It is a question that echoes around the globe, but nowhere more urgently than across the vast swath of Asia that draws its water from the "roof of the world."

I got snagged, found myself stuck on a facility gutter, and squatted there like an airy gargoyle.

During the project, they stumbled upon an unusually sturdy cardboard panel, made only of paper and air but arranged in a specific, ridged, 3D construction.

The ridge and pitch of the roof give each first floor room an individual character.

Walking through the sweet little fishing town, charmingly dotted with bright red and blue peaked-roof cottages, I had to keep reminding myself that I'd traveled nearly to the world's roof.