The Amazing Race Australia

Previously on The Amazing Race Celebrity Edition...

Oh! We're in Sri Lanka, honey.

..Sri Lanka turned up the heat...

Oh, I'm delirious, bro.

But the temperatures proved too much for Lindy and Stella...

I really don't feel good, Mum.

..leading to their exit from the race.

With Leni sick, Fev battled on alone...

Oh, my god. Can I please get some help?

..and at the Pit Stop, made a heartbreaking decision.

I reckon I'm gonna have to check out.

Love ya, man.

Come on.

But there was no break for our remaining celebs.

It's a Virtual Pit Stop. What?

Uh-huh.

Ah!

The six remaining teams are continuing to race

in the order they arrived at the Virtual Pit Stop.

Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo! Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo!

Route info. Route Info. "The race continues.

"Catch a bus to the heart of Colombo,

"the busy capital of Sri Lanka."

Back in the big city, and this one is more hectic than most.

This is Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka.

Famous for culture, colour, sights and smells,

the second you hit the ground here, it's sensory overload.

Our celebrities must catch a bus to Colombo

to the doorstep of the Jami Ul-Alfar Mosque,

known as the Red Mosque.

It's one of the oldest mosques in the city,

and I bet it's the only candy striped mosque in the world.

But I could be incorrect.

And it's here they'll find their next clue.

Welcome, my friends,

to the bustling eighth leg of The Amazing Race Australia.

Bus stop! Oh-oh! All aboard!

All aboard the bus to Colombo.

It has been my dream to be on The Amazing Race since I was little.

I've been watching this show since I was 13.

It feels so surreal that I'm here.

And, of course, it would be nice to actually win.

I hope this goes to Colombo.

Oh my god, how funky is this?

Hey! Hello. Are you going to Colombo?

Colombo! Oh, my god! How cool.

How exciting.

We're getting up to the point of the race

where all the teams that are left are really hungry.

They really want to be here.

Let's go, let's go, let's go. We don't want any more teams on.

Oh, there's the bus.

What a bus! Hello.

Oh, sorry. We barely fit.

Out of courtesy and respect,

you would sit a couple of seats behind

the people that are coming first.

I hate that they're sitting ahead of us.

I know.

The biggest advantage we have over Aesha and Scott at the moment...

Yeah.

..we're sitting three rows ahead of them

so that means we get out of the bus first.

We're not allowed to break their necks, so when we get out,

we just need to get out very quickly and walk very quickly.

100%.

Only one other team got on.

Just need a moment to look at the interior of this bus.

What a festival of busdom. Yes.

It is a bit like tripping inside your own head.

Honestly, if a dragon came through the door right now,

I'd think, "Oh, there's a dragon. I wonder if we have to ride it."

There's a bus. There's a bus.

Bus! Stop.

I am not letting him get past me. Neither.

Stop that bus! Stop the bus, Curries.

700 for two?

Hold the bus. Oh, hells yeah. Hello.

Hello. Such a cool bus.

Alright.

I wouldn't want to do this with anyone else other than my brother.

And same here.

To be able to have quality time together is fairly rare.

We're both raising kids of our own.

Something about the experiences we're having

and the people that we're meeting that makes this so special.

Bernie and I came into this competition to have a laugh,

have some fun, have an adventure.

We've made lifelong friends. Yes.

But when we get off the bus... What?

It's every man for himself.

Hang on. Are the people behind us? Yeah.

"Catch the bus to the heart of Colombo,

"the busy capital of Sri Lanka." Let's hustle!

Oh!

Get on!

I like to joke that Leah and I have Type-A personalities.

We are both daughters of Asian migrants.

We know how to wear the weight of expectation on our shoulders.

I honestly thought we were going home.

Me too. And we are still racing.

I am learning a lot about myself in the race.

I do, more than I'd like to admit, tether my sense of worth to success.

And it's something that I know I need to work on.

Now we just need to push, push.

While we still have a fighting chance,

we're gonna really test ourselves and push ourselves forward.

Yeah.

Alright, let's go.

That's the stop. The girls are getting off.

I can't believe they can get out in front of us.

Thank you. Bye-bye. Thank you.

Hey, Ma... Thank you very much.

Bag on. We need to find the...

Ooh, there it is, the Red Mosque.

Let's go. Look at this building!

Whoa! That's the Red Mosque!

How cool is this? Oh, my god,

it looks like something from a Dr Seuss book or something.

Here it is.

Hello. Hello.

Thank you.

Hello. How are you doing?

Route info.

"On foot, head to the bustling Pettah Market.

"Load up a trolley of jackfruit, navigate the streets

"and deliver them to a local shopkeeper."

Mate, to be honest, I never wanted to play Origin.

There's too much politics.

A lot of people said I wasn't good enough.

But it's too much...

Oh, this is a jackfruit.

Now, it mightn't look that pretty,

but it's massively popular here in Sri Lanka.

It goes in everything, from desserts to curries.

How do you say, "That wasn't my fault," in Sri Lanka?

Once they locate the jackfruit stand,

teams must load a trolley with 12 big ripe spiky jackfruit,

then navigate their trolley through the chaotic streets

to a local shop which is located at 142 Fourth Street.

You got that? 142 Fourth Street.

And of course, there's no map.

Once the fruit is safely delivered,

they'll receive their next clue.

Now, if they think stacking is hard,

wait till they try and wheel it around.

It's actually alright if you stay low.

Corners are hard. Sorry, mate. Ooh, sorry bro.

Yeah, my bad, mate. I'm coming through.

Jackfruit. Hey.

Pettah Market?

OK.

This is crazy, but it's not too crazy.

I grew up in Kings Cross, baby.

OK, we know how to do a weave here.

Hello.

Alright, cool. Alright...

No, thank you. Let's ask a local straightaway.

Hello. First cross street? We don't need a ride.

Are you...? Oh, great.

We have to go by foot. Alright, this way.

I wish we had a map.

Let's do it.

Goodbye. See ya, mate. Thank you.

Thank you. Woo! Holy hell! Is that it?

Wow! Wow! Look at it. Let's go.

It looks like something out of Alice In Wonderland.

It almost looks fake, like Lego,

like, the way it's been crafted with little bricks everywhere.

Yeah, but it looks like candy canes. Yeah.

This is not a good frigging sign. Come on.

"Load up a trolley of jackfruit..."

"And deliver them to a local shopkeeper." OK.

This is definitely Pettah Market. OK, so that's the trolley.

Jackfruit. Yeah, I found it.

Shall I bring the trolley around here?

Yeah, OK.

Good, Mum? OK, Mum, parking spot coming up here on the left.

OK. Is this it? Yep. We just arrived at the market,

and Aesha and Scott, I can't see them anymore.

OK, look. Yeah.... Oh... No, it's the wrong...

We asked a local which direction to go down the road

and tell us that direction.

This is First cross street. We've gone the wrong way.

Do you think he got confused with Fifth and First?

Oh, yeah, it must be. OK. It must be our accents.

So we've just lost any chance of being in the lead

by going the wrong way.

OK. Back to the mosque.

Check out that mosque up there. It's pretty cool.

There's the clue box. "Deliver them to a local shopkeeper."

OK. Alright. Let's go.

Good nick? Is this jackfruit? This is jackfruit.

It's sticky as hell.

We need as many as we can

because we don't want to have to come back.

Good. OK.

Something Mum and I are learning is to work as a team,

which is a new experience for us

as two pretty fiercely independent women.