News of Africa

I read the international section, specifically news about Africa that turns around violence and deaths. For example, a new called "South africans outraged after police drag man" said that there a lot of causes of police brutality because they likely to be white and establish a racial dictatorship (In 1994, the apartheid ended and the African National Congress was voted into power in the country's first fully democratic election. It spend a lot of money to trained officials).
Issues such as unemployment, freedom and wars are the most important because they affect to the people and world economy and shows a negative side. In my opinion issues such as mode, artists and other banal things are least important because they don't contribute to the reflection of social problems.
We have to remember that the media has the control and it decide what kind of news the people can know.  I think that always behind the news there is a secret intention that helps to increase the control on something or someone. TV, radio stations, newspapers and magazines decide what and how to inform what is convenient for them.
We must be critics at the moment of acceding to the news.

Exercise 12 SB page 108

I think that the robot that cleans the house and glasses that send you to another place are amazing inventions because you won’t spend time cleaning your house or hearing boring conversations of your boss at office.

The invention that might help the world is the pill that can substitute for food because poor people can obtain some proteins and vitamins with this product. Maybe the world’s governments have invest in this invention for help to people who don’t have anything to eat but I’d have to think really about it because I don’t think in disadvantages.

Other inventions that might help us at home it’s a good question. I would like a machine that wash my clothes in some minutes but doesn’t need much water because is a way to care not renewable resources. Let me to see, maybe an ecological machine that uses natural light and made by solar panels.

What invention couldn’t you do without? That’s a difficult question because all inventions don’t exist still. I think the pills to increase the intelligent are most common because the people said that oil of liver of cod help you for a faster mind. When I was a child my grandmother gave me those pills.

                                                                                                         

Oaxaca: a place that you will never forget!

Going to Oaxaca means discovering a paradise because it has a different contrasting and spectacular landscapes such as mountains and beaches. The capital is a climatological dichotomy: hot and cold.

The last December I went with my boyfriend to Oaxaca, a wonderful place where I never saw before a lot of cultural wealth I really wanted this journey because was my opportunity for enjoyed my vacations. My scholar agenda is strict and I don’t have much free time until I finishes my thesis.

I visited  a lot of places, one of my favorite is Cascadas de Piedra, a tourist side where you saw many foreign people who were parched because the raise was difficult and it had the form of zigzag. When you arrive and feel vibrant if you throw something, the object will crumble.

The oaxacan food is delicious and I love the chocolate and cheese. I prefer the tasajo (a soft and juicy meat) than cecina. I miss the glorious glorious smell of the meat in the heart of central market. The second day I went to a trapiche where people did mezcal, the most popular drink in Oaxaca. I drank an exquisite mezcal’s cream of different flavors such as coffee, vanilla and pineapple.

There are some beaches that I visited: Huatulco, Escondido port, Angel port, Zicatela and Zipolite. In Escondido port the below sea level was striking because all waves were higher and I can’t remain in sea for a long time. In these moments I missed Progreso.

When the people said “It is better to travel than to arrive” I don’t agree with this proverb because if you travel by bus, you will arrive to the place! The most important thing is enjoy the landscapes, food, people and be happy because is a good opportunity for take a free time within pressure or work.

I will return to Oaxaca!

A delicious breakfast :)

                                                                 The  "Trapiche"

In the Cascadas de Piedra

An amazing landscape!

Colourings for handcrafts

My Uxmal experience 

I have not had an extreme adventure in one of my trips, but I live a particular experience in my last trip to Uxmal.

Uxmal is my favorite archeological zone in Yucatan because is some virgin yet and It is touristic place but not like Chichen Itza.  In that occasion I traveled with my brother, his girlfriend, my sister and my boyfriend; We had a good time on road and arrived in perfect conditions, we walked around the place until found a Sir who asked us about our studies and where we were from?, He was a experimented man, He knew very well the jungle and told us about the hallucinogenic properties of a certain kind of plants there and  a beautiful “cenote”. He showed us the way to arrive it, we did not know that place so we decided looked for it and started to walk, was midday and the sun shining hard on our heads. We followed the way for 25 minutes more or less but abort the mission because the weather was very hot.

We stayed in Muna in a friend´s house, we asked him about the “cenote”, he did not know then He asked to his family, some of them had heard about it but nobody had gone. The old man had told us that the cenote appears in the olds maps and only old people know how arrive, but nobody in my friend´s family Knew the way.

At the end of day we return to Uxmal for the light and sound show, pyramids looks amazing with the colorful lights in the night and the speaker´s story was interesting. I want come back soon to find the cenote.

Oaxaca a charmin place

This is a Mexican city and state with stunning views; it is also off the beaten track. There are a lot of mountains from Oaxaca City to beautiful beaches on the sea side. In the Oaxaca coastal there are lot kinds of beaches with extreme waves to surf. The waves are the most important attractive thing for tourism coming. Zicatela beach in the Escondido port is the famed one where each year takes place the contest surf.

In Oaxaca city is possible taste a great variety of mexican food such us tlayudas (making with beef, beans and cheese over a big tortilla). The heart of Oaxaca city is very tranquil, a lot of people wader a long visiting museum and one the most beautiful mexican churches, one of them is Santo Domingo. The bus transportation is far away from the central park, this is very important in a quiet city where people want to avoid cars and motorcycles noise for a while they are walking and enjoying the place.

Monte Alban is located close to Oaxaca city; just 30 minutes by bus. It is a place with a lot of ruins of the Zapotec age (indigenous). From this place is seen the beautiful landscape of the Oaxaca valley where Oaxaca city is located.

Oaxaca is nice place that everybody should know!

 

monte Alban and the Oaxaca valley

 

This is Monte Alban.

 

 

Escondido port (Carrizalillo beach), when the sun set.

High waves in Ventanilla, Oxaca.

 

Issues - the News On-line

We hope you have been reading newspaper articles sometime during the week, it is an excellent way to be updated, to build vocabulary and to exercise your critical thinking abilities by analyzing and supporting your position on different issues that affect the world.

In case you have not got the chance to buy a newspaper in English, here is a link to the global edition of the New York Times. Visit the page at least once a week, choose an article and exercise your vocabulary and analysis abilities. You are welcome to post your opinion and analysis on the articles you read and share your views with the group.

The link is:

http://global.nytimes.com/?iht

It is also possible get access to diverse magazines and newspapers around the world. I found this site which includes magazines on a great variety of topics so you can select something you are really keen of and keep up with current information and articles you might really enjoy, try it at:

 http://www.world-newspapers.com/

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