Ewan McGregor

This is a perfect follow-up to the original book on Charley Boorman and Ewan McGreggor's book the Long Way down.  Why do I say this?Because it is a wonderfully photographic volume of the same trip.

There were so many amazing photos taken and filmed on that trip - many will have been seen on the six week evening showing on television of their trip going the long way down through Africa.

I have become a great fan of Charley Boorman and Ewan McGregor after meeting Charley at their headquarters recently in London, when Vicky and I met Charley to interview him on their latest trip 'The Long Way Down'.

But I'm going to talk about their book 'The Long Way Round' which is the trip that they did in 2004.  They started off from London and went through France, Belguim, Germany across the Czech Republic, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Russia then flying across to Alaska down through Canada and North America arriving at their finish destination New York.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading the Long Way Down adventures, but I have to say, it is an emotional roller coaster from tears to laughter and all inbetween. The visits they made to the UNICEF places and Riders For Health make for both happy and sad reading because of the desperate situation alot of the people are in. But the incredible generosity of the people everywhere they went both in Europe and Africa make up for all the anxsty bits.