"John Dwyer might be just the ticket to fill [Michael] Palin's well worn shoes" - HungryFeet.com

Overland adventurer John Dwyer has less than three months to cross China, Tibet, Nepal and India and he has a to-do list:

- Drink snake blood
- Get smuggled into Tibet
- Hike to Mount Everest
- Watch the dead burning by the Ganges
- Get from China to India in ten weeks

From the Great Wall of China to the Taj Mahal, his journey takes him across Asia's most fascinating regions. Join him on his epic trek as he meets the ear cleaners of Chengdu, hikes into the peerless peaks of the Himalayas, watches secretive Buddhist ceremonies in Tibet, fends off a champion hawker at the Great Wall, and meets a woman that will change his life forever.