In 2004 Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman embarked on an epic challenge to bike 20,000-miles across 12 countries and 19 time zones in just 115 days. Watch as two friends ride around the world together and, against all the odds, realize their dream.
Trip preparation
The first five days
I just can't do it
Glacier plane ride
Wrong way round!
Post trip interview
Claudio's story
Jimmy's story
The streophonics title track
The dusty road and charley's puncture
Thoughts after the trip
Shoving off
Anchorage to calgary
Calgary to new york
Retrospective
Preparation
London to volgograd
Kazakhstan
Barnaul to western mongolia
Western mongolia to yakutsk
Yakutsk to magadan (the road of bones)
Anchorage to new york
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