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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
34:51i'm not entirely sure what it is there's a cow over there maybe it's something to do with the cow
35:00oh
35:02i'm tired these things are really heavy the factory how long has it been here
35:08i might have 10 years yeah wow
35:12being washed through a very fine mesh
35:15made from a sustainable palm tree that grows in the coastal wetlands
35:20and then my favorite part is i get the pizza counts you hear me the starch is extracted from the
35:27tree
35:27fibers to make cakes and dumplings served in broth you eat
35:32yes okay she's doing it so quick have you tried yes i'd love to but you do one and then
35:42let me watch
35:44they're all watching us the pressure is on yes that's right yes and then next nice nice okay
35:55oh gosh it's too small oh i'm trying it's my first time guys yeah no not good the bigger it
36:07is the
36:07easier it is to figure that wow this is a skill ella is the ying to my yang she is
36:17natural born creative
36:20i'm probably like my brain more i love numbers they either add up or they don't there's no gray area
36:26yay wow okay that was very big oh thank you
36:34yes so i think doing the race ella will help me to see that it's not always black and white
36:45a very interesting texture
36:47i think we might come in fourth your worst nightmare
36:56but i'm feeling a lot more at peace than i have been in the last couple of days
37:01you know it's only like three so we'll put 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
37:15el is good at getting us out of a rut yes big photo
37:25you have to teach us how does it go especially when i was like feeling down
37:30ella's picked 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
37:43yeah it's like the first thing i've ever done
37:46i love it
37:52sorry the old bloke 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
38:13um
38:14home to a small fishing community karampuang island spans just six square kilometers look at the stuff
38:20floating in matt and uh sad isn't it horrendous with more than a million tons of rubbish ending up on
38:28indonesia'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 that how does that even happen
38:42i 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
38:58tell you what we've been to some lovely beaches in the world don't we i remember we took you to
39:03hartley
39:03people fantastic beach problem is it's the north sea that's how you learned to swim isn't it in the
39:08north sea no we used to go on sunday mornings with my dad for the public swimming bar and the
39:14technique
39:14was he would throw you in so it was literally sink or swim oh my god you don't talk about
39:21him often
39:21was he like you yeah i mean i think i'm my own person but i see a lot of my
39:27daddy and 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 pretty close-ish but relationships were different in the 50s 60s 70s people weren't
39:51sort of touchy-feely it wasn't that my sister died that he really changed after my sister's
39:58funeral as i was leaving he hugged me and there's a tear in his eye and that never ever ever
40:04happened
40:04before i was shocked it's interesting isn't it you think you know someone then actually realize you
40:10don'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
40:19you know sure my dad loved me but he found it difficult to show affection i didn't want to be
40:26that dad i dread to think what you're feeling like as far as the risk is concerned to be honest
40:34i'd have
40:34given up without you on a day like today i need lifting yeah there's been a lot of tough times
40:40that
40:41i am there to be lent on we are more than capable and we are definitely contenders in this race
40:46you 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 sends you a bit deaf doesn't it pardon very good we are starting to lean on each
41:01other
41:02and that's really special i think we need to try and grab us to the next big town along we
41:06should be
41:07able to get a bust harry parry back on the road jeff and matt are aiming for the port city
41:13of parry
41:14parry the closest transport hub to the checkpoint bus is there yeah hello hello hello para para
41:23smallest price ticket price three three five i mean it's expensive wait we have another option good
41:32point want to ask the other guy yeah para para ah 2 20 what time
41:408 pm mass yeah he says there's a bus at eight o'clock you'll do for 2 20. 220 each
41:47yeah yeah
41:47no brainer yeah no brainer well done two tickets two tickets dad did really well there to go and find
41:54somewhere that was lower price keep our money uh ticking over eight o'clock gets in 2 a.m i
41:59know we're
42:00still behind that might have just saved us the best part though he knows he's done really well there
42:05yes you are beautiful are you and if it boosts him that's going to be the most important part of
42:10this entire leg in my opinion we're back on track we picked one out mate yep into the jungle 450
42:19kilometers to the east welcome way could have been bud sam and kaz are braving an hour's trek
42:25into the jungle near mankutana to work on a highland coffee farm so this is coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee
42:35they're solid they're the sort of things that me and my powers are putting in our catapults when
42:40we're growing up the only ants in my beard is mental wonder how many ants are all over my body
42:46and maybe and my pants farmer newers family established the plantation 30 years ago and three
42:53generations 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 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
43:13are unbelievable but 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 her eyes oh
43:28there'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 upstairs upstairs to rest yay
43:49it's not looking massively optimistic i know but we'll just have to wait and see we're in the middle
43:56of nowhere i have no idea how we're getting out of this place as the boys set out the storm
44:02still 500
44:03kilometers away from the checkpoint every minute counts maybe we've done the wrong thing
44:08i love this back on the east coast there's a lot of people watching us enjoying more favorable
44:20conditions i feel like we've done a really good job i think we have it's beautiful beautiful mate princess
44:26and junior have finished up a day's work to 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 there's
45:03a lot of people coming up he's saying we went viral for our beauty so popular in indonesia bye bye
45:11thank you thank you bye bye bye bye bye bye bye bye we're actually on our 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
45:30yeah jeff and matt are sticking to their more affordable bus towards pari pari the aircon works
45:37funky lights work pari pari here we come 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 that sounds good
45:59this egg is so good and still waiting for the storm to pass
46:06she's so cute sam and kaz
46:25that's it
46:30such fun man i know but it doesn't look like it's going to pass
46:34if we don't get over here now there's a chance it will be fourth
46:36okay so we need to leave you're right man you hear that i hear that that's the sound of adventure
46:42it is and torrential rain here get a hug
46:55goodbye what a terrible feeling about this we need a taxi to take us south tonight hopefully this guy
47:01can help us or he knows a friend that can get us on the road can you please take us
47:06to taxi rank
47:07okay okay okay nice okay thank you thank you thank god right be careful watch out there
47:13cast pretty treacherous what did the guys say they were snakes but they won't kill us they'll just
47:17bite her out here i'm unsure if the 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
47:40i love this life it's my goodness 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 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
48:12i've noticed is that when i thought you'd reached your peak how automatically i stepped up and wanted
48:19to like 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 i think you're very determined but i've always known
48:31that wow i might cry oh come off it act like i'm some witch i mean we don't really talk
48:39like this
48:39very often i think we've come a long way from those petulant little school girls that we once were
48:46what a long way to go yeah let's move we are fast approaching feeling nervous why because i can't
48:55last again to the south now tantalizingly close to the checkpoint princess and junior come on lock
49:03in now okay lock in i have absolutely no idea how we've pulled that off yeah also on the approach
49:09having managed to find an overnight taxi 12 hours ago we were walking through the jungle in a thunderstorm
49:17sam and kaz i mean that 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
50:02come on let's go let's go let's go let's go how sick is this
50:07you're gonna hear the revs fighting for his life this is kind of killing me how slow this is man
50:14we're in a race come on come on let me go on here here here
50:24that's the sound of a sandal on the floor for the break
50:32travel by boat to dermaga two then proceed on foot through the village after the fourth pond
50:37follow the same post to locate the book to sign on okay oh wow we're almost there mate hello hello
50:43uh darmaga two darmaga two the magata maga two yeah yes okay this one this one here go go go
50:50go
50:50just jump on the boat oh this is lovely
51:05oh this is actually one of the most beautiful things i've ever seen
51:10you mate this is unreal i know i've never been anywhere like this in my life either look at these
51:17mountains 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 that yeah
51:31it's probably avatar vibes isn't it the mountains oh my gosh this is beautiful
51:37i'm actually mesmerized i'm mesmerized
51:41it's dead maga two we're here down we got two okay this we got this we got this we got
51:48this we
51:48got this we got this we got this we got this we got this and i'll pass them on
51:54thank you my friend thank you so much okay let's go through the village
51:58but there's a lot of places to go through the village
52:02first way do you reckon
52:03kind of the road maybe asked hello the village is this way or this way
52:08We're looking for ponds this way to cross a bridge. Thanks, man. Thank you, mate
52:14Okay, then village
52:17I've been turned left through the village this way. Are you sure though? No, I'm not. I
52:23Feel like we're on the right track
52:25This doesn't feel very village
52:27Yeah, pond mate big pond. Is it not the river? I'd 100% count that as a pond. You're at
52:33emphasis. Yeah
52:35I love that you're keeping up
52:37Okay, we need to look out for a pond. This is so random. I love it. Oh my gosh. There's
52:42just a cow
52:44We've seen two ponds with lily pads and everything
52:47This is the way mate. I can feel it
52:49Do you think this is the wrong way? I don't know
52:53I'm there then I reckon
52:56Bed-in sort of dead-end you'd find in the Goonies. I told you it was the wrong way
53:04Pond. Pond. I think
53:07Is that a 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
53:17That's the second pond. Come on. We deserve this
53:21There's a pond. One, two. There's another pond there. Three
53:26Okay, that's four. After the fourth pond 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?
53:38Mate, 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 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 mate. Oh
53:58my god
54:00Think of the stairs at the gym
54:07Here's the book. Oh my gosh. Oh my gosh
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
54:29Ready? Yeah. Three, two, one
54:35No
54:36You're lying. We're first
54:38What? Are you serious? How have we done that then? We're first
54:43Yay!
54:46What? Come here
54:48What? No way
54:50I'm in shock. You've come first. Like what?
54:53We was a bit anxious about the amount of money we spent on taxis, but it's definitely paid off. I'm
54:58so proud of us
54:59We've absolutely smashed that
55:02Absolutely smashed that
55:04Can't believe it
55:05Like this leg. We've relaxed. We've enjoyed ourselves
55:08We're really coming together as a team. Our brother and sister bond is thriving. We can't be underestimated
55:14Let's not let it get to our heads. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. We've only got first
55:18one
55:18Yeah, love you sis. I didn't have to do
55:19Love you, well done. I'm in Romain, Romain
55:22I'm gonna eat my rings. I'm in Romain
55:23I don't think they do my rings here
55:28Wow, I'm stoked for them
55:30Yes
55:31I'm buzzing for them
55:32Day 16, nine, wow they smashed it
55:34Feels great
55:35Yeah, it does
55:36That's the perfect result for us
55:37Keeping our head down and just keep up with the pack
55:40I'm just thrilled for Princess and Junior
55:42They've nailed it
55:43Kaz got us out of the jungle
55:45Safe to say if we didn't get through that, we wouldn't have been second
55:48Nice one mate
55:50Yes
55:50Buzzing
55:51Those stairs absolutely killed me off
55:56Two teams have checked in with only 86 minutes between them
56:02It's alright
56:03But still out on the road, Geoff and Matt in Parry Parry
56:07Just wanna get there now
56:09It's not gonna get there today, no
56:12It has been really hard
56:14And I don't think he realised how well you're doing
56:18Thank you
56:18We do it for each other mate
56:20And that's, you know
56:21I'm so proud
56:23Well, thank you
56:25Come here
56:25Come here
56:28I love you mate
56:29Love you too
56:31Three legs still to go
56:32Game still on
56:33If even one other team isn't there yet
56:35That would keep me happy
56:36One hundred kilometres to the east
56:38Oh look, there's bats
56:41Wow
56:43Whoa
56:45What are they? Like moths?
56:48OK, no
56:48Now we're getting like flies
56:50I don't like flies
56:51Sorry
56:51What the hell was that?
56:54What the hell?
56:59Bray on Australia
57:02No, this is insane
57:04No way that's true
57:05What of you?
57:06Up up up up up up up up
57:07Oh my god I've never got stared up by so many cows
57:09Oh
57:09I'm getting a whole National Geographical right here on my finger
57:13Australia 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
57:18I'm Geoff Stilling, this is my son Matt
57:21Yes, thank you so much
57:22Cheers guys
57:24Pizza Andre
57:25As in the dude with the six pack
57:26Yeah
57:27Oh fair dinkum
57:43I'm Cheryl
57:44Yeah
57:44I'm