Rome July 2006

The coliseum


Basilica di San Clemente built in the 12th century on top of a 4th century church, built on top of a Roman house which was had been a place of Mythric worship in the 2nd century.


Billy Joel and Bryan Adams at the Coliseum (can you see them?)


Canadians at the Coliseum to see Bryan Adams


Transportation in Rome

Photos from the Rockies trip

Me in the Vancouver airport. As far as I can recall, my first domestic flight ever. For real.


My dad standing in front of the remains of the pumphouse built by the Japanese Canadians interned on this site (near Lone Butte) during WWII. My dad was 12 at the time.


Mount Robson, highest pt in the Canadian Rockies


Columbia Icefields (I was cold here too)


The three Sisters near Canmore, Alberta.

Random Photos

The country directors for the DR and Haiti signing the agreements which make the FlorestaTrans-border project official


A Dominican farmer experimenting with terraces and green manures for soil improvement


An improved woodstove in Tanzania which uses 50-65% less wood than the traditional stove


Savings books of members of a Tanzanian community bank in the Kilimanjaro region

See Photos of the Tanzania Trip

Check out this link to see photos of the Tanzania trip
http://picasaweb.google.com/robertmorikawa/Tanzania2006

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Answering the question ´where?´ since the last update is a bit more convoluted than usual: Tanzania for work, top of Kilimanjaro (one of the most difficult things I´ve ever done), wildlife safari in Ngorongoro crater, 3 days in Rome (where I accidentally saw Billy Joel and Bryan Adams play in front of the Coliseum), Vancouver, B.C. for the first ever Morikawa family reunion, driving through the Rockies with my folks, the Dominican Republic to finalize plans for our new cross-border project (a joint effort between Floresta-Haiti, Floresta-DR, and Floresta-USA in an environmentally precarious area--you may remember the news from a couple years back).

I could prattle on and bore you with the details, but won´t (maybe on the blog). I do want to provide the answers for last month's plant id contest for those that are interested: A. Prunus (cherry) B. Alnus (alder) C.Quercus (oak) D. Quercus (oak) E. Prunus (peach) F. Pinus (pine) G. Fraxinus (ash).

Photo is me at the peak of Kilimanjaro! (Don´t bother asking if I was either cold or exhausted.)