Fat Tax for overweight travellers
There are calls for an Obesity Tax to be applied to passengers of flights the same way that excess baggage is handled, this would be that there is a flat weight and anyone over this weight would have to pay so much per kilo. Dr John Tickell who is an Australian nutritionist believes that if [...]
November 8, 2007Las Vegas Airport gets mobile phone vending machine
As the many visitors to Las Vegas pass through the city’s McCarran airport they are met by the sight of a large mobile phone and in true Las Vegas style they are pumping money into it as if it were a slot machine, yet of course it is not, this is one of the first [...]
November 7, 2007Technology and Travel
Travelling by air is for the businessman a bit of a nightmare, for one there is little room to move, and secondly is the total boredom of just sitting for one, two or more hours.
But laptops and communications on planes have made all that easier or has it? Just try opening up a laptop on [...]
Woman hit by train
The next time that you are waiting for a train and you feel a little under the weather it is not a very good idea to lean over the side of the platform when you are feely a bit queasy, especially when it is a busy station with trains arriving every few minutes or so.
This [...]
Missiles at the airport
Everyone knows that the security surrounding airports is super tight, but the fear for the authorities is out on the runway, this is a very vulnerable time for the plane while taxis around and eventually sits on the end of the runway waiting to go. But there is little that can be done to protect [...]
November 1, 2007Eating out without putting on the pounds
It’s a bit of a dilemma that more and more people are going out to eat. There was a time when this was reserved for just special occasions, but there is a down side to eating out, it is quite possible that the meals are going to be high in calories and therefore this can [...]