Palin's Travels:

MAP OF HIMALAYA REGION

Michael's next series takes him to the stunning Himalaya region. His journey will take him right around, and up and down, the area detailed below...

		Talk to others about the Himalaya in the travel section of the Chatter Box
		Himalaya introduction

LINKS TO RELEVANT EXTERNAL SITES:

		Travel Himalayas
		The Dalai Lama
		Lonely Planet
		Rough Guides
		National Geographic

HIMALAYA FACTS

• The Himalaya are also known as:
Himyan, Himvat, Himachal and Himadri

• Famous peaks in the region are:
Mount Everest (8,848m / 29,032ft)
Kunchenjunga (8,585m / 28,169ft)
K2 (8,611m / 28,251ft)
Nanga Parbat (8,126m / 26,660ft)

• The Himalaya range includes 14 peaks of 8,000m (26,000ft) and higher, with hundreds of summits topping 7,000m (23,000ft).

• The Himalaya is one of the youngest mountain ranges on Earth, and can be traced back to the Jurassic era (50 million years ago).

• The original inhabitants of the Himalaya include: the Kulinds, Kiratas, Kilinds and Kinnars.


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