I'm a big fan of this show.
I love having my expectations of Africa challenged. It's really not what I thought it was (and really, how can anyone have a mental summary of an entire continent!?) Despite the ambition and scope of what they're doing, Ewan and Charlie are always honest - if they are fed up with riding, they let us know. I really liked in the first series when Ewan talked about how spoiled he was as an actor with such an opportunity - how he felt bad about that.
A lot of laughs in this series too. Highly recommended. In case you aren't familiar:
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Long Way Down is the most recent motorbike adventure with Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman. Leaving on 12 May 2007, they travelled through Europe, and then Africa – from Tunisia to South Africa, via countries such as Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and Namibia - a total of 15,000 miles. The team arrived in Cape Town, South Africa on 4 August 2007. It is a follow-up to the Long Way Round trip in 2004, where the pair rode their motorbikes from London to New York, travelling east across Europe, Russia and the United States. As on Long Way Round, they were accompanied by Executive Producers/Directors Russ Malkin and David Alexanian.
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