uffington sb,
...These were big buggahs, about 2 inches long, and could shift and even fly....
Geriaviator in his boyhood recollections of Khormaksar, # relates how there were small land crabs which kept the cockroaches under control. Did you have anything like that in Gan ?
(# On "Gaining a RAF Pilot's Brevet" Thread - read Page 178 #3558 if you really want a good laugh !)
Danny.