cindypepper! » animals http://www.cindypepper.com Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:15:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Out of Africa http://www.cindypepper.com/travel/out-of-africa http://www.cindypepper.com/travel/out-of-africa#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:02:06 +0000 Cindy http://www.cindypepper.com/?p=365 I think I've resigned myself to the fact that I tend to be a seasonal blogger. Here's what I've been up to this summer:

  • In May, I went home for two weeks and managed to get myself sick with a fever.
  • I worked for most of the summer doing webdesign for my school's IT department.
  • I went absolutely crazy over the World Cup. We installed a huge projector at work so we could watch all the games live, and during the weekends, my friends and I would go out to different bars/pubs in NY to cheer for our favorite teams (DEUTSCHLAND ♥!). Fun and merriment (and beer) were had by all!

Overall, my summer (June and July) was pretty low-key -- pretty much just chilling out in New York. And studying for LSATs, but let's think happy thoughts here! August was pretty exciting though, because I went to Kenya with my family! Out of all the places I've been, Kenya ranks pretty high up there on my All Time Favorite Places list. The people are genuinely welcoming, the weather is nice and breezy, the landscape is too gorgeous for words, and the animals, oh my god. I'm talking lions, zebras, gazelles, elephants, buffalo, giraffes, flamingos, hippos, monkeys, etc etc. It's one thing to see them on the Discovery Channel or in a zoo, but it's a whole different experience to stand right in front of a herd of zebras or walk balk to your tent only to find a monkey sitting right outside the door.

During the late summer, all the animals in the Serengeti of Tanzania migrate northwards to Kenya, so we came at a good time. We went on a safari through the major parks in Kenya: Aberdare for elephants, Lake Nakuru for flamingos and monkeys, Hell's Gate for hippos and giraffes, and Masai Mara for everything else and then some. I posted all my photos in my Flickr set, if you'd like to take a look! Or you could just scroll down (click to view larger!). :)

]]> Honestly, I think I’ve resigned myself to the fact that I tend to be a seasonal blogger. Alas, in true Cindy-fashion, here’s what I’ve been up to this summer:

  • In May, I went home for two weeks and managed to get myself sick with a fever.
  • I worked for most of the summer doing webdesign for my school’s IT department.
  • I went absolutely crazy over the World Cup. We installed a huge projector at work so we could watch all the games live, and during the weekends, my friends and I would go out to different bars/pubs in NY to cheer for our favorite teams (DEUTSCHLAND ♥!). Fun and merriment (and beer) were had by all!

Overall, my summer (June and July) was pretty low-key — pretty much just chilling out in New York. And studying for LSATs, but let’s think happy thoughts here! August was pretty exciting though, because I went to Kenya with my family! Out of all the places I’ve been, Kenya ranks pretty high up there on my All Time Favorite Places list. The people are genuinely welcoming, the weather is nice and breezy, the landscape is too gorgeous for words, and the animals, oh my god. I’m talking lions, zebras, gazelles, elephants, buffalo, giraffes, flamingos, hippos, monkeys, etc etc. It’s one thing to see them on the Discovery Channel or in a zoo, but it’s a whole different experience to stand right in front of a herd of zebras or walk balk to your tent only to find a monkey sitting right outside the door.

During the late summer, all the animals in the Serengeti of Tanzania migrate northwards to Kenya, so we came at a good time. We went on a safari through the major parks in Kenya: Aberdare for elephants, Lake Nakuru for flamingos and monkeys, Hell’s Gate for hippos and giraffes, and Masai Mara for everything else and then some. I posted all my photos in my Flickr set, if you’d like to take a look! Or you could just scroll down (click to view larger!). :)

I already miss it so much.

]]> http://www.cindypepper.com/travel/out-of-africa/feed 9 xxxii: you better run, you better take cover http://www.cindypepper.com/travel/xxxii-you-better-run-you-better-take-cover http://www.cindypepper.com/travel/xxxii-you-better-run-you-better-take-cover#comments Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:40:32 +0000 Cindy http://blog.cindypepper.com/?p=81 schooling reef

fishswarmed highlyeducated fished

three stark deep

motion bluefish

DAY V (12/29): Okay, I’m going to bite the firewalled bullet and finish posting the Australia photos. Clicking on the thumbnails will take you directly to the Flickr page.

These photos were taken at Green Island at the Great Barrier Reef! I was in a submarine when I took these photos, but I also got to do some snorkeling and underwater-walking. I saw some clownfish and immediately thought of Nemo, haha. I’ll post pictures of the actual island later, but it’s amazing how blue and clear the water is.

]]> http://www.cindypepper.com/travel/xxxii-you-better-run-you-better-take-cover/feed 8 xxiv: can’t you hear, can’t you hear the thunder (part 3) http://www.cindypepper.com/travel/xxiv-cant-you-hear-cant-you-hear-the-thunder-part-3 http://www.cindypepper.com/travel/xxiv-cant-you-hear-cant-you-hear-the-thunder-part-3#comments Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:25:11 +0000 Cindy http://blog.cindypepper.com/?p=59 DAY III (12/27): Later that afternoon, we headed to Darling Harbour, where we went to Sydney Wildlife World. It has a bunch of really cool floral and faunal attractions, including koalas! That evening, we went downtown for (window) shopping, and I had to pack for Cairns the next day.


ARE KOALAS CUTE OR ARE KOALAS CUTE.

Let’s just say that compiling all these photos for my LJ return post is going to be a bitch.

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