Among the other risks:

  • to be not admitted in the country and therefore lose the entire meeting;
  • to pay high fines beyond the regular fees;
  • to be banned for future travels to Ethiopia for a certain time.
question

According to you, which of Sarah's moves have been correct?

And under which circumstances could Sarah have acted differently?

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WELL DONE MISTAKES
  • To keep calm during the interview in Addis.
  • In this case, even though not correct in principle, the decision to lie about her awareness over the visa procedure most probably helped.
  • To rely on local contacts.
  • Being aware she was travelling with a tourism visa she could have prepared better in the case something went wrong.
  • She should not have given for granted that the registration procedure was possible at any place in a country she didn’t know.
  • When establishing her travel budget, she did not consider any unforeseen event to be covered by liquidity and did not consider to diversify her financial sources in case of technical troubles, as she had with the demagnetized stripe band.