Some people buy a nice little condo when they retire.
There were also old warehouses, carpentry shops, employees' cottages, even a jail cell with tall stone ceilings. We get inquiries just about every week. Dr. Taub, a retired primate anthropologist from South Carolina, declines to say what he paid for the estate, which includes a house, a pool, orchards and a chapel that is still used by locals. But he says the price was reasonable enough that he feels he got a bargain, even though he may only visit Yunku three or four times a year. Some of these walled estates, built to be self-contained cities, are cattle ranches dating back to the 1500s.