Katie,
You look too innocent ;)
Jerry's hand luggage was hand-searched throughout and his two USB rechargeable power hubs were confiscated.
Deryck

On Aug 10, 2011 7:51 AM, "aude" <aude.wiki@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 9, 2011, at 2:42 PM, Roan Kattouw <roan.kattouw@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:12 PM, maarten deneckere
>> <maartendeneckere+wikimania@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Btw, make sure you have something with you with the logo of the
>>> conference,
>>> to prove you attended it.
>>>
>> +1. I had the feeling Timo and I had an easier time at TLV because I
>> wore the Wikimania 2011 t-shirt. One security person recognized it
>> immediately, another asked which conference we'd attended and I could
>> just point to my chest and say 'that one'.
>>
>> Short of the t-shirt, the lanyard helps too, of course.
>
> I used my Wikimania bag as a carry on item with the logo clearly
> visible.
>
> No one asked me any questions whatsoever at TLV. They just stamped my
> passport!
>
> Nor did anyone scrutinize or care about any of my electronic items
> (GPS, laptop, ...) or ask me to turn them on. They just put them
> through x-Ray and swab tested stuff. They also didn't care about my
> Arabic language reading materials that I take on the plane. :)
>
> Aude
>
>
>
>>
>> Roan Kattouw (Catrope)
>>
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