A sea shell narrowly escapes the 'claws' of an excavator.

Picture taken long ago sometime in the 1980s, at Jason's Bay (Telok Mahkota), a beach resort in Johor, Malaysia.

Jason's Bay is known for its black sand and flat, shallow seabed.

The sand is so firm - and the water so shallow - that one can ride a motorbike, or drive a car or even a truck several hundred metres out into the sea. I actually have two friends who did that, one on a bike the other in his car.

Where this is concerned, there is no danger.