{"id":22373,"date":"2021-07-01T17:00:43","date_gmt":"2021-07-02T00:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/community.nrs.com\/?p=22373"},"modified":"2021-08-16T15:50:49","modified_gmt":"2021-08-16T22:50:49","slug":"when-dreams-become-reality-tv-on-chinas-detian-waterfalls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/community.nrs.com\/duct-tape\/2021\/07\/01\/when-dreams-become-reality-tv-on-chinas-detian-waterfalls\/","title":{"rendered":"When Dreams Become Reality (TV) on China’s Detian Waterfalls"},"content":{"rendered":"

In late 2019, a China trip came together like a dreamed reality. But first, let me take you back a couple of years to when I saw a photo of the Detian Waterfalls and immediately knew I wanted to run them. And I wanted the first decent. So, I started putting in the research. Detian Falls or Ban Gioc Falls<\/em> is actually the collective name for two waterfalls on the Qu\u00e2y S\u01a1n River. The falls\u2014and the river\u2014straddle the international border between China and Vietnam.<\/p>\n

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Going beyond the highlights of Wikipedia and Google searches, I realized that to access the falls, I would need to gain permission from both the Chinese and Vietnamese governments, which was extremely unlikely. But I continued to dig and proposed the project to various media and brands, all of whom shut me down. I decided to put this dream project on the back burner and pursue other projects and dreams.<\/p>\n

Five years later, an unexpected email appeared in my inbox from a production company asking me to join a waterfall project in China for a TV show. With obvious intrigue, I accepted the invitation. I invited Dane Jackson to join. After a couple of weeks of email banter with our Chinese affiliates, a glitch in our plans forced us to change the location of the shoot. To my delight, they asked if we thought the Detian Waterfalls would work, of which I was immediately excited about. Although I knew firsthand all the permission issues we would face, I couldn\u2019t help but feel five years of excitement bubbling up.<\/p>\n