Reply to: Charley Boorman: Ireland To Syndey By Any Means

[ratewhore]

just seems like another over privileged toff on a jolly

You're quite right. Here's a guy who has never had to work in his life, he's had a play at acting and he was crap at that...

[badgerpig]

I like the genre but haven't watched this as Im not keen on the guy
just seems like another over privileged toff on a jolly
(not that I'm at all bitter or envious LOL)

[ratewhore]

There is a bike tour company doing the long way round route next year. You can do stages or all of it. I think it is about 30K for the full gig.

Or you can do it the Mondo Enduro way:

http://www.mondoenduro.com/mondoenduro.html

[Batcatz]

Amazon is better

Its missing something... Ewan or just an explanation of why he isn't doing the Ireland to Sydney trip.

Anyone watch Amazon with Bruce Parry? Now that was brilliant!
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/amazon/20...beginners.html

hmm strange link. haha
Batcatz

[TimberWolf]

I haven’t seen the programme but I’m puzzled. Do you mean Arabic or Farsi (Persian)? Iranians are not Arabs not do they speak Arabic, they are Aryan hence the name Iran. They were not originally Muslim but followers Zoroastrianism, believers in the signs of the Zodic, the sun etc.

I did hesitate before writing 'Arabic' as to whether I should write 'Iranian' for greater safety, but decided not to be sidetracked on such details. I defer to your greater knowledge of the name of the script they use.

[Paddy]

Anyone see it? A tad more booring than some of his other travels, but it was interesting to see how Anglicized Iran appears to be. Almost everything, train tickets, signposts, menus, appear to have English translations, and in some cases the English translation came before Arabic. The people seemed normal / pleasant too - they weren't carrying suicide bombs and newspapers reported on British events, and a couple of young single women even flirted with Charlie and crew on the train. Charlie was a bit worried about getting his throat slit by pirates on a boat trip though for some reason. It's repeated tonight on BBC2.

I haven’t seen the programme but I’m puzzled. Do you mean Arabic or Farsi (Persian)? Iranians are not Arabs not do they speak Arabic, they are Aryan hence the name Iran. They were not originally Muslim but followers Zoroastrianism, believers in the signs of the Zodic, the sun etc.

[NotAllThere]

I got bored with it last episode.

first

[The Lone Gunman]

I like this and both of the Long Way Down/Around series. I think it's because it's the sort of trip i'd like to do......if I had their sponsorship

There is a bike tour company doing the long way round route next year. You can do stages or all of it. I think it is about 30K for the full gig.

[TimberWolf]

Palin was great... up until that 'New Europe' thing where even he looked a bit bored by it all.

Ditto. The pace got a bit slow in that series, I ended up fast-forwarding through the ones I'd stored on hard-disk. I may even have one or two of them left on there...

[~Craig~]

I like this and both of the Long Way Down/Around series. I think it's because it's the sort of trip i'd like to do......if I had their sponsorship

[thunderlizard]

Iran is a very similar country to UK. Same size population & the man in charge is completely out of touch with the people he's supposed to be governing

[Bob Dalek]

Palin was great... up until that 'New Europe' thing where even he looked a bit bored by it all.

I saw that series as ill-conceived pro-Europe propaganda. Nowhere near enough coverage of little things like, er, genocide in the heart of Europe just a few short years ago. Too much of the "Hey! We're all one big happy family!" dross.

[ratewhore]

I'd be more interested in watching a documentary of his Paris-Dakar exploits.

He whinges like **** in that one. You end up wanting to smack him in he mouth just to stop him moaning...

[gingerjedi]

Palin got boring eventually. But these things are not really comparable, it's different characters, different styles and objectives and different times.

Palin was great... up until that 'New Europe' thing where even he looked a bit bored by it all.

[TimberWolf]

Palin got boring eventually. But these things are not really comparable, it's different characters, different styles and objectives and different times.