Evening all,
Just arrived in Bali and got almost the full rubber glove experience from customs - apparently deemed suspicious because a female travelling alone (😴😴😴
on a fairly unusual 2 stop itinerary in both directions
of course my strategy was to be completely honest about the (mostly stupid) reasons for the complex routing. Of course was also not carrying anything I shouldn’t have been but the guy seemed a little disappointed, they obviously thought they had some decent intelligence going on
got me thinking- as Bali is an easy choice for me to launch relatively cheap itineraries via the Middle East to various places- is there anything else I can do to help reduce scrutiny? He wanted to know where I worked and what I did, luckily I had a copy of my contract in my emails but I also have an unusual working arrangement which I suspect would raise eyebrows eventually. Also wanted to know about Mr Pants and who he is/what he does, luckily also had my travelling photo frame with pictures of the two of us (including one of him in his uniform) which answered that question.
Not sure if i’ll now be flagged every time I go to Indonesia or if I transit DPS again
Any thoughts appreciated
Nancy