For your info on the French beach and in Al Udied are spots where you can find cockles (vongole) for a good spaghetti dinner!. Fun to do with the kids. They are just under the sand. However if you use them for the spaghetti, you need to put them soaking in water untill they have spat out the sand, (rinse several times). If you do them on the BBQ, no need as they will spit out the sand while cooking. Bon Appetit.
Aisha-Taweela