Late in the afternoon at low tide, the six of us went snorkeling at The Grotto for a James Bond party. This Grotto is the location where the scene that James Bond finds the bomb device in the underwater vehicle and fights off a few bad guys to determine it is one of the bombs that was hijacked was filmed. There are some old photos in the Staniel Cay yacht club of the crew filming and some of the props that were used. The Grotto is a small island (you could snorkel around the whole thing in about 30-45 minutes. It has four or five underwater entrances but one is just open at low tide to snorkel through so that is where we go in. Inside the island is about half hollow and the light filters in from the underwater caves which allows you to see all the small fish swimming, it is like being in a full aquarium with fish all around. There are three large holes in the roof about 30 feet above, so there is plenty of overhead light. The rock formations are quite interesting also.

We are there for a James Bond party so I have a bow tie on made from black electrical tape while Lana, Peter and Julie make (very strong) martinis, shaken not stirred of course. We even have a couple of throw cushions to make floating two and four tops to hold the drinks and mixers. I have Gatorade instead. There ends up being a water spot right in the middle of the Go Pro pictures and video but I get one selfie of the group.

All in all a good afternoon and the grotto is all ours for about 45 minutes until a tour boat with about 15 shows up. Two kids climbed to the top and jumped in while the others are snorkeling. Not for me as I am afraid of heights. They ask about all our asundry gear and we state we are filming a part for the next James Bond movie called Blotto in the Grotto. Don’t expect to see it any time soon on the big screen, I doubt it will even make the direct to DVD market.

The next day we are going to Blackpoint where we will stay through Christmas.