[savoche]

- In some countries, for example India, security wants cameras and lenses to be scanned separately as they would a laptop.

Same thing here in Norway. Rather annoying.

If you are travelling with your wife and you haven't confessed to new acquisitions be prepared to answer some questions.

have copies of a valid prescription for your eye glasses

And bring spare glasses. Getting hold of new ones might be time consuming.

[pete-tarmigan]

And bring spare glasses. Getting hold of new ones might be time consuming.

Very time consuming. Strong prescriptions like mine take 2 weeks to be delivered because nobody carries the blanks for the lenses. This was true even when I was living in the Greater Toronto Area (population: 4.5 milion).

[aslyfox]

this article reminds me that it is important to know the local rules and laws regarding the areas you plan on visiting - what you are permitted to do and not do

A girl took a heart-shaped rock from a national park. Then she felt guilty and sent it back.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2019/08/22/girl-took-heart-shaped-rock...-sent-it-back/

"Education park ranger Jessie Snow and Allison Bate, an AmeriCorps member who works in an educational capacity at the park, saw an opportunity. They figured that if they responded on the park’s Facebook page, they could not only thank Karina publicly but also spread a message.

“This isn’t just an issue for this one girl,” Snow says. “It’s very visible that things are moved a lot in the park; there’s a lot of damage on the park, people inscribing in trees, movement of materials and rocks. … It’s a very common issue here.” . . .

"Already, you are becoming an amazing steward for the park,” the message said. “Thank you for recognizing that what is in the park should stay in the park. If every visitor took a rock home, that would mean 11 million rocks would be gone from the park every year!"


Snow said more than 11.5 million people visited the national park, which covers parts of Tennessee and North Carolina, last year, and at least as many are expected this year.

“We hoped that Karina would see the message, but I think we both were thinking in a broader scale of things when we came up with the post,” Snow says. “It’s more important to us that … thousands of others who visit the park see that and relate to the message and take that home with them.” . . . "