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how was he able to cross so many borders without any ID?
by Markoff 10y ago
how was he able to cross so many borders without any ID?
- contingencies 10y agoAbout 10 years ago I knew another Canadian who crossed China-Laos-Thailand-Malaysia without a valid passport or visa (or pretty much any money whatsoever). This was after about 3-4 years in China with an expired visa. When you consider how short the Thai/Malay land border is in particular, if it's possible there, then it would appear that most borders are not very well controlled. This accords with my own experience visiting land borders in remote areas and speaking to local inhabitants (mostly China-Burma-Laos-Vietnam but also Algeria-Tunisia). Allegedly he turned himself in at the Canadian consulate and was flown home.
- narutouzumaki 10y agoI am curious, do you mean he by some means simply managed to get border control to let him pass through, or he crossed the border without being controlled? E.g. crossing through sparsely populated areas / nature?
- contingencies 10y agoCrossed the border without being controlled.
- ryanlol 10y agoThere aren't many borders in the world that can't be trivially crossed without ID. Especially on foot.