The program begins in the North-West Frontier section of Pakistan. Michael goes up the Kyber Pass Ra...
Goes up to 14500ft by Helicopter to get his first taste of high altitude, then has to detour back to...
He now enters Nepal by air and hooks up with a British commander of the Gurkha regiment who is recru...
This episode focuses on the people and terrain of Tibet, which is now part of China. He visits vario...
Michael travels down the Yangtze by boat through the famous Tiger Leaping gorge and arrives at the e...
We head into the small mountainous country of Bhutan which strives for Gross National Happiness rath...
Intrepid adventurer Michael Palin takes a journey through the Himalayas.