Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1998/09/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]-----Original Message----- From: B. D. Colen [SMTP:bdcolen@earthlink.net] Sent: Friday, September 11, 1998 12:28 PM To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us Subject: RE: [Leica] Re: Airport security Buzz - I'll be they didn't take your word on whether that weird looking thing in your bag was a box of batteries or a bomb! (Of course, if security was just being handled by the Kenyans alone - - NOT the Israelis - a few bills can usually take care of any problem. As when I went through customs entering Nairobi with photo gear, headed for Somalia, and they wanted to charge me duty because I had more than one camera! The bribe was a lot cheaper than the duty would have been...of course the bride WAS the duty! :-) Ah, yes, the bribes I have paid; usually only a dollar or less when crossing borders over-land. At least, carrying Leicas that long ago, the early to mid seventies, I didn't have any batteries to make anyone think I had a bomb! In Nairobi, though, it was Israeli security and, as you can imagine, they didn't take anyone's word for anything and no bribe would have deterred them from their tasks. Regards, Buzz * -----Orig