![]() ![]() In hindsight I needn't have worried so much as the fantastic staff at Air New Zealand quickly located my pack and had it on the next flight down. Traveling alone isn't always easy and this was one of those moments where it seemed as if the quality of my entire trip was hanging precariously over a cliff as I didn't know if I would have my pack returned in time to go on my camp. I felt tears of frustration well up as I stood helplessly trying to work out my next move. It was becoming apparent that I was one of the unlucky few to have difficulty getting on the same plane as their luggage. They gave us fun little facts about the city all theĪs I stood in the Christchurch airport baggage claim watching the last unclaimed suitcase roll around the carousel my carry on bags began to feel much weightier and I shifted them uncomfortably. Took us through the districts to a bridge known as the kissing bridge, and to Motorbike on the left side so not to burn our legs on the exhaust pipes. Wearing sandals! The only safety debrief we got was to get on and off the Speeding through Ho Chi Mihn city, on the back of a stranger’s motorbike, The entire time I couldn’t stop thinking about how insane it was. Scooters, while I ended up on the coolest motorbike). Up with their scooters and motorbikes (dad and Anita somehow ended up on the Was all from the back of a scooter or motorbike. At 5:30pm we were picked up from ourĪpartment for a tour of the city, which included local cuisine. It was time to head out again and without knowing it I was about to experience I was hot, tired, andįeeling pretty blah (I think I was suffering from hot-chip withdrawals). Many of their children were scantily clad, and wereĪt this point I had reached a low. We couldn’t treat their homes as a tourist attraction), we saw enough. While we couldn’t go too far into the slum (to maintain their dignity They organised for Deanna, Emma, and I to head into a slum with one of theirĮducators to play with some of the younger pre-school and primary agedĬhildren. Right through to a university level (if you want to learn more or to find out Their main goal is to provide education to the children of Cambodia, The Winthrops have been living in Cambodia working with a charity calledįlame. On our second day in Phnom Penh, we visited the Pol Pot killed the educated people of Cambodia, and destroyed Happened in the past, we saw how the effects of the regime are still impactingĬambodia today. "They were very cool about it," he said.I know this because the day before we learnt about what The band asked if they would have any input on the casting, but Jones told them it was too late. The 50 Best Songs of 2012: Mumford & Sons, 'I Will Wait'īoth the label and Mumford & Sons liked his idea, though the band would have preferred to go with "Babel" instead of "Hopeless Wanderer." "I said it just wouldn't work," said Jones, who lined up the comedians for the video by calling Sudeikis, whom he had met at an earlier photo shoot. When the band's label began soliciting ideas for a new music video soon after, Jones submitted his concept for having well-known comedians acting as the band. Jones, who directed the Wilco documentary I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, originally met Mumford & Sons at a Rolling Stone cover shoot earlier this year. It's one of a few interesting tidbits that director Sam Jones shared with the Los Angeles Timesin a recent interview, including how he tapped actors Ed Helms, Jason Bateman, Jason Sudeikis and Will Forte for the video. Mumford & Sons' funny new video for "Hopeless Wanderer" has swept the Internet this week, but the folk band actually wanted to use a different track from their latest album, Babel. ![]()
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