yomo, rees-ant-lee i two-erd around new zealand and had my most favourite trip so far. i vis-e-ted 15 places and got showered with awes-um hospitality from the venues that offered their stages and or corners for me to play. i took along a kick drum for my foot and it made stomp and helped in some fan-tas-tic nights, a couple off the bat were in fox glacier, cool place. and greymouth too, at a place called 'franks'. on the west coast down south, it is a land of fantasy and after some days there, its enchantment catches you. a spell. also titahi bay (aunt daisys boathouse.. thanks siggy) was tops too. wanaka at cinema paradiso was great again, i love that place a real lot, its a beautiful room to make music in. franz josef , and queenstown( thanks people that drove from invercargill). each tour has its hardish nights thou, too, this tour had 3. one in llytleton, another in wellington, and another in napier. but honestly i don't mind that, i enjoyed those anyhow, and we made something each time.,  i just wanna become great enough in giving music so that everyone will be into coming out to listen. each night became awesome in its own way. i did love all the shows. i also took and made friends with my electric guitar, i bought it a couple years ago, 200 bucks, and  scratched a new name to it, it is 't-bird pacifican', and it has no case and it loves it. it loves roughing it and each time it gets to be squashed into the back car seat, it comes out beaming. we can go a long way t.
  the best coffee on that trip was equal tie between le cafe in picton, made by pete. and also at cooks saddle in fox glacier made by 'girl with black hair' on the morning shift. best meal was at poppies in twizel made by mike, was salmon with risotto.
 my rental car had only a tape player and i got some tapes before i left. there is a tape called george jones super hits, he is a country singer from the era of what everyone would call the golden era, he sings thru his teeth and he also sounds like a pedal steel guitar, but its high emotion! he sings alot about the drink, misfortune with the l.o.v.e , and the fast cars.  its steady.
                                                                              tg