His paradise for 13,000 dollars
Over 13 thousand dollars an Englishman Brendon Grimshaw bought the tiny uninhabited island in the Seychelles and moved there permanently. When Englishman Brendon Grimshaw (Brendon Grimshaw) was forty, he quit his job and newspaper editor started a new life.
By this time the island for 50 years, untouched by human hands. As befits this Robinson Brandon found a companion Aboriginal. His name was Rene Laforten Friday. Together with Renee Brandon began building their new home. While Rene came to the island only periodically, Brandon lived on it for decades, will not leaving. Solo.
For 39 years and Grimshaw Laforten planted with his own hands 16,000 trees and built almost 5 kilometers of trails. In 2007, Rene Laforten died, and Brandon remained on the island all alone.
He was 81. He drew on the island 2,000 new species of birds and started more than a hundred of the giant tortoises that elsewhere in the world (including Seychelles) were already on the verge of extinction. Thanks to the efforts by Grimshaw once deserted island is now two-thirds of the fauna of the Seychelles. Abandoned piece of land turned into a real paradise.
Several years ago, Prince of Saudi Arabia suggested Brendon Grimshaw for the island of 50 million dollars, but Robinson refused. "I do not want the rich island became a favorite place for vacation. Better to let it be a national park, you can enjoy one. "
And made sure that in 2008, the island is really declared a national park.
And made sure that in 2008, the island is really declared a national park.
