Sarawak so far

Quick update: it's our 4th day here and we're checking out of Harbour View Hotel in Kuching. It's been a blast so far; today we're going on to stay at Damai (the housekeeping here clarified that it's Damai Putra or something like that, which is different to Pantai Damai) which is near the Sarawak Cultural Village. But before we travel there, we're going into the jungle to do shoot the several scenes we have there.

We spent the whole of yesterday at a friend of the production's house, which is at Matang. From the outside it looks like any other wooden house on stilts in the jungle, but inside it is well-kept and very very English. It's quite charming, really - and we had a great time there. Tiring but great. For his "front garden" he has a farm, guarded by a Rottweiler - for his "back garden" he has a river running through it and 2 small lakes. Wonderful. There was a narrow wooden pier that jutted to the middle of the lake (I did say small) and it was a surreal experience walking up to the end. Had a nice meditation session though.

We have some real characters on board and many of them know what they're doing, which is the best part. Seeing the technical team in action is inspiring, and some of the cast are awesome. A good budget's so useful. This is, by far, my best film / TV experience. Thank you, Rob.