Ok.. I'm a UK woman who backpacks a lot around the world... a couple of years ago I went to Alaska, then Tunisia, Florida, Guatemela, Honduras and Nicaragua in a space of two years.
I then flew to Miami as I was going to the Keys to meet up with a friend from the UK. The flight to Miami was via Ohio and I was quite shocked that I was stopped and extensively questioned for about an hour and a half about: why I was staying in the Keys, who I was meeting up with; who owned the property I was staying at; how much money I had on me; whether I had a criminal record, what i did in the UK.. it just went on and on.. then they said I had to do this iris recognition thing and only when they saw my textbooks in my backpack did they let me go .I've been very concerned about returning to the US mainly because although I have absolutely nothing to hide, I want an easy life and found the whole thing at Ohio very intimidating.Do you reckon i'm on some sort of security list now?
2006-11-08
12:06:43
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