Monday, November 28, 2005

Russia Tour 2005





In brief;
I flew to Beslan in Russia with fellow performers "Devil stick Peat", Pablo and our fantastic leader Simon who organised the trip with the aid of Amra and Madina... Two wonderfull girls!
Moscow was cold and I bought 8 hats and bribed a policman 500 Rubles outside the Kremlin in Red square. The 6 flights in as many days were smooth although I had a cold for the last three and had to ask for second helpings. A fat miserable woman sat next to me on one and told me to sit still... when her meal came her fold down table broke and she had to move, never to return!
We were adopted by the local mafia who ended up firing a gun out of the car window... we were driven up to the mountains in the dark to see the mass grave from the plague and chased by a wolf along a track full of boulders with a sheer drop to one side. We performed for over 2000 Kids around the town of Beslan in 7 schools and paid our respects to the ones who lost their lives last September.
I met some of the most wonderfull people on Earth.

This is a photo I took from the plane as I left Beslan... they say a picture speaks a thousand words!

How about a million?