55I did two.
35:00This morning, I didn't really have a very good start to the day.
35:03I didn't really want to get on with it.
35:05But eventually, when we have to walk on here,
35:07it's beautiful and then getting stuck in.
35:09There you go.
35:11I think sort of gelled and bonded quite quickly with the people.
35:14OK.
35:15Woo!
35:16We shall come here.
35:22There's a lot of people getting off here.
35:24This is the hub, isn't it, for transport links.
35:28Currently out in front.
35:30I'm quite hungry now.
35:31We've got a little three hours to go yet.
35:34Steven and Viv have arrived in Surat Tani,
35:37en route to Kanam in search of dolphins.
35:40But after 13 hours in economy class...
35:43That's ice cream.
35:44Look.
35:45That's what I want.
35:47Viv is ready to break the bank.
35:55Are you happy now?
35:56Yeah.
35:58I honestly think that ice cream has tipped us over the edge.
36:01It really has.
36:01It's blown the budget in one fell swoop.
36:03Mmm.
36:12Thank you very much.
36:15It's good.
36:17Do you think you have the best one?
36:18The best guava?
36:19Yeah.
36:19Yeah.
36:20Number one.
36:21It's the first time in a long time
36:23that we've kind of had, like, a mum and dad looking after us.
36:26Is it OK if we sleep here?
36:28No.
36:29OK.
36:29No, no, no, no.
36:32We didn't need to, like, speak the language
36:35to be able to, like, have a laugh.
36:36Even the dad was, like, cracking dad jokes in Thai,
36:38which was bizarre, but, yeah,
36:41it was just really nice to have that, like, family unit feel, I think.
36:44Did we do well?
36:46Very good.
36:47Yeah.
36:50Tomorrow we're going to Phuket
36:53and we've booked our bus
36:55from the bus station in Bangkok.
36:586.45 in the morning.
37:00What's the best way for us to get to the bus station?
37:05You will take...
37:06You will drive?
37:06Can you drive?
37:07Very early, are you sure?
37:08Early in the morning.
37:09Are you sure?
37:10Oh, thank you.
37:11Thank you very much.
37:20Bedtime.
37:22Where's me pillow?
37:24The people we've met, the job we've done,
37:27the tent stay, the accommodation,
37:29all the food we've eaten
37:30and we've got a plan for tomorrow.
37:34We've got so much out of it.
37:37I think, basically, like, it's quite a good life lesson
37:40as long as you are happy doing what you're doing.
37:42then it makes it worth it.
37:46Not everything is about money.
38:04Thank you so much.
38:06It will, yeah.
38:07No, no, we'll pay.
38:08Please, thank you.
38:08Aw, thank you so much.
38:10Thank you so much.
38:12Thank you so much.
38:12Kapokar.
38:12Kapokar.
38:14Betty and James are the third team to leave Bangkok.
38:19Phuket, yeah?
38:21On a 12-hour bus that will propel them along the elephant's trunk
38:25of Thailand to the port of Phuket,
38:28from where they'll be able to catch a boat to the fifth checkpoint.
38:34We've got to find out, actually, where Co-PP is.
38:37Yeah, and how to get there.
38:38How to get there, if we can get there tonight.
38:40How long does it take?
38:41How long, yeah, all information about Co-PP,
38:43but we could be there.
38:45Could be, like, two hours away on a boat.
38:47Could be an hour away.
38:48Mm-hm.
38:48Could be half an hour.
38:50Six hundred and fifty kilometres further south...
38:53Co-PP?
38:54Pe-P, Ory, Ka-Bee, Ka-Bee, Pe-Pee.
38:57Krabby, Pe-Pee.
38:58Yeah.
38:59Krabby, then.
39:00Yeah, let's do that.
39:01Krabby.
39:02Alfie and Owen have their sights set
39:04on reaching Co-PP from a different port.
39:08On the other side of Pangna Bay, Krabby.
39:14But first, they have stopped for another cash injection.
39:20Good morning.
39:21Hello.
39:25We are working today.
39:27In the house?
39:28Yeah, with you.
39:29Okay, yeah.
39:30We've come right out into the sticks for this job
39:36in the literal middle of nowhere.
39:38Rural housing, man-made peers, man-made everything, really.
39:41We're going to see another side of Thailand.
39:43We haven't experienced yet.
39:55Yeah.
39:58Yeah.
39:59Okay.
40:00Bosh, done one.
40:01Only took me five minutes, but there we go.
40:03I don't know why he's taking so long over there,
40:05because this job that I'm doing here
40:06is significantly more difficult.
40:08It's just fiddly.
40:11I don't speak any Thai, and she doesn't speak much English,
40:13but you kind of just get the idea just by kind of looking at her
40:16and what she's doing.
40:20This is basically just somebody's tiny little family business.
40:24Just a real, real change of pace from the tourist chaos.
40:27Clean, clean shrimp.
40:30Oh, clean shrimp.
40:34Bloody hell.
40:36They're a bit spiky, you know.
40:38Spiky?
40:39Yeah.
40:41One of the reasons we're working is, obviously,
40:42we need to boost our budget by as much as we can.
40:45Another big reason is, you know,
40:47wanting to kind of embrace their culture,
40:49working with local people.
40:50We haven't done anything like this yet.
40:54Now?
40:54Slow.
40:56Slow.
40:57I'm definitely going to change the way that I go on holiday
40:59in the future.
41:00I mean, there's definitely an absolute problem
41:01absolute benefit to going off the beaten track.
41:03I think I'm actually going to try and speak to local people
41:06a little bit more.
41:08Probably my favourite job yet.
41:09I really enjoyed this, actually.
41:16Ah, thank you so much.
41:18Thank you so much.
41:19It felt like we actually contributed to their local business today.
41:23You know, she welcomed us in, showed us everything, fed us,
41:26and I'm just hoping she puts the cherry on top
41:28by taking us back to the station.
41:30Perfect.
41:31Huh?
41:33Let's go.
41:41102 kilometres to the east.
41:44Wow.
41:45Yeah.
41:46You can never imagine doing this.
41:47No, no.
41:49Steven and Viv have reached the traditional fishing town of Kan Om.
41:54I don't think we're going to be diving off this boat.
41:55No, I don't think so.
41:57In pursuit of a rarely seen natural phenomenon,
42:00and looking to lay to rest a ghost from Viv's past.
42:05Oh, there's a dolphin.
42:07Where, where, where?
42:07Just there.
42:08Just saw it.
42:09There he is.
42:09Yes, there he is.
42:10There he is.
42:11There he is.
42:15And he's on his tail.
42:16There's one.
42:17Yeah.
42:18Oh, look.
42:18Yeah, they are pink.
42:19They absolutely are pink.
42:21Are you joking?
42:21No.
42:23Only 2,500 pink dolphins exist worldwide, and about 60 are thought to live in the surrounding waters.
42:31Oh, my God.
42:33Who knew there were pink dolphins?
42:37The last time that Steven and I went on a dolphin watching experience, the boat stopped, and we had the
42:42opportunity to dive into the water, which I did.
42:44But at the moment I dived, the boat went up on a wave, and the wave, by the time I
42:50hit it, went down.
42:52So I hit it really badly on my head.
42:54The following day, we were due to fly home.
42:57Upon landing, I just had a massive headache, and it turned out that I'd had a stroke.
43:05Oh, look at that.
43:06There they are.
43:06Oh, yes, yes.
43:07They absolutely are pink.
43:09Wow.
43:10Oh, my God.
43:11Look.
43:12I can't believe that.
43:13The fact that I'd hit my head, and then the cabin pressure caused a bleed in the brain.
43:17They're absolutely pink.
43:19I couldn't speak.
43:20I couldn't see.
43:22It was a long recovery road.
43:24It was about eight months.
43:26Steven says that I'm slightly different, but he won't say how.
43:31To my mind, I'm pretty much recovered, but it could have been so different.
43:40This has made Thailand worthwhile.
43:42It's just stunning, isn't it?
43:43Absolutely amazing.
43:44Absolutely.
43:50The two things that each of us wanted out to the race.
43:52You wanted me to have an adventure, and I wanted you to see how strong you are.
44:14Perhaps changing a memory from a bad experience to a good experience does make you stronger,
44:20actually, because this memory will just live with me forever.
44:25Beautiful.
44:25Absolutely beautiful.
44:31What a day.
44:32The race to call PP is on.
44:37With two teams heading to the port of Krabi.
44:41The earliest boat is the best.
44:43Yeah.
44:43As early as possible.
44:45Yeah.
44:47How will we get there soon?
44:50What, are we three hours left?
44:51Two and a half now, aren't we?
44:53And Betty and James closing in on Phuket.
44:58We've only stopped off once.
45:00My bum's pretty numb.
45:02My legs are hurting.
45:03It's boiling off.
45:04The aircon's a bit shit, but the light at the end of the tunnel is.
45:08Knowing Phuket's in sight is exciting.
45:15But 795 kilometres to the north...
45:18Can I close my eyes?
45:19Oh.
45:21Oh, this is nice.
45:22..in Bangkok, Isabelle and Eugenie are struggling to switch back into race mode.
45:29I'm glad we can get a night bus all the way from here straight to Krabi,
45:32because it means when we wake up in the morning,
45:34hopefully get one of the first ferries out and head across to PP.
45:38Is it PP?
45:39It's not PP.
45:39It's PP.
45:40It's PP.
45:41What's that old, geez, that hurts?
45:45You said hard, didn't you?
45:46No.
45:47Mine's just right.
45:48I think she's going easy on you because of your age.
45:52Do you feel like you could have done this more easily when you were younger?
45:56Oh, yeah, if I was younger...
45:59What was 25-year-old view like?
46:01I was just flitting around, having a good time, doing a bit of abseiling, a bit of rock climbing, a
46:08bit of caving.
46:10It was quite interesting to hear that she was more adventurous, she was more open-minded when she was younger,
46:14which is partly why I wanted to do this race, because I want to understand her more as a person.
46:19You only really know me as, like, a parent, what you see me doing now.
46:27I did kind of put myself out there in lots of different ways when I was younger, but I might
46:32not necessarily have shared everything with you.
46:36I quite liked the fact that Isabel wanted to know a little bit more about what I did when I
46:41was her age.
46:42You're going to be walking funny after this.
46:47I was able to share a bit more with her today. It's a really good feeling.
46:51Thank you so much. Thank you.
46:53Bye. Bye.
46:54Bye.
46:55I think we've moved very slow this leg, if I'm honest.
46:59So, gosh, we leave it by clock now.
47:02I don't think we're doing fantastic time-wise. We need a bit of a miracle.
47:07I hate saying it. I just want someone to miss the ferry.
47:17Excuse me. We're looking for the ferry to go pee-pee.
47:21It's there. Thank you.
47:28A popular jumping-off point for exploring the Thai islands, the port town of Krabi.
47:36Oh, go pee-pee island. Ticket off is closed. Excuse me. How do we get to go pee-pee?
47:43Finish board now.
47:44Between Stephen and Viv and co-pee-pee, the Andaman Sea.
47:49How about that little boat there? Hello? Co-pee-pee? Yes.
47:54Yes.
47:56Now.
47:56I'm back. No light.
47:58Oh, it's lovely. Look, it's beautiful.
48:01Yes. I've got a torch.
48:02I've got a...
48:02I've got a...
48:06I've got a...
48:24A two-hour ferry that leaves at 9am or a speedboat that departs 15 minutes later but will overtake the
48:33ferry to reach pee-pee an hour earlier.
48:36It's an extra thousand.
48:37So that's double the price.
48:39Yeah.
48:39Literally double the price for one hour.
48:41I don't think it's value for money. And we do like value for money.
48:45Can we buy two tickets for the ferry, please?
48:48Are you happy with this decision?
48:49Yeah, I do agree. If it was tonight, I'd pay double.
48:52Yes, I agree.
48:53We are choosing budget over race, but at this current time, I'd be surprised if anybody came in ahead of
49:00us, let's put it that way. Famous last words.
49:10Where do we go? That way?
49:13About to disembark, the 9am ferry to Co-pee-pee.
49:20Meep! Meep!
49:22But Steven and Viv have unexpected company.
49:25Who's that?
49:27Yes!
49:28I knew it.
49:30Buenos dias!
49:31Oh, hello! Hello!
49:34Bugger!
49:35You all right?
49:36Hello!
49:37I cannot explain how happy I am to see you!
49:41Damn!
49:42Oh, wow!
49:42And you caught her well, then.
49:43Yeah.
49:44Oh, God.
49:44We'll see you on the boat, otherwise we'll be sick.
49:46Are you not getting your ticket yet?
49:47No.
49:48Oh, this hold down.
49:50See you later.
49:50See you, guys.
49:51Bye!
49:53Oh, they were last to set off, weren't they?
49:56They were.
49:56They've made up some blooming ground.
49:58They've made up 11 hours, haven't they?
49:59Wow!
50:00Yes!
50:01Success!
50:03Well, at least we don't need to splash out on the speedboat.
50:06We can't outrun them, so we've got to outthink them.
50:09Oh, dear me.
50:11Not best.
50:12Damn!
50:13So all we can do is let them find the way, and then once we know the way runs...
50:16Yeah, and then we'll just run past them.
50:16Yeah, okay, we'll do that.
50:17Sounds like a great plan to me.
50:18Let them do the work, basically.
50:22Two teams set sail on a two-hour ferry journey to Co-PP.
50:29Now, we need our bags off first.
50:32We're gonna run!
50:33First off, first off.
50:35Put these two over there.
50:36It's all right, we'll win a foot-rights.
50:37We'll win a foot-rights anyway.
50:38I don't want to lie.
50:42Left high and dry after an all-night bus from Bangkok.
50:47Hello.
50:48Sadiqa.
50:49Where are you going today?
50:51PP.
50:51PP line.
50:53The next boat will leave at 10.30.
50:56If that bus came in on time, it would have made the one before.
50:59Yeah.
50:59Is this the only boat?
51:01We have high speed and then ferry.
51:03This one ferry, but high speed about 700 baht.
51:06Oh, thank you.
51:07That difference actually means we're about an hour and a half behind.
51:11Where we could have been, but it is what it is.
51:15On the other side of Pangnaa Bay...
51:25PP, yes.
51:26We need the fastest way.
51:28We're in a race.
51:30How much is it?
51:31OK, I charge you 700 baht.
51:33700?
51:34Yeah.
51:34OK.
51:36Can you do any cheaper?
51:37Cheaper?
51:38My boss.
51:39Not me.
51:40Please.
51:41699, huh?
51:43No.
51:46Approaching Kopipi from the west, Betty and James taking the speedy option.
51:54This was the only way to travel, for sure.
51:57But it's worth paying for speed to gain time.
52:00Hopefully it pays off.
52:01Yeah.
52:0511 hours on then.
52:06Good.
52:07We've done what we came in to do.
52:09Yeah, it's good.
52:10Oh, we've got to get smarter at this.
52:13Every minute matters.
52:14Yeah.
52:15We'll just walk behind them, wait till they know where they're going and then we'll run.
52:20Hopefully, once we get off the ferry, we'll only be a few minutes behind them.
52:25Or in front if we outsmart them.
52:28Is this Kopipi?
52:32Oh, yeah.
52:35Whoa.
52:39An archipelago of six islands, the tropical paradise of Kopipi, the location of the fifth checkpoint.
52:49Come on, get me off this boat.
52:54Ready to run?
52:58Follow the yellow brick road through town to Bayview Beach.
53:03Let's go!
53:04Give you a head start.
53:09Well, through town's going to be...
53:11Probably one of them two.
53:12Yeah, that says to a village.
53:15Excuse me, which is the way to Bayview Beach?
53:18That way?
53:19That way?
53:20Yellow brick road?
53:22It's this way.
53:23This way.
53:24It's in this yellow.
53:25They just run in front of us.
53:31Still behind us.
53:33Beep!
53:34Ha-pa!
53:35Is this Bayview Beach?
53:37Not sure.
53:38Doesn't matter.
53:40Do you know if this is Bayview Beach?
53:42You have no idea.
53:44Excuse me.
53:46You with me?
53:47Can we just slow down time?
53:48No.
53:49No.
53:52Bayview Beach?
53:52Do you know where that is?
53:54They seem to be asking a lot more than us.
53:56I'd say they're quite flustered.
53:58If it comes down to a foot race, we know if he's winning.
53:59There's a beach here.
54:01There's a beach here.
54:02Oh, sick.
54:03Is this Bayview Beach?
54:05Yes.
54:06Boys, ahead.
54:08Bayview Beach.
54:09Yeah, this is it.
54:10Take a long tail boat to Shark Point.
54:13Your checkpoint hotel awaits.
54:21Long tail boat.
54:22Long tail boat.
54:23Long tail boat.
54:24Long tail boat, please.
54:24Yes.
54:25To Shark Point, yes?
54:26Yeah.
54:27Shark Point.
54:27I need change, please.
54:28Where's yours?
54:29Where?
54:30Yes, come on.
54:30Quick, quick.
54:30We're in a race.
54:31Quick, quick.
54:33Thank you so much.
54:34Let's go.
54:34Let's go.
54:34Let's go.
54:36Quickly.
54:36Come on.
54:37Yeah.
54:38Beat that team.
54:39Steve's helping him.
54:41Yeah, pull them in, Stephen.
54:43Pull in.
54:43Quick.
54:46Oh, my God.
54:49Oh, my God.
54:51Oh, my God, they're gone.
54:53We're ahead.
54:56No.
54:58That's a side piece of quick driver.
55:01They're doing our weight.
55:02They're going to be a bit rough.
55:04Oh, we're not all behind.
55:05Fast, fast.
55:06Yes, come on, come on.
55:09Shark Point.
55:11I've got a head start, but it's fine.
55:14That must be the hotel, though.
55:15That one, that one.
55:22Hello.
55:26Hello.
55:27Hello.
55:28Welcome, PPA Land.
55:30First place, I am.
55:32Ready?
55:33Second.
55:36What?
55:38Oh, my God.
55:40No way.
55:44Oh, my God.
55:45I was so shocked to see first place.
55:47Weren't you?
55:48Yes, very.
55:49But it's nice to know that, like, we can do it.
55:51Like, we've come from third to first.
55:53It's like a nice little motivation, I think, isn't it?
55:56Yeah.
55:56Going forward into the next legs.
55:58Obviously, getting further into the race, we're learning more about each other.
56:00Yeah.
56:01Like, you're enjoying the experience as more.
56:02So it's not like I'm forcing them to experience things anymore.
56:05We would have never found that if we'd have not done that.
56:07What does that mean?
56:12They're closer than I thought.
56:13They cut that corner, you know?
56:15Yeah.
56:15They're there behind us.
56:16There's two in the front of that one.
56:18There's two behind as well.
56:20Oh, this is stressful.
56:22Right, get you back on, darling.
56:23Get you back on.
56:24What, shall we just jump?
56:25The boys are behind you!
56:26Quick!
56:28Come on, the boys are chasing you!
56:30Oh, ****!
56:31Run!
56:32Go, go, go!
56:34Oh!
56:36I'm there!
56:37I'm there!
56:37Hand on book!
56:38Hand on book!
56:38Quick!
56:39Hey!
56:41Yes!
56:42Oh, God!
56:42Second!
56:43Ah!
56:46We've let a lead slip, and we shouldn't have done.
56:48Yeah.
56:48And it's not much, but...
56:49Boys have caught how many hours?
56:52Eleven.
56:52Wow.
56:53Yeah.
56:53Yeah, so it's anybody's race.
56:55We just have to balance buying time with how much it costs.
57:03If we'd have actually ran the foot race, we'd have absolutely trounced them.
57:07But I'm buzzing.
57:09Eleven hours behind, and now we're 13 minutes behind.
57:11Yeah.
57:11Last leg, we didn't want to race.
57:13We wanted to experience.
57:14Now that we've got back on track, we now need to make sure that for the final three legs,
57:18we need to execute that balance properly.
57:20Yeah, exactly.
57:27Come on, Mum.
57:31Oh, the last.
57:34I'm disappointed that we lost, but having said that, I've really enjoyed spending time together.
57:38Sometimes, as a parent, you think, you're getting it wrong, but I can actually see a light at the end
57:44of the tunnel now.
57:45Yeah, it's been nice to find a common ground.
57:47I think priorities moving forward is speed and be more decisive.
57:51Okay, it's not that bad, even though it lasts literally minutes between us.
57:59This checkpoint has been unreal.
58:02Quite sad to leave Thailand, actually.
58:05We might have the most fun we've ever had since the start.
58:07Probably won't.
58:08This is really out in the country.
58:11I'm actually getting to understand my daughter is an adult.
58:15That was 24 years or so of my life.
58:17I think I was more subdued.
58:20Me.
58:20I just feel like I'm letting James down.
58:26What the hell?
58:29What the hell?
58:30Oh, he's a girl!
58:32No!
58:54No!
58:55No!
58:56No!
58:56No!
58:57No!
58:58No!
58:59No!
59:00No!