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I'm on vacation in the Caribbean and brought some of my camera equipment. I went on a little walk along the beach for a while, and came across this place. Details after the photos. Original view from the beach. It's been overgrown pretty well.   These are the guest rooms/villas. At best guess, you had an indoor bedroom/bathroom area (now sealed off) and a sort of outdoor kitchenette/bar, off to the left.     Presuming a fridge went in here.  Very small side doors. No fatties allowed.  Outdoor cabana/tent things. A lot of sand has blown in and made them look shorter.   Even on these, the build quality looks pretty good. Nothing is creaking or really rotting out, despite not being touched in nearly a decade.  Piles of coconuts.   Peeking in here revealed a power station. Switches for lights, generators, etc.  Main door to a villa.  This looked to house a lot of generators and equipment.  Employee offices.    Really nice atrium in the middle of the employee area.  Old fridge. Never did open it. Probably should have.  The pool. This was probably the coolest find. It's in amazing shape, all things considered.   Hot tub.  This hot tub (I'm assuming that's what it is, anyways) was crazy deep. Like 5 1/2 or 6 feet. Not sure what the bar was used for.   Another hot tub that actually fed into the pool itself. Neat.  Changing rooms and showers.    Little sprayer for sandy feet as you came in from the beach.  This seemed to be the main hall/reception area.     Between asking some locals and employees, it seems this is owned by an old Italian woman, who clearly put a lot of money into the place. By my estimate, there's at least 60 villas here. Reports conflict as to whether or not she's dead and it's tied up in an estate, or that she's still alive, but has so much "crazy money" as one person put it, that she just doesn't care. It's been shuttered up and abandoned for 8-9 years now. Rumors swirled that it was actually built to launder money. Who knows? It's an awesome find, regardless. Despite outward appearances, I honestly believe it wouldn't take much to get this back up and running, at least compared to what it cost to build. It sounds like part of the reason it closed was access. There's no port here and the only way to the island is via a small grass runway. I can't imagine that made it easy to cover costs. I'll try and go get some more before I leave. I was a little wary to wander too far inland because there are supposedly some wild boars on this island and I'd really rather not gently caress with them. Equipment used:  Olympus OM-D with Panasonic 20mm f/1.7 lens. If anyone wants hi-res pictures of anything, let me know.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 15:34 |
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| # ? May 23, 2013 01:48 |
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There's no way that door is just unfriendly to fat people, how could anyone of average size fit through it without having to turn sideways?
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 15:39 |
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Hollow Hills posted:There's no way that door is just unfriendly to fat people, how could anyone of average size fit through it without having to turn sideways? Honestly I'm more imagining it's to a small closet or storage space.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 15:40 |
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There's something sinister going on with those massed coconut shells.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 15:42 |
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Where in the Caribbean is this?
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 15:43 |
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Where is that? It looks very similar to an abandoned resort we saw on Grace Bay in Providenciales. Fantastic pictures, by the way!
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 15:43 |
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Cool find, OP. Sans all the debris, it's amazing how well that place held up. If you go back, can you open the fridge?
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E: ^^^ Sure!Geriatric Pirate posted:Where in the Caribbean is this? Barbuda.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 15:44 |
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I'm surprised there wasn't any squatters around.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 15:47 |
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Young Freud posted:I'm surprised there wasn't any squatters around. I was too at first, but this is a really small island, and there aren't a lot of ways to get here. Population's only about 1600.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 15:49 |
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Shadeoses posted:There's something sinister going on with those massed coconut shells. Soon, the crab people will come.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 15:55 |
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Good investment if you find renovation time free. Looks like a shitload of work. Renovation sucks, take it from me. Sweet place tho..
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 16:02 |
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liddl ninja posted:Good investment if you find renovation time free. Looks like a shitload of work. Yeah it'd still need a lot of work, I just haven't seen like any real structural damage or anything to basically indicate you'd need heavy repairs.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 16:07 |
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I always enjoy these Urbex threads. It's wierd to think that places get abandonbeed rather than sold off for even a little bit of money. Thanks for taking the time to share this OP.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 16:20 |
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Hamburlgar posted:I always enjoy these Urbex threads. It's wierd to think that places get abandonbeed rather than sold off for even a little bit of money. Welcome! The thing is, this has to be a tough place to sell. Given the amount of villas, this has to have massive overhead, and probably would need to be running at around 75% capacity (my mostly uneducated estimate) almost constantly to keep up with costs. Meantime, you can only have people arrive and depart via small (maybe 8 passenger) plane, and they shut the airstrip down for a few months each summer to re-seed the runway. I can see why others would be slow to buy it.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 16:24 |
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Saddest Ceiling fan ever..
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 16:26 |
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I was just in Mexico and there were a lot of similar resorts/houses abandoned north of Puerto Morelos (Cancun area) - someone told me that it was the result of a hurricane (prior to the financial meltdown). Any idea if there was a similar weather event that may have lead to this place's abandonment?
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amenenema posted:I was just in Mexico and there were a lot of similar resorts/houses abandoned along the Playa del Carmen - someone told me that it was the result of a hurricane (prior to the financial meltdown). Any idea if there was a similar weather event that may have lead to this place's abandonment? To the best of my knowledge, nothing has really hit here in a while. I'll ask around though.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 16:42 |
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I was completely certain there was going to be a horrifying reveal or keyboard goop moment and was tense through all of the images. Sweet pad by the way, when's the house warming?
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 16:45 |
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It must be really hot there, the ceiling fan is wilting.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 17:18 |
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It's nice to see a place not all tagged-up.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 18:36 |
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Reminds me of this abandoned Disney resort http://www.i-mockery.com/minimocks/disney-blunder/
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 19:27 |
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Shadeoses posted:There's something sinister going on with those massed coconut shells. "...and this is where they made their last stand against the coconut monsters..."
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 19:33 |
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Find any hatches leading to underground science experiments?
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 19:49 |
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DJExile posted:Welcome! Rosewood resorts has a bunch of hyper exclusive beach front hotels that are impossible to reach. Remoteness can be an asset but only if you're going to go all out and serve just the super wealthy.
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pogue23 posted:Saddest Ceiling fan ever.. Nah, that'd be this guy: http://forums.somethingawful.com/sh...5#post409953692 That's a solid #2, though.
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ACanofPepsi posted:Find any hatches leading to underground science experiments? Man I wish. I'm gonna go back today or tomorrow. Turns out the droppings I found are from wild mules and horses around the area. The boars are further inland. I'll bring the rest of my gear and try to get some good shots. Real hurthling! posted:Rosewood resorts has a bunch of hyper exclusive beach front hotels that are impossible to reach. Remoteness can be an asset but only if you're going to go all out and serve just the super wealthy. That's a pretty good point, actually.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 20:22 |
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Man I'm not going to be able to sleep tonight not knowing what was in the fridge. Please for the love of God open the fridge.
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| # ? Mar 22, 2013 20:47 |
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I know this is goony as gently caress, but holy poo poo would that be an awesome place to buy and move like 20 people in and just start clearing it out and rehabbing it. What is the fishing like in the area? Could we grow a bunch of drugs and have a psychadelic based resort? I mean, with moderm military equipment, 20-30 motivated people could take over the whole island!
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Shadeoses posted:There's something sinister going on with those massed coconut shells. This. OP needs to investigate! Who knows what he might find!? Coconut cults!? Stay frosty! e: also what are the block dots peppering the fridge?
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I think it's time for a goon resort. Anybody else in?
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You need to post something on the Staff Notice board.
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Pools with no water give me the creeps. The fear sends tingles down my spine.
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Canned Panda posted:You need to post something on the Staff Notice board. "Doesn't anybody notice this notice anymore?"
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I found Barbuda on Google Maps, but can you give a little more info so I might pinpoint this resort? I'd like to see it from a little larger perspective.
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Sound posted:I mean, with moderm military equipment, 20-30 motivated people could take over the whole island! Didn't the guy who founded Storefront go to prison for trying to do this?
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Is dengue fever a problem in Barbuda? If so, I'd be concerned about this pool.
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Marley Wants More posted:I found Barbuda on Google Maps, but can you give a little more info so I might pinpoint this resort? I'd like to see it from a little larger perspective. Find the air field north of Coco/Cocoa Point (the point is to the west of Gravenor's Bay), go just a little northwest along the beach, you should see it. Should see blue roofs on a few of the buildings.
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DJExile posted:Find the air field north of Coco/Cocoa Point (the point is to the west of Gravenor's Bay), go just a little northwest along the beach, you should see it. Should see blue roofs on a few of the buildings. http://goo.gl/maps/ESeHK I think I'm looking at the right spot?
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| # ? May 23, 2013 01:48 |
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Revitalized posted:http://goo.gl/maps/ESeHK Bingo.
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