tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253411084606676420.post7762503399451118440..comments2023-08-21T03:40:23.461-05:00Comments on The Discreet Traveler: Top 10sJ. E. Knowleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02330719789451650544noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253411084606676420.post-167933981881797092017-11-24T00:28:58.499-05:002017-11-24T00:28:58.499-05:00I, too, am puzzled by my response. At the time it ...I, too, am puzzled by my response. At the time it felt like emergency mode: just do what she says. I think I was aware even at the time that I was not going to get hurt, or it would have been scarier. Afterwards I was just glad not to be in the situation anymore. Constant checkpoints are a fact of life in these countries--citizens don't have the rights that we have. But you're right, it is outrageous!J. E. Knowleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02330719789451650544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2253411084606676420.post-49678911266052932902017-11-22T14:49:30.205-05:002017-11-22T14:49:30.205-05:00A library of amazing experiences, gustatory and ot...A library of amazing experiences, gustatory and otherwise! We are puzzled only by the absence of any notes of outrage as you remember the experience of being taken off into the bushes, one at a time, by a soldier pointing a lethal weapon at you and shouting. G & PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com