Spring Break brought me to the old mining town, and now upscale tourist and ski resort of Telluride, Colorado. With my less than trusty recorder in hand, I take you on an early morning walk through downtown Telluride, then up a chair lift to the Mountain Village resort area. I recorded some obervations while skiing down the 4.6 mile Galloping Goose run, and then some observations from my hotel room. Next week I will be back to my "normal" podcasts.

Full show notes at: http://travelgeography.blogspot.com
Length: 35min, 58sec)

The news items in this podcast are all about China, including the Great Wall and the "Great Green Wall", which is designed to stem the rapidly expanding Gobi Desert.

This is followed by a discussion of projected impacts of global warming on the major tourism regions of the world.

Full show notes at: http://travelgeography.blogspot.com
Length: 20min 54sec