Himalaya with Michael Palin

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Himalaya with Michael Palin was a 2004 BBC television series presented by comedian and travel presenter Michael Palin. It records his six-month trip across the Himalaya mountain range. Published as a three-DVD set. A book by the same name written by Palin was published to accompany the series, and is available free to read online.[1]

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North by Northwest - Countries visited: Pakistan. Features Khyber Pass, Peshawar, Gilgit, Chitral and K2.
A Passage to India - Countries visited: Pakistan and India. Features Lahore, Amritsar, Shimla, Dharamsala and Srinagar, with a special meeting with the Dalai Lama.
Annapurna to Everest - Countries visited: Nepal and China (Tibet province). Features Kathmandu, Pokhara, Annapurna Mountain and the Everest base camp (northern, Chinese side). Includes Palin's meeting with King Gyanendra of Nepal and a scare involving the Maoist rebels.
The Roof of the World - Countries visited: China (Tibet and Qinghai provinces). Features Lhasa and Yushu.
Leaping Tiger, Naked Nagas - Countries visited: China (Yunnan province) and India (Nagaland state). Features Kunming, Lijiang, Lugu Lake and the Naga village of Longwa on the Indian-Burmese border. Includes a trek along Tiger Leaping Gorge.
Bhutan to the Bay of Bengal - Countries visited: India (Assam state), Bhutan and Bangladesh. Concludes Michael Palin's journey. Features Kaziranga National Park, Thimphu, Sylhet, Dhaka and Chittagong. Ends on the Bay of Bengal. This episode was one of the few instances where the media gave attention to the Grameen Bank and Muhammed Yunus's efforts, in the micro-economic scale in Bangladesh before he was awarded the Nobel Prize for it.