A synopsis of the trip:
* Within 5 minutes of entering my hotel room, i managed to lock myself out on the balcony for an hour. I earned the nickname "May Day"
* My tech, James ate a cashew fruit for the first time. Looks like an apple with the cashew nut in shell, on top. He tried to open the shell with his teeth. He stated he felt a burning sensation on his tongue. Nobody told him the shell was slightly poisonous. Within an hour, his bottom lip swelled up, and the right side of his face broke out in hives. He earned the nickname "Cashew"
* Brazilians love the pig. I've never eaten so much pork in my life. And they don't discard anything. Pork ear stew IS as bad as it sounds.
* My guitar decided to die on me during soundcheck. Something with the electronics, I don't what the Brazilian roadies did but they managed to MacGyver it enough so it worked.
* Everybody thinks that Portugese is like Spanish, but they pronounce everything so different, it's sounds like a cross between Russian and Italian.
*My AT&T cell phone worked so i was able to call home and check on the hurricane. No idea how much each call was.
* Post-show, at the hotel, the power went out. I ate room service (an omelette and a bite of steak) and took a shower by the light of a Nokia phone.
* I don't eat meat normally so i woke up the next morning with the worst stomach pains and "rhea". We were leaving later that day, so i had to get some kind of medecine. Went to the local pharmacy, and proceed the play charades with the clerk, trying to explain to him my symptoms. More embarassing than simply saying "Got any thing for diarhea?"
* Highlight of the trip: being told we're going back for 3 weeks in November!
* Within 5 minutes of entering my hotel room, i managed to lock myself out on the balcony for an hour. I earned the nickname "May Day"
* My tech, James ate a cashew fruit for the first time. Looks like an apple with the cashew nut in shell, on top. He tried to open the shell with his teeth. He stated he felt a burning sensation on his tongue. Nobody told him the shell was slightly poisonous. Within an hour, his bottom lip swelled up, and the right side of his face broke out in hives. He earned the nickname "Cashew"
* Brazilians love the pig. I've never eaten so much pork in my life. And they don't discard anything. Pork ear stew IS as bad as it sounds.
* My guitar decided to die on me during soundcheck. Something with the electronics, I don't what the Brazilian roadies did but they managed to MacGyver it enough so it worked.
* Everybody thinks that Portugese is like Spanish, but they pronounce everything so different, it's sounds like a cross between Russian and Italian.
*My AT&T cell phone worked so i was able to call home and check on the hurricane. No idea how much each call was.
* Post-show, at the hotel, the power went out. I ate room service (an omelette and a bite of steak) and took a shower by the light of a Nokia phone.
* I don't eat meat normally so i woke up the next morning with the worst stomach pains and "rhea". We were leaving later that day, so i had to get some kind of medecine. Went to the local pharmacy, and proceed the play charades with the clerk, trying to explain to him my symptoms. More embarassing than simply saying "Got any thing for diarhea?"
* Highlight of the trip: being told we're going back for 3 weeks in November!
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surfbetty:
they were real junky.....blown out by the wind....I went out today we had some small 3 to 4 ft sets...kinda fun...but i'll take what i can get... 
_alice_:
yeah i think my plan may need to be revised after all. i am finding it hard to leave my apartment with all the porn and alcohol. it`s very distracting.