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May 9, 2005

Obi-Wan Goes Trekkin'

Not only is Ewan McGregor a tremendously handsome man, he's passionate about trekking! (A man after my own heart!)

The 6-part TV series will be shown on BRAVO and hopefully will also come out on DVD so we can rent it on Netflix...

In April, with a handheld camera and the occasional support crew in tow, McGregor, 33, and actor-friend Charley Boorman, 38, set out from London atop matching BMW motorcycles. The pair crossed the English Channel by train and began a three-and-a-half-month eastward tear through Europe, Russia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, Alaska, and Canada. This adventure ended July 29 in New York City.

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What was the loneliest stretch of highway you encountered?

McGregor: The emptiest stretch of road was between Irkutsk and Magadan in Siberia. It's called the Road of Bones because of its history, its remoteness, and its state of disrepair. Stalin sent [countless] political prisoners to die building that road. At the time of year we rode it, the permafrost was melting, so there were trees, bogs, bears, washed-out river bridges—and absolutely nothing else. Except for really [screwed-up] roads.

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Posted by sorsha at May 9, 2005 9:47 PM