Post #195688 by KaptainKuku on Mon, Oct 31, 2005 11:17 AM

Okay, I'm talking about people from California driving and/or walking into Tijuana and back here.

If you gotta have the cuban rum, after purchasing it in TJ, just decant the rum into a Bacardi bottle. Bring empty Bacardi bottles with you for this purpose. They don't search you when going from U.S. into Mexico. (Make sure the white cuban rum goes into the white Bacardi rum bottle, and vice versa.) No problem. The US Customs agents are NOT going to be able to tell the difference, and they're NOT going to bother "testing" your rum if you're bringing a few bottles in for personal use. They're looking for narcotics.

True, you won't be able to impress your friends with the cuban rum bottle sitting behind your home bar. But you can always tell your friends it's Cuban rum. As a matter fact, don't even bother going to Mexico, just serve your friends Bacardi and tell them that's illegal Cuban rum you poured into a Bacardi bottle in order to sneak it over the border. They'll think you're the next best thing to James Frickin' Bond.