Now it’ll be possible to see the earth from a distance. Yes you’ve read it right! Galactic Suite, the first orbiting hotel planned in space is expected to open for business in 2012. The hotel will allow you to travel around the world in 80 minutes.
Galactic Suite would consist of pod-like rooms and a spa room with floating bubbles of water. You’ll have to wear velcro suits and crawl around the rooms to stick yourselves to the wall in a Spiderman style. Bathrooms will be in zero gravity.
Any...
Post date: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 10:25
Margaret Chan (Director General of the World Health Organization).
This is the era when we are more connected than ever. Billions of people travel each year and the number is increasing on a large scale. While we travel, we meet many other passengers. But can you imagine the amount of airborne ailments accompanying some of those passengers?
The World Health Organization (WHO) can certainly imagine it. According to the annual report (World Health Report 2007) launched by the WHO, infectious...
Post date: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 10:24
While some of us keep imaging things, there are many people who work on what they dream of. One such man who might have dreamt of living in a house that has shape of some musical instrument is Elvis L. Carden. Elvis is an award-winning songwriter who owns 3,800 square foot guitar-shaped house located in Fayetteville, Georgia.
guitar shaped swimming pool
I’m sure music lovers will like this cool guitar-shaped house. Another example of what would fit the music lover is guitar-shaped swimming pool...
Post date: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 10:23
If you are traveling on a tight budget to Japan and would rather spend your hard earned dollars to enjoy your sushi and beer instead of spending it on a plush hotel just for a good nights’ wink, then you should give Capsule Hotels a try the next time you are there.
So, you enter a lobby and buy your tickets in the vending machine and show them to the clerk who issues you a numbered velcro wrist band with an attached barcode and directs you into a huge hall of plastic capsules that resemble...
Post date: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 10:22
Every year more than 1.2 million people die in road crashes around the world. This is an estimate given by World Health Organization (WHO). Millions of people are crippled or injured in the road accidents. The majority of these deaths occur in developing countries.
The obvious reason for these ever-increasing road accidents is huge increase in motorization in developing nations.
The pace with which the road accidents are increasing can lead to the death-toll by unimaginable numbers in the...
Post date: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 10:22
Are you all set to travel this Labor Day weekend? If you are, do try and make your hotel stay more eco-friendly. By doing so, not only will you do your bit in reducing your carbon footprint, you will also prove yourself to be a responsible global citizen.
For those who are not aware, carbon footprint is the total amount of carbon-dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases produced by the various human activities. Do you know that CO2 is one of the main culprits of global warming? So, the lesser...
Post date: Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 10:21