Best Way to Bring Back Souvenirs from Tanzania
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I wouldn't trust shipping in that region. I haven't shipped anything from Tanzania, but I have from neighbouring countries and the arrival rate was about 40%. I would vote for getting it on the plane, paying the excess if need be - or if you must send it separately, find an internationally recognised freight service.
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When I was in Africa in April, flying out of Cape Town we saw people with long hand-carved canes and fairly tall giraffes carrying them on the plane. Was very surprised they were allowed. I'd much rather carry it (for safety) if I were bringing back something like that. Although one friend of ours got his cane the whole way home in one piece and then dropped it and broke it in half!
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When we came home from Victoria Falls two years ago our 5' giraffe traveled just fine. They wrapped it up for us with padding where we bought it for a slight charge and it traveled as a "fragile" item in the luggage area but with other fragile items. When it arrived in the States it came out on a special cart with the other items where we retrieved it.
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Poignant story #47: <BR><BR>In Kenya last year, my wife and I had the privilege to see a baby giraffe being born. She set her mind on bringing home a large carving with a larget mama and smaller baby giraffe. A few days later, in the huge carving showroom, we saw them but the price was exhorbitant. I talked her into a tall mother giraffe only for about a quarter of the price. I sent her outside for a cigarette (yeah, I know...) while I supervised the packing.<BR><BR>We took Mama on the plane with us all the way home. There, my wife did the unwrapping and was totally overwhelmed when she found a 1 foot high Baby snuggled between the legs of Mama.<BR><BR>Two morals: (1) don't even think of shipping anything home from Tanzania, and, (2) you get lots of points, guys, for thinking "outside the box."
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