I own an island – The first visit
3 years ago, a friend added me to a Facebook group started by a bunch of people who were talking about buying and developing their own island. It was a fun discussion, but that’s all it seemed to be. Eventually I even left the group. As time went by, I grew more and more fond […]
What’s it like to visit your own island?
3 years ago, a friend added me to a Facebook group (link) started by a bunch of people who were talking about buying and developing their own island. It was a fun discussion, but that’s all it seemed to be. Eventually I even left the group. As time went by, I grew more and more […]
Sleeping on Coffee Caye – 2021 in the Great Islandia
Soon we will be sleeping on Coffee Caye, our own private island, and while it will not be the first time we have visited, it will be though the first time that us, or indeed any other person has slept on the island. Building an island resort during Covid-19 When we purchased the island back […]
The World Islands Dubai – brilliant, or crazy?
The world islands Dubai, or to give its more correct term “The World Islands (Arabic: جزر العالم; Juzur al-Ālam)” is one of the weirdest. most extravagant and dare we say bat-shit crazy projects ever created. An archipelago of small artificial islands constructed in the shape of a world map, located in the waters of the […]
Want to buy an Island?
Do you want to buy an island? If you’re on this website and reading this article then you have more than likely arrived here because you have more than a passing interest in owning an island. For our members at least this idea went past casual interest and morphed into us creating a group to […]
Can You Buy A Country? – Hutt River Principality up for sale
Can you buy a country? This in some way is a very loaded question. One might argue that many a country has been brought over the years, be it via which country they “recognize”, aid, or even the new buzz word of vaccine diplomacy. And then of course you have lands that have actually been […]
Rent an Island
Ever wanted to rent an island? The last two years have been without doubt the strangest and most troubling probably since the end of World War 2. Covid-19 has ripped apart economies, families and lives, with the world likely to years to get back to “normal”, although what that normal turns into is anyones guess. […]
Islandia Declares Bir Tawil Protectorate
As one of his outgoing measures HRH Prince Regent Marshall Meyer has declared Bir Tawil a “protectorate” of the Principality of Islandia. Why has he done this? In 2019 a group of Islandians were some of the few people to ever travel to Bir Tawil. If you have not heard about Bir Tawil it is […]
We made it to 2021 – buying an island during coronavirus
While the dream of buying an island, for us at least, has been 10+ years in the making, the current incarnation of the project has been going for nearly 3 years. For all of our original members, it started off as something very simple: a small Facebook group for people potentially interested in buying an […]