<div class="floatleft">(http://i63.tinypic.com/2eqf9j4.jpg) <br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">Peter Warcaof</span></strong> <span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"></span><div align="center"><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 10pt;">CGDA Benefactor</span></strong><br/>‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾‾</div></div></div><br/>Jaclyn has calculated the risks.  Clearly, she’s choosing no resistance—better to not chance a dire end than stand on one’s rights.  I find my passport and visa.  I hand it to Dikembe.<strong>“Visa.  Passport.  Mine were not stolen.”</strong>I look at the officer.<strong>“Isn’t it rather odd that we’d call you over to report a stolen visa, not having one, if we were proceeding in some criminal way?”</strong>That question is met with a shrug, my documents looked at and handed back.<br/><br/><div class="floatright">(https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/hpJXJX5JY4BSSKt9jTHCbw--~A/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjtzbT0xO3c9ODAwO2lsPXBsYW5l/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/Part-PAR-Par8301677-1-1-0.jpg) <br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: Georgia;"> </span><div align="center"><strong> <span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 11pt;">Officer Dikembe</span></strong></div> </div>Dikembe: "Please provide your arms for handcuffs young miss."<br/><br/>Dikembe: "As I’ve said, you can pay a fee.  $5,000.00 American to avoid being jailed.  Continued to being jailed until a hearing is held."  (Smile).<br/><br/>And that is patently ridiculous!<strong>“If one were to have such exorbitant get out of jail cards, why not have one of those phone charge apps?  Eh?”</strong><em>Harrumph!</em>I grit my teeth.  I say to Jaclyn,<strong>“It seems that sarcasm and irony might not translate well.”</strong><br/><br/>Dikembe: "Very well.  I can only recommend for you respect our customs, we shall detain your friend. . . . until payment. And you are not resisting are you sir?"<br/><br/><em>Egad!</em><strong>“Resisting?  I’m talking to myself mostly.  I’ll tell you what.”</strong>I open my wallet,<strong>“A separate payment for a secluded, safe cell and . . . hmm . . . she keeps her cell phone.  Deal?”</strong><br/><br/>I mouth to Jaclyn<em>Not to worry, okay, okay</em>.<br/>