Career Decision
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- bigtrick0
how is it that you didn't get shot up, whitewolf? last i heard, southern sudan was a hella violent place...
- spendogg0
Wow. Amazing.
- lobstarr0
qbn mvp of the year.
- baseline_shift0
^^ wow man. fantastic.
- whitewolf0
I have tons of stories, look for this thread to be hit for the next six months i'm still processing the trip.
We lived in a village 20 miles south of Yei, that means 20 miles south of electricity.
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=3.…
Since I was the media guy, I lucked out and got to visit Yei at least once every 2 weeks to dump all of my footage and re-charge everything. So I also was in charge of keeping in touch with people at home.
Once, while in Yei, I was riding on the back of a dirtbike taxi "bota bota" and we're going about 25 mph through town when a herd of cattle crosses the road. He slows down and then sees a break in the herd and guns it. This makes me real nervous so I bail (prob about 10 mph now, but he's getting faster) as soon as I slide in the dirt I look up to see the break in the herd close. A huge bull mounted a cow right in front of the driver. He hits the bull at about 25 mph. Knocks the half ton beast off (and out) of the cow on it's side. The whole town, including an armed military convoy (SPLM) erupts in cheers and laughter. Dude's bike was pretty messed up. WHEW!!!
And we're not talking your normal cows here:
We basically camped out for a month while we built a house. Lived with the locals for over two months. Contracted two wells to be dug in the village when we budgeted for one. Bought and trained the village on brick press to build their schools. Saw nine deaths in the village while we were there. Heard war stories every night. Saw crazy crazy spiritual stuff--the villagers told us that us showing up fulfilled a prophecy spoken in 1991 about white brothers and sisters living under this mango tree bringing water of life etc.
Oh and we ate a baby python.
- o_0
well that beats the shit out of any stories i have to tell.bigtrick - cowtus interruptus via motorcycleus?TheBlueOne
- what the hell? mediaguy? who did you work for?freitag
- oh i see: a dear friend's humanitarian non-profitfreitag
- o_0
- nocomply0
I missed this thread the first time around but seriously... WOW!
I was in a similar position as you about 5 or 6 years ago. I chose 'A'. Things have worked out just fine now and I don't necessarily have any regrets, but it makes you think about life.
Definitely an inspiring story, which we don't see nearly enough of on here. Thanks for sharing!
- TheBlueOne0
Well, that just inspired me. Thanks for sharing this man...
- brandelec0
a w e s o m e
- kgvs720
Nice photos, good decision.
- duckofrubber0
Glad to see this thread back again, and that you did what you really wanted to do. You're one lucky bastard to have everything work out so perfectly. Now get back to work!
- bigtrick0
dude fuck yes! you definitely did the right thing by going on that trip. now you have material for your memories as well as your portfolio. i'm happy that you went and awed by your photos.
- Frosty_spl0
Awesome! I would love to do that!
Employers will like that you are a risk taker too. Shouldn't be hard to find a new gig.
- Amicus0
Now I want to hear how you've found love, a job and peace in your heart.
:)
- lvl_130
WOW!
seriously...just wow!
man, that is seriously some awe inspiring footage. and your story from "what would you do" to "look what i did" is pretty damn awe inspiring.congrats to you, and the balls that this obviously took.
Now what? you tell us!
- sofakingbanned0
Wow that's so awesome.
How does one go about doing something like this?
- capn_ron0
That just made my day! way to go. It is amazing how everything worked out just perfect. Enjoy the trip and write/shoot/explore everything.
- dMullins0
I would do B in any and all cases given that I had the opportunity.
- moth0
Don't get shot.