…he sand until early morning. I got to catch up with old pals from Thailand Survivor and also meet some new crew members who hadn’t been on the Thailand show. Surprisingly, a few camera guys recognized me from a completely different film project they had done in Krabi, Thailand about two years earlier. They had been filming ‘Ámazing Race’ and I had just met the contestants by chance. some of the cameramen on Survivor Amazon As a result, I was rando…
‘SURVIVOR’ REALITY TV SHOW CREW– INTRO In 2002 I worked as crew on 2 episodes of the American reality show ‘Survivor’ ! It all started when I was picked up off the beach on Koh Tarutao Island, one of Thailand’s National Park islands, as a Thai-English translator for the unit department, in charge of housing for the entire crew. We lived, worked, and filmed on Tarutao Island for 3 months. A few months later I was hired for the Amazon episode, as a…
filming Amazon Survivor 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 helicopter shots and close-up hand & foot shots. Over the course of six weeks of filming, we rehearsed every…
…nimal 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 of food left out for them. Colorful macaws and fuzzy macaque monkeys were always hanging out along the hotel walkways. In fact, we saw them every day. They quickly became a nor…
…oon discovered that sleeping there was equally wonderful: utterly silent except for the engulfing sound of insects. I contentedly fell asleep my first night in the heart of the Amazon, ready to begin my first week crewing Survivor Amazon. Catch the next installment of my series Working Crew on Amazon Survivor, when I narrate my first week on the job in the Amazon Jungle ——————————————————————————————————————————–…
…caught the 5 pm boat back upriver to our jungle hotel. That was a fantastic ending to a surprisingly easy, adventurous first week topped off by an exciting weekend submerged in Brazil’s wild nightlife. Catch more of my adventures crewing Survivor Amazon. Coming up next: Crewing Amazon Survivor pt 3 – Week Two in the Amazon Meanwhile, read about my flight from halfway around the world and arrival in the Brazil Amazon. ——————————————————————————————…
…n lobby / bar. I also got a few small modeling jobs, purely by chance. The TV crew were looking for people with tattoos and/or piercings. That was me. :) Selling my merchandise at a 3-day trance festival in Japan Work 3: Export/import gig South Bali is filled with westerners and Japanese who buy Bali’s very inexpensive goods or else design their own clothes, shoes, swimsuits, handbags, jewelry, or home interiors then have them made in Bali’s exten…
…wrote all about my many adventures behind scenes in this series – Survivor TV Crew In brief, I was first picked up to crew while camping on Thailand’s island Koh Tarutao. Once ‘in’ I managed to get onto the following season’s shooting in Brazil. For sure, working crew was one of my all-time best jobs of my life. Too bad I couldn’t continue with more shows. Ah, well, two episodes is definitely better than none! Kepler Track 12. Trekking Abel Tasman…
…pered charter’ is a boat with a captain only, generally with the customers crewing the boat under the skipper’s command. A ‘crewed charter’ is a boat with a skipper and full crew, including deckhands, a cook and often a mechanic. In these charters, the customers just sit back and enjoy the ride, dining and activities, while being fully waited on. Regardless of the destination, type of boat and type of charter you decide on, one very important fact…
…and white water rafting in Nepal. Meanwhile, I owe a big thank you to the ‘Survivor TV’ production team who made it possible for me to cruise through the Amazon during my life. Thanks much! QUESTIONS: Have you ever visited the Amazon and/or taken a river cruise there? What was the best part of your Amazon journey? What river cruises would you most like to take? ———————————————————————————————————————————————— (* Flickr CC photo credits: Celineo /…
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! 
