Emon added: “The way you travel as well, the race allowed us to go to these countries on a budget, you don’t need five star hotels, you don’t need the luxury. You can just stay in hostels.
“So I think even if I was going with my missus for like a normal holiday, I’d always opt for not a budget holiday but more of a cultural experience.”
Looking back on their experience and their win, the pair explained they felt it “ was written out for them”.
“I think everything happens for a reason and the way it happened was almost fate, it was written. Everything happened the way it was meant to happen,” Jamiul said.
Emon added everything “just fitted in”, revealing they even arrived in Ushuaia on his birthday: “That was incredible as well. It was sort of written for us.”
Race Across the World: Revealed reunion special airs Sunday 3rd May, 8pm on BBC Two.