Most visitors
to Fortunata come to
see the island of Caverna.
This island is dripping with natural beauty - immense
rainforest trees trail aerial roots into limestone caves that contain opalized rocks
that glisten colorfully with the tiniest beam of light.
Some caves are large
enough to maneuver large vessels filled with excited tourists deep into the
island. One of these caves eventually opens out to a small crater lake that is
overgrown with vines and the local fruit trees.
The Western cliff-side of
this sea lake boasts the local variety of Pueblo cave homes. These are actually
short term accommodation villas that have been erected solely to extract huge
sums of money from the world's richest tourists. Each of these villas has
private staff to cater for the most whimsical eccentric.
The Eastern bank has
a natural beach where the afternoon sun plays down on bronzed bodies sipping
$150 cocktails. The population appears as though they are from a movie set - too
young to be this rich, too beautiful to be hidden away. Obviously, many of them
are between films or boasting a new partner to the rich and famous.
The beleaguered
newspaper moguls can't afford to get their reporters in here... but there is
sometimes a TV crew that can't bear to miss the opportunity of catching a
starlet topless in the lake.

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