South America / Hawaii / Australia

7 Countries, 13 Flights, 24 days, 15 shows.

A month from today I will be boarding a plane bound for Columbia from Toronto.  This will be the first time visiting South America, and will be a part of a full tour that will also hit Hawaii (for the first time) and Australia (for the 4th time!).  It is going to be the most consecutive flying I have ever done since none of the shows are driving distance - nor would I trust driving in South America and everywhere else is on a different continent.

Being at home for the Holidays was great, despite all of the terrible snow storms.  It was the most relaxing time I've had all year long, so that was well overdue.  Now I'm just looking forward to warmer weather on the the other side of these flights.  Tour dates are below:

INTERNATIONAL TOUR 2009

Feb 7, 2009 Bogota, Columbia @ Teatro Metro Bogota
Feb 8, 2009 Lima, Peru @ Discoteca Onuba
Feb 10, 2009 Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Teatrito
Feb 11, 2009 Buenos Aires, Argentina @ Teatrito
Feb 13, 2009 Santiago, Chile @ Galpon Victor Jara
Feb 14, 2009 Valparaiso, Chile @ El Huevo
Feb 15, 2009 Sao Paolo, Brazil @ Hangar 110
Feb 18, 2009 Honolulu, HI, U.S.A. @ Pipeline Cafe
Feb 21, 2009 Brisbane, Australia @ RNA Showgrounds
Feb 22, 2009 Sydney, Australia @ Eastern Creek Raceway
Feb 25, 2009 Sydney, Australia @ UNSW Roundhouse
Feb 26, 2009 Melbourne, Australia @ The Palace
Feb 27, 2009 Melbourne, Australia @ Melbourne Showgrounds
Feb 28, 2009 Adelaide, Australia @ Bonython Park
Mar 2, 2009 Perth, Australia @ Steel Blue Oval

LINK: Paul Koehler Travel Photo Blogs

Quickest trip ever!

10 hours of driving in 2 days, good times in a different city and way too much greasy food.  I roughly documented the weekend with my glorious camera-phone (thanks Blackberry).  Excited for a week home with not too much planned.  Baseball game on Wednesday (Bluejays vs. Athletics).  The new Crystal Castles record is really good.  Okay, done.
Celebrate the arts.
401 Eastbound.
La Belle Province.

The legend @ the art show.

Time Travel (Ever heard of it).

I have been compiling photo-blogs from around the world and counting the shows I have played over the past few years.  All of that can be seen here over at my Invisible Ninjas profile.  This year I have already been across Australia, Japan, Canada, and the United States.  In May, I will return overseas (Pacific) to play throughout 14 countries.

My top 5 cities in the world:

1. Berlin
2. Glasgow
3. Los Angeles
4. Perth
5. Toronto

(list appears alphabetically)