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The Seven Wonders of the World.
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Christ the Redeemer.
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The Taj Mahal.
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The Great Pyramids.
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Truly man's greatest achievements.
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But there's one man who sees them differently.
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Like a pylon.
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Karl Pilkington.
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I don't know the politically correct term.
Moron, I think.
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He is a round, empty-headed, chimp-like
Manc moron. Buffoon. Idiot.
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Is that normal?
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And he's a friend.
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He's a typical little Englander and
he doesn't like going out of his comfort zone.
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Bollocks are squashed.
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I just think that it'd be amazing
to send him round the world.
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What we'd like to see is him experience
other cultures, other peoples,
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and see if in any way we can change
his outlook on the world.
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I've been to many exotic places.
I genuinely think travel broadens the mind.
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I want him to hate it.
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I want him to hate every minute of it,
for my own amusement.
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Nothing is funnier than Karl in a corner
being poked by a stick.
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I am that stick, and now I have
the might of Sky behind me.
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Oh, shit. Shit!
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This is one of the funniest, most expensive
practical jokes I've ever done,
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and it's gonna be great.
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Just let me go home. Jesus Christ!
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This you must be excited about seeing, surely?
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This, truly, without question,
is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.
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- The extraordinary Taj Mahal. Yeah?
- Yeah.
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Built in the 17th century.
It took them 22 years to construct it.
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That's not good, is it? If that happened now,
you'd go, "What they doing?"
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It's the 17th century,
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a man who builds a mausoleum
for his dead wife, so heartbroken is he.
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Guilty. He obviously did something bad
when she was alive.
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That's like giving someone flowers. I've
never had to do that. I've never felt guilty.
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- You never thought, "Give her some flowers"?
- No, she'd be like, "What's been going on?"
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If I built her that, she'd be going,
"What's been going on?"
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Why did he feel he had to do that?
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Cos he loved her so much.
It was a shrine to her memory.
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(Karl) Yeah.
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(Bicycle bell rings, horns beeping)
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Just a little elephant going down the street.
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I can't imagine them being that good
as a way of getting about.
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To me, that's like how people moan in London
about people having four-by-fours.
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You don't need an animal of that size
to get about. It's way too big.
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(Vehicles sounding horns)
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Getting ill is my biggest worry
about being here.
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I hate being ill.
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You know, Suzanne isn't around.
I'm on my own.
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If I get ill,
I'll just have to mope about on my own.
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It's definitely the poorest place
I've ever been to, you know, without a doubt,
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and I...
I don't know if I'll be able to get used to that.
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- (Horse snorts)
- Fucking runaway horse!
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It's doing my head in, this.
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I'm meant to be meeting a local fella who
rides one of these rickshaws for a living.
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Um... Ricky and Steve thought
it'd be a good idea, for some reason.
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I can't work out what the reason is, though.
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This is madness. It's like standing
in the middle of a motorway.
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I mean, what a place to meet
a fella who's got a rickshaw!
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My eyes have never been so busy. There's
always something there going, "Look at me!"
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And then, as you turn that way, you see
something over there. So, you're like that.
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By the end of today
my neck will be well and truly worn out,
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cos it doesn't normally move that fast.
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There's layers of madness. And what is that?
Where... where is he taking that?
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You can't say he's taking it to the tip,
cos there's shit everywhere.
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They just overload the bike so much
that you just kind of think, "Get a van."
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Can you see any distinguishing features
in this fella's rickshaw?
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- Aashiq?
- Yeah, yeah.
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Are you?
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OK. It's a bit of a mad place
to sit and have a discussion.
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Yeah, yeah.
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- (Horns sound)
- Oncoming traffic. Oh.
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Ah, what the fucking hell's going on?
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I've got this bus up my arse here.
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Oh! There's no way of getting around.
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- Oh!
- (Horn sounds)
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Going through someone's cricket game.
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How long have I been here?
I haven't even been here a full day yet.
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I thought the day was gonna end
and I'd at least have a good night's kip.
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That's not gonna happen now.
Aashiq's just invited me to stay with him.
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He lives in the back of a shop.
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- You've got a shop. You live in it as well.
- Yeah.
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- The rickshaw?
- Yeah.
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Hiya. It's hot in here.
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- (Music playing)
- (Chatter)
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Erm...
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I'll just sit down here, if that's all right.
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- So, how would you sleep here?
- Yeah.
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- What, just flat out there?
- Yeah.
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Tonight, how many will be sleeping here?
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Can you understand why this is
a little bit of a shock to me?
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(Chatter)
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(Karl) When I found out that he ran
a shop from where he lived,
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I kind of thought he'd be...
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you know, how you see chippies,
and they've got a living room in the back
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and when you walk in, the bell goes and
they run out from watching Emmerdale Farm,
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and you say, "I'll have cod and chips."
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That's what I was expecting, not sort of a...
I mean, what is this?
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It isn't a living space, is it?
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- What's it lacking?
- What's it lacking?
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There isn't even a toilet, actually.
That's only just hit me.
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I was worrying about having to use
a traditional toilet.
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There isn't one, so that's that worry gone.
But then...
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What...
what do I do?
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(Horns sounding)
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- OK?
- So, we're not staying here tonight?
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(Chuckles) No, no, no.
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What makes you think I would be happier
in this other place? Have they got a toilet?
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- Yeah.
- Let's go, then.
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- Yeah, let's go.
- Good, you've sold it to me.
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This is more like it.
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This will do.
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Toilet, brilliant. Well, how do you go?
I don't understand the...
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Go, go, go. Turn, turn.
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- Hang on. I'm just getting my balance.
- Take the... Yeah.
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No paper?
l-I don't think I'll be able to go like this.
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My body's just not used to this.
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I know, but do you understand
how difficult it is for me?
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- I've come from London.
- Yeah.
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Less than 24 hours ago, I was sat in one.
Newspaper. Quite happy.
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Not even 24 hours ago.
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Now you're saying, "Come in here,
give it that, you'll be all right."
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It's not as easy as that for me.
My insides won't... won't allow it to happen.
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It can't possibly be better.
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- Splash back. I don't want to get into detail.
- No, no, no.
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(Snorts) Well, you'll see tomorrow,
cos I am getting first dibs on this
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and you'll see if it's better and you'll go,
"Good God, who's been in here?"
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- (Laughs)
- Let's see how good it is.
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You're laughing cos you know I'm right.
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Right, hopefully I won't need to go.
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I didn't sleep well last night, did I?
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I'm still shattered from yesterday.
I mean, that was a mental first day.
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It doesn't look like it's gonna end. Aashiq's
just given me some pyjamas to wear.
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He said, "Oh, you'll be needing these for
your next surprise. " I don't know what it is.
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You know, I mean surprises
are meant to be nice things, aren't they?
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- What's up, Karl?
- (Vehicle sounds horn)
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(Karl) Just got a text from Steve.
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"Hi, Karl. India is not all poverty
and urban chaos, mate."
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Well, he obviously hasn't been here, cos it is.
So, straightaway that's annoyed me.
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"Time to get your arse up north,
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"for some exposure
to the spiritual side of India,
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"the biggest religious festival on the planet,
only 20 million pilgrims expected."
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He knows I hate crowds.
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"Just one hurdle, to get there,
it's an eight-hour overnight bus ride."
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Excuse me, what's all this?
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Why are they covered in...
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- Jesus.
- Yes, yes, yes, Holi Day!
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I want to go to the bus station now.
Bus station. You know, the big bus, big...
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- Mm.
- Toot, toot!
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- (Man shouts)
- (Horn sounds)
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I don't know what's going on.
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Just everybody... just looks like
they're painter and decorators.
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Everyone is just caked in colours.
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- Happy Holi!
- (Cheering)
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I just hope we don't stop
at any more traffic lights
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cos every time we stop,
someone slaps my face with a load of colour.
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Er... the bus is coming up.
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Buses.
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Is this the bus station? Bus station?
I'm trying to get a bus.
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- You come with me.
- Buses down here, yeah?
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Your family?
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- They... they love you.
- Happy Holi.
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Happy Holi!
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Happy Holi!
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What's... what are we doing here?
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- Happy Holi. Happy Holi.
- Happy Holi.
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I mean, normally if I'm messing about
with paint, I'm quite a tidy worker.
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This wouldn't happen.
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But I didn't have the time to not do it, did I?
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He said, "Come and meet my family." I'm like,
"All right, then." Next thing you know...
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(Drumming)
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I mean, it is paintball,
basically, without the safety.
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There was no goggles involved.
It was just, "Doofl"
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(Drumming)
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It was good that Aashiq
was concerned about my clothing,
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and he gave me summat to wear today.
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He could have told me about the shoes,
you know.
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I mean, that's all very well telling me,
like, to worry about a T-shirt
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that was 12 quid from Topman.
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I've got 70-quid trainers on.
He didn't tell me to take them off.
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So, um... they're knackered.
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Yesterday I thought I'd got used to it.
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I thought, "Right, I'll be OK tomorrow."
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Just when you think, "Right, I know
what India means, I know what it's all about,"
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this happens.
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Anyway, where's this bus stop?
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I'm not well, honestly, I feel really sick.
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- (Water dripping)
- I've got a fever.
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I can't tell if I'm sort of...
got a bad fever,
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cos, you know, I can't tell what colour I am
with all the... with all the dye.
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- (Water dripping)
- But, um... What's that?
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Er... I don't care any more.
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I just sort of feel like
if I'm gonna shit myself, I will.
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Cos I just feel that sort of ill.
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That's never been used.
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(Door creaking)
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Is that it? Is that the...
Oh, there's a queue here.
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- I'm just... He's helping me out.
- Not here.
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Yeah? Is that all right?
Sorry. Just a quick one.
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Is there a ticket to Haridwar?
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They're kicking off. I knew that would happen.
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Yeah, yeah, I know, I know.
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I'm happy...
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I mean, at the end of the day,
are these all for the same bus?
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You know,
I don't want to be sat on a bus for eight hours
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with some people who,
you know, are pissed off with me.
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Oh, excuse me. Thanks.
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(Chatter)
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Excuse me.
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I tell you what, it doesn't matter
how amazing that Taj Mahal is,
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it's not worth all this.
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I haven't even seen it yet
but I'm telling you that now,
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and that isn't good, going with that attitude.
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Alan Whicker,
he did all his travel shows years ago.
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A smart fella with a suit on.
Never saw him covered in shit.
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Never saw him knackered, whinging, moaning.
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People will be watching it going, "What's wrong
with you? It's India. What do you expect?"
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You're not here.
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(Voicemail) Received 4:58pm.
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(Ricky) Um... yeah.
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(Vehicle sounding horn)
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I don't know anything about the festival,
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other than what Steve told me about it
being a massive religious thing
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and it's by a famous river, you know,
the Ganges, which I've heard of.
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But other than that,
I don't know why I'm going,
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and on top of all that, Ricky's told me that
I'm staying at a place called Lahore House.
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- Sounds good, doesn't it?
- Your tent is ready.
228
00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,076
- Tent?
- Yes.
229
00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:48,312
A tent, brilliant. I haven't slept.
I'm being put in a tent.
230
00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,192
You see?
231
00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:53,077
- This is all right, isn't it?
- Yes.
232
00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,789
- Bathroom.
- This is well smart.
233
00:14:56,880 --> 00:15:00,429
(Chuckles) I wasn't expecting this. Brilliant.
234
00:15:00,520 --> 00:15:05,275
Bit of a stretch there for the toilet paper,
if I'm being picky, that distance.
235
00:15:05,360 --> 00:15:07,590
But I tell you what, I am really chuffed.
236
00:15:07,680 --> 00:15:12,800
Yeah, I've been camping.
I've done tents before. But nothing like this.
237
00:15:14,400 --> 00:15:17,790
I've got a normal toilet, which is handy
cos of the way I've been feeling.
238
00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:19,552
Nice comfy bed.
239
00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:22,154
View of that, you know, famous river.
240
00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:24,390
Can't ask for more.
241
00:15:24,480 --> 00:15:29,076
A lot of people say,
"I'm going to India to find myself."
242
00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:31,594
Look at the colour of that.
243
00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:34,319
But what happens if I change
and I go home and I'm all different?
244
00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:38,712
Suzanne's gonna go, "What's happened to you",
and then she doesn't like the new me.
245
00:15:38,800 --> 00:15:42,475
And then I'll start to hate myself because
I'm not the person who I thought I was.
246
00:15:42,560 --> 00:15:44,152
I know who I am. Bloody hell.
247
00:15:44,240 --> 00:15:47,391
I'm getting bills for Karl Pilkington
left, right and centre, so I hope I'm him.
248
00:15:47,480 --> 00:15:49,835
Cos if I'm not, I'm paying for someone else.
249
00:15:49,920 --> 00:15:52,832
(Chanting)
250
00:15:55,080 --> 00:15:57,071
(Chanting)
251
00:15:58,120 --> 00:16:00,350
There's nowt wrong with this, is there?
252
00:16:01,920 --> 00:16:03,717
All this space here.
253
00:16:03,800 --> 00:16:07,315
Honestly, I'm happy. I can stay here now
for the rest of the time here.
254
00:16:07,400 --> 00:16:09,755
(Chanting)
255
00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:15,836
If I'm listening to him doing that,
isn't that me getting involved?
256
00:16:15,920 --> 00:16:17,831
Isn't that enough?
257
00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,474
I'm just saying let's have a few days here.
258
00:16:22,400 --> 00:16:26,109
That's the Ganges. I'll look at that.
In't that a big part of India?
259
00:16:26,200 --> 00:16:28,350
Let's focus on that for a bit.
260
00:16:29,640 --> 00:16:33,553
(Man) It's not very interesting telly
to just stay here all day, though, Karl.
261
00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:38,315
I don't know why Steve wants me to go to
a religious festival. He knows I'm not into it.
262
00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:41,278
The only things that's making me
sort of interested a little bit
263
00:16:41,360 --> 00:16:45,558
is the bloke who's had his arm in the air
for 12 years and the elephant Baba.
264
00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:48,916
Other than that,
I don't know what's down there for me.
265
00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,036
(Bells chiming)
266
00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:58,360
- (Phone rings)
- (Karl) All right, mate?
267
00:17:00,440 --> 00:17:03,796
Er... Well, I've had better holidays.
268
00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:18,272
All this spiritual stuff
you keep harping on about, it's not me.
269
00:17:18,360 --> 00:17:20,191
Why do you think I'm interested in...
270
00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,955
But that's like going to a brothel and saying,
"I'm just gonna stand over here and watch."
271
00:17:29,040 --> 00:17:31,110
Either you get involved
or you shouldn't be there.
272
00:17:35,840 --> 00:17:38,070
(Karl) Yeah.
273
00:17:38,160 --> 00:17:41,516
Yeah, and tonight I had some sort
of new pudding that I've never had before,
274
00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:43,955
carrots with sort of milk and sugar on it.
275
00:17:44,040 --> 00:17:46,838
I enjoyed it. I'd have it again.
I don't know if I'll find it in London.
276
00:17:50,640 --> 00:17:52,392
In HD?
277
00:17:59,360 --> 00:18:02,955
This is a bit weird, isn't it?
Are these the Baba people?
278
00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,476
I mean, they're meant to have special powers,
aren't they? But look at 'em.
279
00:18:06,560 --> 00:18:10,792
I mean, I thought they'd be sort of
more religious-looking, all prim and proper.
280
00:18:10,880 --> 00:18:13,314
This one hasn't even got pants on.
281
00:18:13,400 --> 00:18:16,312
We are now in the area
which is all different Babas.
282
00:18:16,400 --> 00:18:18,038
Welcome.
283
00:18:18,120 --> 00:18:21,396
You should take his lesson.
284
00:18:22,680 --> 00:18:25,717
First Baba, he reminded me of Bill Oddie.
285
00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:27,597
His feet are backwards.
286
00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:29,671
- Holy yoga.
- Yoga.
287
00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:32,479
- Big power.
- Big power.
288
00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:37,236
Even though he's meant to be this mystical
sort of man, different life and everything,
289
00:18:37,320 --> 00:18:41,279
I'm just looking at him thinking,
"I haven't seen The Goodies for ages."
290
00:18:41,360 --> 00:18:43,157
(Low chatter)
291
00:18:44,720 --> 00:18:47,439
And then the other Baba
looked like Jim Morrison.
292
00:18:47,520 --> 00:18:51,718
There he was, stark bollock naked, shades on.
293
00:18:51,800 --> 00:18:53,711
He was concerned
about hurting his eyes in the sun
294
00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:58,271
but wasn't worried about, you know,
sunburning his arse cheeks.
295
00:18:58,360 --> 00:19:02,035
He is showing you some new postures so he'll...
296
00:19:02,120 --> 00:19:04,680
- He's showing a lot.
- Yeah.
297
00:19:04,760 --> 00:19:08,070
- If you want to see more, you'll have to pay.
- I don't want to see more.
298
00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:09,513
I didn't know where to look.
299
00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:11,113
Tell him that's enough.
300
00:19:11,200 --> 00:19:14,670
Sticking his legs around the back of his head.
I got a right eyeful.
301
00:19:14,760 --> 00:19:16,830
(Karl) OK.
302
00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:20,356
Can I try? I just wondered
how bendy my legs are.
303
00:19:21,760 --> 00:19:23,796
That's all I'm taking off.
304
00:19:23,880 --> 00:19:27,714
- Phwarr! I just heard something crack.
- (Chuckling)
305
00:19:27,800 --> 00:19:30,633
Right, are you ready? Hang on.
306
00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,393
- Hey.
- (Grunting)
307
00:19:37,800 --> 00:19:40,075
Aah!
308
00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:42,833
Aah. I can't.
309
00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,354
- (Grunts)
- (Laughter and chatter)
310
00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:48,796
- (Bell chiming)
- (Grunts)
311
00:19:48,880 --> 00:19:51,075
Hey! Dollar!
312
00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:53,720
- A dollar?
- Very good.
313
00:19:57,880 --> 00:20:00,474
Here you are,
here's that Baba out the paper.
314
00:20:01,520 --> 00:20:05,718
So, could he explain the...
the reason why he's decided to do this?
315
00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,234
(Speaks native language)
316
00:20:08,320 --> 00:20:13,348
He has chosen this as a part
of his way of communicating
317
00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,238
and his way of reaching to the gods.
318
00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:21,276
That-that to me is...
It's ridiculous.
319
00:20:21,360 --> 00:20:24,238
Most of the time, my left hand
is only helping out the right hand.
320
00:20:24,320 --> 00:20:26,914
It's if I'm washing up, I'll pass it something.
321
00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,276
That's it or it just holds something
whilst this one does all the work.
322
00:20:30,360 --> 00:20:32,476
I understand that one arm
is better than the other,
323
00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:36,473
but I'd never say,
"Oh, but I don't need it, right?"
324
00:20:36,560 --> 00:20:42,237
Has... has anybody ever took it further
and done both? Both arms?
325
00:20:42,320 --> 00:20:44,231
(Bell chiming)
326
00:20:44,320 --> 00:20:47,915
(Translator) There are others also who do it
with one leg up, both hands up,
327
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:51,197
both the legs up
so they'll never stand on their feet.
328
00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,748
That's no existence, is it?
329
00:20:53,840 --> 00:20:56,957
We all dedicate our lives to something,
don't we?
330
00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:59,156
Been with Suzanne for 16 years.
331
00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:01,549
That's dedication for you.
332
00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:03,676
And I've got my two arms to do things for her.
333
00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:06,228
Is he married?
How does he help around the house?
334
00:21:06,320 --> 00:21:10,950
"Albert, windows need cleaning."
"Oh, you'll have to do 'em."
335
00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:15,158
- You know. It's just a great excuse, isn't it?
- (Bell chimes)
336
00:21:16,880 --> 00:21:18,438
(Bell chimes)
337
00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:22,195
Yeah, it was better than I thought it was,
you know, quite interesting,
338
00:21:22,280 --> 00:21:25,078
and I'm going back tomorrow
to see the elephant Baba.
339
00:21:25,160 --> 00:21:27,833
He's got a head like an elephant.
That should be good.
340
00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:29,876
(Bells chiming)
341
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:35,599
(Bird chirping)
342
00:21:37,000 --> 00:21:40,549
I'm gonna go down
to the Kumbh Mela festival again.
343
00:21:40,640 --> 00:21:44,918
Which is weird, cos I didn't want to go
initially. But I found it quite interesting.
344
00:21:45,000 --> 00:21:48,834
And the translator's called and he's told me
that he's found the elephant Baba.
345
00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,480
- Yeah, I can see him. Yeah, I can see him.
- You can.
346
00:21:51,560 --> 00:21:53,790
- Here we take off our shoes.
- Shoes off.
347
00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:55,836
Money down there.
348
00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:57,911
Oh.
349
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:01,231
- How is he feeling today? Is he well?
- OK, good.
350
00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,993
- OK.
- Mm.
351
00:22:04,880 --> 00:22:08,111
He doesn't mind... he doesn't mind
me looking at all? This is fine?
352
00:22:08,200 --> 00:22:10,555
Yeah.
353
00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:16,910
Does he have any sort of health issues
with him? Does he struggle doing anything?
354
00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,719
(Speaking native language)
355
00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:26,115
He's quite healthy.
He does his yoga every day.
356
00:22:26,880 --> 00:22:31,271
Could you get him to explain
what effect it has had on living here
357
00:22:31,360 --> 00:22:33,316
and looking like this?
358
00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:35,914
(Speaking native language)
359
00:22:37,240 --> 00:22:40,471
The main god for them
is Ganesh, the elephant god,
360
00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:46,351
and so they consider him to be
kind of an incarnation of Lord Ganesh.
361
00:22:47,280 --> 00:22:50,955
It was how I thought it would be,
you know, meeting elephant Baba.
362
00:22:51,040 --> 00:22:52,996
He seems quite happy.
363
00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,356
You know, he's doing what he can do
with the way he's been born.
364
00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:59,671
It was his mate that surprised me more.
365
00:22:59,760 --> 00:23:02,194
Whips his, er... walking stick out.
366
00:23:08,680 --> 00:23:10,272
(Karl) Oh, God.
367
00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:13,352
I don't... I don't understand what...
What does that show?
368
00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:17,831
He can... he can do it just because
he does yoga every day.
369
00:23:17,920 --> 00:23:20,309
(Karl) I've never heard of that sort of yoga.
370
00:23:21,480 --> 00:23:24,438
- (Click)
- Ooh! What was that? There was a crack.
371
00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,239
When you're doing that every day,
you need the walking stick.
372
00:23:27,320 --> 00:23:31,074
It's handy, that,
it's a two-in-one tool in a way.
373
00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:35,312
But I don't understand this need here
to let everyone know what you believe in.
374
00:23:35,400 --> 00:23:39,871
Vandalising his own sort of...
knob and bollocks.
375
00:23:39,960 --> 00:23:43,873
Yeah, that was an added bonus. I didn't know
I was gonna be getting that today.
376
00:23:43,960 --> 00:23:45,439
(Bell chiming)
377
00:23:45,520 --> 00:23:48,273
(Drum roll)
378
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:55,437
I got a text message this morning from Steve.
He said, "All right, Karl?
379
00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:59,798
"I was worried that you would not
be able to understand the spirituality
380
00:23:59,880 --> 00:24:04,908
"so I've asked a local saint
to take you to his ashram for the night
381
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,993
"for some one-to-one discussions
on the nature of life
382
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:11,548
"and higher levels of consciousness."
383
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,753
Apparently I'm gonna meet one of his disciples,
a feller called Dav Ram.
384
00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,356
Hiya. Are you Dav Ram?
385
00:24:20,440 --> 00:24:21,793
America.
386
00:24:21,880 --> 00:24:24,838
- Dav Ram?
- America.
387
00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,309
- What? Are you Dav Ram?
- Yes, I am.
388
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:30,949
- What do you mean, America?
- I thought you said where did I come from.
389
00:24:31,040 --> 00:24:34,077
- Yes, my name is Dave Ram.
- Dav Ram. OK, brilliant.
390
00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:42,233
We're gonna meet, really,
one of the great saints of India.
391
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:46,836
Swamiji has reached
the height of spiritual development.
392
00:24:46,920 --> 00:24:53,951
Just being in the presence of a master
of that calibre elevates one's awareness.
393
00:24:54,040 --> 00:24:56,918
- Will he keep asking me if I'm feeling that?
- No.
394
00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:58,592
- No?
- No.
395
00:24:58,680 --> 00:25:03,834
I'm trying to think of times in my life
where I felt a bit different.
396
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:05,478
Right.
397
00:25:05,560 --> 00:25:10,793
And I remember, it was years ago,
I nearly choked to death...
398
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:12,518
Hm.
399
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:15,831
...on an ice pop.
- Hm.
400
00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:17,273
My mum had to give me...
401
00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:20,750
Do you know the thing where you
squeeze round the waist and cough it up?
402
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,752
- Right, uh-huh.
- And I got my breath back.
403
00:25:23,840 --> 00:25:27,913
And after that, I felt quite, er...
404
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:30,195
alive.
405
00:25:30,280 --> 00:25:36,992
OK, well, take that experience, magnify it
manifold, and let it be uninterrupted.
406
00:25:37,080 --> 00:25:39,355
Hey, how are you, Swamiji?
407
00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:43,835
That's good.
408
00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:45,239
I've been better.
409
00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,789
I'd say mind.
410
00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:05,592
Hm.
411
00:26:06,640 --> 00:26:08,198
Anyway, next thing I know,
412
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:12,034
Swamiji says, "I want to take you
across the Ganges in a boat. "
413
00:26:12,120 --> 00:26:16,193
Cos he wanted to cleanse my soul.
I've never had it cleansed before.
414
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:18,475
Here you are, look, it's having a dump.
415
00:26:19,600 --> 00:26:21,238
Yeah. Yeah, yeah.
416
00:26:21,320 --> 00:26:23,788
Yeah, all right. Yeah.
417
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,555
I'm not dipping there.
No chance. Not a chance.
418
00:26:36,120 --> 00:26:37,473
You all right, swami?
419
00:26:37,560 --> 00:26:41,519
- (Phone ringing)
- Oh, shitting hell. Hang on.
420
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:42,953
Hello?
421
00:26:43,920 --> 00:26:46,388
I'm just on the Ganges at the moment.
422
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:49,040
I'm just on a rubber dinghy
with a 77-year-old man.
423
00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:50,473
(Ricky laughs)
424
00:26:51,760 --> 00:26:54,149
So, it's not a great...
425
00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,118
I'm sat on the front here of a rubber dinghy.
Can I call you back?
426
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,799
I'll see you later. Ta-ra.
427
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,512
Good time to call, wasn't it?
428
00:27:07,800 --> 00:27:10,109
Innit it wrong, though?
For me to get in there.
429
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,510
It doesn't mean anything to me, does it?
It doesn't count, surely.
430
00:27:13,600 --> 00:27:17,036
He said, "Do you want to go in the Ganges?"
I didn't know.
431
00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:20,479
- Yeah?
- Yeah.
432
00:27:20,560 --> 00:27:22,516
I...
433
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,034
And he left it at that,
which I thought was quite good.
434
00:27:26,120 --> 00:27:29,032
He didn't force it on me, to go any further.
435
00:27:29,120 --> 00:27:33,238
And then, um... he started stripping off
so I had to.
436
00:27:33,320 --> 00:27:37,359
- This is madness.
- (Laughs)
437
00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,117
- Come on, eh?
- (Both laugh)
438
00:27:45,600 --> 00:27:47,556
Right.
439
00:27:51,280 --> 00:27:53,191
(Swami laughs)
440
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:59,115
And I said, "Well, if you go in,
I'll go in", and he did.
441
00:28:01,760 --> 00:28:03,398
So I had to.
442
00:28:03,480 --> 00:28:05,710
Oh!
443
00:28:07,560 --> 00:28:10,199
(Grunts) Bloody hell!
444
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:13,556
And I thought that was it,
and then suddenly, no, it's dunk your head.
445
00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:16,758
Yeah, right.
446
00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:22,233
You know, not once, either.
You have to do it three times, three dunks.
447
00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:26,836
You don't do that with a ginger nut
and a cup of tea. That's a two dunk.
448
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:28,672
Yeah, that's it. Yeah.
449
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:33,957
Fine! Fine, fine, fine.
450
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:38,272
So, do that, he's happy.
451
00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:42,638
He was saying, "Oh, look what it's done to you.
You look full of life."
452
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:46,349
And it did wake me up a bit,
but it is like minus five.
453
00:28:53,720 --> 00:28:55,438
Back for a cup of tea?
454
00:28:56,920 --> 00:28:59,388
- Have you got some biscuits? I love a biscuit.
- Yeah, yeah.
455
00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,358
I feel like I can take a biscuit off you now.
I did that for you, that.
456
00:29:05,560 --> 00:29:09,872
It's funny, isn't it? It's funny how things
change. I said I wouldn't get in there.
457
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:13,111
(Drumming and chanting)
458
00:29:13,200 --> 00:29:16,351
I don't feel like I'm round
some sort of special power,
459
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:19,750
but he seems like a nice bloke
and that's all you want really.
460
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:21,990
Nice bloke, makes you feel welcome
in his gaff,
461
00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:25,516
he's fed us, he's let me have a bed,
messed about in his rubber dinghy.
462
00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:30,196
You know, if that's what spirituality's about.
I mean, that's just being mates, really.
463
00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:34,319
That's basic, isn't it?
It's just about getting on with people.
464
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,595
(Drumming and chanting)
465
00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:39,069
He's a transformed man. Look at this guy!
466
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:41,913
- (Karl) Very hairy.
- (Laughter)
467
00:29:45,440 --> 00:29:48,318
- (Speaks native language)
- See you in the morning.
468
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:50,755
(Both laughing)
469
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:56,676
Thank you again.
470
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,874
(Music playing)
471
00:30:31,960 --> 00:30:36,272
(Karl) I don't know why Steve sent me
to look at a cow. We've got them at home.
472
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,911
Anyway, soon as I got in there,
they had me on cow worship duty.
473
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,673
I'm giving it a centre parting.
474
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:48,559
- Cow dung cake?
- Cake.
475
00:30:48,640 --> 00:30:51,108
- Is that fresh?
- Yeah, this fresh.
476
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,749
Anyway, these cow dung cakes,
you know, it's a type of fuel.
477
00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:57,434
You know, it shouldn't really
have the word "cake" in it.
478
00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:04,632
Oh, it is as well, isn't it? I thought it might
have just been mud but it is proper cow shit.
479
00:31:04,720 --> 00:31:06,438
And I was worried about the local thing
480
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:10,354
about, you know, using your hand
when you've been to the toilet.
481
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:13,512
I'm getting neck high in cow shit.
482
00:31:14,280 --> 00:31:17,192
- My God. I never thought I'd be doing that.
- (Bell chiming)
483
00:31:18,440 --> 00:31:22,672
I've been ill twice already,
so this isn't gonna help the situation, is it?
484
00:31:22,760 --> 00:31:25,513
I thought I was on the way
to the Taj Mahal today.
485
00:31:25,600 --> 00:31:28,478
They said, "Oh, let's stop over here."
486
00:31:28,560 --> 00:31:32,678
No problem. I'll see some cows.
What can go wrong?
487
00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:37,675
And then like just as I'm leaving, you know,
they drag me into some sort of souvenir shop.
488
00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:39,398
- Soap?
- Yeah.
489
00:31:41,560 --> 00:31:43,152
- Cow dung juice?
- Yeah.
490
00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,595
No one I know has ever been
rushing around going into Body Shops
491
00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,194
saying, "You haven't got
any cow shit soap, have you?"
492
00:31:48,280 --> 00:31:50,635
It's not needed. It's so not necessary in life.
493
00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,835
Right, toothpaste but powder.
And what... what's this made from?
494
00:31:58,680 --> 00:32:03,993
You can still like the cow without going
that far with the... with the shit and the piss.
495
00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,518
- Went over my arm then. Oh, God!
- (Laughs)
496
00:32:08,600 --> 00:32:13,196
It was just like old man piss. Sort of when
your grandad's been and hasn't flushed.
497
00:32:13,280 --> 00:32:15,714
You drink that?
498
00:32:18,160 --> 00:32:20,628
- It cures baldness?
- Yeah.
499
00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:24,599
I come all the way to India.
Sticking cow shit on my head.
500
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,830
If I said, "Get stuff out of a chicken
and rub it over your head,"
501
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:28,273
they'd go, "Don't be stupid."
502
00:32:28,360 --> 00:32:32,353
But because it's a cow
and it's this sort of religious animal,
503
00:32:32,440 --> 00:32:35,557
it's just, "Yeah, drink it direct.
Get the tail up."
504
00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,676
It's just too much.
505
00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:40,479
I think it's...
It annoyed me a bit.
506
00:32:40,560 --> 00:32:42,073
(Sighs)
507
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:44,799
I've still got bits under my nails.
508
00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,550
No, it's starting to do my head in again.
509
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:52,519
Just, you know,
even when I went out travelling today.
510
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:56,115
Normally I like travelling around,
sat in a car, looking out of the window,
511
00:32:56,200 --> 00:32:59,556
but it's not...
it's not a nice thing to do in India.
512
00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:01,437
Honestly, I just want to go home.
513
00:33:01,520 --> 00:33:05,877
Oh, Jesus. It stinks. My eyes are burning.
514
00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:11,553
All right?
515
00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,910
- (Horn sounds)
- There's the hotel.
516
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:33,150
- This is the hotel?
- Yeah, this is the hotel.
517
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:37,313
- This one?
- Ha, thik hai. This is very mahanga.
518
00:33:37,400 --> 00:33:40,198
This hotel's got a honeymoon suite.
519
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,715
(Sounds horn)
520
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:47,030
Pilkington, honeymoon suite.
521
00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,796
Good, isn't it?
522
00:33:57,080 --> 00:33:59,548
It's good.
523
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:03,189
Honeymoon suite?
This isn't a honeymoon suite.
524
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:06,238
- Who'd have a honeymoon here?
- (Horn sounds)
525
00:34:06,320 --> 00:34:08,276
What's that? What's the cupboard for?
526
00:34:09,920 --> 00:34:14,869
Oh, right. It's sort of an en-suite shed,
which is, er... quite handy.
527
00:34:14,960 --> 00:34:18,794
Oh, God, it stinks. (Clears throat)
Fuck me, what a shit hole!
528
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:22,356
Sandpaper.
529
00:34:23,720 --> 00:34:26,188
What's this one? A dartboard?
530
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,036
Hm. I thought that was gonna be
the fridge to the room.
531
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:34,510
Turps. Paintbrushes. Good.
532
00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:38,593
That's what you want on your honeymoon.
Every time you have a smell of Ronseal.
533
00:34:38,680 --> 00:34:41,114
"Oh, that takes me back
to our special night."
534
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,675
(Loud music playing)
535
00:34:44,760 --> 00:34:47,035
(Horn sounds)
536
00:34:47,120 --> 00:34:52,035
I can't see the Taj.
He... he said you look straight out there.
537
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:54,076
(Horn sounds)
538
00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:58,188
That's what you can see, that.
539
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:00,475
(Sighs) It's madness, that.
540
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:05,076
A dead body staying in summat half decent
like that and I'm in here.
541
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,720
- (Horn sounds)
- I hate it, honestly.
542
00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:09,756
l-I really hate it here.
543
00:35:11,560 --> 00:35:15,155
Fuck this. I'm not staying here.
I can't be arsed with this.
544
00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,037
(Man) Karl, where you going?
545
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,031
Karl? Karl?
546
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,588
Karl, where you going, mate?
547
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,240
Fucking hell, I'm just...
I'm not staying in that room.
548
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,231
- (Rumbling traffic)
- What's it about?
549
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:28,629
(Man) I don't think
anyone knew it was quite as bad.
550
00:35:28,720 --> 00:35:31,075
I mean, your room's not that bad
compared to ours.
551
00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,116
It stinks of shit.
552
00:35:33,200 --> 00:35:36,431
- (Rumbling traffic)
- What d'you mean, it's not that bad?
553
00:35:36,520 --> 00:35:39,114
It fucking stinks.
554
00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,555
(Rumbling traffic)
555
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,596
(Low chatter)
556
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,436
(Horn sounds)
557
00:35:48,640 --> 00:35:52,519
It's just that I've been here for like ages.
I'm knackered. I haven't slept.
558
00:35:52,600 --> 00:35:54,511
It's another noisy road. I've been ill.
559
00:35:54,600 --> 00:35:56,591
D'you know what I mean? It's not your fault.
560
00:35:56,680 --> 00:35:58,398
- All right.
- It's not your fault.
561
00:35:58,480 --> 00:36:01,153
(Horns sound)
562
00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:04,789
- (Chatter)
- (Horns sound)
563
00:36:04,880 --> 00:36:07,394
- (Music playing)
- (Chatter)
564
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,192
- (Music playing outside)
- (Vehicles sounding horns)
565
00:36:18,320 --> 00:36:21,232
I bet many a bloke's spent
a night in here on their own,
566
00:36:21,320 --> 00:36:23,356
even though it's a honeymoon suite.
567
00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:26,591
I bet the woman says, "That's it, it's over.
568
00:36:26,680 --> 00:36:30,036
"If this is where you bring me
for my wedding night, forget it."
569
00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:31,758
(Horn sounds outside)
570
00:36:46,760 --> 00:36:50,799
It's six in the morning.
I've been awake all night, throwing up.
571
00:36:50,880 --> 00:36:53,348
It's still coming out the other end.
572
00:36:54,240 --> 00:36:56,879
I'm not feeling my best, to be honest.
573
00:37:00,480 --> 00:37:05,156
(Man) So, it's your first proper glimpse
of the Taj Mahal, Karl. How does it feel?
574
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:09,833
It's all right, isn't it?
575
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,911
It's not bad.
576
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:15,390
It took 20 years to build.
He built it for his dead wife.
577
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,278
I just think it was a case
of keeping himself busy.
578
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:21,158
They say that, don't they, when someone dies,
579
00:37:21,240 --> 00:37:24,835
it's a loss in your life
so give yourself a little project to do.
580
00:37:26,240 --> 00:37:29,038
(Man) It's quite a big project,
though, isn't it?
581
00:37:30,400 --> 00:37:34,791
Yeah. I mean, did he treat her well
when she was knocking around?
582
00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:37,758
(Man) Well, she was one of four wives.
583
00:37:37,840 --> 00:37:40,229
Know what I mean?
584
00:37:40,320 --> 00:37:45,110
One of four wives. "No, I had three other wives.
I shouldn't have done that, really.
585
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:47,555
"Best stick her in something nice
now she's dead."
586
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:52,077
It's too late, it's too late, mate.
Don't come crawling back once she's dead.
587
00:37:59,680 --> 00:38:01,671
(Horn sounds)
588
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,274
(Horns sound)
589
00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,479
- Remish, hiya. I'm Karl.
- Nice to meet you, sir.
590
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:13,074
- Welcome to the Taj Mahal.
- Thank you very much.
591
00:38:13,160 --> 00:38:17,039
When you look the Taj Mahal from
the next arch, like a Taj Mahal in a frame,
592
00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:20,192
beautiful like the postcard view.
593
00:38:20,280 --> 00:38:22,874
Yeah. It works well, that, doesn't it?
Nicely fits in, doesn't it?
594
00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:25,872
(Remish) Yes, your dream come true.
595
00:38:25,960 --> 00:38:28,554
You're front of this beautiful building,
majestic.
596
00:38:28,640 --> 00:38:31,313
- Is this part of your tour?
- Yeah.
597
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,517
There you can see
a beautiful reflection view of Taj Mahal.
598
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:37,398
Like a,
"Buy one, get one free".
599
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:40,233
- Buy one, get one free?
- Good offer.
600
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:44,677
- Next step?
- So, you can see the Princess Diana chair.
601
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:48,992
When was in 1992 she came here,
she took the pose from here.
602
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,519
It's daft how the tourists
all love the Princess Diana chair.
603
00:38:54,600 --> 00:38:57,592
Queuing up to sit down on a chair
that Princess Diana sat on.
604
00:38:57,680 --> 00:39:00,399
Load of nonsense.
605
00:39:00,480 --> 00:39:03,472
- We're after these two.
- Yes, sir, that's your turn.
606
00:39:03,560 --> 00:39:07,553
This is a sausage factory.
Sit down, look miserable. Duh-zhoosh! Next.
607
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,598
Yes, hands on the knees.
608
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,750
That's the style.
609
00:39:12,840 --> 00:39:14,068
Very nice.
610
00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:16,993
- Was that good?
- You have a photogenic face.
611
00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:20,197
Taj Mahal's beautiful, you're more handsome.
612
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:26,195
- (Man) Have you got any feelings coming up?
- Er... stomach's better now. It's fine.
613
00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:29,113
(Man) I meant more of an emotional nature,
being here.
614
00:39:29,200 --> 00:39:32,033
Erm... how can you have
an emotional feeling here?
615
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:34,554
There's like 40 people stood around.
616
00:39:34,640 --> 00:39:40,988
Princess Diana had it closed off, didn't she?
She could sit here and think about stuff.
617
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:44,953
But compared to out there, this is peaceful.
618
00:39:45,040 --> 00:39:47,759
And I think that's why Diana came here,
that's why she looked fed up.
619
00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,558
She probably had the shits for two days.
620
00:39:49,640 --> 00:39:53,428
Sick of the racket, crap hotel.
She's like, "God, when am I going home?"
621
00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,478
Nothing to do with her marriage break-up.
It's India.
622
00:39:57,360 --> 00:40:00,397
The main white structure,
four sides symmetrical.
623
00:40:00,480 --> 00:40:03,199
- Look from all side, same view.
- Oh, right.
624
00:40:03,280 --> 00:40:06,670
So by the centre line,
Taj Mahal divide like a mirror image.
625
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,955
Half this side, half other side.
626
00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:11,793
- It is, isn't it, exactly?
- Yes, sir.
627
00:40:11,880 --> 00:40:14,917
I find it odd, to be honest.
He's built it for a dead person.
628
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,878
Yet he was doing all of that symmetrical stuff.
629
00:40:19,720 --> 00:40:24,316
It's like, "Hang on a minute." It's almost like
having a gravestone with a Suduko on it.
630
00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,437
What is it? Is it a place to remember someone
and have a special moment?
631
00:40:27,520 --> 00:40:29,556
Or is it a place to go and have a puzzle?
632
00:40:29,640 --> 00:40:32,074
Have you ever done that thing
where you have a mirror...
633
00:40:32,160 --> 00:40:35,038
- Yeah.
...and you go like that in the mirror?
634
00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:37,873
- And it looks like both sides are going up?
- That's right.
635
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:41,270
- It's the same... same idea, isn't it?
- Same idea.
636
00:40:44,600 --> 00:40:46,795
(Chanting)
637
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:51,637
This is the best way to see it, for me, this.
638
00:40:51,720 --> 00:40:55,872
It's not the best river I've ever been down.
I think I've just seen a fish with three heads.
639
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,997
But I just like the peacefulness.
640
00:40:59,080 --> 00:41:00,877
- (Phone rings)
- (Chanting)
641
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:04,033
All right?
642
00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,588
Yeah, I've just been to see the Taj.
643
00:41:08,120 --> 00:41:11,237
Yeah, it's all right, you know.
I was pretty impressed.
644
00:41:13,680 --> 00:41:15,636
I hate it.
645
00:41:18,280 --> 00:41:21,636
I stayed at that place that had
an en-suite shed. Did he stay there?
646
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:23,676
(Ricky laughs)
647
00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:29,991
(Chanting)
648
00:41:32,080 --> 00:41:35,675
And this is like the final view of it,
in't it, before I go home?
649
00:41:39,520 --> 00:41:41,476
All right, mate? How's it going?
650
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:48,273
It's been interesting, Steve. I've learned
a lot. I've seen a lot, I've done a lot.
651
00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:51,079
- I've shat a lot.
- (Laughter on phone)
652
00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,630
I mean, just over there,
they cremate bodies over there.
653
00:41:55,720 --> 00:41:59,838
So, you're never that far away from
a bit of weirdness in India, even here.
654
00:41:59,920 --> 00:42:04,516
Probably on the telly you're going,
"That looks lovely, wildlife going on there,
655
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,511
"the sun going down, the Taj Mahal.
656
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:10,559
"Hang on, what's that?
There's a load of dead bodies at the back."
657
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,312
- Definitely not.
- (Ricky laughs)
658
00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:31,312
This has been the only building in India
that has a bit of normality to it.
659
00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:33,277
So, maybe that's why it's a wonder.
660
00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:38,993
Yeah, I can't see anything matching this one,
to be honest.
661
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:43,795
Pretty serious for me, that, innit?
662
00:42:47,520 --> 00:42:49,238
# La la la la
663
00:42:51,840 --> 00:42:53,592
# La la la la
664
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:58,037
# La la la la
665
00:43:00,480 --> 00:43:02,311
# La la la la
666
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:06,558
# La la la la
667
00:43:07,200 --> 00:43:08,952
# La la la la
668
00:43:09,480 --> 00:43:11,072
# La la la la
669
00:43:11,400 --> 00:43:12,594
# La la la la #