border visit, august 4 2019

Sunday, August 4th  2019. Afternoon at Roxham Road, USA.
Another warm summer day. A total of 7 people, all adults crossed into Canada while we were there.  

The first taxi brought two women of African origin in their thirties. They looked exhausted and did not want to talk.  The RCMP officer gave helpful information about the need to bring all their luggage with them in one go. We helped one of the woman who had two very heavy suitcases.

The next taxi brought two Nigerian men.  They stopped at the border as the RCMP asked them to do but when one of the men (perhaps assuming the officer had finished speaking) walked across the border, the RCMP officer became angry and told him to stop because he had not finished. 

The last taxi brought two men from Sri Lanka. They were very friendly, drank some water and thanked us with a Namaste.    The RCMP officer stuck to the protocol and they crossed without incident.