YVR - Worst experience. I said I was staying for three days and then I was onward to Hong Kong via CX. Because I had a Thailand stamp in my passport, the man asked me many questions before getting the Canadian form stamped. Obviously, this is bogus and I feel the Canadians are being trained to question single males who do not wear suits that stay for X number of days.

Thinking it was over, a female Canadian Customs officer comes over, takes my passport and says to look for her when I retrieve my checked bag. Went through the same scrutiny as listed by previous posters. Her best question was "Have you ever done any drugs in your life"! I said "No", she didn't believe me, so I responded. As President Clinton would say "I didn't inhale it and I didn't like it."

Anyway, my experience last 1 hour 10 minutes. The trick was to enjoy it and keep smiling. By then, they couldn't get anything on me, inside I believe they made a phone call...it all checked out and I was on my way. Naturally, the **BIG TRICK** is I am not meeting anyone (which I wasn't). I told the officer, "You did a really good job". She started to laugh over he "acting" as being upset with the world. It could have been worse, but I just make the best of it.

YYZ - Only get scrutiny if I am coming directly to the city as a round trip. The first time they were A*hole about it, but I offered to have them look through my bag and they refused. The second time, I had a nicer man re-question me and just made a "love of life" joke about it! I told him to "check my criminal record" and he said he did. I said "Really, what's it say?" That got me a stamp on my US PASSPORT (my very first from Canada).

Other places, no problems ever.....except maybe the USA from time-to-time, but nothing I can't deal with. Just give it back to them as much as they give it to you (ONLY if you are white-on-white American....NOT recommended if you are not an American citizen or a colour that can be "profiled" on a 2 way street).

Yes, YVR was the worst and it is bogus crap they provide too. Because Seattle is so much close, but YVR is a better Asian gateway with JAL and CX. I have noticed that YVR doesn't bug you if you are doing a one day continuing layaway from Asia into North America. It will never change, but tell the truth, nevertheless, even if you are driving to Seattle.....they probably know more about you than we know about ourselves.

SHADO