Liquid Blue Tours Saudi Arabia
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Performance Highlights
- Played to sober, attentive, appreciative crowds.
- Stage diving for first time by Scott and the BlueGirls
- One hour lines for BlueGirls autographs and pictures
- Michael’s stage roll at Prince Sultan
- Playing on a flat bed truck at Al Jabar
- Playing in amphitheater with the Red Sea as a backdrop in Egypt
- Added more “show” to the show
- Michael says he’s not ready to play Sweet Home Alabama and we do anyways and it becomes a smash.
- Cartwheels by Dana and Mandy in Head Over Heels
- A band with 600 songs, playing the same song set (22 songs) the entire tour.
- Tim playing through pain with a severely cut hand.
- Michael getting huge ovations for his guitar work
Travel Highlights
- Met soldiers stationed all over the world
- Made many new friends
- Nikki made it thru all the flights!
- Experienced the fascinating Middle Eastern culture
- Visited countries we would not normally get to visit
- Got to go to Saudi Arabia, which does not allow tourists
- Experienced crime free countries due to strict and harsh penalties
- Smoked the “legal” fruit product known as “hubbly bubbly”
- Ate exotic Middle Eastern cuisine, including sheep’s brains
- Invited to a killer party with officers in Eskan Village
- Drank fresh homemade Kava root with Fiji natives
- Rode Camels in Bahrain
- Mandy serving drinks on the flight home
- Tim sitting in on drums with club band “Popsycho” in Bahrain
- Seeing bombed out bunkers
- Commander Lamm in Doha presenting us with certificates
- Scott falling off Camel in Bahrain
- Didn’t lose any luggage or equipment!
- Drinking tea with Kuwait customs officials
- Meat cutter in Kuwait who touched a little too much while taking photo
- Mandy sabotaging our bathroom with toilet paper at Eskan in Saudi
- Scott turning over Dana & Nikki’s mattress as prank, Dana finds $$
- Rode in hummer
- BlueGirls invited on stage at Bahrain gentlemen’s club at Holiday Inn
- Phony 15th century artifacts on from tour guide in Bahrain ruins
- Nikki in the morning. A rare treat!
- Free phone calls home
- Hearing Aerosmith’s new CD, Just Push Play in U.A.E. with Mo.
- Ike setting us productive meeting with UAE hotel owner.
- Seeing several full time touring bands in UAE and Bahrain
- Nikki’s crush on Manny Ramirez in Egypt.
- Meeting the legendary “Herb” (76 year old who seems 35) in South Camp.
- Seeing Chop Chop square in Saudi. (Where people are routinely beheaded)
- Cramming four people in airplane bathroom on flight home
- Mandy sitting in cockpit with pilot on flight home.
- Seeing the Pyramids at Giza
- Seeing major cities: Cairo, Ryahd, Dubai, Kuwait City
- Snorkeling in the Red Sea. Nikki and Tim first time ever.
- Seeing Ike moonwalk in revolving door in UAE
- The look on the soldiers face when he walked in on our 69 scene at rehearsal.
- The 12 cases of water stacked in front of Mandy’s door at Doha
- Saw ancient temples and ruins
- Visited Grand Mosque in Kuwait
- Helicopter tour
- Given flight suits
- Givent-shirts
- Given medals
- Had more food than we could possibly eat (at no charge0
- Incredible shopping, especially the Gold Souks
- Playing basketball at base gyms
- Great hotel in UAE
- Shopping at Global Village, UAE
- Dana running like Robo Cop after party
Travel Lowlights
- Egyptian soldiers stationed along Israeli border in heat, begging for water
- Shown where Kuwait generals were be-headed after Iraqi invasion
- In Kuwait at the time of the bombing mistake killing several Americans
- First gig on tour rained out in Saudi where it supposedly never rains.
- Ike scaring us in Saudi
- Scott not bringing ID
- Ike losing ID in Saudi
- MV losing key in Egypt
- Nikki almost losing wallet
- Blowing out our power conditioner at last show in Egypt
- Almost missed flight in Cairo as airport agents tried to rip us off
- Dana getting sick, missing gig in Bahrain, playing with only 2 girls.
- No posters up in Bahrain or UAE.
