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Cavity Search??

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kiwifruitisfun · 03/01/2011 15:16

DD is on her gap year and is travelling with three girl friends. We got her weekly email today and she causally mentioned that two of them were randomly selected for a cavity search at the airport.

Then she quite casually moved on to a different topic in her email.

Did she mean cavity search or does it mean something different from what I'm thinking?

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thisisyesterday · 03/01/2011 15:18

no, it doesn't mean anything different.

poor her!

dejavuaswell · 03/01/2011 15:47

It is not too bad. I had one in the far east years ago.

It will have been done by a lady. They check under the breasts and in the armpits first. Then you bend over a table with your feet on two marks on the floor. It is all very quick but yes it is fingers inside the V and then up the bottom. The lady was very gentle and used lots of lube.

Don't worry, kids are pretty resiliant.

lal123 · 03/01/2011 16:05

A cavity search isn't random as far as I know - yes they can randomly check your bags, but a cavity search would require a good reason (and I think would be done by police rather than airport staff - though I may be wrong and just watch too much Passport Control)

DorisVinyard · 03/01/2011 16:14

Which country was this performed in?

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kiwifruitisfun · 03/01/2011 16:42

Indonesia.

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CeliaFate · 03/01/2011 17:26

Oh my God. I would have been traumatised. Your dd doesn't sound that bothered though, so I wouldn't worry too much.

dejavuaswell · 04/01/2011 08:23

Sorry OP. I didn't think it through quite right. Of course it would have been worse for a youngster rather than a bit older, bit saggier oldie like me who had had smear tests, kids and the rest.

But kids are pretty resiliant.

loopylou6 · 04/01/2011 09:47

They must of had good reason and suspicion to carry out a cavity search.

dejavuaswell · 04/01/2011 10:25

"Good reason", in Indonesia? You must be joking especially at some of the smaller airports!

There were 4 white ladies on my flight. We all got cavity searched. Yes the lady who did it was fine, as I said earlier. The "doctor" who observed probably wasn't.

We chaperoned each other which is an interesting way of getting to know strangers!

dejavuaswell · 04/01/2011 10:46

I have always told DD's and nieces that in situations like this you should do everything in your power to stay together.

You are in far less "danger" even with one other person you know and trust. I have gone as far as suggesting to my DD that she should offer to also have a search or be arrested or similar rather than let a sibling be taken off on their own.

Only twice ever in my family has this advice needed to be followed but both times it was the right call in my opinion. Turkey and Vietnam.

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kiwifruitisfun · 04/01/2011 16:20

The Mother of one of DD's travelling companions has been in touch. It seems the process of what happens in the cavity search is pretty much as described by Dejavuaswell except it was "fairly rough, but not too bad".

She and I are mortified

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