People are walking dogs, cyclists whizz past and tourists examine maps, their footsteps following where Roman soldiers forged and Christians scrawled still-visible commemorative graffiti in the catacombs.

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Combine it with the complimentary salad served to every table and take in the view of stunningly expensive cars that whizz past, especially late at night on national holidays.

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Proteas paceman Ntini got a couple to whizz past Ponting's helmet, but the Australian captain responded with some adventurous hitting - although he needed two slices of luck when he was dropped by Neil McKenzie on 10, and Ntini just after he had reached 50.

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Islanders in flip-flops, the ladies in floral dresses, clatter past on their rickety steeds, while shouting schoolkids whizz along three or four to a bicycle, with extra riders perched on the seat-stays and handle-bars.

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