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In 1991, an agency of the US government gave the Village the first Eco-tourism award for building a hotel "in tune with nature, with a low impact on the environment and the culture". |
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Bob and Patti
Running away was the easy part. Everything in the Southern California beach house was given away; and air tickets to Pohnpei were bought.
When Patti heard what was planned, she should have run. But somehow she went along with the whole thing.
While the hotel was being built, Bob and Patti and their four children, lived in a big house on the hill.
Bob had the easy job. He'd never built a thatch hotel before, so everything was brand new.
Patti had the hardest job; she had to keep the whole thing running somehow.
Lease land?
the Arthur's built a thatch hotel on a tropical island - and got free in the process
The tickets were one-way, so staying wasn't a big problem.
The landowners didn't even know what a lease was.
The government didn't think a thatch hotel could even be built.
The bank wndered if a loan would ever be repaid.
They thought we were crazy.