LAX Customs teaches me a lesson - always buy a souvenir
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IIRC, also drugs. Lots of fun things to do on a long weekend in BKK.
IIRC, also drugs. Lots of fun things to do on a long weekend in BKK.
I seriously doubt that the Thailand of today is anywhere close to being as awful
the pedophile playground which it used to be back around the time when it was way more commonly the USG's playground of choice for those on the governmental payrolls. That awful kind of cross-border traffic from the US has focused its way elsewhere where the USD goes further or that is cheaper to reach with or without crossing international borders -- including inside the southern and western parts of the US itself, where girls from mostly Latin America and (way less so) Asia or Africa are exploited and abused.
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When going on a leisure trip abroad and declaring nothing as being acquired abroad when returning, the chances of being considered suspect -- for who knows what -- rises at least somewhat for many persons.
I rarely acquire anything on my trips abroad except for say newspapers, magazines and airline amenity kits/hotel amenities, but they get declared by me. I've done lots of trips to Thailand and it's never been an issue for me. Then again I have family there.
I rarely acquire anything on my trips abroad except for say newspapers, magazines and airline amenity kits/hotel amenities, but they get declared by me. I've done lots of trips to Thailand and it's never been an issue for me. Then again I have family there.
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Most people who acquire goods abroad of just non-food/non-drink nature don't get sent for additional inspection.
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Hm Now it is going to be confusing and or complicated. I am swedish live legaly here in uSA. I have a home here in USA but also a room with my oldest daughter in sweden. I have clothes there and here. Some bought here and there. Some USA clothes bought in Sweden some swedish clothes bought in USA. I cant remeber where or when and how much. I switch it all the time as I travel.The same with other things.
I am expected to keep a dairy of that? If that is the case. It is really weird.
I am expected to keep a dairy of that? If that is the case. It is really weird.
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Hm Now it is going to be confusing and or complicated. I am swedish live legaly here in uSA. I have a home here in USA but also a room with my oldest daughter in sweden. I have clothes there and here. Some bought here and there. Some USA clothes bought in Sweden some swedish clothes bought in USA. I cant remeber where or when and how much. I switch it all the time as I travel.The same with other things.
I am expected to keep a dairy of that? If that is the case. It is really weird.
I am expected to keep a dairy of that? If that is the case. It is really weird.
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Glad Midsommar. I do miss the family dinners and dancing around the tree.
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Most of the seized illegal drugs coming into the US do not come from or via East/SE Asia. Most of the illegal drug traffic exported via/from or sourced in Thailand ends up in the Asia-Pacific region for use in that region itself or terminates in Europe. The transoceanic drug trafficking into the US is primarily routed without having much of anything to do with SE Asia.
I seriously doubt that the Thailand of today is anywhere close to being as awful
the pedophile playground which it used to be back around the time when it was way more commonly the USG's playground of choice for those on the governmental payrolls. That awful kind of cross-border traffic from the US has focused its way elsewhere where the USD goes further or that is cheaper to reach with or without crossing international borders -- including inside the southern and western parts of the US itself, where girls from mostly Latin America and (way less so) Asia or Africa are exploited and abused.
the pedophile playground which it used to be back around the time when it was way more commonly the USG's playground of choice for those on the governmental payrolls. That awful kind of cross-border traffic from the US has focused its way elsewhere where the USD goes further or that is cheaper to reach with or without crossing international borders -- including inside the southern and western parts of the US itself, where girls from mostly Latin America and (way less so) Asia or Africa are exploited and abused.
Thailand is not the anything-goes playground that a lot of Westerners think it is. It's certainly nice if your vices of choice are (legal) sex, food, and drink, though..
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