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An octopus fisherman – Rashid – carries home his lunch on Wasini Island, close to the border with Tanzania.
Simon examines Talparia talpa with Ali Zahrini (centre) and his son, in Shimoni. Local children observe the deal with interest.
Simon sits with some of the children in Shimoni.
Simon searches the exposed reef at Diani.
Simon vainly tries to persuade a camel to look into the camera, at Diani. The sandbank in the distance is a good spot for Terebridae.
A young girl in Mabungo tries teaching Simon some Swahili, much to the amusement of her mother (far right).
After buying shells in Mombasa, Simon encounters a pile of Murex shells almost 2m high.
A white-spotted hermit crab (Dardanus megistos) with its Tutufa bubo shell. Shimoni.