This photo was taken August 1, 2008 on the grounds of the Tongan Royal Palace in Nuku'Alofa at the Coronation feast. The photo is of Princess Pilolevu's daughter (little girl) about to enter the feast tent to perform the ta'olunga for her uncle,...
The Photo was taken August 1, 2008 during the coronation of George Tupou V as King of Tonga, looking from Centennial church (where the coronation was held) towards the Royal Palace.
The road is lined with Tapa cloth and girls from Queen Salote...
This photo is of former students of mine from Tupou High School in Nuku'Alofa, Tonga. I taught Chemistry and General Science there during the 1979 to 1981 school years. The photo was taken August 12, 2008. From L -R, Lotukalafi Finau Palaki who...
This photo shows 'Osamu's 'Api where I lived my first year-photo taken August 11, 2008 or so. Looks much the same as it did when I lived there. The house on the left was my house.
This photo shows fellow Volunteer Donna and myself in front of a little apartment in Kingston, Jamaica. Machetes were a common landscaping tool and very cheap. Notice the bike, which was the common way we got around in the city. We were just...
Inspecting a pond with other aquaculture (fisheries) volunteers. We grew Tilapia. This was part of our orientation to farming in Zaire, prior to language training at Bukavu, Lake Kivu. 1980
I took this photo at a naming ceremony (Koolio) in 1981 in Jambanjelly, The Gambia, West Africa. When a child is seven days old he or she is given a name, and the village comes to celebrate the occasion. The mother (with face covered by material)...
Ibrahim and his mother lived in a room in our compound. His father worked in another town and was seldom home. Ibrahim visited me several times a day. I am not much of a photographer and have very few photos of my service. This photo, taken by the...
I took this photo during the spring of 1981 in my village, Kyeong Ae Won, South Korea. The village was home to about 125 residents, over 75% of whom had leprosy.
I took this photo during the fall of 1980 in my village, Kyeong Ae Won, South Korea. These three gentlemen were patients and residents of the village. Passing time sitting on the front stoop of a home was a common site.
This is my PC mom Carmen, who lives in La Guacima, Costa Rica, with my daughter, Carmen. I stayed with her and her family during my PC training in 1979-80. I have stayed in contact with them since my PC days and have visited them several times. ...