<p>No problem, glad I can help! Wish I could tell you for sure the laws for the permit, but I had tried calling, emailing and looking everywhere for my first wedding down there and I couldn't get a straight answer! The only thing I heard from everywhere is that you won't get any attention if you just have a camera, a few flashes, and lenses, since it's the same as what a camera hobbyist would bring on vacation. I used two of these bags (my second shooter had the second bag) - http://www.thinktankphoto.com/products/airport-international-v2-roller-camera-bag.aspx It has the added security locks and a thick wire with a lock for safe keeping and is small enough to fit any airline requirement for carry on. In each bag, we had memory cards, batteries, chargers, 2 flashes each(with the little flash stands, to do off camera flash hands-free if we needed it), 2-3 lenses, and one camera body. I was also able to squeeze in my mamiya 645 and rolls of film, plus a point and shoot underwater camera. I also have one of those tiny netbooks that I can hook up a card reader and an external hard drive for on-location back up. For my checked bag, I packed a tripod for my long exposures, an extra set of batteries and memory cards, and the pellets for the underwater camera casing (for some reason, all the pellets I packed on my carry-on bag were unusable, so I'd recommend if you are bringing any, to pack some on your carry on and some in your checked bag to make sure you have some usable ones when you land). I hope that helps!!</p>