All Posts Tagged Tag: ‘hassles’
Police hassles in Saddam’s Iraq
A wildfire ignites before my eyes as Iraqis whisper to one another as the murmuring spreads to crackling as more faces turn to stare at me. The speaker is losing his audience – his words no longer of interest as 100s of eyes now stare at me
Read More →On the rough road – Guinea Bissau to Guinea
Crossing Borders and traveling in Guinea, I encounter difficult journeys, wrecked transport, drunk soldiers, appalling roads, and very friendly ladies …
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A cold beer never felt so freeing – Colombia
A cold beer never felt so freeing; only two hours ago I was busted for grass and sweating it in a Colombian police station …
Read More →Fake police or corrupt cops – Nairobi, Kenya
Corrupt police or con men? A travel scam in Nairobi, Kenya
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Police questioning – Idgir, Turkey
It’s dark, 10pm and the hotelier panics at my arrival … so there I am: in a shabby police station to register my presence in Idgir, eastern Turkey near the Iranian border, these two brutish cops …
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