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Central America-Honduras, Belize and Mexico-Deja Blue

Land · Air · Sea · The Power of Now The Elixir Work Is Prayer A nautical odyssey through solitude, ships, multinational identity, time wealth, and the transformation that begins when the journey itself becomes home. See Full Hero Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir 01 A Universe of Stories Consecrated by the Ocean My universe is made of stories, not atoms: land, air, sea travel, and the power of now. If I wanted to become a multinational soul, I could not do it in cities where I taught English—New York, Los Angeles, Paris, or Tokyo—alone. I needed to be consecrated by sailing on the oceans. The Opening Equation Story + Movement + Ocean = Multinational ...

Cozumel- Any Fin Is Possible

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  This is a favorite port of call.Traveling by sea  gives me the sense of inhabiting my own life. Cruising is the gateway 'drug' to paradise. WYSIWYG-What you see is what you get- I do not create the Caribbean blue ocean, the white powder sandy beaches. Rather they are gifts to me. What I write about comes out of gratitude for being t/here. There are seven days of the week and someday is not one of them. I'm glad I'm sailing today Last month I was The Hyper Organized Intentional Traveler, complete with checklists, sunscreen and "travel clothes"verses  right now The Lite Traveler, on a shoe string budget and the shirt off/on his your back. This  one feels so much better.

Cozumel- Any Fin Is Possible

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  This is a favorite port of call.Traveling by sea  gives me the sense of inhabiting my own life. Cruising is the gateway 'drug' to paradise. WYSIWYG-What you see is what you get- I do not create the Caribbean blue ocean, the white powder sandy beaches. Rather they are gifts to me. What I write about comes out of gratitude for being t/here. There are seven days of the week and someday is not one of them. I'm glad I'm sailing today Last month I was The Hyper Organized Intentional Traveler, complete with checklists, sunscreen and "travel clothes"verses  right now The Lite Traveler, on a shoe string budget and the shirt off/on his your back. This  one feels so much better.

Cayman Islands-John Grisham Effect

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Sunny Place For Shady People- Ship Happens A trillion+ US dollars are parked here, most of it in trust and hedge funds. Over 19,000 entities doing business here (well-on paper) you know like in Newport Beach, CA Mailbox etc. It's the Delaware of the Caribbean. A sunny place for shady people? With a big helping of Hollywood, and The Firm, this place has become the global villain but is it really such a bad thing-capitalism I mean.

Jamaica-No Woman Nuh Cry

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What am I on? I'm on a ship! You think of Reggae, and then Bob ...I'll tell you what Marley realized. If you go off into the quiet parts of Jamaica, and get very quiet, you'll come to understand that you're connected with everything...and no, you don't have to do drugs to feel this ---you are drugs! Nuh in local patois mean don't - so No Woman DON'T Cry...he assures me, Every thing's Gonna be alright, Yet if Vegas is where neon goes to die, then this is certainly the resting place of "Legend" and "One Love" Bob Marley Nostalgia. The music still stands the test of time, and Bob Marley is an American Idol, but the country needs an extreme makeover. Been a while-3 years ago today I was @ The GR8  Barrier Reef off the coast of Carins, Australia

Chichester, U.K.- Cathedrals

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The cloistered/monastic life-Every day,monks had to go out of their mind in order to come to their senses; time millionaires who choose to "spend" this commodity in contemplation-That's an adventure---the joy in the freedom of having nothing but being everything-To live in this vastness is to bathe in the ocean that mystics call one taste. Coming into a cathedral, whether it is St Pat's or here in England at Chichester--slows down time, and you can reflect-It's about optimism, love and hope and it inspires all of us to creatively dream, imagine and enjoy what is. Marc Chagall . Dear Abbey

Chichester, U.K.- Cathedrals

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The cloistered/monastic life-Every day, these dudes  had  to go out of  their  mind in order to come to their senses; time millionaires who choose to "spend"  this commodity in contemplation-That's an adventure---the joy in the freedom of having nothing but being everything-To live in this vastness is to bathe in the ocean that mystics call one taste. Coming into a cathedral, whether it is St Pat's or here in England at Chichester--slows down time, and you can reflect-It's about optimism, love and hope and it inspires all of us to creatively dream, imagine and enjoy what is. Marc Chagall . Dear Abbey

Arundel, U.K. -Castles

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A Man's Home Is His Wife's Castle . Very Gothic and Medieval  today in Arundel Windsor/Eaton This October May  2011 There will always be an England, even if it is in Hollywood.  In fact, it makes me think of Monarchs,  all the  knights in shining armor movies and Brothers Grimm tales of  Rapunzel,  princesses, royalty and CASTLES English castles  are such a common sight in the UK. I wonder what the upkeep on this brick and mortar version is.  If I had that kind of money I wouldn't come to England, I'd send for it.

Venice- Picturesque Floating City

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Venice / 2014 + 2016 / A Waterborne City Going, Going, Gondola Where the Earth revolves around the sea—and an ordinary walk feels like moving through a painting. See Full Image Show Text Field Note 01 “It is like I am walking through a painting.” The City That Floats No Cars. No Ordinary Traffic. Venice is a city built on water—a working, living city where everybody gets around by boat. No cars. We tend to remember the gondolas, bridges, and palazzos. But what makes Venice extraordinary is not simply that it looks like a painting. The painting works. Every ordinary urban function has been translated onto the water. Emergency Services Water ambulances, police boats, and fire crews move through the canals. City Operations Rubbish collection, maintenance, and armored cash couriers all travel by boat. Da...

Venice- Picturesque Floating City

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Venice / 2014 + 2016 / A Waterborne City Going, Going, Gondola Where the Earth revolves around the sea—and an ordinary walk feels like moving through a painting. See Full Image Show Text Field Note 01 “It is like I am walking through a painting.” The City That Floats No Cars. No Ordinary Traffic. Venice is a city built on water—a working, living city where everybody gets around by boat. No cars. We tend to remember the gondolas, bridges, and palazzos. But what makes Venice extraordinary is not simply that it looks like a painting. The painting works. Every ordinary urban function has been translated onto the water. Emergency Services Water ambulances, police boats, and fire crews move through the canals. City Operations Rubbish collection, maintenance, and armored cash couriers all travel by boat. Da...

Venice-Gondola Dreams And Acqua Alta (High Water)

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The Cruising Godfather: Declassified Files File CG-002 · Venice Gondola Dreams and Acqua Alta A floating city of masks, hidden routes, rising water and intelligence carried quietly through canals. View Surveillance Image Restore Briefing Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Series Classification The Cruising Godfather: Declassified Files is a literary persona: part memoir, part cinematic mythology, part intelligence briefing. The covert atmosphere is metaphorical. The voyages, ports, photographs and evidence are real. CODE PHRASE Opening Transmission Keep your friends close... Ed Reif 3.0 Translation Venice teaches a different version of proximity. Keep the routes c...

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