Chasing The Blue Beyond

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...

Arctic Circle · Norway · Field Notes The Persistence of Norway Fjords, waterfalls, Viking land, and the trained eye: a cinematic archive of learning how travel changes not only where you go, but how you see. Top of the World Field Notes Learning Journey Audiobook Chapter See Video Mute Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir “It is like opening a door in the middle of nowhere, turning the handle, letting yourself sink into it—and simply floating.” Learning Journey Norway Through Ed’s Eyes The original interactive course has been rebuilt as a stable, Blogger-safe sequence: no hidden modules, inline handlers, or lightbox script...

The Time Millionaire in Bora Bora Trading possessions for experiences across the South Pacific "The best things in life aren't things—they’re moments, they’re freedom, and they’re time." In Bora Bora, I wasn't just taking in the view—I was cashing in on something far more valuable than money: my time . While most people spend their lives working to eventually live, I chose to reverse-engineer the formula. That’s what it means to be a time millionaire —not waiting for someday, but living fully, now. On a South Pacific cruise in 2007, I woke up to emerald peaks rising from turquoise lagoons. There was no 9-to-5, no agenda. Just nature’s clock—sunrises, ocean breezes, and island rhythms. What Is a Time Millionaire? Unlike financial millionaires, time millionaires invest in freedom . We collect memories, not material things. The ROI? Sunsets over Bora Bora. Conversations that don’t watch the c...

World Cruises · Beaches · Consciousness The Elixir Sons of Beaches A whimsical but weary soliloquy of sand, self, and the shifting tides of soul. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir 01 Opening Field Note Consciousness Is Wireless Numbers might not always compute for me, but I have plenty to be grateful for. I have clocked miles like a professional—sailing the globe in style aboard Crystal World Cruises from Los Angeles to Dover and the Queen Mary 2 from Hong Kong to Southampton, while shuffling chips at poker tables from Macau to the European Union, the United States, Australia, and Asia. Living life in the fast lane—IRL, not merely through a fiber-optic network—because conscio...