Istanbul has an amazing mix of the old with the new. In this one photo there is the new city in the background, the old byzantine fortress in the middle and a modern tanker in the foreground.
Our Shoot in Istanbul was a challenge. We needed traffic, but it became difficult to get around the city and to stage shots. In the end, we managed to get what we needed, and we learned many lessons to bring with us to Cairo.
As we wrapped and said goodbye to our local crew, we packed our gear carefully so that everything would be in order when we passed through customs. Upon leaving our hotel our production coordinator and location manager appeared to see us off.
On our car ride to the airport we realized that we drove to Asia to begin our shoot, then returned to Europe to finish our shoot and now were about to fly to Africa. Three continents all on the same day.
At the airport we had to show our carnet to customs and open our cases for an inventory. All cleared, we went to our gate only to wait for our delayed flight. On board the two and a half hour flight went quickly.
A few hours later we arrived in Cairo.
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