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Old May 18, 2012 | 6:59 am
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AlohaDaveKennedy
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
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Plane: Texas to Bonnaire for a country tag that lasted 30 minutes.
Boat: River cruise that sailed through Moldova in less than a minute.
Train: France to Monaco on a country tag that lasted 3 hours.
Car: Switzerland to Austria in a country tag that lasted 5 minutes.
Walking: Plane transfer in St. Lucia that lasted 5 minutes.
Dog Sled: Mushed into Canada for 5 minutes.

Shortest visit to a continent: 1 hour RT ferry ride to Asia from Istanbul

On the wish list: river scuba into Belarus, cross border ballon touchdown, cross border submarine trip, cross border camel trip, cross border canoe trip

Originally Posted by where next
done a few short trips, all originating from London

Tokyo, to move a cable (5 minutes work!) and fly home
Newark, to drop off some parts and fly home
Wellington, arrived to find an equipment failure, so rented a kayak and went for a paddle in the harbour, then flew home
Nairobi for a night, same seat, same crew, same shirt on flights in and back. did get some strange looks as they thought I hadnt got off the plane the night before...
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