#54

Oh. Wait. Exactly the opposite. Was in Brazil for three weeks and went to the Argentine side of the falls for the afternoon.

#55

Popped into Switzerland long enough to get on a bus.

Wales is great, foppyish, you should get off the train next time!

#56

Got the train from Copenhagen to malmo on a Sunday. Got there and most things were shut walked around a park for an hour and came back

So Sweden for about 2hrs

#57

Both you and jook did this.

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#58

Stepped into North Korea for a few seconds while visiting the DMZ in South Korea.

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#59

Cycled into Austria from Lindau. Immediately got on the ferry back.

#60

Couple of hours in Burma basically just for the passport stamp. Walk over crossing north of Chiang Rai in Thailand.

#61

The novelty of crossing country borders, even with no physical border per se, never gets old, does it?

When on holiday earlier this year we crossed lots of borders. The best was Luxembourg into Germany. We were cycling along a river right on the border and kept cycling over bridges into Germany. Had strudel and beers in Germany and it was about half the price of what it would have cost in Luxembourg.

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#62

Ukraine, had a few hours, Kiev is just Leeds but colder

#63

Strolled over to the Zambian side of Vicky Falls for about three minutes.

#64

Yeah it’s class. This arch is the border between Peru and Bolivia:

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There’s a little football pitch off to the right of this too, I like to think the border guards from either side have matches when they’re bored

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#65

Have spent less than a day in Slovakia (Budapest-Prague train and back) and Sweden (day trip to Stockholm).

Kyiv outside of the freezing hell that is November-February is way better than Leeds.

#66

Bit seedy imho

#68

I think there’s a thread in best border crossings. Is that the crossing up near Puno? I don’t remember that arch, but did get there on a night bus so might have been half asleep

#69

Went to Geneva airport en route to Val Thorens in France for a couple of hours. Thought it was a great opportunity to get a load of Euros out of a Travelex cash machine before we got our minibus transfer. “Hmm, these Euros look a bit weird…”. Had to take them back into the Travelex and change them. Great exchange rate.

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#70

I’ve been out there two or three times a year and things have changed a lot since I first went. Still has a dark underbelly and cultural attitudes need bringing up to speed, but a lot has improved compared to five years ago. Give it another chance, plenty of great things about the city :slight_smile:

#71

I went across the Rainbow Bridge from Niagra Falls, New York to Niagra Falls, Ontario for an hour.

#72

Yeah it is! Oh, I didn’t know you could cross it at night, I thought it was closed!

#73

Oh, I think it was morning by the time I got to the border, it was a night bus from Cusco.

#74

I’ve spent hours in Italy, Luxembourg and Canada.

I’ve done that to Canada a few times now.