[Growltigga]

Saxon, I am awfully sorry to hear about your run-in with the local oinkers. I have 1 tip for you and 1 query.

Dealing with the tip first, I have been stopped quite a few times in south east asia by 'bent' policemen who see that you are a tourist driving a hire car and then proceed to tell you that you ran over a stop line that did exist until the white paint was eroded in the 1950's.. The fine they usually try and charge is whatever amount of local currency you have in your wallet! whether the legal 'chutzpah' helps or not, I dont know but I always say that I am a British lawyer on secondment to a government department and am a close personal friend of the national justice minister (look up his name first and carry a picture in your wallet if you can). Say you will pay the fine but pull out a notebook and take down the policemen's name, details, official number and a description of the location before hand. It is amazing how many of them suddenly develop cases of 'I will let you off this once sahib, say hello to Minister Bloggs for me". Of course, I also carry 2 wallets, one with about $5-10 of local currency, the other, buried in my underpants, with the rest of the cash

The query I have is that I thought you were a man of means? if this is the case, how does a 1,000 shilling ($13) make you broke?