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SITAR MUSIC PLAYS

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India - a country bursting with colour and beauty.

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I don't have words for that.

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With year-round warm weather and a low cost of living,

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could it be the perfect place to retire?

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I would love a different way of life, where money might last longer.

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And a wonderful climate.

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I want to have a comfortable old age.

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-Let's go somewhere and live like kings.

-Thank you, Majesty.

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Inspired by the film, eight well-known pensioners

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are enjoying a real-life adventure in the city of Jaipur.

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-Ah!

-He stole it!

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They've been living together for two weeks in a townhouse

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-in the heart of the old city.

-Is this the way to the market, though?

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I don't know! We'll give it a go. Hello!

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-They're starting to settle into life out here...

-Oh! Sorry.

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India has grown on me completely. I feel totally at home here.

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..and are beginning to make friends with the locals.

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I think it could be much nicer to retire here than somewhere in Eastbourne!

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With one week left of their Indian adventure...

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-Oh! Hit by a bull!

-Madness!

-HORNS BEEP

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..will they find a place where they can feel at home on the other side of the world?

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You can't avoid loving this place. Magical!

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MUSIC: Thom Karuvil Irunthom by Shankar Mahadevan

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BIRDS CHIRP

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SITAR MUSIC PLAYS

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It's 5:45am and Jaipur is starting to stir.

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BIRDS CHIRP

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It's like getting up in the middle of the night!

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Dear, oh, dear! I must be crazy!

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Good moaning!

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Not very early!

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I've never done exercises at this time in the morning ever!

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With only a week to go before they leave India, Wayne, Bobby

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and Jan are making the most of the time they have left.

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-It's a bit early, isn't it?

-Yes, it's very early, it's fresh now!

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Their guide, Raju, is taking them to the city's Central Park.

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-This is one of the biggest park of Jaipur...

-Aha.

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..which opens at 5.30 in the morning

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and the old people come here for jogging, walking, do yoga...

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The park is popular with the older generation, with many making use

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of the cooler morning temperatures for their daily exercise regime.

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You don't see any of them with sticks. None of them look ill.

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They look fit, they look young.

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They're amazing.

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Oh, it's great! It's so active!

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'I'm getting stiffer as I get older.'

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Because at this age, you start to atrophy.

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Your muscles start to...dissolve.

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So, I've got to get them back in gear.

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THEY ALL LAUGH

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Laughing yoga is thought to have started in Jaipur in the 1970s,

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using self-induced laughter to improve wellbeing.

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How weird! It makes me laugh just watching them.

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Oh, ha-ha-ha! So...

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THEY ALL LAUGH TOGETHER

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Are you laughing genuinely? Or are you just making the noise of laughing?

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Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha! But then you're not finding things funny?

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-Yes.

-It's not funny.

-No, not funny. It is...

-It's just a process.

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-Process.

-It's an exercise for the body.

-It's an exercise for the body.

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You begin to laugh in a very mechanical way but then you

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end up sometimes laughing in a very genuine way, looking at each other.

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-This lady hasn't stopped laughing since we arrived!

-SHE LAUGHS

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THEY ALL LAUGH

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Ah-ha-ha! Ha-ha! Ha-ha!

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THEY LAUGH TOGETHER

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They are all exercises, believe it or not, for the body.

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For the lungs, for the stomach, for the legs,

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for the head, for the mouth. I mean, it's yoga.

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It's a yoga but they do it through laughter.

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Prolonged laughter is thought to promote wellbeing,

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reducing symptoms of both stress and depression.

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THEY LAUGH AND CLAP

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I enjoy a good laugh and sometimes I laugh so much I cry.

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If I came to live here, I'd join the laughing club.

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I mean, what is it? A laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you're on your own.

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HE LAUGHS

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But there is one member of the group not finding it quite so amusing.

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-Come on, Bobby!

-No, you carry on.

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-I laugh when something is funny.

-Yeah, exactly.

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WAYNE LAUGHS

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If I went over my local park and sat doing that, they'd think I'm a nutcase!

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I'd be locked up in the afternoon!

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THEY LAUGH

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I'm relaxing much more into Indian society than I thought I ever would.

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When we came back from Agra, I came back to the city

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and I thought, "Oh, we're back home again!"

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And I knew some of the streets. And I knew the walls, the pink walls.

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And I'd been to that bazaar. And I like this city.

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HORN BEEPS

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-Morning!

-Good morning! How is everyone?

-Morning!

-Morning!

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-Did you sleep well?

-Yes.

-I did because I took a pill.

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SHE LAUGHS

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-We went to laughter yoga. Laughing yoga.

-What was Bobby like?

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-Bobby said he only came to look.

-THEY LAUGH

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It makes me feel great and of course, I've oxygenated my body.

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No, it was great! It really was great.

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And again, all the friendliness.

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It's the gentleness, the love that you feel.

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Even from the people in the street.

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How beautiful! How beautiful!

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'This may sound very strange.

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'I am feeling more of an integration with the Indians than anyone else.'

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Thank you.

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I can speak two words of Hindi. But I feel very much at home.

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At home in the UK, Jan has lived on her own for the last 12 years.

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I am alone. My mother and my father died last year.

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My son is in Australia. And, just sometimes I feel that aloneness.

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Since meeting Emma, a Brit who lives here as a single woman,

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Jan has been exploring the possibilities of a move to India.

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Now, there's another part to the equation.

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I had never thought about India. But maybe.

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A lot of people do it here, they have homestays...

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With five days of her trip left, Jan has been invited to see Emma's home.

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Because you're kind of living with the family

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but within your own self-contained space.

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Emma lives in a flat within a haveli, alongside her landlady,

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-Sangeeta, and her extended family.

-This is Sangeeta.

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-Oh, hello!

-Namaste!

-Namaste! It's lovely to meet you.

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-Come, please come.

-Really wonderful.

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Now, for someone of my age,

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I would not want to be in an apartment by myself.

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-And you're fully self contained.

-I'm completely self contained.

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I have an apartment there.

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So, I'm completely self contained within the building.

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But I think, what I said to you, it's really lovely to be in a building like this as part

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of an Indian family, particularly if you're living here as

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a woman on your own, is that you feel very protected.

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I can always go to Sangeeta for advice.

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You know, if I ever have any problems, she is always there.

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They become a family to you because you get up in the morning and you're

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sitting across having a cup of tea and you join them and you talk.

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You know, an awful lot of this is going in the UK.

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Because people are sort of living behind closed doors. They don't...

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I live in a big house divided into eight flats.

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I really could die and nobody would know.

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I could fall down the stairs and break my neck.

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At least here, you'd know I'd died and you could arrange something!

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I would be barging in your apartment, in and out.

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You would be fed up of seeing me, without knocking!

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Emma's monthly rent for her one-bed apartment is £300.

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With another £35 for a maid and cook.

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-This is absolutely...

-Yeah...

-It's lovely!

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So, this is almost like a traditional kind of Indian haveli style.

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I thought that would be quite good fun.

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And then the other thing that I've got, which is quite nice,

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-is a huge roof terrace.

-Oh!

-It's like having a whole other apartment.

-Oh!

-Yeah.

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-And do you share it with anyone else?

-No, no. This is my roof terrace.

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-This is your roof terrace?

-Yes.

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If we go over here, we'll have to be a bit careful of this monkey,

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make sure he doesn't follow us or anything.

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But what's quite nice is that you can see

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-the forts on the hill from here. See? Up there.

-Oh, yes!

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I am thinking very genuinely,

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I could do three or four months in India.

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'If I were to seriously come here,

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'I would like to do it the way Emma has done it.'

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I don't know, we'd have to start looking for you if you wanted something.

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Well, I would like a Sangeeta.

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-I would like a roof terrace.

-Right...

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Meeting people here, who want to embrace me and take me

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into their family circle, that to me is, "Wow, this is a new experience!" It's wonderful.

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Lovely. That's nice.

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-I'm not wearing a bra, so...

-Oh, sorry about that!

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Namaste!

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India has started to cast its spell on the group.

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Fascinating, you know? You can walk down a busy road

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and you come across these great big animals. Very placid.

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Not frightened of humans, not frightened of cars. Amazing.

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For Bobby, the idea of retiring here has become a real possibility.

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We're going to do a bit of roaming today and see

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if we can see some property.

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That's an old building, that.

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And when you get a bit old and you got to go up stairs like that, you...

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-I'd be in intensive care if I went up and down there all day!

-HE LAUGHS

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All right, mate? How are you? How are you, little one? You all right?

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Eh? What's your name? Oh, you don't like me!

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BUZZ OF TRAFFIC

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Bobby has made an afternoon appointment to meet a local

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estate agent and is rounding up some of the others to come along.

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Now, I'm going to join in on your property expedition.

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Well, if you're going to live over here,

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you want to see what the prices are. What they look like.

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-I don't like anything that looks modern, you know.

-No.

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I like Georgian style, that sort of thing, you know?

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-Oh, that's wonderful.

-That's what I like.

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Erm, I'll have a tea, can I, please?

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-With sugar.

-Sugar in tea.

-Stirred to the left. James Bond, see? I'm a cheap James Bond.

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-You're a one, you are!

-HE LAUGHS

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Oh, dear! Am I talking better now, do you think?

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-I think your diction's improved.

-HE LAUGHS

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With the average price of a three-bed home in Jaipur around £90,000,

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the prospect of buying a property seems worth exploring.

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-Help Miriam out, would you?

-I'm so relieved there's a lift!

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Bobby, Miriam, Patti and Wayne have come to see a luxurious

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-gated development eight miles west of the city centre.

-Fifth floor.

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Look, here we go.

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'I would like to find out how much property is over there.'

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What's the standard of buildings like?

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See how they do their bricklaying and their floor laying.

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-I'd like to see that.

-Oh, here we are! Fifth floor. Hello!

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There isn't a week goes by where I'm not looking at the price of houses.

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And, you know, living somewhere cheap would help me enormously.

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-All right, son?

-Lovely to meet you, sir.

-Lovely jubbly.

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So, I'm going to show you the flat, a three-bedroom flat.

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And I hope you like it. Please.

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If my partner would follow me to India,

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if she would be prepared to try it, then it's a very possible thing.

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-This is the kitchen?

-Yeah.

-OK.

-That's the kitchen.

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Actually it comes raw.

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-Then you have to furnish it how you want.

-We'd buy the shell?

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-Yes. You'd buy the shell.

-And then you'd do whatever you like with it.

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-You do whatever you like with it.

-I see.

-OK.

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-Nice pool.

-It's good to see the blue of the pool, isn't it?

-Yeah.

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-That's a big selling point.

-Yes.

-For us!

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That would be a big selling point.

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-What is that building over there?

-Ah, that is the clubhouse.

-Oh, that's the clubhouse.

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The complex also has tennis courts, a games room, a pool hall and a cafe.

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What does this cost, as it is, as a shell?

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-Wow!

-A-ha! Yes, we went to laughing school. Ha-ha.

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THEY LAUGH

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The government, says, it's for our people.

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-OK.

-How much is it to rent?

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Right.

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I could quite easily manage that and maybe that would be the best

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thing to do, because then, if you got fed up with it,

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you could go to another part of India.

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But Bobby is less impressed.

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The tap's on the piss, look.

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Know what I mean?

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See, the tap isn't even straight. Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.

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The thing that's disappointing is you can't buy a place here.

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You have to have an Indian on the deeds with you

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and I wouldn't like that. No way.

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But you could live quite comfortable,

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if you find the right place to rent.

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Wayne has settled into the rhythm of Indian life

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and now enjoys navigating the streets of downtown Jaipur.

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Havoc on the roads, cows everywhere.

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And everybody with just a bright smile on their face.

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Hello.

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I'm learning, yet again, via the local people,

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the feeling of happiness, serenity, relaxation.

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It's all part of a spiritual awakening.

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Before he came to India, Wayne underwent surgery for cancer.

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I did have a bit of a scare earlier in the year

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and when you've had a bit of a scare, it makes you reflect more.

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Hi, how are you?

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I've always felt the spiritual feeling inside of me,

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but I've never nurtured it and I don't want it to be gone

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and it be too late for me to realise, if it's there.

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Wayne isn't the only one who's discovered their spiritual side.

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Meditation, I think, has now been my big thing.

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This is a wonderful feeling.

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This feeling of, almost like serenity,

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and this I have to transfer to when I go home.

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Rosemary has taken up meditation at a local ashram

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and Wayne has decided to join her.

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He's never done meditation.

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I don't know about meditation. I don't know if I can meditate.

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-Just be here and now.

-Thank you.

-Nothing else.

-Thank you.

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CHANTING

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-Hari om.

-Hari om, meaning?

-Meaning the God is the om.

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Hare Krishna.

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No, Hari means om. Om is the first sound in the universe.

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From the sound, coming everything.

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The popularity of meditation is growing rapidly in the UK

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and is believed to significantly help high blood pressure,

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as well as boost the immune system.

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You chant one mantra.

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SHE CHANTS

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Inner calmness is reached through the repetition of a mantra,

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a sound or simply regular breathing.

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Wrap your palms.

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Massage your eyes and face.

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Thank you so much. That's relaxed... That's relaxed me.

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-This is why I'm in India.

-Yeah.

-To find something.

-Yes.

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The meditation was the most significant point, for me.

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It relaxed me so much.

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When you receive something as holy as that, like meditation

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and seeing their complete dedication to it, it makes you humbled.

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Look! One, two, three, four, five, six...

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Seven, eight. Look at this.

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-Where did that one come from?

-Look at that one, there.

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-That's beautiful.

-It's just come up.

-Look at those purple ones.

-I know.

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-Don't you think this is wonderful?

-Look at that.

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Look how big the sun is. You can see the bottom part as it goes down.

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Here we go.

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-Oh, I like this.

-Allow me to take you to your carriage.

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The group have settled into local life, but before they go,

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there's a side to India the artists of the group are keen to explore.

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I don't know enough about the culture. I just don't know about it.

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Their hosts have arranged for a local tut-tut driver, Dinesh,

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to show the group the traditional cultural heart of Jaipur.

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Right.

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One of the things that would delight me,

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is to be taught about the music and the dance of India.

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I don't know what we're going to be looking at.

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-I don't see much culture here, at the moment.

-We follow you?

-Yeah.

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Kotputli slums, south of the city centre, is home

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to around 5,000 people.

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Look at the houses up there, Miriam. Right above.

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How close they are set together.

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You're like the Pied Piper.

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I've never been with so many children.

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I'm not great with children.

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I'm taller than a couple of them.

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They've got their own streets and everything.

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-It's like a village, isn't it?

-It is.

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Behind every doorway is a family.

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A community of acrobats, musicians, snake charmers

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and puppeteers, have lived here for generations,

0:22:100:22:13

-including 23-year-old Dinesh and his family.

-You live here?

-Yes.

0:22:130:22:18

-He lives here.

-It's a slum and is the most artistic place in Jaipur.

0:22:180:22:21

People in Jaipur, if they need any concert, they come here.

0:22:210:22:25

-Are you a puppeteer?

-Yes. I am a puppeteer.

-I'd like to see it.

0:22:250:22:31

-I'd like that.

-Wonderful.

0:22:330:22:36

Small shops, we have. Where we get flour, sugar.

0:22:360:22:39

-We go in here?

-Yes.

-Thank you.

0:22:390:22:41

Like many of the slum community, Dinesh and his family

0:22:430:22:46

survive by making and selling puppet souvenirs for tourists.

0:22:460:22:50

-They are very beautiful, aren't they?

-Aren't they lovely.

0:22:500:22:53

-They are the kings of India.

-The kings of India?

-Yes.

0:22:530:22:57

-Who carves them?

-Me, my father.

0:22:570:22:59

Really? You carved all these? Wow.

0:22:590:23:01

Then my sister painted, like this.

0:23:010:23:05

-How many people live in this house?

-13.

-13?

-Yes.

0:23:050:23:10

-They must all get on very well.

-Or not.

-Or not!

0:23:100:23:14

-May I try with that one, please?

-OK?

0:23:150:23:19

Put it back, this string and keep this, like this.

0:23:190:23:23

Keep it tight like this.

0:23:230:23:26

It's not easy. It's not easy.

0:23:260:23:31

MUSIC PLAYS

0:23:310:23:34

Wow!

0:23:340:23:36

Bravo. It makes you want to dance.

0:23:410:23:43

India has got thousands and thousands of years of culture.

0:23:450:23:50

The art, the music, the theatre, so much expression.

0:23:500:23:55

MUSIC PLAYS

0:23:550:23:59

How do you feel about living here? Do you want to get out or...?

0:24:070:24:11

-I love this place.

-You love this place? This is home.

-Yeah.

0:24:110:24:16

So, you don't envy people who have money?

0:24:160:24:19

Do you think, oh, I wish I could have that?

0:24:190:24:22

Sometimes if there is trouble, problems with families,

0:24:220:24:26

money and stuff, yes.

0:24:260:24:27

But, mostly, we are happy with our life.

0:24:270:24:31

Fantastic.

0:24:310:24:32

Would you like a pen? Yes? There we are. Isn't that nice?

0:24:330:24:39

-You want a pen?

-Thank you.

0:24:390:24:44

Those people were just great. I've fallen in love with them.

0:24:480:24:52

No, don't help me, don't help me, I'm going to do this.

0:24:590:25:02

Despite having a house full of staff, chef, Rosemary,

0:25:020:25:05

has been keen to get involved in the kitchen during their stay.

0:25:050:25:09

-Have I got it?

-More or less.

0:25:090:25:13

My problem is, I can't afford to slow down. I have to keep going.

0:25:130:25:16

I can never see me giving up work completely, whether I just write

0:25:180:25:22

or whatever I do, I'll always work until the day I die, I will work.

0:25:220:25:26

-You're supposed to keep it like this.

-Oh, sorry.

0:25:280:25:31

If Rosemary was to spend her golden years here,

0:25:310:25:34

India would have to offer her more than just sunshine and cheap living.

0:25:340:25:38

If I was to ever consider to retire here, I would definitely get

0:25:380:25:43

some sort of a job or start a cafe or do something like that.

0:25:430:25:47

I'm learning, I have to come here,

0:25:490:25:50

I have to come and learn how to cook.

0:25:500:25:52

I have to start my career all over again.

0:25:520:25:55

Well, to learn new things, you have to.

0:25:550:25:57

That's what it's all about, isn't it?

0:25:570:25:59

After my retirement, I'm learning how to run this place.

0:25:590:26:03

So, say if I was to retire here, I could easily open up a little cafe.

0:26:030:26:07

-You could, you could.

-Because there are people doing it already.

0:26:070:26:11

There are people doing it already.

0:26:110:26:12

Now, you see all around Jaipur, people of our age,

0:26:120:26:17

after retirement, have opened up places like this

0:26:170:26:19

because children are not with us, the house is there

0:26:190:26:23

so there is never an end to getting business.

0:26:230:26:26

People are doing it.

0:26:260:26:28

And that, to me, is what it should be like.

0:26:280:26:31

-Age comes, but, you know, it's acceptable.

-I don't think...

0:26:310:26:35

I'm not old. As long as you've got your health.

0:26:350:26:37

You have no medical problems, I think everybody is young.

0:26:370:26:41

Yes, I'll see you later. Thank you for helping me.

0:26:410:26:43

-Thank you for letting me practice.

-Bye-bye.

-That was brilliant.

0:26:430:26:46

They don't look at old people in the same way here.

0:26:460:26:49

When you get to 65, you've got to retire.

0:26:490:26:52

Well, it doesn't work like that here.

0:26:520:26:54

And I think that's a good thing.

0:26:540:26:57

With around 100 rupees to the pound, the group have found

0:27:080:27:11

that their money goes a lot further here than in the UK.

0:27:110:27:14

Something Miriam wants to take advantage of before she leaves.

0:27:160:27:19

Ah, here we are.

0:27:210:27:22

I've come to an optician to order some glasses,

0:27:230:27:27

because I believe that they will be of good quality...

0:27:270:27:30

Hello, good afternoon.

0:27:300:27:32

..and they'll be cheaper than I can get at the optician that

0:27:320:27:35

I use in England.

0:27:350:27:37

Can I have your prescription, previous prescription,

0:27:370:27:40

so I can get an idea?

0:27:400:27:42

You know, things like finances are very important.

0:27:420:27:45

How much money does it cost?

0:27:450:27:48

I want to have a comfortable old age and the fact that India is much

0:27:480:27:53

cheaper to live in than England is a big factor in retiring here.

0:27:530:28:00

I've got a fat face, so I need big glasses.

0:28:000:28:06

I am also fat.

0:28:060:28:08

No, you're not, not like me.

0:28:080:28:11

What price are these?

0:28:110:28:13

-These of for only 800 rupees.

-And how much is that?

0:28:130:28:16

Er, £8.

0:28:160:28:19

£8.

0:28:200:28:23

Movie star, Miriam, has attracted the attention of the manager.

0:28:250:28:29

-I have seen you somewhere.

-I'm an actress.

0:28:310:28:34

Yes, I've seen you in Harry Potter.

0:28:340:28:37

That's right. I'm very impressed.

0:28:370:28:40

-Every customer is important for me.

-Exactly.

0:28:400:28:43

He's keen to show her his flagship range.

0:28:440:28:48

This is the finest quality of titanium.

0:28:480:28:50

This is Z-titanium.

0:28:500:28:52

At the moment, it is 100% unbreakable.

0:28:540:28:57

Even if you sit on them, the lens will not break.

0:28:570:28:59

-If I sit on them?

-No problem.

0:28:590:29:01

Wow! That's got to be strong.

0:29:010:29:05

-And how much is that one?

-That is expensive.

0:29:050:29:09

-£215.

-No, I'm not having that.

0:29:090:29:11

You see, I know quickly what I like and what I don't like.

0:29:130:29:16

Yes, definitely.

0:29:160:29:19

Maybe they like Harry Potter. It's OK, no charge.

0:29:200:29:25

-Can I do it on a card?

-I don't have a machine, right now.

0:29:270:29:30

-My machine has been spoiled by rats.

-By rats?

-Yeah.

-OK.

0:29:300:29:35

I've spent a lot more money than I expected,

0:29:360:29:39

but I've got a lot for it, which is excellent.

0:29:390:29:44

Across town, Jan has come with Emma and her landlady, Sangeeta,

0:29:520:29:57

to see an apartment for rent.

0:29:570:29:59

-So it's a huge haveli?

-Yes, huge compartment.

0:29:590:30:04

So, you are renovating the whole place at the moment? Yes.

0:30:040:30:07

Hidden behind the central bazaar, the apartment is

0:30:070:30:10

part of a large haveli owned by Sangeeta's brother.

0:30:100:30:13

Emma is delightful and Sangeeta was so willing to help

0:30:140:30:21

and when I said, "Well, it's all right, you've helped Emma,"

0:30:210:30:24

who lives in this wonderful situation with her own

0:30:240:30:26

apartment in the haveli, which is the family home,

0:30:260:30:30

but they are there when she wants to open her door.

0:30:300:30:33

-This is all part of the apartment?

-Yes.

0:30:340:30:37

I'm showing you the old city, haveli apartments,

0:30:380:30:41

which families have created for the foreigners to stay

0:30:410:30:45

and get the feel of the old city.

0:30:450:30:47

I couldn't believe it when we walked in and suddenly,

0:30:500:30:53

-this whole, sort of...

-Hustle, bustle.

0:30:530:30:56

-From here, it's like an oasis.

-It's amazing.

0:30:560:31:00

-Oh! Oh!

-All yours.

0:31:000:31:04

-Grandfather, grandmother and my great-grandfather.

-Oh!

0:31:100:31:13

It's absolutely lovely.

0:31:130:31:16

It's wonderful.

0:31:160:31:18

I came here and walked into this, sort of, palace

0:31:190:31:24

and the beauty of this place, is the family run it.

0:31:240:31:29

If I were here for four months every year, I haven't got

0:31:290:31:32

the slightest doubt that I would be swept up and part of the family.

0:31:320:31:37

It is lovely.

0:31:370:31:38

Jan could rent this luxury apartment for part of the year,

0:31:400:31:43

for £500 a month, for a short-term let.

0:31:430:31:47

I always wanted an extended family.

0:31:470:31:50

I always wanted more than one child.

0:31:500:31:52

None of my wishes were granted.

0:31:520:31:54

My son now lives in Australia and I just don't have an extended family,

0:31:560:32:00

so why shouldn't I have an Indian one?

0:32:000:32:04

It would suit them because they'd have a long let.

0:32:040:32:06

It would suit me because I'd only have to pay rent for four months

0:32:060:32:10

and I'd be like a maharani.

0:32:100:32:14

Ah, Notting Hill, it's Notting Hill Carnival.

0:32:220:32:25

The group are out to celebrate one of the biggest

0:32:300:32:33

nights in the year in Jaipur.

0:32:330:32:36

-Which way?

-Er, that way.

0:32:360:32:38

-Any way,

-any way. Any way.

-This is all for you today.

0:32:380:32:43

It's the Festival of Ganesh Chaturthi,

0:32:450:32:48

one of the most important dates in the Hindu calendar, which

0:32:480:32:51

celebrates the elephant-headed god's birthday.

0:32:510:32:54

I love all the colour, culture, noise... Er...

0:32:540:33:01

and vibrancy.

0:33:010:33:04

-Elephant!

-Elephant!

0:33:040:33:07

The group's guide, Raju, has taken Jan, Sylvester

0:33:090:33:12

and Roy into the thick of the procession.

0:33:120:33:16

-An elephant is walking on the street like this, openly.

-It's beautiful.

0:33:160:33:22

-One by one, you can look here.

-There we are.

0:33:220:33:25

It's not very often you can take a selfie with an elephant, nowadays.

0:33:300:33:36

It's just amazing.

0:33:360:33:38

Anyone who'd be bored here, there's something wrong with them.

0:33:380:33:42

A mile ahead of the procession,

0:33:430:33:45

locals are acting out the story of Ganesh through dance.

0:33:450:33:48

Rosemary and Wayne have been invited to join in.

0:33:520:33:54

I've been dancing with all the guys on the stage, there.

0:33:570:34:00

They gave me this lovely scarf. I think it must represent Ganesh.

0:34:000:34:06

These colours mean something quite different in London.

0:34:060:34:08

I think it's more like the gay flag, but never mind all that.

0:34:080:34:13

Yes. Yes, OK.

0:34:130:34:14

I've never ridden a horse in my life and, suddenly, I got up.

0:34:200:34:24

Oh, there she is! Brilliant.

0:34:240:34:28

And it was incredible.

0:34:280:34:30

Where are they? Come up the stairs.

0:34:300:34:35

Oh, look at the elephants.

0:34:350:34:36

-Look at you!

-It was absolutely...

0:34:390:34:43

She was on the most gorgeous horse.

0:34:440:34:47

Sounds amazing.

0:34:470:34:49

Wow!

0:35:150:35:17

It's 6am and peace has returned to the city.

0:35:220:35:26

Well, this is what I usually do when I wake up here in India,

0:35:310:35:35

almost every morning.

0:35:350:35:38

I wake up about 5:30am.

0:35:380:35:40

The sun comes up about 6.30,

0:35:420:35:45

but what's great is just to see a city content.

0:35:450:35:50

Simple life.

0:35:500:35:51

This is the best moment to contemplate life, death...

0:35:540:36:00

..being well in yourself.

0:36:020:36:04

And this is what India offers me,

0:36:080:36:09

which I can't get anywhere else, which is spirituality.

0:36:090:36:15

-Rosemary! All aboard.

-Thank you.

0:36:150:36:19

After nearly a month soaking up all Jaipur has to offer, today,

0:36:240:36:28

the group are making a pilgrimage to the spiritual heart of India.

0:36:280:36:32

We're going to Varanasi.

0:36:340:36:35

We're going to see some exceptional sights,

0:36:380:36:40

because that's the spiritual capital.

0:36:400:36:42

-That is the burial ground, isn't it?

-It is.

0:36:430:36:47

I'm very keen to find my spiritual side.

0:36:490:36:51

I'm quite a spiritual person, really. I've got a lot there.

0:36:530:36:58

Anybody who goes to India and isn't interested in Indian religions

0:36:590:37:03

is a muffin.

0:37:030:37:04

I'm fascinated by Indian religion,

0:37:040:37:07

so, I will not flinch from a spiritual adventure.

0:37:070:37:13

The group are travelling 500 miles east to one of the holiest

0:37:180:37:21

cities in the Hindu world, Varanasi.

0:37:210:37:24

The city is situated on the banks of the vast River Ganges, which

0:37:280:37:32

runs from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.

0:37:320:37:35

Over five million people visit the city each year,

0:37:390:37:42

which attracts religious pilgrims and tourists alike.

0:37:420:37:46

I'll give you a piggy back down next time, if you want.

0:37:460:37:49

-That would be good, wouldn't it?

-It would.

0:37:490:37:51

Many flock to Varanasi to spend their final days,

0:37:530:37:57

as it's believed that by dying here,

0:37:570:37:59

they will break the cycle of reincarnation and achieve salvation.

0:37:590:38:03

But the city is very different to Jaipur.

0:38:070:38:10

Its narrow streets are packed with people

0:38:100:38:12

and the humidity is much higher.

0:38:120:38:14

So hot!

0:38:160:38:17

It's the dust.

0:38:190:38:20

It's getting to me and I don't really want to breathe in

0:38:200:38:24

the smoke or smell.

0:38:240:38:26

Coming through.

0:38:260:38:28

Wayne, Jan, Patti and Roy have booked a local guide to

0:38:300:38:34

show them around the city on foot.

0:38:340:38:37

Hello, come. What's your name?

0:38:370:38:39

-Nomi.

-Nomi, nice to meet you.

-Oh, hit by a bull!

0:38:390:38:45

-Right, they have the right of way.

-Yes, they do.

0:38:450:38:48

So, what is this area, anyway?

0:38:490:38:51

Around 30,000 Hindus have their bodies cremated on the banks

0:38:570:39:00

of the Ganges every year, in the hope their soul will reach nirvana.

0:39:000:39:05

But it's a shock for one of the group.

0:39:260:39:29

JAN SNIFFS

0:39:290:39:32

A lot of her family have departed, very recently, and who wants to

0:39:330:39:37

be reminded of it by seeing dead bodies pass by you in the street.

0:39:370:39:41

-Take her somewhere else.

-Let's go up this way, then.

0:39:410:39:44

No, I don't think we can go... Can we go that way?

0:39:440:39:47

-Yes, we're going this way.

-OK, let's go. Thank you.

0:39:470:39:50

It gave me the shivers, actually,

0:39:510:39:53

to think there was a dead person going by me in the street.

0:39:530:39:57

Just with a cloth over the top of it.

0:39:570:40:00

It was about to be burnt, which we do traditionally in our country,

0:40:000:40:04

but it's never so familiar as that.

0:40:040:40:08

There's always a box that they're in or something,

0:40:080:40:12

and their ashes are put in the Ganges here and will go to

0:40:120:40:15

nirvana, because this is the place where heaven meets Earth.

0:40:150:40:21

The Ganges is the lifeblood of Varanasi.

0:40:260:40:30

With steps down to the water known as ghats,

0:40:300:40:32

running the length of the city.

0:40:320:40:34

As well as cremations, the sacred river is used for drinking

0:40:360:40:40

and bathing by pilgrims who believe it will wash away their sins.

0:40:400:40:44

Miriam, Rosemary, Sylvester

0:40:450:40:47

and Bobby, are taking a closer look with their guide, Papu.

0:40:470:40:51

So, now we are burning.

0:40:550:40:57

On the ground, they are putting some wood already

0:40:570:41:00

and they put the body inside.

0:41:000:41:02

You can see the white colour, is like a leg is going out.

0:41:020:41:06

-Is that one being burnt already?

-Yeah.

-Is that flames?

0:41:060:41:09

-It is the second burning.

-That's another burning?

-Yeah.

0:41:090:41:13

Now, you know when you get burnt, the bodies get burnt?

0:41:130:41:15

I know it sounds really bad, but how long does it take,

0:41:150:41:18

a body, to completely burn?

0:41:180:41:20

An hour, two hours?

0:41:200:41:22

Somebody, like, it is taking three hour to four hour

0:41:230:41:27

and is dependent on wind also and the quality of wood

0:41:270:41:31

is much dry or not.

0:41:310:41:33

I mean, I'm going to be cremated and for us,

0:41:330:41:36

we're just put into a box and we're just put into a thing

0:41:360:41:40

and gas and cremated.

0:41:400:41:42

Would you be 180 degrees or...

0:41:420:41:44

Which is your favourite kind of cooking?

0:41:440:41:47

Shut up!

0:41:470:41:49

I'm just going to go like that.

0:41:500:41:53

You know, you have a heart attack or something, I just want to go.

0:41:530:41:57

I'd love to go on the job, you know,

0:41:570:41:59

when I'm doing my cooking or something. Love to just go.

0:41:590:42:02

Or just say, I'm going for a nap and just go.

0:42:040:42:06

I think there's something rather peaceful, being cremated on a river.

0:42:080:42:12

-Yeah.

-I really do.

-I don't want to be burnt.

0:42:120:42:15

I don't want to die, as it happens.

0:42:150:42:17

Are you scared of dying?

0:42:170:42:19

No, I ain't, because I'm not going to.

0:42:190:42:21

My dad, when he died, he was watching Ken Dodd.

0:42:240:42:27

Laughing his head off and he died. What a way to go.

0:42:270:42:30

But you don't really die, your genes carry on, so you're always there.

0:42:300:42:34

My boys have got my genes in, my grandson

0:42:350:42:39

and so you don't really die, you just carry it on.

0:42:390:42:41

Will you be cremated here?

0:42:440:42:45

I don't think about that, because I can see to other.

0:42:450:42:49

I'm not going to see to me and I just want to be alive.

0:42:490:42:54

-I feel the same way.

-Very good.

0:42:540:42:56

-I feel the same way.

-You stay alive, young man.

0:42:560:42:59

Death is something that you have to face and as I approach it,

0:43:000:43:06

as I get older, of course, it's nearer and nearer.

0:43:060:43:09

Am I frightened of it?

0:43:100:43:11

Yes, I'm terrified of it and there's no point

0:43:110:43:15

in pretending that it isn't going to happen, but I hope to go towards it,

0:43:150:43:21

bravely and elegantly, even.

0:43:210:43:24

I've never been elegant. Maybe I can die elegantly.

0:43:260:43:30

That would be something to hope for.

0:43:300:43:33

The Hindu religion views death not as an end, but as a transformation.

0:43:380:43:42

100 metres from the Ganges, hidden behind a busy street, there's

0:43:470:43:51

a special ashram, where pilgrims can stay during their final days.

0:43:510:43:56

Families stay with their loved ones until their final moment with

0:43:580:44:01

prayers and music performed to comfort them.

0:44:010:44:04

There is no disease. There is no problem.

0:44:160:44:19

He is the son, OK?

0:44:190:44:22

And then wife. They are all family together.

0:44:220:44:25

They came here to leave his body here.

0:44:250:44:27

You've given up the life and you're waiting to go on?

0:44:270:44:30

Thank you.

0:44:370:44:38

Would it be normal, first of all, to go to hospital, to try

0:44:380:44:42

-and have medication or no?

-Yes.

-Do that first.

-Yes, that you are doing.

0:44:420:44:46

There is pain.

0:44:460:44:48

You have pain, we have the things but if somebody just want to die...

0:44:490:44:53

-I see. It's their choice.

-This choice.

0:44:530:44:57

If you've got your family around you, you're lying on the bed

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and you have chosen to die, it's your choice and your family

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are there to support you in it. I would like that.

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I never thought I could face somebody dying like that.

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But all the family were around them.

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They were even smiling, as if this is their way and it is their way.

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This is part of their culture and part of their way

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and it's a very peaceful situation

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and the whole family will stay with them right to the end.

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And, in a way, that's wonderful for them

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to feel surrounded by the people who love them.

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The group have come to a Hindu ceremony called an aarti,

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which takes place each morning

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and evening on the river bank, to pay respects to the sacred Ganges.

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Hindus believe that the river is personified by a goddess known

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as Ganga, with the aarti ceremony making her an offering of fire.

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We have to put a candle on the river over there.

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Oh, they're going down to the river.

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Mind the gap.

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It is said mother Ganga will purify your loved one's soul,

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if you place a lit candle in the water in their memory

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and say a prayer.

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MUSIC PLAYS

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Roy has been a widower for 26 years.

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I always light a candle for my late wife,

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no matter what country I'm in, no matter what church I'm in.

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She's always in my thoughts, you know, my childhood sweetheart.

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She never goes far away and a ceremony like this,

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sort of, brings that all to the fore.

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I felt uplifted by Varanasi.

0:47:220:47:24

Spiritually, health-wise, in myself, but I feel better

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for having witnessed a very personal thing and a very grieving thing.

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They don't see it as that.

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They see it as the beginning of their spiritual life

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and, of course, there will be mourning,

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but they treat it like an everyday occurrence.

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Well, it is. Life, then death.

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-Home sweet home.

-Oh! I keep thinking there's more steps.

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Back in Jaipur, the group only have a few days left

0:48:100:48:13

of their Indian adventure.

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-Look at that bird, look.

-Oh, that's beautiful, isn't it?

0:48:150:48:19

Wow! All the wildlife is fantastic.

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That would be another reason to stay.

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I've been here three weeks, near enough, and I could live here.

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My wife is coming out to have a look, see what India is like,

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see properties, so, I'm going to stay for an extra ten days

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and if we find the right place and she's agreeable,

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we probably would live here for our retirement.

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Before Bobby's wife arrives in India, he's keen to find

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an impressive house to show her.

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So, we start at the top, here and go down and then we go downhill,

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like me. All right?

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He's come 20 minutes from the old city to the fast-growing area of

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New Jaipur, where the average rent of a three-bed house,

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is £120 a month.

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Well, look at the scaffolding.

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It's bamboo and it's in a bag of dirt, with rope...

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It's tied together with rope.

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A health and safety officer would have a field day, here.

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He'd have a field day.

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Right. All right, young man, nice to meet you.

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He owns the house.

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You've done it very neat. Not bodged, it's done properly.

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The top-end five bedroom, five bathroom house, also comes

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-with a cinema, gym, Jacuzzi and roof garden.

-The terrace area.

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-This is the kitchen.

-Very good.

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And it even has its own lift, perfect for Bobby's arthritis.

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First floor.

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That's unusual. You've got a glass door on a loo. What happened there?

0:50:220:50:26

Marvellous house. Built...absolutely perfect.

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The floors, the bathrooms, you got loads of bathrooms,

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you've got lifts.

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It's unbelievable.

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It's a lot of house. It's very good.

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It's done very well. It's very good. It's done neat and tidy.

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-It's the best building I've seen.

-Thank you so much.

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It is the best one. How much would it cost to rent a house like this?

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-Rent? 1,000.

-1,000?

-1,000? A month?

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That's not too bad, really.

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Bobby and his wife could rent this house for £650 a month.

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Mate, thank you.

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It's not finally up to me, it's up to my wife, the governor.

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Let's go and live like kings where it's sunny and lovely weather.

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She always said she wanted to retire to somewhere like this

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and she may do it, she may do it.

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With their time in India drawing to a close,

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the hosts at the haveli have organised an elephant ride

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for the group on a family estate three miles outside Jaipur.

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When I was a little boy, I used to come down from the Highlands of Scotland

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to London and go to London Zoo and in those days,

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you used to be able to ride an elephant and a camel.

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Loved to go on an elephant. Look at that! That's great.

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Set up as a nature reserve to protect the local wildlife,

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it's also a space to house elephants that have been

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mistreated by their owners.

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-She must love it, I should think.

-Absolutely loves it.

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I hope the elephant can take my weight.

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-Now, get comfortable, darling.

-Is the elephant all right?

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It's very all right. Is taking a pee. And a pooh-pooh!

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No!

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I can't believe I'm on an elephant!

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I can't believe this.

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This is lovely. Oh, it's wonderful.

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You get closer to nature this way.

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The eight former strangers have now spent three weeks living

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alongside each other, road testing retirement in India.

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I have connected with people here.

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I suppose part of it is the joy of meeting new people.

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Watch the snakes don't jump off that tree, you know.

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There's some really lovely people here,

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but I wouldn't like to go for the rest of my life

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with a load of people.

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God help me, I hope I'm out of it if I ever have to do it.

0:53:270:53:31

-Jan, you and Sylvester look this way.

-Which way is that way?

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When I met my fellow travellers, my initial thought was,

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what have I let myself in for?

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And yet, I actually got on very well.

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They're lovely, every single one of them.

0:53:500:53:53

Thank you. Wow!

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That was fantastic. Never been so high in my life.

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I didn't think it was going to be so relaxing.

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It's like, I can't remember that far back, maybe 70 years,

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when I was in my cot and my mum was rocking me.

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I'm actually feeling incredibly calm

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and I know it's the end of the trip and we've been through some rigorous

0:54:180:54:23

times over here, but this is the icing on the cake, I think.

0:54:230:54:27

Being allowed to come out into nature

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and sit on an elephant's back.

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Bobby's wife, Marie,

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has arrived to explore the possibilities of a home in India.

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-All right, doll?

-Funny seeing you here.

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-Mad, isn't it?

-Have you been all right?

-Yeah.

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You see the cows? Did you see the cows?

0:54:550:54:57

-Yes, I've seen the cows and goats.

-Amazing.

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How have you been coping without me? Have you been taking your tablets?

0:55:010:55:04

-Yes, taking my tablets.

-I can see you are not very...

0:55:040:55:08

-I'm not too bad.

-..tidy.

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-You look like you've lost a bit of weight.

-I don't know.

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-Oh, hello.

-Lovely to see you in the flesh. How was your trip?

0:55:160:55:20

-Yeah, lovely, thanks, yeah.

-What a mess he is, isn't he? Love him.

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-We've really bonded, haven't we?

-Well, not quite.

-Not quite.

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Bobby and Marie are staying on in India, to look at local property.

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I can't believe I'm here.

0:55:390:55:41

-Are you going to miss it?

-Yeah, I will a bit, yeah.

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To say thank you to all the people that have helped them

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feel at home here, the group are throwing a farewell party.

0:55:510:55:54

I seem to have been the first one ready.

0:55:550:55:57

Everybody else is still titifying. Do I mean titifying? I do.

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In India, you've got to bling out.

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-Hello.

-You look gorgeous.

-Thank you.

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I feel all right.

0:56:150:56:17

I know that if I were to come back and spend time here,

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these friendships would grow.

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No doubt about that.

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-This is a gift.

-This is my wife, here.

-Hello.

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-It's lovely to see you.

-And you.

-Absolutely. Heard a lot about you.

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It has been a journey of a lifetime, for us.

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This has been a real inspiration, so, tonight,

0:56:460:56:51

this is what we're trying to give you, to say thank you.

0:56:510:56:54

I'm going to miss India. I'm really going to miss it.

0:56:580:57:01

-I probably won't miss the loos.

-My yoga boy. How are you?

0:57:020:57:07

This whole adventure is absolutely brilliant.

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There will be tears when we leave.

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-I will happily see you in London.

-Yes.

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You're only as good as the people in your country. That's the Indians.

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If you come here as a tourist, you just see the tourist thing,

0:57:230:57:26

but if you come here to live, as we have, then,

0:57:260:57:29

you're given the privilege of really getting down into the community.

0:57:290:57:33

-I want to really knead the top now.

-Yeah. I don't think so somehow.

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Home, they say, is where your heart is.

0:57:440:57:46

India really does feel like home.

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I don't feel sad, because I know I'm coming back.

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There is no doubt I'm back.

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Give the old girl a hug.

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Rosemary? Come along, dear.

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Thank you so much.

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India has done something that I never thought would

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happen in a million years.

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I started to calm down and I'm coming back.

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Thank you so much for all you've done for us.

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I love this country and I would love to come back.

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I have no final words.

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This is an ongoing relationship.

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