Tonight is the premiere of "Hotel Amazon" on The Travel Channel, starring two guys from our area with the crazy idea of building a hotel in the jungle.

Rusty Johnson and Stephan Jablonski from Kingston will make their television debut on March 9 at 10pm. "Hotel Amazon" follows the journey of Rusty and Stephan as they build a hotel in the Peruvian Amazon.

Jablonski, a Kingston firefighter, won $45,000 on Wheel of Fortune. Against the wishes of his girlfriend, he made the decision that instead of saving the money, he and Rusty would use the winnings to fund their hotel. Johnson already had 15 years of experience working and traveling in the Amazon, but for Jablonski, working in the Amazon is a completely new and sometimes surprising experience.

We talked with the duo about the hotel and how it became a television show:

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