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Island Once Owned By Cross-Dressing Heiress On Sale For R242 Million
19 Jan 2018 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Owning an island is quite a status symbol, and this one over in the Bahamas has an epic backstory to boot. Turns out the 1930s was a wild time.
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This Island With A House, Amazing Views And A Helipad Is Yours For R19 Million
20 Apr 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
If you’re looking for an adventure – and have the cash to subsidise it – just buy this island in Scotland and you’re on your way.
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Like A Movie – Shipwreck Sailors Swim All Night To Island, Write ‘HELP’ On Beach And Get Rescued Three Days Later [Images]
11 Apr 2016 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
If you’ve ever had nightmares about ending up stranded on a deserted island somewhere this may cheer you up.
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At 184, This Is The World’s Oldest Living Animal – Jonathan
23 Mar 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
There’s an animal out there that just got treated to a bath for the first time in his life – and all because the Royal family are coming to visit.
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If Branson’s Necker Island And Bitcoin Interest You, You Should See This Article [Images]
09 Mar 2016 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
This is what goes down when Richard Branson hosts a meeting between the leaders in the Bitcoin world on his private island in the British Isles.
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Insane Photos Show One Of The World’s Newest Islands
06 Aug 2015 by Sloane Hunter / No Comments
There’s a new land mass on Earth for you to add to your bucket list. Just pop on over to the South Pacific in the next few months before it is gone.
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You Could Casually Own An Island For £350 000
27 Jan 2015 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Go! Go and buy this island right now and throw parties and drink for days – no one will ever hear you and it will be lovely. Alternatively you can breed sheep and read books all day. Your choice.
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Don’t Even Joke – 13 Clips For A Week In Mauritius (Incl. Flights) – 2ov Special From Kulula
17 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
We are all constantly on the lookout for those amazing deals, especially when it includes flights. Well look no further, we gots your back!
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This Is Where George Took Amal On Honeymoon
06 Oct 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Get your envy protectors on, as The Telegraph’s “Seychelles expert” Tim Ecott gives some inside information into the honeymoon that George Clooney and Amal Alamuddin treated themselves to.
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These Fake Holiday Destinations And Theme Parks Make Disney World Pedestrian [Gallery]
18 Jun 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Can’t decide between that ski-trip or beach vacation? There’s a way to do it all at half the cost, thanks to the glorious world of fake holiday destinations.
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Now You Can Buy The Most Haunted Place On Earth
16 Apr 2014 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
In the market for an island? If you don’t mind ghosts, the occasional possession, a morbid back story and loads of corpses, this island just off of Venice, Italy, could be just the fixer-upper you’ve been looking for.
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Watch: Erupting Volcano Creates Entirely New Island [VIDEO]
21 Nov 2013 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
One day it’s just open sea – the next day there’s an island. Filmed just off the coast of Japan, an erupting volcano has just formed an entirely new island that is about 650 meters across.
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Mark Shuttleworth’s African Island Retreat Is Beautiful [GALLERY + VIDEO]
29 Oct 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
I caught an article in the FT Weekend, entitled, ‘Principe: a haven on earth.’ I’ll be honest, I had no idea that Mark Shuttleworth had bought the Bom Bom resort on Principe island. Did you?
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Here Is Tokyo Sexwale’s R650 Million Island [Photo Gallery]
29 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / 4 Comments
The Sunday Times reported that Tokyo Sexwale bought the Quilálea island in 2008 for $70 million. We did some snooping around the net and found you some info and photos:
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Onassis’ Greek Island (Where He Married Jackie O’) Sold For R1,3 Billion [GALLERY]
12 Apr 2013 by Seth Rotherham / No Comments
The beautiful Greek island where shipping billionaire, Aristotle Onassis married JKF’s widow, Jackie, has been sold for $100 million. The island, Skorpios, was sold by the heir to his fortune, Athina Onassis Roussel, to a very wealthy Russian.
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Mozambique Establishes Africa’s Largest Coastal Marine Reserve
08 Nov 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Mozambique has just announced the creation of Africa’s largest coastal marine reserve by establishing a 10-island archipelago in a bid to protect all forms of marine life in the region.
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The Floating Tech Start Up Haven Is Becoming A Reality
10 May 2012 by Jasmine Stone / 2 Comments
Venture capitalist, Peter Theil’s dream of an artificial island utopia for tech start-ups is inching closer to reality off the coast of San Francisco. Riding a wave of investment capital from Thiel, the project has a name – “Blueseed” – and a website, as well as a lengthy lineup of tech companies that want to get on board.
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Welcome To Nuku Hiva, Our Guides Would Love To Have You For Dinner
17 Oct 2011 by Jasmine Stone / No Comments
Sailing around the world, stopping off to bask in the sun on white sandy beaches and exploring the hidden treasures of beautiful remote Pacific islands; these were, most likely, on Stefan Ramin’s lists of things to do when he set out on his adventures. Getting eaten by a cannibal tour guide however, was not.
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Billionaire Funding Construction Of Artificial, Libertarian Islands
17 Aug 2011 by Jasmine Stone / 4 Comments
Don’t worry, the artificial libertarian islands will have better names than that. Peter Thiel, founder of PayPal and early Facebook investor, has given $1.25 million to an initiative to build libertarian island states in international waters. Because that’s what you do when you’rea 43-year-old gay libertarian with money to kill, I guess.
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