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2014 is drawing to a close... this year I completed a 52 weeks project. Less stressful than a 365 but easy enough to let time go and having to do something late last night. Hope I can get my shots in earlier next year.
1. 2014: 1/52 Out with the old, 2. 2014: 2/52 Square, 3. 2014: 3/52 Skies over lake Råsta, 4. 2014: 4/52 Transport, 5. 2014: 5/52 A bad spell, 6. 2014: 6/52 Ticking away..., 7. 2014: 7/52 They go together..., 8. 2014: 8/52 Along for the cross processing, 9. 2014: 9/52 One colour, 10. 2014: 10/52 Four times as sour, 11. 2014: 11/52 Local love, 12. 2014: 12/52 Under ice, 13. 2014: 13/52 Enjoying the wine, 14. 2014: 14/52 Layers, 15. 2014: 15/ 52 Defender of time, 16. 2014: 16/52 Multiple eggs, 17. 2014: 17/52 Geometry breaking down, 18. 2014: 18/52 Lovley day in the park, 19. 2014: 19/52 Unexpected landscape, 20. 2014: 20/52 Watching sports, 21. 2014: 21/52 Falling apart at the seams, 22. 2014: 22/52 Seeds of lily, 23. 2014: 23/52 It's in the beard, 24. 2014: 24/52 Brenzier method, 25. 2014: 25/52 The eternal sunshine of the freed lens, 26. 2014: 26/52 Eat and repeat, 27. 2014: 27/52 A well deserved rest, 28. 2014: 28/52 Light from the book, 29. 2014: 29/52 Kungsgatan miniature, 30. 2014: 30/52 High key, 31. 2014: 31/52 Food porn, 32. 2014: 32/52 Calling you up from Blecktornsgränd, 33. 2014: 33/52 Movie poster, 34. 2014: 34/52 Natural frame, 35. 2014: 35/52 Through the low keyhole, 36. 2014: 36/52 X marks the spot, 37. 2014: 37/52 Dressing up, 38. 2014: 38/52 Going home, 39. 2014: 39/52 Selective colour, 40. 2014: 40/52 Wildlife, 41. 2014: 41/52 Two sides of the story, 42. 2014: 42/52 Anger, 43. 2014: 43/52 Hello darkness my old friend, 44. 2014: 44/52 What's hiding in the darkness, 45. 2014: 45/52 The four elements, 46. 2014: 46/52 Unprocessed metal, 47. 2014: 47/52 Missed opportunites, 48. 2014: 48/52 Thanksgiving, 49. 2014: 49/52 Close up portrait, 50. 2014: 50/52 Closing in on christmas, 51. 2014: 51/52 Contre Jour, 52. 2014: 52/52 Retrospective
Mostecká Street on the Lesser Quarter side with the baroque Church of St Nicholas in the background, Prague, Czech Republic
Some background information:
Mostecká Street is the avenue which follows the Charles Bridge on Prague’s Lesser Quarter side. It’s a widely popular shopping promenade in the Lesser Quarter, lined by many beautiful renaissance and also baroque town houses.
The Church of St Nicholas was built in place of the former Lesser Quarter parish church from 1283 and is one of the most important baroque buildings throughout Bohemia. Its nave as well as its west facade was erected from 1703 to 1711 by the German architect Christoph Dientzenhofer and its choir as well as its dome was built from 1737 to 1752 by his son Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer. However the bell tower was erected by the Italian architect Anselmo Lurago in 1756.
Inside the church the ceiling fresco "Apotheosis of St Nicholas" can be seen, painted by Johann Lukas Kracher. With its extend of about 1,500 square metres it counts among the largest in Europe.
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Provenance evidence: Bookplate/Label, Gift
Location in book: Inside Front Cover
Transcription: Lessing J. Rosenwald
IDENTIFICATION
Identified: Rosenwald, Lessing J. Lessing Julius 1891-1979 , owner
Identified: Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division
, owner
COPY
Repository: Library of Congress
Call number: 1474 .T45 [Rosenwald 23]
Collection: Rosenwald Collection
Copy title: [From the Revelation of John: (12:3-12:7) Michael and his angels fighting a seven-headed dragon, and (13:1-13:2) Saint John seeing a similar seven-headed beast that looked like a leopard rising out of the sea] [graphic].
Published: [Germany], [1470]
Printer/Publisher: The Gift of/Lessing J. Rosenwald/to the Library of Congress
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In 1930, no less than 82 airlines—most of them with one or two aircraft—consolidated into American Airways, mainly to profit from the lucrative mail contracts then being offered by the US government. This consolidation gave American Airways one of the largest American route networks, rivaled only by Pan American. Though most of its profit came from mail carrying, American included passenger service as well, operating huge Curtiss Condors, one of the first airliners to include sleeping berths and stewardesses.
In 1934, American Airways was bought by car producer Errett Cord, who renamed it American Airlines; as Cord was concentrating on his automotive business, he hired Texas businessman Cyrus R. Smith to run American. C.R. Smith, as he was better known, would become one of the most influential men in the history of American aviation, alongside Howard Hughes of Trans World Airlines and Juan Trippe of Pan American.
Smith saw a great deal of potential in American Airlines, but did not like the Curtiss Condor. Smith desired an aircraft capable of comfortably flying 14-20 people from New York to Los Angeles with a minimum of stops. To facilitate this, he contracted with Douglas Aircraft to develop the Douglas Sleeper Transport, which would eventually become the DC-3. American Airlines would be the first to operate what would become the most widely-produced and longest-lasting airliner in history. The DC-3 allowed American to operate a daily service between New York and Los Angeles; to further facilitate flights, Smith partnered with New York mayor Fiorello LaGuardia to have a new airport built, which would eventually become LaGuardia International Airport.
World War II saw American’s fleet of DC-3s federalized for US Army Air Force use, and its pilots incorporated into the Air Ferrying Service; C.R. Smith joined the USAAF and became the head of the AFS. This would prove helpful to the company as well, as its pilots gained experience flying globally. At war’s end, American embarked on an aggressive expansion of its routes and bought new equipment—and when it could not buy new equipment, it sponsored the creation of new airliners. To replace the DC-3, the airline helped fund the development of the Convair CV-240, the first American postwar airliner; the Douglas DC-7 was developed from the DC-6 to provide American with an aircraft capable of nonstop transcontinental service and one-stop Pacific service. American Airlines was now competing with the other “big three” airlines of the United States—Pan American, TWA, and United—but by 1950, was the second largest airline in the world, second only to Aeroflot of the Soviet Union.
To keep its innovative edge, American kept partnering with aviation companies. To replace the DC-6 on domestic routes, the airline was involved in the development of the Lockheed L-188 Electra turboprop in 1959; earlier in the 1950s, American had attempted to acquire deHavilland Comet 1s, but after several Comets were lost in crashes, the airline switched its orders to the Boeing 707. Though Pan American was the first to introduce the 707 on transatlantic routes, American was the first to use it in nonstop jet service from New York to Los Angeles, marketing it as the “Astrojet” and beating its main domestic competitor, United, to the punch. In 1962, it added a third new airliner, the Convair CV-990 Coronado, then the fastest airliner in the world. It also became the first airline to use an electronic booking system in the same year.
By 1970 American was in an excellent position. It was staying in competition with Pan American and TWA internationally and United domestically, and its acquisition of Trans-Caribbean Airways gave it unmatched access to the South American market (a position American retains today). It added wide-body airliners in the form of the Boeing 747 in 1970, while it was the launch customer of the McDonnell Douglas DC-10 in 1974. The latter provided the only hiccup in American’s continued expansion: the crash of Flight 191 at Chicago in May 1979, which remains the deadliest crash in American aviation history, led to the grounding of the DC-10 and an investigation into poor maintenance practices on the aircraft by American.
American adopted the modern hub/spoke system in 1981, mainly from Chicago-O’Hare and Dallas-Fort Worth, where the airline had moved its headquarters in 1979. It later expanded regional hubs to San Jose, California (after acquiring AirCal in 1987); Nashville, Tennesee; and Raleigh-Durham, though San Jose and Raleigh were later sold to other, smaller airlines. A commuter service, American Eagle, was founded in 1984. In 1990, it increased its hold on the South American market by purchasing Eastern Airlines’ route network in the region. In the same year, American took advantage of TWA’s troubles to acquire its landing rights at London-Heathrow, becoming one of only two US air carriers allowed to fly there (United being the other) until 2008. Eventually, in early 2001, American bought out TWA entirely.
The 1990s had seen American Airlines slow down some, partially because of overreach in too many unprofitable routes and an aging fleet of aircraft. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 hurt the airline more—not just because of the post-attack downturn, but also the loss of two American aircraft, their crews, and their passengers on 9/11 itself. Further tragedy struck American only weeks later when Flight 587, an Airbus A300, crashed after takeoff from Kennedy International, killing over 360 people. Labor troubles and problems with the MD-80 fleet inherited from TWA caused further problems: though American was never in danger of bankruptcy, it was forced to curtail a number of domestic and international flights and close its maintenance facility in Kansas City, Missouri.
This temporarily halted American’s troubles, but high operating costs, the 2008 recession, and an aging pilot workforce finally led the iconic carrier to file for bankruptcy in 2011. Almost a hundred aircraft were grounded and some flights were curtailed. To avoid a shutdown of the airline, American began to explore possibilities of a merger with another airline, and in 2013, was able to successfully merge with US Airways, though the latter airline will continue operations for some years to come. This allowed American to emerge from bankruptcy.
Today, American Airlines is the largest airline in the world, thanks to the US Airways merger. Plans are to standardize the over 600 aircraft in the American fleet to the Airbus A320, late model Boeing 737s, Boeing 777s, and Boeing 787 Dreamliners, for which American placed the largest purchase order in American aviation history.
This 727 model shows American's classic bare metal livery. The real N1902 was ordered by the airline in 1966, and flew with American until it was sold to Frontier in 1984. It was converted to a freighter in 1985 by Flying Tiger, and flew with several cargo airlines until it was withdrawn from service in 2005. It was likely scrapped at the former Clark AFB in the Philippines sometime after that.
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Provenance evidence: Bookplate/Label
Location in book: Inside Front Cover
Transcription: The Gift of/Lessing J. Rosenwald/to the Library of Congress
Associated name(s): Lessing J. Rosenwald
IDENTIFICATION
Identified: Rosenwald, Lessing J. Lessing Julius 1891-1979 , owner
Identified: Library of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division
, owner
COPY
Repository: Library of Congress
Call number: Incun. 1478 .P855 Rosenwald Coll
Collection: Rosenwald Collection
Copy title: Geographia. Latin/Cosmographia/Claudii Ptholemei Alexandrini philosophi Cosmographia.
Author(s): Ptolemy, active 2nd century.
Published: Rome, 10 Oct. (VI Idus Octobris) 1478.
Printer/Publisher: Arnoldus Buckinck
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Rosenwald, Lessing J. Lessing Julius 1891-1979
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Each flower is less than 1 cm wide (about 1/3 inch).
Thanks to J. Maughn for identifying this as Muhlenberg's centaury (zeltnera muehlenbergii), also called June centaury, a wildflower native to Western North America. A 1993 plant survey lists it as growing at Jasper Ridge.
Jasper Ridge Preserve Biological Preserve, San Mateo County, California
Sundays can be a drag. It may be a legacy of the academic week. Sunday meant you would soon go back to school with all of the attendant anxieties. It might also be that there is just less to do on a Sunday. Whatever the reason, I frequently find myself at lose ends as the weekend wraps up. Over the years I have tried to come up with strategies to combat this malaise. Often I’ll go out and photograph but most of the time this just reenforces my Sunday blues. Looking for something to take pictures of on a Sunday just reminds you of how little is going on.
Anyway, I brought out the new lens and poked around downtown for a little while. The 67mm wide aperture gives a great blur to the images it captures. One of the things I saw was a fierce little eddy of leaves and trash. The wind has been howling behind the cold front that dropped rain on us last night. This wind, channeled between the buildings downtown, was sucking all the loose debris in the streets up into a column. It was pretty but hard to photograph. I turned the lens to manual focus so the AF wouldn’t drive itself crazy, set the exposure to allow for a 1/6400 shutter and shot away. The result is sort of pretty, in an abstract way. None of the shots really got the full column of suspended leaves like I was hoping for, but I am not unhappy with the image all the same. The other shot is of some grass on the levee. The levee of the Mississippi River exhibits one of my favorite color palettes. Arsenic green, cobalt blue and generally some great rust tones or white, billowy clouds.
Set at f/2, with a subject about 10 feet away, the Canon Ef 135mm f/2 L USM still has a depth of field (follow the link for what may be the best online photographic tool, full stop) that is only about .12 feet thick or about 1 1/2 inches. The focus rapidly drops away on either side of the subject. This is really what I bought this lens for, isolating subjects in a narrow area of focus and blurring everything into a polychromatic mush. For what are basically non-objective, color and motion studies I am pretty pleased. Once I get some good subject matter then Katie, bar the door.
Tomorrow I am headed to north Louisiana, and well out of the city lights, to photograph the Geminids , one of the two major, annual meteor showers in North America. Tomorrow night is the peak. It will be about 25F but that means the atmospheric moisture will be low and so I should get some good shots, provided I don’t freeze to death. It should come as no surprise that photos will be posted here when I get finished up. Just a couple of photographs and lunch with Mom is all it took to get me right again. Watch out, flaming debris from outer space, here I come.
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If life is just light through dark tunnels, I could never be accused of being hopeless. Having less hope than some, well, maybe so – but I'm fine for believing that something better is coming. Some folks are awfully eager for you to give credit to their particular brand of hope. As if hoping isn't a basic human trait, shared through by all religions, cultures, and social structures through time. I don't buy their narrow attribution any more than I'd accept someone claiming to own the one right one to cook or make love. I get a little embarrassed at the thought of my younger self, trained to believe he should be passing on the indoctrination. There is a sweetness in darkness I was taught to avoid, a hysterical positivity in having the right answer, never letting a true story play out honest – for fear of missing the moral. I've found far more joy in unknowing, where proof does not provide the pleasure I once expected. I'm in love with life by my own method, but I don't need you to love it that way too.
November 10, 2024
Clementsport, Nova Scotia
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fuschia sweater vest: Express, white shirt: NY&Co., jeans: Express, black loafers: Etienne Aigner (DSW), black tie: French Toast
“There should be less talk; a preaching point is not a meeting point. What do you do then? Take a broom and clean someone's house. That says enough.”
Mother Teresa of Calcutta
The Seagram Building, New York,
Architect : Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (March 27, 1886 – August 17, 1969)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, along with Walter Gropius and Le Corbusier, is widely regarded as one of the pioneering masters of modern architecture.
Mies, like many of his post World War I contemporaries, sought to establish a new architectural style that could represent modern times just as Classical and Gothic did for their own eras.
He created an influential Twentieth-Century architectural style, stated with extreme clarity and simplicity. His mature buildings made use of modern materials such as industrial steel and plate glass to define interior spaces. He strived towards an architecture with a minimal framework of structural order balanced against the implied freedom of free-flowing open space. He called his buildings "skin and bones" architecture. He sought a rational approach that would guide the creative process of architectural design, and is known for his use of the aphorisms "less is more" and "God is in the details".
I used to be a gear hound early in my career. I carried a satchel full
of lenses and accessories and I was a mediocre photographer. I'd like
to think that over the years my journalism and photography have
improved. I know that now I carry a lot less crap. Two lenses have
taken the place of the 24mm, 35mm, 50mm, 105mm, 135mm 180mm and the
300mm I hauled around. Two camera bodies. Strobes. Oh yeah, film.
Bricks and bricks of black and white film.
As time has gone on I've learned to ask myself if buying (and carrying)
a certain piece of camera equipment will make me a better photographer.
Often the answer is no. Lately I've added to asking myself if the
purchase will keep me from filling the oil tank or getting money in the
kids' college funds. So when Damon, our managing editor/online sent me
something about this lens I just had to share. It's made by Canon. A
1200mm f5.6. There are less than 20 of them out there. Sucker costs
$99,000. The photo here is from the Reuters Website. There's other
pics and info out there if you search.
I remember what I paid for my first house. Charming place. Three bedroom
fully dormered cape with a two car attached garage. It would have never
fit on a tripod as well as this lens.
Additionally I thought I'd surf the 'Net quick and see what else may
cost this much. Some of what I found was a couple of years old, but...
stuff that costs about $99,000-
*"Lightwave Electronics Corp. Compact, Air-Cooled, Diode-Pumped
Coherent Laser Radar with Very Low Power Consumption $99,000"
*"Aurora Simulation, Inc. A Configurable Object-Oriented Expert
System to Embody Cultural (Awareness) Models $98,700"
*''Hazardous Material Decontamination Vehicle" for New York City
$99,000
*"A super-duper Continuum Audio Labs' Caliburn battery-powered
turntable system - which includes the turntable, Cobra tone arm, power
supply and dedicated isolation stand for $99,000! The phono cartridge
(with needle) is extra."
*building lots on Abaco, Bahamas, at Lubbers Quarters, $99,000
*1982 Lambourghini Countach LP400S Series 3. "Only 82 of these
handcrafted Italian sportscars were ever made." Located in Montana.
$95,000
*The "broad average" for a kidney transplant $75,000 to $100,000
(from the National Foundation for Transplants Website).
So Damon, order me one, ok? Maybe it'll make me a better photographer.
-Don Himsel
This side of the building has less of the Chi-Chi's look but the style of windows and the door are dead giveaways. The newer Chi-Chi's locations were built free-standing. The older locations were built connected to malls or shopping center as this one was. A restaurant called Rancho Fiesta now reuses this building.
I actually had quite an interesting encounter right after I took this shot. Somebody from the restaurant, that was obviously angry, ran out and started questioning me about why I was taking pictures. I don't like being yelled at so I left (I take pictures as a way to relieve stress, not to create more!). I had never been questioned about taking pictures before that!
Rancho Fiesta (former Chi-Chi's) - Tiffin Avenue - Findlay, Ohio
This is a shot from Thiruvarpu Temple Festival, Kottayam. During the festival time virgin girls who are less than ten years of age dress themselves as Lord Krishna and offer lamps to the Lord during morning and evening.
On the murky early evening of Friday 6th April 1979 an RT swings round the corner at Marks Gate - less than a day to go now.
Just had a look at this on 'Google Streets'. There's a mini roundabout here now and to my surprise the pub survives - so many have closed.
Zeiss Werra, 50mm lens, Kodak Tri-X
My first action, an ad wrapped commuter rolls into town
Downers Grove IL / Main St
METX e/b commuter – Train 1262
Cab car
Volunteer vacation in Kenya, Kenya holidays and safaris, A taste of volunteering14Days 13Nights
Explore the wonders of Kenya while helping those less fortunate than you. This two-week journey gives you a wonderful introduction to the famous safari country whilst also providing you with the opportunity to help some of the abandoned children of the area.
On this trip, you will spend your mornings working at the nearby Children’s Home, Leo community development network(Lecden-kenya)
Leo community development network(Lecden-kenya). Lecden-kenya is a children’s home located near Buru buru phase 1 at Slum called Kiambiu slum, Kibera Laini Saba in Kibera and Kogelo village in Siaya, Kenya, currently housing over two hundred and thirty one abandoned boys and girls, ranging from five to sixteen years old. The children live in dormitories, furnished with small wooden beds. They have access to drop toilets, water and basic showers. There is limited clothing, medical supplies and no school transport.
This permanent home was built in January 1997 on eleven acres of land donated by a generous Kenyan Businessmen. Two acres of the land have been used for the facilities which include one dormitory for boys, one dormitory for girls and arts and crafts, one kitchen/store/dining verandah, three showers and four drop toilets. The remaining land is used as a fruit and vegetable farm. Lecden-kenya committee needs help with their plans to add a vocational training center, including a commercial farm and wood carving shop, for the home and local community.For more information,please visit, www.lecdenkenya.com
When you’re not helping Lecden-Kenya, you’ll stay in a clean, but basic hotel/Hostel in Nairobi city centre. Your meals are of western standard; your rooms will have air conditioning and running hot and cold water, there is also a lovely swimming pool and friendly staff to help you to enjoy your stay.
Your afternoons are spent exploring the wonders of the Kenya Nairobi area, Nairobi Tours.
Bomas Of Kenya , Carnivore Restaurant , Daphne Sheldrick Baby Elephant Orphanage , Giraffe Center , Karen Blixen Museum , Lake Nakuru National Park Day Safari ,Nairobi City Tour ,Nairobi National Park Safari
day-by-day itinerary
departures: The itinerary below is an example of what we can offer. However, the trip can be also be arranged on a tailor-made basis for 2 or more people and altered to suit your requirements. This trip can depart any time to suit you but some set departure dates are available
Day 1: Arrive into Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Nairobi Kenya. Met and transferred to your Hotel/Hostel. Overnight at Hotel.
Day 2: After breakfast, your driver and the Lecden-Kenya Director will take you to the home, introduce you to the children and the staff and give you a guided tour. The ongoing projects with which you will help, such as farming, building, cooking, home repairs, sewing and just spending time with the children, will be explained and chores designated to each volunteer. You’ll return to the hotel in time for a late lunch. The afternoon is at leisure to ensure you are fully recovered from jetlag and can acclimatize to the heat.
Day 3: After breakfast, it’s back to the home for the start of your projects. You’ll work until lunchtime at which point you’ll return to the hotel for a quick shower before climbing aboard your tour van for a guided Nairobi excursion in the Nairobi National Park with a our tour guide expert who has studied the park for over 20 years. The evening is at leisure.
Day 4: Once again the morning is spent at the home on the various projects. A picnic lunch is taken with you today though, as on your way back to Nairobi national park we’ll stop off at the Giraffe Center for an afternoon guided tour Dinner and overnight at Hotel/Hostel.
Day 5: Back once again to the children for the morning before a return to the hotel at 2pm. The afternoon is at leisure at Bomas Of Kenya tribe’s culture and a traditional African meal.
Day 6: Today you have a day off to explore the area at your leisure or to simply relax on the swimming pool and enjoy the Nairobi ambiance. All meals and overnight at Hotel/Hostel.
Day 7: At your leisure, relaxing while doing the Nairobi city walk or lazing around the pool. Dine and overnight at the Hotel/Hostel.
Day 8: Continue your volunteer work at the home. Lunch is at the hotel where you have a few hours rest before heading to the | Karen Blixen Museum for a nature walk with one of the local guides. Keep an eye out for the best attractions that are found nowhere else in the world! Dinner and overnight at hotel/Hostel.
Day 9: This morning you jump aboard our tour van as you set out beyond the Lake Nakuru to search for the Flamingoes in the area. Your guide will ensure you learn about these playful, intelligent Birds as your van travels gently along. Lunch at the hotel with afternoon game drive. Dinner and over night at Lake Nakuru Lion hill hotel
Day 10:Early morning game drive enroute to Nairobi, arriving late in the afternoon. Later in the afternoon if you are willing ,we go to children Home to finish up those projects.
Day 11: It’s the last working day today. The morning will be spent in a frenzy of activity no doubt as the last minute final touches are put to your projects. The afternoon is spent at leisure, shopping, relaxing or Carnivore Restaurant.
Day 12: You’ll go the Masai Mara, via Nairobi, this morning and game drive enroute to the camp. Spend the rest of the day exploring Mara. Dinner and overnight at the camp/Lodge.
Day 13: This whole day is spent in your safari vehicles game driving though the Mara in search of the animals, birds, plants and insects that make up this fascinating eco-system. All meals and overnight at the camp/Lodge.
Day 14: After breakfast, enjoy a game drive enroute to the airstrip where you catch your flight back to Nairobi and your onward international connection.
Cost include;
• Accommodation
• Guide/Driver
• All entry fees
• All breakfasts
• All meals with one beverage, as listed
on itinerary
• Ground transport in 4x4wd to locations
on itinerary
• Bottled water
• Supplies for the project (separate fee)
Package Excludes :-
• Any extra items of personal nature
• Additional snacks, drinks and beverages
• Any activities or meals not listed on the itinerary
• White-water rafting (optional)
• Tips and gratuities
• Flights
• Visa/Passport
• Vaccinations/Jabs
• Personal insurance
• Meals on arrival/departure dates not known at this time,
depending on your flight times. (You pay for your own
lunches these days)
• Service charge fees (differ depending on if you use PayPal
or make a wire transfer)
Individual and discounted group rates also available on request
info@lecdenkenya.com
Kenya gap year – Gap year programmes in Kenya,Travel Kenya on your gap year. Ideas for gap year travel to Kenya.
Kenya is the classic African destination for wildlife and Kenya is probably the best place in the world in which to go on safari. All of the ‘big five’ animals (lion, buffalo, elephant, leopard and rhino) can be seen in Kenya, and Kenya’s unique natural environment make it an excellent place to visit if you’re passionate about African wildlife.
Kenya‘s most popular and widely visited game reserve is the Massai Mara. The Massai Mara, in western Kenya, has an amazing density of wildlife and is the main reason why most people have come to Kenya in the first place. Of Kenya’s big cats, lions can be found in large prides throughout the Massai Mara. Leopards and cheetahs are more difficult to see, but are still relatively common. Hippos, zebras, buffaloes and elephants can all be seen in large numbers. The famous annual migration of the wildebeest occurs in July and August when literally millions of these animals, along with accompanying zebras, move north towards Kenya from the Serengeti in searcher of better grass to feed on. If you want to get involved in a wildlife volunteer project in Kenya, we offer two excellent Maasai wildlife programmes. The Maasai Elephant Conservation and the Maasai Lion Research Kenya. These volunteer project work directly with the Maasai Tribes of Kenya and are excellent programmes if you are looking to volunteer with wildlife and African communities. Our other Kenya volunteer programmes involve working with children, communities and with other animals.
If you plan to stay in Kenya for a while, and don’t want to spend the entire time looking at wildlife, there are some superb beaches to be found along Kenya’s Indian Ocean coastline. The beaches north and south of Mombassa are some of the most picturesque in Africa. If you’re in to snorkelling or diving, this section of the coastline in Kenya has some excellent coral reefs.
Mount Kenya National Park, in Kenya’s Central Highlands, is another highlight of any stay in Kenya. Mount Kenya is Africa’s second highest mountain, (5199 metres to be precise), and its snow-covered peaks can be seen from miles away. Mount Kenya’s two highest peaks can only be reached by experienced mountaineers. However the third highest peak, Point Lenana, can be reached simply by trekking. Those who make the effort are rewarded with some amazing views of Kenya.
Without a doubt the wildlife viewing in Kenya is amongst the very best, if not the best, in Africa. If wildlife and the environment are a passion of yours then you are guaranteed not to leave Kenya disappointed.
Kenya gap year – Gap year programmes in Kenya,Gap Years & Volunteering in Kenya
Kenya is ‘Lion King’ country and one of Africa’s most scenic. From forested highlands to rolling savannah grasslands, from palm-fringed beaches to world famous national reserves and parks.
Combine all these with the smiles, the glamour and cultural variety of its people, and your volunteering experience is made up of warmth, colour, huge vistas, sunsets, dust and adventure.
Volunteer Teaching in Kenya
The only way to immerse yourself in Africa is to live it, and there’s no better way than volunteer teaching in Kenya with AV. You will be based in rural schools and communities, teaching anything from academic subjects, music, drama, arts and crafts, coaching sport or even helping to renovate dilapidated classrooms and working on environmental programmes…
Volunteer Teaching in Kenya ,Sports’ coaching in Kenya
Whatever your sport – football, rugby, basketball, netball, hockey or cricket – we will place you in a school that plays and enjoys them. This is where AVs can really make the most of their gap year to make a difference and leave their mark.
Volunteer Sports Coaching in Kenya,Environment and Community in Kenya
This scheme involves three one-month projects – for example one on the coast near the Tanzanian border, one in a rural village in the Taru Desert and another on a game conservancy in the Great Rift Valley. You’ll spend your volunteering time working with the communities on renovating schools and helping with whatever is seasonal – village life depends a lot on everyone working together to survive.You could also spend your time working closely with conservancy management on wildlife related tasks.
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Sadly, there is one growth area in the developing world that doesn’t get the attention it deserves – that of the orphans. Whether it is the scourge of AIDS and other diseases, war, famine or straightforward poverty – on a scale few of us can imagine – orphans are in need of special attention. They are everywhere you will be – every school, every village and every community. We are focusing special attention on the orphans of western Kenya for your gap year placement.
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Our 3 week or 5-week Ventures are community volunteering projects on the Kenya coast and are for students, undergraduates or graduates, who want a summer experience second-to-none. These volunteer placements combine time helping to renovate community schools on Kenya’s beautiful coastline, with weekends snorkelling or scuba diving in its marine parks and relaxing on sandy beaches. This will be followed by a safari and adventure activities.
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