…yself to a ‘luxury’ hotel complete with hot shower, room service and cable tv: mtv, movies, Discovery and Nat. Geo. channels. I had a few massages, visited the production offices, and of course, went out in the evenings with various crew for many fun nights. Gradually I began getting restless in HatYai. I began spending more and more time on my own exploring, cycling, and even going out at night on my own. I returned to the big disco where I befri…
…asty espresso coffees. Survivor fed us all exceedingly well. Lash driving ATV – Survivor Thailand I barreled around the production area on a sturdy ATV like an Amazon Queen. I carried a bulky walkie-talkie to communicate with colleagues out in the field. The radios made us look really cool and important… Hey! I helped the Art Department create The Challenge sets and the props for Tribal Councils, which were then seen on TV by the world. That’s the…
…orking Crew on Amazon Survivor pt 4 – My Job on the Dream Team If you’re a Survivor TV fan and have ever wondered how things work on Survivor behind the scenes, you’re gonna love this post. I detail my crew job on the prestigious Dream Team and throw in a lot of information about other Survivor production departments along the way. Overview of Producing a Survivor Season: Creating a Survivor Show Season takes more than a dozen different department…
filming the challenges on Survivor Thailand Working Crew on Survivor TV Show: pt 6 – Filming How does a Survivor TV show crew, like myself, spend an idle day off? Why, watching the rehearsals and live filming, of course. Who would miss the rare opportunity to get ‘back stage’ of the filming of one of America’s most famous and popular shows? Not me! Whenever possible, I spent my entire day off going out to Survivor Thailand sets to observe and par…
…ity. * Join my next update, when I dish out behind-the-scenes filming of The Challenges and Tribal Council on Survivor Thailand. You might also like the previous tales in this series: pt 1- How I Got Picked up to Crew Survivor Thailand pt 2- Life on Crew pt 3- Mishaps and Misadventures Behind Scenes pt4- Critical Mass Week and the Great Tent Catastrophe —————————————————————————————————————————————————————————…
…nversations and arguments trying to get it all straightened out. Wendy on ATV – Survivor Thailand As if things could not be more hectic, at that same time several of the key department staff were sent, one by one, off to the hospital until only I was left to figure out the massive nightmare. My immediate supervisor, Wendy, was sent to the hospital with a serious leg infection from our ATV accident. The Department Head was out with dengue fever. An…
…at’s when it happened: Wendy and I had an accident… here i am, driving an ATV on Survivor Thailand In order to get around the sprawling town we were building on Koh Tarutao island and to haul tents, room contents and Thai staff, we drove big bulky ATVs with trailers attached. On my second day of crew work, the production team had taught me how to drive the ATVs and handed one over to me. Those dune buggies were great fun to drive. Except one day……
…and avoided slinking into disaster. And that had been that. Lash driving ATV – Survivor Thailand I still didn’t know who Kevin was or what they were filming. I only knew that their film production had taken over the park restaurant while I was visiting Koh Lipe. Later that day I found a small park canteen where I could eat, so there was no rush to leave the island. Two days later Kevin approached me with a job offer. One week later I began the mo…
…t of the Dream Team continued having a great time in the Amazon working on Survivor TV Show production crew. Our schedule followed that of the Challenge filming crew, so we had somewhat lax work hours. A common pattern was to help rehearse a Challenge game in the morning then sit-in on Tribal Council in the evening, just before the contestants arrived. In between those two events there usually wasn’t much for us to do, so we’d have afternoons free…
…a handful of unit department people (my former department during Thailand Survivor), the production crew, and the challenge department staff (my department on this show). The Challenge Department is in charge of dreaming up, designing and making the Challenge games for the contestants. The entire art department was stationed down in Manaus city, staying at a luxury hotel and working temporarily in an old warehouse. That meant our up-river hotel,…
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! 
