Following a three year absence, wireless internet service is now returning to air flight service, allowing passenger to surf the web, check their email, and log-on to their corporate network during their flight. Boeing at one time had a very expensive, multibillion dollar plan to equip planes with a satellite based system, but the idea was shelved.
However, several small internet companies have now developed less expensive systems that are working well. Air Tran Airways will install WiFi in 136 of it planes by the end of July. Delta Airlines and American Airlines, America’s largest airlines, will introduce the new system over the next year.
This building has large exhibition halls that host interesting activities almost all year round. Prime highlights include the Lifestyle exhibition, large book fairs, various displays and exhibitions of large multinational companies, trade promotion fairs, local products exhibitions, bridal exhibitions, science and technology displays, and educational fairs. You are sure to catch an event at the Ex...
The research center was established for the study for poisonous snakes and is now a main attraction among tourists. The center houses spiders, scorpions, frogs, other reptiles, and monkeys. Address: Av. Vital Brasil, 1500 Butantã, São Paulo Tel: 11-3726-7222 Timings: Tuesday through Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission: Free ...
Robert Edmond Grant was the first Professor of Zoology and Comparative Anatomy in Britain. Upon arrival at University College in London, he discovered that there were no specimens to aid his teaching. He began to assemble a collection and the museum was started in 1827. Grant went on to become one of the founders of modern zoology and had a heavy influence on Charles Darwin. The muse...
Lesedi in a local language means 'light'. This word was made popular by the famous King and is the nickname for Moshoeshoe , the founder of the Basotho nation. In this picturesque cultural village,set amongst pristine bushveld and rocky hills, a visitor can experience the vibrant and colorful traditional dances of the natives of the Zulu, Ndebele, Sotho, Xhosa and Pedi villages. One a...