Tropical paradise made from recycled bottles
If you can't afford beachfront real-estate, why not make your own?Link Discuss (Thanks, Jed!)A British carpenter who dreamed of living on a private sunshine isle built himself one using 250,000 plastic bottles.
Richie Sowa spent four years making the floating Spiral Island, which measures 66ft by 54ft, weighs 60 tons and has three sandy beaches.
The mangrove-covered paradise, which is anchored off the coast of Mexico, includes a two-bedroom house with a large living room and kitchen.
The walls are made from palm trees and the roof is plastic sheeting.
Richie hopes to make the island totally self-sustainable and is growing food including tomatoes.
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