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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
03:47remind remind oh
03:55you don't think it's on the map i don't think so excuse me oh sulawesi this one it's here south
04:06sulawesi south sulawesi so we're gonna have to get a boat oh my god over 300 kilometers east of balik
04:12papan lies 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
04:30a labyrinth of limestone cliffs within which primitive cave paintings dating back tens of thousands of years
04:38years have been discovered and it's where the team's third checkpoint awaits
04:45so where the port at that way but everyone's first obstacle to cross the makassar 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 okay yeah the next 24 hours which boats do you have
05:21leaving balikpapan all of them to sulawesi anywhere in sulawesi just this one you can go to palwa today
05:32uh tonight we are essentially wasting hours not really moving anywhere not good is there anywhere
05:41else this is the only one she's saying that's the only one that's the only one wow so our lead
05:46is gone
05:47yeah with 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 well take it but what can we do
06:08this doesn't really change too much because you have won twice so just makes the competition a little
06:16bit more interesting asking here after leaving the checkpoint four hours later than ella and nana
06:23oh some familiar faces jeff and matt are the first to catch up hi hey guys we've been expecting you
06:30you managed to suss out how long it takes and when it goes yeah we've got all that information
06:34you can figure it out oh right should try and find out some times hello we want to buy tickets
06:43to
06:44sulawesi i think they're doing all right right now obviously you're gonna find out in enough time
06:48we're trying to take palo yeah go for it it's a race they're competitive i get it i think they'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 heading
07:06somewhere totally new totally different with the budget that we're on we're going to have to make
07:10cheaper decisions don't know whether it's going to be the nicest journey of our lives but we're going to be
07:14on move that's it here check office well sam and cars have just walked in as expected hello we're
07:22looking to buy two tickets so you have economy seat cabin and standing is standing bad okay amazing we
07:29are the cheapest people i know yeah we've took the nice standing ticket which is excellent i don't
07:36think anyone's got a cabin booking it would just be economy seats and then us two standing 100 yeah
07:41i bet money on it yeah i bet the budget i think i've ever shook your hand before same it
07:45felt well
07:46weird oh my god i hate that never do that again we've got plenty of time to kill yeah let's
07:56take a
07:56minute to look at the map mate our lead has been obliterated so we want to move quick palo is
08:03on the
08:03coast so there's definitely going to be some sort of route around the coast or we could go inland again
08:11the teams will disembark at the port of palu in the north of sulawesi from there they could follow
08:17the stunning beaches down the western shoreline populated with fishing villages and relaxed coastal
08:24roads where local help might enable easier travel or they might gamble on a journey inland dominated by
08:32rugged peaks and highland lakes it's a more direct route as the crow flies but where transport and weather
08:39can be unpredictable it looks very remote yeah so what would you rather do going inland so far has
08:48been worth it for us it's a bit off the beaten track but that's what we're known for we are
08:52the rural
08:52gals definitely okay so we're going inland yes i'm optimistic we're just gonna keep doing what we're doing
08:59more of the same i just want to get on this boat i think our mission is pace and peace
09:05nice
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
09:18amounts of money so we could try and find a little job a free bed for the night could be
09:22a big hill yeah
09:22it definitely could be i'd be very happy with that matt unlike ella and nana who are braving the journey
09:29inland jeff and matt plan to hug the western coastline picking up work near mamuju to ease
09:35pressure on their budget we've got a plan i think we handled that quite well
09:41right what's our next move i think going inland straight down the middle looks like it's going
09:45to be the quickest we can head to 10 10 10 it's the dead center of the island i do
09:51love a lake i love
09:52the idea jungle mountains adventure ticking all my boxes absolutely a second team choosing to venture
10:00into the heart of sulawesi sam and kaz are heading to the lakeside town of 10 10 i'm actually really
10:08buzzing about going to 10 10 the landscape will provide its own challenges but kaz and i know we
10:14can make it there's electricity in the air our boat leaves in a few hours and um yeah it just
10:20feels
10:20like the challenge is on oh my heavenly father is this the queue so many people all waiting for one
10:43boat it's main boggling it begs this ship oh it looks like we've got another surge of movement
10:50there's no way to start a luxury cruise is it where's princess and junior man hurry up make me
10:56nervous where the hell do we go i don't know princess leaving the checkpoint hotel 13 hours behind
11:05the race leaders we need to go to ramang ramang yeah i don't know speaking no okay siblings princess
11:12and junior oh man this is not good already lost and no one has a clue where it is hello
11:19my friend
11:20where is ramang ramang how do we get to sulawesi oh sip i can't see how there would be a
11:26boat going
11:26tonight the ferry's 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 i think you'd call
11:40him someone hello we need to get to the port please i could actually take your boat i mean that
11:46would be
11:47amazing that would be amazing how long will you be i've been pinned to my brother so i can
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
12:01is that her yes thank you my friend donna maxi donna maxi
12:07did you say your name was gabrielle's gabriella your english are so good i teach english no way
12:13couldn't see them no no sign they're just opening the doors to the ship right now i mean there are
12:18still
12:18thousands of people sitting outside but just a dribble of people coming through let's go we've
12:23got to get on we won't know now yeah we just got hope for them hey we got our bags
12:28out this is so
12:30hectic okay this way after you after you need the way please it's so busy isn't it i know this
12:35is like
12:36hectic there's a boat oh my god there's a boat there is there's a boat oh my gosh we need
12:40to go to the
12:41ticket office what is this this is the most hectic thing i've ever done is that is that a ticket
12:45officer
12:45over there what are they saying oh okay okay okay what are they saying oh my god we're gonna run
12:50okay run okay the ticketing office is actually over there oh my gosh all right all right let's go let's
12:57go i'm sorry guys i've never been here no you're helping us so much how do i say hurry how
13:04do i say
13:04hurry indonesian jebet jebet oh my god we gotta get there this one here yeah we need to get this
13:13boat we
13:19need to get this boat this is what first class on a ferry looks like do you know what i'll
13:25take it
13:25excuse me sir go for it man enjoy okay welcome aboard we're so cheap man we belong on the floor
13:34oh they're like beds i thought i'd sort of done traveling but this it looks like sort of a
13:39quarantine hospital um from sort of like a zombie movie no sign of junior and princess if they didn't
13:46make it then that would be their race run i think
13:55wow wow 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 okay
14:10hey did you go did you go first class as well yeah did you yeah 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 bye oh my gosh are you serious we're on the same ferry as
14:29everyone we're all getting off at the same place at the same time wow
14:36wow i'll be honest with you i am not looking forward to this man boggles dad when he is tired
14:45or when he's had a bit of a rough day can sulk i mean he's he's a bit of a
14:49prima donna um at the
14:50best of times this is absolutely crazy i like my bridge comfort i'm a pretty good traveler i'm a very
14:58good traveler but it's business class to the other duty free probably not i'm not sure how well i'm
15:06gonna sleep because there is an enormous amount of noise this is the most mind-blowing
15:13thing 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
15:46even though there's not really much to look at apart from the sea
15:52voyaging through the macassar straight teams are crossing the wallace line
15:57an invisible ecological boundary drawn in 1859 separating the asian wildlife in the west
16:04from 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
16:15i think joining a whole new island is a little bit um a bit nerve-wracking but it's all part
16:21of the
16:21challenge let's try and get some information on buses excuse me is it bus from palu yeah
16:30yeah bus possible great mate i haven't had fresh air in hours i slept good i got about three to
16:38four
16:38hours yeah broken sleep yeah yeah yeah good night sleep good start to the leg yeah mate we haven't
16:46even started yet i know this has been one of the weirdest weirdest experiences of my life the truth
16:52is when we first came in like obviously it was a shock but it's just been quite entertaining 12 hours
16:56really i 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 palu it kind of makes sense to kind of just go down exactly
17:16why don't
17:17we go limbo first and then just follow the coast yeah after making landfall princess and junior are aiming
17:27for the town of limbo row before beach hopping south on the coastal pathway i feel like we were
17:34stressed last leg because we went for it we didn't get an outcome we wanted we need to remember we're
17:39also here to make memories but we are also in a race i think we need to be still spending
17:44a little
17:44bit more to not come last going via the coast is more fun and it looks like it should be
17:50easier
17:50for travel i'm very excited now we can hopefully create a new position for ourselves rather than last
18:02never even heard of silhouettes no idea what to expect i think it might be more challenging than
18:07borneo yeah silhouettes bring it on yeah
18:12the 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
18:43muslim meaning transport networks can become overloaded during ramadan
18:53whose terminal this way i want a bus bus i don't know i don't know no one says to know
18:59where it is we
19:00haven't got time with all teams now reset to an equal footing hello sir we need to get to limbo
19:06tonight
19:07princess 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 you
19:23we don't want to wait for a bus we don't know where what the other teams are going we need
19:27to be on the
19:28move and we need to be quick we're on our way which i think is crazy feeling great this is
19:35the opportunity
19:36now 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
19:46no no really not possible for you okay then the bus here is not like in big cities not available
19:52anytime i can help you to check a private transfer thank you no worries she's saying that there's no
20:00buses at this time of night i think it would just be it would be great if we can get
20:06on the road tonight
20:07oh here she is price would be around one million okay tonight tonight i can do that okay let me
20:14have
20:15a conference you're a legend thank you pal here's your card hey man follow you on Spotify oh sick you're
20:22going to have like amazing food thank you so much thank you man with sam and kaz successfully on the
20:30move towards the lakeside town of tentena we've done well i think perfect mate doesn't
20:37two million to go my mood tonight two million yes oh gosh two million is 100 quid right yeah that's
20:45too much jeff and matt are prioritizing protecting their budget over speed is there definitely no bus
20:52tonight yeah impossible morning okay oh it doesn't seem to be any other way of moving there tonight
20:58we'll have to get a bus in the morning yeah wow what is that is that Moscow wow
21:04oh
21:09rolling the dice on a local bus station hi palopo bus ella and nana are planning to travel
21:17through the mountains to palopo palopo palopo palopo no no no no oh my gosh this coach company doesn't
21:27go to palopo is there another bus yeah is it near here yeah yes okay okay okay we need to
21:35go to another
21:36place hello bus yes tomorrow yes available full yes of course
21:47place i think we need to go to a hotel yeah peace and pace peace today has been no pace
21:54whatsoever no
22:14on sulawesi's western fringe
22:17the village of lumboro a diver's paradise where coral clusters cover a 20 kilometer stretch of
22:25the sea floor hidden behind the shore a seawater sinkhole connected to the ocean through an underground
22:32channel and shaped by the elements over centuries what oh my gosh wow revered for its healing
22:40properties locals bathe in its waters to ward off unwanted maladies okay whoa what a vibe we should
22:49jump together i'm a bit scared it's so high and so slippery come on i'll do it with you yeah
22:55fine
22:57i am one of eight siblings oh all right i'm protective big brother i'm very protective of princess
23:06especially oh my i'm scared of heights i'm first in line in terms of making mistakes and learning from
23:13them so i can try and teach my younger siblings to not make the same mistakes it goes a bit
23:17deeper there
23:18so you jump there and i jump here as much as he's such a fun and bubbly person junior gets
23:24caught up in
23:24being protective i'll do it first i think we just jump together all right let's just yolo it but i
23:31hope
23:31doing the race will make him realize that he doesn't need to worry as much about me three two one
23:46that was fun do you want to do it again no you don't really are you going to go in
23:51again i'll do it
23:51again yeah really yeah junior's always been like my rock i kind of want him to just take things a
24:02little less serious enjoy this journey and i think he's loving this right now that was actually quite
24:08fun that was so cool but you need to make a move yeah let's get out of here
24:16hello my friend hello is there any bus near here no if there isn't we need taxi we need to
24:23get to
24:24desabonda princess and junior's next stop as they journey south the fishing village of desabonda 300
24:32kilometers closer to the checkpoint can you take us to desabonda yeah yes thank you that's so good
24:39how much money two million five hundred rupiah oh that's very expensive we wanted to spend money to
24:49get further in the race but there's a lot more money than we wanted to spend we can do one
24:53million
24:54i'm sorry maybe 1.2 million i can max out at two million rupiah what do we do here we
25:09said we have
25:09a stress-free time should we just pay two million yes okay we'll pay the two million bye-bye thank
25:16you
25:16bye-bye we've got to make sacrifices let's get to this checkpoint as fast as possible and really
25:23hope that we have enough to get us through australia yeah i know he says every leg but i think
25:27next
25:27leg we need the budget nobody else at the bus station was a bit worried yeah i think everyone
25:33else would have gone apollo last night 200 kilometers to the south after an early start jeff and matt are
25:40on the main coastal road to their job near mamuju on a more budget-friendly mode of transport
25:46it's what that tropical island retreat feel to it a lot of palm trees
25:53oh it's going on i think that's just actively smoke coming out the engine we've brought it down
26:00then yeah of course
26:13man we are 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 to
26:25appreciate the frustration overshadows everything
26:34he's not gonna fix this anytime soon you just give up because we're never getting out of indonesia keep
26:43digging deep i know we love an inland trek but this is definitely feeling like the long way around
26:49to the northeast venturing inland ella and nana after failing to secure bus tickets they're taking a taxi
26:57to the city of palopo a direct distance of 200 kilometers such a long way but weaving through sulawesi's
27:05soaring highlands with some slopes climbing above 2000 meters makes the journey three times as long
27:13i think we're just winding and winding and winding should have got some travel sickness pills i've got
27:19feeling we're going to be doing this for a while 230 kilometers ahead having journeyed inland overnight by
27:27taxi sam and kaz have reached tentena it's like the pier in lost in it so good it's so beautiful
27:35man
27:36it's incredible look at the clouds rolling in over the mountains
27:43a small scenic town tentena rests on the edge of lake poso one of indonesia's deepest natural reservoirs
27:53reaching 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
28:07the 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 really really laughing and make hearts
28:24really calm it's a blessed life i think yeah let's laugh me and has worked together he is the tour
28:31manager has his garden it's 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.
28:44okay okay yeah yeah you tell you tell me where to take it yeah just come here even if it's
28:50a birthday
28:50or i'm on holiday i'm still on call making sure that everyone's fine and that's that's stressful
28:55how you getting on mate smashing geez he's good yeah don't let him leave he's still my best friend
29:03but because there's been so much work recently we've become more like colleagues because it's been so long
29:08since it's just been us being idiots like this and yeah that's it a bit thank you so much for
29:12helping
29:13me thank you thank you for your hard work we go swimming on the lake oh amazing yeah kaz makes
29:19the
29:19wheels turn everything kind of falls on him it's like a boss yeah yeah i mean for me i love
29:27the idea of
29:28maybe taking some of the burden off kaz i want to just be running around the world my power
29:42just mess about with no shows
29:48i was trying to put my middle toe up here and just kind of be a bit like the old
29:54days three two one
30:05wow that was perfect i'm feeling really good about today that was the first time that i've been able
30:10to switch off during the race that was great that's the best best day of the trip that was class
30:14definitely need to have moments like this today's put the bar pretty high you're gonna sleep well
30:19tonight sleep very well i think as sam and kaz settle in for the night i am looking forward to
30:27spending some time with some locals and hopefully being able to connect a little bit ella and nana are
30:32still less than halfway through an epic taxi journey through the mountains we've got a long way to go
30:38yeah it definitely gives them sleep we'll have to rest as much as possible if we're going to
30:42pull a shift early in the morning hello hello to the west welcome to desabonda thank you princess and
30:51junior have arranged a homestay in desabonda wow this looks unreal with fisherman mr maddie in exchange
30:59for work tomorrow we thank you for having us for dinner a long old day at least we're not on
31:06a bus
31:0760 kilometers further south having found a ride after their bus breakdown hello thank you jeff and matt
31:15have arrived on karampuang island all the kids i know how many children two to stay with local
31:25conservationist sadri thank you it's really nice it's sadri thank you so much you know what energy
31:34booster 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 tough 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 you've
32:55got time to think about things you've been in indonesia for weeks now
33:03i miss my family i miss home comforts simple as that
33:19sorry man
33:25i mean i'll be honest i would go home now
33:29but i can't if 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 wants to continue then i'll carry on
33:57i can't believe we spent 20 hours in a taxi oh my god
34:02it feels like nowhere else we've been so far definitely entirely alive
34:10once the capital of the ancient and powerful lugu kingdom
34:14the city of palopo lies in a coastal basin surrounded by iron rich highlands and fertile soils
34:21where some of sulawesi's best known crops thrive let's get to work to replenish their budget ella and
34:30nana are working at a factory producing a regional staple called sagu
34:51i'm not entirely sure what it is there's a cow over there maybe it's something to do with the cow
35:02oh i'm tired these things are really heavy the factory how long has it been here
35:08i think 10 years yeah wow it's being washed through a very fine mesh
35:16made from a sustainable palm tree that grows in the coastal wetlands
35:20and then my favorite part is i get to feed the cows you hear me the starch is extracted from
35:27the tree
35:27fibers to make cakes and dumplings served in broth you eat yes okay she's doing it on expert so quick
35:37have you tried yes i'd love to but you do one and then let me watch
35:44let all watch it guys the pressure is on yes that's right yes and then next nice nice okay
35:54oh gosh it's too small oh okay i'm trying it's my first time guys yeah no not good the bigger
36:07it is
36:07the easier it is wow this is a skill ella is the ying to my yang she is natural born
36:19creative
36:20i'm probably like my brain more i love numbers they either add up or they don't there's no gray area
36:26yeah wow okay i was very big oh thank you good yes so i think doing the race ella will
36:37help me to see
36:38that it's not always black and white a very interesting texture
36:51i think we might come in for your worst nightmare but i'm feeling a lot more at peace than i
36:59have been
36:59in the last couple of days you know it's only leg three so we'll pull it back yeah
37:07this is really tasty wow thank you thank you thank you
37:12the race it's not easy it's not a normal situation but el is good at getting us out of a
37:18rut
37:19yes big photo yeah you have to teach us how does it go especially when i was like feeling down
37:30ella
37:31to pick me up super proud of her for being able to do that i think that's just what friendship's
37:36about is having she was back i don't know if we're doing it right yeah yeah it's like the first
37:45i love it
37:52sorry the old look is finally ready over on the western coast oh my god you see the rubbish
37:59immediately wow jeff and matt are helping to clear plastic and other waste from the beach
38:05and returned for last night's bed and board it should be so idyllic but it's not
38:13home to a small fishing community karampuang island spans just six square kilometers look at
38:20the stuff floating in matt and uh sad isn't it horrendous with more than a million tons of rubbish ending
38:28up on indonesia's shores each year the island's residents rally together to preserve their ecosystem
38:37there's someone's entire suitcase in the water there i mean how does that even happen
38:43i don't think what's in there and i fear it's underwear
38:48another bag full of unmentionables you know i mean
38:54just disgusting you all right you're managing yeah yeah
38:58i'll tell you what we've been to some lovely beaches in the world don't we
39:01i remember we took you to hartlepool fantastic beach problem is it's the north sea that's how you
39:07like to swim isn't it in the north sea no we used to go on sunday mornings with my
39:11dad to the public swimming bar and the technique was he would throw you in so it was literally sink
39:17or swim oh my god you don't talk about him often was he like you yeah i mean i think
39:24i'm my own person
39:25but i see a lot of my dad in me
39:29my dad is a steel worker in the north a tough guy he didn't show his emotions i think that's
39:37sort of a man thing sort of a northern man thing if i was doing this with my dad oh
39:42man were you close
39:44to him yeah close-ish but relationships were different in the 50s 60s 70s people weren't sort
39:51of touchy-feely it wasn't that my sister died that he really changed
39:57after my sister's funeral as i was leaving he hugged me and there's a tear in his eye and that
40:02never ever ever happened before i was shocked it's interesting isn't it you think you know
40:09someone and then actually realize you don't have a clue about even the people closest to you
40:14it felt like that's what we should have been doing that hug we should have been doing that all of
40:18our lives you know sure my dad loved me but he found it difficult to show affection
40:25i didn't want to be that dad i dread to think what you're feeling like
40:31hmm as far as the risk is concerned to be honest i'd have given up without you on a day
40:36like today
40:37i need lifting yeah there's been a lot of tough times that i am there to be lent on we
40:42are more than
40:43capable and we are definitely contenders in this race you know what yeah i agree right let's get going
40:50again then i think he's picking himself up from where he was earlier oh it sounds a bit deaf
40:57doesn't it pardon very good we are starting to lean on each other and that's really special
41:03i think we need to try and get our bus to the next big town along we should be able
41:07to get a bus
41:07parry parry back on the road jeff and matt are aiming for the port city of parry parry
41:14the closest transport hub to the checkpoint bus is there yeah hello hello parry parry smallest price
41:25ticket price three three five i mean it's expensive wait we have another option good point want to ask
41:33the other guy yeah parry parry ah 2 20. what time i'm laughing eat eating 8 p.m mass yeah
41:43he says
41:43there's a bus at eight o'clock you'll do for 2 20. 220 each yeah it's a no-brainer yeah
41:48no-brainer
41:48well done two tickets two tickets dad did really well there to go and find somewhere that was lower
41:55price keep our money uh ticking over eight o'clock gets in 2 a.m i know we're still behind
42:00that might
42:01have just saved us the best part though he knows he's done really well there yes you are beautiful
42:07are you and if it boosts him that's going to be the most important part of this entire leg in
42:11my
42:11opinion we're back on track we picked remote mate yep into the jungle 450 kilometers to the east
42:22sam and kaz are braving an hour's trek into the jungle near mankutana to work on a highland coffee farm
42:31this is coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee they're solid the sort of things that me and my
42:38pals had put in our catapults when we were growing up my only ants in my beard is mental i
42:44wonder how
42:45many ants are all over my body and maybe and my pants farmer noor's family established the plantation
42:5130 years ago and three generations now live and work together harvesting the coffee cherries by hand
42:57to sell in local markets how many drinks one espresso all this one espresso yes it's quite a lot
43:09i don't think i've been anywhere as remote as this in my life me neither the surroundings are unbelievable
43:15but looks like there's a storm coming in so that's slightly alarming
43:20oh that sounded like thunder no is it going to be a big storm yeah i can see the panic
43:27in our eyes
43:27oh there's the rain and with that we are stuck here scary how quick that water's risen in rainy season
43:36paths here often become impassable we've picked the wrong day to be remote yeah yeah upstairs upstairs to rest
43:45hey it's not looking massively optimistic i know but we'll just have to wait and see we're in the
43:56middle of nowhere i have no idea how we're getting out of this place as the boys sit out the
44:01storm still
44:02500 kilometers away from the checkpoint every minute counts maybe we've done the wrong thing
44:12i love this back on the east coast there's a lot of people watching us enjoying more favorable conditions
44:21i feel like we've done a really good job i think we have it's a beautiful color it's beautiful mate
44:25princess and junior have finished up a day's work
44:29to help fund their 450 kilometer push to the checkpoint
44:35i need to ask you a question sir we need a taxi to remain remain tonight
44:42said so if it's okay it's 1.75 million that is cheap compared to what we paid yesterday if we
44:49do this
44:50and then it gets us to the checkpoint first or second then it's worth it if we last again yeah
44:55imagine we come last again i can't should we just do it yeah okay thank you my friend oh my
45:02gosh
45:02there's just a lot of people coming up he's saying we went viral for our beauty so popular in indonesia
45:10bye-bye thank you thank you bye-bye bye-bye bye-bye bye-bye bye-bye we're actually on our
45:19way
45:23while the siblings set off in style at least i know i'm doing my job if i can go viral
45:28here
45:28bye everybody yeah yes jeff and matt are sticking to their more affordable bus towards pari pari
45:36the aircon works funky lights work pari pari here we go hotel room uh low price 300 kilometers east
45:45thank you ella and nana are bedding down in palopo it was good for our sanity to take our time
45:52today
45:53start early morning yeah it sounds good
45:59it's like it's all good and still waiting for the storm to pass
46:06she's so cute sam and kaz
46:25it's like it's going to pass
46:25that's it
46:30such fun man i know but doesn't look like it's going to pass
46:34if we don't get over here now there's a chance that we'll be fourth so we need to leave you're
46:39right man you hear that i hear that that's the sound of adventure it is and torrential rain
46:52goodbye
46:56what a terrible feeling about this we need a taxi to take us south tonight hopefully this guy can help
47:02us or he knows a friend that can get us on the road can you please take us to taxi
47:07rank okay okay
47:08nice okay thank you thank you thank god right be careful watch out there cas pretty treacherous
47:15what did the guys say they were snakes but they won't kill us they'll just bite her out here
47:19i'm unsure if other teams are going through anything like this i think we're
47:22we've pulled a short straw here i'm going on record and say this is a bad idea
47:39i love this life smiling there's people living lives that you just don't even imagine when you
47:46grow 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 part but we have found our peace
48:03ella and nana have made an early dash from palopo to work on lake tempe home to a floating community
48:10it's been tough one thing i've noticed is that when i thought you'd reached your peak how
48:17automatically i stepped up and wanted to like take control i think you're one of the most
48:22determined people i've met you remind me that you might as well try and then see where you end up
48:28i feel very determined but i've always known that wow i might cry oh come off it act like i'm
48:36some
48:36witch i mean we don't really talk like this very often i think we've come a long way from those
48:42petulant little school girls that we once were what a long way to go yeah let's move
48:51we are fast approaching feeling nervous why because i can't be lost again to the south now
48:58tantalizingly close to the checkpoint princess and junior come on lock it now okay lock it i have
49:06absolutely no idea how we've pulled it 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
49:19that is classic us plane coming into land all engines out just on absolute fire
49:28thank you thanks sir bless you man best let's do this pringle don't call me pringle puts me off
49:55this is going to be funny oh yeah come on let's go let's go let's go let's go let's go
50:05how sick
50:06is this i'm gonna hear the revs fighting for his life this is kind of killing me how slow this
50:14is man
50:14we're in the race come on come on please get that bird let me go on here here here
50:24is that the sound of a sandal on the floor that's the sound of a sandal on the floor for
50:28the break
50:40oh wow we're almost there mate hello hello uh dharmagatou dharmagatou dharmagatou dharmagatou yeah
50:47yes okay this one this one here go go go go just jump on the boat oh this is lovely
51:05look at this place wow this is actually one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen
51:11mate this is unreal i know i've never been anywhere like this in my life either look at these mountains
51:18i feel like i'm in moana the trees are coming out sideways how is that even possible
51:28it's like a face almost yeah i see that yeah yeah it's probably avatar vibes isn't it the mountains
51:34oh my gosh this is beautiful i'm actually mesmerized i'm mesmerized
51:41there's their magatou we're here darmagatou oh okay this we got this we got this we got this we got
51:48this we got this we got this we got this we got this we got this and i'll pass them
51:51up oh thank you
51:54my friend thank you so much okay let's go through the village but there's a lot of places to go
52:00through
52:00the village this way you reckon on the road maybe ass hello the village is this way or this way
52:08we're
52:09looking for ponds this way this way to cross a bridge thanks man thank you mate okay then village
52:17i've been turned left through the village this way are you sure though no i'm not i feel like we're
52:23on the right track this doesn't feel very villagey uh yeah pond mate big pond is it not the river
52:30i'd 100 count that as a pond you're at emphasis yeah love that you're keeping up okay we need to
52:38look out for a pond this is so random i love it oh my gosh there's just a cow here
52:43we've seen two ponds
52:45with lily pads and everything this is the way mate i can feel it do you think this is the
52:50wrong way i don't
52:51know i'm there then i reckon dead end sort of dead end you'd find in the goonies i told you
53:00it was the
53:00wrong way
53:04pond pond i think that pond yes that's the first pond
53:11down here it's got to be right i've been looking at it now it does look more villagey
53:16that's the second pond come on we deserve this there's a pond one two there's another pond there
53:24three okay that's four after the fourth one follow the signpost to locate the book to sign in
53:33there's a signpost there can we go this way can we get my breath back mate this is amazing
53:41i say we just keep following this maybe it's up there oh yeah yes up there you think yes are
53:47you
53:47sure yes i feel certain let's go let's go come on we got this we've got this this feels like
53:56a
53:57meaningful ascension mate oh my god think of the stairs at the gym oh here's the book oh my god
54:10oh my gosh oh my gosh
54:16should you 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
54:55money we spent on taxis but it's definitely paid off i'm so proud of us we've absolutely smashed that
55:02absolutely smashed that i can't believe it like this leg we've relaxed we've enjoyed ourselves we're
55:08really coming together as a team our brother and sister bond is thriving we can't be underestimated
55:14let's not let all right let's not let it get no no no no i'm just no no no i've
55:17only got the first one
55:18yeah love this is love you well done remember a man a man i'm gonna eat my rings i'm in
55:23romang man
55:24i don't think they do morangues
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 yeah it does
55:36that's the perfect result for us keeping our head down and just keep up with a pack i'm just thrilled
55:41for princess and junior they've nailed it kaz got us out of the jungle safe to say if we didn't
55:46get
55:47through that we wouldn't have been second nice one mate yes buzzing those stairs absolutely killed me off
55:56two teams have checked in with only 86 minutes between them
56:02all right but still out on the road jeff and matt and paddy paddy just want to get there now
56:09it's not
56:09going to get there today no it has been really hard and i don't think he realized how well you're
56:16doing
56:18thank you we do it for each other mate and that's you know i'm so proud thank you
56:28i love you three legs still to go game still on if even one other team isn't there yeah that
56:35will
56:35keep me happy 100 kilometers to the east all of his bats wow oh whoa what are they like moths
56:47okay okay no now we're getting like flies i don't like flies sorry what the hell was that
56:59bring on australia no this is insane what have you
57:05oh my god i've never got stared up by so many cows oh i'm getting a whole national geographical right
57:12hair on my finger it's really definitely feels like we've been plucked from one world to another
57:17oh god i don't want to talk out of my phone i'm jeff stilling this is my 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
57:44so
57:57you