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00:05look at that it's a merc isn't it it's an old merc absolutely stunning sick when do you reckon
00:13this was made 1960 i look at the view over the city this is beautiful can't believe we're
00:21actually by the sea according to local folklore a ruler under the threat of enemy invasion cast
00:32his newborn daughter into the sea to save she was later discovered by a fisherman safe inside a
00:41makeshift raft of wooden planks thus inspiring the city's name balik papan meaning behind the planks
00:51okay three two one oh nice you guys played much before yeah loads i've got a feeling
00:58nana's played loads just for fun like i'm not a new professional facing their rivals head-on
01:03four teams have made it to the second checkpoint with only 13 hours between them nana how do you do
01:10it um you hold it there right okay strategy hit it to sam ella and nana are basically winning
01:19everything but our strategy has always been late bloom okay we go oh she's just she sneaked you
01:26didn't it i'll take it we've got what it takes to win we are third but soon to be first
01:31yeah of course
01:35you guys seem pretty competitive we're competitive out now but i think you guys are competitive like
01:41behind closed doors i think we're just really good at winning like just keep winning you just wait there
01:49right i'm getting into this now even though we are competitors you can really just laugh and have a
01:56great time cheers cheers well done another leg completed you guys came second that was a massive
02:04win for us that must have been a relief it's great the fact that we gained a position this felt
02:08as good
02:08as winning a leg but i think we've spent quite a bit and that's something that over the next four
02:14legs
02:14we've got to put right yeah as the teams brace themselves for the third leg of the race jeff and
02:20matt have spent the most so far while ella and nana have the healthiest budget remaining the last leg we
02:26did everything we could have done and it's still coming last that's really tough even though we're
02:31still last i think we have room to spend more to try and experience higher on the leaderboard that would
02:36be nice even third what's your like mechanism been for coping with it even though it is stressful
02:42when i'm down she lifts me up when she's down i kind of lift her up your attitude is spot
02:47on
02:47i'm 71 and i'm learning something from a 20 year old and 18 year old you look great for 71
02:54by the way
02:54thank you seriously okay game point the shapes i'm making with my body man
03:05well played well done a bit of foreshadowing for you
03:32make three when we see it oh my gosh it's on the first team to discover where the next checkpoint
03:39is
03:39good morning this one is for you ma'am thank you ella and nana your third checkpoint is
03:47ramang ramang oh i don't know where that is
03:54ramang ramang you don't think it's on the map i don't think so excuse me
03:59ramang ramang oh
04:02oh sulawesi this one it's here south sulawesi
04:06so we're gonna have to get a boat oh my god over 300 kilometers east of balik papan
04:13lies the island of sulawesi one of indonesia's most remote and least visited regions
04:22in the province of south sulawesi sits the ancient valley of ramang ramang
04:29a labyrinth of limestone cliffs within which primitive cave paintings dating back tens of
04:37thousands of years have been discovered and it's where the team's third checkpoint awaits
04:46so where the port at that way but everyone's first obstacle to cross the macassar strait
04:52an ocean passage stretching 350 kilometers between borneo and sulawesi
05:01and with the holy month of ramadan underway goodness me i think everyone's trying to leave
05:06this island today they'll be joining millions of travelers crisscrossing the archipelago for mudik
05:11the annual homecoming to celebrate eid hi yeah the next 24 hours which boats do you have leaving
05:21balik papan all of them to selawesi anywhere in selawesi just this one you can go to palo today
05:34tonight we are essentially wasting hours not really moving anywhere not good is there anywhere else this
05:42is the only one she said that's the only one that's the only one wow so our lead is gone
05:47yeah
05:49with only one crossing scheduled for the next three days the teams must make it to escape borneo and
05:56stay in the race we're going to have to wait so pretty sure everyone's going to be on this ferry
06:01is there a vip option one group there is two we'll take it well what can we do
06:08thank you this doesn't really change too much because you have won twice so just makes the
06:15competition a little bit more interesting
06:18asking here after leaving the checkpoint four hours later than ella and nana
06:23some familiar faces jeff and matt are the first to catch up hi hi guys we've been expecting you you
06:30managed to suss out how long it takes or when it goes yeah we've got all that information you can
06:37figure it out oh right should try and find out some times hello we want to buy tickets to sulawesi
06:45i think they're doing all right and they obviously you're gonna find out in enough time
06:48when you want to take palo yeah go for it it's a race they're competitive i get it i think
06:53they're
06:53probably nervous that we are caught up we are touching distance we think what our budget is we
06:59cannot spend it all two economy seats to palo fantastic okay really exciting to think we're
07:06heading somewhere totally new totally different with the budget that we're on we're going to have
07:09to make cheaper decisions don't know whether it's going to be the nicest journey of our lives but
07:13we're going to be on move that's it here check it off us well sam and cars have just walked
07:19in
07:20as expected hello we're looking to buy two tickets so you have economy seat cabin and standing
07:25yeah it's standing bad okay amazing we are the cheapest people i know yeah we've took the nice
07:33standing ticket which is excellent i don't think anyone's got a cabin booking it would just be
07:38economy seats and then us two standing 100 yeah i'd bet money on it yeah i bet the budget i
07:43think
07:44i've ever shook your hand before same it felt well weird oh my god i hate that never do that
07:50again
07:53well we've got plenty of times to kill yeah let's take a minute to look at the map mate our
07:58lead has
07:59been obliterated so we want to move quick palu is on the coast so there's definitely going to be some
08:05sort of route around the coast or we could go inland again the teams will disembark at the port of
08:13palu
08:13in the north of sulawesi from there they could follow the stunning beaches down the western shoreline
08:21populated with fishing villages and relaxed coastal roads where local help might enable easier travel
08:28or they might gamble on a journey inland dominated by rugged peaks and highland lakes
08:34it's a more direct route as the crow flies but where transport and weather can be unpredictable
08:43it looks very remote yeah so what would you rather do going inland so far has been worth it for
08:49us
08:49it's a bit off the beaten track but that's what we're known for we are the rural cows definitely okay
08:54so we're going inland yes i'm optimistic we're just gonna keep doing what we're doing more of the same
09:01i just want to get on this boat i think our mission is pay some peace nice
09:07ramang ramang is somewhere sort of here isn't it so i don't really see many options apart from going
09:12down along the west coast palu and mamaju they're relatively similar sizes we don't have huge huge
09:17amounts of money so we could try and find a little job a free bed for the night could be
09:22a big hill
09:22yeah it definitely could be i'd be very happy with that matt
09:26unlike ella and nana who are braving the journey inland jeff and matt plan to hug the western coastline
09:32picking up work near mamuju to ease pressure on their budget we've got a plan i think we handled
09:38that quite well right what's our next move i think going inland straight down the middle looks like
09:45it's going to be the quickest we can head to 10 10 10 it's the dead center of the island
09:50i do love a
09:51lake i love the idea of jungle mountains adventures ticking all my boxes absolutely
09:58a second team choosing to venture into the heart of sulawesi sam and kaz are heading to the lakeside
10:04town of 10 10 i'm actually really buzzing about going to 10 10 the landscape will provide its own
10:11challenges but kaz and i know we can make it there's electricity in the air our boat leaves in a
10:18few
10:18hours and um yeah it just feels like the challenge is on
10:35oh my heavenly father
10:39is this the queue so many people all waiting for one boat it's mind-boggling how big is this ship
10:47oh it looks like we've got another surge of movement this is nowhere to start a luxury cruise is it
10:54where's princess and junior man hurry up make me nervous
10:58where the hell do we go i don't know princess leaving the checkpoint hotel 13 hours behind the
11:05race leaders we need to go to ramang ramang i don't know skipping no okay siblings princess and junior
11:13oh man this is not good already lost and no one has a clue where it is hello my friend
11:20where is
11:20ramang ramang how do we get to sulawesi oh sip i can't see how there would be a boat going
11:26tonight
11:29the ferry is arriving and i still haven't seen junior princess come through they'll make it they'll
11:34make it they'll make it they'll wish they hadn't but they'll make it yeah yeah
11:39i think you call him someone hello hey hey what do you need we need to get to the port
11:44please
11:44i can actually take your boat i mean that would be amazing that would be amazing how long will you
11:48be i think 10 minutes can you give it to my boyfriend so i can come from her
11:54i'm looking to see if there's any sign of junior and princess the ship's in and there's no sign of
11:59them
11:59is that her yes thank you my friend donna maxi donna maxi did you say your name was gabrielle
12:09gabriella your english you're so good i teach english no way couldn't see them no no sign they're just
12:16opening the doors to the ship right now i mean there are still thousands of people sitting outside
12:20but just a dribble of people coming through let's go we've got to get on we won't know now yeah
12:25we've
12:25got hope for them hey we've got our bags out this is so hectic okay this way after you after
12:33you
12:33lead the way please it's so busy isn't it i know this is like hectic there's a boat oh my
12:38god there's
12:38a boat there is there's a boat oh my gosh we need to go to the ticket office what is
12:42this this is the
12:42most hectic thing i've ever done is that is that a ticket officer over there what are they saying oh
12:48okay
12:48okay okay what are they saying oh my god we're gonna run okay run okay the ticketing office is
12:53actually over there oh my gosh all right all right let's go let's go i'm sorry guys i've never been
12:58no you're helping us so much
13:02how do i say hurry how do i say hurry indonesian to bet your bet
13:09oh my god we gotta get there this one here we need to get this boat we need to get
13:14this boat
13:19this is what first class on a ferry looks like do you know what i'll take it excuse me sir
13:27go for it
13:27man enjoy okay welcome aboard we're so cheap man we belong on the floor oh they're like beds i thought
13:36i'd sort of done traveling but this it looks like sort of a quarantine hospital um from sort of like
13:43a
13:43zombie movie no sign of junior and princess if they didn't make it then that would be their race run
13:48i
13:48think
13:57wow we made it that was just by pure luck this actually falls out a dream
14:03it's not even bad it's not bad the beds themselves are actually very clean oh hey
14:12did you go did you go first class as well yeah did you yeah hey everyone's on it so the
14:17race
14:18starts when we learn well apparently starts again yeah yeah okay right see you in siloessi
14:22see you in siloessi bye bye oh my gosh are you serious we're on the same ferry as everyone we're
14:30all getting off at the same place at the same time wow i'll be honest with you i am not
14:39looking forward to
14:40this man buggles dad when he is tired or when he's had a bit of a rough day can sulk
14:47i mean he's he's a
14:49bit of a prima donna um at the best of times this is absolutely crazy i like my bridge comfort
14:56i'm a
14:57pretty good traveler i'm a very good traveler but it's business class to them have a duty free probably
15:04enough i'm not sure how well i'm gonna sleep because there is an enormous amount of noise this is
15:10the most mind-blowing thing i think i've ever experienced it's not the qe2 is it
15:38wow we're going so fast the water looks amazing there's colors this is a really beautiful view even
15:46though there's not really much to look at apart from see voyaging through the macassar strait teams
15:55are crossing the wallace line an invisible ecological boundary drawn in 1859 separating the asian wildlife
16:03in the west from the biologically distinct austral asian wildlife in the new territory of the east
16:11just a bit on edge about what we're about to walk into i think joining a whole new island is
16:18a little
16:18bit um a bit nerve-wracking but it's all part of the challenge let's try and get some information on
16:25buses excuse me is that bus from paloo yeah bus possible great mate i haven't had fresh air in
16:35hours i slept good i got about three to four hours yeah broken sleep foot wash yeah yeah yeah
16:42a good night's sleep good start to the leg yeah mate we haven't even started yet i know
16:47this has been one of the weirdest weirdest experiences of my life the truth is when we
16:52first came in like obviously it was a shock but it's just been quite entertaining 12 hours really
16:57i actually slept surprisingly well to be honest dad has maybe not so much yeah
17:07let's make a plan on the map it looks like there's a lot of towns
17:11on the coast if we're going to paloo it kind of makes sense to kind of just go down exactly
17:16why
17:17don't we go limbo first and then just follow the coast yeah after making landfall princess and junior
17:26are aiming for the town of limbo before beach hopping south on the coastal pathway
17:32i feel like we were stressed last leg because we went for it we didn't get an outcome we wanted
17:38we need
17:38to remember we're also here to make memories but we are also in a race i think we need to
17:43be still
17:44spending a little bit more to not come last going via the coast is more fun and it looks like
17:49it should
17:50be easier for travel i'm very excited now we can hopefully create a new position for ourselves rather
17:55than last
18:02never even heard of still ways no idea what to expect i think it might be more challenging than borneo
18:07yeah sulawesi bring it on yeah
18:13the enigmatic island of sulawesi twisted into four expansive peninsulas with a daunting mountainous
18:20interior and an untamed coastline stretching 6 000 kilometers it's a land where isolated communities
18:28have adapted to the demanding landscape towards the more populated northwestern shore palu introduced to
18:38islam by a traveling scholar in the 17th century it's a city where the majority of residents are muslim
18:44meaning transport networks can become overloaded during ramadan
18:53who's terminal this way we want a bus bus i don't know i don't know no one seems to know
18:59where it is
19:00we haven't got time with all teams now reset to an equal footing hello sir we need to get to
19:05limbo
19:06tonight princess and junior are heading for limbo the first stop on their coastal route
19:13maybe you can help to book taxi yeah thank you my friend that was quick thank you for your help
19:22thank
19:22you we don't want to wait for a bus we don't know where what are the other teams going we
19:27need to be on
19:28move and we need to be quick we're on our way which i think is crazy feeling great this is
19:35the
19:35opportunity now to hopefully not come last
19:40hello can you please help me i'm trying to find the bus terminal where you're headed to 10 10
19:45no really not possible for you okay then the bus here is not like in big cities they not available
19:52anytime i can help you to check a private transfer thank you no worries
19:58she's saying that there's no buses at this time of night
20:01i think it would just be it would be great if we can get on the road tonight
20:07oh here she is price would be around one million okay tonight i can do that okay let me have
20:15a
20:15conference you're a legend thank you pal here's your card hey man follow you on Spotify oh sick you're
20:22like amazing boy thank you so much thank you man with sam and kaz successfully on the move towards
20:30the lakeside town of tentena we've done well i think perfect mate wasn't
20:37getting two million to go my mood tonight two million yes oh gosh two million is 100 quid right yeah
20:45that's too much jeff and matt are prioritizing protecting their budget over speed is there
20:50definitely no bus tonight yeah possible morning okay oh there doesn't seem to be any other way of
20:57moving there tonight we'll have to get a bus in the morning yeah wow what is that is that musky
21:03wow
21:09rolling the dice on a local bus station hi palopo bus ella and nana are planning to travel through
21:18the mountains to palopo palopo palopo palopo no no no no oh my gosh this coach company doesn't go to
21:28palopo is there another bus yeah is it near here yeah yes okay okay okay we need to go to
21:35another place
21:37hello bus yes tomorrow yes available full yes of course
21:45hello bus i think we need to go to a hotel yeah peace and pace peace
21:52to me has been no pace whatsoever no
22:14on sulawesi's western fringe the village of lumboro a diver's paradise where coral clusters cover a 20
22:24kilometer stretch of the sea floor hidden behind the shore a seawater sinkhole connected to the ocean
22:32through an underground channel and shaped by the elements over centuries what oh my gosh wow
22:39revered for its healing properties locals bathe in its waters to ward off unwanted maladies okay whoa
22:46oh what a vibe we should jump together i'm a bit scared it's so high and so slippery come on
22:53i'll do it
22:54with you yeah fine i am one of eight siblings oh you're all right i'm a protective big brother i'm
23:05very
23:05protective of princess especially oh my i'm scared of heights i'm first in line in terms of making mistakes
23:12mistakes and learning from them so i can try and teach my younger siblings to not make the same mistakes
23:17it goes a bit deeper there so you jump there and i jump here as much as he's such a
23:22fun and bubbly
23:22person junior gets caught up in being protective i'll do it first i think we just jump together all right
23:30let's just yolo it but i hope doing the race will make him realize that he doesn't need to worry
23:35as much
23:45about me that was fun do you want to do it again no you don't really are you gonna go
23:50i'll do it again
23:51yeah really yeah junior's always been like my rock i kind of want him to just take things a little
24:02less
24:03serious enjoy this journey and i think he's loving this right now that was actually quite fun that was
24:09so cool but you need to make a move yeah let's get out of here hello my friend hello is
24:18there any bus
24:19near here no if there isn't we need taxi we need to get to desabonda princess and junior's next stop
24:28as the journey south the fishing village of desabonda 300 kilometers closer to the checkpoint can you
24:35take us to desabonda yeah yes thank you that's so good how much money 2 million 500 rupiah oh that's
24:45very expensive we wanted to spend money to get further in the race but there's a lot more money than
24:51we
24:52wanted to spend we can do 1 million i'm sorry maybe 1.2 million i can max out at 2
25:01million rupiah
25:06what do we do here we said we have a stress-free time should we just pay 2 million yes
25:12okay we'll
25:13pay the 2 million bye bye thank you bye bye we've got to make sacrifices let's get to this checkpoint
25:21as
25:21fast as possible and really hope that we have enough to get us through australia yeah i know he says
25:26every
25:26leg but i think next leg we need to budget nobody else at the bus station was a bit worried
25:32yeah i don't
25:33give everyone else what we got on a pillow last night 200 kilometers to the south after an early start
25:38jeff and matt are on the main coastal road to their job near mamuju on a more budget-friendly mode
25:45of
25:45transport it's what that tropical island retreat feel to it a lot of palm trees
25:53oh it's good i think that's just actively smoke coming out the engine we've brought it down then yeah of
26:01course
26:08it's a lot of people we've brought it up we've brought it up the creek without a paddle
26:19look at where we are it's a beautiful beautiful spot it's an incredible view but it's very hard
26:25to appreciate the frustration overshadows everything
26:34he's not going to fix this anytime soon just give up because we're never getting out of indonesia
26:40keep digging deep
26:44i know we love an inland trek but this is definitely feeling like the long way around to the northeast
26:50venturing inland ella and nana after failing to secure bus tickets they're taking a taxi to the
26:57city of palopo a direct distance of 200 kilometers such a long way but weaving through sulawesi's soaring
27:06highlands with some slopes climbing above 2 000 meters makes the journey three times as long i think
27:13we're just winding and winding and winding i should have got some travel sickness pills i've got a
27:19feeling we're going to be doing this for a while 230 kilometers ahead having journeyed inland overnight
27:26by taxi sam and kaz have reached tentenna it's like the pier in lost in it so good it's so
27:35beautiful
27:35man it's incredible look at the clouds rolling in over the mountains
27:44a small scenic town tentenna rests on the edge of lake poso one of indonesia's deepest natural reservoirs
27:52reaching depths of 500 meters its balmy waters provide a vital livelihood for the pomona people
27:59who inhabit the shores
28:03we can do man you can rest
28:06the friends are working in exchange for bed and board alongside hersen
28:11who built his lakeside lodge 19 years ago everything you do yourself yeah every day of the week
28:18you work very hard i'm happy i was working in the garden so it really really left me
28:23and make hearts really calm it's a blessed life i think yeah let's laugh me and has worked together he
28:30is
28:30the tour manager has his garden is his email inbox he always keeps it tended and doesn't let it over
28:36grow you love that don't you i love that mate as a tour manager i'm basically on call for sam
28:4324 7.
28:44yeah okay yeah yeah you tell you tell me where to take it yeah yeah just come here
28:49even if it's a birthday or i'm on holiday i'm still on call making sure that everything's fine
28:54and that's that's stressful how you getting on mate smashing geez he's good yeah see don't let him
29:00leave he's still my best friend but because there's been so much work recently we've become more like
29:06colleagues because it's been so long since it's just been us being idiots like this and yeah that's
29:11it a bit thank you so much for helping me
29:13very much of your hard work we go swim on the lake oh amazing yeah kaz makes the wheels turn
29:20everything kind of falls on him it's like a boss yeah yeah yeah he was boss i mean for me
29:27i love the idea of maybe taking some of the burden off kaz i want to just be running around
29:35the world my
29:41power just mess about with no shows i was trying to put my middle toe up and just kind of
29:53be a bit
29:53like the old days three two one
30:05wow that was perfect i'm feeling really good about today that was the first time that i've
30:10been able to switch off during the race that was great that's the best best day of the trip that
30:14was
30:14class definitely need to have moments like this today's put the bar pretty high you're gonna sleep
30:19well tonight you'll sleep very well i think as sam and kaz settle in for the night i am looking
30:26forward
30:26to spending some time with some locals and hopefully being able to connect a little bit
30:31ella and nana are still less than halfway through an epic taxi journey through the mountains we've got
30:37a long way to go yeah definitely get some sleep i'm gonna have to rest as much as possible if
30:42we're
30:42gonna pull a shift early in the morning hello hello my friend to the west welcome to desabonda thank you
30:50princess and junior have arranged a homestay in desabonda wow this looks unreal with fisherman mr
30:58maddie in exchange for work tomorrow we thank you for having us for dinner a long old day at least
31:05we're not on a bus 60 kilometers further south having found a ride after their bus breakdown
31:12hello thank you jeff and matt have arrived on karampuang island oh all the kids i know how many
31:21children two to stay with local conservationist sadri thank you it's really nice it's sadri thank you so
31:33much you know what energy booster we've greatly needed actually yeah
31:39the last day and a half has been a real low i mean a real real low wow this is
31:44gonna be hot
31:46to be stuck last night and then when the bus broke today incredibly frustrating
31:55okay yeah just stuff and don't get me wrong sadri couldn't be more welcoming he's very generous
32:03i might be a soft lad but i'm tired forget the race i need a good day tomorrow
32:26how did you actually sleep yeah all right are you okay is it i'm concerned about you i just need
32:33a
32:33time okay dad's struggling quite a lot this morning he's feeling the pressure the stress
32:42and feeling quite deflated which is not a nice thing to see really
32:49when you're lying in what's a sort of pretty confined space you know it gives you
32:54you've got time to think about things you've been in indonesia for weeks now i miss my family
33:04i miss home comforts simple as that
33:19sorry mate
33:24i mean i'll be honest i would go home now
33:29but i can't
33:32if it was me if it was just me i would stop
33:37you know a bit enough more than i can chew
33:42but as long as matt wanted to continue then i'll carry on
33:57can't believe we spent 20 hours in a taxi oh my god
34:01it feels like nowhere else we've been so far definitely entirely in vibes
34:10once the capital of the ancient and powerful lugu kingdom the city of palopo lies in a coastal basin
34:17surrounded by iron rich highlands and fertile soils where some of sulawesi's best known crops thrive
34:26let's get to work to replenish their budget ella and nana are working at a factory producing a regional staple
34:33called sagu
34:40hello
34:43loving to meet you
34:52yeah we are producing something called Sago I'm not entirely sure what it is
34:58there's a cow over there maybe it's something to do the cow oh I'm tired
35:03these things are really heavy the factory how long has it been here 10
35:09about 10 years yeah Wow being washed through a very fine mesh made from a
35:17sustainable palm tree that grows in the coastal wetlands the starch is extracted
35:26from the tree fibers to make cakes and dumplings served in broth you eat yeah
35:33okay so quick we try yes I'd love to but you do one and then let me watch they're
35:45all watching us the pressure is on yes that's right yes and then next nice nice
35:53okay oh gosh it's too small oh I'm trying it's my first time guys yeah no not
36:06good the bigger it is the easier it is to begin it wow this is a skill Ella is the
36:15ying to my yang she is natural born creative I'm probably led by my brain more I love numbers
36:23they either add up or they don't there's no gray area yes so I think doing the race Ella will
36:37help
36:37me to see that it's not always black and white very interesting texture I think we might come in
36:53for your worst nightmare mm-hmm but I'm feeling a lot more at peace than I have been in the
36:59last
37:00couple of days you know it's only like three so we'll put it back yeah this is really tasty wow
37:10thank you thank you thank you thank you the race it's not easy it's not a normal situation but now
37:16it's good at getting us out of a rut yes big photo they have to teach us how does it
37:27go especially when
37:29I was like feeling down Ella's picked me up super proud of her for being able to do that I
37:35think
37:35that's just what friendship is about is having she was back I love it sorry the old plug is finally
37:54ready over on the western coast oh my god you see the rubbish immediately Wow Jeff and Matt are
38:02helping to clear plastic and other waste from the beach and returned for last night's bed and board it
38:08should be so idyllic but it's not home to a small fishing community Karampuang Island spans just six
38:18square kilometers look at the stuff floating in Matt and uh sad isn't it horrendous with more than a
38:26million tons of rubbish ending up on Indonesia shores each year the islands residents rally together to
38:34preserve their ecosystem there's someone's entire suitcase in the water there I mean how does that
38:41even happen I don't think what's in there and I fear it's underwear another bag full of unmentionables
38:50you know I mean just disgusting you all right you're managing yeah yeah tell you what we've been to some
39:00lovely beaches in the world don't we I remember we took you to Hartlepool fantastic beach problem is
39:05is the North Sea that's how you like to swim isn't it in the North Sea no we used to
39:09go on Sunday mornings
39:11with my dad for the public swimming bar and the technique was he would throw you in so it was
39:17literally sink or swim oh my god you don't talk about him often was he like you yeah I mean
39:24I think I'm
39:24I'm my own person but I see a lot of my dad in me my dad is a steel worker
39:32in the North a tough guy
39:33he didn't show these emotions I think that's sort of a man thing sort of a northern man thing if
39:40I
39:41was doing this with my dad oh man were you close to him yeah pretty close-ish but relationships were
39:48different in the 50s 60s 70s people who weren't sort of touchy-feely it wasn't that my sister died
39:54that he really changed after my sister's funeral as I was leaving he hugged me and there's a tear in
40:02his eye and that never ever ever happened before I was shocked it's interesting isn't it you think you
40:08know someone then I see realize you don't have a clue about even the people closest to you felt like
40:15that's
40:16what we should have been doing that hug we should have been doing that all of our lives you know
40:20sure my dad loved me but he found it difficult to show affection I didn't want to be that dad
40:27I dread
40:29to think what you're feeling like hmm as far as the race is concerned to be honest I'd have given
40:35up
40:35without you on a day like today I need lifting yeah there's been a lot of tough times that I
40:41am there
40:41to be lent on we are more than capable and we are definitely contenders in this race you know
40:47what yeah I agree right let's get going again then I think he's picking himself up from where he was
40:54earlier oh it sounds a bit deaf doesn't it pardon very good we are starting to lean on each other
41:02and
41:02that's really special I think we need to try and grab us to the next big town along we should
41:06be able to
41:07get a bust Harry Paris back on the road Jeff and Matt are aiming for the port city of Paris
41:14Paris the
41:15closest transport hub to the checkpoint buses there yeah hello hello para para smallest price
41:25ticket price 335 I mean it's expensive wait we have another option good point want to ask the other
41:33guy yeah para para ah 2 20 what time 8 p.m. 8 p.m. mass yeah he says there's
41:44a bus at 8 o'clock
41:44you'll do for 220 220 each yeah yeah no brainer yeah no brainer well done two tickets two tickets
41:51dad did really well there so go and find somewhere that was lower price keep our money uh ticking over
41:57eight o'clock gets in 2 a.m. I know we're still behind that might have just saved us best
42:02part though
42:03he knows he's done really well there yes you are beautiful are you and if it boosts him that's going
42:09to be the most important part of this entire leg in my opinion we're back on track we picked remote
42:15mate yep into the jungle 450 kilometers to the east whoa it could have been bad salmon cars are
42:24braving an hour's trek into the jungle near mankutana to work on a highland coffee farm so this is coffee
42:32coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee they're solidly the sort of things that me and my pals are
42:38putting our catapult when we're growing up running ants in my beard is mental wonder how many ants are
42:45all over my body and maybe and my pants farmer newers family established the plantation 30 years ago and
42:52three generations now live and work together harvesting the coffee cherries by hand to sell in local markets
42:59how many drinks one espresso all this one espresso it's quite a lot I don't think I've been anywhere
43:10as remote as this in my life me neither the surroundings are unbelievable but looks like
43:16there's a storm coming in so that's slightly alarming oh that sounded like thunder no is it gonna be a
43:25big
43:25storm yeah I can see the panic in her eyes oh there's the rain and with that we are stuck
43:31here
43:33scary how quick that water's risen in rainy season paths here often become impassable we've picked the
43:40wrong day to be remote yeah upstairs upstairs to rest hey it's not looking massively optimistic all right
43:53but we'll just have to wait and see we're in the middle of nowhere I have no idea how we're
43:59getting
43:59out of this place as the boys set out the storm still 500 kilometers away from the checkpoint every
44:05minute counts maybe we've done the wrong thing I love this back on the east coast there's a lot of
44:16people watching us enjoying more favorable conditions I feel like we've done a really good job I think we
44:22have beautiful me princess and junior have finished up a day's work to help fund their 450 kilometer
44:32push to the checkpoint I need to ask you a question sir we need a taxi to remain remain tonight
44:40said so if it's
44:44okay it's 1.75 million that is cheap compared to what we paid yesterday if we do this and then
44:50it gets
44:50us to the checkpoint first or second then it's worth it live if we last again yeah imagine we come
44:56last
44:56again I can't should we just do it yeah okay thank you my friend oh my gosh there's a lot
45:03of people
45:04coming up he's saying we went viral for our beauty so popular in Indonesia bye bye thank you thank you
45:12bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye we're actually on the man the man way
45:23while the siblings set off in style at least I know I'm doing my job if I can go viral
45:28here
45:31Jeff and Matt are sticking to their more affordable bus towards Pari Pari the aircon works funky lights
45:37work Pari Pari here we go hotel room low price 300 kilometers east thank you Ella and Nana are bedding
45:48down in Palopo it was good for our sanity to take our time today start early morning yeah sounds good
45:58so good and still waiting for the storm to pass she's so cute salmon cars
46:30such fun man I know but doesn't look like it's gonna pass if we don't get here now there's a
46:35chance
46:36it will be fourth so we need to leave you're right man you hear that I hear that that's the
46:41sound of
46:41adventure and torrential rain goodbye terrible feeling about this we need a taxi to take us south
46:59tonight hopefully this guy can help us or he knows a friend that can get us on the road can
47:05you please
47:05take us to taxi rank okay okay nice yeah thank you thank you thank God right be careful watch out
47:13there cast but treacherous what did the guys say they were snakes but they won't kill us I just bite
47:18her out yeah one sure if other teams are going to do anything like this I think we're we've pulled
47:23a
47:23short straw here I'm gonna go on record and say this is a bad idea I love this life smile
47:42and there's
47:43people living lives that you just don't even imagine when you grow up in somewhere like London
47:51still 150 kilometers away from the checkpoint embracing their new race mantra our mission of
47:58pace and peace may not have the pace path but we have found our peace Ella and Nana have made
48:04an
48:04early dash from Palopo to work on Lake Tempe home to a floating community it's been tough one thing I've
48:12noticed is that when I thought you'd reached your peak how automatically I stepped up and wanted to
48:19like take control I think you're one of the most determined people I've met you remind me that you
48:26might as well try and then see where you end up so you're very determined but I've always known that
48:31wow I might cry oh come off it act like I'm some witch I mean we don't really talk like
48:39this very often I
48:40think we've come a long way from those petulant little schoolgirls that we once were a long way
48:47to go yeah let's move we are fast approaching feeling nervous why because I can't come last again to the
48:57south now tantalizingly close to the checkpoint princess and junior come on lock it now okay lock
49:05I have absolutely no idea how we've pulled off yeah also on the approach having managed to find an
49:11overnight taxi 12 hours ago we were walking through the jungle in a thunderstorm Sam and Kaz I mean that
49:19is classic us a plane coming into land all engines out just on absolute fire thank you thanks sir bless
49:31you
49:31man best let's do this Pringle don't call me Pringle puts me off GPS GPS GPS travel by bento or
49:43on foot to
49:44Dharmaga one and await further instruction by bento what's up what's this hello hello bento bento this is
49:59going to be funny oh yeah come on let's go let's go let's go let's go let's go how sick
50:06is this you
50:07need the revs fighting for his life this is kind of killing me how slow this is man we're in
50:15a race
50:15come on come on come on please get that bird I'm gonna go on here here here here
50:24that's the sound of a sandal on the floor that's the sound of a sandal on the floor for the
50:29break
50:32travel by boat to Dharmaga two then proceed on foot through the village after the fourth pond follow
50:38the same post to locate the book to send on okay oh wow we're almost there mate hello hello don't
50:44my good to you don't my good to the Maga to Maga to yeah yes okay this one this one
50:50yeah okay just jump
50:51up on the boat oh this is lovely the Maga to you look at this place wow this is actually
51:08one of
51:08the most beautiful things I've ever seen mate this is unreal I know I've never been anywhere
51:15like this in my life either look at these mountains I feel like I'm in Moana
51:22the trees are coming out sideways how is that even possible it's like a face almost yeah see
51:30that yeah yeah it's probably avatar vibes isn't it the mountains oh my gosh this is beautiful I'm
51:37actually mesmerized I'm mesmerized yes there Maga too we're here done we're good too okay this we've got
51:47this we've got this we've got this we've got this we've got this we've got this we've got this we've
51:51got
51:51some more oh thank you my friend thank you so much okay let's go through the village but there's
51:59a lot of places to go through the village this way you reckon on in the road maybe us hello
52:06the
52:06village is this way or this way we're looking for ponds that's right let's get to cross a bridge
52:12thanks man thank you me okay then village I've been turned left through the village
52:19this way you sure though no I'm not I feel like we're on the right track this doesn't feel very
52:26villager yeah pond mate big pond is it not the river I'd hundred percent count that as a pond you're
52:33at
52:33emphasis yeah love that you're keeping up okay we need to look out for a pond this is so random
52:40I love it oh my gosh there's just a cow we've seen two ponds with lily pads and everything this
52:47is
52:47the way mate I can feel it do you think this is the wrong way I don't know I'm there
52:53then I reckon
52:55dead end sort of dead end you'd find in the goonies I told you it was the wrong way
53:05pond I think that pond yes that's the first pond down here it's gotta be right I've been looking at
53:13it
53:13now it does look more villagey that's the second pond come on we deserve this there's a pond one two
53:23there's another pond there three okay that's four after the fourth pond follow the signpost to locate the
53:30book to sign in there's a signpost there should we go this way can we get my breath back mate
53:39this
53:39is amazing I said we just keep following this maybe it's up there oh yeah yeah it's up there
53:45do you think yes are you sure yes I feel certain
53:52let's go let's go come on we got this we've got this this feels like a meaningful ascension
53:57mate oh my god think of the stairs at the gym oh here's the book oh my gosh oh my
54:10gosh
54:16should we open it yeah
54:21congratulations you've successfully reached the third checkpoint please sign in overleaf
54:27deep breath let's hope not last again ready yeah three two one
54:36no you're lying we're first are you serious how have we done that then we're first
54:46what coming what no way i'm in shock you've come first like what we was a bit anxious about the
54:55amount of money we spent on taxis but it's definitely paid off i'm so proud of us we've
54:59absolutely smashed that absolutely smashed that i can't believe it like this leg we've relaxed we've
55:07enjoyed ourselves we're really coming together as a team our brother and sister bond is thriving
55:11we can't be underestimated let's not let all right let's not let it get to our heads no no no
55:16no i'm
55:16just no no no i've only got the first one yeah love you sis love you well done
55:21remember man i'm gonna eat my rings i'm in romang man i don't think they do morang
55:28wow i'm stoked for them yes i'm positive for him oh me day 16 9 wow they smashed it feels
55:35great
55:35yeah it does that's the perfect result for us keeping our head down and just keep up with a pack
55:40i'm just thrilled for princess and junior yeah nailed it kaz got us out of the jungle safe to say
55:46if
55:46we didn't get through that we wouldn't have been second nice one night yes buzzing those stairs
55:52absolutely killed me off two teams have checked in with only 86 minutes between them all right but
56:03still out on the road jeff and matt and parry parry just want to get there now he's not going
56:09to get
56:10it today no it has been really hard and i don't think he realized how well you're doing
56:18thank you we do it for each other mate and that's you know i'm so proud well thank you
56:28i love you mate i love you too three legs still to go game still on if even one other
56:34team isn't
56:35there yeah that will keep me happy 100 kilometers to the east oh look there's bats wow oh whoa
56:45what are they like moths ah okay no now we're getting like flies i don't like flies sorry what the
56:52hell was
56:54i don't know what the hell oh my god i've never got stared up by so many cows oh i'm
57:10getting a whole
57:11national geographical right here on my finger it's really definitely feels like we've been plucked from
57:16one world to another oh god i don't want to talk out of my phone i'm jeff stilling this is
57:20my son
57:20matt yes thank you so much cheers guys peter andre as in the dude with the six pack yeah oh
57:28fair dinkum
57:49so
57:54you