Wednesday, October 30, 2013

On to the Next


The world is an incredible place that holds many secrets and wonders that we humans sometimes struggle to explain. There are places that many of us would find difficult to even dream about, yet they actually EXIST.



Aogashima Volcano, Japan

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 1)
Aogashima is the smallest village in Japan. There isn't much to do on Aogashima, except enjoy the serenity of a tropical paradise. In the center of the island lies a geothermal sauna.



Hiller lake(pink lake), Western Australia

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 1)
Hillier lake's startling color remains a mystery and while scientists have proven it's not due to the presence of algae.Unlike the other salt lakes down under, they still can't explain why it's pink.


Galápagos Islands South American continent

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 1)
Due to the isolation and position on the equator you can visit all year round and see some of the rarest wildlife.


Glow Worm Cave, New Zealand

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 1)
 Thousands of these tiny creatures radiate their luminescent light as tourist are guided through the caves. 


The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 1)
Pamukkale means ‘cotton castle’ in Turkish. It looks like a cotton castle; its limestone deposits are as white as cotton and it is tall and strong like a castle


Whenever you are in the mood to listen to some music to get you in that travel mood listen to this song or click here!




Great Blue Hole is a large submarine sinkhole off the coast of Belize

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 1)
The great blue hole is on every diver's bucket list with the deepness of about 480ft and a 1000ft radius!


Horsetail Falls, Yosemite National Park

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 1)
Horsetail Falls is a small waterfall that many people don't notice, but it has gained popularity as more and more people have noticed it can glow orange during sunset in mid to late February.





Hotel La Montana Magica – Huilo Chile

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 2)
The hotel is set in the middle of a 120,000 hectare native forest and built inside a man made volcano, which spurts water from its 
peak and then flows down the side of the hotel/mountain.


Split Pinnacle – Hunan China

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 2)
The 3,544ft Southern Sky Column is one of 3,000 in the Zhangjiajie National Forest Park and became the inspiration for the magical 'floating peaks' in James Cameron's film after a Hollywood photographer spent time shooting there in 2008.



Atlantic Ocean Road in Norway

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 2)
The atlantic ocean road also known as the world's best road trip runs through the atlantic ocean for 8 kilometers connecting the towns of Kristiansund and Molde.


Russia's Orda Cave


It is the longest underwater cave system yet discovered in the former USSR, measuring 4,400 meters long (most of this underwater)and up to 43 meters deep including its dry sections. New smaller passages and caverns are still being found. 


Antelope Canyon, Arizona

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 3)
The Antelope Slot Canyon is a breath-taking natural formation with high canyon walls and narrow passages, situated on Navajo territory near Page, Arizona.


National Park, Utah

The 100 Most Beautiful and Breathtaking Places in the World in Pictures (part 3)
 This park contains more than 2,000 natural arches—the greatest concentration in the country.

 Here is a video to show some other amazing places to travel to.


To look at some other blogs which also include many travel destinations and tips just click here and here





SEE THE WORLD!
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Links:

http://www.youramazingplaces.com/the-100-most-beautiful-and-breathtaking-places-in-the-world-in-pictures-part-1/



Monday, October 21, 2013


1. What problems does the article mention that children run into when they use search engines?
It mentions that children often have trouble finding the correct things on search engines, specifically google. They have trouble finding the correct key words to use for specific topics.

2. What suggestions have been offered for how search engines can improve their product to lessen children’s problems searching?
They are making the search of results more kid friendly. Instead of searching the specific word or sentence. The alternative would be to show any type of image or video in which they would just click on. Then that would lead them to what they want to search.

3. Do you search using keywords or questions? How does the article characterize these two types of searching? Most of the time I do search using keywords but other times I just type what I feel will specify the results. The article specifies these two types of searching by explaining the differences between them.

4. Have you tried using images or videos to search? How does the article characterize this type of searching? I have since I am better with learning visually than listening. The article characterizes it as an easier way of searching and more user friendly.

5. What advice would you give to Internet search engine developers (like Google or Bing) for how they should improve their product? Do you think any of the improvements mentioned in the article are particularly promising? Why? They should try and leave out Wikipedia as much as they can because it is becoming one of their main sources. I think they might be slightly confusing at times even for younger users because maybe some of them would be better off with key words.

Friday, October 18, 2013


  1. Do you think the results are 100% accurate? Why or why not?
Well I believe they are accurate since most of my questions were opinions and and therefore they required opinionated answer/ Actually there really is no accurate or unaccurate in this situation since everyone answered honestly to their opinions.

2. How much of an impact do you think the wording of the questions has on the answers you recieved?
It has a great impact on the questions.Sometimes even the shortest words can completely change the meaning of something. It can also sometimes even mess up the whole sentence, just because of just one word

3. Did you get the results you expected from your online polls? Why?
Some of the were pretty unexpected. Although most of them were exactly what I expected would be chosen. Most answers that were chosen are normally known to be more popular than the other options I put.

4.If you wanted to do an online poll with the students of Technologico de Montorrey asking them how much time and effort they spent doing homework this year, what are the steps you would take to complete that online poll?
First of all I would ask questions separated into all classes and then add one final question asking them to average them out. This would help organize and make it easier to find out how much time.

5.Do you think online polling could help the administration of Tec de Monterrey find out more about their students? Or do you think that the results would not be accurate? Why or why not? Yes, I think that it would help since it helps 
6. How do you think the results of your polls would be different if you asked your classmates the questions in person? I think I would be able to understand their opinions better.
7.In what ways do you think online polling using Google Spreadsheets can be improved? Or was it easier to create an online poll than you originally thought? Explain. It was easier. I thought you would have to do a lot more work. They look harder than they really are.