Aswan, Egypt
Posted by: Ewan McGregor | Date posted: 10/06/2007
Pictures
Charley at the Pyramids, Cairo ©
Charley and Ewan stopped off to visit one of the charities that they are supporting on their journey - Riders for Health. See the video clip above. On the course of their journey they are also supporting Children's Hospice Association of Scotland and UNICEF. To find out how you can support these charities, visit longwaydown.com
Here are some more answers from the guys to your questions! Listen to the clip above, or read below for what they had to say. If you have a question you'd like to ask Ewan, Charley or any of the team, post it here.
David – I hope Charley is remembering to get the carnet stamped. Any grief so far?
Ewan: No grief on the carnets, although we have had very long border crossings, that seem to be kind of standard fare in this part of the world.
Charley: Ha! Thank you for reminding me about the carnet, I'd been trying to forget that! I don't have anything to do with the carnet any more, I'm completely and utterly absconded from that, and none of the team wanted me to have the carnet either!
Peter - Charley, as an honorary Irish man, have you got the tri-colours stuck on your bike?
Charley: I should do really, I haven't yet but if you want to send a sticker over we'll get it slapped on the bike. It's great, you know, I grew up in Ireland and I love going back to the Irish bike show, and I get a chance to see my dad, and get back on the old bike - the very first motorbike I ever had I still have and I ride that around the farm, so thanks mate for your encouraging words, and see you next time at the bike show!
James - Have you guys got any messages for us bikers?
Charley: I do… is this Jimmy’s dad? I just want to say thanks to Jimmy’s mum again for doing my washing last time, and I’ve got a bag of washing here, so I would love it if she was here! But just keep the rubber side down and the shiny side up, that’s all I can say. And loads of love to the missus!
Ewan: Yeah, you’ve just got to get out there and ride. Don’t spend so much time cleaning them, spend more time riding them. Bikes were built to be ridden, not to be cleaned, OK? And a dirty bike’s a happy bike. So I’d get out there and ride the pants off them. Head east, don’t stop. And keep your head in the lid – keep your helmet on. I don’t want to hear of any more riding without helmets. It’s dangerous, silly and it’s not clever, and it doesn’t make you look cool, OK? That’s a personal message from me to you James.
Ana – How’s the food so far?
Ewan: The food’s been very interesting so far, very good through Italy, we all ate far too much through Europe, you know, and we all put on about a stone and a half coming through Italy, and now we’re all losing it now that we’re in Africa, as various members of the team run to the toilet and sweat their brains out! It’s a good way to lose weight, the African trip!
Charley: Ah, the food so far has been absolutely fantastic. Going all the way through Northern Africa and Egypt and Libya, and stuff like that – the food’s been amazing. So we’ve been really stuffed so far, so lets keep our fingers crossed for that as I’m sure its going to get bad at some point.
So, what were the culinary highlights of your trips? See below for your comments.
Comments
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At 09:56:06 AM on 10/06/2007, john jeffery (woodford, northants.) wrote:
highlights
i know there must be so many but what has been the highlight of the trip so far ?
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At 10:09:27 AM on 10/06/2007, Michelle (Ringwood Australia) wrote:
Good Health
It was good to see the good work done by the health workers. It is easy to forget that there are places where there is just no assistance. Good Job to all. Stay well. Danksy
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At 10:14:00 AM on 10/06/2007, Lauren (New Zealand) wrote:
French New Years
In my senior year at School, I went on an exchange to Germany. My host family took me to stay with some friends of theirs in France over New Years. We sat down for New Years Dinner at around 7pm and the eating didn't stop till 4.30am! During which, to be polite, I had to eat cooked snails with a garlic sauce and frog's legs.
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At 10:32:53 AM on 10/06/2007, Nathan Johnson (Perth - Western Australia) wrote:
Who's Responsible?
Im so envious of you guys.I hope you relise that you two have a lot to answer for. My wife holds you both totally responsible.Im now looking at getting another bike and have started planning a trip somewhere..probably not as remote as The Long Way Down.Ihope that you have a safe trip and when you finish and are promoting the series that you come to Perth Western Australia. Best Regards, Nathan.
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At 12:03:11 PM on 10/06/2007, Shellie (Loughborough) wrote:
Helmets
Can't watch the video on this computer but will be watching you later at your first charity stop. How did that feel? Glad to see Ewan encouraging everyone to wear helmets! I would never go out without my full kit on; helmet jacket, trousers, gloves, boots, no matter how hot the weather is. It's just not worth the risk. I saw a guy on a Ducati 995 yesterday going about 80 miles and hour in shorts and t-shirt! The fool. Love Shellie
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At 12:21:56 PM on 10/06/2007, maz (newbury, UK) wrote:
guinea pigs and grasshoppers
Baked guinea pigs in Peru and roasted salted grasshoppers with tequila in Mexico. Look out for them on your next trip down the Americas! Keep the food tips coming as we're headed for 6 months backpacking in East / Southern Africa in July. Any liquid refreshment recommendations?
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At 12:25:54 PM on 10/06/2007, Nada (AlHijaz - Saudi Arabia) wrote:
I have two questions
hi guys I want to ask you about your next station which is sudan, Will you try to visit Darfor to reflect the size of tragedy through LWD and encourage the people which follow your journey from all over the world to introduce help to Darfor population? and i have another question, In Saudi Arabia there is a desert,it is so big and represent the quarter of the area of KSA therefore it's called the Empty Quarter there is no one ever have crossed it,there is just travels for scientific exploration. so if you have financial support do you have encourage to cross the anonymous desert? good luck in your journey
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At 12:34:37 PM on 10/06/2007, Gavin (Leeds) wrote:
Inspiration
Hi Guys Hope you are all well, great footage Claudio! Can you all believe how big and how popular you guys have become? And not just in the motorcyle community? Can't wait to see you again and looking forward to the DVD! Keep safe. Gavin
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At 01:34:55 PM on 10/06/2007, Pete Halley (Vienna (Ex Crieff)) wrote:
Kilts
Hi Ewan, Have you packed your kilt? Surely a must for every Globebusting Scotsman! I think you and Charlie should enter the SSDT next year, be a breeze for you both!!! Safe travels Pete
At 09:07:41 AM on 10/06/2007, Richard Tortorella (Langley BC Canada) wrote:
Poutine
First tried this at Vancouver Int Airport. It is a Canadian "dish" which consists of french fries (chips) topped with fresh cheese curds and smothered with hot brown gravy. Sounds odd, but is certainly worth trying!. Although it pales by comparison to that Mongolian treat of boiled sheep/goat ... bits ... well everyone knows where I am going with this one. Cheers! Richard T.
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