Well it's about half way through the trip right now and all is well... touch wood.
I can't remember if i've mentiond xmas at all so i'll try and remember some of it. If it's been mentioned in the previous post then jump forward a few paragraphs to get to the new stuff.
We had xmas in a town called Huanchaco and had a great time. We did secret santa with all the others. I was lucky enough to get a bottle of peruvian vodka (think meths without the colouring) I'm almost able to drink it now but i think my liver might be starting a revolt against me.
We had a bit of drama with the xmas dinner. We ha dorganised for a HUGE turkey to be cooked but when it came out it was still raw so we all had to settle for vege dinner and then wait 3 hours for the bird to be finished. When it came out though it was amazing. It was so big it fed 10 people to the brim and then 10 people for the lunch the next day and a little of lunch the day after that. Not bad really.
Huanchaco for any other purpose than xmas was a waste. The beach was filthy and smelt of rotting fish so we didn't spend too much time down there.
I missed boxing day cricket (both back yard and on the TV) which got me a bit down.
Since Huanchaco we have been in a town called Huaraz and done Ice Climbing. The weather conspired against us on the day with not only rain and hail but also a fair amount of snow falling around us for the 5 hours we were there. The glacier we climbed was only about 11-15m high but we were at 5200m in altitude so just walking to the climb took it out of us and there was no real trekking at all. At sea level u reckon i could do the walk in 10min, but there it took us 40 with breaks...
At lunch we were given some genuine coca tea to help with the altitude and it was fantastic. We went from buggered to right as rain in minutes.
From Huaraz we have driven to Lima and this is where the tour ends for 4 of our current travellers. Tomorrow the rest of us meet the 13 new people on the tour. All we know is that there are 5 kiwis, 5 ozzies, and 3 others... could get interesting.
Well best be off, but i'll try and be in touch as often as possible.
Ciao
Friday, 29 December 2006
Monday, 25 December 2006
Merry xmas i guess
Hey everyone,
Well it´s a day late for most of you but right now it´s 10:30 in the morning of xmas here in Peru. Currently we´re in a town called Huanchaco. It´s a beach town but the beach doesn´t look very nice compared to the last place we were in.
After we drove the torturous drive through the hills to Punta Sal in Peru we had a full day there and loved it. The weather was probably about 35-40 degrees in the sun and all of us got burnt to some extent.
We drove into a nearby town called Mancora about 15 min away and some of the others went and had a surf lesson in the heat of the day... They´re paying for it now with bruises and sun burn. I on the other hand went and had a wonder round the town and the markets and bought a few gifts and things.
Then it was an 11 hour drive to get here in Huanchaco. The drive went through some serious desert country where the sun was only a fraction off being exactly on top of you. Lunch was interesting. We tried to park the truck so that we could use its shade to keep us out of direct sunlight but we didn`t have much to play with. To make things worse there was a pretty hefty wind blowing sand straight into us and our food. Mmmmm crunchy juice.
Either way it is now christmas here and most of the locals are taking it easy which means that the things that the tour had planned for today are cancelled so with any luck we´ll be able to spend those entrance fees on some booze or food for xmas dinner.
I think we have a turkey running around somewhere for us...
Tomorrow will be hung over most likely and driving for another 12 hours to our next destination somewhere in the hills. There we are planning to be going ice climbing and glacier trekking. I can´t wait.
Right now however i need a booze poos and i´ll try and update again at the half way point of the trip in 5 days as i don´t think that i will have anywhere to update again before then.
See you all later and i hope that you all had a great xmas. For a special few there might be a few gifts coming back with me.
p.s. for those that wanted postcards it´s been remarkably difficult to find post offices. There was one in Cueñca but the line was literally 2km long as the office only opens once a week... I´ll try my best to send them in the next week but it may end up easier for me to just send them when i´m at the airport.
Well it´s a day late for most of you but right now it´s 10:30 in the morning of xmas here in Peru. Currently we´re in a town called Huanchaco. It´s a beach town but the beach doesn´t look very nice compared to the last place we were in.
After we drove the torturous drive through the hills to Punta Sal in Peru we had a full day there and loved it. The weather was probably about 35-40 degrees in the sun and all of us got burnt to some extent.
We drove into a nearby town called Mancora about 15 min away and some of the others went and had a surf lesson in the heat of the day... They´re paying for it now with bruises and sun burn. I on the other hand went and had a wonder round the town and the markets and bought a few gifts and things.
Then it was an 11 hour drive to get here in Huanchaco. The drive went through some serious desert country where the sun was only a fraction off being exactly on top of you. Lunch was interesting. We tried to park the truck so that we could use its shade to keep us out of direct sunlight but we didn`t have much to play with. To make things worse there was a pretty hefty wind blowing sand straight into us and our food. Mmmmm crunchy juice.
Either way it is now christmas here and most of the locals are taking it easy which means that the things that the tour had planned for today are cancelled so with any luck we´ll be able to spend those entrance fees on some booze or food for xmas dinner.
I think we have a turkey running around somewhere for us...
Tomorrow will be hung over most likely and driving for another 12 hours to our next destination somewhere in the hills. There we are planning to be going ice climbing and glacier trekking. I can´t wait.
Right now however i need a booze poos and i´ll try and update again at the half way point of the trip in 5 days as i don´t think that i will have anywhere to update again before then.
See you all later and i hope that you all had a great xmas. For a special few there might be a few gifts coming back with me.
p.s. for those that wanted postcards it´s been remarkably difficult to find post offices. There was one in Cueñca but the line was literally 2km long as the office only opens once a week... I´ll try my best to send them in the next week but it may end up easier for me to just send them when i´m at the airport.
Saturday, 23 December 2006
Christmas... almost
Well, the last fewdays have been exciting to say the least.
Two days ago we left Cuenca and started our drive to Peru. It was planned as a 10 hour drive but as per south american standards things didn´t go that way at all.
First we encountered a local road block/detour as some of the road we were to be travelling was being re sealed so that meant we had to detour an extra hour onto the trip. We got about an hour further into the driver after the detour and encountered a local government protesting about not having enough money or something and they had blocked the road too...
So after about 30 more minutes with the maps out we realised that the only way to the border from there was to turn around and go all the way back to the first detour point and try driving through the mountains instead of along the coast.
...
So, we had already been on the road for about 4 hours andwe hadn´t been more than 100km from Cuenca. Bugger.
Anyways, we headed for the hills and all was looking peachy until it was pissing down with rain and there was fog so thick we literally could only see 4m infront of the truck. Think the most windy west coast roads and then make them dirt and then add ruts in every direction and a 200m drop on one side and on the other side a 100m cliff. Then to top it all off, imagine the road is really only one lane wide... Thats what we endured for the next 4 hours until we hit a town somewhere between splitsville and bumfuck and were told that the road we wanted to take had been closed due to landslides... i´m not kidding. So we took our only option other than to turn around and drove on in the fog down a road that has probably never seen a 17 tonne truck crease its dirt. It was 8:30 at night and dark and foggy and worryingly wet when we set up camp on a small clearing on the side of the road for the night. We all got ready for an early start the next day.
5am - Up and at´em adam ant. Everyone slept like shit and felt not much better... General concensus was that the drinking of rum (USD$5 a bottle) and cokes last night wasn´t our finest decision.
We ended up driving for maybe another 4 hours and set up for some breakfast in a small town. There was a small cafe type thing that made us some scambled eggs and toast and black coffee (not that i drink it) for about USD$1 each. Not bad i reckon.
Either way we had another 2 hours or so until we got out of the mountains and close to the border. Clear sailing from there was much appreciated by all. Including Phil our driver.
40min after the border we hit Punta Sal. Our 10 hour drive turned into 19 hours and a night in the middle of nowhere. Thus half a day lost in Punta Sal.
Punta Sal is fantastic. It´s piss ant small and has an amazing beach. Perfect for holidaying. I would be more than happy to stay there for weeks but unfortunately we only have two days and two nights.
Last night was our first night and we had a fantastic meal of fish and chicken and salads etc. after playing beach volleyball with some young Peruvians holidaying down the beach. It was great fun and everyone had an awesome time.
It´s so hot here in Punta Sal that i was sweating at 6am. Right now its almost 11am and it must be in the region of 35 degrees already.
Some of the others are going to take a surfing lesson in Mancura (a small town about 15min drive from Punta Sal) around lunch time. I think there will be some sunburnt souls coming back later on.
We leave Punta Sal tomorrow morning and are aiming for a place called Huanchaco (sp?) for xmas. Apparently it´s a beach as well but not as nice as Punta Sal. Either way we´ll be drinking and being as merry as we can.
After that we´ll be back in the mountains and cold. There is optional ice climbing up there though so that should be fantastic.
Then it´s Lima and the halfway point of my trip and the end of the trip for 4 others in the truck. 12 more people will be joining us remaining 4 though so some new faces will be appreciated.
Well thats definately enough from me for now. As always i don´t know when i´ll next get to an internet cafe so i hope you all have a merry xmas and all that other stuff.
Paolo
Two days ago we left Cuenca and started our drive to Peru. It was planned as a 10 hour drive but as per south american standards things didn´t go that way at all.
First we encountered a local road block/detour as some of the road we were to be travelling was being re sealed so that meant we had to detour an extra hour onto the trip. We got about an hour further into the driver after the detour and encountered a local government protesting about not having enough money or something and they had blocked the road too...
So after about 30 more minutes with the maps out we realised that the only way to the border from there was to turn around and go all the way back to the first detour point and try driving through the mountains instead of along the coast.
...
So, we had already been on the road for about 4 hours andwe hadn´t been more than 100km from Cuenca. Bugger.
Anyways, we headed for the hills and all was looking peachy until it was pissing down with rain and there was fog so thick we literally could only see 4m infront of the truck. Think the most windy west coast roads and then make them dirt and then add ruts in every direction and a 200m drop on one side and on the other side a 100m cliff. Then to top it all off, imagine the road is really only one lane wide... Thats what we endured for the next 4 hours until we hit a town somewhere between splitsville and bumfuck and were told that the road we wanted to take had been closed due to landslides... i´m not kidding. So we took our only option other than to turn around and drove on in the fog down a road that has probably never seen a 17 tonne truck crease its dirt. It was 8:30 at night and dark and foggy and worryingly wet when we set up camp on a small clearing on the side of the road for the night. We all got ready for an early start the next day.
5am - Up and at´em adam ant. Everyone slept like shit and felt not much better... General concensus was that the drinking of rum (USD$5 a bottle) and cokes last night wasn´t our finest decision.
We ended up driving for maybe another 4 hours and set up for some breakfast in a small town. There was a small cafe type thing that made us some scambled eggs and toast and black coffee (not that i drink it) for about USD$1 each. Not bad i reckon.
Either way we had another 2 hours or so until we got out of the mountains and close to the border. Clear sailing from there was much appreciated by all. Including Phil our driver.
40min after the border we hit Punta Sal. Our 10 hour drive turned into 19 hours and a night in the middle of nowhere. Thus half a day lost in Punta Sal.
Punta Sal is fantastic. It´s piss ant small and has an amazing beach. Perfect for holidaying. I would be more than happy to stay there for weeks but unfortunately we only have two days and two nights.
Last night was our first night and we had a fantastic meal of fish and chicken and salads etc. after playing beach volleyball with some young Peruvians holidaying down the beach. It was great fun and everyone had an awesome time.
It´s so hot here in Punta Sal that i was sweating at 6am. Right now its almost 11am and it must be in the region of 35 degrees already.
Some of the others are going to take a surfing lesson in Mancura (a small town about 15min drive from Punta Sal) around lunch time. I think there will be some sunburnt souls coming back later on.
We leave Punta Sal tomorrow morning and are aiming for a place called Huanchaco (sp?) for xmas. Apparently it´s a beach as well but not as nice as Punta Sal. Either way we´ll be drinking and being as merry as we can.
After that we´ll be back in the mountains and cold. There is optional ice climbing up there though so that should be fantastic.
Then it´s Lima and the halfway point of my trip and the end of the trip for 4 others in the truck. 12 more people will be joining us remaining 4 though so some new faces will be appreciated.
Well thats definately enough from me for now. As always i don´t know when i´ll next get to an internet cafe so i hope you all have a merry xmas and all that other stuff.
Paolo
Tuesday, 19 December 2006
Cuenca
Not too much to add to the blog so far i don´t think.
Today was a 9 hour drive over the mountains to get to a city called cuenca. It is the first capitol city of the Incan empire and one of the first that the Spanish conquered so there is alot of history around the streets.
It´s night time here at the moment but i can see that it will be a very scenic place to wander around tomorrow.
The last few days have been spent in a town called Baños. The word banños is actually toilet in spanish... We were staying with the boyfriend of one of our tour leaders at his lodge he operates just outside of the city. He also runs canyoning trips in one of the local gorges so a group of us did that on one of the days and absolutely loved it. Franco (the boyfriend) is a swiss guy who has movied to ecuador to do exactly what he is doing although he is planning on moving to Africa with Mel (our guide) to start their own tour business... Africa is next on my list of destinations so i might have to keep in touch.
That night was a huge festival in the town center with marching bands and two big concert stages playing all sorts of spanish music with thousands of people all toussling for space near the booze and food stalls which packed the footpaths. I wasn´t feeling too shit hot that night so i didn´t enjoy the whole experience as much as i could have but thats the way the cookie crumbles i guess.
The next day three of us went for waht was supposed to be a 30min walk but promtly got semi lost in the bush and the walk instead took nearer to 2 hours... go figure. I also saw my first wild snake on that trip. I think it was only a small tree python or something similar though so probably posed no danger. As soon as i saw it it bolted into the scrub anyways so i wasn´t in any danger even if it was poisonous.
Well i guess after all that there was a bit to talk about.
I´m going to be on a beach somewhere on the coast of Ecuador near the border with Peru (i think it´s called Punta Sal for those that care) for xmas which sounds pretty cool. We´ll be camping in tents with big bonfires and two other tour busses to share the day with. We´re all looking forward to that alot i think.
Well i might be back online tomorrow but if not then merry xmas to all and a happy new year and i´ll be back online sometie after xmas (Punta Sal has no internet... not sure if it has hot water yet either...)
Later all
Today was a 9 hour drive over the mountains to get to a city called cuenca. It is the first capitol city of the Incan empire and one of the first that the Spanish conquered so there is alot of history around the streets.
It´s night time here at the moment but i can see that it will be a very scenic place to wander around tomorrow.
The last few days have been spent in a town called Baños. The word banños is actually toilet in spanish... We were staying with the boyfriend of one of our tour leaders at his lodge he operates just outside of the city. He also runs canyoning trips in one of the local gorges so a group of us did that on one of the days and absolutely loved it. Franco (the boyfriend) is a swiss guy who has movied to ecuador to do exactly what he is doing although he is planning on moving to Africa with Mel (our guide) to start their own tour business... Africa is next on my list of destinations so i might have to keep in touch.
That night was a huge festival in the town center with marching bands and two big concert stages playing all sorts of spanish music with thousands of people all toussling for space near the booze and food stalls which packed the footpaths. I wasn´t feeling too shit hot that night so i didn´t enjoy the whole experience as much as i could have but thats the way the cookie crumbles i guess.
The next day three of us went for waht was supposed to be a 30min walk but promtly got semi lost in the bush and the walk instead took nearer to 2 hours... go figure. I also saw my first wild snake on that trip. I think it was only a small tree python or something similar though so probably posed no danger. As soon as i saw it it bolted into the scrub anyways so i wasn´t in any danger even if it was poisonous.
Well i guess after all that there was a bit to talk about.
I´m going to be on a beach somewhere on the coast of Ecuador near the border with Peru (i think it´s called Punta Sal for those that care) for xmas which sounds pretty cool. We´ll be camping in tents with big bonfires and two other tour busses to share the day with. We´re all looking forward to that alot i think.
Well i might be back online tomorrow but if not then merry xmas to all and a happy new year and i´ll be back online sometie after xmas (Punta Sal has no internet... not sure if it has hot water yet either...)
Later all
Saturday, 16 December 2006
1/6th done
The amazon jungle was fantastic. Technically i was in the Amazon basin as opposed to the big deal real amazon but it was still incredible.
I´ve seen monkeys of all sorts of colours and breeds and fed most of them out of my hands. Seen cayman crocodiles and red bellied tarantulas and everything in between. I floated down one of the main two tributaries of the Amazon river in a tradiotional balsa wood raft.
The last week has been so completely filled with new experiences i can´t begin to list them all here. So far this trip has been amazing.
I do miss the comforts of home every now and then as we are now camping and the tents are a bit small for two guys around the 6´tall mark but i´ll survive i guess.
Right now i´m in a city called baños and it seems pretty cool. There is a massive parade going on for a celebration in the city at the moment and it´ll be going on into the night so we are all planning on heading in later on for dinner and a bit of night life.
I´ll try and upload a few pics or something for you all but i can´t guarantee anything with my complete lack of spanish communication.
Right now i´m going to head off and buy a cui cui on a stick, otherwise known as a guinie pig :)
Until next time
I´ve seen monkeys of all sorts of colours and breeds and fed most of them out of my hands. Seen cayman crocodiles and red bellied tarantulas and everything in between. I floated down one of the main two tributaries of the Amazon river in a tradiotional balsa wood raft.
The last week has been so completely filled with new experiences i can´t begin to list them all here. So far this trip has been amazing.
I do miss the comforts of home every now and then as we are now camping and the tents are a bit small for two guys around the 6´tall mark but i´ll survive i guess.
Right now i´m in a city called baños and it seems pretty cool. There is a massive parade going on for a celebration in the city at the moment and it´ll be going on into the night so we are all planning on heading in later on for dinner and a bit of night life.
I´ll try and upload a few pics or something for you all but i can´t guarantee anything with my complete lack of spanish communication.
Right now i´m going to head off and buy a cui cui on a stick, otherwise known as a guinie pig :)
Until next time
Monday, 11 December 2006
In the jungle the mighty...
In the jungle the mighty jungle.
Tomorrow or the next day we´re off to the jungle for a while. And i swear its about 35 degrees here right now...
I´m sweating like a bush pig in heat on a hot nor´wester day.
Best be off, gotta go take some more pics
Later all
Tomorrow or the next day we´re off to the jungle for a while. And i swear its about 35 degrees here right now...
I´m sweating like a bush pig in heat on a hot nor´wester day.
Best be off, gotta go take some more pics
Later all
Saturday, 9 December 2006
Im heading off tomorrow on our first day of travel to a place called Otavalo for the day and then off to Tena the next. Its a 3 hour drive tomorrow but it{s going to be abou t11 the day after so that should be interesting i think...
The people on the tour a cool, 3 ozzies, a south african, a brit and an irish girl who actuall y lives in christchurch and works as a travel agent. She knows the girl i booked through. Random huh. Only four of us are staying in the bus for the whole 6 weeks and 4 are finishing it. When we get to the half way point 14 others are going to join us for the last 3 weeks.
We went out last night to a club down the road and had a good laugh. Beers range from 60 cents to $3 if you are unlucky. Everybody dances, nobody is sitting around unless they are trying to get drinks or into some pants...
Taxis are about $15 for 30min worth of driving so not too bad really.
The people on the tour a cool, 3 ozzies, a south african, a brit and an irish girl who actuall y lives in christchurch and works as a travel agent. She knows the girl i booked through. Random huh. Only four of us are staying in the bus for the whole 6 weeks and 4 are finishing it. When we get to the half way point 14 others are going to join us for the last 3 weeks.
We went out last night to a club down the road and had a good laugh. Beers range from 60 cents to $3 if you are unlucky. Everybody dances, nobody is sitting around unless they are trying to get drinks or into some pants...
Taxis are about $15 for 30min worth of driving so not too bad really.
Thursday, 7 December 2006
I´ve arrived
I arrived in Quito late last night some time after being awake for about 32 hours i reckon so i was pretty shagged.
Got given a room at the hostel i´m staying at and the toilet was broken. I only realised this after taking possibly the longest pee i had ever done into it. I think the dude knew it was broken but must have forgotten as he came bolting upstairs to move me but it was too late. He didn´t look pleased but moved me anyways.
The next room i was put in has a TV in it but when you turn it on the lights dim and then it turns off agian. Hmmm. The toilet works in this one but there are signs everywhere not to flush toilet paper or else it will clog.
Hello to the pinch technique
Oh and there is no hot water at all, but there is a shower and a basin so if i want a cold shower i could, no wait i can´t because the shower drain is blocked too.
Hello hand shower technique
Maybe i should have practiced these things a bit better while i was at home.
Either way i´m here and it´s humid as hell.
Unitl next time, i´m signing off
Got given a room at the hostel i´m staying at and the toilet was broken. I only realised this after taking possibly the longest pee i had ever done into it. I think the dude knew it was broken but must have forgotten as he came bolting upstairs to move me but it was too late. He didn´t look pleased but moved me anyways.
The next room i was put in has a TV in it but when you turn it on the lights dim and then it turns off agian. Hmmm. The toilet works in this one but there are signs everywhere not to flush toilet paper or else it will clog.
Hello to the pinch technique
Oh and there is no hot water at all, but there is a shower and a basin so if i want a cold shower i could, no wait i can´t because the shower drain is blocked too.
Hello hand shower technique
Maybe i should have practiced these things a bit better while i was at home.
Either way i´m here and it´s humid as hell.
Unitl next time, i´m signing off
Monday, 4 December 2006
1
Well, in less than a day i'll be in Auckland and waiting for my flight to Santiago which will then take me to Quito in Ecuador. I'll be there for three days until the start of my tour around South America.
Today has been pretty hectic. The car needed a new warrant so i did that this morning as well as a whole bunch of smaller jobs like cleaning and clearing out my room for Hamish to move into for the summer.
Not sure if i'll get the room back or not when i return, but no matter, the plan is to find a house before the winter truly sets in so i shouldn't have to put up with a cold room at all next year... assuming we can find a place nicer than where we are now for not too much money.
To top the whole trip off i think i'm getting a cold right now, cool huh. Heres hoping it goes away sooner rather than later and i don't get too poked with it. I assume jetlag and a whole bunch of stress and lack of sleep should kick it in the balls and maybe fix me up. If not then i'll be into the drugs earlier than i had wanted. Oh well.
In other news i have watched two great movies in my frenzy to finish a list as long as my arm before i leave.
The first is Brick. It is fantastic. Nothing is spoon fed to you which i LOVE. If you don't get it then don't worry, they use alot of slang simlar to cockney slang used in other films. But from waht i've read this is generally teen based slang rather than something bred into you. I'm unsure about how accurate it is as i have never experienced american underground high school but it's definately an interesting concept. WATCH IT
The second is the sequal to one of the worlds best cult status films, Clerks 2.
Done with an obviously higher budget than the original (it's in colour rather than black and white) There are several cameos from more established actors than the majority of the Clerks crew which i'm not sure if i liked or not.
It is packed full of Jay and Silent Bob humour which only appeals to some but i loved it. I guess you need to 'know' the characters to get it. Regardless of that i absolutely thought that Kevin Smith had been true to the original. Very much an instant favourite in my books. WATCH IT.
Lastly i have been listening to alot of Chuck Berry recently and highly recommend him if you want some fun background music or if you want to listen to some old school lyrics.
Today has been pretty hectic. The car needed a new warrant so i did that this morning as well as a whole bunch of smaller jobs like cleaning and clearing out my room for Hamish to move into for the summer.
Not sure if i'll get the room back or not when i return, but no matter, the plan is to find a house before the winter truly sets in so i shouldn't have to put up with a cold room at all next year... assuming we can find a place nicer than where we are now for not too much money.
To top the whole trip off i think i'm getting a cold right now, cool huh. Heres hoping it goes away sooner rather than later and i don't get too poked with it. I assume jetlag and a whole bunch of stress and lack of sleep should kick it in the balls and maybe fix me up. If not then i'll be into the drugs earlier than i had wanted. Oh well.
In other news i have watched two great movies in my frenzy to finish a list as long as my arm before i leave.
The first is Brick. It is fantastic. Nothing is spoon fed to you which i LOVE. If you don't get it then don't worry, they use alot of slang simlar to cockney slang used in other films. But from waht i've read this is generally teen based slang rather than something bred into you. I'm unsure about how accurate it is as i have never experienced american underground high school but it's definately an interesting concept. WATCH IT
The second is the sequal to one of the worlds best cult status films, Clerks 2.
Done with an obviously higher budget than the original (it's in colour rather than black and white) There are several cameos from more established actors than the majority of the Clerks crew which i'm not sure if i liked or not.
It is packed full of Jay and Silent Bob humour which only appeals to some but i loved it. I guess you need to 'know' the characters to get it. Regardless of that i absolutely thought that Kevin Smith had been true to the original. Very much an instant favourite in my books. WATCH IT.
Lastly i have been listening to alot of Chuck Berry recently and highly recommend him if you want some fun background music or if you want to listen to some old school lyrics.
Saturday, 2 December 2006
3
So it's down the last minute really now.
I've been trying to catch up on some of the movies i've had to put off watching over the last few months and i must say, i wasn't missing much.
Watched Ultimate Killing Machine this morning... what a piece of crap. I wasn't holding out for a scorcese great or anything but fuck. It did have some okay cinematography at one moment.
Currently i'm watching a movie called The Architect, again i wasn't hoping for anything great but this movie could have been so much more. Bad actors who you can tell were ripped straight from the TV set are given far too much responsibility. The son is the only actor worth what he got paid, oh and the crack whore (the daughter of the activist) with her one line of actual words is okay as well.
I'm going to watch a few others while i pack later on today but i'll see how long they last before i switch over to music or Red Dwarf episodes instead.
Back to the packing.
I've been trying to catch up on some of the movies i've had to put off watching over the last few months and i must say, i wasn't missing much.
Watched Ultimate Killing Machine this morning... what a piece of crap. I wasn't holding out for a scorcese great or anything but fuck. It did have some okay cinematography at one moment.
Currently i'm watching a movie called The Architect, again i wasn't hoping for anything great but this movie could have been so much more. Bad actors who you can tell were ripped straight from the TV set are given far too much responsibility. The son is the only actor worth what he got paid, oh and the crack whore (the daughter of the activist) with her one line of actual words is okay as well.
I'm going to watch a few others while i pack later on today but i'll see how long they last before i switch over to music or Red Dwarf episodes instead.
Back to the packing.
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