{"id":296127,"date":"2010-02-09T01:51:36","date_gmt":"2010-02-09T06:51:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/m.ecofriend.org\/entry\/zambezi-queen-a-five-star-floating-boutique-hotel-with-green-credentials\/"},"modified":"2010-02-09T01:51:36","modified_gmt":"2010-02-09T06:51:36","slug":"zambezi-queen-%e2%80%93-a-five-star-floating-boutique-hotel-with-green-credentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/296127","title":{"rendered":"Zambezi Queen \u2013 A five-star floating boutique hotel with green credentials"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/09\/zambezi-queen_1_2ppY4_69.jpg\" alt=\"zambezi queen_1\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Eco Factor:<\/strong> Fuel-efficient river boat uses solar energy for hot water. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zambeziqueen.com\/\">Zambezi Queen<\/a> is a new 15-foot-long river boat that has been designed to provide all modern amenities to the passengers with minimum impact on the environment. The boat offers a luxurious new way to explore the Chobe River in Botswana, which runs through the Chobe National Park.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/09\/zambezi-queen_2_2u438_69.jpg\" alt=\"zambezi queen_2\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The luxurious boat is both luxurious and green as it is equipped with solar water heater and uses jet propulsion instead of conventional propellers for better fuel economy. Moreover, the boat doesn\u2019t have any air-conditioners to save on precious energy. All of its 14 suites are appointed with private balconies, modern colonial-style d\u00e9cor and plenty of mosquito netting.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/09\/zambezi-queen_3_DjDWo_69.jpg\" alt=\"zambezi queen_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/09\/zambezi-queen_4_v6xCt_69.jpg\" alt=\"zambezi queen_4\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/09\/zambezi-queen_5_DFKNs_69.jpg\" alt=\"zambezi queen_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.instablogsimages.com\/images\/2010\/02\/09\/zambezi-queen_6_hHcRa_69.jpg\" alt=\"zambezi queen_6\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Via: <a href=\"http:\/\/intransit.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/02\/08\/a-floating-african-safari\/\">The New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eco Factor: Fuel-efficient river boat uses solar energy for hot water. The Zambezi Queen is a new 15-foot-long river boat that has been designed to provide all modern amenities to the passengers with minimum impact on the environment. The boat offers a luxurious new way to explore the Chobe River in Botswana, which runs through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-296127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=296127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/296127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=296127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=296127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=296127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}