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  • Favorites: from my first snaps in may, 2001 'till 2009, if I have to chose...
  • Peace Boat: 79 snaps to explain a bit about the fantastic organization I spent eight years with
  • Almost favorites: 133 other snaps that didn't make the favorites section, but I still liked. Only if you are really burning with free time
  • places

    Pics of places hither and yon.


  • South Africa: Cape Town, Soweto, Johannesburg and... Dubai; one of the best weeks of my life
  • Basel, Switzerland: Snippits of landlocked life and MA studies at the world peace academy
  • Rapa Nui (Easter Island): A driftwood's passage
  • Mongolia, 2007: Peace-building and Mexican food in Ulaanbaatar
  • Central America 2005: Study, surf, and other driftings
  • Mexico, 2008: Siesta in Sayulita
  • Iraq, 2003: A month before the great FUBAR
  • Turkey, 2007: Ka-Razy in Kusadasi
  • Japan, 2003-07 : A snippet of life, and the castle in 'baba where I dwell(ed)
  • Niijima, 2007: Tropical island in Tokyo
  • events

    Mostly friends' weddings...


  • Brinn & Bryan's Wedding: August 7, 2010
  • Yoshikazu & Eri's Wedding Party: May 16, 2009
  • Kazuma & Yoko's Wedding: May 5, 2009
  • Joh & Ben's Wedding: March 21, 2009
  • Rika & Akira's Wedding: November 24, 2007
  • Kenji & Reiko's Wedding: November 2, 2007
  • Danny & Andrea's Wedding: September 22, 2007
  • Ai & Daigo's Wedding: December 16, 2006
  • peace boat voyages

    12 voyages and 11 circumnavigations as of January, 2010. A mere glimpse of what happened, where, and memory lane for those who were there. Content is on the lighter side, see the Peace Boat in Pics gallery for a focus on the great work this organization does. And with great pain in the heart many of the best stories and images are left out for the sake of brevity. Galleries for each voyage I was on are added as I complete them.


  • Voyage #67: August 26 - December 11, 2009
  • Voyage #66: June 18 - August 10, 2009
  • Voyage #62: May 14 - September 4, 2008
  • Voyage #52: December 26, 2005 - March 31, 2006
  • Voyage #37: May 2 - August 15, 2002
  • Voyage #35: September 9 - December 23, 2001
  • Voyage #33: May 22 - August 26, 2001
  • about

    In May of 2001 I stepped on the Peace Boat with an Olympus C700 2mp digi-cam to record my voyage around our small chunk o' earth, water, air & fire, learning about civil society and peace -- creative, constructive, cooperative and non-violent conflict transformation -- and humanity's pressing lack thereof. Had not a whisp of a clue that I'd get so tangled up in - and taught so much by - this outfit, nor that snapping pics would turn into this...