Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
General Topics => All things that have nothing to do with Turkey => Topic started by: Scunner on July 28, 2018, 19:13:42 PM
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On arrival at the airport in Cuba last month we had to fill in a form - part of which was the opportunity to confess to having any of a potent list of items prohibited in Cuba. Narcotics, large bundles of cash, p0rnography, all the usual heavy items were there.
We had to tick a box to declare we had indeed brought something in on that list. Nobody looked at the form, just took it and put it in a pile then took the next one from someone else...
When we were scanned at the airport for the return they found the goods and we were interrogated - but ultimately allowed to go, and take said goods with us :o
Any guesses as to what they found? (Clean answers only)
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If it's what I think it is, we bartered ours for ten cohibas in the hotel the night before we left ;)
JF
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Phill Jupitus DVD?
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Why would you need more than 24 of them anyway? ;D ;)
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Paracetamol?
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A Haggis
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Denture fixative?
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This t shirt
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A box of Havana cigars?
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A box of Havana cigars?
Sadly I am old enough to appreciate your post :-[ :-[ :-[
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No, No, No, No, No, No, and No.
And JF, not sure if what you are thinking is what I am thinking you are thinking :D
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We have taken this on every holiday for at least four years. Never a problem in any country, including Turkey - but taken very seriously when discovered by Cuban airport security.
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An e-cig - seen as a threat to their tobacco industry perhaps?
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A good guess at last Leeglo :)
But no :(
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One of those plug all your electrical devices into one top up socket things?
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Artificial finger nails?
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A Goth ?
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Washing powder.
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We have taken this on every holiday for at least four years. Never a problem in any country, including Turkey - but taken very seriously when discovered by Cuban airport security.
A drone?
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You leave the wife out of this
Some good guesses - but no. One more clue before I tell you.
You need two of these, one is pretty useless.
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Bats?
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Heels.
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Walkie talkies?
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Speakers
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Walkie talkies?
We have a winner :D
Nice one Liz
Yes, ever since the time when the girls were getting too old for us to have a family room, we have booked 2 rooms and kept in touch with walkie talkies (and around the complex etc).
The Cuban security chaps were not impressed at all when they found one - they made me open them, take the batteries out (which I have never done so had no idea how to) then in Dalaman Naughty Book style they noted down passport numbers and serial numbers for the walkie talkies.
We were allowed to go when they told us we should have declared them on the form on arrival and I said we did, go check the form - the girl didn't even look at it when we handed it in.
Not a full blown marigold investigation but it does show that you need to be careful bringing fairly tame things into foreign lands.
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Well done Liz - a had thought of that after the last clue but could see a reason doh
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Fifty Shades of Grey book.
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No but feel free to keep guessing
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And JF, not sure if what you are thinking is what I am thinking you are thinking :D
Travel iron! Prohibited item. Fortunately we hadn't declared it and for some reason they didn't pick it up at customs. What they did pick up on was a couple of cigarette lighters and at that time they were on the banned list. Hence when out and about if you were smoking it was a constant procession of folks approaching you for a light. Only Cubans were allowed to buy matches and lighters were non existent in the shops. How can you light up a whopping big cohiba with no fire? Curious scenario.
That, along with a pair of genuine Fethiye RayBans, were successfully traded with a couple of workers at the hotel for a selection of cigars the night before we left.
JF
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Did you know what my "24" referred to?
It's actually Bras - maximum amount allowed in is 24 apparently :o
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Did you know what my "24" referred to?
It's actually Bras - maximum amount allowed in is 24 apparently :o
That’s Cuba off the bucket list then. Couldn’t possibly cope with fewer! ;D ;D
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I didn't take anywhere like as many as that :D
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Entertaining and enlightening thread Scunner
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Agreed - it's not like him ;) ;) ;)
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