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7 Cruises I Had To Go On Before I Died

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1. Santorini, Greece Let The Orinoco Flow 2. Maldives, Islands Consciousness Is Wireless 3 . Bora Bora Tahiti-Stopover In Paradise 4. The Fjords of Norway   Mother Nature and Father Time Are Effin  Special 5. The Fjords of New Zealand Milford Sound-Are We There Yet? 6. Full World Cruise L.A.To London in 110 Days 7. The Oasis Of The Seas Game Changer- The Ship IS the destination.  Remarkable.   This   225,282-ton, 5,400-passenger colossus that cost Royal Caribbean $1.4 billion.    I t only ends once-anything before that is just progress

Fiji Islands-Rocky Mountain High

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 Coming  home to a place I've never been before.   It's Fee-Gee (Fiji) OMG I'm a Country Boy  John Denver visited this island today-Sunshine On My Shoulders.  You can't get any further away before you start coming back.Imagine sailing across the blue waters of the South Pacific, passing by idylic islands, teeming with exotic fish and majestic coral reefs--Oh wait I don't have to use my imagination because what you see is what you get. Bula. On Fiji Islands-Suva-PineApple Express Fiji-Dravuni- Another Day Another Island-Escape To Reality Fiji-Beachcomber Island-Freedom For Sale Fiji Islands-Savusavu-Cue The Sun Fiji vs. Voss-I could drink a case of You Tap Water To the east of the International Date Line lies an exquisite garland of islands known as Fiji. Dignified smiling people bid you "bula," or welcome, to their unspoiled homeland and give you bottles of water called Fiji, bottled at the "source".  Back To One (Take 2)  Country Roads ...

Fiji Islands-Rocky Mountain High

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 Coming  home to a place I've never been before.   It's Fee-Gee (Fiji) OMG I'm a Country Boy  John Denver visited this island today-Sunshine On My Shoulders.  You can't get any further away before you start coming back.Imagine sailing across the blue waters of the South Pacific, passing by idylic islands, teeming with exotic fish and majestic coral reefs--Oh wait I don't have to use my imagination because what you see is what you get. Bula. On Fiji Islands-Suva-PineApple Express Fiji-Dravuni- Another Day Another Island-Escape To Reality Fiji-Beachcomber Island-Freedom For Sale Fiji Islands-Savusavu-Cue The Sun Fiji vs. Voss-I could drink a case of You Tap Water To the east of the International Date Line lies an exquisite garland of islands known as Fiji. Dignified smiling people bid you "bula," or welcome, to their unspoiled homeland and give you bottles of water called Fiji, bottled at the "source".  Back To One (Ta...

Goa, India-Holy Cow!

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Holy Cow- Near Miss- My karma ran over your dogma, I mean Brahma cattle ZAMM- Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance Wack-tose Intolerant 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. 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.

Happy St. Pat's-Around the World in 80 Beers

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  My Global 6 Pack Memorable Moments Drinking Beer At these fine Ports of Call.   Guinness Storehouse  Dublin Ireland #1. Guinness Is Good For You. An Irish Drinking Tradition. #2   cOPENhagen- Denmark- To which I replied...: Calrsberg Weekend  BUI-Biking Under The Influence #3.Jamaican Me Crazy, Montego Bay -Red Stripe, plus it comes in a funny little bottle. ” Yuh no dun yet?”. You're not done yet...have another. #4 Midnight Cabo's Corona-Happy Go Local Vacation In A Bottle---Drink. Pee.Repeat. #5 Elephant Beer- Bia Chang. Bangkok, Thailand In dog beers I have only had one. #6Cape Town, South Africa's  Castle Lager--One Beer, One Goal, One Nation, One Soul-I'm not getting drunk, Im getting awesome!

Nuku'alofa -Where Time Begins

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I've been trying for some time to develop  a lifestyle  that doesn't require my presence and I think I have found the place-at sea!   The future is already here-- it's just not evenly distributed yet. When I think of Dateline , I think of Gotcha Journalism and the internet ( Hi, I'm Chris Hansen from Dateline NBC.   Why don't you have a seat over there) verses the inter-NOT - Here in Tonga.  This  is the International Dateline,  where time starts-Actually it's more like time standing still-one long day. No  Starbucks, no wireless, the world wide wait.   Don't worry be happy  The Internet isn't the most powerful magnifier of slack ever invented, living on one of these islands is-the heat, the sun, the sea, Manyana never comes.Pass the poi.    Morning coffee and a jog around the deck  Perception of Time & Priorities: Polychronic vs. Monochronic- Doing one thing right at a time_ verses doing many things at once. Changing plans ...

Alaska's Salmon

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You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream  to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do  If it doesn't kill you it will make you stronger. In this case the Salmon don't make it. So much for "going with the flow".  To make matters worse, y oung bears bulk up with salmon for a long winter' s sleep. Why do they do it? The urge to merge-The Pacific Northwestern salmon is hell bent on its quest to travel hundreds of miles upstream against the current, with a single purpose, sex of course, but also... life. Any fish  can achieve failure and get caught. But  a salmon fiasco is a disaster of epic propotions. I witness this "programming" and it makes me  feel more alive because it didn't happen to me.

Alaska's Salmon

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You ain't supposed to get salmon when they're swimming upstream  to spawn. But if you're hungry, you do  If it doesn't kill you it will make you stronger. In this case the Salmon don't make it. So much for "going with the flow".  To make matters worse, y oung bears bulk up with salmon for a long winter' s sleep. Why do they do it? The urge to merge-The Pacific Northwestern salmon is hell bent on its quest to travel hundreds of miles upstream against the current, with a single purpose, sex of course, but also... life. Any fish  can achieve failure and get caught. But  a salmon fiasco is a disaster of epic propotions. I witness this "programming" and it makes me  feel more alive because it didn't happen to me.

The Geography of Bliss-cOPENhagen

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One can advise comfortably from a safe port. Søren Kierkegaard The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.... It's fun to visit the most expensive city in Scandanavia--cOPENhagen, Denmark. Getting hygge (cozy) with the locals... A Cup of Jonus Not since the late 1990's, when the dollar took a beating against the Yen, I ordered two Domino's Pizza's and two bottle of Coke in Tokyo for $110 US Dollars, have I experienced "Sticker Shock" $5 Euros for a Coffee (About $8 bucks--It makes SBUXS look like a thrift shop. ( I didn't convert to Danish Kroners) etc... The Little Mermaid is LITTLE, and ... The city is Bling. Those who float away their lives on ships are forever journeying,  and their homes are wherever their travels take them. Basho The Geography Of Bliss Nothing is rotten in Denmark, and  Copenhagen  is perhaps the most beautiful place for Being There. Sorry Disneyworld, but this country is the happiest place on Earth sim...

The Geography of Bliss-cOPENhagen

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One can advise comfortably from a safe port. Søren Kierkegaard The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea.... It's fun to visit the most expensive city in Scandanavia--cOPENhagen, Denmark. Getting hygge (cozy) with the locals... A Cup of Jonus Not since the late 1990's, when the dollar took a beating against the Yen, I ordered two Domino's Pizza's and two bottle of Coke in Tokyo for $110 US Dollars, have I experienced "Sticker Shock" $5 Euros for a Coffee (About $8 bucks--It makes SBUXS look like a thrift shop. ( I didn't convert to Danish Kroners) etc... The Little Mermaid is LITTLE, and ... The city is Bling. Those who float away their lives on ships are forever journeying,  and their homes are wherever their travels take them. Basho The Geography Of Bliss Nothing is rotten in Denmark, and  Copenhagen  is perhaps the most beautiful place for Being There. Sorry Disneyworld, but this country is the happiest...

The Importance Of Being Ernest(Hemingway)

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You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.   The Hemingway International Billfish Tournament is one of the oldest big-game fishing tournaments...and then there is Baja, Mexico After Monday and Tuesday, all that's left in  Cabo is W T F, eh? If people concentrated on the really important things they'd be a shortage of fishing poles. Freedom For Sail The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an epic battle between an old, experienced fisherman and a large marlin. I feel like Santiago, going  84 days without catching a fish. I like that Hemingway Vibe but without the beard-because I like #winning and winning and sailing for that matter,  is like shaving, if you don't do it every day you wind up looking like a bum. Hey... I'm just saying 'yes' to life... cuz... you gotta say 'yes' to life...

The Importance Of Being Ernest(Hemingway)

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You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it.   The Hemingway International Billfish Tournament is one of the oldest big-game fishing tournaments...and then there is Baja, Mexico After Monday and Tuesday, all that's left in  Cabo is W T F, eh? If people concentrated on the really important things they'd be a shortage of fishing poles. Freedom For Sail The Old Man and the Sea is the story of an epic battle between an old, experienced fisherman and a large marlin. I feel like Santiago, going  84 days without catching a fish. I like that Hemingway Vibe but without the beard-because I like #winning and winning and sailing for that matter,  is like shaving, if you don't do it every day you wind up looking like a bum. Hey... I'm just saying 'yes' to life... cuz... you gotta say 'yes' to life...

Louisville,Kentucky-Baseball Verses Football

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Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.  Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.In football you wear a helmet.In baseball you wear a cap. Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness. Baseball has the sacrifice. Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.  Football has the two minute warning. Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings... Roll Tape...

Louisville,Kentucky-Baseball Verses Football

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Baseball begins in the spring, the season of new life.  Football begins in the fall, when everything's dying.In football you wear a helmet.In baseball you wear a cap. Football has hitting, clipping, spearing, piling on, personal fouls, late hitting and unnecessary roughness. Baseball has the sacrifice. Football is played in any kind of weather: rain, snow, sleet, hail, fog...In baseball, if it rains, we don't go out to play.  Football has the two minute warning. Baseball has no time limit: we don't know when it's gonna end - might have extra innings... Roll Tape...

Yangoon-One Hand Clapping- Smiling With One Lip

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Cnn verses The Alphabet Yangoon's  analog eyes don’t see our digital world. But does it matter. Internet or InterNOT? Traveling in places with out electricity with TCN's, Third Country Nationals, are not voyages of discovery, but  rituals of reassurance- "I won the lottery". As Bruce Springsteen says, "I was born in the USA". So with,curiosity, vulnerability and vocabulary, I will articulate the Myanmar sound bite. These ppl in Burma, aka Golden land, are so sweet, Yet they are the digital homeless, who couldn’t tell you the difference between google and facebook, a laptop or an ipad. The largest experiment in anarchy that we have ever had is not the internet, it's Mynmar. My conscious, however, permits me to love them. How To Buy Nothing----DetermiNATION Mynmar. No TV.  No Logos. No Mc Donalds's. No  McDonnell Douglas.  Few cell phones. A sim card costs $500 and the phone system is broken. Few  cars. There is no CNN, 24 hour news cycle,...