Islomaniac: Dita Von Teese
on Nov 15, 2009 in Celebrity Islands Indian Ocean Islands Islomaniacs Island Resorts World famous burlesque star Dita Von Teese discusses her islomania, and recent holiday in the Maldives. "I have a feeling that if I were cast away like Robinson Crusoe on a desert island I would quickly find a way to manufacture make-up."Dita Von Tee...

Onassis denies rumors of Skorpios island Sale
on Nov 15, 2009 in Celebrity Islands Athina Onassis, granddaughter of shipping magnate Aristotle, has laid all rumors to relating to her private family island rest as she finally released a statement saying that she has no plans of selling her Skorpios island.It was reported earlier tha...

Australia & New Zealand aid Remote Tongan island
on Nov 2, 2009 in The Kingdom of Tonga Remote Islands South Pacific Islands Image: The New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS CANTERBURY has anchored west of the Tsunami-affected Tongan island of Niuatoputapu, to move aid and supplies to the shore.Australia will spend $1 million on aid to help the remote Tongan island of Niuatoputapu...

Colombia's Secret Island
on Nov 1, 2009 in Islands in the Press Islands I have visited Secret Islands Is this the most laid-back island in the Caribbean? Swinging in his hammock, Chris Moss, travel writer of The Observer toasts an island that has kept mass tourism at bay.Providencia Island is strange mix of South America and the Caribbean, the tiny C...

50% Finance on Private Island Villas
on Oct 30, 2009 in Islands For Sale Island Resorts Island Development The Song Saa Island Resort is located on Koh Ouen and Koh Bong - two small adjacent islands in the Koh Rong Archipelago, a 30-minute boat ride from Sihanoukville. This top-end luxury resort in Cambodia offers exclusive one and two-bedroom villas to i...

Toogoom Island Sold
on Oct 30, 2009IT'S indulgent, lavish and only for the über-wealthy, which means few can lay claim to owning their own island.“Aussie Rob” Wilson has joined the ranks of this exclusive club, whose members include the likes of Mel Gibson, Nicolas Cage and Richa...

A Girl by the Sea, by Penelope Green
on Oct 30, 2009 in Island Books Islands Travel After living in Rome and Naples, Penny and her Italian partner Alfonso move to the small and very beautiful island of Prodica in the Gulf of Naples, across the bay from Capri.Imagine catching a ferry home and stepping on to a waterfront lined with mu...

The Islomaniac U.S. Congressman
on Oct 17, 2009 in Remote Islands Islomaniacs Tiny Jabonwod Island, The Marshall Islands: Image Courtesy of Representative Jeff FlakeAfter two years of planning, Arizona Republican Jeff Flake just completed a childhood dream. The congressman spent a week living on a deserted island with just the...

Fitzroy Island For Sale
on Oct 17, 2009 in Islands For Sale Islands I have visited Fitzroy Island Resort in Australia has been put on the market by company receivers - Ferrier Hodgson began a marketing campaign for the resort last week and expects it will attract potential buyers from across the world... The resort island, which ho...

Australian surfers Castaway on Desert Island
on Oct 7, 2009 in Islands in the Press Four Australian surfers recently became unwitting castaways on a remote island.Michael Morehead, 26, Matthew Dwyer, 26, Adam Oliver, 28, and Graeme Tuhill, 28, were forced to started rationing their food and water when they realised they were stuck o...