Coffee, treasures and our table.

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1. Drinking coffee -- real coffee -- in a street cafe. The cups are real china, and we have our own cafetiere to plunge.

2. The yellowness of sulphur crystals -- they're like sherbert lemons. We saw these at the Crystal Gallery, where they also have on display the largest rock crystal in the world. It's about the size of a largish garden shed. The shop is very good, with any amount of pretty sparkly things. It was lovely to spend time looking without being hassled by anyone.

3. We went on a girls' night out -- and walked into one of the most popular restaurants in town. They had just had a party of 13 cancel at the last minute, so we got their table. Thanks, whoever you were -- hope nothing bad happened to punish you for trying to sit down to dine with 13 at the table.

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  1. AnonymousThursday, April 20, 2006

    Great exhibits at the National Marine Aquarium of Namibia in Swakopmund. Nobody should miss feeding time at 3pm. The giant sea turtles there were amazing.

    The seafood at the Tug Restaurant was absolutely fabulous. MikeW

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