DiCaprio proposes resort on private island to “change the world” - World Socialist Web Site
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Complètement déconnecté du monde, le pauvre gars!
It all begins on DiCaprio’s 104-acre island, Blacakdore Caye, a 15-minute private boat ride from the town of San Pedro, on the country’s eastern coast. It is on this island, which DiCaprio procured for the bargain price of $1.75 million in 2005, that the star of Django Unchained plans to build a luxury resort that he claims will change the world.
The resort will include 68 luxury villas built on stilts, fanned out across the clear blue shallows of a quaint Caribbean cove. If the cabins are anything like those built by DiCaprio’s business partner Jeff Gram at another nearby resort, they’ll cost between $1,695 and $2,295 per night.
But “for those vacationers who prefer their own houses,” the Times writes, “48 will be built on the island, with price tags ranging from $5 million to $15 million.”
Those millionaires and billionaires who find the natural path of the sun a hindrance to their leisurely enjoyment of the world’s beauty need not worry. As the Times informs us, “some of the houses will boast both a sunrise and a sunset beach!”
What’s more, “the 68 guest villas will have access to nearly a mile of secluded beach, grassland and jungle,” and “each building will have several functions, with the platform, for example, not only sheltering guests on top and coral and fish underneath, but also harnessing the breeze that comes off the water to keep the villas cool.”
In Dicaprio’s own words: “[T]he main focus is to do something that will change the world.” The actor explained that his private island retreat will become an eco-tourist hotspot.
