Thursday
Nov252010
TURAS I MBAOL- NEIPEAL
2x52 Min Series / Format: HD / TG4 Version
Funders: TG4, National Geographic International, Irish Film Board
Dermot Somers follows a family of Buddhist yak herders on a breathtaking three month
journey across the roof of the world. After travelling with Nenets reindeer people across the frozen plains of Northern Siberia and crossing the Sahara with one of the last true camel caravans, the fourth film in the ‘Turas I mbaol’ series sees presenter, Dermot Somers, follow a family from their homes on the High Tibetan Plateau to the lowland valleys of Southern Nepal through Dolpo - a small and inaccessible kingdom which for centuries has remained almost entirely cut off from the outside world.