India: WEEK TWO part 1.

The second week of our time in India took us to a small state south of Maharastra called Goa. Goa is one of India's leading tourist attractions and is sort of the Hawaii of India. It was controlled by the Portuguese up until the 1940'sWhen we arrived after the hour long flight from Mumbai we were a bit surprised that it didnt look or smell much better than Mumbai but had been referred to as a very beautiful place. As we drove the second hour from the airport to our hotel we began to slowly change our minds. The view was covered in green and surrounded by water and we could immediately tell that it was nowhere near as heavily populated as Bombay. It was almost like being in an oceanside town in Mexico. There were still signs of poverty but nothing close to that of Mumbai. Out here people seemed to live off the land and sea in a pretty efficient manner.

The place we stayed and filmed at was a small village of old portuguese homes that were located only 5 minutes from the Arabian Sea. The place was quiet and had a nice relaxing feel to it other than the unbeatable burn from the sun. The combo of heat and moisture meant that everyday was going to be sunburned and sweaty. The cold water that trickled from the showers was an incredible yet unexpected relief. The first day we filmed for ten hours and then tried a local shack called calamari for dinner by the sea. I had a couple cold beers and a delicious local crab the size of a full frisbee. It was the biggest crab I had ever seen and the guys all nodded in agreement as the chef brought it out live for me to see before cooking it. In the mornings myself and a couple of the other guys would go on an amazing 3 mile trail run before work along the fort that had been left behind by the portuguese long ago. The view was incredible and the fact that we were running on the edge of cliffs gave us that early morning thrill that only mother nature can offer. After work for the rest of the week we tried Italian food, Traditional Goan cuisine, and lots of local seafood. Everyday we worked hard in the sun and finished the evening off with a beer and a full belly. Goa felt like a vacation from the big city and on our first day off we treated it as just that.

We all suited up and went down to the beach where we enjoyed a splash in the sea and then proceeded towards the jet skis. Its a known fact amongst the stunt community that engines and speed are a guaranteed good time when working on a location. So with that in mind we rented four jet skis and headed for the waves. We took a cruise around a small peninsula to get a better view of the old forts that we'd been running through and saw huge mansions that lined the forest covered shore. Then came the experience of a lifetime. On the way back we noticed a humongous cargo carrier that had probably been shored a long time ago. The four of us flew through the water to go and take a peak. When we arrived the ship seemed abandoned and incredibly big. The thing was probably 300 feet from front to back and twenty to thirty feet high. As we cruised around to the other side our adventurous eyes noticed that the ships side had been torn through by years of rust erosion, and the holes were just large enough to fit a jet ski in...

India: WEEK ONE PART 2

the rest of the week went by quickly. Everyday I rehearsed wire moves that my character would be doing and at night I began to explore the three different restaurants in my hotel with the other stunt guys. We have an indian food place, an asian food place and then we have a mixed buffet with all of the above and more. The asian food place has become the favorite thanks to its great chef and American sized portions, but only three choices gets old quick. By the end of the week I was ready for a change and thats just what we got...