Alex digy.com3/10/05


> When I was in Moscow a month ago I went to a restaurant with some fancy
> bankers. They did not have really good tea (usually they do, unless the
> management is foreign - Lipton bags is all the Marriott Grand Hotel had and
> it is considered "The Hotel" in Moscow I was told that that was because of
> the Canadian management).
> As usual in these circumstances I asked for a teapot of hot water, reached
> into my pocket and took out a plastic bag with some green puerh that I
> always carry with me. You should have seen the look on these guys faces -
> they had no doubt that this was pot and they started to tell me how
> dangerous it is to smoke these things in Moscow nowadays. After I was able
> to convince them that this was tea they said that it does not matter - the
> police would arrest me just seeing the stuff and later to justify my arrest
> they would actually put real pot into the bag.The site of greenish-brown
> stuff in a plastic bag just leaves no doubt in the cops minds there. After
> that I started asking myself if carrying puerh with me in a plastic bag is
> so safe here in the US.
> Anyone?
>
> Sasha.


Absolutely dangerous. You are lucky to be walking our streets. BTW, tell us
more about your Russian prison adventures, please, especially about Russian
prison tea.

Michael