Monday, 18 June 2012

Couchsurfing: a new way to travel on friendship (video)


The short documentary describes the travels of three "couchsurfers" - modern nomadic travelers who move around the world on friendship.
David is a French former business and management student who was employed as a sales representative for several years. He says that he lives most of the time on around $100 a month. He even lived in Spain for one month, totally without money.
Begz is a Mongolian who works in a public library and is married with four children. Begz accommodates many couchsurfers in his home... read full article and view video.

Shenzhou-9 successfully docks with Tiangong-1 (video)


In China's first manned space flight, the 3 astronauts on Shenzhou-9 have successfully docked with the Tiangong-1 module and are settling into their new home-from-home.
Digital Journal reported on June 16 on the successful launch of the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, on its way to docking with the Tiangong-1 module.
On Monday, the space craft had a successful rendezvous and docking with the Tiangong-1 module. The docking was computer controlled. However, there was a manual override in place for the astronauts to use in case of problems.... read more and view video.