The popular film stars best known for their respective appearances in the latest Star Wars trilogy recount their three-month, twenty-thousand-mile motorbike journey through some of the harshest terrains on Earth, in a personal account that describes how they flew MiG jets in Russia, built igloos in Alaska, trained under Kung Fu masters in China, and more. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.

"A small miracle of persistence and speed...readable and entertaining."
-- Publishers Weekly

Autorentext

Ewan McGregor was born in Perthshire in 1971. An actor who has appeared in more than thirty films -- Trainspotting, Velvet Goldmine, Moulin Rouge, and the second Star Wars trilogy among them -- he rides an MV Augusta F4S and a KTM Duke. He lives in London with his wife and two daughters.

Klappentext

Actor Ewan McGregor ("Moulin Rouge") and his best friend Charley Boorman (son of director John Boorman) present this chronicle of their endeavor to circumnavigate the world on motorbikes, traveling for three months through some of the harshest terrain imaginable. Photos.

Zusammenfassung
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.