Anyway.
This post is about all the different LOST locations that we've found. If you didn't watch LOST, then you can just go ahead and stop reading. If you did watch it and the addiction has long past (the show did end over 2 years ago, after all), then feel free to stop reading. I'll never know. If for some reason you still think Lost is cool, then there might be a chance that you think this post is cool.
The Crash Site
This is a beach just north of us. In fact, the mountain you see behind the beach in the show you can see from Joslyn's bedroom. Between the beach and the mountain there's actually an airstrip they use for skydiving, although you can't see it in the show. The trees that move around when the monster stirs on their first night were superimposed.
The Beach Camp
Toward the end of the 1st Season there's a little blurb about the tide coming in so fast that it's washing away their camp, so they decide to move up the coast a little bit to avoid it. In reality, this was because the show was gaining popularity so quickly that people were flocking out to the beach to see the set. They moved to another beach on North Shore that was a little easier to guard from the public.
This beach is one of our favorite spots. You have to drive through a small neighborhood and park in a dirt patch. Then you have to walk down this long, 4ft wide walkway between multi-million dollar homes to get to the beach. Then you have to walk about 10 minutes along the beach. Their "kitchen" tent is still there. We heard that Mr. Eko's church is still there, but we didn't see it.
The best part about this beach is that it's the favorite spot on the island for sea turtles to come up on shore and warm themselves on the sand. The turtles were way more fun than the filming location.
The Dharma Camp
This one is amazing to me. The yellow houses where The Dharma Initiative and the Others live are actually a group of small cabins at a YMCA on North Shore. It's used as a summer camp for kids, and it's just a few hundred yards from the crash site. It's right on the beach, but on the show it's no where near the coast. They also somehow made these tiny, 1-room cabins look like nice homes. I didn't recognize it at all the first time we drove by. Their sign reads "Lost fans welcome." They'll actually let you come on to their grounds and look around . . . if you're willing to leave a small donation to the camp.
The Banyan Tree
If you watch closely, the Banyan tree that several of the cast members hide in from the monster, and the one that Walt hides inside to escape the Polar Bear, and the one they walk by about a billion times is the same tree. You can find it along a public hiking trail at the Turtle Bay Resort on North Shore. This trail is also used pretty much any time you see the cast hiking through thick brush.
Hurley's Golf Course
. . . and pretty much any wide-open area with a view used in the entire series is at Kualoa Ranch. This is a private ranch that has been used to film many movies and TV shows, including Jurassic Park, 50 First Dates, and others. They have tours you can go on to see the movie sites, but they also have horseback riding, ATV rides, and a Jungle Excursion. We're hoping to do this soon.
Mr. Eko's Nigerian Village
This is actually Waialua, a small village on North Shore. They really didn't have to do much to make this look like a poor Nigerian village. It pretty much looks like that all the time, complete with chickens roaming around free.
The Sydney Airport
This is great. Every single shot of the cast at the Sydney airport was filmed in the atrium of the Honolulu Convention Center. Remember the scene when Hurley was racing to make his flight, and he borrowed the old guy's scooter and drove through the crowds of people to get to his gate? Yeah. All the same big atrium. It's incredible what they can do with cameras. The building is actually really beautiful, and is just off the main strip of Waikiki.
They sell tours of the Lost locations for big bucks, but in reality almost all of these places are open to the public. You just have to know where to find them.
Yeah, I know. We're way behind the craze. Too late to be cool. But we're parents now, so I suppose that fits.
Come visit. We'll show you around. Or not.
