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Long Way Down

By: Ewan McGregor, Charley Boorman
Narrated by: Mark Bonnar, Rupert Degas
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About this listen

Winner of the British Book Awards, Popular Non-Fiction Award, 2008.

Eighteen countries. Five shock absorbers. Two bikers. One amazing adventure.

After their fantastic trip round the world in 2004, fellow actors and bike fanatics Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman couldn't shake the travel bug. Inspired by their UNICEF visits to Africa, they knew they had to go back and experience this extraordinary continent in more depth.

Joining up once more with producer/directors Russ Malkin and David Alexanian and the Long Way Round team, and with two new BMWs loaded up for the trip, their route took them from John O'Groats at the northernmost tip of Scotland to Cape Agulhas on the southernmost tip of South Africa.

Riding though spectacular scenery, often in extreme temperatures, Ewan and Charley faced their hardest challenges yet. With their trademark humour and honesty, they tell their story: the drama, the dangers, and the sheer exhilaration of riding together again, though a continent filled with magic and wonder.

2008, Galaxy Book Awards, Winner

©2007 Long Way Round Ltd (P)2007 Hachette Audio Adventure Travel Travel Writing & Commentary Adventure

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I really enjoyed listening to this as my first audio book.
I wasn't sure what to expect but it was well read.

A great story, well read.

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Another great accompaniment to the TV show. Entertaining though bit short when compared to Long Way Round

Bit short but good

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Found the book to focus more on the political side of travelling through Africa and less on the actual riding and the trip etc. Not as good as the long way round.

Political

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Good book overall. Wouldn’t rush to listen again, although give how short it is could easily do it in a day or two.

Loved the book for Long Way Round and was excited to move onto this one, but unfortunately it did not quite live up to the hype.

Even though it was a shorter trip it didn’t seem to have the same detail of the previous offering. Distinctly felt like a quick what we did on our holiday rather than the more rounded experience Long Way Round was.

Performances were improved from the previous book. Actor for Ewan no longer sounds like Taggart but still jarring when during brief conversation bits actor for Charlie does a better Ewan that the guy playing Ewan.

Enjoyable but leaves something to be desired

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it managed to condense Africa into about 2 hours . having seen the long way down and long way round I feel both books are far too short however the content within is enjoyable

Too short!

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A nice story and well read. I wish this had been thd fill version and not the abridged one... there's obviously bits missing, but it didn't spoil the book.

Very enjoyable.

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Long Way Round was truly inspiring, and you had a palpable sense of the spirit of adventure.
Understandably this second trip (albeit a fine achievement) is a bit underwhelming in comparison and at times comes across as a heavily managed extended holiday.
If read in isolation it’s a fair listen but if you only read one ‘Long Way’ the first is much more engaging.

Doesn’t quite compare.

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After The Long Way Round my expectations were high but this was a bit of a flop for me.

I expected better.

A bit of a letdown

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Having watched the series I decided to listen to the book. The narrative is great and broadly follows the TV version but has some nice insights into the detail that would not do well on TV.

The thing that drives you mad are the heavilly accented voices. The narrators are split to represent Ewan and Charlie with some awful heavy hollywood scottish voice for Ewan. After a while it really gets on your nerves and spoils an otherwise enjoyable boys book

A light boys book - but an annoying voice

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I loved the journey and am never able to really get into reading the book. However, this has captured all of the interest I had origianally from the show.

A good series adapted well.

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