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0:00:18 > 0:00:23India - a country bursting with colour and beauty.
0:00:24 > 0:00:27I don't have words for that.
0:00:30 > 0:00:33With year-round warm weather and a low cost of living,
0:00:33 > 0:00:37could it be the perfect place to retire?
0:00:37 > 0:00:42I would love a different way of life, where money might last longer.
0:00:42 > 0:00:43And a wonderful climate.
0:00:43 > 0:00:47I want to have a comfortable old age.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52- Let's go somewhere and live like kings.- Thank you, Majesty.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55Inspired by the film, eight well-known pensioners
0:00:55 > 0:00:59are enjoying a real-life adventure in the city of Jaipur.
0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Ah!- He stole it!
0:01:03 > 0:01:06They've been living together for two weeks in a townhouse
0:01:06 > 0:01:09- in the heart of the old city. - Is this the way to the market, though?
0:01:09 > 0:01:12I don't know! We'll give it a go. Hello!
0:01:12 > 0:01:15- They're starting to settle into life out here...- Oh! Sorry.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19India has grown on me completely. I feel totally at home here.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22..and are beginning to make friends with the locals.
0:01:22 > 0:01:27I think it could be much nicer to retire here than somewhere in Eastbourne!
0:01:27 > 0:01:29With one week left of their Indian adventure...
0:01:31 > 0:01:34- Oh! Hit by a bull!- Madness! - HORNS BEEP
0:01:34 > 0:01:39..will they find a place where they can feel at home on the other side of the world?
0:01:39 > 0:01:44You can't avoid loving this place. Magical!
0:01:44 > 0:01:48MUSIC: Thom Karuvil Irunthom by Shankar Mahadevan
0:01:59 > 0:02:01BIRDS CHIRP
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0:02:05 > 0:02:08It's 5:45am and Jaipur is starting to stir.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15BIRDS CHIRP
0:02:15 > 0:02:17It's like getting up in the middle of the night!
0:02:17 > 0:02:21Dear, oh, dear! I must be crazy!
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Good moaning!
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Not very early!
0:02:25 > 0:02:29I've never done exercises at this time in the morning ever!
0:02:30 > 0:02:33With only a week to go before they leave India, Wayne, Bobby
0:02:33 > 0:02:36and Jan are making the most of the time they have left.
0:02:37 > 0:02:42- It's a bit early, isn't it?- Yes, it's very early, it's fresh now!
0:02:42 > 0:02:46Their guide, Raju, is taking them to the city's Central Park.
0:02:46 > 0:02:50- This is one of the biggest park of Jaipur...- Aha.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54..which opens at 5.30 in the morning
0:02:54 > 0:02:58and the old people come here for jogging, walking, do yoga...
0:02:58 > 0:03:02The park is popular with the older generation, with many making use
0:03:02 > 0:03:06of the cooler morning temperatures for their daily exercise regime.
0:03:06 > 0:03:09You don't see any of them with sticks. None of them look ill.
0:03:09 > 0:03:13They look fit, they look young.
0:03:13 > 0:03:15They're amazing.
0:03:15 > 0:03:17Oh, it's great! It's so active!
0:03:17 > 0:03:19'I'm getting stiffer as I get older.'
0:03:19 > 0:03:22Because at this age, you start to atrophy.
0:03:22 > 0:03:24Your muscles start to...dissolve.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28So, I've got to get them back in gear.
0:03:28 > 0:03:30THEY ALL LAUGH
0:03:30 > 0:03:35Laughing yoga is thought to have started in Jaipur in the 1970s,
0:03:35 > 0:03:39using self-induced laughter to improve wellbeing.
0:03:39 > 0:03:43How weird! It makes me laugh just watching them.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Oh, ha-ha-ha! So...
0:03:45 > 0:03:48THEY ALL LAUGH TOGETHER
0:03:54 > 0:03:58Are you laughing genuinely? Or are you just making the noise of laughing?
0:03:58 > 0:04:03Ha-ha, ha-ha, ha-ha! But then you're not finding things funny?
0:04:03 > 0:04:06- Yes.- It's not funny. - No, not funny. It is... - It's just a process.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09- Process.- It's an exercise for the body.- It's an exercise for the body.
0:04:09 > 0:04:13You begin to laugh in a very mechanical way but then you
0:04:13 > 0:04:16end up sometimes laughing in a very genuine way, looking at each other.
0:04:16 > 0:04:21- This lady hasn't stopped laughing since we arrived! - SHE LAUGHS
0:04:22 > 0:04:25THEY ALL LAUGH
0:04:29 > 0:04:32Ah-ha-ha! Ha-ha! Ha-ha!
0:04:32 > 0:04:35THEY LAUGH TOGETHER
0:04:35 > 0:04:39They are all exercises, believe it or not, for the body.
0:04:39 > 0:04:42For the lungs, for the stomach, for the legs,
0:04:42 > 0:04:46for the head, for the mouth. I mean, it's yoga.
0:04:46 > 0:04:49It's a yoga but they do it through laughter.
0:04:52 > 0:04:57Prolonged laughter is thought to promote wellbeing,
0:04:57 > 0:05:00reducing symptoms of both stress and depression.
0:05:00 > 0:05:03THEY LAUGH AND CLAP
0:05:04 > 0:05:08I enjoy a good laugh and sometimes I laugh so much I cry.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16If I came to live here, I'd join the laughing club.
0:05:16 > 0:05:21I mean, what is it? A laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you're on your own.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25HE LAUGHS
0:05:25 > 0:05:29But there is one member of the group not finding it quite so amusing.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31- Come on, Bobby! - No, you carry on.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34- I laugh when something is funny. - Yeah, exactly.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36WAYNE LAUGHS
0:05:38 > 0:05:42If I went over my local park and sat doing that, they'd think I'm a nutcase!
0:05:42 > 0:05:45I'd be locked up in the afternoon!
0:05:45 > 0:05:48THEY LAUGH
0:05:51 > 0:05:56I'm relaxing much more into Indian society than I thought I ever would.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01When we came back from Agra, I came back to the city
0:06:01 > 0:06:05and I thought, "Oh, we're back home again!"
0:06:07 > 0:06:10And I knew some of the streets. And I knew the walls, the pink walls.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14And I'd been to that bazaar. And I like this city.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17HORN BEEPS
0:06:18 > 0:06:24- Morning!- Good morning! How is everyone?- Morning!- Morning!
0:06:26 > 0:06:29- Did you sleep well?- Yes. - I did because I took a pill.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32SHE LAUGHS
0:06:36 > 0:06:41- We went to laughter yoga. Laughing yoga.- What was Bobby like?
0:06:41 > 0:06:45- Bobby said he only came to look. - THEY LAUGH
0:06:46 > 0:06:50It makes me feel great and of course, I've oxygenated my body.
0:06:50 > 0:06:54No, it was great! It really was great.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57And again, all the friendliness.
0:06:57 > 0:07:01It's the gentleness, the love that you feel.
0:07:01 > 0:07:05Even from the people in the street.
0:07:05 > 0:07:08How beautiful! How beautiful!
0:07:08 > 0:07:11'This may sound very strange.
0:07:12 > 0:07:18'I am feeling more of an integration with the Indians than anyone else.'
0:07:18 > 0:07:19Thank you.
0:07:21 > 0:07:27I can speak two words of Hindi. But I feel very much at home.
0:07:29 > 0:07:34At home in the UK, Jan has lived on her own for the last 12 years.
0:07:35 > 0:07:39I am alone. My mother and my father died last year.
0:07:40 > 0:07:46My son is in Australia. And, just sometimes I feel that aloneness.
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Since meeting Emma, a Brit who lives here as a single woman,
0:07:53 > 0:07:57Jan has been exploring the possibilities of a move to India.
0:07:57 > 0:08:00Now, there's another part to the equation.
0:08:00 > 0:08:05I had never thought about India. But maybe.
0:08:05 > 0:08:08A lot of people do it here, they have homestays...
0:08:08 > 0:08:11With five days of her trip left, Jan has been invited to see Emma's home.
0:08:11 > 0:08:13Because you're kind of living with the family
0:08:13 > 0:08:15but within your own self-contained space.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Emma lives in a flat within a haveli, alongside her landlady,
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- Sangeeta, and her extended family. - This is Sangeeta.
0:08:23 > 0:08:27- Oh, hello!- Namaste!- Namaste! It's lovely to meet you.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30- Come, please come.- Really wonderful.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Now, for someone of my age,
0:08:33 > 0:08:36I would not want to be in an apartment by myself.
0:08:36 > 0:08:39- And you're fully self contained. - I'm completely self contained.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40I have an apartment there.
0:08:40 > 0:08:44So, I'm completely self contained within the building.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47But I think, what I said to you, it's really lovely to be in a building like this as part
0:08:47 > 0:08:50of an Indian family, particularly if you're living here as
0:08:50 > 0:08:53a woman on your own, is that you feel very protected.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55I can always go to Sangeeta for advice.
0:08:55 > 0:08:58You know, if I ever have any problems, she is always there.
0:08:58 > 0:09:02They become a family to you because you get up in the morning and you're
0:09:02 > 0:09:06sitting across having a cup of tea and you join them and you talk.
0:09:06 > 0:09:09You know, an awful lot of this is going in the UK.
0:09:09 > 0:09:14Because people are sort of living behind closed doors. They don't...
0:09:14 > 0:09:16I live in a big house divided into eight flats.
0:09:16 > 0:09:19I really could die and nobody would know.
0:09:19 > 0:09:21I could fall down the stairs and break my neck.
0:09:21 > 0:09:24At least here, you'd know I'd died and you could arrange something!
0:09:24 > 0:09:29I would be barging in your apartment, in and out.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32You would be fed up of seeing me, without knocking!
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Emma's monthly rent for her one-bed apartment is £300.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41With another £35 for a maid and cook.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45- This is absolutely...- Yeah... - It's lovely!
0:09:45 > 0:09:50So, this is almost like a traditional kind of Indian haveli style.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52I thought that would be quite good fun.
0:09:54 > 0:09:57And then the other thing that I've got, which is quite nice,
0:09:57 > 0:10:02- is a huge roof terrace.- Oh!- It's like having a whole other apartment. - Oh!- Yeah.
0:10:02 > 0:10:05- And do you share it with anyone else?- No, no. This is my roof terrace.
0:10:05 > 0:10:07- This is your roof terrace?- Yes.
0:10:09 > 0:10:12If we go over here, we'll have to be a bit careful of this monkey,
0:10:12 > 0:10:14make sure he doesn't follow us or anything.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17But what's quite nice is that you can see
0:10:17 > 0:10:21- the forts on the hill from here. See? Up there.- Oh, yes!
0:10:24 > 0:10:27I am thinking very genuinely,
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I could do three or four months in India.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33'If I were to seriously come here,
0:10:33 > 0:10:36'I would like to do it the way Emma has done it.'
0:10:37 > 0:10:42I don't know, we'd have to start looking for you if you wanted something.
0:10:42 > 0:10:44Well, I would like a Sangeeta.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47- I would like a roof terrace. - Right...
0:10:49 > 0:10:53Meeting people here, who want to embrace me and take me
0:10:53 > 0:11:00into their family circle, that to me is, "Wow, this is a new experience!" It's wonderful.
0:11:07 > 0:11:10Lovely. That's nice.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14- I'm not wearing a bra, so... - Oh, sorry about that!
0:11:17 > 0:11:18Namaste!
0:11:18 > 0:11:21India has started to cast its spell on the group.
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Fascinating, you know? You can walk down a busy road
0:11:32 > 0:11:36and you come across these great big animals. Very placid.
0:11:38 > 0:11:42Not frightened of humans, not frightened of cars. Amazing.
0:11:45 > 0:11:49For Bobby, the idea of retiring here has become a real possibility.
0:11:50 > 0:11:53We're going to do a bit of roaming today and see
0:11:53 > 0:11:56if we can see some property.
0:11:57 > 0:12:00That's an old building, that.
0:12:01 > 0:12:05And when you get a bit old and you got to go up stairs like that, you...
0:12:07 > 0:12:11- I'd be in intensive care if I went up and down there all day! - HE LAUGHS
0:12:13 > 0:12:16All right, mate? How are you? How are you, little one? You all right?
0:12:18 > 0:12:22Eh? What's your name? Oh, you don't like me!
0:12:27 > 0:12:30BUZZ OF TRAFFIC
0:12:32 > 0:12:34Bobby has made an afternoon appointment to meet a local
0:12:34 > 0:12:38estate agent and is rounding up some of the others to come along.
0:12:41 > 0:12:44Now, I'm going to join in on your property expedition.
0:12:44 > 0:12:46Well, if you're going to live over here,
0:12:46 > 0:12:49you want to see what the prices are. What they look like.
0:12:49 > 0:12:53- I don't like anything that looks modern, you know.- No.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56I like Georgian style, that sort of thing, you know?
0:12:56 > 0:12:59- Oh, that's wonderful. - That's what I like.
0:12:59 > 0:13:01Erm, I'll have a tea, can I, please?
0:13:01 > 0:13:05- With sugar.- Sugar in tea.- Stirred to the left. James Bond, see? I'm a cheap James Bond.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09- You're a one, you are! - HE LAUGHS
0:13:09 > 0:13:13Oh, dear! Am I talking better now, do you think?
0:13:13 > 0:13:17- I think your diction's improved. - HE LAUGHS
0:13:17 > 0:13:22With the average price of a three-bed home in Jaipur around £90,000,
0:13:22 > 0:13:26the prospect of buying a property seems worth exploring.
0:13:29 > 0:13:33- Help Miriam out, would you? - I'm so relieved there's a lift!
0:13:33 > 0:13:37Bobby, Miriam, Patti and Wayne have come to see a luxurious
0:13:37 > 0:13:40- gated development eight miles west of the city centre.- Fifth floor.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43Look, here we go.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47'I would like to find out how much property is over there.'
0:13:47 > 0:13:50What's the standard of buildings like?
0:13:50 > 0:13:53See how they do their bricklaying and their floor laying.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58- I'd like to see that. - Oh, here we are! Fifth floor. Hello!
0:13:58 > 0:14:02There isn't a week goes by where I'm not looking at the price of houses.
0:14:02 > 0:14:06And, you know, living somewhere cheap would help me enormously.
0:14:06 > 0:14:09- All right, son?- Lovely to meet you, sir.- Lovely jubbly.
0:14:09 > 0:14:12So, I'm going to show you the flat, a three-bedroom flat.
0:14:12 > 0:14:15And I hope you like it. Please.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18If my partner would follow me to India,
0:14:18 > 0:14:24if she would be prepared to try it, then it's a very possible thing.
0:14:24 > 0:14:29- This is the kitchen?- Yeah. - OK.- That's the kitchen.
0:14:29 > 0:14:31Actually it comes raw.
0:14:31 > 0:14:34- Then you have to furnish it how you want.- We'd buy the shell?
0:14:34 > 0:14:37- Yes. You'd buy the shell.- And then you'd do whatever you like with it.
0:14:37 > 0:14:42- You do whatever you like with it. - I see.- OK.
0:14:42 > 0:14:47- Nice pool.- It's good to see the blue of the pool, isn't it?- Yeah.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51- That's a big selling point. - Yes.- For us!
0:14:51 > 0:14:54That would be a big selling point.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59- What is that building over there? - Ah, that is the clubhouse. - Oh, that's the clubhouse.
0:14:59 > 0:15:04The complex also has tennis courts, a games room, a pool hall and a cafe.
0:15:04 > 0:15:07What does this cost, as it is, as a shell?
0:15:26 > 0:15:31- Wow!- A-ha! Yes, we went to laughing school. Ha-ha.
0:15:31 > 0:15:34THEY LAUGH
0:15:34 > 0:15:38The government, says, it's for our people.
0:15:38 > 0:15:39- OK.- How much is it to rent?
0:15:44 > 0:15:46Right.
0:15:46 > 0:15:50I could quite easily manage that and maybe that would be the best
0:15:50 > 0:15:53thing to do, because then, if you got fed up with it,
0:15:53 > 0:15:55you could go to another part of India.
0:15:55 > 0:15:58But Bobby is less impressed.
0:15:58 > 0:16:01The tap's on the piss, look.
0:16:01 > 0:16:02Know what I mean?
0:16:02 > 0:16:06See, the tap isn't even straight. Oh, dear, oh, dear, oh, dear.
0:16:07 > 0:16:10The thing that's disappointing is you can't buy a place here.
0:16:10 > 0:16:13You have to have an Indian on the deeds with you
0:16:13 > 0:16:15and I wouldn't like that. No way.
0:16:17 > 0:16:19But you could live quite comfortable,
0:16:19 > 0:16:21if you find the right place to rent.
0:16:32 > 0:16:35Wayne has settled into the rhythm of Indian life
0:16:35 > 0:16:38and now enjoys navigating the streets of downtown Jaipur.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44Havoc on the roads, cows everywhere.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50And everybody with just a bright smile on their face.
0:16:52 > 0:16:53Hello.
0:16:55 > 0:16:59I'm learning, yet again, via the local people,
0:16:59 > 0:17:05the feeling of happiness, serenity, relaxation.
0:17:08 > 0:17:10It's all part of a spiritual awakening.
0:17:12 > 0:17:15Before he came to India, Wayne underwent surgery for cancer.
0:17:17 > 0:17:19I did have a bit of a scare earlier in the year
0:17:19 > 0:17:24and when you've had a bit of a scare, it makes you reflect more.
0:17:26 > 0:17:27Hi, how are you?
0:17:27 > 0:17:30I've always felt the spiritual feeling inside of me,
0:17:30 > 0:17:35but I've never nurtured it and I don't want it to be gone
0:17:35 > 0:17:39and it be too late for me to realise, if it's there.
0:17:40 > 0:17:44Wayne isn't the only one who's discovered their spiritual side.
0:17:48 > 0:17:52Meditation, I think, has now been my big thing.
0:17:52 > 0:17:53This is a wonderful feeling.
0:17:53 > 0:17:57This feeling of, almost like serenity,
0:17:57 > 0:17:59and this I have to transfer to when I go home.
0:18:01 > 0:18:04Rosemary has taken up meditation at a local ashram
0:18:04 > 0:18:08and Wayne has decided to join her.
0:18:08 > 0:18:10He's never done meditation.
0:18:10 > 0:18:14I don't know about meditation. I don't know if I can meditate.
0:18:16 > 0:18:21- Just be here and now.- Thank you. - Nothing else.- Thank you.
0:18:21 > 0:18:23CHANTING
0:18:25 > 0:18:32- Hari om.- Hari om, meaning? - Meaning the God is the om.
0:18:32 > 0:18:34Hare Krishna.
0:18:34 > 0:18:41No, Hari means om. Om is the first sound in the universe.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43From the sound, coming everything.
0:18:50 > 0:18:54The popularity of meditation is growing rapidly in the UK
0:18:54 > 0:18:57and is believed to significantly help high blood pressure,
0:18:57 > 0:19:00as well as boost the immune system.
0:19:00 > 0:19:05You chant one mantra.
0:19:06 > 0:19:10SHE CHANTS
0:19:10 > 0:19:14Inner calmness is reached through the repetition of a mantra,
0:19:14 > 0:19:17a sound or simply regular breathing.
0:19:17 > 0:19:18Wrap your palms.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24Massage your eyes and face.
0:19:28 > 0:19:32Thank you so much. That's relaxed... That's relaxed me.
0:19:34 > 0:19:38- This is why I'm in India. - Yeah.- To find something.- Yes.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44The meditation was the most significant point, for me.
0:19:45 > 0:19:48It relaxed me so much.
0:19:48 > 0:19:52When you receive something as holy as that, like meditation
0:19:52 > 0:20:00and seeing their complete dedication to it, it makes you humbled.
0:20:09 > 0:20:15Look! One, two, three, four, five, six...
0:20:17 > 0:20:20Seven, eight. Look at this.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23- Where did that one come from? - Look at that one, there.
0:20:23 > 0:20:27- That's beautiful.- It's just come up. - Look at those purple ones.- I know.
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- Don't you think this is wonderful? - Look at that.
0:20:31 > 0:20:35Look how big the sun is. You can see the bottom part as it goes down.
0:20:35 > 0:20:37Here we go.
0:20:45 > 0:20:50- Oh, I like this.- Allow me to take you to your carriage.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54The group have settled into local life, but before they go,
0:20:54 > 0:20:59there's a side to India the artists of the group are keen to explore.
0:20:59 > 0:21:05I don't know enough about the culture. I just don't know about it.
0:21:05 > 0:21:09Their hosts have arranged for a local tut-tut driver, Dinesh,
0:21:09 > 0:21:13to show the group the traditional cultural heart of Jaipur.
0:21:13 > 0:21:14Right.
0:21:20 > 0:21:22One of the things that would delight me,
0:21:22 > 0:21:27is to be taught about the music and the dance of India.
0:21:29 > 0:21:32I don't know what we're going to be looking at.
0:21:32 > 0:21:35- I don't see much culture here, at the moment.- We follow you?- Yeah.
0:21:38 > 0:21:41Kotputli slums, south of the city centre, is home
0:21:41 > 0:21:43to around 5,000 people.
0:21:43 > 0:21:46Look at the houses up there, Miriam. Right above.
0:21:46 > 0:21:49How close they are set together.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51You're like the Pied Piper.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53I've never been with so many children.
0:21:53 > 0:21:56I'm not great with children.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59I'm taller than a couple of them.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01They've got their own streets and everything.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04- It's like a village, isn't it?- It is.
0:22:04 > 0:22:06Behind every doorway is a family.
0:22:06 > 0:22:10A community of acrobats, musicians, snake charmers
0:22:10 > 0:22:13and puppeteers, have lived here for generations,
0:22:13 > 0:22:18- including 23-year-old Dinesh and his family.- You live here?- Yes.
0:22:18 > 0:22:21- He lives here.- It's a slum and is the most artistic place in Jaipur.
0:22:21 > 0:22:25People in Jaipur, if they need any concert, they come here.
0:22:25 > 0:22:31- Are you a puppeteer?- Yes. I am a puppeteer.- I'd like to see it.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36- I'd like that.- Wonderful.
0:22:36 > 0:22:39Small shops, we have. Where we get flour, sugar.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41- We go in here?- Yes.- Thank you.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Like many of the slum community, Dinesh and his family
0:22:46 > 0:22:50survive by making and selling puppet souvenirs for tourists.
0:22:50 > 0:22:53- They are very beautiful, aren't they?- Aren't they lovely.
0:22:53 > 0:22:57- They are the kings of India. - The kings of India?- Yes.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59- Who carves them?- Me, my father.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Really? You carved all these? Wow.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Then my sister painted, like this.
0:23:05 > 0:23:10- How many people live in this house? - 13.- 13?- Yes.
0:23:10 > 0:23:14- They must all get on very well. - Or not.- Or not!
0:23:15 > 0:23:19- May I try with that one, please?- OK?
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Put it back, this string and keep this, like this.
0:23:23 > 0:23:26Keep it tight like this.
0:23:26 > 0:23:31It's not easy. It's not easy.
0:23:31 > 0:23:34MUSIC PLAYS
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Wow!
0:23:41 > 0:23:43Bravo. It makes you want to dance.
0:23:45 > 0:23:50India has got thousands and thousands of years of culture.
0:23:50 > 0:23:55The art, the music, the theatre, so much expression.
0:23:55 > 0:23:59MUSIC PLAYS
0:24:07 > 0:24:11How do you feel about living here? Do you want to get out or...?
0:24:11 > 0:24:16- I love this place.- You love this place? This is home.- Yeah.
0:24:16 > 0:24:19So, you don't envy people who have money?
0:24:19 > 0:24:22Do you think, oh, I wish I could have that?
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Sometimes if there is trouble, problems with families,
0:24:26 > 0:24:27money and stuff, yes.
0:24:27 > 0:24:31But, mostly, we are happy with our life.
0:24:31 > 0:24:32Fantastic.
0:24:33 > 0:24:39Would you like a pen? Yes? There we are. Isn't that nice?
0:24:39 > 0:24:44- You want a pen?- Thank you.
0:24:48 > 0:24:52Those people were just great. I've fallen in love with them.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02No, don't help me, don't help me, I'm going to do this.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Despite having a house full of staff, chef, Rosemary,
0:25:05 > 0:25:09has been keen to get involved in the kitchen during their stay.
0:25:09 > 0:25:13- Have I got it?- More or less.
0:25:13 > 0:25:16My problem is, I can't afford to slow down. I have to keep going.
0:25:18 > 0:25:22I can never see me giving up work completely, whether I just write
0:25:22 > 0:25:26or whatever I do, I'll always work until the day I die, I will work.
0:25:28 > 0:25:31- You're supposed to keep it like this.- Oh, sorry.
0:25:31 > 0:25:34If Rosemary was to spend her golden years here,
0:25:34 > 0:25:38India would have to offer her more than just sunshine and cheap living.
0:25:38 > 0:25:43If I was to ever consider to retire here, I would definitely get
0:25:43 > 0:25:47some sort of a job or start a cafe or do something like that.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50I'm learning, I have to come here,
0:25:50 > 0:25:52I have to come and learn how to cook.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55I have to start my career all over again.
0:25:55 > 0:25:57Well, to learn new things, you have to.
0:25:57 > 0:25:59That's what it's all about, isn't it?
0:25:59 > 0:26:03After my retirement, I'm learning how to run this place.
0:26:03 > 0:26:07So, say if I was to retire here, I could easily open up a little cafe.
0:26:07 > 0:26:11- You could, you could.- Because there are people doing it already.
0:26:11 > 0:26:12There are people doing it already.
0:26:12 > 0:26:17Now, you see all around Jaipur, people of our age,
0:26:17 > 0:26:19after retirement, have opened up places like this
0:26:19 > 0:26:23because children are not with us, the house is there
0:26:23 > 0:26:26so there is never an end to getting business.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28People are doing it.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31And that, to me, is what it should be like.
0:26:31 > 0:26:35- Age comes, but, you know, it's acceptable.- I don't think...
0:26:35 > 0:26:37I'm not old. As long as you've got your health.
0:26:37 > 0:26:41You have no medical problems, I think everybody is young.
0:26:41 > 0:26:43Yes, I'll see you later. Thank you for helping me.
0:26:43 > 0:26:46- Thank you for letting me practice. - Bye-bye.- That was brilliant.
0:26:46 > 0:26:49They don't look at old people in the same way here.
0:26:49 > 0:26:52When you get to 65, you've got to retire.
0:26:52 > 0:26:54Well, it doesn't work like that here.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57And I think that's a good thing.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11With around 100 rupees to the pound, the group have found
0:27:11 > 0:27:14that their money goes a lot further here than in the UK.
0:27:16 > 0:27:19Something Miriam wants to take advantage of before she leaves.
0:27:21 > 0:27:22Ah, here we are.
0:27:23 > 0:27:27I've come to an optician to order some glasses,
0:27:27 > 0:27:30because I believe that they will be of good quality...
0:27:30 > 0:27:32Hello, good afternoon.
0:27:32 > 0:27:35..and they'll be cheaper than I can get at the optician that
0:27:35 > 0:27:37I use in England.
0:27:37 > 0:27:40Can I have your prescription, previous prescription,
0:27:40 > 0:27:42so I can get an idea?
0:27:42 > 0:27:45You know, things like finances are very important.
0:27:45 > 0:27:48How much money does it cost?
0:27:48 > 0:27:53I want to have a comfortable old age and the fact that India is much
0:27:53 > 0:28:00cheaper to live in than England is a big factor in retiring here.
0:28:00 > 0:28:06I've got a fat face, so I need big glasses.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08I am also fat.
0:28:08 > 0:28:11No, you're not, not like me.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13What price are these?
0:28:13 > 0:28:16- These of for only 800 rupees. - And how much is that?
0:28:16 > 0:28:19Er, £8.
0:28:20 > 0:28:23£8.
0:28:25 > 0:28:29Movie star, Miriam, has attracted the attention of the manager.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- I have seen you somewhere. - I'm an actress.
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Yes, I've seen you in Harry Potter.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40That's right. I'm very impressed.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43- Every customer is important for me. - Exactly.
0:28:44 > 0:28:48He's keen to show her his flagship range.
0:28:48 > 0:28:50This is the finest quality of titanium.
0:28:50 > 0:28:52This is Z-titanium.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57At the moment, it is 100% unbreakable.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59Even if you sit on them, the lens will not break.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01- If I sit on them?- No problem.
0:29:01 > 0:29:05Wow! That's got to be strong.
0:29:05 > 0:29:09- And how much is that one? - That is expensive.
0:29:09 > 0:29:11- £215.- No, I'm not having that.
0:29:13 > 0:29:16You see, I know quickly what I like and what I don't like.
0:29:16 > 0:29:19Yes, definitely.
0:29:20 > 0:29:25Maybe they like Harry Potter. It's OK, no charge.
0:29:27 > 0:29:30- Can I do it on a card? - I don't have a machine, right now.
0:29:30 > 0:29:35- My machine has been spoiled by rats. - By rats?- Yeah.- OK.
0:29:36 > 0:29:39I've spent a lot more money than I expected,
0:29:39 > 0:29:44but I've got a lot for it, which is excellent.
0:29:52 > 0:29:57Across town, Jan has come with Emma and her landlady, Sangeeta,
0:29:57 > 0:29:59to see an apartment for rent.
0:29:59 > 0:30:04- So it's a huge haveli? - Yes, huge compartment.
0:30:04 > 0:30:07So, you are renovating the whole place at the moment? Yes.
0:30:07 > 0:30:10Hidden behind the central bazaar, the apartment is
0:30:10 > 0:30:13part of a large haveli owned by Sangeeta's brother.
0:30:14 > 0:30:21Emma is delightful and Sangeeta was so willing to help
0:30:21 > 0:30:24and when I said, "Well, it's all right, you've helped Emma,"
0:30:24 > 0:30:26who lives in this wonderful situation with her own
0:30:26 > 0:30:30apartment in the haveli, which is the family home,
0:30:30 > 0:30:33but they are there when she wants to open her door.
0:30:34 > 0:30:37- This is all part of the apartment? - Yes.
0:30:38 > 0:30:41I'm showing you the old city, haveli apartments,
0:30:41 > 0:30:45which families have created for the foreigners to stay
0:30:45 > 0:30:47and get the feel of the old city.
0:30:50 > 0:30:53I couldn't believe it when we walked in and suddenly,
0:30:53 > 0:30:56- this whole, sort of... - Hustle, bustle.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00- From here, it's like an oasis. - It's amazing.
0:31:00 > 0:31:04- Oh! Oh!- All yours.
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Grandfather, grandmother and my great-grandfather.- Oh!
0:31:13 > 0:31:16It's absolutely lovely.
0:31:16 > 0:31:18It's wonderful.
0:31:19 > 0:31:24I came here and walked into this, sort of, palace
0:31:24 > 0:31:29and the beauty of this place, is the family run it.
0:31:29 > 0:31:32If I were here for four months every year, I haven't got
0:31:32 > 0:31:37the slightest doubt that I would be swept up and part of the family.
0:31:37 > 0:31:38It is lovely.
0:31:40 > 0:31:43Jan could rent this luxury apartment for part of the year,
0:31:43 > 0:31:47for £500 a month, for a short-term let.
0:31:47 > 0:31:50I always wanted an extended family.
0:31:50 > 0:31:52I always wanted more than one child.
0:31:52 > 0:31:54None of my wishes were granted.
0:31:56 > 0:32:00My son now lives in Australia and I just don't have an extended family,
0:32:00 > 0:32:04so why shouldn't I have an Indian one?
0:32:04 > 0:32:06It would suit them because they'd have a long let.
0:32:06 > 0:32:10It would suit me because I'd only have to pay rent for four months
0:32:10 > 0:32:14and I'd be like a maharani.
0:32:22 > 0:32:25Ah, Notting Hill, it's Notting Hill Carnival.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33The group are out to celebrate one of the biggest
0:32:33 > 0:32:36nights in the year in Jaipur.
0:32:36 > 0:32:38- Which way?- Er, that way.
0:32:38 > 0:32:43- Any way,- any way. Any way. - This is all for you today.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48It's the Festival of Ganesh Chaturthi,
0:32:48 > 0:32:51one of the most important dates in the Hindu calendar, which
0:32:51 > 0:32:54celebrates the elephant-headed god's birthday.
0:32:54 > 0:33:01I love all the colour, culture, noise... Er...
0:33:01 > 0:33:04and vibrancy.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- Elephant!- Elephant!
0:33:09 > 0:33:12The group's guide, Raju, has taken Jan, Sylvester
0:33:12 > 0:33:16and Roy into the thick of the procession.
0:33:16 > 0:33:22- An elephant is walking on the street like this, openly.- It's beautiful.
0:33:22 > 0:33:25- One by one, you can look here. - There we are.
0:33:30 > 0:33:36It's not very often you can take a selfie with an elephant, nowadays.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38It's just amazing.
0:33:38 > 0:33:42Anyone who'd be bored here, there's something wrong with them.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45A mile ahead of the procession,
0:33:45 > 0:33:48locals are acting out the story of Ganesh through dance.
0:33:52 > 0:33:54Rosemary and Wayne have been invited to join in.
0:33:57 > 0:34:00I've been dancing with all the guys on the stage, there.
0:34:00 > 0:34:06They gave me this lovely scarf. I think it must represent Ganesh.
0:34:06 > 0:34:08These colours mean something quite different in London.
0:34:08 > 0:34:13I think it's more like the gay flag, but never mind all that.
0:34:13 > 0:34:14Yes. Yes, OK.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24I've never ridden a horse in my life and, suddenly, I got up.
0:34:24 > 0:34:28Oh, there she is! Brilliant.
0:34:28 > 0:34:30And it was incredible.
0:34:30 > 0:34:35Where are they? Come up the stairs.
0:34:35 > 0:34:36Oh, look at the elephants.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43- Look at you!- It was absolutely...
0:34:44 > 0:34:47She was on the most gorgeous horse.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Sounds amazing.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Wow!
0:35:22 > 0:35:26It's 6am and peace has returned to the city.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35Well, this is what I usually do when I wake up here in India,
0:35:35 > 0:35:38almost every morning.
0:35:38 > 0:35:40I wake up about 5:30am.
0:35:42 > 0:35:45The sun comes up about 6.30,
0:35:45 > 0:35:50but what's great is just to see a city content.
0:35:50 > 0:35:51Simple life.
0:35:54 > 0:36:00This is the best moment to contemplate life, death...
0:36:02 > 0:36:04..being well in yourself.
0:36:08 > 0:36:09And this is what India offers me,
0:36:09 > 0:36:15which I can't get anywhere else, which is spirituality.
0:36:15 > 0:36:19- Rosemary! All aboard.- Thank you.
0:36:24 > 0:36:28After nearly a month soaking up all Jaipur has to offer, today,
0:36:28 > 0:36:32the group are making a pilgrimage to the spiritual heart of India.
0:36:34 > 0:36:35We're going to Varanasi.
0:36:38 > 0:36:40We're going to see some exceptional sights,
0:36:40 > 0:36:42because that's the spiritual capital.
0:36:43 > 0:36:47- That is the burial ground, isn't it?- It is.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51I'm very keen to find my spiritual side.
0:36:53 > 0:36:58I'm quite a spiritual person, really. I've got a lot there.
0:36:59 > 0:37:03Anybody who goes to India and isn't interested in Indian religions
0:37:03 > 0:37:04is a muffin.
0:37:04 > 0:37:07I'm fascinated by Indian religion,
0:37:07 > 0:37:13so, I will not flinch from a spiritual adventure.
0:37:18 > 0:37:21The group are travelling 500 miles east to one of the holiest
0:37:21 > 0:37:24cities in the Hindu world, Varanasi.
0:37:28 > 0:37:32The city is situated on the banks of the vast River Ganges, which
0:37:32 > 0:37:35runs from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Bay of Bengal.
0:37:39 > 0:37:42Over five million people visit the city each year,
0:37:42 > 0:37:46which attracts religious pilgrims and tourists alike.
0:37:46 > 0:37:49I'll give you a piggy back down next time, if you want.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51- That would be good, wouldn't it?- It would.
0:37:53 > 0:37:57Many flock to Varanasi to spend their final days,
0:37:57 > 0:37:59as it's believed that by dying here,
0:37:59 > 0:38:03they will break the cycle of reincarnation and achieve salvation.
0:38:07 > 0:38:10But the city is very different to Jaipur.
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Its narrow streets are packed with people
0:38:12 > 0:38:14and the humidity is much higher.
0:38:16 > 0:38:17So hot!
0:38:19 > 0:38:20It's the dust.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24It's getting to me and I don't really want to breathe in
0:38:24 > 0:38:26the smoke or smell.
0:38:26 > 0:38:28Coming through.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34Wayne, Jan, Patti and Roy have booked a local guide to
0:38:34 > 0:38:37show them around the city on foot.
0:38:37 > 0:38:39Hello, come. What's your name?
0:38:39 > 0:38:45- Nomi.- Nomi, nice to meet you. - Oh, hit by a bull!
0:38:45 > 0:38:48- Right, they have the right of way. - Yes, they do.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51So, what is this area, anyway?
0:38:57 > 0:39:00Around 30,000 Hindus have their bodies cremated on the banks
0:39:00 > 0:39:05of the Ganges every year, in the hope their soul will reach nirvana.
0:39:26 > 0:39:29But it's a shock for one of the group.
0:39:29 > 0:39:32JAN SNIFFS
0:39:33 > 0:39:37A lot of her family have departed, very recently, and who wants to
0:39:37 > 0:39:41be reminded of it by seeing dead bodies pass by you in the street.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- Take her somewhere else. - Let's go up this way, then.
0:39:44 > 0:39:47No, I don't think we can go... Can we go that way?
0:39:47 > 0:39:50- Yes, we're going this way. - OK, let's go. Thank you.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53It gave me the shivers, actually,
0:39:53 > 0:39:57to think there was a dead person going by me in the street.
0:39:57 > 0:40:00Just with a cloth over the top of it.
0:40:00 > 0:40:04It was about to be burnt, which we do traditionally in our country,
0:40:04 > 0:40:08but it's never so familiar as that.
0:40:08 > 0:40:12There's always a box that they're in or something,
0:40:12 > 0:40:15and their ashes are put in the Ganges here and will go to
0:40:15 > 0:40:21nirvana, because this is the place where heaven meets Earth.
0:40:26 > 0:40:30The Ganges is the lifeblood of Varanasi.
0:40:30 > 0:40:32With steps down to the water known as ghats,
0:40:32 > 0:40:34running the length of the city.
0:40:36 > 0:40:40As well as cremations, the sacred river is used for drinking
0:40:40 > 0:40:44and bathing by pilgrims who believe it will wash away their sins.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Miriam, Rosemary, Sylvester
0:40:47 > 0:40:51and Bobby, are taking a closer look with their guide, Papu.
0:40:55 > 0:40:57So, now we are burning.
0:40:57 > 0:41:00On the ground, they are putting some wood already
0:41:00 > 0:41:02and they put the body inside.
0:41:02 > 0:41:06You can see the white colour, is like a leg is going out.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- Is that one being burnt already? - Yeah.- Is that flames?
0:41:09 > 0:41:13- It is the second burning. - That's another burning?- Yeah.
0:41:13 > 0:41:15Now, you know when you get burnt, the bodies get burnt?
0:41:15 > 0:41:18I know it sounds really bad, but how long does it take,
0:41:18 > 0:41:20a body, to completely burn?
0:41:20 > 0:41:22An hour, two hours?
0:41:23 > 0:41:27Somebody, like, it is taking three hour to four hour
0:41:27 > 0:41:31and is dependent on wind also and the quality of wood
0:41:31 > 0:41:33is much dry or not.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36I mean, I'm going to be cremated and for us,
0:41:36 > 0:41:40we're just put into a box and we're just put into a thing
0:41:40 > 0:41:42and gas and cremated.
0:41:42 > 0:41:44Would you be 180 degrees or...
0:41:44 > 0:41:47Which is your favourite kind of cooking?
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Shut up!
0:41:50 > 0:41:53I'm just going to go like that.
0:41:53 > 0:41:57You know, you have a heart attack or something, I just want to go.
0:41:57 > 0:41:59I'd love to go on the job, you know,
0:41:59 > 0:42:02when I'm doing my cooking or something. Love to just go.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06Or just say, I'm going for a nap and just go.
0:42:08 > 0:42:12I think there's something rather peaceful, being cremated on a river.
0:42:12 > 0:42:15- Yeah.- I really do. - I don't want to be burnt.
0:42:15 > 0:42:17I don't want to die, as it happens.
0:42:17 > 0:42:19Are you scared of dying?
0:42:19 > 0:42:21No, I ain't, because I'm not going to.
0:42:24 > 0:42:27My dad, when he died, he was watching Ken Dodd.
0:42:27 > 0:42:30Laughing his head off and he died. What a way to go.
0:42:30 > 0:42:34But you don't really die, your genes carry on, so you're always there.
0:42:35 > 0:42:39My boys have got my genes in, my grandson
0:42:39 > 0:42:41and so you don't really die, you just carry it on.
0:42:44 > 0:42:45Will you be cremated here?
0:42:45 > 0:42:49I don't think about that, because I can see to other.
0:42:49 > 0:42:54I'm not going to see to me and I just want to be alive.
0:42:54 > 0:42:56- I feel the same way.- Very good.
0:42:56 > 0:42:59- I feel the same way. - You stay alive, young man.
0:43:00 > 0:43:06Death is something that you have to face and as I approach it,
0:43:06 > 0:43:09as I get older, of course, it's nearer and nearer.
0:43:10 > 0:43:11Am I frightened of it?
0:43:11 > 0:43:15Yes, I'm terrified of it and there's no point
0:43:15 > 0:43:21in pretending that it isn't going to happen, but I hope to go towards it,
0:43:21 > 0:43:24bravely and elegantly, even.
0:43:26 > 0:43:30I've never been elegant. Maybe I can die elegantly.
0:43:30 > 0:43:33That would be something to hope for.
0:43:38 > 0:43:42The Hindu religion views death not as an end, but as a transformation.
0:43:47 > 0:43:51100 metres from the Ganges, hidden behind a busy street, there's
0:43:51 > 0:43:56a special ashram, where pilgrims can stay during their final days.
0:43:58 > 0:44:01Families stay with their loved ones until their final moment with
0:44:01 > 0:44:04prayers and music performed to comfort them.
0:44:16 > 0:44:19There is no disease. There is no problem.
0:44:19 > 0:44:22He is the son, OK?
0:44:22 > 0:44:25And then wife. They are all family together.
0:44:25 > 0:44:27They came here to leave his body here.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30You've given up the life and you're waiting to go on?
0:44:37 > 0:44:38Thank you.
0:44:38 > 0:44:42Would it be normal, first of all, to go to hospital, to try
0:44:42 > 0:44:46- and have medication or no?- Yes.- Do that first.- Yes, that you are doing.
0:44:46 > 0:44:48There is pain.
0:44:49 > 0:44:53You have pain, we have the things but if somebody just want to die...
0:44:53 > 0:44:57- I see. It's their choice. - This choice.
0:44:57 > 0:45:00If you've got your family around you, you're lying on the bed
0:45:00 > 0:45:06and you have chosen to die, it's your choice and your family
0:45:06 > 0:45:09are there to support you in it. I would like that.
0:45:14 > 0:45:19I never thought I could face somebody dying like that.
0:45:19 > 0:45:20But all the family were around them.
0:45:20 > 0:45:24They were even smiling, as if this is their way and it is their way.
0:45:24 > 0:45:27This is part of their culture and part of their way
0:45:27 > 0:45:30and it's a very peaceful situation
0:45:30 > 0:45:34and the whole family will stay with them right to the end.
0:45:34 > 0:45:36And, in a way, that's wonderful for them
0:45:36 > 0:45:39to feel surrounded by the people who love them.
0:45:47 > 0:45:51The group have come to a Hindu ceremony called an aarti,
0:45:51 > 0:45:53which takes place each morning
0:45:53 > 0:45:57and evening on the river bank, to pay respects to the sacred Ganges.
0:45:59 > 0:46:02Hindus believe that the river is personified by a goddess known
0:46:02 > 0:46:07as Ganga, with the aarti ceremony making her an offering of fire.
0:46:13 > 0:46:17We have to put a candle on the river over there.
0:46:17 > 0:46:21Oh, they're going down to the river.
0:46:21 > 0:46:22Mind the gap.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32It is said mother Ganga will purify your loved one's soul,
0:46:32 > 0:46:35if you place a lit candle in the water in their memory
0:46:35 > 0:46:36and say a prayer.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54MUSIC PLAYS
0:46:58 > 0:47:01Roy has been a widower for 26 years.
0:47:03 > 0:47:05I always light a candle for my late wife,
0:47:05 > 0:47:09no matter what country I'm in, no matter what church I'm in.
0:47:09 > 0:47:12She's always in my thoughts, you know, my childhood sweetheart.
0:47:12 > 0:47:18She never goes far away and a ceremony like this,
0:47:18 > 0:47:20sort of, brings that all to the fore.
0:47:22 > 0:47:24I felt uplifted by Varanasi.
0:47:24 > 0:47:31Spiritually, health-wise, in myself, but I feel better
0:47:31 > 0:47:36for having witnessed a very personal thing and a very grieving thing.
0:47:36 > 0:47:38They don't see it as that.
0:47:38 > 0:47:41They see it as the beginning of their spiritual life
0:47:41 > 0:47:43and, of course, there will be mourning,
0:47:43 > 0:47:47but they treat it like an everyday occurrence.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49Well, it is. Life, then death.
0:48:04 > 0:48:10- Home sweet home.- Oh! I keep thinking there's more steps.
0:48:10 > 0:48:13Back in Jaipur, the group only have a few days left
0:48:13 > 0:48:15of their Indian adventure.
0:48:15 > 0:48:19- Look at that bird, look. - Oh, that's beautiful, isn't it?
0:48:19 > 0:48:24Wow! All the wildlife is fantastic.
0:48:24 > 0:48:26That would be another reason to stay.
0:48:28 > 0:48:32I've been here three weeks, near enough, and I could live here.
0:48:34 > 0:48:38My wife is coming out to have a look, see what India is like,
0:48:38 > 0:48:43see properties, so, I'm going to stay for an extra ten days
0:48:43 > 0:48:46and if we find the right place and she's agreeable,
0:48:46 > 0:48:49we probably would live here for our retirement.
0:48:53 > 0:48:56Before Bobby's wife arrives in India, he's keen to find
0:48:56 > 0:48:58an impressive house to show her.
0:49:01 > 0:49:06So, we start at the top, here and go down and then we go downhill,
0:49:06 > 0:49:09like me. All right?
0:49:10 > 0:49:14He's come 20 minutes from the old city to the fast-growing area of
0:49:14 > 0:49:18New Jaipur, where the average rent of a three-bed house,
0:49:18 > 0:49:19is £120 a month.
0:49:21 > 0:49:23Well, look at the scaffolding.
0:49:23 > 0:49:31It's bamboo and it's in a bag of dirt, with rope...
0:49:31 > 0:49:33It's tied together with rope.
0:49:37 > 0:49:41A health and safety officer would have a field day, here.
0:49:41 > 0:49:42He'd have a field day.
0:49:45 > 0:49:48Right. All right, young man, nice to meet you.
0:49:48 > 0:49:50He owns the house.
0:49:53 > 0:49:57You've done it very neat. Not bodged, it's done properly.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02The top-end five bedroom, five bathroom house, also comes
0:50:02 > 0:50:09- with a cinema, gym, Jacuzzi and roof garden.- The terrace area.
0:50:11 > 0:50:13- This is the kitchen.- Very good.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17And it even has its own lift, perfect for Bobby's arthritis.
0:50:17 > 0:50:18First floor.
0:50:22 > 0:50:26That's unusual. You've got a glass door on a loo. What happened there?
0:50:31 > 0:50:34Marvellous house. Built...absolutely perfect.
0:50:34 > 0:50:37The floors, the bathrooms, you got loads of bathrooms,
0:50:37 > 0:50:40you've got lifts.
0:50:40 > 0:50:42It's unbelievable.
0:50:43 > 0:50:46It's a lot of house. It's very good.
0:50:46 > 0:50:51It's done very well. It's very good. It's done neat and tidy.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54- It's the best building I've seen. - Thank you so much.
0:50:54 > 0:50:58It is the best one. How much would it cost to rent a house like this?
0:50:58 > 0:51:02- Rent? 1,000.- 1,000? - 1,000? A month?
0:51:04 > 0:51:06That's not too bad, really.
0:51:06 > 0:51:11Bobby and his wife could rent this house for £650 a month.
0:51:11 > 0:51:12Mate, thank you.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15It's not finally up to me, it's up to my wife, the governor.
0:51:17 > 0:51:21Let's go and live like kings where it's sunny and lovely weather.
0:51:21 > 0:51:24She always said she wanted to retire to somewhere like this
0:51:24 > 0:51:26and she may do it, she may do it.
0:51:35 > 0:51:38With their time in India drawing to a close,
0:51:38 > 0:51:41the hosts at the haveli have organised an elephant ride
0:51:41 > 0:51:45for the group on a family estate three miles outside Jaipur.
0:51:45 > 0:51:49When I was a little boy, I used to come down from the Highlands of Scotland
0:51:49 > 0:51:51to London and go to London Zoo and in those days,
0:51:51 > 0:51:53you used to be able to ride an elephant and a camel.
0:51:53 > 0:51:58Loved to go on an elephant. Look at that! That's great.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Set up as a nature reserve to protect the local wildlife,
0:52:01 > 0:52:04it's also a space to house elephants that have been
0:52:04 > 0:52:05mistreated by their owners.
0:52:05 > 0:52:11- She must love it, I should think. - Absolutely loves it.
0:52:16 > 0:52:18I hope the elephant can take my weight.
0:52:20 > 0:52:23- Now, get comfortable, darling. - Is the elephant all right?
0:52:23 > 0:52:28It's very all right. Is taking a pee. And a pooh-pooh!
0:52:28 > 0:52:30No!
0:52:30 > 0:52:33I can't believe I'm on an elephant!
0:52:33 > 0:52:36I can't believe this.
0:52:50 > 0:52:55This is lovely. Oh, it's wonderful.
0:52:55 > 0:52:57You get closer to nature this way.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05The eight former strangers have now spent three weeks living
0:53:05 > 0:53:08alongside each other, road testing retirement in India.
0:53:09 > 0:53:12I have connected with people here.
0:53:12 > 0:53:17I suppose part of it is the joy of meeting new people.
0:53:17 > 0:53:20Watch the snakes don't jump off that tree, you know.
0:53:21 > 0:53:24There's some really lovely people here,
0:53:24 > 0:53:26but I wouldn't like to go for the rest of my life
0:53:26 > 0:53:27with a load of people.
0:53:27 > 0:53:31God help me, I hope I'm out of it if I ever have to do it.
0:53:35 > 0:53:40- Jan, you and Sylvester look this way.- Which way is that way?
0:53:40 > 0:53:45When I met my fellow travellers, my initial thought was,
0:53:45 > 0:53:47what have I let myself in for?
0:53:47 > 0:53:50And yet, I actually got on very well.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53They're lovely, every single one of them.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56Thank you. Wow!
0:53:56 > 0:54:00That was fantastic. Never been so high in my life.
0:54:04 > 0:54:07I didn't think it was going to be so relaxing.
0:54:07 > 0:54:10It's like, I can't remember that far back, maybe 70 years,
0:54:10 > 0:54:13when I was in my cot and my mum was rocking me.
0:54:15 > 0:54:18I'm actually feeling incredibly calm
0:54:18 > 0:54:23and I know it's the end of the trip and we've been through some rigorous
0:54:23 > 0:54:27times over here, but this is the icing on the cake, I think.
0:54:27 > 0:54:29Being allowed to come out into nature
0:54:29 > 0:54:31and sit on an elephant's back.
0:54:42 > 0:54:43Bobby's wife, Marie,
0:54:43 > 0:54:47has arrived to explore the possibilities of a home in India.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50- All right, doll? - Funny seeing you here.
0:54:50 > 0:54:54- Mad, isn't it? - Have you been all right?- Yeah.
0:54:55 > 0:54:57You see the cows? Did you see the cows?
0:54:57 > 0:55:01- Yes, I've seen the cows and goats.- Amazing.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04How have you been coping without me? Have you been taking your tablets?
0:55:04 > 0:55:08- Yes, taking my tablets. - I can see you are not very...
0:55:08 > 0:55:11- I'm not too bad.- ..tidy.
0:55:11 > 0:55:15- You look like you've lost a bit of weight.- I don't know.
0:55:16 > 0:55:20- Oh, hello.- Lovely to see you in the flesh. How was your trip?
0:55:20 > 0:55:27- Yeah, lovely, thanks, yeah.- What a mess he is, isn't he? Love him.
0:55:27 > 0:55:31- We've really bonded, haven't we? - Well, not quite.- Not quite.
0:55:34 > 0:55:39Bobby and Marie are staying on in India, to look at local property.
0:55:39 > 0:55:41I can't believe I'm here.
0:55:43 > 0:55:46- Are you going to miss it? - Yeah, I will a bit, yeah.
0:55:48 > 0:55:51To say thank you to all the people that have helped them
0:55:51 > 0:55:54feel at home here, the group are throwing a farewell party.
0:55:55 > 0:55:57I seem to have been the first one ready.
0:55:57 > 0:56:02Everybody else is still titifying. Do I mean titifying? I do.
0:56:04 > 0:56:08In India, you've got to bling out.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15- Hello.- You look gorgeous.- Thank you.
0:56:15 > 0:56:17I feel all right.
0:56:17 > 0:56:20I know that if I were to come back and spend time here,
0:56:20 > 0:56:22these friendships would grow.
0:56:22 > 0:56:23No doubt about that.
0:56:28 > 0:56:32- This is a gift.- This is my wife, here.- Hello.
0:56:32 > 0:56:36- It's lovely to see you.- And you. - Absolutely. Heard a lot about you.
0:56:44 > 0:56:46It has been a journey of a lifetime, for us.
0:56:46 > 0:56:51This has been a real inspiration, so, tonight,
0:56:51 > 0:56:54this is what we're trying to give you, to say thank you.
0:56:58 > 0:57:01I'm going to miss India. I'm really going to miss it.
0:57:02 > 0:57:07- I probably won't miss the loos. - My yoga boy. How are you?
0:57:07 > 0:57:10This whole adventure is absolutely brilliant.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13There will be tears when we leave.
0:57:13 > 0:57:15- I will happily see you in London. - Yes.
0:57:15 > 0:57:19You're only as good as the people in your country. That's the Indians.
0:57:23 > 0:57:26If you come here as a tourist, you just see the tourist thing,
0:57:26 > 0:57:29but if you come here to live, as we have, then,
0:57:29 > 0:57:33you're given the privilege of really getting down into the community.
0:57:33 > 0:57:40- I want to really knead the top now. - Yeah. I don't think so somehow.
0:57:44 > 0:57:46Home, they say, is where your heart is.
0:57:46 > 0:57:48India really does feel like home.
0:57:52 > 0:57:55I don't feel sad, because I know I'm coming back.
0:57:55 > 0:57:56There is no doubt I'm back.
0:57:59 > 0:58:02Give the old girl a hug.
0:58:02 > 0:58:05Rosemary? Come along, dear.
0:58:05 > 0:58:07Thank you so much.
0:58:07 > 0:58:10India has done something that I never thought would
0:58:10 > 0:58:13happen in a million years.
0:58:13 > 0:58:17I started to calm down and I'm coming back.
0:58:18 > 0:58:21Thank you so much for all you've done for us.
0:58:21 > 0:58:24I love this country and I would love to come back.
0:58:27 > 0:58:30I have no final words.
0:58:32 > 0:58:34This is an ongoing relationship.