Here at Antisteez, we like to support the 305. It’s our home. It’s our stomping grounds. It’s the place that has birthed many of the things we love from our great football team (GO DOLPHINS!) to cafecito (Con lots of azucar. porfa-please!) So, it’s no surprise that when we heard that one of our own Cuban sons of Miami (Yes…a made-in-Dade native!) was headed over the wild territories of Australia, we needed to support him.

After all, it isn’t every day that a Cuban goes to the Outback.

His name is Willie Concepción, which for all intents and purposes, makes him like Bond, James Bond…only more Latino and less British. Willie and his friend/partner/cohort/accomplice Andrew Adams (Which is THE whitest name known to man. Seriously. Willie Concepción and Andrew Adams sounds like a Latin Fusion Jazz Duo. lol) auditioned and WON! to be part of a trip called VAN-TASTIC Adventures. The gig, which is sponsored by travel insurance group, WorldNomads.com., is basically this: Willie and Andrew travel around Australia in a van named Geoff and document their experiences. At the end of their six-week trip, they pass Geoff off to another traveling duo and make a master movie of their adventure. Then they compete against a bunch of other Van-tastic’ers movies for a grand prize of $10,000 and some other coolness. (If you want a fancy-schmancy explanation, watch the interview.)

Yes. A Cuban from the 305, rip-roaring through Australia and checking out the natives and wild animals with his Caucasian friend and a camera and a dream of money.

It sounded like a novela on Univision, so we were instantly drawn to these gentlemen. (It also didn’t hurt that we knew Willie’s cousin, Lino, either.)

One white guy. One Cuban guy. One huge rock. AUSTRALIA.

So, I set out to interview Willie, mano-a-mano. Well. rather, iChat-to-iChat and despite the fact that I was in Miami and he was in Australia and he was  actually 13 HOURS IN THE FUTURE!!! We managed to communicate and he managed not to tell me anything that would happen.(Because we all know that it would have probably screwed up the space-time continuum.)

Willie and I talked about his trip, his experiences, aliens, kangaroos and Andrew dazzled me with his Spanish. Naturally, Willie tried to show me his dingo about three minutes into our convo, (What is it about webcams that make guys want to whip out their dingos, eh?) but I refused and then things went along nicely.

Willie and Andrew play patty-cake in a tank with a bazillion-pound crocodile killing machine!

Why should you watch this interview? 1) Because it’s kind of funny. 2) Because you get to see random glimpses of my cleavage. 3) Because these guys need you to love them instantly and vote for them on July 2 – July 25 so that they can win $10,000 to make their dreams come true.

(Naturally we will remind you to vote in July. But if you are reading this and it IS July, you can VOTE HERE!)

But for now, fall in love with Andrew and Willie and then stalk their Facebook Group and  Travel Journal so that you feel comfortable with voting for them in July. (And with leaving them little messages like, “Dear Willie and Andrew, You guys can totally show me your dingo! xoxo Big Daddy)

Enjoy these gentlemen. They really bring the LOL’s.

-goobs

Andrew and Willie and the, um, bearded-eyes-closed-wearing-a-hat guy.

And here are some more video of Willie and Andrew…in case you can’t get enough of these guys!