Working Crew on Amazon Survivor pt 8 – Amazon Animal Sightings & Final Wrap Throughout the two-month production of Amazon Survivor we crew were very fortunate to see a large variety of wild Amazonian animals. The easiest animals to spot were the various monkeys and birds enticed to hang around the hotel grounds by trays …
Working Crew on Amazon Survivor pt 7 – Cruising on Crew It was hard to believe we had only 10 more days of filming. I knew the remaining days would just fly by. Once filming was completed we’d have a big wrap party. And the very next day, Dec. 13th, BLAM, everyone would be gone, …
Working Crew on Amazon Survivor pt 6 – Thrills and Mishaps Behind Scenes As a member of the prestigious Dream Team, my job consisted of helping set up and rehearse Challenge Games; sit in on Tribal Councils while the film crew prepped lights, sound and camera positions; and stand-in as a contestant for long distance …
Working Crew on Amazon Survivor pt 5 – And We’re Off and Filming! On Monday Nov. 4th filming began. That should have been quite an exciting event at the Survivor production area, it would seem. Most assuredly it was exciting for the contestants who were taken out into the jungle somewhere, divided into two tribes …
Working Crew on Amazon Survivor pt 4 – My Job on the Dream Team If you’re a Survivor TV fan and have ever wondered how things work on Survivor behind the scenes, you’re gonna love this post. I detail my crew job on the prestigious Dream Team and throw in a lot of information about …
Working Crew on Amazon Survivor pt 3 – Second Week in the Amazon The first week of Amazon Survivor production only a few show crew were around the main filming area, way up the Negros River in the heart of the Brazil Amazon. We numbered just a handful of unit department people (my former department …
Working Crew on Amazon Survivor pt 2 – First Week in the Amazon Safely installed in Ariaus Amazon Tower Hotel, perched on the banks of the mighty Rio Negro, deep in the heart of the Brazil Amazon, I promptly settled into my first week crewing Amazon Survivor. That entailed getting up at 5:30 am, a …
Working Crew on Amazon Survivor pt 1- Flying to the Amazon After working crew on ‘Survivor Thailand’ from May to August 2002, I was offered a position on the ‘Dream Team’ for Survivor Amazon starting in mid-October in the Brazilian Amazon. At the time I was vacationing in Bali. Before heading off to Brazil, I …
Working Crew on Survivor TV Show: pt 7 – It’s a Wrap! A very peculiar aspect of the Survivor Reality Show production, for me, was that halfway through filming, my department heads were already planning the packing-up and shipping-out of the containers and crew. In fact, some of the Unit Department staff had already begun repacking …
Working Crew on Survivor TV Show: pt 6 – Filming How does a Survivor TV show crew, like myself, spend an idle day off? Why, watching the rehearsals and live filming, of course. Who would miss the rare opportunity to get ‘back stage’ of the filming of one of America’s most famous and popular shows? …
Hi! I'm Lash, an American nomadic world traveler who's been traveling solo since 1998. I’m passionate about traveling the world nomadically and then sharing it all with you. I hope to inspire you to travel the world, to entertain you with tales from the road, and to help you reach your travel dreams. Welcome! 
