On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 02:15:41PM -0600, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote: > On 07/02/2012 09:37 AM, gregor herrmann wrote: > > Customs was not also painless but also quick. Smile, put your bags on > > the belt, smile, take our bags, hand over your custom declarations > > form (where I had checked "no" on all questions), say goodbye. > > I was pulled aside at the customs x-ray in MGA because of the amount of > electronic and networking equipment in my checked luggage. The customs > agent opened my bag, and i smiled and explained i was going to a > conferencia tecnologica (my spanish is terrible). i showed him the > spanish version of the dc12 invitation letter that i got from Leandro. > he asked to keep the letter, i agreed, and he gave me my bag and sent me > on my way without a hassle. > > Very smooth, actually, and everyone was friendly about the situation. > > If you're carrying gear for the conference, i do recommend having a > printed copy of the invitation, though.
Not necessary, in my experience. I got there with three twinpacts, and had a baggage check, too. It took me about five minutes of explaining, but I was allowed to go on, without any letters of invitation. Though I suppose it can't help :-) -- The volume of a pizza of thickness a and radius z can be described by the following formula: pi zz a _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list Debconf-discuss@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
