From London to New York, Ewan and Charley chased their shadows
through Europe, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia,
across the Pacific to Alaska, then down through Canada and America.
But as the miles slipped beneath the tyres of their big BMWs, their
troubles started. Exhaustion, injury and accidents tested their
strength. Treacherous roads, unpredictable weather and turbulent
politics challenged their stamina. They were chased by paparazzi in
Kazakhstan, courted by men with very large guns in the Ukraine,
hassled by the police, and given bulls'' testicles for supper by
Mongolian nomads. And yet despite all these obstacles they managed
to ride more than twenty thousand miles in four months, changing
their lives forever in the process. 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.
關於作者:
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.