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2011 World Cruise · Notes From the Working Side Trials Monotony Tinged with Hysteria Six months without weekdays, thirteen-hour shifts, impossible passenger questions and the strange immunity of being somewhere else. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir A change brought about by the sea: I had not known what day of the week it was for six months. Before that, the days of the week became countries. Let me slip into something more comfortable, like a comma. No—I am on a ship. Here are some of the other strange innuendos of meaning contained within cruise-club culture. Shipboard Baseline Hours off, not days off When ten hours counts as an easy day, the ca...

Milford Sound - The Eighth Wonder of the World Milford Sound: The Eighth Wonder of the World Here is the majestic beauty of New Zealand's most stunning fjord "Milford Sound is the eighth wonder of the world." — Rudyard Kipling "The vertical cliffs rise dramatically from the dark waters, creating nature's perfect cathedral in Milford Sound." "Mist-shrouded peaks reveal themselves momentarily, like ancient guardians of this sacred place." "Waterfalls cascade from impossible heights, born of rain and glacial melt that has carved this landscape for millennia." "The play of light and shadow transforms ...

If you are what you eat then I am a flaky pastry— denouncing  the cult of permanence,  I have converted money back into time  and exchanged "potential" income for freedom to spend my time how I wish. I do it when I decid(ed) to live simply, working half the time, and freelancing.  To control your cow, give it a bigger pasture. On India's open road, in  Goa, I have  become more efficient by stopping to do things I no longer like to do. I’m not  worried  about what the world needs.  I ask what makes me come alive and do that.  Because what the world needs are people who have come alive.  We already have enough tourists  and zombie  options.  Fish are  the last to know they are  in the ocean, and people in a trance are the last to know.  When I feel l stuck in the grind and daily trivialities, I am in a trance. Stepping back, and getting spaciousness, allows me to see things from a more natural perspectiv...

Vegas Voyager Archive · Permanent Travel · Hotel @nyware The Elixir Full Speed Ahead: Roam Sweet Roam The high-stakes art of turning cruise ships into a home, future ports into anticipated memories, and limited resources into a life without a fixed address. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Naval Command Center The Future Is Full of Possibilities The Committee to Ascribe a Naval Origin to Everything is now in session. Give me a wide berth. I am a loose cannon, three sheets to the wind. Anchors aweigh. There are three sorts of people: those who are alive, those who are dead, and those who are at sea. As long as I am on a ship, the future is full of possibilities. But if you want something great, you must also know how ...

I Need My Space We are headed for a sea day then the Florida Keys:  it's a celebration of  the good life and a bygone era. How Can I Help? Stories and Reflection on Service On Being Sane in Insane Places- The good voice, the life voice  doesn't  often speak to you when you have an all you can eat buffet and an open bar. Ships are the in to my sane. Everything changes however once you can be the witness to the story, instead of the actor in it. Simpatico energy is awesome! Working on a ship is the sandpaper of my inner life . It does its work of shaping me into a better person. On an 8 nights Bahamian Cruise A Tale of Two Ships I got the bolders out of the way, Now it's  working on the gravel. When you have a four-month contract 7 days a week 24 hours a day—on a ship, you can’t have a bad day. The  only easy day was yesterday. The boulders are the stupid questions like “Do these stairs go up” Do you eat t...

This private island in the Bahamas, is a Disney Cruise Line port of call. In answer to the question: "When Is The Copy Better Than The Original?" This would be it. I am not talking about staged authenticity, like my visit to Papette Tahiti. Most designers spend their time creating shopping malls. Re-creating the island paradise, however, is admirable. Once used as a stop for drug smugglers.Think “Snow White” or “White Snow” . There is an airstrip on the island, but it is no longer in regular use nor maintained (I shot some video below) .It's unusual isolation becomes, in its own way, a paradise-somewhere in the Bahamas.. It is not Gilligan's Island but it has also been used for filming; the beach where Tom Hanks first encounters Daryl Hannah in Splash is on the island. I no longer live on Cloud 9. I leveled up Airplanes are like diets, I don’t like being on them. Float planes however (you know flying boats) are the exception. This summer in Alas...

Dos Equis · Advertising Mythology · Two Horses The Elixir The Most Interesting Beer in the World Impossible claims, memorable phrasing, and the campaign that made “Stay thirsty, my friends” part of the culture. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir The Campaign I Don't Always X, but When I Do, I Y The Most Interesting Man in the World was built around a simple advertising pattern for Dos Equis beer. The captions typically followed the same structure: “I don’t always X, but when I do, I Y.” The joke worked because the second half did not merely complete the sentence. It elevated the character. “I don't often miss a spot shaving, but when I do I feel it compulsively all day.” ...