Funki volgt Afrowhat-band Mdungu tijdens hun tour door Azië. De negenkoppige band blogt over hun ervaringen en deelt zo met de wereld wat voor vele Nederlandse bands een droom is: internationaal touren. Een verslag van hete temperaturen, inclusief muziek, foto's en video's. Aftiteling!

Verslag Benoit and Merijn
Blog, Shenzhen,  27th september 2011.

Today we arrived in Shenzhen and it was so nice to see all these coconut and banana trees. It's even hotter here then it was in Zhuhai and Ebou nearly feels like back in Gambia.
Yesterday we really enjoyed  our last day in Zhuhai doing some shopping and eating at a very local place. We might have eaten an unidentified animal, but it was delicious. Frank spent most of the day practicing. Ruben took a swim in the hotel swimming pool (something Merijn and me did this morning) while David slept most of the day. A tour can be tiring, more then people realize. While shopping Ebou, Merijn, Ruben and me ended up jamming in a musicstore.

Zhuhai nightlife was fuckin' awesome. I'm wondering if anyone really sleeps more than a couple of hours a day.
I always love to see the cities we play at night. We've successfully ordered ourselves a beer, or a ball but I got a beer anyway. Chinese language is hard! The difference between beer and ball is so small I don't even hear it ;)

It's also amazing to order a beer and get a full plate of fruit with it. We definitely should import this in Holland!

And then this morning it was good-bye to Zhuhai. Just before leaving our 5star hotel the mirror in Ebou's room fell off the wall....at least that's what Ebou says. He doesn't seem to be the vandalizing type so we and the hotelcrew believed the mystery.

Today we travelled by private-coach (or minibus) and it was good to see some countryside and a bit scary to see how people drive here. Again Ebou felt really home as the driving is quite African style. No one stops at the zebras and David got a bit upset about that allthough it's not much better in Amsterdam at times. Our hotel is a bit of a downgrade (from 5 stars in Zhuhai to 3 stars here) but we seem to be in a quite modern area, a bit western like. Here you pay double the price for a meal. But nevertheless, the food is delicious.
This afternoon Ebou and David had a little walk in the streets, while some of us took a nap. Merijn and me watched a Nirvana concert on TV. Now we are sitting at the venue of our show tomorrow and have the pleasure of seeing Eric Vloeimans' Gatecrash. Fantastic band, we really enjoy it. Our plan for our own show tomorrow is to get all the people standing up and dancing (everyone is sitting here) and I think it might be very doable.
China rocks.

Love from the whole band...en tot morgen!

Lees ook de eerder verschenen (blog) artikelen van Mdugu hier!

Mdungu blog #1: 'Zhuhai'
Mdungu blog #2: 'Gig number 1'