Hi Chuck,

I've often wondered about the randomness of the green/red light myself.
With the customs office just to the right, I wonder how often it is
triggered manually, and if so, why and under what criteria.  Given the
frequency of you and Jeannie's visits, do you have any special insight
or observations?  Inquiring smugglers and reef terrorists want to know?
:-)

Best regards,
Russ


Chuck wrote:
>
> > When Sue and I returned from CZM in December 2001, 3 months after the
> > 9/11 incident, our checked bags were not manually inspected by
> Continental.
> >
> > Whether it's cursory or annoyance depends much more on the CITIES in
> > question and probably when the travel is done, much more so than any
> > stated laws or rules.  That's the way how the Real World works.  :-)
> >
> > -- Bob.
> >
> Nor were mine but they have been getting more picky lately.  All bags
> (regardless of airline) were being searched last month and carryons were
> (randomly - or as random as it gets down there - if you think the green
> light at customs is random, think again) being checked twice.
>
> CH