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My wife and my tribe of traveling friends traveled to and dove areas many years ago before the current crest of the dive travel wave began forming,,,
At that time air travel was certainly more relaxed and weight restrictions were also relaxed
Prior to departure I always obtained a "banana carton" from the local grocery, filled it with bubble wrap and plastic peanuts and brought it with us as luggage.
During our visit to some strange exotic dive location my wife shopped and spent hard eared Yankee dollars with wild abandon purchasing local items of art.
The day before departure we carefully wrapped the purchases in bubble wrap, placed them on a bed of plastic peanuts and securely taped the box shut along with our home address in huge letters on the box.
The box accompanied us on the trip home as luggage - not once did we pay a import tax or fee on the purchases
Now with all the items collected world wide along with the SCUBA bells and diving memorabilia our home resembles a dive museum - but to Mrs. Miller and me the represent golden memories from past adventures
Sam Miller, 111
At that time air travel was certainly more relaxed and weight restrictions were also relaxed
Prior to departure I always obtained a "banana carton" from the local grocery, filled it with bubble wrap and plastic peanuts and brought it with us as luggage.
During our visit to some strange exotic dive location my wife shopped and spent hard eared Yankee dollars with wild abandon purchasing local items of art.
The day before departure we carefully wrapped the purchases in bubble wrap, placed them on a bed of plastic peanuts and securely taped the box shut along with our home address in huge letters on the box.
The box accompanied us on the trip home as luggage - not once did we pay a import tax or fee on the purchases
Now with all the items collected world wide along with the SCUBA bells and diving memorabilia our home resembles a dive museum - but to Mrs. Miller and me the represent golden memories from past adventures
Sam Miller, 111