The Road Not Taken

One more song title…..this time an old folk blues song by Isaac Guillory (http://www.isaacguillory.com/). If you have not checked him out I recommend his music. He was Cuban born and moved to the UK when he was young and made some lovely folk music. He died a few years ago but not before I got to see him in an intimate setting in a pub in North London and watch him play some sublime guitar from about 10 feet away, an amazing musician and has always been one of my favorite guitarists. Buy this album…

http://www.cryanshames.com/guillory/live.html

The reason for the title, however, is because I now have a guitar! It was given to me by Carl, a Brit who works at the Paradiso hostel in Nelson. He has two and was kind enough after a jam session to say I could have it if I wanted :0).

It needs a good professional set up but will be good to bang away on and keep my chops up!

I flew to Napier from Nelson yesterday. The weather near Wellington was bad so we did not make our scheduled stop there but flew straight to Napier. Our flight was almost cancelled but we did go ahead with only 4 passengers on board a 19 seat plane! The weather was overcast upon arrival in contrast to the scorching sun back in Nelson.

I ate and drank at the Criterion Art Deco Backpacker bar and worked on the guitar for a bit before retiring for the night. I felt like I was in the north of England due to the bar and weather.

I awoke this morning to misty weather but headed to the Black stoney beach and watched the waves crash for a while and got a little emotional. I am now alone again on my travels reminding me of when I arrived and subsequently meeting and travelling with great people, having fun and forging a few good friendships. I decide to move in to town and get a coffee and get online where I am now.

I catch the intercity bus to Gisborne this afternoon, a four hour trip up the east coast. I want to watch the sun rise tomorrow morning (weather permitting) as it is the first town in the world to see the sun of the new day :0). I will take pics too.

Then I must get up to Auckland, change my flight to Hong Kong and say goodbye to New Zealand for the second time. I know that will be an emotional day, I better go buy some tissues ;0)…

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