They are travelling in friendly and peaceful countries, and try to make it look dangerous and adventurous. Its really not. They did a fairly long ride together with 2 trucks full of people and support. Bet it was fantastic... but they should have skipped the drama-part.
Most overlanders are sitting back thinking this was to much drama and and to much acting.
It gives a detailed start to finish of the whole project; preparation, sourcing the necessary equipment and the actual trip. Makes you want to get out and do it yourself!! Real characters and genuine emotion throuhout! A great DVD set.
This one is for all you fun loving bike enthusiast, i watched this with my other half,Ewan and Charley were just brilliant and they are both real funny and emotional people. Its one of those dvds that you say you will watch one episode each night, but you just get hooked.Its definatly one of the best dvds ive watched in a long time
This would be every bikers dream to ride around the world, The highs and the lows that these guys go through are all shown. A must for your collection.(can't wait to watch the Long Way Down)
I have watched a Long Way Round and really enjoyed it so i thought i better watch the first one.I was not disappointed.You cant believe two men would put themselves through all that and all for charity.They did a great job and we had the privilege to watch it.Cant wait for the next one.
One of the greatest adventure that I have had the opportunity to watch, and (almost) participate in. Totally inspiering. The feeling of the trip is really captured in a great way. I wanna go to...
brilliant dvd, kept me up late watching it as I missed it on television and had read the book, it was good to watch as it was warts and all. It showed all the different characters of places that were off the beaten track. I would reccommend it to other people, well worth having.
Pure escapism - a (off) road motorbike trip without equal it captures your attention and fires your imagination as you travel with Ewan and Charley from London to New York overland.
Good quality photography with lots of interesting events along the way ensures you maintain interest - but having said that its definitely a bloke movie.
It had me wishing that I had undertaken such a journey in my youth and got me thinking about planning to do something similar but on a smaller scale - I say "similar" and "smaller" because being older than the lads I have gone soft and like my creature comforts and smaller because I couldn't afford the attendant support team and it would be fool hardy to contemplate such a journey without them.
Clear your diary for a day, get the wife and kids out of the house, make sure you have few cases of chilled beer to hand, order a pizza delivery and invite the lads round and watch from end to end.
Both my wife and I are bikers so thought we'd have a look at this dvd. We actually watched their second trip, Long Way Down, first as it was on tele and really enjoyed that so then went looking on ebay for this one and also really enjoyed it too. It gives an insight into the two bikers, Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, as they take on the mammoth trip around the world. One obvious reason to watch was to see what Ewan is like in real life and another reason was to actually find out about Charley as neither of us had heard of him before we watched either series. We've chatted to friends about the series and about Ewan and Charley, few of them disliked it but my wife and I enjoyed it especially the fact that it shows the ups and downs, good days and bad, easy riding sections of the trip as well as the accidents and the agreements and disagreements between the two. All in all we both agreed that Long Way Round is well worth the money to buy and the time to watch whether your a biker or not.
Watched long way down and missed this one. If you like travel and love bikes....watch this! It has all the drama and none of the risk!Only dislike was that it was only ten episodes!!!Look forward to the next.
Having followed the series and missing one or two stints of the journey, then having followed Long Way Down, from the announcement before the Day of Champions at Donington Park, my family and l decided to buy the original series. Fantastic journey and adventure programme with the impetus on motorcycles. Great show.
Having not long watched Long Way Down(recently on TV),which I could not wait to see each new episode,I found that Ewan and Charlie had already done the Long Way Round,I think possibly a couple of years ago.Having bought my copy of Long Way Round on ebay it did not disappoint from start to finish I was hooked but this time having the DVD set I was able to watch when I liked and so watched the whole series in a week,a real down to earth tale of the journey through Europe including some near impassable bits and then on through America visiting various local villages and towns on route.
Bought it because it was cheap but would only play on PC NOT on andy of the 3 dvd players in the house! guess thats what you get for buying cheap copied dvd's!
Great journey, better than long way down, by far. Ewan & Charlie are far more natural in their first journey, and the whole event was less predictable than the long way down, plus the scenery/enviroment changed more during the trip.
Hi. My daughter bought this DVD for me for my birthday. I followed the series on TV and really wanted to get the DVD to see all the extras. I thought the whole DVD was brilliant and really enjoyed it all.
I felt like I really got involved and started to care about, not just the main characters, but everyone. I've always been a huge Ewan McGregor fan.
On the whole I would definitely recommend this if you like to laugh as they are both very funny. If you want to feel some eagerness and like to follow stories and will people on, then this is the perfect DVD for you!
What great about this documentary is the story about everyone who made this trip, the Camera man Claudio, the support team etc and the video Diaries of both Ewan and Charley. The remote routes they took, meeting the locals and getting a better incite in how they live and greet strangers, the trauma, the harsh ship, the problems they faced and pain they endures, basically the wide range of emotions they express. It is not like other travel programs, it is way more interesting.
The dream of any motorcycle rider...an epic journey of two motorcycle riders, and friends that decided one day to pick two amazing bikes and roll around the world. 10 hours of histories and adventures that gives us the other side of riding along incredible places and amazing people and cultures. Highly recommended. Thanks