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were completed and we could go ashore. It was a scorching hot day even at 5.0 and as we landed the heat hit us like an oven door being opened. We made for the shopping area, having decided not to bother with taking a taxi anywhere else - and found that each shop was alike for a distance of 1/4 mile or more.
They sold cameras of all shapes and sizes, sunglasses, scarves, toys, clothes, radios, and a motley collection of junk, at each one. When we reached the end of the street the sea front was in sight and we strolled along looking at the harbour until the antics of two suspicious looking natives turned us back. The side