A life on the ocean wave
If your idea of heaven is a world where the sun always A22 ____ where living is luxurious and where the world’s biggest parties take
A23 ____ on your doorstep, then take out your cheque-book. For £750,000 ($1.2 million) a two-bedroom apartment on the first live – in luxury cruise liner – modestly calling itself «The World» — can be yours. And if you want to be really flashy, you can fork out £3.3 million for the penthouse suite.
ResidenSea, the Norwegian company putting up the £300 million to build this ship in time for its maiden voyage in the year 2000, has already sold 51 of the 250 apartments, mainly to middle-aged Scandinavians, A24 _____ also to Americans, Australians and South Americans.
A25 _____ The World’ has completed its initial three year – journey begun taking in the Northern Lights, the opera A26 _____ in Rome, the Cannes Film Festival, the Monaco Grand Prix and the Rio Carnival, its residents will vote on where they sail next.
«It A27 _____ be a democracy,» says Paul Mundy, who is representing ResidenSea in Britain. «The idea is that the ship will always be in the most desirable places A28 _____ the most desirable times and the majority will vote on where that will be.»
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