Contact 3

UNIT 1

The Isle of Sark (PB p. 13-15)

For more information about Sark, go to:

  • Sark Tourism
    This is the official website of Sark's tourist office, with beautiful photographs of the island, and basic information about accommodation, tourist attractions, a clickable map, etc.

Browse the website of Sark Tourism and find answers to these questions.

  1. You want to visit Sark. How can you get there?

  2. What are the island's main tourist attractions?

     
  3. La Seigneurie is the official home of the Seigneur of Sark. Can tourists visit it?

     
  4. What if you get seriously ill while you are on the island? Is there a hospital?

     
  5. Sark is a very small island, but still its coastline is quite long. How long is it?

 


Guernsey and Jersey (WB ex. 1.11, 1.12)

Tourist information about the two main Channel Islands can be found at these websites:

 


Bhutan (PB p. 21-23)

For more background information about Bhutan, you can start at:

  • The Kingdom of Bhutan
    This is the official Bhutan Tourism Corporation website. It provides a general introduction to Bhutan's history, geography, people, religion, government, etc.

  • About Bhutan
    Kuensel's introduction to Bhutan. (Kuensel is Bhutan's national newspaper.)

  • Bhutan, the last Shangri-La
    A beautiful and extensive website made by Reader's Digest World and PBS as part of the video series "The Living Edens". It focuses on Bhutan's fauna and flora, but there is also information about people, history and culture.


EXTRA 1

More information about the Med Project Ulixes 21 (PB p. 28-30) can be found at:

Selection: Jef Vanden Borre