Filipino American GET teacher Tony Santa Ana leads a Djembe workshop on the upper deck.
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Peace Boat staff writer James Rodríguez during a lecture recalling his work as a human rights observer in post-war Guatemala with Peace Brigades International (PBI). Photo: Stacey Hughes.
Two young participants wearing traditional Japanese yukata robes as they wait for sunset.
Throughout his life, Kim Chang Heang has suffered from deeply ingrained discrimination in Japan because of his Korean heritage, despite having been born and raised in Japan. Even today, Korean descendants are denied citizenship by the Japanese government. Determined to bring attention to this matter, he followed his grandmother’s advice of “becoming the best at something” in order to have the authority to speak out. He discovered juggling in his mother’s toy store as a child, and practiced relentlessly for years. The hard work paid off, as the then 14 year old Chang Heang finished first in the 2000 World Entertainer competition. He entered the competition for the second time in 2004 and once again finished ahead of all other contenders. Chang Heang came onboard from Rio de Janeiro to Valparaiso in order to demonstrate his amazing abilities and technique as well as raise awareness regarding xenophobia in Japan.
Departure from Buenos Aires was accompanied by a spectacular full moon.
