On one of the surveys for The Mosquito Coast,' which had stalled, I was in Belize waiting to go across a river, and there was a punt coming toward us, the very punt we would take across the river, ... I thought they were coming back from a fancy dress party, but it was too early in the morning. Then someone told me they were Amish They got off the punt looking like they were in makeup and wardrobe from an 18th Century production. That was a tremendous hook for me.
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