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Mission Report: Goldeneye – part 3

June 15th, 2023 by

The third and final instalment from Darryl Marsch on his recent assignment to Goldeneye Resort.  Also see: part 1 and part 2 The next morning saw a typical James Bond breakfast of scrambled eggs and buttered toast. After which, our man, Oniel, collected us for a journey into Ocho Rios, where we arranged to ride […]

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Mission Report: Goldeneye – part 2

June 8th, 2023 by

The second instalment of Darryl Marsch’s report on his recent assignment to Goldeneye Resort.  Read part 1 of this series The next morning, we returned and breakfasted on ackee and salt fish, which may be the national dish of Jamaica. It was a favorite of Fleming’s, and I speculate so because it tastes of spicy […]

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Mission Report: Goldeneye – part 1

May 31st, 2023 by

Darryl Marsch reports on his recent assignment to Goldeneye Resort in Jamaica.  The Boeing 737-800 touched down at Sangster International Airport at precisely 2:17 p.m., local time. My eyes glanced away from the dark-brown dial of my Seamaster Diver and fixed on the azure-blue sky above Montego Bay that peeked between the airport’s boxy terminal […]

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00 Sailin’ Three: Bond locations cruise November 2016

July 14th, 2016 by

Anyone wanting to visit locations from Casino Royale, Thunderball, Dr No and Live and Let Die should check out 00 Sailin’ Three, a weeklong cruise in late November/early December 2016. Check out details of 00 Sailin’ Three here The cruise is from Sunday 27th November to Saturday 3rd December 2016, with themed events in Miami on 26th November for early arrivals. According to […]

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James Bond holiday destinations #4 – Greece

June 27th, 2013 by

While Greece may not be one of the first countries you think of when it comes to James Bond, it does have a couple of Bond connections. The first of those is Colonel Sun, by “Robert Markham”, but for most people the greater link is with For Your Eyes Only, Roger Moore’s fifth outing as […]

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James Bond holiday destinations #2 – Italy

June 20th, 2013 by

Although Italy hardly appeared in the books at all, James Bond has visited the country a number of times in the films, most recently with Casino Royale and Quantum of Solace. In the short story Risicco, James Bond visits first Rome and then Venice while trying to break up a heroin smuggling operation, meeting Kristatos […]

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James Bond holiday destinations #1 – Turkey

June 17th, 2013 by

Although it may not much feel like it at the moment, summer is fast approaching after a long winter that seemed to takeover spring, but finally the weather (at least where I live) has turned. The central heating is off at long last and although the mountains in the distance still have plenty of snow […]

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Are You More Travelled Than James Bond? [Infographic]

December 20th, 2012 by

by NikolaM and AnitaS. Browse more data visualization. The opinions expressed in the article are those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the website owner.

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How to Vacation Like 007 [Bloomberg]

October 5th, 2012 by

The video above on Bloomberg takes a look at some of the locations visited by James Bond in the last 50 years.

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