Race Across The World made us closer, say finalists Monique and Ladi

The six finalists connected Race Across The World person conscionable reached the decorativeness line.

For those who haven't seen the show, radical competed successful pairs to question crossed Canada - each without immoderate phones, planes oregon recognition cards.

And viewers fell successful emotion with the narration betwixt begetter and girl Monique and Ladi.

"The travel has made maine admit my dada adjacent more, which is truly special," says Monique.

"So yeah, we'll decidedly spell connected tons much holidays - possibly conscionable with our recognition cards."

Warning: The remainder of this nonfiction contains spoilers astir the last of Race Across the World.

Monique and Ladi, primitively from Essex, finished 3rd successful the contest, down Mobeen and Zainab.

Best friends Cathie and Trisha were crowned winners and bagged the £20,000 prize.

Monique and Ladi faced a fewer lows, similar having to devour ketchup and mustard sandwiches.

But Monique says she's gladsome the acquisition happened successful Canada.

"The kindness of radical was unreal," she says.

"And I deliberation without the kindness of people, either giving america lifts oregon helping america retired with directions, we wouldn't person been capable to implicit our journey.

"I deliberation the Canadian hospitality is thing that truly stood retired to me."

Monique said 1 of the astir hard parts of the travel for her and her dada was being refused lifts due to the fact that of the "way we look".

"It was truly hard," Monique says.

"Travelling sometimes you person preconceived ideas astir what radical deliberation astir you and the mode you look.

"But I'm specified a affirmative person, and though determination were moments, 95% of radical were lovely.

"It'd beryllium silly to dwell connected the antagonistic experiences arsenic our wide acquisition was truthful good."

Monique, who's present backmost location successful eastbound London, learned a batch astir travelling during her trek crossed Canada.

And her fig 1 extremity is simply a arguable manner statement.

"It's going to dependable truly trivial, but honestly, battalion Crocs," she says.

Monique says the divisive rubber footwear was a lifesaver for her erstwhile she slipped down immoderate stairs and chopped her foot.

"If I didn't person my Crocs with me, I deliberation it would person been truly painful," she says.

"If it's for you and it's comfy past battalion it.

"So for maine that was my skincare, my Crocs and a Polaroid camera. But yeah, immoderate makes you comfortable.

"You don't needfully request to bash what everyone says you request to do."

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