My horoscope from comcast.net says "You'll have one heck of a great day today. You'll be in synch with nearly everyone"
Hooray for the great travel day! The in synch part is a little weird.
Monday, June 30, 2008
Sunday, June 29, 2008
The Night Before
Tomorrow I leave for Argentina. It's 11:30 pm and so far I've only packed a raincoat and a bunch of socks. I'm not good at packing, I always end up procrastinating. Making a blog post is a good example of procrastinating. But anyway, I'll be meeting the group from my high school in Connecticut at the airport in Boston around 10 am. From there we fly to Miami, and then take another flight to Buenos Aires.
I have all my film set to go. 10 hours of MiniDV tapes, and 20 rolls of film!!! Wooo!!!
I'll be making a documentary about the trip and also shooting photographs with my F-1. I'm going to be bringing my 24mm, 85mm, and 70-210mm zoom lens. YEAH!
The first chance I get my hands on a computer with internet access, I'll be blogging. See you then.
I have all my film set to go. 10 hours of MiniDV tapes, and 20 rolls of film!!! Wooo!!!
I'll be making a documentary about the trip and also shooting photographs with my F-1. I'm going to be bringing my 24mm, 85mm, and 70-210mm zoom lens. YEAH!
The first chance I get my hands on a computer with internet access, I'll be blogging. See you then.
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
5 Days to Departure = Memories!
Well, I am leaving for Argentina on Monday and I am now officially getting nervous/excited. I have some planning to do, but I seem to be procrastinating. I'll definitely be ready, but in the mean time, all this talk of South America is bringing back memories of Ecuador. I recently found this picture on my computer, after Me, my friend Jesse and Group Leader Matt Nocton hiked up Mt. Cotopaxi. We were wet from the hail and sweaty underneath all our layers, but we were kindly greeted by the rest stop staff with a cup of hot cocoa.
We seem to be pointing to our next destination with our thumbs, the Mt. Cotopaxi Glacier, up the mountain another 2,000 feet above sea level.
This blog will soon because very active as I update it day by day during my trip. I'll be in Argentina and Uruguay from June 30th to July 9th, so keep checking back to see updates.
We seem to be pointing to our next destination with our thumbs, the Mt. Cotopaxi Glacier, up the mountain another 2,000 feet above sea level.This blog will soon because very active as I update it day by day during my trip. I'll be in Argentina and Uruguay from June 30th to July 9th, so keep checking back to see updates.
Monday, June 16, 2008
15 Days til Departure
Yesterday morning I called my Dad because it was Father's Day and guess what, he doesn't pick up. Turns out my parents went to The Waterfront Film Festival in Saugatuck, MI and saw a documentary that I'm going to tell you about now.
It's called "More Shoes" and its about one guy's 3,000 mile journey from Madrid to Kiev, on foot.
Lee Kazimir is an aspiring filmmaker, but instead of going to film school, he took the advice of the legendary Werner Herzog who said the only way to learn filmmaking is to walk a great distance, say from Madrid to Kiev. So Lee packed his bags with a tent and a video camera and headed to Europe.
Here is the trailer:
I have not seen the documentary, but my folks said it was incredibly interesting. On his way he meets fascinating locals and other travelers wandering around Europe just like him.
I hope to see this film sometime soon and I wish I had the guts to accomplish what he's done. He has really captured what it means to travel. It's more about the overall experience than the destination. He could have walked any distance, but instead of the sites and the attractions, its about meeting other people and spending a few minutes talking to them. He also made this journey alone, for the most part, which is also something significant. I know a lot of people backpack through Europe after college with their best friends, but he did this by himself and it wasn't always fun. But in the end, I'm sure it was worth it.
It's called "More Shoes" and its about one guy's 3,000 mile journey from Madrid to Kiev, on foot.
Lee Kazimir is an aspiring filmmaker, but instead of going to film school, he took the advice of the legendary Werner Herzog who said the only way to learn filmmaking is to walk a great distance, say from Madrid to Kiev. So Lee packed his bags with a tent and a video camera and headed to Europe.
Here is the trailer:
I have not seen the documentary, but my folks said it was incredibly interesting. On his way he meets fascinating locals and other travelers wandering around Europe just like him.
I hope to see this film sometime soon and I wish I had the guts to accomplish what he's done. He has really captured what it means to travel. It's more about the overall experience than the destination. He could have walked any distance, but instead of the sites and the attractions, its about meeting other people and spending a few minutes talking to them. He also made this journey alone, for the most part, which is also something significant. I know a lot of people backpack through Europe after college with their best friends, but he did this by himself and it wasn't always fun. But in the end, I'm sure it was worth it.
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
20 Days til Departure = Backpack!
Over the weekend, I drove down to Connecticut from Boston to attend the Argentina Pre-Trip Cook Out at my Spanish teacher's house. She has been organizing trips for our high school through ACIS for many years now and she always hosts a Cook Out to get people excited. On a blistering hot day we played yard games, grilled turkey burgers and sampled the delicious baked beans made by the Assistant Principal.
It was also confirmed that we will be going to an orphanage so we figured out who will bring what. What they really need is essentials like shoes, clothing, and toiletries, but we'll also bring toys for the little kids. What will be interesting about this trip compared to the orphanage we went to in Ecuador is that there will be teenagers, so students from my high school will be hanging out with kids there own age.
The highlight of the Argentina Cook Out was that I received my ACIS Backpack!! When I went to Ecuador I wore it everyday and I plan to do the same in Argentina. I happened to search on Google to see if I could find a picture of the back pack and I found this odd YouTube video of someone testing the strength of it.
I guess this proves that you can pretty much find anything on YouTube these days.
It was also confirmed that we will be going to an orphanage so we figured out who will bring what. What they really need is essentials like shoes, clothing, and toiletries, but we'll also bring toys for the little kids. What will be interesting about this trip compared to the orphanage we went to in Ecuador is that there will be teenagers, so students from my high school will be hanging out with kids there own age.
The highlight of the Argentina Cook Out was that I received my ACIS Backpack!! When I went to Ecuador I wore it everyday and I plan to do the same in Argentina. I happened to search on Google to see if I could find a picture of the back pack and I found this odd YouTube video of someone testing the strength of it.
I guess this proves that you can pretty much find anything on YouTube these days.
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