Route 66

Yesterday was a long day. After a quick cappuchino at the local coffee place, I put on my jungle suit and met the Russian Swami outside the hotel. For today's adventure he rented an old army jeep. We needed some aerial shots with the helicopter. We drove outside town and found some rustic areas with water buffalo and rice paddy. The whole village came out to see. Then the film crew sat on the hood of the jeep with the steady cam as I played "Route 66" on the ukulele and the Swami barreled down a dirt road in the country somewhere. With the top down on the jeep, the sun was furious. We stopped for an ice tea and a bowl of rice. The story line in our film turned out a bit weaker than we had planned, but we did our best to improvise some dialogue while local girls tried to sell us scarves and trinkets. Back on the road, we filmed some bits about the jeep breaking down, again the entire village came out to watch. Our helicopter crashed, but the camera was fine and got some good shots. We finished the day driving off road to a buddhist shrine in the jungle where we filmed the campfire scene. I need a day off, but tomorrow I'm flying back to Mexico. I hope it was all worth it. I found a faster internet connection and should be able to post photos if time permits. Thanks again to all my faithful readers for their encouragement.