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Challenges 21-40



21. Freedom Fish Fighters

Whilst dressed as giant fish, we shall attack a local sushi bar and free our murdered brothers remains before they are desecrated. Freeeeeeeedom!

Japan - Joe Waters - TBD


22. Brand of Brothers

Each brother shall be "branded" by the other! Lindsay is to design Lee’s tattoo and vice-versa. God help us!

Asia - John Casey - TBA



23. Myth Bust the Fireballs of Nong Khai

Every October balls of light shoot out of the river at specific times during the night. This is witnessed by thousands of locals every year. We will record this and attempt to explain how it occurs.

Nong Khai Thailand - Gareth Gilbert - FAILED



24. Ring of Fire

We are to challenge an Indian Chef to make the hottest curry he can possibly create. We will then eat the whole meal with no liquid to be consumed during the trial.

India - Chris Gilmour - DONE



25. Local View

Steve Curry's very famous picture of 12 year old Afghanistan girl Sharbat Gula, in 1984 led us to try and capture the 101 most captivating female eyes throughout our travels. The end result will be placed on this site in a lovely and enchanting collage.

Asia - Fiona Cunningham - TBD



26. Cultural Capers

There are hundreds of festivals in Asia, from the beautiful lantern festivals to the fast paced dragon boat races. We'll join in at least 3 of these cultural events.

Asia - Ashley Richard - TBA



27. Mind Over Very Hot Matter

We'll learn how to and then execute our newly found skills in Fire-Walking. One brother must Moon-Fire-Walk like Michael Jackson. The other brother must show us a fire roll... Belly-rolling over the fire!

Asia - John Simmons - TBD



28. You Take the High Road As the old Scottish songs says "You take the high road and I'll take the low road and I'll be in Scotland before ye" We’ll test if the high road is slower. We’ll leave the same country from the same departure point and race each other to the same destination in another country. One brother will take the high road and the other, the low.

Asia - Lesley Paul - DONE



29. The Common Man

We'll live like "the people" for a week. We won’t be allowed to use our credit cards like the rest of the trip. We must find a family to live and work with - earning our keep.

China - Calum Tod - TBD



30. Recipe for Good

As we taste numerous cuisines, we'll collect as many local recipes on our travels as possible. On our return we'll submit these in book format to a publisher. Any funds raised will be donated to charity.

Asia - Nicole Robles - TBD



31. Brokeback and Bareback Animal Mountain

No strangers to dogs, we'll film ourselves riding 101 different animals all over Asia!

Asia - Sean Frew - IN PROCESS



32. I'm a Nobody Get Me Out of Here

On the Kho San Road, Bangkok, the market traders sell cooked insects to eat. We'll be challenging each other to eat five large insects. Beasties can't be smaller than 1 inch in length.

Thailand - Jessica Silva - DONE



33. Free Hugs

If you're over in Asia you may see us. We'll be the two drunken Scotsmen holding up signs saying "Hug a Leper for Free". The first brother to get 101 hugs wins and will decide a forfeit for the other.

Asia - Lesley Paul - TBD



34. English According to Kylie

We'll get day jobs as English teachers and, by the end of class, have all the pupils singing and dancing to Kylie's "Locomotion". We'll offer our own contribution... a verse in Japanese!

Asia - Scott Llewellyn - TBA



35. Rumble and Tumble in the Jungle

Throughout our travels we're going to keep an eye out for any massive, dense and heavily populated (by beasties) jungle areas. Once located, it's time to put those loin cloths on and aaaaaararararaagh through the jungle!

Asia - Ash Trune - DONE



36. By Crumbs

After creating a suit of bread we'll go swimming with the fishes and film the underwater chaos as fish nibble on our bread sticks!

Bali - Patrick O'Brien - DONE



37. Lee and Lindsay's Friday Night Takeaway

We’ll spend an entire day, from sunrise to sunset daring and double daring each other to ridiculous and stupid lengths and heights. Each dare must be more stupid and more foolish than the last.

Asia - Grant Henderson - DONE



38. Bond of Brothers

Off to Phang Nga Bay (James Bond Island) we go, where we'll create our very own original James Bond script. We'll act this out in exaggerated fashion using our best Sean Connery accents!

Thailand - Helen Carter - DONE



39. Snog-a-thon

We'll try (very very hard) to snog 101 girls (tongues and all) all over Asia. We’ll obtain all their names and video each act too! Who's your Daddy!!! (Hopefully not an angry big man!)

Asia - Kat Wilcon (Thank You) - TBD



40. Temple Bodies

Within 6 weeks each of us are to lose at least 1 stone each and tone our bodies to maximum fitness levels by completing a grueling detox, a crippling fitness regime (5 mile daily runs, 2 mile swims etc) and then join a hard-core training camp in Thailand!

Thailand - Karen Smart - DONE

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