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Los Angeles-To London in 110 Days-

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World Cruise 2011 / Los Angeles to London / 110 Days Are We Clear—Crystal? Headed to Oz, then onward around the world: the first leg of a voyage that would turn ports into chapters and distance into a way of life. See Full Image Show Text Reprint / January 15, 2011 Starting the First Leg Monday Los Angeles. San Pedro. California. The gangway ahead and a world map waiting to become personal. The itinerary began in the Pacific, crossed through Oceania and Asia, rounded Africa, and finished in London. On paper it was a sequence of ports. In practice it became 110 days of thresholds. The $60,000 Question “Fly a Russian MiG-29 at Mach 2 or take a world cruise in zero gravity—I’ll take things that I know for $60,000, Alex.” World Cruise 2011 The route before it became memory. Pape...

At Sea- Happy New Year

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Whatever you do on New Year's Day, you will be doing for the whole year. That's what I would like to believe. I am learning something new, helping others  and enjoying life more...and I am doing this on a cruise ship. Cruise Control I have been able to use my "relationship" with the sea  to accumulate knowledge and experiences,--- it's self-expansion, a  “Michelangelo effect,” that is sculpting   me in  in ways that move me forward to  attain valued goals I have set for myself- like this statement: I haven't been everywhere, but it is on my list. T here is some comfort in the emptiness of the sea , no past, no future . The Last Samurai

Curacao-That Was Zen. This Is Now

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 December 2010      In One yEAR and Out The Other This island"slash" country, is  in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast is called  Curacao. What a nice place to spend the last day of 2010. It ain't much if it ain't Dutch. November 2009 December 2010

The Statue is the Sint Maarteen

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All I wanted for Christmas was a sun tan. Mission accomplished.  In the middle of nowhere and the center of everything, home is where your computer is. There is a GR8 internet connection on board.

Antigua-Executive Sauna And Rehab

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Trials · Antigua Executive Rehab Clapton’s Crossroads Center, an executive workout, and an island where the outpatient program begins with a sauna and steam. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Stopped into Clapton’s Crossroads Center for a little executive rehab, right after my executive workout—a sauna and steam. Video Dispatch Crossroads, Antigua A brief stop at the island’s most famous crossroads—part wellness, part field note, and entirely Caribbean. Antigua Field Video Executiv...

Antigua-Executive Sauna And Rehab

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Trials · Antigua Executive Rehab Clapton’s Crossroads Center, an executive workout, and an island where the outpatient program begins with a sauna and steam. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Stopped into Clapton’s Crossroads Center for a little executive rehab, right after my executive workout—a sauna and steam. Video Dispatch Crossroads, Antigua A brief stop at the island’s most famous crossroads—part wellness, part field note, and entirely Caribbean. Antigua Field Video Executiv...

The Caribbean-On Schedule

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Barbados/Bridgetown, West Indies »  Dec 26, Sunday St. Lucia/Castries, West Indies »  Dec 27, Monday Antigua/St. John's, West Indies » Dec 28, Tuesday . St. Maarten/Philipsburg »  Dec 29, Wednesday Cruising the Caribbean Sea  » Dec 30, Thursday Curaçao/Willemstad »  Dec 31, Friday Cruising the Caribbean Sea  »   Jan 1, Saturday Turks & Caicos/Grand Turk, UK »  Jan 2, Sunday Cruising the Caribbean Sea  »   Jan 3, Monday Miami, Florida, USA »  Jan 4, Tuesday

The Caribbean-On Schedule

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Barbados/Bridgetown, West Indies »  Dec 26, Sunday St. Lucia/Castries, West Indies »  Dec 27, Monday Antigua/St. John's, West Indies » Dec 28, Tuesday . St. Maarten/Philipsburg »  Dec 29, Wednesday Cruising the Caribbean Sea  » Dec 30, Thursday Curaçao/Willemstad »  Dec 31, Friday Cruising the Caribbean Sea  »   Jan 1, Saturday Turks & Caicos/Grand Turk, UK »  Jan 2, Sunday Cruising the Caribbean Sea  »   Jan 3, Monday Miami, Florida, USA »  Jan 4, Tuesday

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