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Title: What borders have you been to? Post by: Vosem on March 17, 2012, 09:46:07 AM An interesting topic I was just discussing with my brother. What country borders have you come within 10 miles of, on land? (Crossing it counts, obviously). It doesn't count if you're on a plane. To my surprise, I've only actually been to three such boundaries:
US-Canada France-Netherlands (on St. Martin) Costa Rica-Nicaragua What about you? Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: anvi on March 17, 2012, 09:52:29 AM I've been to the U.S.-Canada border at both the International Peace Gardens in North Dakota and at Niagara Falls.
But the most interesting border I've been to was in Basel, Switzerland. I have a picture I took of it hanging on my apartment wall. It's a misty January day, I'm standing in the back of the Erasmus Church, that is, standing in Switzerland, looking out over the Rhine River, and on the left edge of the Rhine was France, and on the right edge was Germany. I really love that spot, even though I was only there once. Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Franzl on March 17, 2012, 09:57:27 AM Too many to count...
Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: dead0man on March 17, 2012, 10:21:39 AM Just the US-Canadian and US-Mexican borders...only crossed the Canadian one (and that was many many moons ago).
Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: fezzyfestoon on March 17, 2012, 11:49:43 AM Ooh this could be fun...
I've approached US-Canada and Austria-Slovenia and crossed... Austria-Italy Italy-Vatican Austria-Hungary Austria-Slovakia Austria-Czech Republic Austria-Germany Germany-Netherlands Netherlands-Belgium Sweden-Norway Ireland-UK I think that's it Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Hash on March 17, 2012, 11:57:04 AM Crossed:
US-Canada (in Quebec, going into NY and VT and vice-versa; in Ontario, going into NY and vice-versa) Germany-France (Saarland into Lorraine? and vice-versa) Germany-Austria (Bavaria going into Tyrol and Salzburg and vice-versa) France-Italy (PACA-Liguria) France-Monaco Saudi Arabia-Bahrain (technically, a bridge) Saudi Arabia-Qatar Cyprus-UK (Akrotiri) Came close to: UAE-Oman Cyprus-TRNC (the Green Line in Nicosia and Mt. Olympus in the Troodos Mountains) Jordan-Israel If you really wanted to, I guess you could count "crossing" into an embassy as crossing a border, in which case I would have crossed into UK territory (in Riyadh). Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: I'm JewCon in name only. on March 17, 2012, 12:06:08 PM US-Mexico
lol Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Platypus on March 17, 2012, 12:20:09 PM crossed:
Chile-Argentina (4 times) Argentina-Uruguay (4 times) Argentina-Bolivia (once) been next to: Uruguay-Brazil Argentina-Paraguay-Brazil Argentina-Paraguay Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Redalgo on March 17, 2012, 12:35:08 PM Just because it would otherwise be boring:
Arizona - Sonora District of Columbia - Virginia Minnesota - North Dakota Minnesota - Wisconsin Montana - Alberta Montana - Idaho Montana - Blackfeet Nation Montana - Crow Indian Reservation Montana - Flathead Nation Montana - Fort Belknap Indian Reservation Montana - Fort Peck Indian Reservation Montana - Wyoming North Dakota - South Dakota Washington - Idaho Wyoming - South Dakota Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Snowstalker Mk. II on March 17, 2012, 12:36:30 PM New Jersey-New York
Pennsylvania-New York Pennsylvania-New Jersey Pennsylvania-Delaware Pennsylvania-Maryland Maryland-Virginia Maryland-DC DC-Virginia Virginia-North Carolina Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: minionofmidas on March 17, 2012, 12:38:15 PM Germany-Netherlands
Germany-Belgium Belgium-Netherlands Germany-Luxembourg Germany-France Luxembourg-France Germany-Switzerland Germany-Austria Switzerland-Italy Austria-Italy (within ten miles, presumably Austria-Switzerland too Oh, and possibly of either's borders with Liechtenstein? Oh yeah, and I suppose Sylt is within ten miles of the Germany-Denmark land border. Oh right, Basel is obviously within ten miles of the Swiss-French border as well!) Germany-Czech Germany-Poland England-Scotland England-Wales Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: opebo on March 17, 2012, 12:39:34 PM Siam-Lao many times.. a few times to Cambodia. Years ago to some Euro borders while traveling on bus or train. Seemed like hardly borders at all.
Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Lief 🗽 on March 17, 2012, 12:53:06 PM US-Mexico
Belgium-Germany Belgium-Netherlands Czech Republic-Germany Czech Republic-Austria Czech Republic-Slovakia Slovakia-Hungary Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Хahar 🤔 on March 17, 2012, 01:01:42 PM Singapore-Malaysia
Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: politicus on March 17, 2012, 01:01:55 PM Crossed:
DK-Sweden Norway-Sweden DK-Germany Germany-Poland Poland-Czech Republic Germany-Czech Republic Hungary-Austria Austria-Germany Romania-Hungary Hungary-Serbia Serbia-Bulgaria Bulgaria-Romania Germany-France France-Spain Ireland-UK (Derry in Northern Ireland) So many borders to cross in Europe... Thailand-Myanmar Thailand-Laos (in the north) Laos-Thailand (Int. Friendship Bridge) Gambia-Senegal Canada-USA (BC-Washington) Many of the countries I have visited don't have a land border: Australia, NZ, Vanuatu, Cuba, Iceland. I like island nations. Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Lambsbread on March 17, 2012, 01:03:01 PM New Jersey-New York Pennsylvania-New York Pennsylvania-New Jersey Pennsylvania-Delaware Pennsylvania-Maryland Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Bacon King on March 17, 2012, 01:53:26 PM Approached, but not crossed:
Honduras-Guatemala Switzerland-France Crossed: Germany-Netherlands Germany-Austria Germany-Switzerland Germany-France Italy-Austria Italy-Switzerland Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Hatman 🍁 on March 17, 2012, 03:37:54 PM Canada - USA, many times (crossed at Ft Erie/Buffalo, Ivy Lea bridge, QC-VT and ME-NB). I have been within 10 miles of the border in Sault Ste. Marie as well, and I crossed through US waters on the Vancouver-Victoria ferry.
Also, I live within 10 miles of the Canada-Quebec border ;) Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: minionofmidas on March 17, 2012, 03:44:17 PM Canada and Quebec are synonyms. You live within ten miles of the Upper Canada - Canada border.
Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Negusa Nagast 🚀 on March 17, 2012, 04:08:40 PM Not counting state borders.
Only Denmark/Sweden AFAIK. Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Reginald on March 17, 2012, 04:17:04 PM Driven Texas FM 170, which runs right along the Rio Grande in places. That's it, unfortunately.
Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Middle-aged Europe on March 17, 2012, 06:02:02 PM Too lazy to count.
I think I crossed Germany/Luxembourg by foot though. One time I also went into Poland for a pizza. Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Boris on March 17, 2012, 06:50:23 PM Michigan - Canada
Austria - Hungary Austria - Italy Austria - Czech Republic England - Scotland Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: 🐒Gods of Prosperity🔱🐲💸 on March 18, 2012, 02:25:20 PM US-Canada
Austria-Slovakia Slovakia-Czech Rep. Czech Rep.-Germany Germany-France France-UK Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Atlas Has Shrugged on March 18, 2012, 02:32:18 PM Florida-Georgia
Georgia-South Carolina South Carolina-North Carolina North Carolina-Virginia Virginia-Maryland Maryland-Pennsylvania Maryland-West Virginia West Virginia-Ohio Virginia-West Virginia Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Sbane on March 18, 2012, 03:16:30 PM I have been to the US-Canadian border at Niagra Falls. I have been near the US-Mexico border at Imperial Beach, which is near San Diego. A nice pier with views of the Helicopters hovering around, trying to keep the Mexicans out. I have also been close to the India-Bangladesh border while visiting Cherrapunji. You can see Bangladesh from there (it's on a mountain overlooking the plains of Bangladesh) but since I went to the rainiest place on earth in the middle of the rainy season, there was no possibility of that occuring.
Oh, and the Singapore-Malaysia border as well lol. Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: greenforest32 on March 22, 2012, 04:51:03 AM No other countries and for states:
Oregon-Washington Oregon-California I haven't traveled much Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: minionofmidas on March 22, 2012, 01:40:10 PM Italy-Vatican Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: angus on March 22, 2012, 01:58:34 PM An interesting topic I was just discussing with my brother. What country borders have you come within 10 miles of, on land? (Crossing it counts, obviously). It doesn't count if you're on a plane. To my surprise, I've only actually been to three such boundaries: US-Canada France-Netherlands (on St. Martin) Costa Rica-Nicaragua What about you? I've crossed the US-Mexican border at about 7 places, the US-Canada border at 4 points, the Mexico-Guatemala border at 2 points, the Netherlands-Germany border at 2 places, and the following land borders at least once: Guatemala-Belize, Belize-Mexico, Guatemala-El Salvador, Guatemala-Honduras, Panama-Costa Rica, Peru-Bolivia, Germany-Denmark. I know that I've been within ten miles of the East-West border in Germany, when it existed, and within ten miles of the China-Hong Kong border, when it existed. I've probably been within ten miles of several borders as well, such as the northern and southern borders of Nicaragua, and some of the western borders of Germany, but that's all I can remember at the moment. Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: GMantis on May 13, 2012, 04:52:47 PM Borders I've crossed:
Bulgaria-Serbia Bulgaria-Greece Serbia-Hungary Serbia-Croatia Croatia-Slovenia Slovenia-Italy Hungary-Slovakia Hungary-Romania Romania-Bulgaria Hungary-Austria Slovakia-Czech Republic Czech Republic-Germany Czech Republic-Austria Germany-Netherlands Germany-France France-Spain France-Belgium Belgium-Germany Germany-Austria Austria-Italy If crossing the English Chanel by tunnel counts as a border crossing, add France-UK As for other borders, I've visited Rezovo, which is right on the Bulgarian-Turkish border, and I might have come within 10 miles of the Greece-Macedonian and Austria-Slovenian borders. Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Mr. Morden on May 13, 2012, 07:40:56 PM I hardly ever cross borders by land. I guess at some point I should visit mainland Europe if I want to get some border crossings in.
I've crossed the US-Canada border at at least five different locations: NY-Ontario (near Niagra Falls) MI-Ontario MN-Ontario WA-British Columbia at two different locations Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: MaxQue on May 13, 2012, 10:03:20 PM I never crossed any border, but I went to Niagara Falls, Ontario and on the bank of the Niagara River. US is just on the other side of the river.
I also went to an event at Stanstead College, in Stanstead, Quebec, which is at 0.4 miles of the US border, just at the end of I-91. Title: Re: What borders have you been to? Post by: Platypus on May 13, 2012, 10:41:25 PM crossed: Chile-Argentina (4 times) Argentina-Uruguay (4 times) Argentina-Bolivia (once) been next to: Uruguay-Brazil Argentina-Paraguay-Brazil Argentina-Paraguay Update: Chile-Argentina 4 times (Los Libertadores twice, the one between Osorno and Bariloche twice) Argentina-Uruguay 4 times (Fray Bentos-Gualeguaychu 3 times, the one near Paysandu once) Argentina-Bolivia 1 time (La Quiaca-Villazon) Bolivia-Peru 1 time (The one at the bottom of the lake) Peru-Chile 1 time (Tacna-Arica) |