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Tidy, green and nicely painted STANIEL CAY has a noticeably prosperous air, owing largely to its popularity with yacht cruisers and expatriate residents with money and clout. The gateway to the Exuma Land and Sea Park , the cay has an airstrip, two marinas, library, volunteer-run clinic, and several restaurants and shops, though its main highlight is the renowned New Year's Day Regatta , which includes warm-up events like a public cookout, children's boat race, fireworks and Junkanoo festivities. There's also live music and a Long Drive Contest in which golf balls are hit into the sea. To qualify for the event, you must participate in Happy Hour beforehand. Just offshore from Staniel Cay is the spectacular Thunderball Grotto , where columns of stalactites and stalagmites surround a chamber filled with colourful fish, as shafts of sunlight pour in through holes in the roof. Named for the James Bond film that was somehow filmed here in the early 1960s, the undersea cavern can only be accessed by diving or snorkelling through a strong underwater current. Unless you are an expert, go with a guide - or just rent the movie.
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