The Sky's the Limit crew returned to Los Angeles to catch some pick-ups that will help to flesh out our episode nicely. LA is a brutal city to film in, and doing it properly via Film LA is best to avoid if at all possible. It's costly, painful paperwork and the last visit we were never asked to provide proof of a permit anywhere we went. Locations are less excited about being featured in a travel show than any other city. This time the weather cooperated unlike our last trip here, and we're all happy that we returned and managed some amazing footage.
Currently we find ourselves in Auckland New Zealand. Gio and I had planned to arrive in Vanuatu in advance of the rest of the crew so that we could sort out logistics since it is a very hard location to plan from Canada. There are places that benefit from face-to-face contact immensely and I assume that this is one of them. They are culturally protective and the permits are still detailed, but communication challenges make finalization of plans near impossible.
Cyclone Jasmine hit the day we flew out of Vancouver, forcing us to wait for the next flight from Auckland 3 days later. There are far worse places to be stranded and we've made the best of it, getting a nice sunburn and exploring the city from the left-hand lane. People are less friendly than one would think and I assume they think that we are American. While here I have managed to connect with contacts that friends have passed on so that we arrive in Vanuatu as less of the strangers than we had previously been, so perhaps it's all for the best.
The entire crew is now here and we are about to head out into the city for the night before grabbing our flight out tomorrow afternoon. I'm hoping all of our equipment will make it as well since we are so far beyond the weight limit requested for luggage on this small plane.
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