rankourabu

Not bad by age 30

ROAD

USA/Canada
USA/Mexico
Poland/Germany
Poland/Slovakia
Poland/Czech Republic
Poland/Ukraine
Slovakia/Hungary
Hungary/Ukraine
Finland/Russia
Belarus/Poland
Greece/Albania
Albania/Macedonia
Macedonia/Bulgaria
Germany/Netherlands
Germany/Denmark
Austria/Slovakia
Croatia/Bosnia
Switzerland/Liechtenstein
France/Switzerland
Italy/San Marino
Poland/Lithuania
Lithuania/Latvia
Turkey/Syria
Syria/Jordan
Guatemala/Honduras
Brazil/Argentina
Argentina/Paraguay
Paraguay/Brazil
Argentina/Bolivia
Bolivia/Peru
Guatemala/Belize
Belize/Mexico
Singapore/Malaysia
Malaysia/Brunei
Laos/Vietnam
Vietnam/Cambodia
Cambodia/Thailand
Botswana/Namibia
Kenya/Tanzania
Tanzania/Malawi
Malawi/Zambia
Zambia/Zimbabwe
Namibia/South Africa

BY RAIL
Canada/USA
Poland/Germany
Netherlands/Belgium
Poland/Slovakia
Germany/Netherlands
Slovakia/Hungary
Austria/Germany
Germany/Belgium
Belgium/France
Belgium/Luxembourg
Germany/Czech Rep
Germany/Switzerland
France/Switzerland
France/Spain
Hungary/Serbia
Serbia/Montenegro
France/Italy
France/Monaco
Bulgaria/Romania
Singapore/Malaysia
Malaysia/Thailand

FERRY/BOAT
Mexico/USA (cruise)
Finland/Estonia (ferry)
UK/Denmark (ferry)
Denmark/Sweden (ferry)
Sweden/Finland (ferry)
Italy/Greece (ferry)
UK/Ireland (ferry)
Jordan/Egypt (ferry)
Hong Kong/Macao (ferry)
Thailand/Laos (river cruise)
Argentina/Uruguay (ferry)
Namibia/Angola (boat)
Zambia/Botswana (ferry)

ON FOOT
Italy/Vatican
Mexico/USA (Tijuana)
Macao/China
Spain/Gibraltar
Zambia/Zimbabwe
Montenegro/Croatia

ajax

Did Georgia-Armenia-Georgia a few weeks ago. How strange - they made everyone walk across.

hfly

For those of us that at times have had to cross borders multiple times on a daily basis a listing is meaningless.

UpperDeck87K

That's right, we had to walk too even though we had a car/taxi Yerevan-Tbilisi. I have to say the georgian immigration officers were the funniest and friendliest ever... flirting and everything!

Kalboz

The same here!

jackal

Hmm, cool idea! Here's my list (as best I can recall):

By car (including ferries with car):
1994: USA (Alaska) > Canada > USA
1995: USA > Canada > USA (Alaska)
1997ish: USA > Canada > USA (Alaska)
1998ish: USA > Canada > USA > Mexico > USA
1999: Germany > Austria > Germany > France > Luxembourg > France > Spain > Portugal > Spain > Gibraltar > Andorra > France > Monaco > France > Italy > San Marino > Italy > Austria > Germany > Czech Republic > Germany > Poland > Czech Republic > Germany
2000: Germany > Austria > Hungary > Slovakia > Poland > Lithuania > Latvia > Estonia > Finland > Sweden > Norway > Denmark > Germany > Netherlands > Belgium > France > England > Wales > Ireland > Scotland > England > France > Belgium > Germany
2001: Germany > Austria > Slovenia > Croatia > Slovenia > Austria > Hungary > Romania > Bulgaria > Turkey > Greece > Italy > Switzerland > Italy > Switzerland > France > Switzerland > Liechtenstein > Switzerland > Germany

By foot:
1998ish: USA > Canada > USA (International Peace Garden, North Dakota)
1999: Italy > Vatican > Italy
2009: Thailand > Myanmar > Thailand

By boat (excluding ferries with car):
1999: Spain > Morocco > Spain
2009: Thailand > Laos > Thailand

By bus:
2009: Singapore > Malaysia

By train:
1999: Finland > Russia > Finland

Where countries are listed in succession, the borders were crossed as part of a single trip. I believe all of the above have been with my grandfather as part of our road trip obsession!

CMK10

Not too many for me:

1. US to Canada (New York to Toronto via Buffalo/Niagra Falls and New York to Montreal.
2. Switzerland to France before the E.U. days. We were in a family friend's car who was an ex-pat. The border police found his New Jersey plates of interest.
3. Italy to Vatican City. But who hasn't done this one?

Sjoerd

Where did you find the Netherlands - French border?
(well, there is one on St Martin / St Maarten)

alex0683de

A tough one - loads of border crossings in Europe, mostly by car.

Germany <-> Switzerland
Germany <-> Austria
Germany <-> Belgium
Germany <-> Luxembourg
Germany <-> France
Germany <-> Czech Republic
Germany <-> Netherlands

Austria <-> Liechtenstein
Austria <-> Slovenia

Slovenia <-> Croatia

Switzerland <-> Liechtenstein
Switzerland <-> France
Switzerland <-> Italy

France <-> Luxembourg
France <-> Spain
France <-> Monaco
France <-> Italy

Belgium <-> Netherlands
Belgium <-> Luxembourg

Spain <-> Gibraltar


Probably some more that I can't remember right now.


Elsewhere in the world, I'm a bit more sure:

USA <-> Canada

Mexico -> Guatemala -> Honduras
Belize -> Mexico

Spain (Ceuta) <-> Morocco

Singapore <-> Malaysia

Thailand -> Cambodia

Lebanon <-> Syria

evanderm

By car, coach, bike or on foot (live near a border)

Netherlands - Germany
Netherlands - Belgium
Belgium - France
Belgium - Luxembourg
Belgium - Germany
Luxembourg - France
Luxembourg - Germany
France - Spain
France - Germnay
France - Andorra
Germany - Austria
Germany - Czech Republic
Germany - Poland
Austria - Slovenia
Slovenia - Croatia
USA - Canada
Russia - Finland
Senegal - Gambia

By Train
Finland - Russia
Netherlands - Belgium
Netherlands - Germany

By Eurotunnel (on a bus in a train)
France - UK

By Boat, not including cruise
Netherlands - UK
Belgium - UK
France - UK
Finland - Estonia

Mind you, the only border crossings where there were actually formalities were
Estonia (pre-Shengen)
Russia
Slovenia (also pre-Shengen)
Croatia
Canada / USA
UK
Senegal / Gambia

jackal

Haha...I knew I was going to do that somewhere. Thought I caught them all, but...well--anyway, it's fixed now.

mhnadel

It depends on the border crossing. It isn't true at Bavra, but that is a fairly unusual, less traveled one. (I was going from Bakuriani, not Tblisi, and stopping in Gyumri on the way to Yerevan.)

Mr H

Indeed. I couldn't name all the crossing points, let alone make a guess at the number of occasions.

998R

By car:
San Marino- Italy
Italy- Vatican
Italy-France
Italy- Switzerland
Italy- Slovenia
Italy-Austria
France-Spain
Spain-Andorra
France-Switzerland
France-Germany
Switzerland-Germany
France-Monaco
Austria-Slovenia
Austria-Germany

By bus:
USA-Canada
Austria-Slovakia

AyrMiles

England <-> Scotland
England <-> Wales
Ireland <-> Northern Ireland

France <-> Germany
France <-> Spain
France <-> Belgium
France <-> Luxembourg
France <-> Italy
France <-> Switzerland
France <-> Monaco

Belgium <-> Germany
Belgium <-> Netherlands
Belgium <-> Luxembourg

Germany <-> Poland
Germany <-> Denmark
Germany <-> Czech Republic
Germany <-> Austria

Italy <-> Vatican City

Austria <-> Italy
Austria <-> Slovenia
Austria <-> Yugoslavia (when it still was)
Austria <-> Slovakia

Slovenia <-> Croatia
Croatia <-> Serbia
Croatia <-> Hungary
Serbia <-> Hungary
Hungary <-> Romania
Romania <-> Bulgaria
Bulgaria <-> Turkey

Poland <-> Czech Republic
Poland <-> Slovakia
Slovakia <-> Czech Republic

Denmark <-> Sweden (if the Oresund bridge counts )

Singapore <-> Malaysia

Interesting exercise... (and hard, for a bear of very little brain like me )