Day 8 - Saturday 29 May 2010
Photos by Robert Cunningham & Mark Dermul.
We had half a day
still to kill, since we didn’t need to be at the airport
until 2pm. So some of us decided to revisit three of the
locations: the Mos Eisley Cantina
and Falcon Blast Off Alley in
the port city of Ajim and Ben
Kenobi’s Hermitage on the road to
Sidi Jemour. We took it upon
ourselves to travel to Ajim by louage, a cross between a bus
and a taxi, seating 7 per vehicle.
Michael had again
brought his Sandtrooper costume, much to the pleasure of the
local children. But the local law enforcement was not
amused. Within five minutes of our arrival, a patrol car
with a police officer and the chief commissioner had pulled
up to question our motivation for being there and asking for
our authorization to film at the
Cantina. I had to use all my negotiating skills to
get him to leave us in peace, but then I had my practice at
the Mos Espa set before.
We moved to the
Falcon Blast Off Alley to get
some great shots there as well before hiking a good three
kilometres to Ben Kenobi’s Hermitage
in order to say goodbye to the Star Wars filming locations
for good.
We had absolutely no
problems at all getting all our much heavier gear checked in
at the airport (what with all the sand
and
other relics we were able to score during our expedition)
and returned safely to Brussels. We had cars standing by to
take us back to my home in Ghent to crash for the last time
before everybody starting flying back to their respective
homes.
Since then, loads of
photos have been uploaded to our
Facebook page, so feel free to check them out!
I would like to
extend my thanks to all the Pioneers who made this trip one
to remember forever. The Force was truly with us during this
Tatooine Reunion. And I was
chuffed with the gift you guys had prepared for me.
Most of you know that I drink and collect Scotch whisky. They custom made Jawa Juice with matching engraved glass was simply wonderful.
Cheers (pun
intended)!
The End.