Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the World

Long Way Round: Chasing Shadows Across the WorldIt 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

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 Round
Beginning 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.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 11/01/2005
ISBN: 9780743499347
Pages: 312
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.10w x 0.84d

Review Citations: Ingram Advance 11/01/2005 pg. 119