[Sca-cooks] International Air travel prohibitions

[Susan Lin]

I agree with Johnna - ask.  Each airline posts forbidden items.  The
Consulates for each country would tell you what is or isn't allowed.  Their
websites probably do that as well.

Here in the U.S. we don't travel with any liquid, and yes my lip balm was
considered a liquid even though it wasn't, that is over 3 oz or 100ml.
Anything bigger gets checked in with our other baggage.  We don't usually
purchase anything of food quality unless it's at duty free.  Even then when
we changed flights in the U.S. from international to domestic we had to
stick the wine in the checked bag.

Hayashi traveled with 4" pliers to work on chainmail - they were fine from
the U.S. to Japan to Taiwan but leaving Taiwan they took them from him.
Why?  Who knows.  We just accept it as the cost of travel.

Agricultural stuff has some very strict requirements because of the
potential - however small of bringing in bugs or disease.  Even going into
California from another state you have to declare what you have -
especially citrus.

Good luck and have a fun trip regardless of what the "authorities" do to
try to ruin your day.  Don't let them bring you down.

Shoshanah

On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Johnna Holloway <johnnae at mac.com> wrote:

> Ask the authorities in both countries before you go.
>
> We don't travel with liquids these days.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> > On Jul 24, 2015, at 6:06 PM, Susan Lord <lordhunt at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > As this is the time to travel, I am wondering about airline
> restrictions. How can they be reduced to common language?
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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”! -
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > Can we protect ourselves from “authorities” who “have the right” to
> steal whatever from us? Does the honest citizen have any rights?
> >
> > This year I want to take to Spain:  lucema and cochayuyo.
> >
> > 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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