Dave's craft coming out of the container
Mission accomplished. All craft out of the container. Whooo hoooo!
Carrying Rajiv's craft past the cops
Day 1. Inside the stadium
Steve's craft
Phil with Bipasha and her assistant at practice
Rajiv and Chris at breakfast
Lowering Rajiv's craft from the truck. Rohan in the truck. David Genon in black at left. Dave R and Chris at the back of the craft
Rajiv in purple shirt giving instructions
Phil watching as they remove my craft from on top of his
Guard with automatic weapon standing behind sand bag barricade
night practice
Dave R. Coruja talking on her cell
Rajiv's other craft. What's that other guy doing ??
After a dusty practice
Home base for the hovercraft. Note the cricket giant partially assembled in background
Checking out the stadium on day 1
Our shipping container being guarded
Steve's craft at night practice
Getting ready to carry Steve's craft away
The black sheeting was where workers were sleeping overnight
Breakfast at the hotel
Night practice
Dave and Chris
Chris Fitzgerald looking tired
David Genon drawing circles. Trying to figure out some hovercraft choregraphy
Dave fixing the reverse bucket
Smile for the camera please!
Phil and Tom waiting for the plane in Chicago
The Air India gate at O'Hare
Chris and Steve killing time
Phil and Tom on the plane
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Phil and Tom. Still looking cheery, in spite of having been on the plane so long.
Mutiny in the galley. Stuck in Cairo airport
Tom and Chris stuck in cairo with nothing to do.
Phil serving drinks to everyone. The crew pretty much abandoned us.
Mumbai airport. Waiting for taxis
Chris and Tom, waiting for the taxis
3 wheeler taxis - 75 cents will take you anywhere you want
Bamboo scafolding on highrise
Piles of rubble everywhere!!??
Toll plaza
Namaste - Arriving at the hotel. Chris, Coruja, Phil
Hotel lobby.
Outside the stadium. This olympic sized pool was weirdly out of place
No one ever set foot in the pool the entire time we were there
Electrician wiring 220 volt with bare hands. No OSHA requirements here!
The "Dust Storm" garage
From Left ... Rohan, Rajiv, Tom, Phil, Chris, Steve
Corija, Chris and Dave G. Day 1
The centerfield was called the "Holy gound" No one could enter there except the players.
Touring the stadium on day 1
VIP viewing area
Sound and Light techs
Ball boys
Free Honda motorcycle anyone?
VIP area
Making some adjustments to the wickets
Craft stored temporarily in the "Dust" garage
Curry lunch at the tent
Hotel restaurant
Roof top pool that we never had time to use - DOH!
View from the hotel rooftop
Rooftop view
Rooftop pool deck
Looks inviting doesn't it?
Western mall next to the hotel
Mall shops
Security guard telling me to stop photographing him
The street in front of the hotel
Waiting for our morning taxis to take us to the stadium
Hotel entrance
Steve, Tom and Chris waiting for the taxi
You don't want to know. Trust me.
Guy on a cell phone. Wife behind him trying to hide from the camera
Starting to set up the stage
The entrance where we hover through to get to the field. Note the grates that had to be covered over or we'd lose all lift
Starting to get busy. Chris and Phil on headsets
Steve practicing
Messing around on the grass
Two dancers taking a hovercraft ride during practice
Dancers during practice
The Giant
Sound techs
beep beep
kid selling fruit at a stop light
Rajiv fixing his actuators
Philip holding the Giant's cricket ball
our hovercraft guard
Steve and Phil working on Steve's craft. Magnus and Chris looking on
The hover team during a relaxing moment
Game night
Runners up game to determine 3rd place
South African Cheerleaders
Never quite figured out who this character is
I'm sure it was hot in that suit though
Restful moment
Workers sleeping on the makeshift stage (look hard)
Train station where terrorists attacked in 2008
Double decker bus
Taj hotel
The port in old Mumbai
Phil taking in the sights
Dave and a few friends. Drink this and you'll get Mumbai belly
Dave the tourist
The Taj hotel where the terrorists killed so many people in 2008
Interesting sign
Non sequitur
The giant under construction in Belgium
From left. Magnus, Rajiv, Rohan, Tom, Dave, Steve, Chris, Phil, Vivian
Practice time. Rajiv talking to his son and daughter
Steve entering the stadium
Rajiv entering the stadium
Magnus is in the house
Post practice discussion
It was this big, honest
The big day - waiting in the shade. From left Rohan, Phil, Steve, Magnus
Conference room meeting at the hotel to go over our plans
Discussing the choreography at the stadium
Sumalini and Samira sitting in the craft
After it was over. From left. Rohan, Dave, Steve, Coruja, Chris, David, Magnus, Samira, Vivian, Sumalini
Helping to carry Steve's craft. I've got your back Steve!
A down time prior to practice
Dave entering the stadium
