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on the road again 2008 part two

we received a warm and loving welcome back from our sydney friends...

the theatre was beautiful ..here’s how it looked in sound check

...we had time to catch our breath before the concert...

one of the joys of being on the road is the amazing people you meet.
this is a picture of aussie tibetan buddhist lama vajra and his student, bodhi.
vajra has spent most of the past 30 years in dharamsala with his holiness the dalai lama.
he brought us the amazing news that his holiness actually enjoys to listen to our music - in private!
apparently he refers to so much magnificence as ‘waves of wisdom’.
that really made my day!

om mani padme hum – the jewel in the lotus

on the road again 2008 part one

we had five weeks in byron bay, in which we recharged our batteries, ate some home cooked dahl, hung out with friends...

...soaked up the lush green of the forest, and – at last - emptied the suitcases.
(that’s maniko with my guitar – she has a great cd out called ‘house of the beloved’ produced by kit walker - track it down – she’s one of our all time favourite songwriters)

our first stop was sydney.
we love sydney - its pulse is full–on, fast and vibrant – a bit of a culture shock after the silence of the rain forest.
fortunately we spent some time near the ocean...

it was great to hook up with manose again, of course!
we’d said goodbye in hawaii and he left for nepal to spend time with his family...

...and kamal, our trusty down-under sound tec, recording engineer and ashram pal...overjoyed, as always, to see his old sparring parnter manose.

...and last but not least, we were reunited with our australian tour promoter and sweetheart, chris hooper