sea shells.

You said it - 'don't touch it'!

And if you do, Philippines customs will prevent you from exporting them and, hopefully, impose a large fine as well.

was stopped at manila airport for having shells in my bag. since not having many of them-maybe 10 and they were not from boracay i was free to go

@2-it doesnt really matter where the shells are from -they can confiscate certain types -mostly because they want to keep them for themselves

@ 1 -well they didnt stop us from exporting them but some were confiscated in cebu airport ,why does it matter?

at one time I used to work in South Africa and the next-door shop sold sea shells, 'by the sea shore'. People used to put them into their ears to 'hear the sea' before they bought them which I thought was really funny, because the sea itself close by, was much louder.

I'm sure southern Africa has quite a large amount of seashells of its own, but I found out that all the seashells, were imported from the Philippines. Sometimes I used to help unpack them from the boxes they arrived in and the seashells were all wrapped up in Filipino newspapers.

Check out Panglao Island's shell museum. Im sure they are selling dead shells. I some thousands of them, different sizes, color & form.

http://www.markmaranga.com/shell-museum-at-panglao-bohol/

Philippine laws protect some types of shells. The 2001 Fisheries Administrative Order 208 protects rare, threatened, and endangered species that taking or catching them except for scientific research purposes is punishable by imprisonment of up to 20 years or fine of up to P120,000 or both.

Fill your boots..

THANK YOU ALL. WE ARE NOT GOING THERE.....