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New beach huts at GoldenEye, the upscale compound built around Ian Fleming's Jamaican hideaway, are only an incremental step in Blackwell's plan to develop Oracabessa Bay into a thriving resort area. Pictured here, a view from the main beach towards a man-made island at GoldenEye.

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Chris Blackwell's golden vision

New beach huts at GoldenEye, the upscale compound built around Ian Fleming's Jamaican hideaway, are only an incremental step in Blackwell's plan to develop Oracabessa Bay into a thriving resort area. Pictured here, a view from the main beach towards a man-made island at GoldenEye. Photo Credit: Arnie Weissmann

New beach huts at GoldenEye, the upscale compound built around Ian Fleming's Jamaican hideaway, are only an incremental step in Blackwell's plan to develop Oracabessa Bay into a thriving resort area. Pictured here, a view from the main beach towards a man-made island at GoldenEye.

Construction of several new ''beach huts'' at GoldenEye, scheduled to open on April 1. Chris Blackwell announced last summer he'd be building 26 of them.

The stretch of beach in front of existing GoldenEye villas.

Another of the projects Blackwell is working on is converting Noel Coward's old home, Firefly, into a hotel/country club.

Lounging at the pool at GoldenEye.

A sunrise over GoldenEye.

Bond references abound at GoldenEye, Ian Fleming's former home: these photos from the film ''Dr. No'' are in the dining room's lounge.

Fleming's original writing desk is still in the building where he wrote when he lived there.

A gold record and lyrics to the Police hit ''Every Breath You Take'' was given to Chris Blackwell by Sting and are on the wall in the Fleming Villa; Sting says he wrote the song at GoldenEye.

A fishing boat pulling into the lagoon near GoldenEye in the early morning.

One of the rooms at Strawberry Hill -- each is built as a stand-alone unit onto the mountain.

The main dining room at Strawberry Hill.

Strawberry Hill's pool.

Guests can walk 10 minutes downhill to a Blue Mountain coffee plantation for a tour of how the coffee is grown.

One can also take a guided hike to a waterfall-fed swimming hole.

The Island Outpost flag.

The back porch of a cottage at Pantrepant, a former sugar plantation that now is home to an organic farm.

Aldrene and Mama J, daughter and mother, who prepare the farm-to-table meals at Pantrepant.

Meals at Pantrepant are eaten under this giant tree behind Chris Blackwell's home.

A farm-to-table meal at Pantrepant.

Pantrepant is a working farm; organic produce is grown there as well.

Some ruins of the former sugar plantation operation are still found on the property.

River tubing is one of the main activities on the farm.