Hot on the heels of his adventures in the Sahara, Michael Palin takes on the
abode of snow and begins an extraordinary 2000-mile journey across this mighty
and majestic region of Asia.
Michael Palin's 2000-mile journey along a mountain range of mystery,
adventure and challenge.“It was a great adventure, in busy, lively cities,
beautiful countryside, and amongst magnificent peaks, glaciers, snow-fields and
isolated, spectacular villages. From the highest point of the journey, just over
18,000Â feet to the lowest, floating out into the sunset on the Bay of Bengal,
the scenery is breathtaking, but, as usual, it's the people we meet along the
way – who really make the journey amazing.” Michael Palin
Michael Palin's sixth televised international journey takes him to the
Himalaya (Sanskrit for “The Abode of Snow”), a mighty and majestic region of
Asia. His extraordinary journey takes him through Afghanistan, across India to
the feared Death Zone near the base of Mount Everest and then onto the Bhutanese
capital before arriving in the Bay of Bengal. Along the way, he encounters
fascinating inhabitants of the mountain range – including the Dalai Lama, the
Bhutanese Royal Family and the once feared head hunting tribe of the Konyak.