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Last weekend, Frank and I took a little trip—a bizzare little trip, to the tropical section of Germany. Didn’t know such a place existed? Well neither did I, but sure enough, nestled in the depths of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, lie the German tropics—a small oasis that has actually been built inside an old airplane hanger, the measurements of which reached 738 feet wide, 350 feet high, and 1200 feet long—fairly impressive.
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The hall was originally built to house the world’s largest cargo-lifter—a machine so big, that it could lift up to 160 tons. The problem was, after constructing the massive hanger for around 42 million Euros (presently almost 65 million dollars) the company responsible ran out of money, the investors spooked, and the actual cargo-lifter was never built. So the question became, what does one do with an over-sized hanger in the middle of nowhere? (Literally nowhere—before the Berlin wall fell in 1989, the field was used as a semi-secret Russian landing strip)
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Tropical Island has its own campground
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After the company went bankrupt, several new investors gave the space a go. However, the only one to be successful was an entrepreneur from Thailand who envisioned a space that would bring a piece of the Caribbean to Germany. I have to say that the end result is fairly impressive. In addition to having a front row seat to countless beer bellies parading about in speedos, Tropical Island gave me a much-appreciated temporary escape from this ugly German winter.
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Val Chicora // March 28, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Hey Heather,
Great blog…I will continue to check it from the home of the Wildcats and WARM temps. No need for the Tropical Island here! Wish you were here in sunny North Carolina. I’ve never seen such a thing as the Tropical Island in my life…too weird. People actually camp there?! Yikes. It’s called desperation. More later.