I had brought some car magazines when I went in the mid-80's. The customs
guy looked through them, said "I like this one, I keep." and threw it into a
bag. Being a 15 year old kid, I wasn't about to complain.
Another in our party had a couple of pairs of new Levi's confiscated because
the customs agent felt that he was bringing in too many (we were there for 2
weeks so he brought 7 pairs) and was planning on selling them (okay, maybe
there was SOME truth to that.) on the black market.
My favorite part was a friend that had cut his hair by a significant amount
right before we left. He looked so different from his Russian visa picture
that they almost sent him back.
PZ
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-autox@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-autox@autox.team.net]On
Behalf Of Ed Bickford
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 10:42 PM
To: Kelly, Katie
Cc: 'autox@autox.team.net'
Subject: Re: Visas to Russia
"Kelly, Katie" wrote:
>
> Can you believe what a pain it is to get a visa into Russia nowadays? I
just
> can't believe it. First of all, you have to have already made your hotel
> reservations in advance, you need a complete itinerary, blah blah blah.
All
> for two stinkin' days in St. Petersburg. Anyone else encounter this when
> travelling to Russia?
Wait until you arrive at Customs, you haven't experienced anything yet.
:)
Ed Bickford
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