Himalaya with Michael Palin  Leaping Tigers

Michael visits Dharamsala for audience with the Dalai Lama. Details

 

Program: Himalaya with Michael Palin

Episode: Leaping Tigers

Palin follows the Yangtze River along Tiger Leaping Gorge and reaches the easternmost end of the Himalayas in Southwest China. He visits a celebrated Mosuo singer, gets a medical check-up with an octogenarian herbalist, and explores medieval Lijiang. He heads over Myanmar (Burma) to Nagaland in India. He meets reformed headhunters, visits tea estates, and loses a tug of war with an elephant.

Duration: (59:12)
Premiere Date: 02/05/2012
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: TV-PG
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