Comments on: Don’t Pay Bribes: Strategies for Border Crossing http://thetravelersnotebook.com/how-to/dont-pay-bribes-the-right-way-to-cross-dodgy-borders/ Featuring insider destination guides and how-to articles from the matador travel community. Our focus is sustainable travel, cultural immersion, plus work, study, and volunteer opportunities worldwide. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:45:29 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve http://thetravelersnotebook.com/how-to/dont-pay-bribes-the-right-way-to-cross-dodgy-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-1379 Steve Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:04:12 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/how-to/dont-pay-bribes-the-right-way-to-cross-dodgy-borders#comment-1379 Be kind and smile. Stay cool and be pleasant. Customs people are just that; people. Most of them don't like their jobs any more than the rest of the planet. Be kind and smile. Stay cool and be pleasant.

Customs people are just that; people. Most of them don’t like their jobs any more than the rest of the planet.

]]> By: Jason http://thetravelersnotebook.com/how-to/dont-pay-bribes-the-right-way-to-cross-dodgy-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-822 Jason Mon, 31 Mar 2008 01:32:44 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/how-to/dont-pay-bribes-the-right-way-to-cross-dodgy-borders#comment-822 Good advice. I'll be doing border crossings from the sea, but it should still prove helpful. Good advice. I’ll be doing border crossings from the sea, but it should still prove helpful.

]]> By: Olivebeard http://thetravelersnotebook.com/how-to/dont-pay-bribes-the-right-way-to-cross-dodgy-borders/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Olivebeard Wed, 28 Nov 2007 21:45:14 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/how-to/dont-pay-bribes-the-right-way-to-cross-dodgy-borders#comment-111 Fantastic advice! I'm happy (or perhaps ashamed) to have never been in a particularly dangerous border-crossing situation, but have constantly wondered how I would get out of it without cash. Thus far, looking like a bum has kept guards from hitting me up. ;) Fantastic advice! I’m happy (or perhaps ashamed) to have never been in a particularly dangerous border-crossing situation, but have constantly wondered how I would get out of it without cash.

Thus far, looking like a bum has kept guards from hitting me up. ;)

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