gabbroff Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Franco sei il mito di tutti noi fumatori italiani.. continua così che stai facendo un ottimo lavoro il concorso sarà su questo thread?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronmon Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Franco thanx for sharing your trek, the pictures make my eyes travel like each one could be blown up to be a big poster. Can u tell us a little about how they make there soil, like do they add fish or is the lava soil good enough to grow in? So you guys keep smelling carrots and celery so the strain from here is called Vegetarian Haze....?Have a good time the rest of your trip! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmyJango Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 I have to thank all the guys and crew especially Arjan and Franco ! cos I would never see any footage like this only for them , eduacating me all the way. GHS leading the way and the deserve it. It looks like a great adventure ! stay safe man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toaor Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Loving the updates guys and loving that freak plant with no serrated edge on leaves, that would be a good strain for guerilla growing and patio plants.Have a safe journey guys,Toaor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSilverHaze78 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Looks fun as hell! Keep up the great job Franco!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Sounds amazing bro, the chicken must be good on the Island . Thanks again for the nice pics.Have the best time in your life bro!PeaceJimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bvb Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 the plant with funny leaves you wouldnt even know it wa cannabis if it wasnt for the flower, is that a disease ? anyone know ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talking Monkey Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Holy cow that was alot of sweat coming out of that t-shirt! lol.Amazing pictures!ps,Get some caps with *hydrocool crystals* in the lining, brilliant for keeping your head cool, essentially keeping your body cooler.Thanks,TM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesteel Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 great job with the hunt.....wat new strains have yall aquired from this expidition to these islands? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeu9 Posted October 19, 2011 Share Posted October 19, 2011 Thanks Franco, only now i read yours answer about the Hero camera!Maybe a exclusive footage of something you find special for us online hunters! Maybe lighting a joint for us with a some footage of a special resting place in some field! Take care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixstring2021 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 That would be an awesome shot Romeu9..@ GStarr...that last plant looks like a tobacco plant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 DAY 8 Spoiled by Gerry, who proved to be a great bartender, we had a few drinks last night. Now it's payback-time, my head feels heavy. I need a cold shower and a cup of strong coffee, followed in a few minutes by a Red Bull and a joint; and immediately it feels a lot better. It's still early, so I jump in the pool, then make a few phone calls and check some news online. We eat breakfast around 8, then we prepare our gear to go down to the beach. The boats are both there, and before everyone gets ready I take a swim; the water seems fake so clear it is, and for sure around 30 degrees. We load a good amount of food and water onboard before leaving the beach, then we head full-speed towards the main island. The second speedboat, the one I board, is a Scarab with 2x300 hp 2-stroke engines; a real monster. It's a smuggler's dream, the Rolls Royce of sea-trafficking. There is no radio onboard, and no GPS system. Just a compass, a satellite-phone, two very large fuel tanks, and a lot of loading space. A boat like this can carry up to a ton of weed as far as 300 nautical miles, in a day. Today, it's carrying us. Pretty cool…We reach the coastline west of Kingstown, and we go north, on the leeward side. The island is amazing seen from the sea: rugged mountains covered in thick jungle, and hundreds of cannabis fields scattered everywhere. Using a binocular, one can actually see the plants, and their stage of flowering. We head into a secluded bay, and we approach a small floating peer that comes straight out of the rocks. We dock the boats, and unload all the equipment. There is a small river coming into the sea, and many local people are cooking, bathing, smoking weed. Most of them are planters, or boat-runners. The runners smuggle weed in small wooden boats, as far as Barbados and St. Lucia. Or they link up with guys with bigger boats, to reach further islands. It's incredible to see how this island has created a perfect production and export system, and how this tolerance towards cannabis has boosted high-end tourism in the area. We start following the river upstream, until we reach a waterfall few hundreds meters away. Around us only steep rocks and the jungle. The roaring sound is intense and the water-spray creates a thick mist in the air. Under the waterfall a large, deep natural pool allows for a great swim. We spend a good half hour jumping in and out of the water, which is very refreshing, almost cold. We shower under the waterfall, it's nice to get rid of the sea-salt this way. I try to take some underwater footage with one of the GoPros but the waterproof case has a leak; by the time I realize it, it's gone. Luckily the content of the SD card is still intact, so we don't loose any footage. But we have lost a GoPro, two to go. Soon it's time to walk back to the boats and keep going north, towards a beach where we can film a few landings for the documentary. We get news about a field that we can go visit tomorrow, through a new contact, and we are thrilled. We don't have much time left before we have to fly back to Europe, and the more plants we can see the happier we are. When the sunset is approaching, we land on a deserted beach. It's the ideal spot to film an interview with Dr. Green, and the camera crew gets busy. I spend my time helping them, then rolling a massive spliff which I smoke during the sunset. The filming finishes just before the sun goes down on the sea. It is a magic moment, we truly enjoy being here. The boats are fast to take us back to the villa, and when we arrive we find one of the best dinners we had during this trip: shark and barracuda, grilled to perfection, with mash potatoes and grilled vegetables. It's one of the best fish I had in a long time. Gerry is spoiling us again.After dinner we sit to smoke and chat, and we play some games of pool. My head hurts a bit, it must be the sun. So strong, so hot, it's amazing. One more drink, then goodnight!Thanks guys for following our adventure!!! In a few days we will head back to Europe, and the hunt will be over... until the next one....;-) Here are the pics from DAY 8: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Thank you so much Franco for this amazing photos and info!Peace & LoveJimmy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bozoph Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 that scarab is badass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub_Rifles Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 I agee!Great pictures and narrative.Franco, I know it is work, but HEY, what a great job to have!P.S. If you guys are hiring...count me in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiva boom Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 emphatic impresions really beautiful hope u found what u was looking for also in our interest.......jah bless Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeu9 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Wonderful!!It keeps being better and better, right? The pics are amazing, wonderful waterfalls and sunset...Enjoy there, we are enjoying it here! Thanks Franco and Arjan!!!Take care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dust Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Great pics once again love the water's color! And the sunset pic!! BeautifulI woould have jump from the top of that waterfall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potent Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Sounds like another amazing day, the pics look awesome what a beautiful place! + Scarab looks like a monster Have an awesome day hunters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeu9 Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Franco, get the director to film you while posting here, maybe at the last day of the expedition, remembering you updated us Live each day of the Hunt! Would be a great thumbs up for the loyal Online Strain Hunters to be mentioned on the final DVD, we are enjoying and living this almost as much as you guys there do! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cogollo Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 lovely sunset pictures, and the best prize will be watching the full strain hunters documentary when its finish, and all of we are getting that pricethanks for updating every day with so good information and pictures of your adventure, keep enjoying the last days in paradise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CubeCap Canada Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
franco Posted October 20, 2011 Author Share Posted October 20, 2011 Good morning from the Strain Hunters villa to everybody! LOL This LIVE thing is really cool, we will do it again during the next mission for sure. I truly appreciate all the following on the forum, the community is great. So I wanna take some time to reply to some of the questions:@ Chronmon: the planters are blessed by the soil-composition and geography. The volcanic soil is one of the richest in the world, and the rain is abundant between June and November. The normal way to prepare the ground for planting is to chop down the jungle, burn the bush, then dig terraces where to plant. The spacing, as you can see from the pics, is done well. The planters prepare small piles of soil, about a foot high, then transplant a bunch of seedlings from the germination beds onto the piles in the field. This system allows water to run-off fast, without washing away any plant. When the young plants start growing, they select the best one of each pile and kill the rest. This leaves just one plant per pile. @ Potent: the GoPro Hero is really a great tool for documentary-making. I am trying to convince the director to let us put some footage online but he doesn't like the idea, he wants to keep it for the documentary. We'll see if I'll be able to convince him to give a preview... ;-)@ Gabbroff: grazie del supporto man... il concorso e' qui: http://www.strainhunters.com/portal/forum/strain-hunters-live-thread-and-contest si inizia quando torniamo, tra qualche giorno... Admin vi terra' aggiornati.@ Toaor and bvb: the no-serrated plant was amazing to see. But it's not a genetical trait, just a deformation. I will get few seeds of it anyway, we'll see what comes out in a year or two down the road... ;-)@ Talking Monkey: thanks for the tip, next mission will get the hydrocools...;-)@ Bluesteel: we recovered landrace from both islands we visited. We know that the genetics come from Colombia, likely Santa Marta region. But they are here inbreeding for a really long time (some say from the 1960s, some say from the time of the arawaks indians, before the spanish colonization....). We took seeds from several planters in several locations, to make sure we have a good representation in our hands. We also collect seeds from specific interesting crosses we find, it's always nice to see later on what comes out of it, maybe a champion is hiding there... ;-) @ Romeu9: will surely mention the live thread in the DVD, and will give credit to the entire community, especially the ones who have been on the forum following our dreams and our conquers... ;-) respect broToday we are gonna go see the last fields of our mission; thanks to Dr. Green we got a new contact and everyone says he's got the biggest buds on the island. I can't wait.... now breakfast-time! full gas.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Potent Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Awesome, thanks for the mention i will be sure to check out the GoPro Hero and the biggest buds on the island!! can't wait for that footage! could be very interesting with the no-serrated plant for gorilla grows etc very cool lolhappy hunting guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chronmon Posted October 20, 2011 Share Posted October 20, 2011 Its was wonderful to see a place so full of life and weed! Weeed life long live The strain hunters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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