Monday, March 24, 2008

Abu Dhabi and a Dubai of a Time

H.E.L.L.O!

A new look for Splash?

Hope everyone is well. We are now back home in Ontario, Canada after an unforgettable tour across the Middle East. When we last left you we were still in Bahrain, after that we flew over to Abu Dhabi and performed at the American International School.

We then took the drive to Dubai. Dubai is an incredible city. There is one thing you notice right away as you enter the city


Yes- that is the world's tallest building and those buildings surrounding it are very big. Currently at 168 floors..yikes!


We also swam beside the world's tallest and most expensive hotel.... The 7 star- Burj Al Arab.




















We had such a great time performing in Dubai....


This was such an amazing part of the world that we were lucky enough to visit and perform. Thank you to everyone we met overseas.


It is great to be back in Canada although the -10 degree weather was a little shocking coming from the 30 degree weather of the dessert. We will be heading into the studio tomorrow to continue to work on our upcoming album. We are very excited for the new songs and will be releasing more information on release dates and the Title of the album very shortly!


NEW!

If you would like to send us an email directly you can now email us at fanmail@splashnboots.com We will always respond as soon as we can.


We are off to Brandon, Manitoba at the end of the week so we will be blogging from there soon!

Bye for now!

Love
Taes and Nick
aka Splash'N Boots!

Saturday, March 15, 2008

Splash'N in the Middle East

H.E.L.L.O from the Middle East!

Well, we somehow managed to fly 15 hours across the Atlantic Ocean and now find ourselves in the beautiful country of Bahrain. Things here are a “little” different from our home in Ontario, Canada but there is there is one thing we have noticed in our travels; everywhere we go the people are so hospitable and friendly….and the children love to dance….. !

We have already performed one show in Bahrain and have 2 more shows tomorrow.

Bahrain is an absolutely beautiful country. We have seen many amazing things:

We found a huge outdoor market:

We took a trip to the desert to visit a farm…but this farm had something special. It had over 30 camels including a pure white baby camel… Taes even got a camel kiss

This farm also had jumping deer!

We found the “Tree of Life” which is this huge tree in the middle of the desert. It has been around for hundreds of years and its source of nutrition remains a mystery to this day.

We also came across a herd of wild camels crossing the desert .. Taes decided to stop and ask for directions:

Near where we are staying in the city of Manama is the Bahrain Fort. Archaeologists have dated some of its first foundations all the way back to 2500 BC….that’s kinda old

In 2 days we will be flying to Abu Dhabi to perform, then off to Dubai. It is hard to believe we are even here but we are loving every minute of it…
Hope everyone is doing well and enjoying March Break. Thanks for all the messages and we will try to get another blog up really soon.

Bye Bye for now!

Love Taes and Nick…
P.S Harry the Parrot is becoming somewhat of a celebrity in these parts!

Saturday, March 8, 2008

Bermuda School Show!!

Here's a clip taken at one of the schools we performed at yesterday. Today we had two great shows at the Berkley Theatre... we will be posting more very soon.


Oh What a Bermudaful Morning!

H.E.L.L.O from Bermuda!

So far we have had an amazing time. Here's a peak at what we have been up to. When we first arrived we were taken to do a radio interview:

The next morning we did another 2 radio interviews then 2 shows at local schools. After that we went exploring on Bermuda's south shore. We walked along the coast for hours
Taes played a game with the waves...and almost lost


We thought we would take a small video to say hello and show you around.



The next day we performed at another school. ...we will post a video from that show on our next blog.
We have seen some real cool things including this little guy:


We went underground and saw a tour of this cave.. we are not sure but this could be Batman's summer home:



Now it's off to perform 2 shows at the Theatre...we will put some more pictures up very soon. We hope everyone is doing well! Harry the Parrot is a little sore from his sun burn but he'll be ok




Bye for now....

Love Nick and Taes



Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Splash'N Across the Atlantic

H.E.L.L.O!

Hope everyone is doing well. We are busy packing and crossing off things on our to-do list... (then adding some more things ....then thinking how we are ever going to get ourselves to the airport) Tomorrow we head off on our Tour across the Atlantic Ocean with stops in Bermuda, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.

Now for a Geography Moment! wazoooooooooooooooo
Bermuda:


Bahrain or Kingdom of Bahrain:


Abu Dhabi & Dubai - They are part of the Country: United Arab Emirates (U.A.E)



If you have a map at home it can be something you can look at with your whole family. We will be posting pictures and stories every chance we get. Well we should get back to packing...not your average suitcase you would pack to Grandma and Grandpa's :)
We would love to hear from you! See you soon and keeping singing and dancing!
Have a great March Break.


Love,
Taes and Nick
Splash'N Boots
http://www.splashnboots.com/