0:00:17 > 0:00:21Dancing at this time in the morning. How's about that, Wayne?
0:00:21 > 0:00:23They're going to rule the world, I'm telling you.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25- Yes.- They will.
0:00:25 > 0:00:28Where in the world would you choose to spend your golden years?
0:00:33 > 0:00:36How can you not want to see the world?
0:00:36 > 0:00:40We've got to go out, and see what's there, and meet people.
0:00:40 > 0:00:44No way was I going to go somewhere in Cuba with a man I didn't know.
0:00:44 > 0:00:46- You must be joking.- Oh, I would.
0:00:46 > 0:00:49A group of famous pensioners are on a global quest.
0:00:51 > 0:00:53Travelling the world,
0:00:53 > 0:00:55exploring how different countries deal with growing old.
0:00:55 > 0:00:57THEY SCREAM
0:00:57 > 0:01:02I'd like to take something from everywhere we go.
0:01:02 > 0:01:04I think we're getting to the good bit.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06THEY LAUGH
0:01:06 > 0:01:10Having sampled the retirement secrets of China,
0:01:10 > 0:01:11Cuba and Iceland...
0:01:11 > 0:01:14I've gone mad!
0:01:14 > 0:01:18..this time, Paul Nicholas, Sheila Ferguson,
0:01:18 > 0:01:22and Dennis Taylor are being joined by well-known Marigold
0:01:22 > 0:01:25- face Rosemary Schrager.- Hello!
0:01:25 > 0:01:28- I won't make you cry, you lot. - Well, we do love each other.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31- I get on with everybody.- I thought I could talk, but that woman can talk!
0:01:31 > 0:01:35And they're embarking on a completely new Eastern adventure...
0:01:35 > 0:01:39- Food!- ..in the retirement mecca of Thailand.
0:01:39 > 0:01:42- Oh, do we have to? - HE LAUGHS
0:01:43 > 0:01:45Couldn't we just have a cup of tea?
0:01:54 > 0:02:00Thailand - a country of beauty and tradition.
0:02:00 > 0:02:03With a tropical climate and low cost of living,
0:02:03 > 0:02:06could it be the perfect place to grow old?
0:02:09 > 0:02:12- "Paul, Sheila, Rosemary..." - Hello.- Hi.
0:02:13 > 0:02:16- Sawatdee kah.- Hello there. - Sawatdee kah.
0:02:16 > 0:02:19- Nice to meet you.- Thank you, so am I.- Me, Rosemary.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21- My name is Pu.- I'm Paul, how are you?- Pu?- Pu.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23- What's your name?- P-U, Pu.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25- Oh, right.- OK.
0:02:27 > 0:02:32The group have travelled 5,500 miles east to the largest city in northern
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Thailand, Chiang-Mai - the cultural heart of the country.
0:02:36 > 0:02:39- You speak English?- I do.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41Is it quite hot today or is this normal?
0:02:41 > 0:02:45- It is quite normal. - Local taxi drivers Ming and Pu
0:02:45 > 0:02:49are taking them five miles across town to their home stay.
0:02:49 > 0:02:53- My suitcase is very heavy. - That's fine, I am strong man.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55- You want to come in as well? - Yeah, I'll...
0:02:55 > 0:02:57You get in there and I'll get on the other side.
0:02:57 > 0:02:59Get that air conditioning on.
0:02:59 > 0:03:02Ming, we got the air conditioning, Ming, yeah?
0:03:02 > 0:03:04- Yeah.- Oh, Ming, this is great.
0:03:04 > 0:03:07Rosemary, here we go, it's a delight to be with you, by the way.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09Oh, do you know what, it's wonderful.
0:03:09 > 0:03:11- We're both in our whites as well. - HE LAUGHS
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Have you been to Thailand before? Is this your...?
0:03:13 > 0:03:16Do you know, I've never been to Thailand before, but I'm just so excited.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18Ming, I want to hear lots of things from you.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21I know there are a lot of people who retire to Thailand.
0:03:21 > 0:03:23If you are going to retire to a place like that,
0:03:23 > 0:03:26you need to have all sorts of things when you get older in place.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29- I want to know, Ming...- Yeah?
0:03:33 > 0:03:35I don't know a word of Thai. Not one word.
0:03:35 > 0:03:39SHE ATTEMPTS TO SPEAK THAI MING RESPONDS IN THAI
0:03:43 > 0:03:47You're making Ming laugh, let him concentrate on his driving.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49How old are you, Pu?
0:03:49 > 0:03:51Guess.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54- 55?- You are so kind.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I am now 58.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00- It was close. He's a baby. - You're a baby to us.
0:04:00 > 0:04:02- Yes, indeed.- We are very old.
0:04:02 > 0:04:05- We're old.- You don't look old.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08How do the Thai people look after their old people?
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Do they...do they stay with the family or do they go into homes?
0:04:11 > 0:04:14Thai people, normally we have big family.
0:04:14 > 0:04:16The young and old people live together.
0:04:16 > 0:04:19- Good.- I couldn't even imagine living with my children.
0:04:19 > 0:04:24- Well...- I could see the joy in my son-in-laws' faces when I go out the
0:04:24 > 0:04:26door with my suitcases.
0:04:26 > 0:04:28Yeah, but you're not like every mother,
0:04:28 > 0:04:30are you? Let's be honest.
0:04:30 > 0:04:33Famous for its historic temples and shrines,
0:04:33 > 0:04:38Chiang-Mai is popular with elderly Thais and western retirees for its
0:04:38 > 0:04:40laid-back way of life.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42It doesn't seem on first impressions that
0:04:42 > 0:04:46- it's as hustly-bustly as India. - This is more...
0:04:46 > 0:04:47Slightly more chilled, isn't it?
0:04:47 > 0:04:51- Yeah, yeah.- They've all got masks on, I see.
0:04:52 > 0:04:55The group will be staying in the upmarket Wat Ket neighbourhood
0:04:55 > 0:04:57on the edge of the city centre.
0:04:57 > 0:05:01- This is gorgeous. Grand and green. - It's very clean, which is lovely.
0:05:01 > 0:05:04And it's very flower-ful, decorate, decorative.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06I didn't think it would be this cosmopolitan.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Home will be a 19th-century five-bedroomed house.
0:05:10 > 0:05:13Is this it?
0:05:13 > 0:05:14Wow.
0:05:14 > 0:05:17And they'll be staying with two elderly sisters,
0:05:17 > 0:05:2170-year-old Prani and 64-year-old Pranum.
0:05:21 > 0:05:23Prani's daughter, Wassa, lives next door.
0:05:23 > 0:05:26- ALL:- Hello! Sawatdee kah!
0:05:28 > 0:05:31- Nice to see you.- Thank you.- Come in, please.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Come on.
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- You have to take off your shoes. - We take off the shoes?
0:05:36 > 0:05:39- Yes.- No problem. - Take off your shoes, son.
0:05:39 > 0:05:42Come into the kitchen, come to the living room.
0:05:42 > 0:05:44- Wow.- Ooh, beautiful, isn't it? - Great sized kitchen.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46- Fantastic.- This is fabulous. This is great.
0:05:46 > 0:05:48How many, how many rooms do you have?
0:05:48 > 0:05:49- Bedrooms?- Actually, we have five.
0:05:49 > 0:05:52- Five bedrooms?- Have you...have you chosen which rooms we're in?
0:05:52 > 0:05:55- Ladies obviously have first choice. - You guys have to choose.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57- We have to choose?- Yes. Ladies choose.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01- Let's see the bedroom, shall we? - I sense this might be ours.
0:06:01 > 0:06:04- You sense this might be mine. - King bed.- This is fabulous.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07- I love this!- I do too. - THEY LAUGH
0:06:07 > 0:06:09Well, that's the first one. Thank you.
0:06:09 > 0:06:10Shall we see the next one?
0:06:10 > 0:06:13If I find someplace better than England,
0:06:13 > 0:06:18- then I would move there in a nanosecond.- Actually...
0:06:18 > 0:06:21I quite like this. Luggage on one. OK, I'm fine with this.
0:06:21 > 0:06:23Ah! Thought so. OK, it's a deal.
0:06:23 > 0:06:26I'll take that one, you get this one.
0:06:26 > 0:06:30- You can take them up to the double one.- OK.
0:06:30 > 0:06:33I still have to get a whisk to check for snakes.
0:06:33 > 0:06:36Other than that, I think I'm all right.
0:06:36 > 0:06:37It's not a very good lookout, is it?
0:06:37 > 0:06:39It's not very... I need to test this now,
0:06:39 > 0:06:41just to see if it is wide enough.
0:06:41 > 0:06:45Otherwise I'm going to take her bed away from her.
0:06:45 > 0:06:46I'm going to... Hang on, it's...
0:06:48 > 0:06:51That's wide enough. Yeah, that's fine.
0:06:51 > 0:06:53I'm not going to fall off.
0:06:59 > 0:07:01Hello, ladies. What are you making there?
0:07:01 > 0:07:05- We prepare drink for you. - How lovely, thank you.
0:07:05 > 0:07:10Yes, it's called colourful butterfly pea tea drink.
0:07:10 > 0:07:13- It's nice.- Tea, did you say? - Yes.- Oh, it's a tea.
0:07:13 > 0:07:16- Yes.- Oh, lovely. There we are, darling. They've prepared...
0:07:16 > 0:07:20- How are you getting on?- ..prepared us some nice Thai tea.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23- Thai tea.- Iced tea. Yes.- What an amazing colour.
0:07:23 > 0:07:27- Shall we sit down?- That would be lovely.- Please. Thank you.- OK.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29So this is Thai herbs.
0:07:29 > 0:07:32So it's good. If you eat it, it's good for hair.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34- I could do with that.- Oh!
0:07:34 > 0:07:36- You could do with a lot of that. - The thing about...
0:07:36 > 0:07:39the thing about Thai herbs and all these things,
0:07:39 > 0:07:40it's the medicines, you use them with all...
0:07:40 > 0:07:42doing the medicine, that's right.
0:07:42 > 0:07:45And you've lived in this house all your life?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47- For 57?- Since I was...
0:07:47 > 0:07:50- 12.- Since you were 12? OK.- Yes.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53What is the significance of taking your shoes off when you come into a
0:07:53 > 0:07:56house, is that a religious thing or...?
0:07:56 > 0:07:58- Clean.- What's the custom? Clean.
0:07:58 > 0:08:00It's the culture, you see.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03- To clean, and respect the people in the house.- OK.
0:08:03 > 0:08:06- And to relax.- It's a matter of respect.
0:08:06 > 0:08:10Yeah, respect. All our life we live here and we still love Chiang-Mai,
0:08:10 > 0:08:13because the weather, the people,
0:08:13 > 0:08:17and you will feel comfortable when you stay here.
0:08:17 > 0:08:19So you try? And before you drink...
0:08:19 > 0:08:23- Yeah...- You put the lemon.- Squeeze. - Thank you.- Squeeze the lemon.
0:08:23 > 0:08:25- The lime.- Squeeze the lemon.
0:08:25 > 0:08:27It's the most amazing colour, very trendy.
0:08:27 > 0:08:32- You will find some magic will happen.- Magic?
0:08:32 > 0:08:34- Oh, the colour changes, have you seen?- Oh!
0:08:34 > 0:08:37That is so good, though.
0:08:37 > 0:08:39My hair's already growing.
0:08:39 > 0:08:40THEY LAUGH
0:08:46 > 0:08:49- You say in Thai words. - OK. Pla... Hang on...
0:08:49 > 0:08:51- Hang on, my... It's so humid. - Just try.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54This evening, the hosts are making dinner for the group,
0:08:54 > 0:08:57and Rosemary has volunteered to buy the ingredients.
0:08:57 > 0:09:00SHE ATTEMPTS TO SPEAK THAI
0:09:00 > 0:09:03LAUGHTER
0:09:03 > 0:09:06HOSTS CORRECT HER THAI
0:09:06 > 0:09:08- I hope I bring everything back that you want.- Yes.
0:09:08 > 0:09:10- Thank you so...- We're waiting for you.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12Yes, OK, thanks for that. Great confidence here.
0:09:12 > 0:09:16I'm going to be brilliant. Might not have been brilliant earlier,
0:09:16 > 0:09:17but I'm going to be brilliant now.
0:09:20 > 0:09:23OK, that's better. We've been in those clothes for two weeks,
0:09:23 > 0:09:26- it feels like.- It's 4pm and the late summer heat
0:09:26 > 0:09:29means it's a steamy 35 degrees.
0:09:29 > 0:09:33# What will this day be like? #
0:09:33 > 0:09:35It's quite humid now, isn't it?
0:09:35 > 0:09:38- Quite sticky.- Five minutes from the house,
0:09:38 > 0:09:40by the banks of the Ping River,
0:09:40 > 0:09:44is the city's oldest and busiest daily market.
0:09:44 > 0:09:47Wow, this could be a bit tricky.
0:09:47 > 0:09:48Thank you.
0:09:50 > 0:09:53- Just keep walking.- Thank you. - It's huge.
0:09:53 > 0:09:56- I've got my list.- And I need a hat. - OK, well, shall we synchronise
0:09:56 > 0:09:58watches and be back here at a certain time?
0:09:58 > 0:09:59- Shall we go, then? - Yeah, shall we do it?
0:09:59 > 0:10:02- We're looking for snakehead fish. - Well, this is fish, isn't it?
0:10:02 > 0:10:04- Oh, OK.- You sell fish?
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Do you speak English? No.
0:10:08 > 0:10:11SHE SPEAKS THAI
0:10:13 > 0:10:16Keep going. I thought maybe they'd speak a bit more
0:10:16 > 0:10:20English, but that's slightly arrogant of me, I think.
0:10:20 > 0:10:22Oh, God, frog. Or toad.
0:10:22 > 0:10:23And they're alive.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27Seven.
0:10:27 > 0:10:29SHE SPEAKS THAI
0:10:29 > 0:10:30Whoa, no!
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- Is that eels?- Far too much.
0:10:33 > 0:10:34No, no, no, it's fish.
0:10:34 > 0:10:38She's killing them. It's very observant of me.
0:10:38 > 0:10:41I don't like the way they're doing it.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43Do you not...? How else would you like them to be killed?
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Not in a packet like that.
0:10:45 > 0:10:47- Oh.- He's a big bugger.
0:10:49 > 0:10:51How much money?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53SHE SPEAKS THAI
0:10:53 > 0:10:58- 1,000.- 20 quid, I think, more like. - Is it 20?- Yeah.- Is it 20?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00- Yeah.- That's such a good price.
0:11:00 > 0:11:04Hang on, let me say thank you in Thai, I need to say that.
0:11:04 > 0:11:06Oh, yes, here we go. Kob khun.
0:11:10 > 0:11:12- BOTH:- Kob khun.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15- Kob khun, thank you.- Kob khun.
0:11:19 > 0:11:22Oh, did you want a baseball hat? Or a floppy hat?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- Well, it depends.- This place is huge, isn't it?- It's huge.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Lord have mercy. It'll do in a pinch.
0:11:29 > 0:11:3120, 40, 90.
0:11:31 > 0:11:34- Thank you.- Thank you. - Perfect. Have a nice day.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36I'd like to buy a fridge.
0:11:36 > 0:11:40Here the humidity level is very, very high,
0:11:40 > 0:11:43so it's difficult to stop from perspiring.
0:11:43 > 0:11:46- All I need is a wet towel. - THEY LAUGH
0:11:46 > 0:11:50The cost is cheap, but the quality is also cheap. We're spending, like,
0:11:50 > 0:11:53£4 and you can't even do that at Shepherd's Bush market.
0:11:54 > 0:11:58- I rather like walking around the back streets.- Yes.- Don't you?
0:11:58 > 0:12:00- Well, you get the flavour, don't you?- Yeah.
0:12:00 > 0:12:03- Exactly.- I want some cotton trousers.
0:12:03 > 0:12:05Yes, this sort of thing.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07- Oh, look, they're good.- Do you like those?
0:12:07 > 0:12:10They're certainly different. Will you come and do a display for me?
0:12:10 > 0:12:12Thank you. Yes. Where do I go?
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I follow you? Thank you.
0:12:15 > 0:12:18It's a long time since I've watched a man try on some clothes.
0:12:18 > 0:12:20I think it's really quite nice.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23OK. I like being here watching.
0:12:24 > 0:12:27What am I going to say? I could say, "I love them" or,
0:12:27 > 0:12:30- "No, you look ridiculous in them!" Or...- What do you think, Rosemary?
0:12:34 > 0:12:36What do you think?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Do you love them?
0:12:39 > 0:12:42I actually love them. I think they're mad as blooming hatters.
0:12:42 > 0:12:44- What's that? - SHE LAUGHS
0:12:44 > 0:12:46I'll try the other pair on and see if you like them better.
0:12:46 > 0:12:50- OK, that's hysterical. - Thank you.- I really like them.
0:12:50 > 0:12:55He's got the most fabulous figure and he's so fit and suave.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58He's very suave and he's got...
0:12:58 > 0:13:00He's sort of...
0:13:00 > 0:13:05Yes, he's actually still could be a bit of a heart-throb, you know.
0:13:05 > 0:13:06What do you think?
0:13:06 > 0:13:10- Oh, they're better, actually. - They're better, aren't they?- Yes.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12- All right, darling, I'll take these. - Oh, brill, that is good.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14- Thank you.- You look great.- Thank you.
0:13:14 > 0:13:17You've got a boy's figure, it's so not fair.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19- 399.- 399?
0:13:19 > 0:13:22- That's six, seven quid. - How much?- Seven quid.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25- Oh, yes, very good. OK. Thank you.- Thank you very much.
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Bye.
0:13:27 > 0:13:29SHE SPEAKS THAI
0:13:38 > 0:13:41- OK.- Have you got a big enough bowl?
0:13:41 > 0:13:43Let's have a look at this now.
0:13:43 > 0:13:47I love to see the experts at work.
0:13:47 > 0:13:50You've got your shoes on. Take them off now. Quick.
0:13:51 > 0:13:54This looks a delicious meal.
0:13:54 > 0:13:57Thank you. It's lanna. Lanna sauces.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00- Lanna means Northern.- OK, Northern? Lanna is...?
0:14:00 > 0:14:02Yeah, northern Thai.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04- And you make it...- Oh, that's good.
0:14:04 > 0:14:08- And we select the best one in Chiang Mai.- Oh, really?
0:14:08 > 0:14:09- Yeah.- It's really delicious.
0:14:09 > 0:14:13On the menu tonight is traditional spicy sausage,
0:14:13 > 0:14:16grilled snakehead fish and black rice.
0:14:16 > 0:14:19- Well, shall we thank our hosts? - Thank you for your hospitality.
0:14:19 > 0:14:21- Thank you so much.- Cheers.- Thank you.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24- You don't eat a lot of bread in your diet, do you?- No.
0:14:24 > 0:14:27- But that's good. Good. Very healthy. - Does it have a name?
0:14:27 > 0:14:31- Pla. Pla is fish.- OK.
0:14:31 > 0:14:33SHE LAUGHS
0:14:33 > 0:14:35What sort of fish is it? You know?
0:14:35 > 0:14:36This is the snake head.
0:14:36 > 0:14:38Oh, lovely.
0:14:38 > 0:14:42I'm a bit worried about food because my mother couldn't cook,
0:14:42 > 0:14:45and wasn't interested in food, and consequently,
0:14:45 > 0:14:49that doesn't mean to say that I'm not interested in food, but I'm not.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52I grew up eating eggs and bacon and, you know,
0:14:52 > 0:14:56if they really got exotic, we'd have a roast beef on Sunday.
0:14:56 > 0:14:58I can't eat spicy things, like curries.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01- I can't eat curries.- He hasn't got the constitution.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I don't have... HE has the constitution.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05He'll eat anything.
0:15:05 > 0:15:07Dennis has got a wonderful constitution.
0:15:07 > 0:15:11There are one or two chilli things in there.
0:15:11 > 0:15:12Too hot for you?
0:15:12 > 0:15:14- SHE LAUGHS - No, it's delicious.
0:15:14 > 0:15:17It's nothing like India.
0:15:17 > 0:15:20It's totally on its own here. And it's different.
0:15:20 > 0:15:23The heat has been the biggest struggle today and we need to manage
0:15:23 > 0:15:26it, I think, is the word, because it is very, very hot.
0:15:26 > 0:15:29I can't believe I'm drinking beer.
0:15:29 > 0:15:32- You know what beer does, don't you? - No. Oh, no.
0:15:32 > 0:15:34Just shut up.
0:15:43 > 0:15:46It's the group's first morning in Chiang Mai.
0:15:46 > 0:15:48- Oh, look!- Wow.- Fantastic.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54Fabulous. Those are the kind of pants I was looking for yesterday.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58They're very baggy and probably very good for the old t'ai chi.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Perfect.
0:16:00 > 0:16:01It's quiet.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03- WHISPERING:- We're being very quiet.
0:16:03 > 0:16:06Today their hosts have arranged for some neighbours to introduce
0:16:06 > 0:16:10the group to one of Thailand's most popular activities.
0:16:11 > 0:16:13T'ai chi.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15- Hello.- Good morning.- Good morning.
0:16:15 > 0:16:16- How are you?- Sawatdee kah.
0:16:16 > 0:16:20- I'm Paul.- Paul, yes. - Rosemary.- Rosemary.
0:16:20 > 0:16:22SHE SPEAKS THAI
0:16:22 > 0:16:26- This is Monica.- Hello. - She's from Switzerland.- Hi.
0:16:26 > 0:16:29Mona started because she had back problems,
0:16:29 > 0:16:34- and her back problem is better.- OK. - The benefit, it's equal to the
0:16:34 > 0:16:37- chiropractors, you know, for the heart.- Really?- Yes.
0:16:37 > 0:16:41Because you sweat a lot. And you can lose, I lost my...
0:16:41 > 0:16:47- Tummies.- Yes.- It looks to me like a slow karate kid class.- Yeah.
0:16:47 > 0:16:49We call it t'ai chi.
0:16:49 > 0:16:53- It means a style martial art from China.- OK.
0:16:53 > 0:16:55HE SPEAKS THAI
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Left and right, left and right.
0:16:57 > 0:16:59You punch me.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Like...- Like this.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05- OK. OK.- But we're not doing it for that.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07- We're not doing that.- We're doing it for exercise.
0:17:07 > 0:17:09We'll start with a warm-up first.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12- Start with the warm up.- More technique.
0:17:12 > 0:17:14This hand grab...
0:17:14 > 0:17:19grab something and twist, twist.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21A t'ai chi session typically lasts for up to an hour,
0:17:21 > 0:17:26and can involve up to 108 slow continuous movements.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29It's quite sore on the knee.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31The worst thing about getting old is the aches and pains.
0:17:31 > 0:17:33You didn't have them when you were younger.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36They are part of the ageing process.
0:17:36 > 0:17:39So when you have to live with pain when you get older,
0:17:39 > 0:17:40you're going to manage it,
0:17:40 > 0:17:42because I'm not going to become a pill popper.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44You know, I will take what is prescribed for me,
0:17:44 > 0:17:48but you can get into that syndrome where you're living on pills,
0:17:48 > 0:17:51and I don't want to go that way. I really don't.
0:17:51 > 0:17:53- Ah.- OK. Ah.
0:17:53 > 0:17:56Got you. This is something I would actually get up to do.
0:17:56 > 0:18:00My body feels very tingly, which means the circulation is moving.
0:18:00 > 0:18:03I'm starting to sense why people want to come here.
0:18:03 > 0:18:05It's incredibly quiet.
0:18:05 > 0:18:09I'm getting...starting to feel the soul of Thailand and I'm loving it.
0:18:17 > 0:18:20In Thailand, retirement can begin at 60.
0:18:24 > 0:18:28As well as collecting a small state pension, retirees all over the
0:18:28 > 0:18:31country can attend free schools once a week.
0:18:31 > 0:18:33- This is fantastic.- This is it.
0:18:34 > 0:18:38In Chiang Mai, local pensioners head to class every Wednesday.
0:18:38 > 0:18:40- Hello.- How are you?- Good morning.
0:18:40 > 0:18:41I'm fine, thank you, and you?
0:18:41 > 0:18:45- Fantastic, thank you.- How are you? - Yes, hello.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46- Sawatdee kah.- Sabai dee kah.
0:18:46 > 0:18:49- Everybody has to wear a school uniform.- Yes.
0:18:49 > 0:18:52- We've been told we have to put on... - Yes. Uniform.- I haven't worn a...
0:18:52 > 0:18:54- Uniform, yes, everyone.- A school uniform.
0:18:54 > 0:18:55We need a bigger, bigger uniform.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58- THEY LAUGH - It's too small.
0:18:58 > 0:19:02- Too small, yes.- I'm trying to conjure up some enthusiasm.
0:19:02 > 0:19:04I really am trying hard.
0:19:04 > 0:19:06Is that the bus?
0:19:06 > 0:19:11The school is located a few miles away in the Doi Saket district.
0:19:11 > 0:19:13- See you at recess.- OK.
0:19:13 > 0:19:16So students can hop on a free bus.
0:19:16 > 0:19:18OK, we're in this one.
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Oh!
0:19:22 > 0:19:23Do you speak any English?
0:19:23 > 0:19:25- No?- No English? No.- No, OK.
0:19:25 > 0:19:27- Hello.- Hello.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30- OK.- OK.
0:19:32 > 0:19:35What was your best subject? Tell me, what was your best subject?
0:19:35 > 0:19:38I think, probably, I got an A star in looking out the window.
0:19:38 > 0:19:40I was very good at that.
0:19:40 > 0:19:42- You were a dreamer?- Yes, I was a dreamer.
0:19:42 > 0:19:44I also liked looking at the girls.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46- You liked the girls? Yes, yes.- Yeah.
0:19:46 > 0:19:49I was crap at school. I left school at 16.
0:19:49 > 0:19:52I'm not a particularly educated guy, to be honest.
0:19:52 > 0:19:54I suppose, in a way, it's a sadness.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58You know, it kind of makes you feel a little bit inferior.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00It's quite grand.
0:20:00 > 0:20:04- It is very grand.- And it looks part temple.
0:20:14 > 0:20:18Set up five years ago, the school is part of a scheme to teach Thailand's
0:20:18 > 0:20:20ageing population new skills.
0:20:20 > 0:20:23THAILAND'S NATIONAL ANTHEM PLAYS
0:20:26 > 0:20:28The day starts with the national anthem.
0:20:56 > 0:20:58- I don't know the words.- It's a good song.- A very nice song.
0:20:58 > 0:21:00It's a nice tune.
0:21:01 > 0:21:03- Very orderly.- Yeah.
0:21:03 > 0:21:05THEY SPEAK THAI
0:21:05 > 0:21:08You see, they're all quite slim though, aren't they?
0:21:08 > 0:21:10- They're not...- They're all slim, they're tiny.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15After the national anthem,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18students head to the main hall for the morning's activities.
0:21:18 > 0:21:21- All right, Governor?- Sit here?
0:21:21 > 0:21:24- Where do we sit?- Thai people, when they're meeting,
0:21:24 > 0:21:28- say "Sawatdee krub." - Ah, sawatdee krub.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30How old is this lady?
0:21:30 > 0:21:34- 94.- 94.- Oh, sawatdee kah.
0:21:40 > 0:21:42- Thank you for inviting us. - Thank you. Thank you.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44HE SPEAKS THAI
0:21:44 > 0:21:46THEY CLAP
0:21:53 > 0:21:55DRUMMING
0:22:06 > 0:22:08- What are they doing up there anyway? - I have no idea.
0:22:11 > 0:22:12Dennis, Dennis.
0:22:16 > 0:22:19Every new student is introduced to the whole school.
0:22:24 > 0:22:26Older people are definitely overlooked in the west.
0:22:26 > 0:22:29If you look at any eastern philosophy or culture,
0:22:29 > 0:22:33in the communities, the older you get, the more respected you get.
0:22:33 > 0:22:36We in the west put our older people out to pasture.
0:22:36 > 0:22:38We try to lock them up in an old folks' home.
0:22:38 > 0:22:43- My name is Paul. Hello, everyone. - Hello.
0:22:43 > 0:22:46Sabai dee kah.
0:22:46 > 0:22:49- Sabai dee kah.- Sabai dee kah.
0:22:49 > 0:22:51- You have to make your hands like this.- Sabai dee kah.
0:22:53 > 0:22:54What are we doing up here?
0:22:54 > 0:22:58- What are we going to do? - To do some activity.
0:22:58 > 0:23:00Some dancing or singing.
0:23:00 > 0:23:04- You have to do something?- Yeah. - You have to do something.
0:23:04 > 0:23:05LAUGHTER
0:23:05 > 0:23:08- Oh, laughing. - Laughing.- Today is laughing.
0:23:08 > 0:23:10SHE LAUGHS
0:23:12 > 0:23:14The Thais believe that laughing
0:23:14 > 0:23:16helps to keep the mind and body healthy -
0:23:16 > 0:23:18particularly for the elderly.
0:23:18 > 0:23:19LAUGHTER
0:23:24 > 0:23:26Everyone is so happy.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29- TEACHER SPEAKS THAI - Dennis.
0:23:29 > 0:23:31HE LAUGHS
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Rosemary.
0:23:42 > 0:23:44What a laugh.
0:23:44 > 0:23:46Everybody thinks when you get older,
0:23:46 > 0:23:48you don't want to enjoy your life.
0:23:48 > 0:23:51Of course you do. You want to go out. You want to have fun.
0:23:53 > 0:23:57I will not grow up, because I have to be very adult.
0:23:57 > 0:24:01But in life as a person, I'm very childish. I will never change.
0:24:02 > 0:24:05And I think that's really important, because that keeps you young.
0:24:05 > 0:24:07Very good!
0:24:07 > 0:24:11HE SPEAKS THAI THEY LAUGH
0:24:11 > 0:24:14It's a nice thing, because it gets everyone laughing and, you know,
0:24:14 > 0:24:17it's better than one of Dennis' jokes for sure.
0:24:17 > 0:24:19Slippy dippy.
0:24:19 > 0:24:22The school has over 300 students, and to graduate,
0:24:22 > 0:24:26a strict 70% attendance record is required.
0:24:26 > 0:24:30- Are you OK?- There are classes in health education, technology,
0:24:30 > 0:24:31and hand crafts.
0:24:31 > 0:24:35This is bamboo, bamboo, material from bamboo.
0:24:35 > 0:24:39- I like that.- It'll take me a while to do that.
0:24:39 > 0:24:40Why do people do this?
0:24:51 > 0:24:52Yeah.
0:24:57 > 0:25:00It's great, cos I think the worst thing for people is to be on
0:25:00 > 0:25:04their own, and if they don't have a chance to communicate with others,
0:25:04 > 0:25:07it's the worst thing. I mean, loneliness is dreadful.
0:25:07 > 0:25:09And a lot of people suffer from it.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12The people in this country have great knees and great hips.
0:25:12 > 0:25:16Great knees in this country, Everybody's on their knees.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18I love it. Chair please.
0:25:18 > 0:25:20THEY LAUGH
0:25:20 > 0:25:22That's better. Better.
0:25:22 > 0:25:25What is so wonderful is they take people from all the villages,
0:25:25 > 0:25:26and they all come together.
0:25:26 > 0:25:31It's an opportunity to get out and actually do something with yourself.
0:25:31 > 0:25:33I'm not sure it's my... It's definitely not my sort of thing.
0:25:33 > 0:25:36Absolutely, definitely, without question not my sort of thing.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40But, actually, it's quite funny, because I can see the attraction.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43- Bye-bye.- Thank you!- Bye!
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- That could never happen in the UK. - No, that's true.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49They're all sitting in a wheelchair or dribbling from the side.
0:25:49 > 0:25:51Hey, listen, we're not dribbling yet, are we? I mean, come on.
0:25:51 > 0:25:53We will be...soon.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06It gets dark here quite early.
0:26:06 > 0:26:08Surprisingly so.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11I mean, 7:30, it's getting dark.
0:26:12 > 0:26:16I can't work out if this is their summer, their winter, their spring.
0:26:16 > 0:26:18# I'm so pretty You're so pretty
0:26:18 > 0:26:21# I'm so pretty and witty and gay. #
0:26:21 > 0:26:24Tonight, the group have decided to dine out.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27# I feel charming You're so charming. #
0:26:28 > 0:26:31- Are we going to the same restaurant? - I hope not.
0:26:31 > 0:26:33THEY LAUGH
0:26:33 > 0:26:37They're headed ten minutes downtown to one of the city's many
0:26:37 > 0:26:40cook-it-yourself barbecue restaurants.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42- Sawatdee kah. How are you?- Hello.
0:26:42 > 0:26:45Would you be able to do a table for four people?
0:26:45 > 0:26:47- For four? Yeah.- Please. - This way please.- Thank you.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49A favourite with locals,
0:26:49 > 0:26:53a family of four can eat here all evening for under £20.
0:26:53 > 0:26:55It's frozen.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57- I won't have that.- It's frozen.
0:26:57 > 0:26:59No, I'll pass on that.
0:26:59 > 0:27:03- That's mushroom?- No. Yeah, this is...- That's not mushrooms.
0:27:03 > 0:27:05No, no, sorry, this is bacon.
0:27:05 > 0:27:07Yeah, but it says mushrooms. OK.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10This had better be good, of course it's up to me,
0:27:10 > 0:27:11because I'm cooking it.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Oh, I can't wait for this.
0:27:15 > 0:27:17Is this all right for you, Paul?
0:27:17 > 0:27:19Yes.
0:27:20 > 0:27:21What's the giggle for?
0:27:21 > 0:27:24I'm not a great foodie person.
0:27:24 > 0:27:28I don't sort of go, "I must run out and have a Thai curry."
0:27:29 > 0:27:31- You know, and you, of course, love food.- Right.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34And so do you, Rosemary. And I think probably you do.
0:27:34 > 0:27:37But I don't really have that much interest in food.
0:27:37 > 0:27:41- I just eat to survive.- To survive. - Yeah.
0:27:41 > 0:27:44Do you ever spend hours over a meal and talk?
0:27:44 > 0:27:46- No.- Oh, really?- We do.
0:27:46 > 0:27:50You see, I think eating out is one of the finest things you can do.
0:27:50 > 0:27:51- So do I. I agree.- I think
0:27:51 > 0:27:55there's something missing from my make up,
0:27:55 > 0:27:57that I don't particularly enjoy sitting there.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00If someone asked me to lunch, I think,
0:28:00 > 0:28:03"Oh, my God, I'm going to be sitting there for two hours talking to
0:28:03 > 0:28:07- "these people and eating."- Aw!- And the thought of that...- Dread.
0:28:07 > 0:28:11Not dread, but I don't like to be tied into a situation,
0:28:11 > 0:28:16- and having a meal can get you locked in.- Are you quite anti-social?
0:28:16 > 0:28:18I wouldn't say anti-social. I would say erm...
0:28:19 > 0:28:21..probably anti-social.
0:28:21 > 0:28:23THEY LAUGH
0:28:23 > 0:28:29I wish I could be better at being a more rounded person in the sense of
0:28:29 > 0:28:33having more friends, being more sociable, being more normal in my
0:28:33 > 0:28:37behaviour and doing most things that most people do.
0:28:37 > 0:28:40You're just a quiet, shy type person.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43A lot of actors hide behind the characters they play,
0:28:43 > 0:28:46so they don't have to show themselves to the public.
0:28:46 > 0:28:48I think it's a shyness or an insecurity,
0:28:48 > 0:28:51and it annoys me that I'm not...
0:28:51 > 0:28:54that open to that kind of life.
0:28:54 > 0:28:57Well, I'm so pleased that we spent five minutes on me.
0:28:59 > 0:29:01I'm more sort of probably verbal diarrhoea.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04You're quieter. So, when you talk, people listen to you.
0:29:04 > 0:29:05When I talk, nobody listens to me!
0:29:05 > 0:29:07THEY LAUGH
0:29:07 > 0:29:10A lot of that, when you're talking a long time, is nerves.
0:29:10 > 0:29:13- I wouldn't say that. I just talk. - I would.
0:29:13 > 0:29:14I just talk.
0:29:32 > 0:29:35- ON VIDEO:- One, opening of t'ai chi.
0:29:35 > 0:29:37It's 7:30am.
0:29:37 > 0:29:39- Keep your hands up, pushing out... - Ah!
0:29:39 > 0:29:42T'ai chi has already become a part of my routine,
0:29:42 > 0:29:45I've decided yesterday. It feels natural to me,
0:29:45 > 0:29:48because I've been doing this kind of thing all my life,
0:29:48 > 0:29:51without realising it, so it's a matter of slowing down.
0:29:55 > 0:29:57Thailand is famous for alternative medicine.
0:29:57 > 0:30:01- Morning.- So the boys have booked in for an MOT.
0:30:01 > 0:30:04Have you got anything that you're going to ask them,
0:30:04 > 0:30:06- or are you just going to...?- Do they do the elixir of long life,
0:30:06 > 0:30:08do you think?
0:30:08 > 0:30:12My cholesterol levels are normal now, but I'd like to keep them low.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14It'll be interesting to see what they're saying.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16Do you want to tell us about the limp?
0:30:18 > 0:30:21- I love meditation. - Well, I've never meditated.
0:30:21 > 0:30:23- Oh, I've tried.- Can you calm down to the...?
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- Oh, absolutely.- Oh, I can't. It would be good, though if I could.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28- Yeah, but I can't do it.- OK.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31Rosemary has previously tried meditation in India,
0:30:31 > 0:30:33and is keen to build on what she's learned so far.
0:30:33 > 0:30:36It stops you thinking about everything else in your life.
0:30:36 > 0:30:39I have never been successful at winding down,
0:30:39 > 0:30:42and that's something that I need to do.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47Sheila is accompanying her to a Buddhist meditation retreat in the
0:30:47 > 0:30:50- west of the city. - Isn't this beautiful?
0:30:50 > 0:30:53- OK, let's do it.- Yeah.
0:30:53 > 0:30:55Ah, "Foreign Meditation Office," that would be us!
0:30:55 > 0:30:57- Foreign Meditation Office! - Shoes off.
0:30:57 > 0:30:59- Avec Vous.- OK.
0:30:59 > 0:31:01Come in.
0:31:01 > 0:31:03Morning.
0:31:03 > 0:31:05- Welcome.- Thank you.- Thank you.
0:31:05 > 0:31:07My name is Kunsi Li.
0:31:07 > 0:31:08- Kunsi Li.- Yes.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10And this is my boss...
0:31:10 > 0:31:13- Pat Dhanyel.- Pat Dhanyel.
0:31:13 > 0:31:14As of now, because you are here,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17you need to fill in the application form first.
0:31:17 > 0:31:21- OK.- We need to keep the... Take the phone away from you.
0:31:21 > 0:31:22- The phone?- Uh-huh.
0:31:22 > 0:31:24- No talking.- No... No telephone?
0:31:24 > 0:31:26- Silence.- Oh, I see.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28- Ah!- That will be interesting thing for us, won't it?
0:31:28 > 0:31:30- Ah, silence!- So, no phone.
0:31:30 > 0:31:32So, when you're here with us, no talking.
0:31:32 > 0:31:35- OK, no phones...- No phones, be quiet, be with yourself.
0:31:35 > 0:31:38I will take you to the room to dress you up,
0:31:38 > 0:31:40and then take you to the teacher,
0:31:40 > 0:31:43and he will teach you how to do meditation.
0:31:43 > 0:31:47- This is for you.- Big. I'm a big lady.- Ah-huh.
0:31:48 > 0:31:49Well, don't we look sexless!
0:31:49 > 0:31:52- Look at it!- Well, you are a voluptuous woman.
0:31:55 > 0:31:56That's your laundry down there.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Is that lucky? Did you see that black cat?
0:31:58 > 0:31:59- Black cat, yeah.- Is that unlucky?
0:31:59 > 0:32:01It's unlucky, isn't it?
0:32:01 > 0:32:04- Sawatdee kah. - Sawatdee kah. How are you?
0:32:04 > 0:32:07Mr Taylor and Mr Nicholas.
0:32:07 > 0:32:09Mr Taylor, can you please...?
0:32:09 > 0:32:12- Yes, I...- ..fill in this form? - No problem.
0:32:12 > 0:32:14In Thailand, traditional therapies
0:32:14 > 0:32:17are often more popular than Western medicine.
0:32:17 > 0:32:21Shoulder and scapula is not good, too.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24And your back - really hard, really tight.
0:32:24 > 0:32:29Centuries old, Thai medicine uses a combination of herbal remedies,
0:32:29 > 0:32:31massage and spiritual healing.
0:32:31 > 0:32:36When you have the big belly, and then you have the lower back pain...
0:32:37 > 0:32:43We have after the massage, we keep the medicine deep-cleaning detox,
0:32:43 > 0:32:45for you take care of yourself home.
0:32:45 > 0:32:50- Right, so the medicine also for cholesterol, yeah?- Yeah.
0:32:50 > 0:32:52- Here he is.- Right, ready to go.
0:32:54 > 0:32:55- You feeling OK?- Yes.
0:32:56 > 0:32:58And you have...
0:32:58 > 0:33:01accident before?
0:33:01 > 0:33:05Yeah, I fell off and did my spine in, off a horse.
0:33:05 > 0:33:08- Oh, the horse.- Yeah, I fell off a horse.
0:33:08 > 0:33:10And the only other thing I have a problem with is,
0:33:10 > 0:33:13I have a little bit of acidic reflex, you know,
0:33:13 > 0:33:17- when there's a little bit too much acid.- OK.- Other than that,
0:33:17 > 0:33:20- I'm half dead! - HE LAUGHS
0:33:20 > 0:33:24The worst thing about growing old is...
0:33:24 > 0:33:26Er, hang on, let me just think for a minute.
0:33:26 > 0:33:29I suppose the worst thing about growing old
0:33:29 > 0:33:32is not being able to do what you did when you were young -
0:33:32 > 0:33:34erm, without being arrested.
0:33:34 > 0:33:36- OK?- Yes.
0:33:36 > 0:33:38What are you going to do with that?!
0:33:38 > 0:33:42But other than that, not really a lot has changed.
0:33:42 > 0:33:47I've still got a little bit of a twinkle - whatever that means!
0:33:49 > 0:33:51I think we're getting to the good bit!
0:33:51 > 0:33:54HE LAUGHS
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Oh!
0:33:56 > 0:33:58It's got to be good!
0:33:58 > 0:33:59Everything else is terrific, you know.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03Dennis has been prescribed a vigorous massage
0:34:03 > 0:34:07and vibration therapy - an ancient remedy for muscle tension.
0:34:11 > 0:34:14Paul, never had this one before, the old hammer and chisel!
0:34:17 > 0:34:18Good morning.
0:34:18 > 0:34:21Good morning. What is your name?
0:34:21 > 0:34:23My name is Chung Yim.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Everybody call me Bhikkhuni.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28- Bhikkhuni.- Yes.- Bhikkhuni.- Yes. - What does that mean?
0:34:28 > 0:34:31Bhikkhuni means "female monk".
0:34:31 > 0:34:34- Female monk.- Oh, there ARE female monks!- Yes.- We'll follow you.- Yes.
0:34:34 > 0:34:37- Please.- I love your outfit.
0:34:37 > 0:34:38Loved that. That was fabulous.
0:34:38 > 0:34:42- Look at her, she's so slim. - We could change our whole wardrobe.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Look how serene she is, she's like...like from another world.
0:34:47 > 0:34:49Everyone who comes to the retreat
0:34:49 > 0:34:52is given an induction into the basics of Buddhist meditation.
0:34:52 > 0:34:54Please have a seat.
0:34:54 > 0:34:57- Thank you.- Oh, terrific.
0:34:59 > 0:35:00You face.
0:35:02 > 0:35:07Lifting, lifting, lifting.
0:35:07 > 0:35:12Bending, bending, bending.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15Buddhist meditation uses four main positions...
0:35:15 > 0:35:17Now, we walking meditation.
0:35:17 > 0:35:20..standing, walking, lying and sitting.
0:35:20 > 0:35:26Intention to walk. Intention to walk. Intention to walk.
0:35:26 > 0:35:28I like the spiritual side of life.
0:35:28 > 0:35:31Meditation, I do do it occasionally, but what I do is,
0:35:31 > 0:35:34I do tend to go to sleep, and it's a bit of a problem.
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- Turning...- Oh, it's north, south, east, west.
0:35:37 > 0:35:40And I was kicked out of a class once because I was snoring too much,
0:35:40 > 0:35:42because I was putting everybody off.
0:35:44 > 0:35:45Sitting meditation.
0:35:47 > 0:35:48I don't think he's happy with our...
0:35:48 > 0:35:50I don't think he's happy with our feet.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54Ah, yes, in Thai culture you cannot put feet in the Buddha...
0:35:54 > 0:35:55You cannot put feet TOWARDS the Buddha.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57Yeah, to the Buddha.
0:35:57 > 0:35:59- OK. This is not...- OK, let's see what we can do.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04- Try, yes.- I can't sit on my knees, I'm sorry.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08What do people with bad knees do when they want to meditate?
0:36:08 > 0:36:11- They can't meditate? - You can sit on your chair.
0:36:11 > 0:36:12Oh, thank you, OK.
0:36:12 > 0:36:13I was just wondering
0:36:13 > 0:36:17if they couldn't be religious like everybody else.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18- Yes, sit on your chair.- Thank you.
0:36:20 > 0:36:21Do you have a chair?
0:36:23 > 0:36:26- I'd love a chair.- I do want to go home not a cripple.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32- Thank you.- Oh, that's better!
0:36:32 > 0:36:34Thank you.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Standing.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44- I will show you another place outside.- Yes.
0:36:46 > 0:36:48Did you see the look he was giving me?
0:36:49 > 0:36:52He wasn't at all, he was concentrating on what he was doing.
0:36:52 > 0:36:54They're here to teach us, that's what they're doing.
0:36:54 > 0:36:55But they ain't teaching.
0:36:55 > 0:36:58It's relaxing! Stop thinking about yourself so much.
0:36:58 > 0:36:59- That's true. - And stop thinking, and relax,
0:36:59 > 0:37:02and take it all away from your head. You're thinking from your head.
0:37:02 > 0:37:04Well, how...? Where else are you going to think from?
0:37:04 > 0:37:06Think from here, think about relaxing.
0:37:06 > 0:37:07- OK!- Think from your...
0:37:07 > 0:37:11- Yes.- Am I...? Yes. It's true.
0:37:11 > 0:37:12OK, let's all relax!
0:37:12 > 0:37:14- You can do it.- It's relaxing time.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17- Come on.- Yes, it's... Come on, don't think from your head so much.
0:37:17 > 0:37:20- OK.- OK? Seriously. Sheila was fighting it -
0:37:20 > 0:37:22she's just thinking into it too much about the other people,
0:37:22 > 0:37:24what she's doing right, whether she's doing it wrong...
0:37:24 > 0:37:28Doesn't matter whether you're doing wrong - you're here to learn.
0:37:28 > 0:37:31HE CHANTS IN THAI AND THEY REPEAT
0:37:40 > 0:37:43When I'm out of my comfort zone, I can go off.
0:37:44 > 0:37:47I certainly do not live in the moment.
0:37:47 > 0:37:49I find that very difficult,
0:37:49 > 0:37:52because I'm always thinking about the next move, the next thing.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54I don't live in the present, ever.
0:37:54 > 0:37:58I now have blessing for you. Have a long life.
0:37:58 > 0:38:01I can't enjoy the now because of the future.
0:38:01 > 0:38:04And what I am trying to do is enjoy the now,
0:38:04 > 0:38:07because I've got so much now time.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- OK, you ready?- Yeah.
0:38:13 > 0:38:14Ah, yes.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16Just what I needed!
0:38:18 > 0:38:21Good for your stomach.
0:38:21 > 0:38:23Somebody told me you had fire in your belly, Paul!
0:38:23 > 0:38:27- Yeah...- It's herbal, it's come deep for your stomach.
0:38:27 > 0:38:30- Yeah, it's getting a bit hot now, darling.- OK. Feel hot?
0:38:30 > 0:38:32- Is it?- It's beginning to burn me.
0:38:32 > 0:38:34OK.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37Known locally as the hotpot, traditional Thai medicine
0:38:37 > 0:38:41believes the burning herbs cure stomach and back pain.
0:38:41 > 0:38:42I can't see a thing.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44You're on fire, basically.
0:38:44 > 0:38:46I'm quite a hairy chap.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48Luckily, they're ginger.
0:38:48 > 0:38:51- But I could go up in flames here. - Yeah.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53Woody Woodpecker's back.
0:38:56 > 0:38:58I'm just beginning to get to know you now.
0:38:58 > 0:39:02- Yeah, bless you.- Can I tell you why?- Why?- You put a huge barrier up.
0:39:02 > 0:39:06- Oh, I know.- When I first saw you, and I first met you...- Yeah.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08- Erm...- I don't let people in, I really don't.
0:39:08 > 0:39:10You don't let people in at all.
0:39:10 > 0:39:11- Nope.- But I could feel that.
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- Mmm.- And what I've tried to do with you, let me tell you...
0:39:15 > 0:39:18- Oh, bless!- I've tried to relax you.
0:39:18 > 0:39:20- Have you?- Yeah. To feel...
0:39:20 > 0:39:23- So you could feel...trust me. - Well, it worked. It worked.
0:39:23 > 0:39:27- Yeah, and that's what I've tried to do with you.- I feel used now!
0:39:27 > 0:39:28No, you're not used.
0:39:28 > 0:39:31How can I get to know you if you don't become the real you?
0:39:31 > 0:39:32You're negative, on a...
0:39:32 > 0:39:34- On...- I'm sceptical.
0:39:34 > 0:39:36No. You sort of sometimes look on the bad side.
0:39:36 > 0:39:39- Yeah, I do. I do.- I want you today, for the rest of the day...
0:39:39 > 0:39:41- OK.- ..to only look on the bright side.
0:39:41 > 0:39:43Oh, God, that's a task, isn't it?!
0:39:43 > 0:39:46OK. How could a monk look at you in a certain way?
0:39:46 > 0:39:48- I know.- He's not going to be interested in you...
0:39:48 > 0:39:50Well, exactly, they don't even...
0:39:50 > 0:39:52- He doesn't even know you! - They don't get married!
0:39:52 > 0:39:54You're judging before it happens.
0:39:54 > 0:39:55- Yeah.- You are too quick a judge.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58- I am.- So, stop being so judgmental...
0:39:58 > 0:40:01- I am. OK.- And what you need to do is just be more open.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04- Yeah.- And I think that will... That will help you a lot more.
0:40:04 > 0:40:06OK, I'll give it a shot.
0:40:06 > 0:40:08- I'll give it a shot.- Seriously, just see what happens.
0:40:08 > 0:40:10- OK, because I... - Because I noticed that.
0:40:10 > 0:40:13OK, that's good, thank you for telling me that.
0:40:13 > 0:40:16It's OK. I wish you'd say something bad about me.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18No... Well, I was going to, but it's not a bad thing.
0:40:18 > 0:40:20You were complaining about your trousers.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Because of that, you felt insecure and self-conscious.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- Yes.- But you are incredibly sexy.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28There's something... Let me finish.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30There's something... No, listen to me, take it in!
0:40:30 > 0:40:33- I'm not sexy.- Yes...- I'm the least sexy person in the world!
0:40:33 > 0:40:37Don't worry about it - you glow, you have a glow.
0:40:37 > 0:40:39- This has been amazing.- Yeah.
0:40:39 > 0:40:40Oh, I know!
0:40:40 > 0:40:44- I know! I didn't expect this, I really didn't expect this!- No.
0:40:52 > 0:40:53It was very painful.
0:40:53 > 0:40:56- Oh, was it?- Well, can you imagine a metal claw on your back?
0:40:56 > 0:41:00- Oh, I'd love it.- Would you? - Oh, I'd love it!
0:41:00 > 0:41:06She then put this kind of towel round me, and then lit the herbs.
0:41:06 > 0:41:09- Sorry?!- So, I had a flame coming from my stomach!
0:41:09 > 0:41:14- I had looked over...- I'm like the devil, with a flame here!
0:41:14 > 0:41:17You guys are joking, aren't you?
0:41:17 > 0:41:19This is hysterical!
0:41:19 > 0:41:22I have to say, it was very funny when I looked over at Dennis,
0:41:22 > 0:41:26there was this guy, seriously, with a chisel and a hammer,
0:41:26 > 0:41:28hammering his back!
0:41:28 > 0:41:31I thought he was going to come out this chiselled Adonis!
0:41:31 > 0:41:35I've actually quite enjoyed this country, from what I've seen.
0:41:35 > 0:41:36Yeah - me, too.
0:41:36 > 0:41:39But there's a kind of nice easiness about it, isn't there?
0:41:52 > 0:41:54Rents in Chiang Mai are cheap,
0:41:54 > 0:41:56but Westerners hoping to buy
0:41:56 > 0:41:59are limited to one of the modern high-rise apartments.
0:41:59 > 0:42:01I like to look at property wherever I go anyway,
0:42:01 > 0:42:02just to see what you can get.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05Yeah. This looks... This is quite a nice-looking building.
0:42:05 > 0:42:06It's... Isn't it lovely?
0:42:06 > 0:42:07Thank you.
0:42:07 > 0:42:09- Thank you.- Sawatdee kah.
0:42:09 > 0:42:11Thank you.
0:42:11 > 0:42:14- Oh, this is very nice. - Oh, I like that.
0:42:14 > 0:42:17Prices in this block start from £100,000.
0:42:17 > 0:42:20Do you have something that's unoccupied, that we could look at?
0:42:20 > 0:42:21Yes, we have a room.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25But Sheila's keen to see the finest that money can buy.
0:42:25 > 0:42:27- Shoes off, please. - Shoes off, thank you.
0:42:27 > 0:42:29This is beautiful.
0:42:31 > 0:42:32Before we go around, how much?
0:42:32 > 0:42:36£570,000.
0:42:36 > 0:42:39- Oh, that's very cheap.- £570,000.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41- Yes.- £570,000. - You get a lot for that here.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43- Unfurnished?- Fully furnished.
0:42:43 > 0:42:45- Fully furnished? - Fully furnished?- Yes.
0:42:45 > 0:42:47So, you could buy one with all furniture like this?
0:42:47 > 0:42:50- Yes.- How many bedrooms? - 570...- Two bedrooms.
0:42:50 > 0:42:53- So, two-bed...- Three bathrooms.
0:42:53 > 0:42:55Is this the most expensive one, this?
0:42:55 > 0:42:59- Yes.- Is it a lot of money for a Thai person, this place?
0:42:59 > 0:43:02- Yes - you must be very, very rich. - You must be very wealthy.
0:43:02 > 0:43:03You wouldn't get this in...
0:43:03 > 0:43:08This would be £2 million or £3 million, if not more, in London.
0:43:14 > 0:43:17Another big attraction for Westerners in Chiang Mai
0:43:17 > 0:43:19- is the booming dental business. - Hello!
0:43:19 > 0:43:21Sawatdee kah.
0:43:21 > 0:43:24Well, I've come. My name is Rosemary Schrager,
0:43:24 > 0:43:27I've got an appointment to have some teeth whitening.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30- Shall I sit over here?- Yes, please.
0:43:30 > 0:43:35Costs are a fraction of the price of private dental work in the UK.
0:43:35 > 0:43:39I must have spent, so far, £500-600 on my teeth,
0:43:39 > 0:43:42and it hasn't changed a single thing.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44That I can't do.
0:43:44 > 0:43:47That I can't do... I've had guards made, gels put in.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50I've actually tried quite a lot and spent quite a lot.
0:43:50 > 0:43:53Now, here, I believe they do it really quite well,
0:43:53 > 0:43:56so I'm giving it one final go.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58Let's see if it works.
0:43:58 > 0:44:02But the problem is, actually, you don't see my teeth when I smile.
0:44:04 > 0:44:05- Hello!- Oh, hello.
0:44:05 > 0:44:07Sawatdee kah.
0:44:07 > 0:44:10- Hello.- Please come in. - Are you ready for me?- Yes.
0:44:10 > 0:44:11Thank you so much.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13This way, please.
0:44:13 > 0:44:15Haven't broken the chair already?
0:44:15 > 0:44:17- Sorry!- I've broken...!
0:44:17 > 0:44:19- I've broken the chair already! - THEY LAUGH
0:44:19 > 0:44:21I've only been here for two minutes!
0:44:21 > 0:44:23- OK!- Oh, there we go!- OK, sorry.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25It's all right, don't worry.
0:44:27 > 0:44:29Open your mouth, please.
0:44:30 > 0:44:33- MUFFLED:- Oh, thank you. I can't speak.
0:44:33 > 0:44:38With some procedures almost a quarter of the price of the UK,
0:44:38 > 0:44:43£180 will get you two hours of teeth cleaning and UV whitening.
0:44:43 > 0:44:46- You can ask me to stop. - Mm-hmm.- OK, but...
0:44:46 > 0:44:49- If you can continue... - Mm-hmm.
0:44:49 > 0:44:52..it's better, because if you stop, the colour will stop, too.
0:44:52 > 0:44:56- Mm-hmm.- Is that OK?- Mm-hmm.- If it's too much, tell me.- Mm-hmm.
0:45:00 > 0:45:05- Look at this.- And here's the highest swimming pool in Chiang Mai.- Wow!
0:45:05 > 0:45:07How fabulous!
0:45:07 > 0:45:10It's not very large for this building, is it?
0:45:10 > 0:45:12No, but it's large enough, though, for a little dip.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15To buy in Thailand, I could easily see the appeal,
0:45:15 > 0:45:17but it's too gaudy for me,
0:45:17 > 0:45:20it's too Liberace for my taste!
0:45:20 > 0:45:23I think you would maybe get this for 500, you could get at least...
0:45:23 > 0:45:25- It's still a lot.- It's still a lot.
0:45:25 > 0:45:27Because I find it small.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32SNORING
0:45:36 > 0:45:40The whitening treatment takes two long hours to complete.
0:45:52 > 0:45:54- SHE MURMURS - Oh, dear...
0:45:57 > 0:45:59- Are you all right?- Yeah.
0:46:02 > 0:46:04So, this is before.
0:46:04 > 0:46:09So, after, it's maybe about this colour, for the front teeth....?
0:46:09 > 0:46:11Oh, that's...
0:46:11 > 0:46:13That's perfect!
0:46:13 > 0:46:16Thank you so much! Thank you very much indeed.
0:46:16 > 0:46:18Wow! I fell asleep, you know.
0:46:18 > 0:46:20Did I snore badly?
0:46:20 > 0:46:21Did I snore?
0:46:21 > 0:46:23- Did I?- Yeah!
0:46:23 > 0:46:24Was it...?
0:46:24 > 0:46:27- Was it loud?- Er...
0:46:27 > 0:46:31Was it...? I'm sorry, I'm really sorry, I can't help it.
0:46:31 > 0:46:33I just fall asleep everywhere.
0:46:33 > 0:46:35Thank you so much.
0:46:35 > 0:46:39Ah! My teeth, they feel lovely, actually. Mmm, they feel great!
0:46:43 > 0:46:45Four, five, six, seven, eight, nine...
0:46:45 > 0:46:47Thousand. So, that's 50 quid.
0:46:47 > 0:46:49A thousand is... A thousand is...
0:46:49 > 0:46:52- 30 quid.- ..is, er, £20.- I'm loaded!
0:46:52 > 0:46:56It's nearing the end of the group's day in Chiang Mai,
0:46:56 > 0:46:58so they're gearing up for a night out.
0:46:58 > 0:47:01- OK, guys, let's go. Let's go. - Are we off?- Tuk tuks!
0:47:01 > 0:47:03Ten minutes downtown
0:47:03 > 0:47:06is one of the city's most colourful nightspots.
0:47:07 > 0:47:09The night bazaar?
0:47:09 > 0:47:10And away!
0:47:10 > 0:47:14The thing is, these are always made for short people.
0:47:14 > 0:47:16Very noisy!
0:47:18 > 0:47:22Originally set up by Chinese merchants...
0:47:22 > 0:47:25Look at Sheila, it's not easy to get out of here!
0:47:25 > 0:47:27..Chiang Mai's residents descend on the nightly market
0:47:27 > 0:47:29for food and entertainment.
0:47:29 > 0:47:31Let's have a mango ice cream.
0:47:31 > 0:47:33Fabulous. I thought you might want mango.
0:47:33 > 0:47:35- Paul, you don't want an ice cream, do you?- No, I don't, no.
0:47:35 > 0:47:37Just a small one for me.
0:47:37 > 0:47:39- It's a large one for me! - LAUGHTER
0:47:41 > 0:47:43ALL GREET EACH OTHER
0:47:43 > 0:47:44Hi, ladies.
0:47:44 > 0:47:47Do you have a show nearby, a club nearby?
0:47:47 > 0:47:51- Yes.- Where is that?- Over there. - What time?- 9.30.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54- Ah, 9.30.- Yeah.- 9.30?- Expensive to get in, is it expensive?
0:47:54 > 0:47:56- No.- Free to get in?
0:47:56 > 0:48:00No! 290 baht, for you, sir.
0:48:00 > 0:48:03- Oh, great.- Yes.- 290 for one person. And are you all in the show?
0:48:03 > 0:48:06- Yes.- You all look fabulous. Fabulous.
0:48:06 > 0:48:09- We enjoy together.- Thank you.
0:48:12 > 0:48:14It's an amazing market.
0:48:14 > 0:48:17It's a bit... Oh! Oh!
0:48:17 > 0:48:18- How much?- 100 baht.
0:48:18 > 0:48:20For 15 minutes? Oh, yum!
0:48:20 > 0:48:22- Go on!- Yeah!
0:48:22 > 0:48:23THEY BOTH YELP
0:48:26 > 0:48:29To mark the end of their time in the city,
0:48:29 > 0:48:32the group have decided to take in a show.
0:48:32 > 0:48:34It's three to get in, isn't it?
0:48:34 > 0:48:35- How are you?- 290?
0:48:35 > 0:48:37- Sawatdee kah!- 290.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39You look very smart - very smart.
0:48:42 > 0:48:43Welcome to Chiang Mai Cabaret!
0:48:43 > 0:48:47- Thank you very much, thank you. - Follow me, follow me.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49- Follow you!- Thank you, darling.
0:48:49 > 0:48:52Known by many as the third gender,
0:48:52 > 0:48:53some of Thailand's lady boys
0:48:53 > 0:48:57are amongst the country's most popular entertainers.
0:48:57 > 0:49:00- TANNOY:- Good evening, ladies and gentlemen.
0:49:03 > 0:49:07# I'm gonna live forever
0:49:07 > 0:49:10# I'm gonna learn how to fly
0:49:10 > 0:49:13# I'm gonna make it together
0:49:13 > 0:49:15# Baby, remember... #
0:49:15 > 0:49:17It's always interesting to see what people enjoy to look at,
0:49:17 > 0:49:20in terms of their entertainment.
0:49:20 > 0:49:24I have an interest in musicals, plays, songs -
0:49:24 > 0:49:26and I love to perform.
0:49:26 > 0:49:28I don't really have any other interests,
0:49:28 > 0:49:32because most of my life has been through musicals.
0:49:32 > 0:49:35SONG ENDS
0:49:35 > 0:49:38CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:49:38 > 0:49:44I would like to ask four guys
0:49:44 > 0:49:47- to come and join enjoy together with me, please.- Go on!
0:49:47 > 0:49:52- Gentlemen, can we have four guys? - Come on. Come, on, Paul.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02I would say I was more introvert than extrovert.
0:50:02 > 0:50:06And the only time I'm really an extrovert is when I'm performing.
0:50:06 > 0:50:08And that's my release.
0:50:17 > 0:50:22- Bloody good sports.- All right! Thank you so much, guys!
0:50:22 > 0:50:25CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:50:25 > 0:50:29I love the music, I love the dancing, and I love the girls.
0:50:29 > 0:50:35And to take part in the show was a special moment for me, actually,
0:50:35 > 0:50:36to take part in that.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39I'm getting a bit emotional.
0:50:39 > 0:50:41I absolutely adored it.
0:50:44 > 0:50:48I guess I'm getting emotional because I'm an older guy now
0:50:48 > 0:50:49and it kind of takes you back.
0:50:49 > 0:50:53It takes you through all your memories.
0:50:53 > 0:50:54All the shows you've done...
0:50:57 > 0:50:59..and all the people you work with.
0:51:02 > 0:51:05Kind of brings it all back, really.
0:51:05 > 0:51:07I don't know why I'm like this, it's ridiculous.
0:51:07 > 0:51:11- Rosemary.- Hello.- This is Nat. Do you want to sit down, darling?
0:51:11 > 0:51:15Rosemary is a very famous chef in the UK.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18- Oh.- And Sheila is very famous.
0:51:18 > 0:51:21You know the song, When Will I See You Again?
0:51:21 > 0:51:25Oh, my God!
0:51:25 > 0:51:27Are you men during the day and women at night?
0:51:27 > 0:51:31- No, I am a lady.- You're a lady?
0:51:31 > 0:51:32All the time.
0:51:32 > 0:51:39- I am a lady already. - Transgender.- Fantastic.
0:51:39 > 0:51:44It's fascinating, but the music was so loud, I hated it.
0:51:45 > 0:51:50But they were beautiful. Some of them were stunningly beautiful.
0:51:50 > 0:51:51Pretty impressed really.
0:51:51 > 0:51:54These boy-girl-boys, pretty impressive.
0:51:54 > 0:51:55Pretty impressive people.
0:51:55 > 0:51:58Anyway, but...I don't really know what to say.
0:51:58 > 0:52:01Do you know what? I'm speechless!
0:52:15 > 0:52:19- Hiya, Dennis. - I'm going to expose the legs today.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21- Oh, love!- Oh, lovely!
0:52:21 > 0:52:22My white Irish legs.
0:52:22 > 0:52:25It's the group's final day in Thailand.
0:52:25 > 0:52:27Are you pretty good at home, Paul?
0:52:27 > 0:52:31- Around the kitchen?- Oh, yes, I do a lot of cooking.- That's good.
0:52:31 > 0:52:34His wife told me that Paul has got a black belt in cooking.
0:52:34 > 0:52:37She said he'll kill you with one chop.
0:52:37 > 0:52:39It's too early, Dennis, it's just too early, all right?
0:52:39 > 0:52:43It's too early. No, stop, can you stop for one hour?
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Hello.
0:52:45 > 0:52:47Good morning.
0:52:47 > 0:52:49ALL EXCHANGE GREETINGS IN THAI
0:52:49 > 0:52:51Before they head home,
0:52:51 > 0:52:53their hosts have invited the group
0:52:53 > 0:52:56to take part in an ancient Thai custom.
0:52:56 > 0:52:58# When will I see you again? #
0:52:58 > 0:53:01- Bless you.- The Three Degrees.
0:53:01 > 0:53:05- Yes, yes.- It's my age, also. - Yes, and my age, too.
0:53:10 > 0:53:13Oh, look at all this fish.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15Wow.
0:53:15 > 0:53:19Buddhists believe that freeing a captive animal back into the wild
0:53:19 > 0:53:22can bring luck and prosperity.
0:53:22 > 0:53:25Ah, that's what I want, I want a catfish, this one.
0:53:25 > 0:53:26This one, OK.
0:53:26 > 0:53:28I'll have that one on the floor.
0:53:28 > 0:53:30To save it.
0:53:30 > 0:53:34- What about you, Dennis?- Dennis?
0:53:36 > 0:53:39That small one, yeah.
0:53:39 > 0:53:41They're obviously dying a horrible death.
0:53:41 > 0:53:44You see, my father was a fisherman all the time.
0:53:44 > 0:53:46But I don't particularly like seeing...
0:53:46 > 0:53:48- I don't like seeing it.- There's some on the ground here.
0:53:48 > 0:53:50I don't like seeing it.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53Anyway, the good thing about it is that we're going to release some.
0:53:53 > 0:53:56We're going to save some, which is actually rather good.
0:53:56 > 0:54:00- We get one each, do we?- Yeah. - Thank you, darling, marvellous.
0:54:01 > 0:54:04You don't know how lucky you are, boy.
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Three miles across town
0:54:06 > 0:54:10in the grounds of an ancient temple, is Lake Wat Umong.
0:54:10 > 0:54:12See, you can see a lot of fish.
0:54:12 > 0:54:14We can see the fish, yeah.
0:54:14 > 0:54:16- Turtle.- Oh, a turtle, see the big turtle.
0:54:16 > 0:54:19Is this where we release the fish?
0:54:19 > 0:54:21Yes. And you can pray.
0:54:21 > 0:54:27Whatever you need. Good health, good life, and go back with safe trip.
0:54:27 > 0:54:28Put the bag in the water.
0:54:28 > 0:54:30Put the bag in the water.
0:54:30 > 0:54:34- HOST RECITES PRAYER IN THAI - There it goes. Go on, little fish.
0:54:34 > 0:54:37- Something like that.- Yes.
0:54:37 > 0:54:40Good luck and peace on earth.
0:54:42 > 0:54:45I'm going to take an awful lot away from here
0:54:45 > 0:54:47about accepting the moment in time.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49That's going to be quite hard, but actually,
0:54:49 > 0:54:53it's sort of peaceful and lovely.
0:54:53 > 0:54:55This has been, I think,
0:54:55 > 0:54:58Thailand has been almost life-changing for me,
0:54:58 > 0:55:00in a funny sort of way.
0:55:01 > 0:55:04I think the idea behind the Buddhist faith
0:55:04 > 0:55:06is that if you do good on this earth,
0:55:06 > 0:55:08you'll come back as something special.
0:55:08 > 0:55:10So, if you behave like a rat,
0:55:10 > 0:55:11you'll probably come back as a rat.
0:55:11 > 0:55:13If you behave like a nice, good person,
0:55:13 > 0:55:17you'll come back as a good person and have a good life.
0:55:17 > 0:55:19It's a tortoise. Very nice.
0:55:19 > 0:55:21Look at that.
0:55:21 > 0:55:26I see the allure for people to come here and retire.
0:55:26 > 0:55:30I feel a calmness and a happiness that I can't explain.
0:55:30 > 0:55:33I don't feel teary, I don't feel sad about death,
0:55:33 > 0:55:35I don't feel sad about life.
0:55:35 > 0:55:38I just feel happy at this particular moment.
0:55:38 > 0:55:40He knows, look at that, the tortoise down there.
0:55:40 > 0:55:43Oh, he's having a ball now.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45I've certainly enjoyed the experience.
0:55:45 > 0:55:47I bet my old dad was watching down
0:55:47 > 0:55:51when I released the fish, I would imagine.
0:55:51 > 0:55:53Thailand, it's certainly making me think
0:55:53 > 0:55:56about the spiritual side of things.
0:55:56 > 0:56:00I might start going back to church again
0:56:00 > 0:56:03and take my children to church.
0:56:05 > 0:56:08It's a very peaceful place.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10It's very, very peaceful.
0:56:10 > 0:56:14# Feed the birds... #
0:56:14 > 0:56:16Oh, go away!
0:56:16 > 0:56:19No, go away.
0:56:19 > 0:56:21Sorry, sorry!
0:56:21 > 0:56:23I'm shouting. I'm so sorry.
0:56:27 > 0:56:30You're wearing one, aren't you?
0:56:30 > 0:56:31Oh, no, it wasn't, was it?
0:56:31 > 0:56:35- Good luck, good luck. - A pigeon landed.- It bless you.
0:56:35 > 0:56:38- Is that a blessing?- The pigeon personally blessed me.
0:56:38 > 0:56:40How very lovely of him.
0:56:40 > 0:56:42- I'll live forever now.- Yes.