Did two days of great interview with Jason, the canadian buddhist munk, in Mae Chedi, and joined the monks with meditation and collections through the city. I got tons of video material … I have to see how I get more than 200 GB to my editor ( Christian Schneider Smac Mac) It’s just amazing I got the first portrait literally on day one into the trip.

Today, I’m on my way to Chiang Rai. I have to be in Laos on Wednesday, as my Thai visa is running out. — It’s Songkran Festival (Thai New Year) in Thailand from yesterday to tomorrow. Which meand everyone is throwing water at everyone. Well, it was annoying in the morning … but now I like it, as it’s 48°C. Never ever will anyone tell me “it’s too hot to cycle in 30°!” — I hope I’ll post some pre-edited videos the next days. However, today I have to attend my home-based projects, as soon as I arrive at the guesthouse in Chiang Rai. — Greets!

Songkran Festival in Thailand.

And doing some first edits on the 7cam-multicam-interview-footage (1x Nikon D500, 3x Canon S110, 1x GoPro Hero 3, 1x Sony HDR-AS30). A pain in the ass with the Canons shutting off every 12-15 minutes at 3,45 GB filesize …

On 7th of March, I finally left Chiang Mai for my journey to Chiang Rai. Here are some impressions of my first day of riding:

http://vimeo.com/91426783

I actually startet at 4am, as it is not too hot then.
- 1:20: I drank a coffee in this beautiful place, but didn’t stay there.
- 1:50: Most of the time I had to push my bike because of the steep road.
- 2:40: This place I stayed was more “thai-standard”: with the standard-frightening water heaters with electricity in the shower, and the toilet that has to be flushed by pouring water into it. And coffee with 56% sugar, 23% creamer and 11% coffee.
- 3:20: This actually is the most amazing part. I just bought some water at 7-eleven, when Dermot approached me. He knew a canadian, who is just becoming a buddhist monk. So I got to meet him and got an interview with him yesterday. He has an an amazing story of his life. Just started some basic editing. Will continue the interview tomorrow. I keep you posted!

Didn’t see that coming: Just one day into the project … and by pure coincidence got an interview with a canadian guy who is becoming a bhuddist monk. Just copying the footage to do some basic editing. I will continue the interview tomorrow and post some excerpts later. So if anyone has questions: Post them to the comments! I’ll look at the comments before I go tomorrow.

So it’s time. I’m starting out for a journey throughout the world with the goal to create a documentary for cinema and television. I want to portray some ordinary and interesting people from all over the world, in order to give an overview about how people live — and to find some amazing stories.

The idea initially came to me when I realized how little people know how people live their lifes all over the world. I hope I succeed in getting some interesting insights into this subject.

The journey will take around 18 month. And I will travel soley by bycicle; apart from some flights inbetween.

I’ll keep you updated here, and on facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/klaus.ridder.12

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