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"Around the World for Free!"
alexboylan:
Really excited everyone is seeing the true colors of Around The World For Free. We were sick of Travel shows not showing the REAL cultures and people. And from that simple idea we created this series to force cultural interaction never before seen on TV.
Cheers
Alex
tarflyonthewall:
OMG, it's Alex! I totally used to have a man crush on you back when you were on TAR. Which is a really confusing thing when you're twelve years old, but that's another story...
--- Quote ---We were sick of Travel shows not showing the REAL cultures and people.
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Quick, somebody show this to the TAR producers, before we have to endure more underpants marathons and panto cows!
--- Quote ---GeorgiaPeach: I'm just curious, but what kind of player was one of the executive producers, Burton Roberts, on Survivor?
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My recollection was that he was one of the most annoying people in that season. Which is no mean feat, with Rupert, Fairplay, and Lill.
TARAsia Fan:
--- Quote from: alexboylan on May 07, 2009, 11:13:14 PM ---Really excited everyone is seeing the true colors of Around The World For Free. We were sick of Travel shows not showing the REAL cultures and people. And from that simple idea we created this series to force cultural interaction never before seen on TV.
Cheers
Alex
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Hey Alex,
Glad you're aboard here. :tup:
TARAsia Fan:
--- Quote from: apskip on May 07, 2009, 07:37:11 AM ---And how would her husband Kevin back in Brooklyn feel about that, TARAsia Fan?
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I'm sure he'd feel honored that someone is defending his wife when he can't. I'd defend her from you as well.
apskip:
The 4th episode of ATWFF did start in Lima. Alex and Zsolt toured around Lima with their hostess Ivana and she introduced them to her friends, who came to party every night. Alex went on a double paraglide ride in harness with a professional. The views from that indicated a coastline beneath. When I was in Peru (30 years ago), there was no significant bodies of water in the city. You have to go west to someplace like Callao to find the Pacific Ocean. I suspect that they went to Callao but did not put it in the captions. Alex ate a local burger which appeared to be tasty.
One of the tours went to Huaca Cucllama, an ancient Inca ceremonial center. Alex was taken to the Inka Market and bought an Alpaca earflap caps typical of those worn in the Cuzco area(I remember bringing one home). Next they visited the REMAR orphanage where 31 children are being cared for after abandonment or abuse.
His hostess decides to have a ceviche party, so Alex and her mother go to the local mercado to buy onions, peppers, limes (limon in Spanish, who knows why), garlic, corn, sweet potatoes and fresh fish. With fish that fresh I expect that it was was tasty. It was accompanied by Pisco sour drinks. Everybody looked like they were having a good time. Saying goodbye to this group was difficult.
Tickets are purchased for Alex and Zsolt to take the 24 hour bus of Cruz del Sol from Lima to Cuzco. Much of the scenic part of the trip was at night, so all we see around 6am is the downslope of the Andes. Their Lima hostess had arranged for a host that she knows in Cuzco. He picks them up and drives them to his house. Alex and Zsolt have a room but they are on their own during the day to explore Cuzco. Their host Lucho does take them to a Shamanic village in the area where they witness a shaman at work. They also go to the village of Tipon known for its cui or guinea pig. Alex is revolted by the sight of the cook twisting the head of a guinea pig to kill it, but he manages to eat the meat, corn and potatoes anyway.
Alex's host somehow makes arrangements for them to get free rail trip, bus trip up to the sacred site and entry fees to one of the 7 Wonders of the modern World. They go and are awed by it. Macchu Picchu was built around 1460 and rediscovered in 1911. They meet the mayor of Cuzco, who is the mother of their host. Now Zsolt has to maintain network contacts back in Lima for a few days. He will rejoin Alex in Santiago Chile after returning by plane (how paid fo this?) to Lima. The interesting thing is that the camera is manned throughout his absence. How did they manage to do that?
Alex is left with $12 US cash equivalent, so he takes a $3 collectivo car ride to the Peru/chile border. There is confusion at the border with the car and driver getting through, but it gets sorted out and is on his way again to Arica, the northernmost city of consequence in Chile. On the way there is a sign that says Arica 22 km and Santiago 2091 km. The caption said 200 km = 1250 miles. I calculate 2091 km to be 1293 miles, a very long way. Alex scours the port area for any ships heading for Santiago (or actually Valparaiso), but although Arica is the second largest port in Chile there were none that day and even if there were it is not likely that they would have hired him. Much of the port activity in Arica would be out and back fishing. So Alex is on his own without contacts and without the money to get accommodations. He walks the streets of Arica for about 10 miles and he is trying to stay awake and not get mugged at 3am as this episode closes.
Will Alex make it to Santiago? Of course he will. How does he do it? Watch next week(now on Mondays at 9pm and midnight) and find out just the way I do.
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