by Ewan McGregor and Charley BoormanOk, so I haven't read this book (but the picture was better than the one on the DVD!). I know - that's a strange way to begin a review, but bear with me. This DVD (of the same title) is well worth watching!
Actors Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman, both of whom are avid motorcyclists, decided they wanted to make an epic journey. They gave themselves the challenge to ride around the globe - eastward from London across Europe, then through the Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, eastern Russia, flying across the Bering Strait to Alaska, down through Canada, then east across the northern U.S. to New York City.
This is a true-life adventure, a once in a lifetime trip for two very good friends who undertake a journey not for the sake of reaching the destination, but for the joy and the pain of the journey itself - meeting people as they wend their way, relying on the kindness of strangers, absorbing the cultures as they daily encounter individuals; the hardships of deep sand tracks, swollen rivers, broken machinery, and terribly missing their families.
All these elements are brought together in an amazing adventure tale - one almost too great to be true. Two friends who smile and joke their way across continents, help each other through the hard times, take the time to interact with the people who cross their path, and stop to smell the proverbial roses.
Take the time to watch this DVD, and you will laugh, cry, gasp, hold your breath, and long to join in on an adventure as wondrous and soul-satisfying as theirs! It is funny, moving, exciting, beautiful to the eye, and inspiring. I say again: It is well worth watching.
