Nathan's Insights

Friday 5 August 2006
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What a big day travelling; first I had to get from Victoria to Vancouver via ferry and bus.   Then I caught a SkyTrain to the Central Train Station, then caught a Greyhound bus to Seattle.   I just made my Greyhound connection, missing what would have been a 4.5-hour delay.

Now for the American border, what can I say?   Well, if you want to be treated like a criminal, visit the USA.   Unpleasant border officers who grill you on why you can come to their country- a good question, actually, given their attitude, i.e. getting fingerprinted and your photo taken like a criminal.   For this great service, you then have to pay $6 in US dollars?   Then the attitude was, “What, you don’t have any US currency?”  Well, obviously I was a pain in the ass to these guys; everyone living outside the US should have their currency at all times, I guess.

Maybe it’s time to start doing this to their citizens; I mean, we should be fair and even-handed.   I’m sure the baseball match will make up for this attitude problem Americans seem to have.   People here seem to like getting in your face. I witnessed a local getting kicked off the bus for no reason at all.