Another
accquaintance of mine was not allowed to leave Jordan until his film was
developed and the shots looked over. The good news: they developed the film for
free! Bad news: slide film was developed in a negative developper. Good news:
he was allowed to cross the border when they saw the films were blank and they
even regretted the whole incident!
In
Bolgaria, Rumania and some other Balkan countries, one has to drive the car
through a small pool of disinfectant liquid. Moreover, the car will be sprayed from the outside, so
that you will enter the country clean. The undercarriage is inspected using a
mirror fixed on two wheels with a handle, whereas a drugged police dog - much
more reliable than manual examination - is released into the interior of the
car…
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& photo: Janin Klemenčič