sorry, my mistake for interpreting your post as it read, like bitter judgemental sour grapes. Whats wrong with marketing your DVD anyway. If you don't market it it's not going to sell much. Rather that then do it on the back of a famous friend!!

If you don't have a problem with it why post such a bitter sounding diatribe? I'm having some difficulty understanding your position as you seem to contradict yourself, but there you go, must be me again.

BTW, I thoroughly enjoyed watching the films!

Huh??? Not following there...
Please elaborate, now you've made me curious!

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our man Charlie who managed to make a career out of travelling after getting lucky doing a trip with his famous mate Euan. without him, no one would have been interested in Long way Round. Up until then he was an out of work actor scraping a living doing a bit of painting and decorating.

Jealous, hell yeh!!

In other words, if you can make some money out of travelling to pay for more travels, then go for it.

True, can't argue with that...
Although we personally declined all the after trip stuff, we enjoy more giving presentations than writing a book or making a dvd. But that's beside the point!

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Do you mean "deals" were offered you to produce a book or DVD about your trip? Or do you mean that you just "decided" NOT to pursue such a project?

One thing I can attest to is just how TOUGH it is to get a film made. Road films are one of the toughest to do. Been there, done it. I worked making documentary, TV and Features for 25 years, with plenty of Doc projects in USA, Asia, S. America and Africa.

Doing it on a bike with NO support as Haggis did, is even tougher. Ewan and Charlie had a whole crew and lots of support. All they had to do was ride and do a daily video diary. (oh, and they had to Cry in Mongolia! ) ... and of course pay the bill!

Haggis used folks he met along the way to do shooting. Big respect to be able to get that done and actually get usable footage out of it. Then, when you get home, you've got the whole mess to edit, add music and then ... toughest of all ... find distribution.

Constant stopping to get a shot really slows down progress and can DOMINATE your trip. But in the end, we're all glad Haggis made the effort as his film fuels all our dreams and imaginations.

I would not (could not) do such a thing now ... just too much like "Work" for me, would take away enjoyment of the ride. Don't get me wrong, I loved my work ... but it's quite hard working for Corporate types under tight schedules and them always bitching about "cost". (don't ask them what their year end bonus was ... )

I can barely manage a few pics and send back a few emails. No ride reports ... I'm old fashion, I still send letters and postcards.