Wednesday, 25 July 2007

Rules and Rules in the Airport Security Zone

We finally had overcome all the obstacles and barriers to send our dog from Dar es Salaam to Switzerland. The day when phisically he had to be brought to the airport, locked into a sky kennel and transferred through customs had come. My husband accompanying the dog, the dog itself and his kennel were thoroughly inspected for arms, illegal drugs or dangerous illnesses, before finally allowed into the airport's security zone. Big was however their surprise, when all of a sudden exaclty into this security zone two big lorries over and over packed with dozens of mourning people, and a coffin entered, descended from their vehicles, surrounding the dog's cage. Obviously none of them had been security checked - but accompanying a deceased friend on his last journey back to his home town of Mwanza at the other end of Tanzania obivously requested the application of different rules.