Tagged With "borders"

Beautiful looking city, PH...thanks for sharing this stopover

In a poll by the Guardian (UK) of countries that have the most unfriendly and intimidating border crossings, the Big 3 of North America dominated the top of the list, with the U.S. selected by 22%, Mexico 9% and Canada 8%. Only UAE/Dubai managed to...

Last week, we reported HERE that Cruises to Nowhere are being dropped because of new U.S. regulations, and that the reasons were not fully clear. But now we know.   Under U.S. laws, designed to promote both the domestic shipbuilding industry and...

          Photo of Paris by PHeymont   France will reinstate border controls for a month as part of larger security measures around the UN Climate Conference Nov. 30- Dec. 11 in Paris. Europe's...

Gumbo was visiting the India-Pakistan border crossing at Wagah. A popular flag-lowering ceremony takes place just before sunset every day.

DrFumblefinger shares photos of some of the people he saw while watching the flag lowering Ceremony at this India-Pakistan border crossing.

A number of countries in areas including Southeast Asia and southern Africa are considering simplified regional visas, making travel easier for ...

  When you visit a city for the first time—especially if it's just a short stop—you can't do much more than grab a quick general view, and promise yourself to return. It's sort of like the New York Times' "36 Hours In..." series, and...

Will a plan to charge for fast lanes through UK airports solve a problem or only create a new one?

U.S. Customs and Border Protection wants to check your social media before you enter the U.S.

Fighting to stay alive, Barcelona's bookstores find new ways to draw customers in, including food, meeting space and tournaments.

At a time when border crossings are getting harder in many places, they just got easier at a pair of airports, right across the border and road from each other on the U.S.-Mexico border. By a happy accident, San Diego and Tijuana have twin airports facing each other, and now they have a bridge connecting them, allowing U.S. passengers to fly to many Mexican destinations by crossing the road; at the same time, Mexicans heading for U.S. cities can change planes to fly from San Diego. The key...

It's not yet a done deal, but a campaign to give Finland a mountain as a gift on the 100th anniversary of its independence is gaining support in Norway. Norway has lots of mountains; Finland is mostly flat. On their common border, Halti rises to 1365 metres, not even one of the top 200 in the country...but one of it spurs, over 40 meters lower, is the highest point in Finland. The proposal, which now has the support of the Norwegian Mapping Authority, would shift the border 20 meters to put...

Sweden's plan for mandatory ID checks at borders, designed to reduce the flow of refugees seeking asylum, is about to have an unintended consequence: reducing service and snarling travel across the Oresund bridge between Sweden and Denmark. As a response to the controls, to take effect on January 4, SJ, Sweden's national rail operator, is cancelling all cross-border service to Denmark in order not to take on responsibility for the ID checks, and Skanetrafiken, which operates the commuter...

Talk about learning to jump through fiery hoops ! You should be on some UN negotiating team !

Interesting tale, Rob. Sorry that you had to leave Vivie behind. I did two 14 day quarantines this past year and know someone who had to do six of them. What a waste of productive time. Never again.

In our case, I'm very grateful. We had to jump through a lot of hoops but we managed to see each other during most of the pandemic. But I've heard so many heartbreaking stories. Couples that can't see each other. Divorced parents who can't see their kids . Mother's that can't see their sons. The list goes on. Not to mention all the jobs losses in the border towns and property owners who are going to have to deal with houses left vacant for 2 years. I think Canada will start to open up soon...

Travel Rob gains a lot of memories by walking across the border to return home from Canada.

Sounds like a remix of your escape from Romania. Brave man Rob.

Garry - In this case, everyone was nice. And as a positive, I got to see a glimpse of Maine . I think I have a better understanding of how the border communities view each other as one. Prime Minister Trudeau quoted President Reagan before calling the US-Canada border “a meeting place, rather than a dividing line.” Hope it gets back to that.

Scotland is getting a new rail route today, the longest new route in the UK for over 100 years. The new Borders Railway runs from Edinburgh to a new station at Tweedbank, and aims to bring visitors to the southeast Borders region.

This year was the 25th anniversary of the annual car show in Northern Idaho. There were lots of beautifully classic cars and family friendly activities.

Some lovely specimens there - thanks for the post!

Love classic cars - much more inspirational than today's characterless models. But aside from the cars, Bonners Ferry looks delightful.

Thanks for your comments, Prof Abe and Barry. Love the old cars too. We've definitely lost some of the artistry and creativity that used to define car manufacturing. Bonners Ferry is a S-M-A-L-L town, but it's a nice place to live and raise a family.