Ewan與Charley已經在上周六8/4抵達終點站, 非洲大陸的最南端Cape Agulhas囉~~
大家給他們鼓掌鼓掌~ 啪啪啪啪啪
今天我看到民視新聞的跑馬燈有跑, 可是等半天都沒看到報導,
儘管已經是好幾天前的新聞.....
BBC網站的紀錄: http://www.bbc.co.uk/longwaydown/journal/entry69.shtml
照片: http://ewanmcgregor.net/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=847
http://justjared.buzznet.com/2007/08/04/ewan-mcgregor-motorcycle/
新聞報導:
Long Way Down Arrival Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman in Cape Town
http://www.capetownmagazine.com/articles/People~c1/Western-Cape/
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We met up with Long Way Down Bikers Ewan McGregor & Charley Boorman in Cape
Town
The motorcycle journey of a lifetime has reached its epic conclusion. After
spending three months travelling the Long Way Down through Europe and Africa,
Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman have concluded their 15,000 mile adventure
on a beach in Milnerton South Africa in front of the dramatic backdrop of
Table Mountain.(more images of Ewan and Charley coming on monday)
Ewan and Charley arrived on their motorbikes at the Milnerton Lagoon Beach
Hotel in Cape Town accompanied by a cavalcade of local bikers, looking
surprisingly good considering the journey that they had just undertaken.
Jovial and friendly they joked with the crowd before popping champagne
magnums on the beach and in good “race end” style they soaked themselves
and the media with bubbly. “We made it” shouted an ecstatic Charley Boorman.
Since they began in May 2007 in John O’Groats, Scotland, they have ridden
their bikes through eighteen countries, including Libya, Ethiopia, Sudan and
Rwanda. They have encountered some of the most inhospitable terrain on earth
and negotiated blinding sandstorms, searing temperatures, dodgy border
crossings and extreme riding conditions.
Ewan and Charley spent 3 months planning the expedition, deciding which
countries they should visit and preparing the bikes for the ride. It was
important to Ewan and Charley that they explored parts of Africa that are
less travelled including western Ethiopia near the Eritrean border, Gulu in
northern Uganda and western Tanzania close to the shores of lake Tanganyika.
“The Long Way Down has been an amazing journey and it has been a real
privilege to be able to experience these diverse and beautiful places. We’ve
had the opportunity to see such different ways of life to ours and have
travelled to remote places very few people have access to. The sense of
freedom and exploration has been incredible.” says Ewan.
“We were both up for an adventure and Africa has certainly given us that,”
says Charley. “There have been times when it has been unbelievably hard
going, but that has been countered by amazing riding and extraordinary
people. Africa is a continent full of undiscovered wonder and we both feel
incredibly lucky we’ve been able to experience this together and to have
survived with some brilliant stories to tell.”
They had a few animal encounters, one with the gorillas in Rwanda and one
with a baby rhinoceros called Lola, but more details will be revealed when
the DVD is released in December.
The first thing they want to do in Cape Town is to buy some clothes (good
timing with the Cape Town Fashion Week taking place), then rest. Then
ironically enough they are both taking their families on safari holidays back
into Africa.
Charlie knows Cape Town well (he like Mama Africa restaurant’s music and he
loved the Cape Town nightlife when he was here working on “The Country of my
Skull” ) and Ewan has assured us that he will be definitely be back sometime
soon to see what Cape Town has to offer.
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