Stupid OT crosspost

On Aug 2, 6:05*am, "Runge17" wrote:
"Gadi Ben-Avi" a écrit dans le message ...

When you enter Israel, you can the entry passport placed on a separate
form, instead of in your passport to circumvent this problem.

"B J Foster" wrote in message
...
"After his passport was stamped exiting Turkey, Mr Kees was stopped on
the Syrian side by border guards.

He endured two hours of questioning about his travel plans.

'They didn't like the look of me - they were asking me about my
occupation and where I was going', he said.

'I mentioned Israel and my taxi driver threw down my bags and left'.

Syrian authorities are reluctant to grant travellers entry if they have
previously visited or are intending to travel to Israel.

Mr Kees was sent back to the Turkish side of the border.

He said a Turkish border guard then failed to stamp his passport upon
re-entry, making him an illegal immigrant. He was arrested three days
later as he tried to fly out to Jordan and was locked up in an Istanbul
detention centre.

He ate just two meals over the next four days and drank dirty water.

'The cells were about 8m by 4m and the lights were always on', he said..

'There was a bin, benches to sleep on - that was it - it was pretty
scary'.

After three days cut off from contact with family and Australian
authorities, Mr Kees was able to borrow a mobile phone from an Iranian
inmate".
http://www.news.com.au/travel/story/...014090,00.html

Cuba & U,S. relations are due for improvements, and that will
probably be when Fidel kicks bucket

I've been to Cancun, and western Cuba is a few miles away, not far,
but one reason for me
not to visit is: if there is trouble of whatever kind, then I am the
person who is sol (not the offender), a schnook
w/o a country to help me (well, maybe Canada or Switzerland), if
hassled by anybody in Cuba. So, if I'm
alive after F Castro deceases, and we the USA finally "recognize"
Cuba, then I would like to
see it, but until then I am not gonna play deceitful with the US
customs and immigration especially
since everybody is so uptight at the airport, which to me is a swell
place to avoid, while
that smooth voice on the intercom every 5 minutes advises about what
to fear, and then the awesome
announcement ends with "and have a nice flight"