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Life on 7

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Antarctica for most is an opportunity to check off the seventh continent; to fall within the less than one percent of humans to ever walk on all seven continents. What you do not know until you’ve had the good fortune to go is how Antarctica changes your life. You’ve been told of the massive glaciers and the penguin-shredding leopard seals, but what you aren’t told is that you are about to embark on a voyage with one-hundred and twenty strangers with no cell phone service. In exceptionally close quarters, you’ll bond over career choices and failed relationships. You’ll be inspired by the effort it took fellow passengers to make it to Antarctica. You’ll find yourself intoxicated by the charisma that can only be found on a ship full of determined humans en route to pursing one of many dreams they’ll inevitably conquer. I could tell you about humpbacks and zodiacs or the immeasurable satisfaction of climbing to the top of Canessa Point, but that would not do justice to the journey. Anta
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Similan Islands

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It’s a sign you’ve gotten too used to reckless New York taxi cabs when someone driving the speed limit with their white-knuckled hands super glued to 10 and 2 makes your skin crawl. My flight from Chiang Rai to Phuket landed on time and in one piece. I had a private driver that made the two hour trip up to Khao Lak. Excited to finally be in the islands, I was looking forward to the windows down and the radio up—a wish I regretted immediately when we pulled over to turn on the radio and the radio painfully played the slowest Thai music ever created. The music was so depressing I half expected Sarah McLachlan to appear for an impromptu PETA commercial on animal abuse. Arriving in Khao Lak at Casacool (“cool” is in the name, how could this go wrong?), I took note of the brightly colored buildings and the stones throw proximity to the dive center. I walked into the hotel ready to unload my luggage and begin exploring the area. Unfortunately, Casacool overbooked and I didn’t end
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