This is an abnormality and your friend should report it to the relevant authorities to avoid its recurrence. This is a common thing transitters in Dakar go through particularly Gambians. Mamady Cham OLAV M TROVIKS VEI 10 H0 305 0864 Oslo NORWAY Tel (Mob): +47 984 96 951 Tel (Hom) +47 2218 7768> Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 21:08:04 +0000> From: [log in to unmask]> Subject: SEASONED TRAVELLERS> To: [log in to unmask]> > A QUESTION> > My friend who recently returned from Gambia disclosed some surprising> news. In January, he transit through Senegal. He had 2 bags (large &> medium size), 2 new cell phones, a tape recorder, a camera and of> cause assorted personal effects.> > According to him, he was taxed or should i say he was made to pay> tariffs on the radio, 2 cell phones, the camera and above all, he was> charged for carrying excessive luggage (2 bags). In total, he paid> close to $300.00.> > Is it a normal thing to pay these types of charges when you are only> changing a flight in a foreign country. Because he informed me> further that between 20 to 30 Gambian peacekeepers from Sudan refused> to pay any kind of tariffs, arguing that they were only in transit.> That the refusal of the Gambian troops to come to terms with the> Senegalese delayed the flight. That the troops eventually abandoned> their luggage in a dramatic show of displeasure and made up for a> road trip to Banjul. They however warned the Senegalese to ensure> that their luggage reach them in Gambia intact.> > My friend told me that only a small number of them remained to board> the flight to Banjul.> > Is this normal in all transit situationS?> > $B!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"(B> To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface> at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html> > To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l> To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to:> [log in to unmask]> $B!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"!"(B _________________________________________________________________ News, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Get it now! http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] いいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいいい