Spiral Island began in the Puerto Aventuras's marina system (Riviera Maya, Mexico) before the residential developments began and Joyxsee Island began in a protected lagoon on Isla Mujeres off the coast from Cancun. They both had all legal permissions as an ecological boat and official studies were made by a marine engineer showing the benefits and floatation capacities of Bottland Islands (a depth of one and a half meters of plastic bottles in net-sacks with good root integration can float elephants). 
 


BOTTLAND'S MEDIA LIST


Richart Sowa has received much global media attention such as:

Ch 4 (world's wierdest homes, twice), Discovery ch 3 times; British and USA (Tree hugger) and (Outrageous Acts of Science), MTV (Extreme cribs), USA DIY CH (Bottle Island), Travel CH USA twice, (Extreme House Boats) and (Life's a Beach), Karl Pilkington (Moaning of Life), Heineken website (People worth watching) (The coolest thing I ever built) French TV (Thallassa), BBC (World News), Mexico (News) ,(See to believe) and (Facundo), Germany 5 times (Mar TV, RTL twice and Galileo Pro 7 twice) Rypley's believe it or not in tv, museums and publication, Korean TV (3 times), Japan (twice), Spain, Norway, China, and Many Magazines, Online Articles, School books and the Guiness Book of Records.