We have decided to leave this afternoon; we'll film all morning and once back in san Cristobal we can start putting it loosely together and arranging filming the big amber shops and merchants at the opposite end of the scale, as well another possible couple...
[caption id="attachment_1281" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Rain, rain and the quiet fair rides below![/caption] Last night we were blessed, with rain, which stopped the fair and the music and cooled the air, but it hasn't stopped and it doesn't look like it's going to. It is the 21st...
[caption id="attachment_1295" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Setting up outside Polo's[/caption] [caption id="attachment_1296" align="aligncenter" width="600"] The exit to Pauchil[/caption] We have arranged to pick Polo up at his house at 8am to film him on the way to Pauchil, which, when there's no transport and not enough money, he walks....
[caption id="attachment_1313" align="aligncenter" width="600"] On the road to Pauchil[/caption] The unpaved road to Pauchil is in the process of being flattened and widened, which, Alicia tells us, makes the journey very fast now and in 10 minutes we arrive at the bottom of the hill that's...
Simojovel is like a mini San Francisco carved out of the jungle and much simpler in its buildings, of course. Out of the main square, with the church on one side and the town hall in the other, steep streets come out from all corners...
The different cameras, mics, lights. laptops, hardrives...