Khao Phing Kan
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Oct 5, 2026
Alan J. PorterHOST
It's middle of the road.
Van Allen PlexicoHOST
Well, we start out on James Bond Island, which is an actual place you can go and visit.
Van Allen PlexicoHOST
and people or not in
Alan J. PorterHOST
my case and i'll tell that story in a second
Van Allen PlexicoHOST
okay uh people do and we and we start out with product placement right up front with knickknack carrying a tray with a bottle of tabasco sauce on it and that always jumps out at me is like this was the set the mid 70s were really the era of egregious product placement and we're going to see that all the way through the rest of the uh of the roger moore movies particularly they they i mean among several sins of the roger moore bond movies one of them is egregious product placement and here's here's a good example you know
Alan J. PorterHOST
yeah yeah and the interesting thing well maybe it was just me unsophisticated brit at the time but i had no idea what um tabasco was when uh scaramanga calls for the tabasco i mean i knew i knew the champagne i knew the guinness but tabasco um i had no idea what that was um But, yeah, so James Bond Island, I was actually lucky enough to be in Thailand for work a few years back, and we were staying in Phuket.
Alan J. PorterHOST
We had a weekend free, and several of the folks I was with arranged to go on the James Bond Island tour.
Alan J. PorterHOST
So I put my name down for the Sunday tour to James Bond Island and got sick on the Saturday with something I ate and never made it.
Phil NuttallHOST
That really appeals to me.
Jess ClaytonGUEST
Right next to James Bond Island.
Phil NuttallHOST
Yeah.
Jess ClaytonGUEST
Yeah.
MalcolmHOST
I totally agree.
MalcolmHOST
Than just the James Bond Island.
MalcolmHOST
I mean, that was a reason for going there.
MalcolmHOST
Didn't really realise what the rest of it was like, but absolutely stunning.
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MalcolmHOST
We mooched around the island and, like I said, moped and went off and did some snorkeling and all that sort of thing.
MalcolmHOST
I brought some snorkeling gear from Singapore, I think, because I had some there.
MalcolmHOST
But then the particular thing we did of interest was we took a trip to the James Bond Island.
MalcolmHOST
Why is that cheesy? Well, because it is.
Nemo JamesHOST
You always think you have plenty of time till the last day arrives, and it is too late.
Nemo JamesHOST
We booked to go by longboat to the famous James Bond Island on our last day, but I had a stomach upset in the morning.
Nemo JamesHOST
These things only lasted an hour with me, but by the time it passed, it was too late for the trip, although we could still do some boat tours from Ao Nang the next week.
Nemo JamesHOST
At night we walked down the road to a group of restaurants, which weren't great, but they were on the beach and had a good atmosphere.
David ZaritskyHOST
They want to go And go on a paddle boat.
David ZaritskyHOST
They want to go and travel to James Bond Island and go through the journey of mystery over there.
David ZaritskyHOST
There's so many things that you can do.
David ZaritskyHOST
But for those that are new, sometimes this is a little bit of an exercise in...