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2012 Travel Archive

Roam Sweet Roam

My world-cruise adventure, Permanent Travel manifesto, and month-by-month record of a year lived somewhere between home and the horizon.

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There are three types of people: those alive, those dead, and those at sea.
People say that what we are all seeking is a meaning for life. I do not think this is what we are really seeking. I think what we are seeking is an experience of being alive. The Power of Myth · Joseph Campbell
Opening Manifesto

Home Is a Feeling, Not a Place

Cruising around the world became one of the most rewarding forms of introspection. It was another stage of my re-entry into Hotel @nyware: an extended break from Normal Life aboard another ship.

I was living my dream of PT—Permanent Travel, also known as mini-retirements. I had not been everywhere, but it was no longer on my list. I understood the travel thing now.

On 12/12/12, blogging was literature in a hurry. Write? Right. The quicker I went, the longer it took, so there would be more posts on the subject.

As I documented the around-the-world travelogue, I kept saying: Roam Sweet Roam. Home was not where my heart was, but where my computer was. Anywhere became @nyware. Technology made location neutral.

I never confused a street address with where I actually lived. My destinations were never merely places, but new ways of seeing. The journeys themselves became the destinations.

It was never about resources. It was about resourcefulness. We are never too poor to buy our freedom. We are all time millionaires; the moment we use that currency, money becomes less central to adventure and life.

Tahiti during the travel archive years
Tahiti — paradise found
Adventure moment from the travel archive
Capturing adventures
Mr Ed travel portrait
Travel memories
Ed Reif with Sarah E Kennedy
With Sarah E Kennedy
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12 Months
2012 Archive Year
1 Asymmetrical Life
My Twelve Best Months

The 2012 Travel Archive

Open any month to enter the original sequence of posts. Featured entries are marked in gold, while every title links back to its EdReif.com archive page.

December 9 posts
  1. Bonaire-Back To School
  2. Trip Report-Island Mix
  3. Half Moon Cay-Ride Captain Ride Featured
  4. Mind, Body and H20-And It Goes Like This
  5. Frenchman's Reef-St Thomas, USVI
  6. Dominica-It Just Happens
  7. Friend Ships
  8. Martinique-In the Name Of Greener Grass
  9. Barbados-Infinity Again
November 24 posts
  1. Jade Mountain-St Lucia
  2. St Maarten- Divi Little Bay
  3. Caribbean Blue-Sweet Dreams Are Made Of These
  4. No Noose Is Good News
  5. Same Ship Different Day-The Right Mistake
  6. From Zero To Infinity-Pools That Blow Your Mind Featured
  7. Curacao - Renaissance Man
  8. Bonaire -Shawshank Redemption
  9. ABC Islands-It Ain't Much If It Ain't Dutch
  10. Grand Turk-Escape TO (My) Reality
  11. Dominican Republic-1492
  12. Half Moon Cay Bahamas _Sea Horses
  13. St Thomas USVI
  14. Dam Ships
  15. La Martinique - Caribbean Flower
  16. Apocalypso Now
  17. Barbados -The Boat Yard
  18. St Lucia-Banana Republic Is Hiring
  19. India- Losing My Religion(s)
  20. The Statue's not the Saint (Maarten)
  21. Dam Ships- The Map is the Territory
  22. @ The Pacific Ocean-One Taste
  23. Marlin Alley_Worth Seaing
  24. Cayman(ia) Islands-Wash And Go
October 15 posts
  1. Old Galveston-The Power of NEW Featured
  2. Cozumel-Legal Tender
  3. The 5 Most Boring Cities On Earth
  4. Houston-Big Hats No Cattle
  5. Miner For A Heart of Gold-Sow What You Reap
  6. An I For An Island
  7. Fiji Islands-Savusavu-Cue The Sun
  8. Long-Term Travel
  9. Cozumel-Un Mundo Nuevo
  10. Eco(n) Tourism in The Cayman Islands
  11. Welcome to The Hotel Galveston
  12. ApoCalypso Not Now-Aye Carumba!
  13. 7 Cruises I Had To Go On Before I Died
  14. You Do What On A Cruise Ship?
  15. As Seen On TV-How I Got My SAG card
September 10 posts
  1. Kings Point-USMMA-The Jones Act Featured
  2. You Get Paid For The Waiting (Acting's Free)
  3. Shoveling Sunshine in Paradise-
  4. Huna-Helped By Hidden Hands
  5. Book Him, Danno! Is There life After Luau?
  6. Eat Drink And Be Maui
  7. It's Called The Big Island Not The Tiny Island
  8. You Do What On A Cruise Ship?
  9. New York City- Manhattan
  10. Fjords-The Persistence of Memory
August 16 posts
  1. Alaska-The Great Land-Action Plan Featured
  2. Salmon Fishing- Reeling In The Years
  3. Wings Over Misty Fjords-Flightseeing
  4. Tongass---No Rain, No Rainbow Falls
  5. B.E.S.T. Bears Eagles Salmon Totem Poles
  6. In The Sky-Wings Over The Inside Passage
  7. S E Alaska-Here Comes The Sun-
  8. Tongass Rain Forest-On The Waterfront
  9. Misty Fjords-Active Rain
  10. Seattle- I Have My Reservations
  11. Alaska,,Where Mother Nature Lives
  12. Glacier Bay-WWJM(John Muir) Do?
  13. The Chilkoot Trail-Miner For A Heart of Gold
  14. Inside Passage- Grass Is Greener Where You Water
  15. Ketchikan- A River Runs Through It
  16. Tracy Arm Fjord- Inside Passage- Vivid Blues
July 13 posts
  1. Travels in Alaska-Quinn The Eskimo
  2. Juneau--The Wild Gospel of Nature
  3. Ketchikan-Path of Moist Resistance
  4. Glacier National Park-Of The Mountains
  5. Skagway-After The Goldrush
  6. Juneau-Enlightened Land Featured
  7. Seattle-The Flannel Manner
  8. Alaska-The Great One
  9. Washington Square- Sand Man
  10. The Statue of Immigration
  11. Wall Street-You Have Just Been Shot
  12. NYC-Notes From The Underground.
  13. Castaway Cay, Bahamas
June 7 posts
  1. Team Medical Featured
  2. My Wishbone Is My Backbone
  3. @Sea-Emperor's New Suit
  4. Unique New York-All You Need Is Britto
  5. Halifax-The Write Place
  6. Manhattan Project- NY is The Bomb
  7. Sweden-The Power Of New
May 8 posts
  1. India-Losing My Religions
  2. Indianapolis 500- Life In The Fast Lane Featured
  3. Thailand-Survival of The Kindest
  4. Bali-Rocks For Jocks-Geology
  5. All Ashore-Tranquility Base-The Ego Has Landed
  6. 7 Cruises I Had To Go On Before I Died
  7. The Persistence Of Norway
  8. Rock Me On The Water
May archive video
April 18 posts
  1. An I For An Island Makes You Blind To The Cost
  2. The Geography Of Bliss-Write About Here
  3. Fiji Islands-Rocky Mountain High
  4. An I For An Island - Island- Living Well Is The Best
  5. Africa-A Review From Exactly A Year Ago!
  6. A Boat Load of Thomas Kinkade
  7. St. Thomas- Time Flys When You're Having Rum
  8. St Croix- United States of Unconsciousness
  9. Crossroad Centre Antigua
  10. St Lucia - Banana Bread Winner
  11. Grenada-How The East Was Won
  12. Cruising with Kierkegaard: Sons of Beaches
  13. Barbadoes-An Embarrassment of Coconuts
  14. Dominica-Carpe Manana-Seize the Tomorrow
  15. Basseterre St Kitts-Beautiful Day
  16. Napoleon Complex-St Maarten
  17. Everybody Wants to Cruise the World
  18. Take It To The Limit -One More Time Featured
March 10 posts
  1. 7 Cruises I Had To Go On Before I Died Featured
  2. Fiji Islands-Rocky Mountain High
  3. Goa, India-Holy Cow!
  4. Happy St. Pat's-Around the World in 80 Beers
  5. Nuku'alofa -Where Time Begins
  6. Alaska's Salmon
  7. The Geography of Bliss-cOPENhagen
  8. The Importance Of Being Ernest(Hemingway)
  9. Louisville,Kentucky-Baseball Verses Football
  10. Yangoon-One Hand Clapping- Smiling With One Lip
February 19 posts
  1. An I For An Island- Living Well Is The Best Revenge
  2. The Persistence Of Norway-New Zealand vs Fjord
  3. 3 Years of MT Experiences- (Magical Thinking) @ Sea Featured
  4. CDG--Mind, Body And France-It's A Beautiful Day
  5. Isle of Pines- New Caledonia-Escape TO Reality
  6. Papeete-PolYNesian Disneyland and The Audacity
  7. Caribbean Blue-Sails Report
  8. Got Kilt: Beam Me Up New Zealand
  9. Dakar, Senegal- AmeriCON's
  10. Bahamas Seagull Management
  11. Christ Church Earthquake- Revisited
  12. Indy-I'd Walk 500 Miles
  13. Grand Cayman: I am Steve Irwin and so can you
  14. Welcome To Hoover. I'm Your Dam Guide
  15. All Thai'd Up
  16. The Secret of Staying Young-Lying About Your Age
  17. Evian Spelled Backwards Is Naive
  18. Viva Las Vegan-The Burger And The King
  19. Full Circle-What Happens In Vegas Happened In Mac
January 9 posts
  1. Bora Bora- The Infinity Pool verses The God Molecule
  2. King Of The Mountains- It's Not Unusual
  3. ImagiNATION-Home Is Where The Art Is
  4. Windows 2012-ImagineNATION
  5. The Importance Of Being Ernest Without Having Ever
  6. Las Vegas-Heads Up
  7. Los Angeles-To London in 110 Days-In One yEAR
  8. Apocalypse (Not) Now- Santa Monica
  9. Happy Last Year-Write? Right! Featured
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World Cruise Crystal Serenity
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