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Himalaya with Michael Palin

Episode 5: Leaping Tigers, Naked Nagas

Duration: 59 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One LondonLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Michael Palin continues his Himalayan trek.

Following the Yangtze along Tiger Leaping Gorge into Yunnan in China, Palin reaches the easternmost end of the Himalayas.

He gets a medical check-up before exploring medieval Lijiang with the director of the local orchestra. Heading across Myanmar to Nagaland in India he rides the steam train to Tipong Coalmine.

In Assam he rides an elephant and then stays in a strange monastery. Show less

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