Perhaps it was on another forum, recently, where a visitor to the EU had to take a radio operator exam *which was in English*! I imagine that this is for extended stays. Why tempt fate? During the Tiananmen Square riots in China, some of my fellow American tourists wore Canadian label pins, etc. I did not respect that behavior. The Chinese people were genuinely friendly towards polite Americans. The detectives wearing leather jackets in hotel lobbies - not so much.
Times change and particularly in the new era of terrorism. Passports are now required almost everywhere (maybe not Bermuda) and even to get back into the States. Things change from one Customs officer to another to include here in the States. In Mexico, they might try to nail you on a fishing license or a radio license or how your hair is parted. It helps to at least appear to be poor. You cannot depend upon someone not to enforce a law on the books - see traffic cops. Every official has some discretion and you want that dispensed in your favor. One person's experience yesterday might not be yours today. As one NYC police officer said to me (as my broken car muffler deafened him) "You're lucky that my wife was nice to me last night." Ron Rogers _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://liveaboardonline.com/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardonline.com/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
