Open Thread: What is your private island dream?

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

And, according to one Turkish-Cypriot survey, only 8% want integration with Turkey, against 32% who favour a loose confederation with the Greek-Cypriots, 23% who want full independence and 5% who dream of the old, undivided island.

ECONOMIST: TURKEY'S FUTURE: The Cyprus conundrum | The

As long as you can wield off autograph requests from island co-inhabitants like Mariah Carey and Oprah (we can dream, right?), this indulgent escape will have you tossing bills and popping bottles.

BBC: Daily deal: One to five nights in Miami

The Pleasure Island experience that is now missing in Walt Disney World finds new life on the Dream in the District, an 18-and-over hideaway of five interlocking bars, lounges and nightclubs.

BBC: Keeping Disney magic afloat

Unfortunately, a trip to Gorgona comes with a hefty price tag, making a visit an unattainable dream for many Colombians, especially the poverty-stricken residents of Guapi, to whom the island politically belongs.

BBC: Colombia��s prison turned paradise

In one last attempt to find her, he hires Blomkvist, who has been temporarily discredited in a libel suit, and sets him up as an investigator on the island, a place that no American one-per-cent family would ever dream of owning.

NEWYORKER: Double Dare

William Russell thought his dream of a hybrid boat-plane was finally taking off as he saw his Flarecraft rise above Long Island Sound one recent morning.

FORBES: A Wing and a Prayer