The Mind Creative DECEMBER 2014 | Page 27

The Mind Creative But it would have been no laughing matter had the over-sensitive US Department of Homeland Security been alerted to the fact that, in the driver’s seat of this American car with a New York number plate, was a Pakistani man with an Australian passport. My wrong left turn might have rung alarm bells and prompted the anti-terrorist squad to swoop down on us. I could have been accused of attempting to use a rental car as a Weapon of Mass Destruction in the heart of Denver! Nothing of the sort happened. My journey continued and my American experience remained pleasant as ever. Even my driving record in the US remains without blemish! 27