Long Way Round Chasing Shadows Across the World

McGregor, Ewan; Boorman, Charley

ISBN 10: 0751536806 / ISBN 13: 9780751536805

Published by Time Warner, London, 2005

About this Item

Light shelf and edge wear. Some foxing to front cover, endpapers, and edges of reading block. ; First printing of Time Warner paperback edition with no other printings listed, 2005. Nice tight copy, no names inside. Cover design by TWBG - Duncan Spilling with photos courtesy of Long Way Round and Julian Broad. Heavy book and priced accordingly. ; Colour Photographs; 384 pages; London to New York, a trip actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman had made many times in their careers. But in 2004 they decided to do it by going East instead of West, and riding BMW motorbikes instead of booking seats on an airline. This is their account of a memorable four month journey of 20,000 miles across Western Europe, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia and Russia, followed by a short flight across the North Pacific to Alaska, then down through Canada and America.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Long Way Round Chasing Shadows Across the World
• Publisher: Time Warner, London
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0751536806
• ISBN 13: 9780751536805
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint; First Printing.
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

'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.

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.