The hospitality of these people is incredible. We have just finished 3 nights with our "billets" people we stayed with in Kaitia. They fed us, ran us around to our rehearsals/radio interviews etc and gave us a place to sleep. We had a great gig to boot. Today we returned to our good friends we met on the way up to the Northland. They will put us up for 2 nights and have a house concert for us tomorrow. It doesn't get much better than this. The weather is still wonderful...so no complaints....

The last two days have been days off and we have done some really fun touristy things. We took a boat ride out to Hole in the rock. It is an island that actually has a hole not only through it but deep enough to take a rather large cruise boat through it. It was breathtakingly beautiful complete with large fish and plenty of dolphins jumping around the ship Today we went on a tour up to the very North tip of the country and returned by way of 90 mile beach. Visualize Datona beach when it was first…

Probably the only down side on this tour is the lack of access to the internet. It is not very common to find "wifi" here. We have been able to log on a few times through the goodness of the folks we have stayed with. The shows are going great, but photos will probably have to wait until we can get high speed access next week when we are back in Auckland. Whats most impressive about this country is the unspoiled look of the land. Almost eveything we have seen has been breathtaking. I've been…

Well, after our second day and third gig I can say I'm ready to move here. The people are the best! The shows are thrilling for us. Most people out here just don't have any access to live music other than the local Karyoke at the RSAs. They are just so engaging and have a wonderful sense of humor...fertile ground for me. I can see why the movie companies spend enormous amounts of money to come here to film. When skys are clear it is unbelievable, when it rains, there are the most beautiful…

Well things are going pretty well for us. The flight to LA and then on to Auckland went smoothly and we got a little sleep on the plane (12 hours in the air from LA to NZ) Fortunately, the load was light and we had room to stretch out. We arrived here on Saturday morning with Peter Shaw and Robert Dew to meet us. Peter is the driving force that made this trip happen for us and Robert is the tour director....literaly. Robert has a tour company that hires out to visitors to New Zealand in his 10…