India - it does your head in at times, but the best bits are better than anything that happens at home
China - in 1993 I went for 3 months and for the first month I couldn't understand anybody and nobody could understand me, but the next two months were part of the biggest adventure I'd ever...
Blueboy, Cats on Fire, Dreamdate, Papa Topo, Beaumont, Aislers Set, Lucksmiths, La Casa Azul....loads of bands to discover on the Cloudberry label as well as Wee Pop & Pebble Records. And then there's all the joys of Sarah Records.