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Have been up since a ridiculous hour so I thought I'd be pro-active and make a slight amendment to yesterday's blog. First why am I up so early:
1) Well clearly jet lag has hit
2) Despite this supposedly being a land of sunshine there is almighty storm raging outside which woke me up
3) And finally, my one means of telling the time since losing my phone, my watch, stopped during the night. When I woke up I didn't know whether it was 4am or what... I was pretty sure it wasn't the 11.45am stated by my watch there is not way I had slept that long...
So I just got up.
Anyway, I forgot to mention in my blog yesterday another little drama that unfolded upon landing in Australia yesterday. Australia is famous for having bloody strict customs/quarantine rules and I'd clearly been identified as a potential mo'fo when I landed, ironically as was my mate despite us disembarking the plane and going through customs seperately...
We were both hauled into a private area and asked series of questions and every single part of our luggage searched, they even went through the pictures on my camera. Questions included...
- What were my plans in Australia?
- Did I know anyone in Australia?
- What did I do in South Africa?
- Did I take any drugs in South Africa?
- Did anyone I know take any drugs in South Africa?
Just a few examples. Repeat each question maybe three to four times cleverly mixed in with some chat. Clearly looking for consistent answers - I wasn't bloody lying so they were consistent!!
Take a swab from my wallet to check for drugs.
This all took 30-45 minutes and I was made to feel like some sort of reprobate. Anyway, it was looking hairy at a few points but thankfully he didn't get the rubber gloves out and ask me to spread 'em...
Exactly the same thing happened to my mate.
Why did this happen? Not sure really, guess I was the victim of profiling... or it could just be because England beat Australia in the Ashes!!!!!
All in all though I can't help but feel someone is trying to punish me for leaving Cape Town again!!!! :-P
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