Recently, it was announced that the island of Great Britain on The World Dubai has been sold. The World is a grouping of man made islands that are being built off the coast of Dubai. I can see them from my office. Well not from MY office - but when I walk around to the other side of the building I can see them.
How much does an island cost? Well, according to the fellows that bought Great Britain, they paid about 250 Million Dirhams for about 100,000 sq. feet. That is for what is essentially a small piece of sand in the ocean. No electricity, no sewage (not that the rest of Dubai has that sorted either), no water, no plants, no buildings. They were pretty vague on the radio describing what they're going to do with this island. Possibly sounded like luxury holiday homes or hotel villas or something like that.
Rumor has it that Brangelina have bought Ethiopia. And maybe that Vijay Singh bought Fiji? Who knows, they're very hush hush about these things here.
You can see them on Google Satellite images. I wonder which on is Great Britain.
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