Gone Gone are the days when lurking around the race-courses and five-star hotels used to be the favorite pass-time of the billionaires of the society. The latest luxury playgrounds includes deep-under the sea to the high peak of Himalayas and end-up in deep spaces of the Universe. So, let’s delve into the things which tickle these filthy rich of the society.



1. Trip to Space



Remember the Russian billionaire Tito who reportedly spent $20 million for a trip to space. And, latest is the adventurous space trip offered by Suborbital Space Flight for a sum of $102,000. Seeing our own planet earth from the universe just like any other planet and venturing into the vast galaxy is driving the rich crazy.



2. Under World Adventures



Under Water Resorts - A billionaire Bruce jones will be opening his $40 million Poseidon underwater resort in 2006. The resort will feature most expensive rooms with transparent acrylic walls that look-out onto coral gardens and will be submerged 50 feet under the sea off Eleuthera island in the Bahamas.



The unique underwater resort will feature escalator to glide their guests to $1500 a-night underwater abodes. The other deep-sea resort will be Hydropolis in Dubai that is designed by Joachim hauser. He resort will cover 27 acres of land and will feature 220 suites sitting on the floor of Gulf 20 meters below the surface linked by a submerged transparent 1700 feet long tunnel.



Submarines:

Living under the sea in privat-owned submarines is catching the fetish of the filthy rich of the society. Divernet reports that ’sub-aquatic playgrounds have become the latest maritime attraction for some of the globe’s richest people’. The list includes Microsoft co-founder paul Allen who has bought a 10-passenger submarine that fits inside his 127m super-yacht. The list also includes the name of Bruce jones again, who is riding into extremes of luxury with his one-of-a-kind Poseidon underwater resort.





3. Scaling Himalayan Peaks



Persons like Rob Hall made the Himalayan Peaks accessible for millionaires with their Himalayan Expedition programs. You will be guided with experienced Sherpas, field guides who will not only sketch the program but will even pitch the camps tie the roads build iron ladder bridges over the crevasses and will literally put you on the top of Everest or K2. A small expedition though would run into millions.



4. Living in Virtual World



A gamer Jon Jacobs has bought a virtual space resort Project Entropia built in the online role playing game for $100,000. The space station billed as ‘pleasure paradise’ is set on a distant planet called Calypso, made-up of two continents with large cities. The land includes a 1,000 apartment complex, commercial space-ship docking, shopping mall, dance floors, stadium for sport-events, live amphitheater, lounges, biodomes with individual land management facilities and owner-operated Pa systems for streaming music and video.



5. High Class Haunts



Spending craziest amount for enjoying ghost hunting weekends is fast becoming another hot passion of the rich and filthy. Many forts, Victorian hotels and deserted resorts are fast becoming the luxury retreats of crazy rich who toured them with an expert team of paranormal investigators with state-of-the-art ghost hunting equipment who will guide you through historical and unexplainable events whilst you enjoy one the most unique experiences. The explorer’s list includes of Anthony Hopkins, Hugh Grant, Emma Thompson, Christopher Reeves with other royal couples.





6. Island Retreats



Owning an island retreat is one of the most popular lifestyle-trend with the rich and famous. And, the island that tops the list is James island that is situated near the Vancouver island and is 90 miles from Seattle. The 870 acre island designed by jack Nicklaus features a golf-course, six cottages, a seaplane ramp, 2,600 foot runaway and a dock. The list of the rich people who own their own private island retreats includes media mogul and founder of CNN, Ted Turner and british billionaire Richard Branson.