Ferrari Mailing List: Re: FW: Strange But True...A gift for Michael Schumacher

[Ken Rentiers (rentiers]

http://www.theworld.ae/   55^E 25^N latitude

On Oct 30, 2006, at 2:54 PM, Robert Garven wrote:

> can anyone find this on google earth??
>
> On 10/25/06, Brian Keegan <bkeegan [at] trutlands.com> wrote:
> > Has anyone heard about this?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael Schumacher received an unique and unprecedented parting gift
> > after his last grand prix in Brazil -- an island.
> >
> > Dubai's crown prince - Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum -
> > reportedly decided to give the retiring German a piece of the man- 
> > made
> > island paradise 'The World', located off the coast of the United Arab
> > Emirates.
> >
> >
> > 'The World' is 300 islands clustered together in a nine kilometre  
> > zone
> > to resemble Earth from an aerial photo.
> >
> > Schumacher's island, apparently part of 'Antarctica' on the  
> > artificial
> > globe, is worth about (US) $7 million.
> >
> > Schumacher's manager Willi Weber confirmed: "In a couple of years it
> > will be finished. Then Michael and Corinna will have their own  
> > holiday
> > island!
> >
> > "Perhaps he will build a kart track on it."
> >
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