Himalaya (BBC)

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Cover 3 Information 3.1 North by Northwest 3.2 A Passage to India 3.3 Annapurna to Everest 3.4 The Roof of the World 3.5 Leaping Tiger, Naked Nagas 3.6 Bhutan to the Bay of Bengal 4 Screenshots 5 Technical Specs 5.1 SD Version 5.2 HD Version 6 Links 6.1 Release Post 6.2 Official Website 6.3 Related Documentaries 6.4 ed2k Links

[edit] General Information

Travel, Nature Documentary presented by Michael Palin and published by BBC in 2004 - English narration

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Michael Palin's 2000-mile journey along a mountain range of mystery, adventure and challenge.

"It was a great adventure, in busy, lively cities, beautiful countryside, and amongst magnificent peaks, glaciers, snow-fields and isolated, spectacular villages. From the highest point of the journey, just over 18,000 feet to the lowest, floating out into the sunset on the Bay of Bengal, the scenery is breathtaking, but, as usual, it's the people we meet along the way - who really make the journey amazing." Michael Palin

Michael Palin's sixth televised international journey takes him to the Himalaya (Sanskrit for "The Abode of Snow"), a mighty and majestic region of Asia. His extraordinary journey takes him through Afghanistan, across India to the base of Mount Everest and then onto the Bhutanese capital before arriving in the Bay of Bengal. Along the way, he encounters fascinating inhabitants of the mountain range - including the Dalai Lama, the Bhutanese Royal Family and the once feared head hunting tribe of the Konyak.

[edit] North by Northwest

Countries visited: Pakistan. Features Khyber Pass, Peshawar, Gilgit, Chitral and K2.

[edit] A Passage to India

Countries visited: Pakistan and India. Features Lahore, Amritsar, Shimla, Dharamsala and Srinagar, with a special meeting with the Dalai Lama.

[edit] Annapurna to Everest

Countries visited: Nepal and China (Tibet province). 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.

[edit] The Roof of the World

Countries visited: China (Tibet and Qinghai provinces). Features Lhasa and Yushu.

[edit] Leaping Tiger, Naked Nagas

Countries visited: 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.

[edit] Bhutan to the Bay of Bengal

Countries visited: India (Assam state), Bhutan and Bangladesh. Concludes Michael Palin's journey. 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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[edit] SD Version

• Video Codec: DivX
• Video Bitrate: 1470 kbps
• Video Resolution: 704x384
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
• Audio Codec: AC3
• Audio BitRate: 192 kbps
• Audio Streams: 1
• Audio Languages: English
• RunTime per Part: 59 minutes
• Number of Parts: 6
• Part Size: 700 MB
• Subtitles: English
• Ripped by: m06166

[edit] HD Version

• Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4.1
  
• Video Bitrate: CRF 19 (~3270Kbps)
  
• Video Resolution: 1280x720
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  
• Frames Rate: 25 FPS
  
• Audio Codec: AAC-LC
  
• Audio Bitrate: Q=0.41 VBR 48KHz (~128Kbps)
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Run-Time: 59 mins
  
• Number Of Parts: 6
  
• Part Size: 1.44 GB (average)
  
• Source: HDTV
  
• Encoded by: JungleBoy

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[edit] Release Post

• MVGroup.org (ed2k)
• MVGroup.org (torrent)
• VeryCD.com
• VeryCD.com

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