This wide flask-shaped bay, 8km west of Runaway Bay and 8km east of Rio Bueno, is a popular resort spot for locals drawn to its Puerto Seco Beach. The town itself has only marginal appeal.
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Resembling a kind of giant nipple, the Kaiser Bauxite Company’s Port Rhoades bauxite-loading facility dominates the town (it was used for the headquarters of Dr No – Crab Cay – in the James Bond movie, Dr No). Large freighters are fed by conveyor belts from a huge storage dome that looks like a rusty pumpkin. You can follow the road signed ‘Port Rhoades’ uphill 1km to a lookout point offering fantastic views over the bay (there is a pair of high-power, pay-per-view binoculars). Note the metal likeness of Anancy, the folkloric spider, in the playground of the Kaiser’s Sports Club, en route.
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