Even to me, it seems funny that you can locate the house of a feared dictator and killer and all-round Bad Boy merely by entering a few coordinates into Google Maps: Coordinates: 39.199569,126.020501 Google Maps
Category: Secret Spaces
Secret Submarine Base?
The always-transparent China has been building a submarine base near Sanya, on Hainan Island off its southern coast. This represents a further expansion of China’s presence in this South China Sea/Paracel Islands area–a build-up that has been going on for the last twenty years. What I find interesting is that FoxNews calls this a secret… Continue reading Secret Submarine Base?
Dr. No’s Crab Cay Lair
As far as villains’ lairs go, the island hideout of Bond character Dr. No is the template from which many other fictional lairs followed. Dr. No was the first movie in the James Bond series. It’s got all the typical elements that any good villain needs: It’s an island in the Caribbean. It has a… Continue reading Dr. No’s Crab Cay Lair
“Volcano Redoubt” – Short Movie about You Only Live Twice Set by Ken Adam
Volcano Redoubt in You Only Live Twice (Film – 1967)
The true face of the James Bond series, at least throughout the Sixties and Seventies, isn’t Sean Connery. It’s a German-born set designer named Ken Adam. Born in Berlin in 1921, trained as an architect in London, Adam’s hand has influenced film style through movies such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Ipcress File, Goldfinger,… Continue reading Volcano Redoubt in You Only Live Twice (Film – 1967)