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The last time I traveled to the US was to see friends in New York City, Jan. '03, right during the lead up to the war. (Great trip, BTW)
In the ensuing year and a half, however, things have changed dramatically. Six months ago, we traveled to Sao Paulo, Brazil, and deliberately booked our flight:
VANCOUVER>MEXICO CITY>BOGOTA>SAO PAULO
Instead of:
VANCOUVER>DALLAS>MIAMI>SAO PAULO
This cost us an extra CAN$300.00 between the two tix, but no matter. We decided we were not going to give US Customs, the FBI, the Dept. of Homeland Security...blah, blah, blah...THE PLEASURE of starting any sort of file on us.
Nothing paranoid...we simply weren't prepared to play the game. And, the stopover in Bogota (you have to break the trip up regardless) was infinitely more interesting than Miami.
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