Brobdingnagian cruise ship

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Having just tracked down where Kyrgyzstan is, I can see how they managed to keep it secret since it’s partly between China, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan (not places noted for their shipbuilding). Just one thing however – according to the CIA World Factbook, lists it as:
Coastline: 0 km (landlocked)
Maritime claims: none (landlocked)
Is it just me, or has someone perhaps gone a little too far with this concept of secrecy? Maybe build one on the moon next?
CIA World Factbook on Kyrgyzstan
Trev
It also does beg the question of what happens when a ship this size starts to sink, or even gets hit by a freak wave on the side. Wouldn’t want to be in charge of the lifeboats!
Trev
False alarm… I have strong suspicions that the original story – found on travelfox.com – is entirely bogus! When you think about it, how ridiculous is it to build such a huge ship in a landlocked country?!!! Also, look at the picture carefully and you can see it’s been Photoshopped… notice some regular patterning? Sorry, folks… I think we’ve been tricked!!