we had a stopover in keeto, ecuador. where we had to change planes.n line for the next flight. but i didn't realize there was a checkpoint before getting on the plane. i felt nervous and a lot of apprehension, but you can't let it show, or you're just tipping them off to what you're doing. i was thinking, just keep your eyes ahead of you and don't look at anybody, because you're going to be in a world of hurt if something goes wrong here. i was just going to walk up there and they were going to check my passport and i was going to get on this airplane and everything would be fine.Ñi but when i got up to the counter, they looked at me and my mindÑi just kinda wentçó bla. they just kinda said, sir, would you please come this way? we'd like to check your bags. they weren't pulling anybody else out of line. i thought, jeez, i wonder, maybe they know. we went down a little hallway and there was a room. they started taking everything out of my backpack and going through everything, piece by piece. they opened up the box. they were going through it, shaking