Middle Earth...

We flew from Japan to Australia to New Zealand a few days ago. I'm
sitting in a backpackers hostel in Wellington, New Zealand right now.
The last few days have been crazy. Here it is.

Leave Japan: 8:30pm
11 hour flight
Arrive Sydney: 7:30am
4 hour layover
Leave Sydney: 11:30
3 hour flight, 2 hour timezone difference.
Arrive Auckland: 5:30pm
We got in just in time to catch the sunset from a great viewpoint,
then played a show that night, then made food and chatted till around
3am. Got up at 6am to drive 10 hours to play two shows tonight. Like I
said, its been crazy. But, we did see some amazing stuff today. New
Zealand is where they filmed some of the Lord of the Rings. Its like
Middle Earth. Some of it doesnt look real. Its absolutely
breathtaking. Along the way we stopped and swam in hot springs from
one of the volcano run offs, that filtered into the main glacial run
off. Imagine 80 degree water, then swimming 20 feet away into 40
degree water. My body hated me.

Two more days here, then the last three and a half weeks in Australia.
I need to charge my Ipod.

Pam Beasley

The Office is coming on again. I won't see it until I get back home. What a babe though...

Wind power.

Had a day off today. Went to a beach, a temple and did a little shopping. Very relaxing. Night of the Living Dead in 3D didn't work, so I am watching more episodes of The Wire.

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Nagoya, Japan

There are about 1,500 dvds in this house, but they found the japanese version of DDR with drums instead. Its crazy.

We're only staying at two flats here which is very weird for a tour. Daikes in Tokyo and this spot in Nagoya.

The shows have been small but amazing. Yousekye is king mosh. We played an all day fest sunday and drove overnight to here, so we're all glad to have a day off tommorrow.

Let me explain our lunch situation today. First experience with no translator, so Alex, Hudon, Costa, Briggs and I head to the Curry House. We all order and now we need to choose our spice level. We should have guessed it was crazy when you needed to prove you've eaten an entire plate of level 5 to get to level 6... But we decided to take the easy route and go with a level 3. I got my meal first. It was hands down the spiciest meal I've ever had. I was sweating two bites into it. Everyone was laughing until they got their plates and had the same happen to them. Try ordering more water in another language when your mouth is literally burning. We're obviously going back tommorrow.

My tattoo is infected. Uhoh.

Its been about a month we've been out. Three continents later, we still have 40 days, another continent and two countries to travel too.

I'll be seeing a kangaroo before I see you.

South Africa in whole, and Japan in part.

So, South Africa was amazing. The people, the shows, the drives, the food, the drinks and the wildlife. Lets do a small list:

In South Africa I:

-ate worms
-got a tattoo
-pet a baby lion
-drank a bottle of alcohol that was surrounded by barbed wire
-swam in the Indian Ocean

There will be some great pictures when I get back. The South African currency is called the rand. 100 Rand is about $12 USD. Everything was pretty cheap, and the money had animals on it. I'm bringing some home with me.

Bloodline LTD was the band we toured with/looked after us, they rule. Check out their new video.

Tokyo has quickly become one of my favorite cities. Everyone is into something. It seems like in the states so many people are just plain and don't have real interests. Whether its jeans or bmx or dogs or cars, people here seem to be much more motivated, its interesting.

Vending machine coffee, do want.

I walked into a Pachinko palor today and immediately lost my mind. Its so loud and bright, just like the rest of Tokyo.

There are a ton people and shops here. Most of them are crazy streetwear stores, it seems like everyone is a shop owner too.

Have Heart flies in tommorrow. We are all stayi ng at Daikes small flat, it should be interesting.

Two weeks, then New Zealand. I'll have more pictures up soon.

South Africa, into Hong Kong

South Africa was one of the best experiences of my life. Internet was scarce so no updates. We left this morning and were now in the Hong Kong airport. I'll do a nice review of ZA when I get time in Japan. Heres a view of Hong Kong at 8am.

Nick