I wouldn't worry too much. Fellows like Ausi Ali tend to survive a lot of
troubles in their area (Somalia has become VERY dangerous for Americans,
since the US government started to think that places like Somalia need to
be 'liberated').

It's been a troubled area for about four and a half centuries, and
certainly became so, after the Brits and Italians left, having colonised
and split up the place about 70 years ago.

Ausi Ali knows what he's about.

But it would be interesting for shells. Coral reefs stop at the southern
end of Somalia, and don't take up again until inside the Red Sea, because
of the currents, etc, caused by monsoons, off the East Arabian coasts.

It would be nice to find a glamourous brand new shell, just like that
Acteon eloisae found in Oman, in much the same circumstances.

regards

Richard


PS Was Ausi Ali the fellow who showed you a huge pile of Cypraea moneta in
Zanzibar, where you spent a whole day sifting through for left-handed ones?

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