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The Last Resort Rising from the deep blue of the Indian Ocean are more than a thousand islands and thousands more reefs that form the Maldives

ZAMM- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Holy Cow- Near Miss- My karma ran over your dogma, I mean Brahma cattle Wack-tose Intollerent Rules of the road when driving a motorcycle- The horn is your friend. Use it often, use it well. Lanes don’t exist. Do not pass. Wear a Helmet! Cows have the right of way. There seem to be cows around everywhere I go. I am not sure if they have a chamed life, the ppl don't seem to worship them. It is, however,  revered as the source of food and symbol of life and may never be killed.  They seem to be walking neglected around  Goa city streets, living on garbage from the gutters. Sacred cows may make the best hamburgers, but I don't eat my friends. As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists. As for milk and cheese- they are an utter delight.

ZAMM- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Holy Cow- Near Miss- My karma ran over your dogma, I mean Brahma cattle Wack-tose Intollerent Rules of the road when driving a motorcycle- The horn is your friend. Use it often, use it well. Lanes don’t exist. Do not pass. Wear a Helmet! Cows have the right of way. There seem to be cows around everywhere I go. I am not sure if they have a chamed life, the ppl don't seem to worship them. It is, however,  revered as the source of food and symbol of life and may never be killed.  They seem to be walking neglected around  Goa city streets, living on garbage from the gutters. Sacred cows may make the best hamburgers, but I don't eat my friends. As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists. As for milk and cheese- they are an utter delight.

Hippies, Hedonism and All Night Bollywood Booze Cruise Go Go G0a- On the Hippie Trail to India As Allan Watts, points out--Everyday you have to go out of your mind in order to come to your senses. John Lennon and The Who used to show up and give free concerts. Inspired by Kerouac, Ginsberg and the Beatles, any self- respecting hippie  headed overland for Goa, especially around Christmas when  full-moon parties, trance and psychedelic hell broke loose.  Now An enduring haven for global nomads, Goa has been welcoming dropouts to its shores who missed the 60's and 70's. Before the hippies, however,  there were the Portuguese — and it’s their long period from 1510 to 1961 of colonial influence, that makes Goa such an alluring place.  This rich -- if not always peaceful -- encounter between East and West gives it a  globalised-homogenised vibe enveloped by the land's pockets of  idyllic landscape.

Hippies, Hedonism and All Night Bollywood Booze Cruise Go Go G0a- On the Hippie Trail to India As Allan Watts, points out--Everyday you have to go out of your mind in order to come to your senses. John Lennon and The Who used to show up and give free concerts. Inspired by Kerouac, Ginsberg and the Beatles, any self- respecting hippie  headed overland for Goa, especially around Christmas when  full-moon parties, trance and psychedelic hell broke loose.  Now An enduring haven for global nomads, Goa has been welcoming dropouts to its shores who missed the 60's and 70's. Before the hippies, however,  there were the Portuguese — and it’s their long period from 1510 to 1961 of colonial influence, that makes Goa such an alluring place.  This rich -- if not always peaceful -- encounter between East and West gives it a  globalised-homogenised vibe enveloped by the land's pockets of  idyllic landscape.

 Signal and Noise  It's fast, crowded (in a good way), the people are friendly and it's full of  cars. My eyes started burning from the wood fires and incense, and pollution.  I had a good time hiring  a cab  for three hours ($5 bucks!) and buying some paint for one of my projects.

 Signal and Noise  It's fast, crowded (in a good way), the people are friendly and it's full of  cars. My eyes started burning from the wood fires and incense, and pollution.  I had a good time hiring  a cab  for three hours ($5 bucks!) and buying some paint for one of my projects.

Cochin, India Land of spices and tea. I took a tuk tuk taxi lesson and got a crash course. Roll video...

 I've heard about "the Elephant in the room" but  an elephant in the road- what are the issues here? Everything Coconut Coconuts-it’s not just for Pina Coladas- These folks manage to use every part of the tree- the husk for rope that they weave; the palm leaves for brooms and roofing material; the juice for kootay, a fermented drink; not to mention drinking the water- an anti-viral, anti-inflammatory, anti-fungal elixir.   "It is good to collect things, but it is better to go on walks."  At a certain level, buying a cell phone is more representative of day-to-day Indian life than buying Shiva statue or silk scarf (though, admittedly, a  cell phone  would not look as good in your living room).  I am so souvenired -out...the expereince, however, of going through these shops is better than the souvenirs themselves.    Is he a righty or Lefty?   Namaste

The science of stress-Live life in the present like these guys    Voyage 6 March 29th to April 17th. Me Tarzan. You Jane In our privileged lives,  we are uniquely smart enough to have invented  stress(ers), and uniquely foolish enough to have let them, too often, dominate our lives. Zebras don't suffer from the long-term side effects of cognitive stress. I had never planned to become a Zebra  when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a flying man with a loin cloth. That's the the trouble with testosterone.

The science of stress-Live life in the present like these guys    Voyage 6 March 29th to April 17th. Me Tarzan. You Jane In our privileged lives,  we are uniquely smart enough to have invented  stress(ers), and uniquely foolish enough to have let them, too often, dominate our lives. Zebras don't suffer from the long-term side effects of cognitive stress. I had never planned to become a Zebra  when I grew up; instead, I had always assumed I would become a flying man with a loin cloth. That's the the trouble with testosterone.

Colombo · Sri Lanka · Cricket Shirt / No Cricket Knowledge Foreign Land Sticky Wicket, Proof of Life First class removes surprise. Colombo put it back: tuk-tuks, traffic, weak internet, geo-arbitrage, and the useful chaos outside the port gates. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir The Sticky Wicket Wearing the Shirt Without Knowing the Game I was wearing a cricket shirt and did not know the first thing about cricket. That made the outfit a sticky wicket before the day had even started. Travel does this constantly: it places you inside symbols whose rules you have not yet learned. Foreign land begins the moment your confidence arrives before your competence. Outside the Safe Port...

Roam Sweet Roam: My World Cruise Adventure ⚓ ⚓ ⚓ 🧭 Roam Sweet Roam My World Cruise Adventure & Life Philosophy 🐘 Symbol of Joy '"> Symbol of Good Luck, Longevity, Peace & Joy As Joseph Campbell wisely said, "People say that what we are all seeking is a meaning for life. I don't think this is what we're really seeking. I think what we're seeking is an experience of being alive." This world cruise has been one of the most rewarding forms of introspection for me. It's not just a trip; it's part of my "re-entry" into Hotel @nyware , my ongoing break from the mundane routine of normal life, as I continue my travels on another cruise ship. I'...

Myanmar · Silence, Simplicity & Sacred Space Foreign Land Digital Nomad Meets Analog Earth A traveler learning what disconnection means when airplane mode is not a setting but a way of life. Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Field Note 01 · Yangon CNN vs. The Alphabet Yangon’s analog eyes don’t see our digital world. But does it matter? Internet or InterNOT? Traveling without electricity alongside TCNs—Third Country Nationals—feels less like discovery and more like ritual. As Bruce Springsteen said, “I was born in the USA.” With curiosity, vulnerability, and vocabulary, I will articulate the Myanmar sound bite. Field Note 02 · InterNOT How to Buy Nothing The Burmese people I met were gentle, generous, and digitally homeless. The biggest experiment in anarc...

Myanmar · Silence, Simplicity & Sacred Space Foreign Land Digital Nomad Meets Analog Earth A traveler learning what disconnection means when airplane mode is not a setting but a way of life. Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Field Note 01 · Yangon CNN vs. The Alphabet Yangon’s analog eyes don’t see our digital world. But does it matter? Internet or InterNOT? Traveling without electricity alongside TCNs—Third Country Nationals—feels less like discovery and more like ritual. As Bruce Springsteen said, “I was born in the USA.” With curiosity, vulnerability, and vocabulary, I will articulate the Myanmar sound bite. Field Note 02 · InterNOT How to Buy Nothing The Burmese people I met were gentle, generous, and digitally homeless. The biggest experiment in anarc...