Neil Gregory
Bio
Film and TV obsessive / World Traveller / Gamer / Camerman & Editor / Guitarist
Stories (118/0)
Going to school in Vietnam & Buddhas & Butterflys in Penang!
A new port on our Asian run was Nha Trang, Vietnam which is a coastal resort city in southern Vietnam where one of the big attractions is to take the cable car over to Hon Tre Island. Although there was still a million motorbikes everyone the pace Nha Trang seemed much more relaxed than the hustle and bustle of Ho Chi Minh City
By Neil Gregory4 years ago in Journal
Prepping for a world cruise
A world cruise is a hallowed position to be in onboard a cruise ship and not many are lucky enough to do one especially when your only a two person department on each ship. I'd made a good enough impression on management on my first contract and as I'd learn you need a decent junior you can count on when your the senior.
By Neil Gregory4 years ago in Journal
Island hopping in Langkawi
One of the joys of writing these blogs is getting to go back through all my old pictures and videos that I never really had time to review or digest at the time, it used to be get back to the ship back up my memory card of the day to the ships computer, my own hard drive, a spare hard drive and burn the files onto blank DVD's for storage. Yes, I was a little apprehensive about losing all my footage even back then and over the years I've seen so amny former colleagues who have lost their footage/pictures from those days!
By Neil Gregory4 years ago in Journal
The New Mutants Review (Contains spoilers)
Yesterday was something of a cinematic milestone as I finally got to see a film that has been awaiting release for over 3 years Josh Boones 'The New Mutants' and the story behind the film is more interesting than the actual film!
By Neil Gregory4 years ago in Geeks
The Malacca Incident
So many things went wrong with the stop in Malacca that I'm not surprised we only tried to go there once! Firstly there had been a massive party in the crew bar the night before and everyone was still drunk or horrifically hungover. I remember trying to rouse one of the photogs who only hours before had said 'Yeah, definitely give me a call in the morning' she was still passed out and was not going to make it.
By Neil Gregory4 years ago in Journal
The Great Wall of China & a smog free Hong Kong!
Lets start with NO you cannot see the Great Wall of China from space, despite what seemed like a million people telling me at the time! It was a work in progress starting back as early as 7 BC and still being built in 1644 and it is roughly 13,000 miles long.
By Neil Gregory4 years ago in Journal
Photog's day off at James Bond Island, Thailand
My roommate Matt & his girlfriend Lena had been researching Khao Phing Kan or whta is more commonly known as James Bond Island which is a small island in the northeast of Phang Nga Bay a few hours away from where we docked in Phuket. They also wanted to visit the fishing village of Ko Panyi which was famous for the whole village being in stilts above the water.
By Neil Gregory4 years ago in Journal
Dealing with PAX first thing in the morning, hanging out with the cast & stories of creepy weirdos onboard!
One of the coolest aspects of being a videog was getting paid to go on the excursions that the guests would pay hundreds sometimes thousands of dollars to do the same activity. The Photo department had an understanding with the Shore Excursions department that they would provide two tickets for both the videographers as and when they were needed.
By Neil Gregory4 years ago in Journal
Crossing the Equator or how I got to wear a toga to work and jump into a swimming pool!
How to describe a crossing the eqautor ceremony to a non seafarer? Organised chaos is fairly close a description as you'll get! Its an old naval tradition of hazing where when you cross the Equatorial line for the first time you partake in a ceremony where King Neptune allows the ship to safely cross. If you have crossed the line before you are known as a trusty shellback but if you haven't you are a slimy pollywog, still with me?
By Neil Gregory4 years ago in Journal