Scubaism

The FINS Blog recently interviewed David Cheung of Scubacam of his recent harrowing experience when all his prototype camera housings were confiscated at Suvarnabhumi airport in Bangkok.

He’d taken them for a showing at a dive show but the customs officers had decided that they had commercial value and detained the lot for two months.

David’s advice for everyone carrying new-looking gear is this:

1. Do not travel with your goods. Just send them in advance and just pay the import duty.
2. Use ATA Carnet, the merchandise importing service. Although it’s burdensome and may take some time for the paperwork, it is by far the most guaranteed way of not getting into trouble.
3. Make your gear look less shiny and looked used.

Sounds like good travel advice.