![]() ![]() 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. ![]() 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. About Press Copyright Contact us Creators Advertise Developers Terms Privacy Policy & Safety How YouTube works Test new features NFL Sunday Ticket Press Copyright. 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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