11. May 2018
It’s the last day here in Cuba. Another good day of shooting although our camera pool was reduced from three to one. We filmed with the simply great and heart-warming people of a surprising football fan club. Yes, football, as the national sport of Cuba – baseball – is constantly losing ground to the game Germany supposedly always win until the Italians come. So, this time round you’ll read the first sport content blog post on 5 days. If you hate sports, you have been forewarned. But as...
08. May 2018
Cuba is supposed to be a really safe destination for travel – and it’s true. There is a subjective feeling of safety, for example when parading cameras around town but also when walking around at night. But also objectively, tourism is such an important business for the country that there is draconic punishment for theft or assault on tourists. During our press trip, we did feel perfectly safe, which probably also has to do with the police escorts and the overall feeling that we are being...
06. May 2018
A press trip in the jungle is a dirty job but someone’s got to do it. Today, we left Cayo Santa María, leaving behind hotel chains, drunken Canadian tourists at our hotel bar, and the travel fair FIT Cuba all together without having swum in the ocean one single time. That’s life. It does not matter, as today was the day of exploring the heart of Cuban’s mainland – the area of the Topes de Collantesnatural park. We reached an altitude of 1,000 meters, crossed a mountain lake on a boat...
05. May 2018
The press trip has commenced and let me thank all those of you that watched and comment on the new videos that I am bringing to you in association with mystery camera man, whose identity might be released soon. Or not – as he might soon just stay at the pool after we were sweating the shit out of ourselves over the last three days, which is also why this blog post will combine Days 1 and 2. I mentioned earlier that little is left to chance here, and on top of that the program is - let’s say...
