Sunday, April 22, 2012

Listen to some letters written from the Titanic

The BBC has launched a series of podcasts to commemorate the 100th aniversary of the sinking of the Titanic.  They feature letters written by people caught up in the disaster, written before and after the Titanic sank.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/titanic

Have you ever heard about green tourism?

Is the phrase "sustainable tourism" familiar to you? Have you ever gone on that type of holidays? If you work in the tourism industry, Have you ever offered it? Have a look at the following sites and reply to this post describing the start-up of a company which offers green tourism.




http://www.sustainabletourism.net/

http://www.gdrc.org/uem/eco-tour/eco-tour.html

http://www.fathom.com/course/21701788/session1.html

http://www.crctourism.com.au/

http://www.eos-std.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable_tourism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotourism

After looking at all these websites and watching the video, Would you say that "green, sustainable and eco- tourism" mean exactly the same?

Sunday, April 1, 2012

April fool's day?

Watch the following video and visit the links below to know more...



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fools%27_Day (Some history, from Wikipedia)

http://www.isabelperez.com/aprilfoolsday.htm (theory and some practice to undertand it better)

http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/aprilfool/ (100 best hoaxes)