Humans consist of eighty percent water, the earth consists of eighty percent water; without water there is no life, Joachim Hauser. The world of underwater housing/travel is not something new by any means. Underwater exploration began in the early sixteen hundreds when Cornelis Drebbel built the first submarine. Since then the idea of underwater housing and travel has come exceedingly far.
The first underwater hotel to be built was constructed by Ian Koblick and Dr. Neil Monney. The Jules Underwater Lodge is located at the bottom of the Emerald Lagoon in Key Largo, Florida. Jules Underwater Lodge just celebrated their twentieth anniversary and owner states that "marine life is actually enhanced by the presence of the lodge", not harmed as many might think. To access the Jules Underwater Lodge the guest needs to dive 21 feet beneath the surface of the ocean where they will enter the wet room of their guest room. The rooms at the underwater lodge are split into two sections.......
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