Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World | 
|  | | | Title: | Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World | | Author: | Ewan McGregor
Charley Boorman | | Publisher: | Atria | | Type: | Book / Paperback | | Publication Date: | 01 November, 2005 | | ISBN / ISBN-13: | 0743499344 / 9780743499347 | | List Price: | $15.00 | | You Save: | $4.80 | | Amazon Price: | $10.20 | |
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It started as a daydream. Poring over a map of the world at home one quiet Saturday afternoon, Ewan McGregor -- acclaimed 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. It was a revelation he couldn't get out of his head. So he picked up the phone and called his fellow actor-slash-biker friend Charley Boorman and told him it was time to hit the road....Long Way RoundBeginning in London, Ewan and Charley chased their shadows through Europe, the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and Russia; across the Pacific to Alaska; then down through Canada all the way to New York. Long Way Round is the result of their four-month, 20,000-mile joyride. Featuring original diary entries, travel maps, mileage charts, and dozens of photographs, this is a freewheeling, fully charged, and uproariously entertaining book about two world-famous individuals who chose the road not taken...and made the journey worthwhile.
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• Not A Hardcore Trip 29 January, 2008
This book is about a fully planned, fully prepped, fully sponsored long-distance bike trip with a movie star in tow. It is not like `Jupiter's Travels' or `One-Man Caravan', two excellent books about solo motorcycle travel...
I starting reading this book, hoping that by the end, Ewan and I would be 'friends' via his words and I would identify with his journey, as I am a solo motorcylist myself, having done a lot of long-distance touring. I found that his trip relates to me on virtually no levels.
Ewan and crew have local fixer, chase vehicles, and assistance every step of the way. There's no sense of danger or adventure. It's all a money making vehicle for them. All of the risk and spontaneity has been removed from their trip.
In the book, Ewan basically pees himself everytime he sees someone with a gun, as guns offend his narrow English sensibility. There's a lot of whispering and then they decide they need to leave there right away, as peril is imminent! Doesn't he realize in the real world, outside of the U.K., people use guns on a daily basis both as tools AND to defend themselves and their families.
And he does take basically any chance he can to speak down about America and what this country is about. He dedicates hundreds of pages to the rest of the world, but just a few about his 3,000 miles across the U.S. If you take Route 66 across the U.S., you can see things and meet people that would allow you to fill a 1,000 pages. He just dismisses the whole country as one big strip mall.
In short, this book is about a spoiled movie star, on a fully-prepped trip, basically riding a motorcycle with no sense of adventure or spontaneity. This book is for Ewan McGregor fans, not motorcyclists.
No offense to Ewan or Charley Boorman here, just giving my opinion.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3KK9PFCM7XC9H
• Very Insightful 02 April, 2008
This was an amazing book. Both men tell compelling stories and convey their sense of wonder about what they see and hear.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3GOL43J8QD8DI
• Hop On Your Bmw And Drive Away From This Book 08 March, 2008
One of the great things about the best travel writing is that it not only makes you want to travel, you actually want to be there with the author.
Not only did I not want to travel after this book, I have decided to avoid Ewan and Charley and give most of Asia a wide berth. They are miserable characters and you actually wish something bad would happen to them.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A2S1HUFONSDFO0
• Language Challenged 05 April, 2008
I only watched one episode of the TV series as it was yet another "adventure TV" with full supporting cast. Spotted the book in local library so decided to give it a go, BIG MISTAKE. Why oh why are not books clasified for content as are movies? Where do these two apparently well educated authers get off with their constant use of four letter expletives? They will no doubt say it is a reflection of the real world, I find it insulting and uncalled for. I gave up half way through what was in fact a good read as I could not put up with the filth that they presumably believe to be clever.
Roger
Spokane, Washington
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3FEP3DXKGLJG3
• Riding Hard 09 February, 2008
adventure travel to expctic places has always facinated me. This book is a diary written by two men wh took an adventure tour. The descriptions of the landscape and the people they meet are intriguing. The expression of the feelings they experienced gives some idea of what it might be like to take on such an adventure. I highly reccommend this book it is entertaining and facinating.
- Reviewed by customer ID: A3A4UDJSNTW855
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