End of the road for travellers who kept Britons on the edge of their armchairs
over 5 years in The guardian
BBC Race Across the World pairs are now on the home straight after a fraught journey from Mexico City to the tip of South America
It has been quite a journey. And that’s just for viewers. Tonight sees the finale of Race Across the World, the BBC2 series in which five pairs of travellers competed to be the fastest getting from Mexico City to the most southerly city in the world, Ushuaia in Argentina.
Covering 15,000 miles in two months and passing though 16 countries, with checkpoints in Honduras, Panama, Colombia, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil and Chile, the competitors had to complete their journeys without flying or using mobile phones, and with only £1,453 cash in their pockets at the beginning. Continue reading...
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