Product Description

It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan McGregor - actor and self-confessed bike nut - noticed that it was possible to ride all the way round the world, with just one short hop across the Bering Strait from Russia to Alaska. So he picked up the phone and called Charley Boorman, his best friend, fellow actor and bike enthusiast. 'Charley,' he said. 'I think you ought to come over for dinner.' Riding 20,000 miles across increasingly tough terrain, Ewan and Charley chased their shadows through Europe, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Russia, across the Pacific to Alaska, then down through Canada and America. As they travelled they documented their trip, taking photographs, and writing diaries by the campfire. Long Way Round is the result of their adventures - a fascinating, frank and highly entertaining travel book about two friends riding round the world together and, against all the odds, realising their dream.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #115694 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 288 pages

Review
* 'Both McGregor and Boorman prove themselves to be engaging, articulate and entertaining narrators ... a highly readable and spiritually uplifting book about a dream come true' Wanderlust * 'Touching and memorable ... one for armchair travellers and bike freaks' Daily Mail

About the Author
Ewan McGregor first came to notice in Shallow Grave. Since then he has appeared in more than thirty films including Star Wars Episodes I and II and Trainspotting. Charley Boorman has appeared in films such as Excalibur, The Emerald Forest and, more recently, The Bunker.

Customer Reviews

Long Way Round
I found this to be a good account of their round the world bike trip, but also found it a little repetitive, virtually every chapter has a 'he said and I said and then he said' feel about it, which is a shame. It seems like a great adventure and the TV series showed that aspect really well, the book on the other hand is a little dry. Worth it if you're a big fan of the series, other wise you can give it a miss and not worry too much.

good read.....
I have always admired anyone who takes on a mission and sees it through, and for these guys to motorbike around the world is truley amazing. I'm a keen reader of these books and love to read about adventures as hard core as this one. There is plenty of action and funny moments and sweat and tears. I'm sure for ewan its a differnt kind of buzz from his acting. I try hard to block out the thought that they had a back-up crew with them and the trip was heavy planned, unlike the Raven brothers' road trip to Vladivostok in an old £300 Sierra called 'The Linger Longer'. Over all it's thumbs up and i have already pre ordered their next book in Africa. Looking forward to seeing the TV series, too. Well done guys, what's next?

5 stars but I wanted more...
I just finished the book. 2 days of intense reading. Obviously I loved the story about this fantastic adventure as I am a biker myself, but at the same time I missed a deeper understanding and insight in human nature and society, which this book scratches only on the surface and not too often. 5 stars not only for the respect such an adventure inspires in me but olso because the authors have been changed by it in a positive way and therefore made it possible for all uf us to benefit from it. Thank you!