Episode Guide
The series is divided up into six one-hour episodes
| # | Title | Countries Visited | Plot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North by Northwest | Pakistan | Features Khyber Pass, Peshawar, Gilgit, Chitral and K2. |
| 2 | A Passage to India | Pakistan and India | Features Lahore, Amritsar, Shimla, Dharamsala and Srinagar, with a special meeting with the Dalai Lama. |
| 3 | Annapurna to Everest | Nepal and China (Tibet Autonomous Region) | Features Kathmandu, Pokhara, Annapurna Mountain and the Everest base camp (northern, Chinese side). Includes Palin's meeting with King Gyanendra of Nepal and a scare involving the Maoist rebels. |
| 4 | The Roof of the World | China (Tibet Autonomous Region and Qinghai Province) | Features Lhasa and Yushu. |
| 5 | Leaping Tigers, Naked Nagas | China (Yunnan Province) and India (Nagaland State) | Features Kunming, Lijiang, Lugu Lake and the Naga village of Longwa on the Indian-Burmese border. Includes a trek along Tiger Leaping Gorge. |
| 6 | Bhutan to the Bay of Bengal | India (Assam State), Bhutan and Bangladesh | Features Kaziranga National Park, Thimphu, Sylhet, Dhaka and Chittagong. Ends on the Bay of Bengal. This episode was one of the few instances where the media gave attention to the Grameen Bank and Muhammed Yunus's efforts, in the micro-economic scale in Bangladesh before he was awarded the Nobel Prize for it. |
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