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putting it out there

possibly a narcissistic post. I don't know.

By Carolyn Chon

August 9^th, 2018

Put what out there?

Your hopes, dreams and your heart's desires.

Where is there?

Universe (if you're the universe kinda person), to God (if you're a God kinda person), to the internet (which is what I meant as you will read, but I'm also a God person).

This shot was taken on top of a mountain called Jade Dragon Snow Mountain (玉龙雪山) in the Yunnan province of China. Oh, but this photo isn't of the mountain itself, but the view it gave me with my back facing the mountain. Heh.

I was there sometime in November last year for work and by work I mean on a shoot. I start of with this photo for this post because it looks kinda pretty and almost kinda epic. Truth be told though, I had the shittiest experience getting down this mountain, to the extent of almost passing out.

Massive Crowd + Altitude = A Queasy Traveller.

getting it in

I got a call from the creative, who briefly over the phone explained to me about this job, this idea of a script, this ambition of a wing-it situation. We hung up and I was sold.

I thought to myself, this script is me! It embodies me.

I got excited about it and told my other half, my first prospect of a proper travel shoot FOR a travel product. And that was when I realized that it was because I put it out there (the internet) my love and passion for travel and the experiences I've had, the job was mine. It was as though my posts here was all the field work I've had already done. It was as though all my posts here were all the pages for the director's treatment that had already been written.

Now, I know how it all sounds. I'm not getting dramatic. It just really was exactly how I felt because even though travel is one of my biggest passion, being able to curate the way we were to shoot it was the biggest kick for me.

The reasons why the creative called me was because of my posts and sharing of my travel trips from before and he remembered it. I guess I like the fact that some people do think of me when they get a travel related script. So, yes to putting it out there and then getting it in!

inside the yunnan province

one tulou too many

In the Hakka province of China. Tulou if directly translated is "earth + levels". I'm not going to explain what it is, please go visit this place if you have time within the Fujian area and/or Yongding in China.

from kolkata to sundarban

I definitely put Sundarban on the list because Tigers, but of course...they are elusive and there are too few wild ones out there these days. Safe to say though, that our stay in Sundarban was truly unforgettable.

bhubaneswar in the eastern regions of odisha

The place where we spotted the five-legged cow!

That's the end.

Two weeks on the road, 17 hours worth of footages.

On trains, planes, boats, cabs, rickshaws and on foot.

Street food, restaurant food, home cooked food.

I couldn't have asked for a more fulfilling project to work on where we met people, listened more than we spoke, smiled more and laughed more than in our daily lives.