Series 5 Cross-world This time, Wednesday was back on our screen and along with the brand new cast to pass the destination lineup from China to India.
The first episode aired on April 23 and introduces us to five brave duoes who set out for a 14,000km race to try to reach the southernmost end of India.
Among these teams are the duo of Yin and Gaz, the formerly married couple turning into couples, the Elizabeth and Letitia sisters, and the young Welsh couple Fin and Sioned.
Brothers Brian and Melvyn and mother-son pair Caroline and Tom.
This year, the team will hike in China, Nepal and India. The pair will travel through towns, cities and rural areas with a limited budget and resources in their backpack and decide what transport they will use, which route they will take, where to sleep and how much they will spend.
After China Great Wall entered the race, the team's goal was to reach the checkpoint along the way, and also turned its attention to the first person to reach the final destination.
With the competition in full swing this year, here are locations across Asia (we know it right now), and the camera follows our five new teams for the latest episode Cross-world.
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Great Wall of China
This year's team started their journey at Getty Images/Istockphoto
The game began with China's Great Wall, overlooking Wanhuxia Village, 80 kilometers away from the Chinese capital Beijing. Such a long trek is a suitable start, and the entire Great Wall will surely compete for a wide range of journeys, over 21,000 kilometers. One of the seven new wonders in the world, China's Great Wall, is the largest man-made project representing Chinese history for more than two thousand years. A series of fortifications began in the eastern part of Shanhaiguan in Herbie Province and ended in Jiayuguan in Gansey Province to the western part.
Checkpoint one
Chinese yellow people
Chinese humans are known for drying chili and other crops on the roof (Getty Images)
About 2,000 kilometers south of the big city is the first checkpoint, located in Jiangxi Province, it has been located on the slopes of the Huayi Mountains for more than 500 years. This neighborhood is known for its HUI-style architecture and dry chili peppers on the rooftops, creating colorful bird views. This picturesque village is scattered with historic buildings and ancient attractions, surrounded by lush greenery scattered on the hillside. The town has been six centuries but has been in a state of destruction until 16 years ago when it became a rural tourism hotspot. The teams were told to reach the Samurai via the cable car, then got off and crossed the Lyons suspension bridge before eventually checking into the Shaiqiu Hotel.
Checkpoint 2
Sarnia, China
Guanyin in Nanshan is located near the coast of Sanya
In the second episode, five teams are preparing to leave Huangling for a 2,700-km journey to Sanya City, at the southern end of Hainan Island. Along the way, the team stopped in different places from the glittering city to the country gemstones, including the international city on the shore, the Longji Rice Terraces near Guilin, and the ancient towns of Fenghuang. After crossing most of southeastern China, the legs ended with Sanya, one of the southernmost cities in China. Sanya attracts many wealthy elites in China due to its tropical climate, but it is also prone to monsoon storms due to the weather. The city has several beaches in its coastal areas, including Dadonghai Bay and Yalong Bay, and one of its most impressive cultural landmarks is the Nanshan Temple. The temple is dominated by a sympathetic statue of Buddhist goddesses, taller than the Statue of Liberty as its three connected portraits look at it while standing on an artificial island. Yazhou Ancient City, Yalong Tropical Paradise Forest Park and Wuzhizhou are also other popular places to visit in Sanya.
Checkpoint 3
Shangri-La, China
Shangri-La is named after the fictional paradise in 2001 (Getty Images/Istockphoto)
Leaving Sanya this week, heading for southwestern China, stopping at key transport centers such as Kunming and Nanning, discovering monkeys on Guizhou and visiting the world's largest musical fountain in the sustainable development-driven city of Liuzhou. The purpose is to reach Shangri-La, the city on the edge of the Tibetan Plateau in the center of the Hangden Mountains. The city has been called China for centuries, but in 2001 it was renamed the fictional utopia of James Hilton. Lost horizon To attract more tourists. The city has cultural heritage that blends Chinese and Tibetan languages, such as Yunnan’s largest Tibetan Buddhist temple, Songzanlin Monastery, and vibrant courtyard-style houses and temples. Shangri-la also attracts visitors each year to the annual horse racing festival, which is usually held in June.
Ending
Kanniyakumari, India
The final destination of the series is known for its sunrise and sunset, and is Kanniyakumari (Getty Images) on the southernmost part of mainland India.
To win a £20,000 bonus, the team must first reach the end of Kanniyakumari. Located at the southernmost point of India, Kanniyakumari is a popular pilgrimage site located at the fusion point of three main waters, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. In addition to its sublime coastal landscape, the town is filled with historical monuments such as the 95-foot-tall Thiruvalluvar statue as well as temples, churches and waterfalls. However, one of its main attraction is the location of some of the best sunrise and sunset glasses in the country, as its geography allows both to witness both, just like the sun rises and then falls below the horizon.
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