It's such a hassle sometimes...

London Heathrow Terminal 3, originally uploaded by benny ng.

Whilst Britian is a great place to visit, entering or leaving the UK is always such a hassle. As the first and last contact point for tourists and business travelers, the airport experience certainly drops the UK experience by quite a few notches. I wonder why they spend bucket loads of money promoting UK as a great destination instead of upgrading the facilities at the airports. Strange....

In addition, photographers are treated with less respect and often with suspicion by the security staff. If there's a load of folks with happy snappies shooting away in a public place and one chap with an SLR/DSLR, this chap will probably be the one who gets questioned. Photography in public places has become such a difficult and unpleasant experience. I should think that if terrorists are really trying to get pictures, they will be as inconspicious as possible. And these days, even the smaller compact camera or mobile phone can produce great pictures.

I was led to believe that in UK, photogrphers have less rights that those in the US.

I suppose if you leave the camera at home or just bring a small compact like the Panasonic LX3, you'll still have a great time.

Cheers,