Tips for travelling in other countries

Hi Manubla, I was taken aback by this. I am planning to go on a travel to other countries maybe soon. Still processing my papers though. Well, good thing I am a man. But doesn't guarantee me any convenience. I wouldn't know what to do if I will be in such a situation. Those two girls you've written about were just brave enough bear and go through those unjust inconvenience. For you, just be extra careful and proper gestures should help you with passing through some security checks and all. Avoid any gestures that could misled them to suspect you as someone they'd think a danger to their country... On officers being racist, they'll have their time. Karma won't let them pass it. Justice shall be served to them soon. I hate racist. I want to see people gathered together happy notwithstanding their color, races or places of origin. Take care on your trip. And of course pray for a safe trip. chuyins

Hi there, my travel buddy! I hope we don't run into that kind of trouble in SG-ML. I mentioned that in one of the discussions here. I guess when we backpack the rest of SEA, we'll be avoiding THAT place, don't you think?

I think if much depends on the people at thwe airport. Some are plain stupid, other are nice human beings. I have never had any problem at airports. But my daughter went 6 years ago to see her american "mom" (she was 1 year in the US with a scholarship). She went with her 2 children, the youngest a baby a few months old. In spite of my daughter being a lawyer, a judge in my country (which here is being an authority), the people at the airport made her take away the baby´s diapers while my eldest granddaughter cried and yelled in outrage. They haven´t gone back again to the US and they don´t plan to go ever. Janet(Mom) will probably come for a visit this year. The US started to charge a big fee for outsiders to enter the country as tourists a while ago. Many countries in South America (I don´t know of other places) including Chile, my country, made a special extra fee for americans as a way of being paid for the harrasment. I had an american BF some years ago and we went to Foz de Iguazú together, I laughed until I cried when I passed quickly all frontiers with my national identity card while he had to show everything and pay even for breathing. Not his fault, but his government´s.

hi manubla, im so sorry for what happen to this person, sometimes officer in charge they are not well trained to be in that position, they as you said are racist and cannot control themselves in situations like this, i travel from the philippines to mexico stopping by in hong kong, also in london and i did not experience anything bad treat by officers, in france i was warn by an officer by the time my bag was been scanned twice and one officer call me gently that i had my gab retained because i have a scissors in my bag that i suppose not to have in, gently they explain to me that i most leave it, after all they were right i did not check my bag for sharpy things i most not carry with me.