![]() Emon & Jamiul missed the boat despite taking an expensive taxi ride to Placencia and had to wait until the following day for a boat. This proved fortunate as it allowed them to reach Copán Ruinas first on day 6 of the race, despite stopping along the way to work for money at an organic farm in Antigua Guatemala.Īt Belize, Shuntelle & Michael and Jen & Rob managed to catch the boat from Placencia to Puerto Cortés in Honduras, but had to take shelter in Honduras after getting caught in Tropical Storm Karen on their way to Copán Ruinas. Jo & Sam also initially intended to go to Belize, but a stranger in San Cristóbal de las Casas advised them the ideal route was via Guatemala. Initially they had intended to go via Tonalá, but found that it would mean a six hour detour, and so changed bus half-way through. Emon & Jamiul chose the interior route so they could see the Mayan ruins at Palenque. Dom & Lizzie chose to go from Oaxaca City to Guatemala via the Pacific coast route, but visited the infinity pool at Hierve el Agua while waiting for a bus at Oaxaca City. Shuntelle & Michael decided to travel to the northern Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula enroute to Belize. The first checkpoint was Copán Ruinas in Honduras. Working for money and/or bed and board Excursion that cost time and money Rail Boat / Ship Bus/coach Taxi Private car Aeroplane The checkpoints in the second series are: Health and Safety Construction ConsultantĬolour key: – Team withdrawn – Series winners Teams The number of episodes increased to nine this series eight episodes on the race followed by a reunion special. The no-fly rule was abandoned this series due to civil unrest in Ecuador which made land travel through the country unsafe, and all the teams were flown from Colombia to Peru to continue the race. No one was eliminated this series but two teams decided to quit Shuntelle & Michael left after losing half their money in leg 2 of the race, while Jo & Sam withdrew after they had run out of money in leg 7. In this series, the 5 teams of racers were Dom & Lizzie, Jo & Sam, Jen & Rob, Shuntelle & Michael, and Emon and Jamiul. Each racer was given £1,453 for the whole trip, roughly £26 per day. The second series of Race Across the World began airing on 8 March 2020 with five teams setting off from Chapultepec Castle in Mexico City in a race to the most southerly city in the world, Ushuaia in Argentina, covering a distance of 25,000 km in 2 months, passing through 7 checkpoints in Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, and Argentina.
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