This is the blog of my trip to the middle east. My name is Nick Demopoulos and I am the guitar player with Exegesis. The countries we visited are Bahrain, Yemen, Oman, U.A.E and Kuwait. On this blog are many interesting pictures of our trip. Some of my favorites are of the old citites in Yemen and of the beaches and landscapes in Oman.
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Kuwait is an amazing place. I didn’t realize how small the country is. It seems more like a city state than a country. The people are very friendly and the city is easy to explore and to get around.
here are some pics from our gigs in Kuwait. We did two shows at the “Jazz Hotel,” which is where we stayed as well.
Exegesis made an appearance on “Good Morning Kuwait”
Tomas seemed a little confused
What the hell am i talking about?
Alcohol is illegal in Kuwait. If you want a head rush you have find other ways. Some people like to smoke shee-sha
some people smoke cigars
some great people we met at our gig who showed us around town.
where else could we have stayed.
Kuwait is known for having huge malls
I didn’t need to know Arabic to figure out that this said “Ikea”
Starbucks
Pres and Vice Pres of Kuwait
Tomas showing some young drummers some snare drum technique during a workshop at a school
A class of we performed for and talked to
some students sat in with us
Mike signing autographs after our workshop
We did a workshop at another shcool in Kuwait. We decided to set up so that we were surrounded by students.
after the workshop with some students.
“I have the blues.” more cigar smoking
I received some more pics from our trip to UAE. thanks Mara Anderson for the great pics.
jamming at a school of higher technology
Me trying to play some jazz licks over some arabic music
getting introduced by the student body president of the men’s and women’s college of higher technology in Fujairah
Exegesis hanging out in the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai
In this country, hands down, we stayed in the best hotels. at times on the beach!
view from my hotel room balcony
sitting modestly in a display case, i spied some greek pottery from 400 b.c. in a hotel lobby.
rapping at a press conference
this is a video still from our gig in Abu Dhabi
some students i had a chance to speak with. we spoke about the differences between our cultures and our lives. it was really informative. they were very intelligent and articulate. it was a rare opportunity to ask questions and to try and find out what it’s like to grow up in an arab country
some students played a concert at a school that we performed at later in the day
Exegesis plus our sound crew in the Emirates. they did a great job.
