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Himalaya with Michael Palin: Episode 5: Leaping Tigers, Naked Nagas

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Leaping Tigers, Naked Nagas

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Michael Palin reaches the easternmost end of the Himalayas and continues on to Assam.

Michael Palin continues his Himalayan trek. Palin reaches the easternmost end of the Himalayas, exploring medieval Lijiang.

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.

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Intrepid adventurer Michael Palin takes a journey through the Himalayas.

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