Lifes A Dream: June 2009

Download Mad Dawgs of Tongareva - No Woman Rappish Version

A rap version of mo woman No cry...featuring Sol on vocals........These kids were rockin out....

Download Mad Dawgs of Tongareva - Row Row Row

Another instant classic from the Tongareva Boyz.....played on a old guitar and a homemade coconut Ukelele

Download Mad Dawgs featuring Robin on vocals - Penryhn Freestyle

Click to Download...This is me Freestyling with the Boys

This is a video of John, the caretaker of Suwarrow playing Cool Change.....This was after a long night of hanging out and sharing stories, and homebrew(wooooo).......The video is dark, but the audio is gold

Download The Mad Dawgs of Tongareva - Island In The Sea

Another Great track from the Island of Tongareva.....recorded under a palm tree in Tetautua

Download Mad Dawgs of Tongareva - Back To The Island

Check out this track by my boys, The Mad Dawgs of Tongareva

Shark Madness

We went for a SCUBA dive in Suwarrow with some friends from another boat, about 3 min after dropping down to a modest 24 feet we approached a ledge drop-off. Within a few minutes we were surrounded by about 15 grey sharks, we huddled together as they darted at us aggressively. Grey sharks are responsible for most attacks on snorkelers and spearfishermen in the northern Cook Islands. After another 5 minutes the amount of sharks doubled....It is hard to tell from the video but there are about 30 sharks circling us, mostly greys, with a couple white and black tips in the mix. Aftert the dive we all agreed, it was scary...I have dove with sharks before, but these ones were exhibiting the lowered pectoral fins with a sinuous swimming motion that denotes they are in predator mode. only 2 years before the original Suwarrow caretaker named Papa John was bit badly by a grey, but made it out of the water before they finished him off...........Music courtesy of Blackalicious(Gift of Gab and chief X-cel). sorry for the video quality, I had to lower it to manage to upload from Samoa with slow internettin'

Leaving Suwarrow on our way to Apia, Samoa

Apia approach, always good to be greeted by a rainbow (reminds me of home)

Caught some nice sashimi on the way to Apia (just the right size)

Leaving Suwarrow was like having to go home from the funnest summer camp you could imagine....John and his family are wonderful people....Generous, kind , giving, these words don't even begin to sum up the beauty they shared with us. Thank you John, Veronica, and all the boys......A special time that will never be forgotten......Cool Change...............