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October 27, 2005
Please give me
New Dehli, India
"To die will be an awfully big adventure."
- Aristotle
My Pakistani visa was suprisingly easy to obtain, but ridicously expensive. It cost around $75 US, not to mention the "Letter of reccomendation" from the Canadian Embassy which cost me 1800 rupees ($1US = 45 Rupees). The fact that they are charging 1800 rupees for this little fucking piece of paper, that the American embassy is handing out for free, absolutely blew my mind. Where do they get off charging 1800 Rs to help a citizen of the country that they are representing - the daily wage of a labourer in India is around 50 rupees. Fifty rupees for a day of sweat-your-balls-off physical labour, but 1800 rupees for a single sheet of paper with my name, passport details and the words "...any help you can give him would be appreciated." It is so out of porpotion it is not even funny. Hell, the letterhead was not even embossed... Once I coughed up all that money the visa was issued in a couple of hours - too easy. I only hope my Iranian visa will come as easy, but I have my doubts on that.
Posted by tyler at October 27, 2005 04:10 PM
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Yo,
I will see you in the UAE in a couple of months
I have the few watering holes here scouted out!
Keep Trucking Tyler!!!
Posted by: patrick at November 15, 2005 12:20 PM