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Is the Channel Tunnel in international waters?
Is the Channel Tunnel (the railway tunnel linking Great Britain and France) dug under the seabed considered international waters, or is it always under UK or French territorial waters?
EDIT: as some people noticed this question is probably not very…
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Can you expect the flight attendants to tell the passenger in front of you to put his seat up in normal position?
My last (Swiss) long-haul flight was overnight and a lot of passengers tried to sleep. Nevertheless, the flight crews served dinner at the start of the flight and breakfast shortly before landing. Both times, they woke up and asked the passenger in…
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What is the best way to obtain visas for the Trans-Siberian/Trans-Mongolian Railway?
I'm planning on taking the trans-Siberian / trans-Mongolian from Moscow to Beijing via Ulaan Bataar next year and I'd like some advice on how best to organise the visa situation.
I'm a British citizen, my partner is Swedish. We'll need visas for…
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What happens if you declare an item and it is confiscated?
A few years back I was on a trip with a family member who brought back a meat product to Canada. I told them to declare it, so they did. It got confiscated entering at the Canadian border as a prohibited item. The agent sent it out to be destroyed.…
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How can I answer ESTA question when I don't have all the required details?
The ESTA application form asks
Have you ever been issued a passport or national identity card for travel by any other country?
How should I fill out the application form if I am no longer in physical possession of an expired passport from…
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My mom and I are traveling to NYC together. Can we be together at the border control station or will we have to go one after another?
My mom and I are traveling to New York City together soon and I will be 17 years old by the time of travel. The airport of arrival is Newark Liberty Airport(EWR).
Will we have to go one after the other to the border control officer or can we be…
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Can a connection in Singapore airport be too long?
I am looking currently at flights from Darwin, Australia (DRW) to Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV).
There are not many offerings on airline websites for routes between these airports. The itineraries I found have a very long connection in Singapore (SIN)…
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Why are there California border crossing checkpoints that don't seem to do anything?
Why are drivers stopped at the border going into California?
Picture courtesy reviewjournal.com via Google.
There is a border checkpoint on the Interstate 40 freeway that stops drivers going from Arizona to California (but not the other way). When…
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Is the "dark and stormy lab" in which Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson developed Unix still in existence and preserved?
Is the "dark and stormy lab" in which Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson developed Unix still in existence and preserved as of the end of 2017?
I might take a trip to USA someday and go visit that lab. Better than some museums for me I would guess.
The…
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Is this weird area on the Belgium-Germany border a walkway or something different?
As you can see on the image above, Belgium and Germany have a weird border near the Oostkantons. It seems to be some kind of path east of the "real" border. Does anyone know more about this strange path and can you walk on it?
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France to USA by ship
I would like to travel from France to USA (ideally New York) with a ship. I want to use a ship because I have a long-term flying phobia; I know this is the root problem that I should solve, but this will take some time, and I am not psychologically…
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What's the highest number of countries whose borders meet at a single point?
What is the maximum number of countries meeting at a single point on earth?
Where is it?
What are the countries?
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Traveling with medical equipment in checked baggage
My wife uses a compression machine to treat lymphedema, which is a result of her breast cancer treatment several years ago. She needs to use the machine almost daily, otherwise her arm swells, which is painful and uncomfortable.
The machine has…
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Overstayed my US visa for over 10 years, never got deported, can I return as a tourist?
In 2000, I traveled to the US via a J-1 Work And Travel program and lived there, illegally, for 11 years. I was never arrested, or had any trouble with the law, I was never deported. I paid my taxes (had a SSN), had numerous jobs, bank account, etc.…
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Why do airlines not have you put your bag underneath your own seat?
On airplanes, they tell you to put your bags either in the overhead or under the seat in front of you. Considering that the front row doesn't have a seat in front of them, and the back seats don't have anything under them, would it not be more…
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