Long Way Round

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Little, Brown Book Group, Apr 11, 2013 - Travel - 384 pages

'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

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.

 

Contents

MAGADAN
On yer bike
DEPARTURE DAY 4 No surprises LONDON TO UKRAINIAN BORDER 5 Little bylittle ACROSS THEUKRAINE 6 Mansion on the hill ANTRATS...
BELAYA TO AKTOBE 8 Free as an eagle ROAD OF DEATH TO SEMEY
BARNAUL TO ULAANGOM
BARUUNTURUUN TO CHITA 11 Bad hair never looked so good CHITATO MAGADAN 12 Tears in my helmet ANCHORAGE TO NEW YORK
Appendix A Route
Appendix B Equipment
Unicef
Acknowledgements Race to Dakar
Chapter 1
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About the author (2013)

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.

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