Sea lions doing yoga? That’s what it looks like.
Open the panorama below to full screen and take a look around to find the sea lions stretching up to the sun and you’ll see what we mean. A white sand beach next to crystal clear water: not a bad place to practice that yoga, either.
Panorama: Sea Lions on Santa Fe Island in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
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Filed Under: Panorama by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
6 Comments | 3 September 2010
In zoos all over the world, crowds battle to catch a peek of one of the world’s most recognizable and rarest animals, the giant panda. During our visit to the Chendgu Panda Breeding Research Center, tourists were so few that the pandas actually invited us to join them and granted us an interview. Here’s what Jing-Jing, their spokesperson, had to say: Continue Reading »
Filed Under: China, Humor, Travel by: Daniel Noll
8 Comments | 19 September 2008
Dogs with tiger stripes? Continue Reading »
Filed Under: China, NAST by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
115 Comments | 7 August 2008
One last thing about Turkmenistan before we move on…camels.
No animal seems to capture the essence of grace while embracing its own awkwardness like the Dromedary camel. Though you’ll catch the occasional loner wandering the open scrub or tracing the roadside, camels are actually domesticated. They move in herds and are raised for their meat and milk. If you have the chance, try chal – a fizzy, fermented version of camel milk.
We never could get our fill of camel-spotting, camel-chasing and camel-filming. Our group regressed into a Romper Room of riotous pre-schoolers each time we spotted one of these unmistakable beasts in the distance. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Central Asia, Travel, Turkmenistan, Videos by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
No Comments | 21 November 2007
