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> We met a couple in China who were in good health and had been
> throughout. On a hot summers day when leaving (they thought) Vietnam
> he carried her pack as well as his as they entered the border customs
> checkpoint. This was a very very bad idea. Two weeks in an isolated
> 6th world hospital while they conducted numerous tests and were
> quarantined. She stayed with him throughout but was not tested or
> checked in any way. Complete nonsensical brain dead bureaucratic make
> work of the very worst kind. Basic checking would have taken perhaps
> an hour. Logic was carefully avoided. Totally destroyed the end of a
> holiday and cost them substantial money. No apology or comment on
> release. It happened to be Vietnam but you can have conceptually
> similar things happen a hemisphere away.

I did not understand the logic of two backpacks ... such as it was...  coul=
d you explain to me... ?
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> Then there was the American who tried to re-enter China on a day trip
> after his 6 month visa had been upgraded to a one day one without his
> knowledge ...:-). ...
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> Another time / probably told before: I entered China during the Summer
> Olympics, and arrived in an Olympic city (yachting). With a very very
> very complete electronics workshop in my baggage. My bag turned up on
> the carousel only after almost all others had got theirs and left.
> This did not strike me as strange, at the time.  Customs: Excuse me
> sir ... . And we were off :-) ...

They did not like your electronics ?  What was the reasoning ?
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