[Sca-cooks] International Air travel prohibitions

[Johnna Holloway]

Ask the authorities in both countries before you go.

We don't travel with liquids these days. 

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> On Jul 24, 2015, at 6:06 PM, Susan Lord <lordhunt at gmail.com> wrote:
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> As this is the time to travel, I am wondering about airline restrictions. How can they be reduced to common language? 
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> Last year, the pine kernels I brought from Spain to Chile were confiscated and I was threatened like a thief with a $500 fine. It was a horrible experience as I didn’t think should have been declared anything. They were my part of my personal possessions. 
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> Meantime a friend sent me a box of chocolate turtles from Texas and they were confiscated by Chilean authorities and not delivered to me. On other occasions, creams and sun blocks have been confiscated from my purse in Madrid, Miami, Kennedy etc  because the tubes were "too big." Even my tooth paste was stolen from me by airport “authorities”! - 
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> We all have experiences of them confiscating nail clippers, cork screws, tin bracelets, matches, lighters. You name it, airport “authorities” are after us to take whatever from us as if we are partners in crime of the Padrino’s mafia. Airport attendants are after us for whatever. They even undress my innocent friends and some of yours too and examine their insides for drugs. What happened to the law “innocent until proven guilty”? Now it seems we are guilty unless we can pay big bucks to high class lawyers to be prove us innocent.
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> Can we protect ourselves from “authorities” who “have the right” to steal whatever from us? Does the honest citizen have any rights?
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> This year I want to take to Spain:  lucema and cochayuyo.
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> Should I declare it or is it ok to take as is? How can I know that what I am doing is legal or how do I go about being legal?
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