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My name is Levison Wood.

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Woo!

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'In 2014, I walked the Nile.'

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Take care.

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'And in 2015, I walked
the Himalayas.

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'Now I'm about to trek between two
continents on what could be

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'my toughest journey yet.'

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You don't get that if you rub
sticks together.

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My plan is to walk from the point
where Europeans first made landfall

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in Mexico all the way to Colombia,

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along the length of Central America.

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My route will take me through eight
countries, across volcanic planes,

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drug-smuggling routes and cloud
forests - but before I can cross into

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South America, I'll have to make it
through one of the last

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great wildernesses on Earth -

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the lawless jungle of the Darien Gap.

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'I'll take four million steps over
remote, unpredictable...'

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I've never seen anything quite like
this before.

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'..and beautiful landscapes.'

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I can see everything.

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This is absolutely incredible.

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Whoa!

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'I'll see Central America through the
eyes of the people that live here.'

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Bullet holes.

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Dangerous business, being a pastor
around these parts, isn't it?

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'So far, I've witnessed an
ancient civilisation...'

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It's unbelievable.

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'..and walked into narco territory.'

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On alert at the moment.

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'Now I'm crossing tropical
shores...'

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Absolutely stunning.

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'..into the deadliest city in
Central America...'

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I can see the bullet holes.

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'..to try and reach...'

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I'm coming.

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'..the halfway point in our journey.'

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I'm walking the Americas with my
Mexican friend and guide, Alberto.

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After four weeks, we've covered
500 miles and made it through

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El Peten, one of the wildest regions
in Guatemala.

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But we're not safe yet.

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What's been going on there?

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Looks like somebody has been
practising their accuracy.

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You see these holes are huge.

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They must be big bullets.

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Sounds like a very safe place, eh?

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Looks like!

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So much people carrying
guns everywhere.

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It's like the Wild West.

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'We arrive in Rio Dulce.

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'Once known as Las Fronteras,

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'it still feels like a frontier
town today.'

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Literally, one of the first shops
we've come across is a gun shop.

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You can find anything here, eh.

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It's a busy place, isn't it?

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It's a love hotel.

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The auto hotel

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is a very particular place.

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You pay per hour.

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The first hour is one price and the
second hour is less and less and

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less, depends how much time you
spend in this little rooms.

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You've never been in one
of those?

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No, I haven't.

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I definitely haven't. What, erm...

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You seem to know a lot about these!

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No!

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'Today, we're leaving Wild West
territory behind

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'to enter a very different
Guatemala.'

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Down there is Rio Dulce,
the "sweet river".

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From here, we're following
this river

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back towards the Caribbean.

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Over the next 400 miles,

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we'll enjoy Guatemala's
Afro-Caribbean culture

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before reaching country number four,
Honduras.

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We must then cross a mountain range
to reach the infamous San Pedro Sula,

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the most dangerous city in
Central America,

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before stepping into lush landscapes
that lead to country number five,

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Nicaragua, and the halfway point in
our journey.

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A day on from Rio Dulce and we're
in Livingstone.

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This laid-back town is home to 5,000
Garifuna people,

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descendants of African slaves,

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shipwrecked in the Caribbean
400 years ago.

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What's up, guys? Hi, there. How are
doing? You all right?

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Chilling, man. Good. Are you well?

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Good, man. Welcome to Livingstone.
Thank you.

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Everything cool. Nice to meet you.

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What's your name? My name is Lev.

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My name is Aston. And you guys?

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'They have their own religion, music
and even language.'

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How do I say "hello" in Garifuna?

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Ida bina? Ida bina?
Ida bina, numada?

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Are you sure? Yeah, I'm sure,
man. Those ladies are laughing.

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Yeah, man! That's what it is!

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I'm not sure I believe you.

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You could tell me anything.
Yeah, man.

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HE SINGS IN GARIFUNA

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Follow me, man.

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'Aston says that even on a Sunday
night, there's a party in town.'

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Amazing. Well done. Yeah, man.

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'A few hours later, we hit a
local bar.'

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Hello.

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'The last time I saw something even
close to this

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'was when I was walking the Nile.'

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Incredible.

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I thought it was a horn,
but it's actually a conch shell.

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And the other guy over there is
playing the turtle shells.

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I feel as though I've been
transported out of Central America

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right back into Africa.

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'This is a Garifuna birthday party

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'and they've kindly invited us
to stay.'

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How are you doing?

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Divan? Good to meet you, Divan.

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My name is Lev.

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This is Alberto.

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How old are you?

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ALBERTO ASKS HIM IN SPANISH

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15. Huh? 15?

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Happy birthday.

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It's a tradition, every time you
are 15 years old,

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like a big celebration.

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In Mexico we do the same,
but just with women.

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'For Garifuna boys like Divan,
turning 15 means becoming a man.'

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And now birthday boy is sat in the
middle of the dance floor

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and all the girls are giving him a
private dance.

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He seems transfixed.

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As you would be.

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This definitely did
not happen at my 15th birthday!

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'This traditional Garifuna dance is
called the "punta".'

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'It's said to liberate the mind and
the soul.'

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'And get the party started.'

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I'm not sure I could twerk.

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Yeah, you can do it. No.

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I haven't got the rhythm.

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'The next day, we're the first to
hit the beach.'

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Wow, look at that boat.

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Wow!

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It's not one, it's two.

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'Exotic coastlines like this are what
draw millions of tourists

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'to the Caribbean.

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'But there's a dark side to this
part of Guatemala.'

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Just two days ago, a massive shipment
of cocaine was discovered

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on a luxury yacht.

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This is where a lot of the drugs get
dropped off,

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either in private aeroplanes

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or speedboats, and then picked up and
that's how drugs get imported from

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Latin America all the way up to
the USA and beyond.

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So, it's in these little sort of
pirate coves

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that the international drugs
business is conducted.

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And this is the route we're taking
right now.

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Buenas tardes.

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DOG WHINES

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'A day later and we're five
miles from Honduras,

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'the most dangerous country on
our journey.

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The closer we get to Honduras, the
more stories we hear about violence.

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You know, all the bad stuff that you
hear about Central America.

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I don't know, I still feel a little
bit nervous about it.

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'Honduras is Central America's
poorest country.

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'Five coups in the last 60 years have
weakened the government.

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'Even at this major border crossing,

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'there's little sign of
the authorities.'

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What do you think of the place?

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It's like a ghost border.

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This is the border. It's one of the
quietest borders I've ever seen.

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There's just nobody around.

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Everything's overgrown.

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But, welcome to Honduras.

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'Despite its bad reputation,

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'our first experience of Honduras is
of stunning beauty.'

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It's quite nice to just get off
into the villages

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and actually into the hills.

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There is some pretty epic hills
up ahead.

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'Rising to 2,500 metres, these are
the Merendon mountains.'

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We've got about 20 miles of some
quite thick jungle to get to

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one of Honduras' biggest cities, San
Pedro Sula.

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There is a trail that goes through
it. It's quite difficult to know

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where the trail is, so we've enlisted
some help.

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Got these two young, local lads.

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We've got Jose and we've got Darling.
That's his name.

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Hello, Jose.

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Hola. Hola.

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And Darling. Hola.

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That is a great name, isn't it?

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'Darling and Jose are brothers.

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'When they're not acting mountain
guides, they earn a buck or two

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'by fishing and waiting
in restaurants.'

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MUSIC BLARING FROM RADIO

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That was a little off-road tuk-tuk.

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'Honduras' tropical climate and steep
fertile hills are perfect for

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'growing bananas and sugar cane - but
a nightmare for walking.'

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It's quite nice being able to get a
nice view like this,

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but when you finally get a view, what
that means is you can actually see

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how far we've still got left to go.

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And, as you can see from here,
there is another one, two, three,

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maybe four ridges we've got to
get over.

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'It's already taken us five hours to
crest the first peak,

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'but these hills are full
of surprises.'

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Wow! This is a super cool river!

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'Our little oasis is clearly a
popular watering hole.'

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Can I see?

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Carrying a pistol around on a horse.

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It's pretty Wild West around here.

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ALBERTO ASKS IN SPANISH

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They're off to a party apparently,

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and, obviously, he's packing his
Smith & Wesson pistol just in case.

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I mean, it goes to show, it all looks
very peaceful, but in this part of

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the world, it seems pretty normal to
walk around with a gun.

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'After four hours' hard trekking,
we're miles up in the hills.

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'We could hardly be more remote,

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'when we stumble into
someone's back yard.'

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Buenas tardes, senora.

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Buenas tardes.

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Do you sell anything? Do you have a
shop here? La tienda? No?

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She is offering some bananas.

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Yeah, that'd be great.

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Passion fruit?

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Gracias.

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What's your name?

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Wow!

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She's the mum of the guys on the
horses. Oh, yeah, we saw them.

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Do you ever a go that way, to
San Pedro Sula?

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Are you scared when your family and
your sons go over there?

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Gracias.

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Adios.

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Gracias.

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'Maria's fears about San Pedro
Sula are well founded.

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'It's one of the most violent cities
in the world,

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'but Alberto and I are heading
straight for it.'

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I'm walking the length of Central
America with my friend, Alberto.

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We've crossed the Merendon mountains
and are now entering the most

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dangerous city on our journey.

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So, we've arrived in San Pedro Sula,
we're just on the outskirts now.

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And despite all of
the scare stories that I've heard,

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it seems all right.

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But within this city are pockets of
extreme violence, where two gangs,

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MS-13 and Barrio 18,

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do battle over the
multibillion-dollar drugs trade.

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Citizens must pay them
extortion money, called war tax,

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or else face death.

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In the last five years,

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over 5,000 people have been murdered
in this city alone.

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Every property has, like,
their own extreme protection,

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you know? Electric fences,
these sharp wires around the walls.

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It's like a lot of little jails.

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It's 5:30, it's going to be dark
in the next half an hour or so.

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I think the first thing
we need to do, before we...

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get into the centre of this place,
is just to find somewhere to stay.

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Getting into town is the easy bit.

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Tomorrow, we'll face
a much tougher challenge.

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San Pedro Sula's crimewave
dates back to the '90s,

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when the US began deporting
Honduran criminals back here.

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They brought a brutal gang culture
with them

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and now control large areas
of the city known as barrios.

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The most notorious,
Rivera Hernandez,

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is directly on our route.

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This is where a lot of the killings,
the murders happen.

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Some real horror stories
come out of this place.

256
00:17:31,640 --> 00:17:34,560
I'll be honest, I've got no idea
what to expect.

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Rivera Hernandez is home to the
savage MS-13 and Barrio 18 gangs.

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To make it through,
we need the help of a local.

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We're going to go and meet a guy
called Daniel,

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who's a local pastor.
He's a community leader.

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So he knows the gangs,
he knows the police,

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he's kind of an intermediary.
If anyone can keep us safe, he can.

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Daniel says the safest place
to meet him is outside the barrio,

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at a kids' playground.

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It's the only child's park
I've seen under full armed guard.

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He turns up right on time.

267
00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:14,800
Nice to meet you, how are you doing?
All right?

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Daniel grew up in Rivera Hernandez.

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He has now dedicated his life
to turning its fortunes around.

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It's earned him the respect
of the gangs here.

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He's in contact with the
gang leaders who are in prison.

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He's just on the phone now,

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organising a safe passage
so we can get through.

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00:18:51,840 --> 00:18:55,520
I'm a bit nervous, because I don't
think I've ever walked through

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a proper gangland before.

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I've been to some pretty dodgy
places in the past,

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but if you look at the statistics,
this is definitely up there.

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MS-13 graffiti marks the entrance
to the barrio.

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We are now in gangland territory.

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It's safe for locals
to be on the streets.

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00:19:26,920 --> 00:19:29,320
But we have to watch our every step.

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Who is, like, checking that
nobody is crossing this area?

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00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:53,200
Now we are crossing the sort of
invisible frontier to Barrio 18,

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which is another gang.

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00:19:54,600 --> 00:19:56,800
They are fighting,
they are killing each other.

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00:19:56,800 --> 00:20:00,120
There is no border, it is just
one neighbourhood into the next.

287
00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:04,080
This is the border, here? Si.

288
00:20:10,640 --> 00:20:14,080
Who are these guys that are stopped
in a car, just behind you?

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Are they, like,
watching us, or what?

290
00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:25,920
Right, that's a relief.

291
00:20:27,840 --> 00:20:31,800
Just 100 metres divides
these two warring gangs.

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Three lookouts guard
Barrio 18's border.

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00:20:36,120 --> 00:20:37,640
Thankfully, Daniel knows them.

294
00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:50,840
Is it dangerous to be this close
to the frontier?

295
00:21:04,240 --> 00:21:06,920
You're not allowed to go on that
side, you have to stay here?

296
00:21:12,080 --> 00:21:14,040
The law on the street is simple -

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step on enemy turf
and you'll be killed.

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00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,640
What would happen if we walked into
this neighbourhood without you?

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00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,200
If we just walked in on our own?

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Pleasant(!)

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Half a block down the road,
we come across a casa loca.

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00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:06,840
You can see the bullet holes.

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00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:09,920
There has obviously been
a shoot-out or maybe even a murder.

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00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:16,760
And inside, it is full of the "18",
which is the name of the gang,

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00:22:16,760 --> 00:22:18,000
all over the walls.

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00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:25,520
This is actually one of the places
that people are tortured and killed.

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00:22:25,520 --> 00:22:29,160
The place is completely trashed,
as you can see.

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00:22:31,280 --> 00:22:33,920
So...God knows what's happened
in here before.

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00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:39,000
The BLEEP?

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00:22:39,000 --> 00:22:41,200
That is BLEEP.

311
00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,200
For some unbeknown reason,
there's a dog that's been hung

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on a piece of string.

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00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:51,280
Maybe...

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00:22:51,280 --> 00:22:52,640
just a warning, I guess.

315
00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:56,440
Who knows? It's...it's sick.

316
00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:00,800
This is a scary place.

317
00:23:03,360 --> 00:23:05,680
It's getting dark.
We should probably start

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00:23:05,680 --> 00:23:07,720
thinking about moving out,
shouldn't we?

319
00:23:12,360 --> 00:23:14,760
If we keep going this way,
in just under a mile,

320
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:17,920
we should be able to
get out of the barrio.

321
00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,800
We've got to kind of take it slowly,
say hello to everyone.

322
00:23:20,800 --> 00:23:23,360
This is where Daniel lives,
so he's got to be very careful.

323
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:28,640
The little kid?

324
00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:31,560
How are you doing?

325
00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:34,160
Hello. What's your name?

326
00:23:37,360 --> 00:23:39,320
Jose?

327
00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:41,080
Are we OK to walk through here?

328
00:23:43,800 --> 00:23:47,240
Do you see any bad people
around here? What do you have to do?

329
00:23:51,600 --> 00:23:53,520
Mmm.

330
00:23:53,520 --> 00:23:55,000
Let's keep on moving, I think.

331
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,200
Gracias. Mucho gusto.

332
00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,200
Adios.

333
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,280
It takes us three hours
to get out of the barrio.

334
00:24:06,640 --> 00:24:09,280
Daniel's got us through unscathed,

335
00:24:09,280 --> 00:24:12,080
but even he is not immune to the
dangers round here.

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00:24:14,240 --> 00:24:15,280
A bullet hole.

337
00:24:17,600 --> 00:24:19,880
It's his car. It's Daniel's car.

338
00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:23,440
He's been shot. Who shot you?

339
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:32,160
He doesn't know.

340
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,120
Hmm. Dangerous business,

341
00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:39,480
being a pastor
around these parts, isn't it?!

342
00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,280
THEY LAUGH

343
00:24:42,800 --> 00:24:46,360
It's not like your average,
you know, Surrey vicar job, is it?

344
00:24:48,680 --> 00:24:51,920
Well, thanks for everything, Daniel.
Muchas gracias. You've kept us safe.

345
00:24:51,920 --> 00:24:54,240
Si, gracias. Thank you very much.

346
00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:56,080
Good luck with your work, as well.

347
00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,640
The next day, Alberto and I
are back on the road at first light.

348
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:23,360
We've left San Pedro Sula behind
and we're out beyond the suburbs.

349
00:25:26,600 --> 00:25:28,080
Some nice, rolling hills.

350
00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:31,720
Life seems to be back to normal.

351
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:34,800
Hola!

352
00:25:37,760 --> 00:25:39,600
"We walk this every day."

353
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,160
And they come back from school,

354
00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:43,920
and they are already exhausted!

355
00:25:46,240 --> 00:25:48,920
I would be a very bad student
if I was living here.

356
00:25:50,040 --> 00:25:51,520
I would never go to school!

357
00:25:57,800 --> 00:26:00,720
There is a bit of a crowd forming
and some yellow police tape.

358
00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:03,000
So I'm not sure what's going on.

359
00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:12,880
It looks like...

360
00:26:14,480 --> 00:26:20,360
Well, I thought we'd left
the horror of the city behind,

361
00:26:20,360 --> 00:26:24,800
but it looks like there's
literally a dead body just there.

362
00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:28,640
The body's covered by a jacket.

363
00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,080
We've walked into a murder scene.

364
00:26:33,560 --> 00:26:36,000
And the mother of the deceased
is already here.

365
00:26:39,040 --> 00:26:40,640
I'm very sorry for your loss.

366
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:43,160
What is your name?

367
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:49,160
So, this is your son?

368
00:26:53,440 --> 00:26:55,160
And what happened, do you know?

369
00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:14,720
What was his name?

370
00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:19,240
Do you know who killed him?

371
00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:29,720
So, this is one of the most brutal
and horrific things I've ever seen.

372
00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:32,440
Looking around, there are kids...

373
00:27:33,680 --> 00:27:36,440
ladies, people are just
taking photos.

374
00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:39,360
This is part of everyday life
here in Honduras.

375
00:27:41,520 --> 00:27:43,520
Yeah. I'm pretty speechless,
to be honest.

376
00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:46,920
It's tough, huh?

377
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:48,600
It's super-tough.

378
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,120
Not just to see the body there,

379
00:27:52,120 --> 00:27:54,080
just to hear the story
of the mother.

380
00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:56,800
Must be very sad for her.

381
00:27:58,600 --> 00:27:59,720
I think I've seen enough.

382
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:02,520
Time to move on.

383
00:28:18,760 --> 00:28:21,760
I'm walking the length of Central
America.

384
00:28:21,760 --> 00:28:24,080
1,800 miles.

385
00:28:24,080 --> 00:28:25,520
Across eight countries.

386
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,520
Under the car.

387
00:28:32,520 --> 00:28:34,240
OK.

388
00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:39,760
'I'm with my friend Alberto in
the highlands of central Honduras.'

389
00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:41,840
We've come slightly off the beaten
track.

390
00:28:41,840 --> 00:28:44,080
It's like a little haven of beauty.

391
00:28:46,960 --> 00:28:49,120
Over the next 200 miles,

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00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,400
we will climb up to the volcanic
fields surrounding the magnificent

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00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:58,600
Lake Yojoa, and stepthrough
Honduras' lush agricultural
heartland

394
00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:04,200
before reaching
country number five, Nicaragua.

395
00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,400
And the halfway point in our
journey.

396
00:29:11,920 --> 00:29:15,720
We're 700 metres up in Santa Barbara
National Park.

397
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,640
This mountain range was formed

398
00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:23,720
by volcanic eruptions 120 million
years ago.

399
00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,600
And the jewel in its crown
is Lake Yojoa.

400
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:32,720
It teems with tilapia fish and the
area's rich soils are near-perfect

401
00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,360
for growing coffee and fruit.

402
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,480
What's your name, my friend?

403
00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:44,080
Guato. Enrique Jose. You've got very
good English.

404
00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:45,800
Yeah. Have you spent time
in the States?

405
00:29:48,560 --> 00:29:51,600
Ah, very nice. When was that? How
long have you been back for?

406
00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:58,480
You got deported? How did you get
there? You went over the wall?

407
00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:05,040
They catched me and then they gave
me deportation in 2000 and I go back

408
00:30:05,040 --> 00:30:06,800
in the same year, 2000.

409
00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,200
Did the Coyotes take you?

410
00:30:08,200 --> 00:30:10,400
Yeah. Was it expensive?

411
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,520
Right now, yeah. How much does
it cost?

412
00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:15,960
How much did it take? 10,000 bucks.

413
00:30:15,960 --> 00:30:18,280
$10,000? $10,000.

414
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,560
My wife, she lives in Dakota.

415
00:30:22,560 --> 00:30:25,920
Rapid City, you know.
Yeah. Rapid City, South Dakota.

416
00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:27,000
She's a Native American.

417
00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:28,760
A Native American?

418
00:30:28,760 --> 00:30:31,840
So you can't go back? I have to wait
ten years.

419
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,560
Ten years? So you're not going to
see your wife?

420
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,160
How are you going to...?
What are you going to do? No choice.

421
00:30:37,160 --> 00:30:39,400
I don't want to go back over there
illegal again.

422
00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:41,560
What would you say to the people who
want to leave?

423
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:43,320
Don't go in there.

424
00:30:43,320 --> 00:30:48,200
Don't go, because you need to pay
for everything in there.

425
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,080
Right here you we've got guayabas,
we can eat guayabas in here!

426
00:30:51,080 --> 00:30:53,600
Over there you need to pay for one
guayaba.

427
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:07,160
Enrique is one of 20,000 Hondurans
deported from the USA every year.

428
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:13,040
Many find work as campesinos,

429
00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:16,120
farm hands who make up nearly half
of this country's workforce.

430
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:20,320
They sell their goods anywhere
they can.

431
00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,280
And where does it come from?
In the jungle?

432
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,000
Have you? A weird fruit.

433
00:31:45,000 --> 00:31:47,080
It smells like an orange.

434
00:31:50,760 --> 00:31:52,720
That's a nice colour, eh?

435
00:31:56,680 --> 00:31:59,600
Sincuyas can help cure fevers.

436
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:02,040
Whilst the local fruit is good for
you,

437
00:32:02,040 --> 00:32:05,040
the same can't be said of these
roads.

438
00:32:08,360 --> 00:32:10,440
I'm not surprised. It's bloody
noisy.

439
00:32:22,680 --> 00:32:26,440
ALBERTO SINGS

440
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:39,920
Hopefully.

441
00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,520
THEY SPEAK SPANISH

442
00:32:52,760 --> 00:32:56,160
We are now heading into the
least populated region of Honduras.

443
00:32:59,560 --> 00:33:02,520
It's so peaceful and quiet.

444
00:33:02,520 --> 00:33:06,840
There's just these pristine pine
forests.

445
00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:11,640
There's nobody else around apart
from a few cows over there.

446
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:17,240
I've never seen a cow like that
before.

447
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,240
They have eyes like...

448
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,480
They have skin like tigers.

449
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:23,520
Can you see?

450
00:33:25,480 --> 00:33:32,240
It looks like a cow had sex with a
tiger and that was the result.

451
00:33:33,200 --> 00:33:37,600
I never saw a cow like that before
in my life.

452
00:33:37,600 --> 00:33:39,720
Alberto, he's been absolutely
brilliant.

453
00:33:39,720 --> 00:33:43,800
I know that if I wake up in a foul
mood,

454
00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:48,000
Alberto will always be there to
cheer me up.

455
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:49,640
How are you doing, Alberto?

456
00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:51,960
Every muscle on my legs are sore.

457
00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:56,840
He's just got a sense of humour that
makes life on the road that much
more

458
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,440
pleasant and tolerable.

459
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:01,840
The only way to kill the pain is...
walking.

460
00:34:01,840 --> 00:34:03,160
Keep walking.

461
00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,440
I mean, I wouldn't be able to do
this journey without Alberto.

462
00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:14,960
So, faced with a bit of a problem.

463
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:19,440
We've come across this dam and we're
trying to get over it because it

464
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:21,960
seems that there

465
00:34:21,960 --> 00:34:24,240
is no other way to get across this
river.

466
00:34:24,240 --> 00:34:28,200
Down there there's a steep gorge,

467
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:30,600
vertical cliffs on both sides.

468
00:34:30,600 --> 00:34:32,800
There is a security guard on the
other side.

469
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,840
Alberto, can you shout the guy?

470
00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:36,840
Hey!

471
00:34:38,120 --> 00:34:40,440
This is in fact El Coyolar dam.

472
00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:45,320
It's the only one in the region and
we are pretty much trespassing.

473
00:35:18,720 --> 00:35:20,760
OK, these guy are letting us
through.

474
00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:22,040
There is no key.

475
00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:25,720
I hope this doesn't
come loose.

476
00:35:25,720 --> 00:35:26,960
Are you learning the army?

477
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:30,920
Whoof! I have to say,

478
00:35:30,920 --> 00:35:34,480
I'm glad that I'm not having to go
down into that river

479
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,440
cos there's no way we would get
across that.

480
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:50,360
Despite the downfall,

481
00:35:50,360 --> 00:35:54,680
we have no choice but to spend our
last night out here in the wild.

482
00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:01,640
So, it's ten to five and we have
about an hour left of light and we
need

483
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:05,000
to find somewhere to stay so I think
we're going to try and just camp

484
00:36:05,000 --> 00:36:06,880
somewhere at the side of the road.

485
00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,360
'We find a riverside clearing to
pitch our hammocks.'

486
00:36:13,360 --> 00:36:14,520
One between here and there.

487
00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:18,360
Like a dream holiday home(!)

488
00:36:18,360 --> 00:36:20,080
'Next step, start a fire.

489
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:25,560
'But the ground is damp and nothing
will catch.'

490
00:36:25,560 --> 00:36:28,080
I can't believe we didn't bring any
papers to burn.

491
00:36:28,080 --> 00:36:29,880
Stupid.

492
00:36:29,880 --> 00:36:33,160
'Years of Army training should help
me out here,

493
00:36:33,160 --> 00:36:34,680
'but nothing seems to be working.'

494
00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:03,960
Put it down there then and burn it.

495
00:37:10,160 --> 00:37:12,760
Yes, well done.

496
00:37:12,760 --> 00:37:16,440
All right.

497
00:37:16,440 --> 00:37:17,440
Alberto wins again.

498
00:37:29,800 --> 00:37:34,400
'I'm walking the length of Central
America with my friend Alberto.

499
00:37:34,400 --> 00:37:36,160
'We're in southern Honduras,

500
00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,800
'approaching the border with our
fifth country, Nicaragua.'

501
00:37:39,800 --> 00:37:41,120
This is it.

502
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:45,160
This is the last town
before we get to Nicaragua.

503
00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:49,480
And I've had a mixed feelings
about Honduras, I guess.

504
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,680
Seen some horrendous stuff but at
the same time seen absolute beauty

505
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:56,400
and incredible hospitality along
the way,

506
00:37:56,400 --> 00:38:00,040
so I think I'm going to leave
with very fond memories.

507
00:38:18,560 --> 00:38:21,840
So, this is it.
We're leaving Honduras now.

508
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:23,120
Nicaragua, here we come.

509
00:38:26,880 --> 00:38:29,080
Look, almost three kilometres

510
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:32,120
of trailers parked
and just waiting to cross.

511
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,800
This lorry tailback
doesn't bode well.

512
00:38:39,360 --> 00:38:42,600
The Nicaraguan government has long
taken a close interest

513
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,640
in foreigners entering the country.

514
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,840
So we've just crossed
over the border into Nicaragua.

515
00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,440
They basically confiscated
our cameras

516
00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:13,040
and went through all the bags,
searched everything

517
00:39:13,040 --> 00:39:16,920
and it's taken almost three hours
to get through that.

518
00:39:16,920 --> 00:39:21,440
Nicaragua has had a very brutal
civil war and I suppose the legacy

519
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,680
of that lives on in the paranoia

520
00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:29,200
and suspicion of any foreigners
in particular.

521
00:39:31,680 --> 00:39:33,960
It's strange to think
that until 1990

522
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:37,720
this stunning country was in
the midst of a violent revolution.

523
00:39:39,880 --> 00:39:43,800
Left-wing rebels called Sandinistas
fought a brutal dictatorship.

524
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:48,320
In some places
the scars of war still show.

525
00:39:50,880 --> 00:39:53,560
This is Esteli town centre.

526
00:39:53,560 --> 00:39:58,160
It's absolutely incredible to think
that what is now

527
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:01,800
a buzzing, vibrant market town was,
you know,

528
00:40:01,800 --> 00:40:06,040
35 years ago the scene of some
absolutely horrendous fighting.

529
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:11,080
The Sandinistas fought
the bloodiest battles

530
00:40:11,080 --> 00:40:13,400
of the revolution in Esteli.

531
00:40:13,400 --> 00:40:15,760
Just a handful of them
still live here

532
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,600
and I've come to meet one of them,
Pedro Pablo.

533
00:40:24,840 --> 00:40:26,920
That's you, is it? So, why...

534
00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:29,560
why did you decide to join the
Sandinistas?

535
00:40:40,240 --> 00:40:42,640
'At the start of the revolution,

536
00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:45,240
'Pedro was one of just
38 insurgents here.

537
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:47,920
'Soon, other guerrillas joined them

538
00:40:47,920 --> 00:40:50,280
'and Esteli became
a rebel stronghold.'

539
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,840
So, was all this area destroyed
during fighting?

540
00:41:18,160 --> 00:41:22,560
'The Army bombed Esteli more than
any other town in Nicaragua

541
00:41:22,560 --> 00:41:24,240
'but never defeated it.

542
00:41:24,240 --> 00:41:27,520
'The Sandinistas' vicious resistance

543
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,600
'helped them win the war
and come to power.'

544
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,960
Do you feel proud to have fought the
revolution?

545
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,080
Pedro, thank you for sharing your
experiences.

546
00:41:55,080 --> 00:41:56,480
It has been fascinating.

547
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:04,120
I feel incredibly humbled to have
listened

548
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:07,000
to Pedro Pablo's story.

549
00:42:07,000 --> 00:42:11,240
He feels proud to have served with
the Sandinistas and to have won

550
00:42:11,240 --> 00:42:13,080
and to have contributed
to the revolution.

551
00:42:25,120 --> 00:42:28,560
From Esteli, our route takes us
high into the mountains.

552
00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:32,120
So far,

553
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:37,200
my first impressions of Nicaragua
are that it's got friendly people,

554
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:40,880
beautiful landscapes,
incredible views

555
00:42:40,880 --> 00:42:44,360
and some absolutely bastard hills.

556
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:51,080
We've been told about
a very special place

557
00:42:51,080 --> 00:42:53,640
and this steep path should lead
us there.

558
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:06,120
I wasn't expecting to find elephants

559
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:08,480
in Central America
but here's one.

560
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:18,440
Very weird, isn't it? It's like
the petroglyphs and carvings

561
00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,360
you find in pre-Hispanic
civilisations

562
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:23,440
but this is actually all new.

563
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:29,440
Legend has it an artist came here
to mend a broken heart.

564
00:43:30,680 --> 00:43:35,640
Over 40 years he's carved more
than 300 images into this rock face

565
00:43:35,640 --> 00:43:37,720
with little more than a stone hammer
and a chisel.

566
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:40,960
Here we go. There's a camel here.

567
00:43:42,240 --> 00:43:46,960
So in 1,000 years' time
when the world has been destroyed

568
00:43:46,960 --> 00:43:52,280
and humans recolonise the Americas
they are going to find elephants,

569
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:54,200
they're going to find camels.

570
00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:57,520
And a chopper. Helicopter. They'll
find a helicopter. Helicopter.

571
00:43:59,200 --> 00:44:01,280
They really won't know
what happened here.

572
00:44:01,280 --> 00:44:03,880
There's going to be a lot of
very confused anthropologists.

573
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:10,240
We pick up the pace

574
00:44:10,240 --> 00:44:14,160
as we're heading for a major
milestone in our journey.

575
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:18,480
And the closer we get the more
dramatic the Americas become.

576
00:44:22,280 --> 00:44:24,680
You can see just how volcanic
the landscape's becoming.

577
00:44:24,680 --> 00:44:28,560
We've got these enormous hills
just rising out of the plane.

578
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:33,360
It's like being in the Shire.

579
00:44:33,360 --> 00:44:37,560
Next time they want to film Lord of
the Rings, forget New Zealand.

580
00:44:37,560 --> 00:44:38,800
Come to Nicaragua.

581
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:45,800
Hola, Senor.

582
00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:54,720
So, you can't actually see it yet

583
00:44:54,720 --> 00:44:56,480
but just on the far side
of the lake,

584
00:44:56,480 --> 00:44:59,000
down there at the bottom
of the valley

585
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,480
is the capital Managua and this,

586
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:03,800
standing right here at the top of
this mountain,

587
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,040
I'm at exactly the halfway point.

588
00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:10,640
How does that make you feel,
Alberto?

589
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:12,480
Half-point? This is the halfway
point.

590
00:45:12,480 --> 00:45:14,080
You didn't tell me that.

591
00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:16,480
We've done 900 miles.

592
00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,400
That's like 1,500 kilometres.

593
00:45:18,400 --> 00:45:20,680
What? Wow!

594
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:24,600
Three more countries left to go.

595
00:45:24,600 --> 00:45:25,560
High five.

596
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:29,760
Let's go.

597
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:32,840
'Next time...'

598
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:35,840
Whoa! That was close!

599
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:39,840
'..Nicaragua goes wild...'

600
00:45:39,840 --> 00:45:42,480
The monkey
whisperer, that's what they call me.

601
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:44,680
'..volcanoes...'

602
00:45:44,680 --> 00:45:46,560
Check this out!

603
00:45:46,560 --> 00:45:48,800
I hope it doesn't go off right now.

604
00:45:48,800 --> 00:45:51,480
'..Central America's
migrant crisis...'

605
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:54,000
Honestly, I... Now you're stuck
here. ..stay here to die.

606
00:45:54,000 --> 00:45:55,680
It's truly harrowing.

607
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,720
'..and the highest peak on our
journey.'

608
00:45:57,720 --> 00:45:59,040
Come on, Alberto.

609
00:46:00,360 --> 00:46:03,000
Whoo! That is spectacular.

610
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,520
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