{"id":748,"date":"2018-03-19T02:10:49","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T02:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aleta.life\/?p=748"},"modified":"2025-01-11T16:03:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T21:03:30","slug":"video-thunderball-grotto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aleta.life\/index.php\/2018\/03\/19\/video-thunderball-grotto\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Thunderball Grotto"},"content":{"rendered":"<h6>Position: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Thunderball+Grotto\/@24.1787151,-76.4496095,1269m\/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m6!3m5!1s0x8931d726125a3a99:0x8b3c3f4adde09abd!8m2!3d24.1787151!4d-76.4470346!16s%2Fg%2F11fkr1v786?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDEwOC4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">24\u00b010&#8217;43.3&#8243;N 76\u00b026&#8217;49.7&#8243;W<\/a><\/h6>\n<p>Just outside Staniel Cay is Thunderball Grotto. So named because it has nothing to do with either Ian Fleming&#8217;s book or the movie based on it. 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