Other countries are not the US!
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Lesson one: when you visit another country you are subject to their laws. You do *not* have the rights you have in America, just the ones that local laws give you.
Lesson two: Never *ever* go to another country without doing a lot of checking as to what is illegal to bring into the country. Also check warnings about things that are illegal to *do* that you might not be aware of.
tip: Also check what it's illegal to take *out* of both the country you are in and the one(s) you are visiting. Just because you can buy or have it ion the country, it may not be legal to take it *out* of the country.
Most notorious example was the old USSR. It wasn't legal to bring in foreign currency. You had to convert it to (internal) rubles at customs. And you couldn't take (internal) rubles out of the country, you had to convert them to something else when you left.
I specified "internal" because they had *four* different kinds of rubles. One kind was only for use inside the USSR, and another was only for use in foreign trade (I forget what the other two were).
Another example of stuff that can get you into a world of trouble. Over the counter meds in one country can be prescription drugs or even *illegal* in another. (For example, you can buy vicodin over the counter in Canada, but it's prescription only in the US. If you get caught coming into the US, you could be in real trouble if you have too many)
And prescription drugs? First rule: always carry them in the original container that the druggist gave them to you in. *And* have a copy of your doctor's prescriptions packed in with your passport.
Lesson one: when you visit another country you are subject to their laws. You do *not* have the rights you have in America, just the ones that local laws give you.
Lesson two: Never *ever* go to another country without doing a lot of checking as to what is illegal to bring into the country. Also check warnings about things that are illegal to *do* that you might not be aware of.
tip: Also check what it's illegal to take *out* of both the country you are in and the one(s) you are visiting. Just because you can buy or have it ion the country, it may not be legal to take it *out* of the country.
Most notorious example was the old USSR. It wasn't legal to bring in foreign currency. You had to convert it to (internal) rubles at customs. And you couldn't take (internal) rubles out of the country, you had to convert them to something else when you left.
I specified "internal" because they had *four* different kinds of rubles. One kind was only for use inside the USSR, and another was only for use in foreign trade (I forget what the other two were).
Another example of stuff that can get you into a world of trouble. Over the counter meds in one country can be prescription drugs or even *illegal* in another. (For example, you can buy vicodin over the counter in Canada, but it's prescription only in the US. If you get caught coming into the US, you could be in real trouble if you have too many)
And prescription drugs? First rule: always carry them in the original container that the druggist gave them to you in. *And* have a copy of your doctor's prescriptions packed in with your passport.