Roman and Harleymoon describe their time with a family on Panama’s San Blas Islands as truly transformative.
Roman says the race “took me so far from where I am from”.
“It was the biggest moment for me.
“It does make you realise that there’s so much more to life… You see what makes these people happy and how happy they really are, which is just this family.”
He said it also taught him what a tough duo they are: “We’ve proved that we can do something together that’s really hard.”
Roman says in hindsight he’d have spent more money, but being the children of Spandau Ballet’s Martin Kemp and singer Shirlie Holliman made him worry about how that would be perceieved.
“Harley and I are considered classic nepo kids, and I didn’t want to run out and people think that we didn’t know the value of money.”
For Harleymoon, the experience of having nothing besides a few bananas and a hammock “in the middle of nowhere” sparked deep self-reflection.
“Your life has turned into something so simple but so beautiful — it’s an amazing window to reflect and think, wow, we have so much at home, and yet we always strive for more,” she said.
“Getting to experience days like that, when you’re just so full of gratitude, was really amazing.”
