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04-17-09 04:03 #2432
Posts: 1856Originally Posted by One Eyed Man
Im recent years, on return to Australian airports, I have been pulled aside many times & put through the 'third degree' with questions, thorough x-ray & bag search down to the last detail. My crime? Im flagged because Im a frequent traveller to Asia (I live in PI) thats all... Some of the bitches who work in Australian customs are real sneering ball breaking smart arses. I dont let them get to me, when they are doing their little act i just tune out & think of the last wonderful session I had with a chick before getting on the plane. :)
These day's, before travel, I 'sterilise' my electronic devices of any pics/info that could give these goons in customs something to annoy me with.
AV
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04-17-09 03:34 #2431
Posts: 268How do you know this?
Originally Posted by Surfer
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04-17-09 02:53 #2430
Posts: 23Originally Posted by Rubberyman
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04-17-09 00:55 #2429
Posts: 253changing big bills
Originally Posted by X Man
The way to beat this is always get foreign currency from your own bank before you leave. I usually request 200 US dollars worth of pesos but i request it all in small bills. This way you have plenty of 20 - 200 peso notes for things like taxis and tipping.
If you have ever had the frustration of trying to pay a 60 peso taxi fare with a 500 or 1000 peso bill this will save you a huge headache.
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04-17-09 00:10 #2428
Posts: 21Banaue - help needed please
Hi ,
I am planning to visit Banaue in the first week of June. Is autobus the only bus service to gat up there. Do they have assigned seating or free seating . Could anyone suggest a good clean hotel to stay there. Any recoomendations on Bataad
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04-16-09 21:02 #2427
Posts: 57Bank a/c in PI
Many tks to all for the info.
I'll give it a go.
Happy Hunting!
PR
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04-16-09 19:42 #2426
Posts: 1194BB: Homeland security already KNOWS where you are coming from before you answer. You are VERY lucky that answering HK (your transit point) did not get you flagged for secondary. If you failed to list the Philippines on your customs form you have committed a Federal Felony. In sum, you didgeed a bullet but i would NOT make a habit of it.
On the form where you list countries visited you could list HK first but omitting a country you visited (and they can tell without looking at your passport stamps) is a dangerous game indeed. Out of almost 40 trips to the PI I have gotten flagged upon return a total of twice (and once because I listed the generic viagra I was bringing back as you are REQUIRED TO DO).
If you have racy pictures better to send them home electronically then delete from memory stick or at least hide the memory stick (and have another stick with touristy pics in the camera).
Also be aware that pornograpy is illegal in the PI (and they are more prudish that CBP here at home) so you don't want to get caught there either.
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04-16-09 17:30 #2425
Posts: 260Some notes
GE, I guess I have the name, wrong. If you leave Swiss Deli and take the large pedestrian bridge to cross the busy street you will exit the bridge near a corner pharmacy. If you walk past the pharmacy toward Microtell Hotel/ McDonald's, it should be the first or second business from the pharmacy. I may have the name wrong, but I remember going there at least twice because it was convenient and allowed the largest withdraw amount I could find.
Also the area was nice, I ate at a few of the restaurants near the bank and enjoyed the late night bakeries.
I also bought the pacsafe for my last trip. I ended up not using it once because it just was not worth the hasle for me. The only concern I had was someone stealing my laptop, and I always looked for a place in the room to hide it. I should have used the pacsafe more, but I was just lazy and useally just wanted to get out the room and find some P*****.
As far as the customs, I got red flagged my first 2 times and had my stuff checked and my digital camera searched when I arrived home from Manila. The last trip, when they asked where I was comming from, I said Hong Kong, since that is where I changed planes for the flight home. No problems that time, I was just some middled aged white guy on a businees trip.
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04-16-09 13:24 #2424
Posts: 1008Originally Posted by X Man
Funny story is that I went to BPI on-line and registered for on-line banking. I received an email stating that they received my request and they would call me. Sure enough, today I received a car to verify that it was me who was trying to access my account on-line. Goodshit.philippines:)
Robb
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04-16-09 13:15 #2423
Posts: 347Originally Posted by Columpuss
I have had cards rejected in AC for example and had to hunt out other ATMs. This is often because of ATM malfunction. I always bring enough cash to enable me to get by for a week or so and never had a problem.
If you have not had any problems in the Phils then you are lucky basically.
However with your $500 you are covered anyhow.
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04-16-09 12:48 #2422
Posts: 249What's with the guys who travel with cash? I don't get it. I've been traveling across Asia since 2000 and have brought nothing but my ATM and $500 for emergency. My bank statement showed a deduction of $2 for whatever amount i withdrew and i find it quite a bargain for the convenience of not bringing cash.
Bringing cash involves asking for perfect bills from your bank at home, which is not always possible, and involves keeping them in good conditions on the trip. When you loose them, you loose everything. With my ATM, I just loose a piece of plastic.
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04-16-09 12:41 #2421
Posts: 4050Hsbc
Originally Posted by Bob Bowie
GE
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04-16-09 11:39 #2420
Posts: 316Large bills
I went to a suburb of Manila in '94 (can't remember the name) and the entire town ground to a halt when I tried to change $10 worth of Peso. It was as if someone rose from the dead!
If had told anyone this, they would never have believed it.
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04-16-09 08:03 #2419
Posts: 4567nickle and dime operation
This is sooooo true! If you get off the beaten track you would be surprised at how hard it is to use big bills!
In Ormoc Leyte, at the largest hotel in town, I paid for a few days in cash (early evening so maybe the cashier was gone) and they didn't have the 60 pesos in change. I suggested they just pay me back later. That night when I got back to the hotel, they handed me a plastic bag with 60 pesos in coin.
X
Originally Posted by SergeantRay
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04-16-09 05:29 #2418
Posts: 93Where to store money
I actually to the opposite of what was suggested. I bring enough cash to get me out of an emergency and do not spend it until the last few days of my trip that way I have don't have to carry large amounts of cash I just my atm card throughout my entire trip and just keep around 7 to 8 hundred hidden in my bags, pockets, hotel safe and any combination of those hiding places. That way I don't have to carry large amounts of cash and just live off my atm I usually spend a few hundred dollars a couple of days before I leave so I can save on the atm fees and bring home the rest.