Series 1 Episode 4 Discussion

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Starting Location - Hotel Uzbekistan Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Finishing Location - Long Inn Hotel Huangyao, China

Summary - All teams travelled to Almaty in Kazakhstan to cross into China, via the Khorgas Border Crossing. Natalie & Shameema however stopped in Almaty to visit the Shymbulak ski resort. All teams had to pass through Xinjiang—one of the autonomous regions of China, which did not permit filming.

Darron & Alex went to Chengdu, where they worked in a flower shop to earn money, before travelling to their destination. After arriving in Guilin, Josh & Felix decided to spend time and money going rock climbing at Yangshuo.

In order to save money, Tony & Elaine travelled on a slow train to Guilin, and took a break there. At the end of this episode, Tony & Elaine had still not arrived at the checkpoint. Their arrival was shown in the following episode, at which point it was confirmed that they were 38.5 hours behind leaders Darron & Alex, who had already departed on the next leg before Tony & Elaine arrived.

Team | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | Leg 4 | Leg 5 | Leg 6 | Cash Remaining | Hours Behind| :--:|:--:|:--:|:--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: | :--: Darron & Alex |2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 17% | | Josh & Felix | 1 |3| 3 | 2 | - | - | 18%| 22 | Natalie & Shameema | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 26% | 22 | Elaine & Tony |5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | | - | 23%| 38.5 | Sue & Clare | 4 | 5 | | | | | 54%| | - | Jinda & Bindu | DNF| |||||||

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