The only sections not undertaken by motorcycle were the 31-mile (50 km) passage through the Channel Tunnel, 580 miles (930 km) by train in Siberia to circumvent the Zilov Gap, several river crossings and a short impassable section in eastern Russia undertaken by truck, and a 2,505-mile (4,031 km) flight from Magadan in eastern Russia to Anchorage, Alaska in the US. The series was added to Apple TV+ on 18 September 2020, along with sequels Long Way Downįrom 14 April 2004 to 29 July 2004, Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman, motorcycle riding cameraman Claudio von Planta, along with director/producers David Alexanian and Russ Malkin, travelled from London to New York City via Western and Central Europe, Ukraine, Western Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Siberia and Canada, over a cumulative distance of 18,887 miles (30,396 km). The series aired on Sky One from 18 October 2004 – 1 February 2005 and was repeated on BBC Two in 2008. They travelled eastwards through Europe and Asia, flew to Alaska, and continued by road to New York. 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.Long Way Round ( LWR) is a British television series and book documenting the 19,000-mile (31,000 km) journey of Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman from London to New York City on motorcycles. As they travelled they documented their trip, taking photographs, and writing diaries by the campfire.

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.Īnd yet despite all these obstacles they managed to ride more than 20,000 miles in four months, changing their lives forever in the process. Treacherous roads, unpredictable weather and turbulent politics challenged their stamina. Exhaustion, injury and accidents tested their strength.

But as the miles slipped beneath the tyres of their big BMWs, their troubles started. 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.

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