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To: TobagoJack who wrote (80117)	9/23/2011 3:02:25 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217588

"The Journey is the Reward". As a tourist locals always ask me if I want to migrate. I want to know how much money a taxi driver makes. Prices of housing. How much a person must make in an year to have a decent living and go out to industrial and commercial districts. How long this kids have to drive inside that bus to go back and forth everyday? Once I finish the trip, I mentally crosscheck what I saw with my world experiences and I get the country into the right perspective real fast. You see, MQ went to a simple Brazilian kids birthday party and already disregarded the idea of that Brazilians shoot people at their back. Imagine if he'd go to Curitiba!!! It is the best time to visit the US this time around. Because I want to see in loco how the US shape is today. Drive through the agriculture fields irrigated by the Ogallala aquifer. A must see! Dismantled B52s relics of Cold War Era and Empire.

To: TobagoJack who wrote (80117)	9/23/2011 3:25:50 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217588

Since 911 wife and Experiment went 3 times and me two times to the US. All uneventful trips as airports are concerned. Once I went to visit klaser. I was prepared for the worse (in the airport of course!). I heard a Swedish employee lady working for Ericsson had spent 4 hours in an airport due to his work being in Iran. I entered DC and went through the passport control like any one in front of me. He stamped right beside the Iranian visa in my passport. Passport full of Arabian characters due to my constant trips to Dubai. No questions. I think the guy looked up the screen. Saw nothing. Stamped me in. Only in DC -we all wore sandals going to Disneyland so the shoe thing was a breeze- I gave the 3 passports all together and the shoes' guy said: "No. Must be only one at a time". That was the single time I was contested. They are 'over lawed'. Too much cops I guess. This is one thing I want to check with the locals. I was once around San Francisco -had to be evacuated due to Jakarta was in flames- and I was not comfortable with the sheriff car driving behind me. It may have something to do with the plates of rented SUV or the stops I was making along the way. But again in that area, a sheriff must not have much to do, so a rented car around there, making some crazy stopovers must be suspicious. :-)