This 2004 BBC television series records comedian and travel presenter Michael Palin''s six-month trip across the Himalaya mountain range covering an amazingly diverse range of cultures and environments in various countries. It includes 1� North by Northwest - Pakistan''s tribal province featuring Khyber Pass Peshawar Gilgit Chitral and K2; 2� A Passage to India - Lahore (still in Muslim Pakistan) and in its mainly Hindu rival India: Amritsar Shimla Dharamsala (meeting with the Dalai Lama) and Srinagar; 3�Annapurna to Everest - Nepal (the capital Kathmandu meeting with King Gyanendra and Annapurna Mountain; includes a scare involving the Maoist rebels in the Gurkha recruiting area) and Tibet (administered as a Chinese province: Pokhara and the Everest base camp on the northern side). 4� The Roof of the World - Tibet''s capital Lhasa and in China''s Qinghai province Yushu... Written by�KGF Vissers