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Re: "Around the World for Free!"
DianeC:
--- Quote from: Pedaler on June 17, 2010, 02:11:08 PM ---Cupcake, Will : Thanks for the tweets. Jeff and Zsolt could be brothers.
DianeC, Thanks for the clarification. I hope the show gets lots of publicity in order to make more people aware of Jeff's trip. As I mentioned up thread, Alex relied on a select group of people for airline tickets. The following is from apskip's excellent recap from last year:
--- Quote ---Alex get a prepaid ticket from the Vodafone group in Praetoria led by Low to fly to Mumbai. There is not enough time to get a proper visa, so he plans to adopt an alternate approach of a 72 hour temporary visa suggested by Indian embassy staff in Nairobi. When he lands in Mumbai, he is escorted to a quarantine area and told his information was not correct and he was being deported back to Nairobi because no transit visas are ever available once in India. He attempted to get some local officials to help the situation but was not given time by the authorities. They got him on the next flight back to Nairobi within hours of arrival. Alex and Zsolt were now stranded in Nairobi airport and their luggage takes a while to show up. They get financial suport from Robert Hutchings (3rd time) and Debbie and Walter Stallcraft(who Alex and Zsolt stayed with in Florence SC on the first night of this odyssey) to buy a ticket to Bangkok.
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So you can see, Alex was dependent upon just a few benefactors. Also, I can't recall at this time who paid for his last big trip from Asia back to the U.S. But without their help, Alex would have failed and so will Jeff.
If you have a chance, can you ask Zsolt what day to day role, if any, Alex will have on this season? I realize he won't be on camera but was wondering if he had a daily role back at the home office.
Thanks
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Zsolt just came back from Chicago and editing promos, but he did answer your question..Here is his answer about Alex:
Alex will be in close contact with us on the road on a daily (hourly) basis and will weigh in on the creative output on an ongoing basis. While he may be back in LA, tks to ever-improving tech, he'll always be in touch with us. It's highly worthwhile to follow his own Twitter feeds, you guys, which will pick up once the show starts!
cupcake:
From Zsolt's twitter:
zsoltluka Tech week coming up for #ATWFF... phones, netbooks, sat & gps coming, loading up laptops w new softz... gadget heaven, if ever brief.
about 2 hours ago via web
Pedaler:
--- Quote ---Zsolt just came back from Chicago and editing promos, but he did answer your question..Here is his answer about Alex:
Alex will be in close contact with us on the road on a daily (hourly) basis and will weigh in on the creative output on an ongoing basis. While he may be back in LA, tks to ever-improving tech, he'll always be in touch with us. It's highly worthwhile to follow his own Twitter feeds, you guys, which will pick up once the show starts!
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Thanks so much, DianeC. I would call you a peach for doing that but since we already have a Peach here at RFF, I'll just have think of you as a tangelo. :waves:
DianeC:
--- Quote from: Pedaler on June 27, 2010, 08:58:33 PM ---
--- Quote ---Zsolt just came back from Chicago and editing promos, but he did answer your question..Here is his answer about Alex:
Alex will be in close contact with us on the road on a daily (hourly) basis and will weigh in on the creative output on an ongoing basis. While he may be back in LA, tks to ever-improving tech, he'll always be in touch with us. It's highly worthwhile to follow his own Twitter feeds, you guys, which will pick up once the show starts!
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Thanks so much, DianeC. I would call you a peach for doing that but since we already have a Peach here at RFF, I'll just have think of you as a tangelo. :waves:
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Awww, thx..that is a real compliment, cuz Peach IS a peach!!! BTW..I love Tangelos!! Yummy! :jumpy:
georgiapeach:
Thanks pedaler and Diane!
If y'all have any questions that Alex could answer...make a list here, okay??
I am going to see if we can entice him into stopping by again.... :hearts:
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