The world doesn’t tell us what we want WE TELL THE WORLD.

I’m an O.G. Check Season 3. Better yet, watch Saigon: Arrival if you need to catch up.

Now why is old-news like me posting alongside the new voices of Jet Set Zero?

Here’s what’s going on:

BAM! I was a cast member for seasons 1-3 (plus the bonus season 4 ((you have to watch season 3 to the 25’34″ mark and the secret season starts)) )

BAM! I’ve been lurking for exactly one year TODAY. (Or some day, I forgot to look at the date when I left Istanbul, but what does it matter, close enough.)

BAABAM! I’m taking off again for the wide world after a year of modest and in-almost-every-way ordinary living. I think it’s time Jet Set Zero went to…

BBBBBAAAAAAMMMM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOUTHAFRICAMOTHERFUCKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

…And Mozambique. And probably MalawiZambiaZimbabweBotswanaNamibia-land. That is, Southern Africa.

My favorite Google Image result for South Africa. Will I too be caught dancing naked in a river with a lioness? No promises, but I'll do my best.

Question! How is this Jet Set Zero??

Answer! It’s a reach-around from Futureyou that decided today was worth the risk and sent a postcard from Zanzibar saying “wish you were here, pussy”.

Question! How is this NOT Jet Set Zero??

Answer! Well, I’m glad you asked.

1! I will not be in the same place for 90 days. Unless you count the southern third of the second-largest continent in the world as “one place”.

2! I will not work in the local economy. Far from it. I will be working remote the whole time for a company in the US. Cheating? Maybe. But I think you might want to know how I did it. And I’ll tell you if you lose the attitude.

3! I’m not going with a bunch of dudes, like the old days. My travel companion is a gorgeous, six-foot-tall Brazilian goddess with an unquenchable lust for life, string bikinis and 8 bottles of hair-care products.

I missed you Jetsetters and I’m glad to be broadcasting again. But this is a complicated story, just like all of them, and I want you to call me out if things don’t make sense.

I look forward to sharing this with you guys. Hope you follow.

-Rob

A small taste of what Joanie, Michael and I got into in Pai last weekend, capping off Joanie’s visit, my month of weekenders, and this lovely Thai life… for now.

Part 1 of my video short documenting my isolated island getaway off Thailand’s eastern coastline.

The experience was nothing short of phenomenal! Hope you enjoy. More to come…

In a brief behind the scenes update Jed and I are just now flying back from a trip up and down the coast of California.  We’ve been testing some exciting new camera gear you’ll be seeing in upcoming seasons of Jet Set Zero Quito and meeting up with the crew. We’re working on a video to tell the tale and show off the beautiful new look of the filming style, but  in the meantime here are some selected shots that help tell the story of the trip.

The new gear, in a big pile and just waiting for us to take it out.

We’ve spent a lot of time looking at how we shoot the show, and we decided it was time to try something new.  Also buying new stuff is pretty awesome.

The open road calling.  We landed in SF, headed down to LA, then Up to San Louis Obispo, then SF again, then finally to Grass Valley, Nevada City and back to SF.

After landing in SF and taking a quick nap it was straight out onto the open road.  Highway’s 5, 1 and 101 were where we spend most of the next few days shuttling between CA’s most fun-time cities.

Jed enjoys some coffee.  Then we head out on another day of driving.

We drank more coffee thank anything else.  So much coffee.

Everyone celebrates Daylight savings differently.  This was our choice this year.

I lied.  We drank more whiskey than anything else.

Walking back from shooting on top of Coit tower.  Also, it was a day for shades.

San Francisco was one of our longer days, but provided a lot of gorgeous opportunities to put the camera though its paces.  We’ll be posting more of the video and photos as soon as we’re not uploading them from 20,000 feet.