Comments on: Reason Fest Day 6: Border Hell http://www.andrewturnbull.net/log/?p=574 Sat, 14 May 2016 01:49:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Andrew T. http://www.andrewturnbull.net/log/?p=574&cpage=1#comment-147 Andrew T. Fri, 01 Jan 2016 19:10:28 +0000 http://www.andrewturnbull.net/log/?p=574#comment-147 Whoa, crossing over with alcohol! Limit or not, you're braver than I am. Whoa, crossing over with alcohol! Limit or not, you're braver than I am.

]]> By: jonrev http://www.andrewturnbull.net/log/?p=574&cpage=1#comment-145 jonrev Sat, 26 Dec 2015 09:40:43 +0000 http://www.andrewturnbull.net/log/?p=574#comment-145 My experience going to Toronto last year was the opposite; Canadian patrols rummaged through my car in Windsor because I told them I had a sixer of Schlitz and a bottle of SoCo in the trunk (well within whatever the limit of booze is); hour-long fiasco of answering the same questions to three groups of guards. We re-entered at Buffalo, a few days later, within 3 minutes of pulling up to the booth. My experience going to Toronto last year was the opposite; Canadian patrols rummaged through my car in Windsor because I told them I had a sixer of Schlitz and a bottle of SoCo in the trunk (well within whatever the limit of booze is); hour-long fiasco of answering the same questions to three groups of guards. We re-entered at Buffalo, a few days later, within 3 minutes of pulling up to the booth.

]]> By: Andrew T. http://www.andrewturnbull.net/log/?p=574&cpage=1#comment-101 Andrew T. Sun, 25 Oct 2015 03:54:01 +0000 http://www.andrewturnbull.net/log/?p=574#comment-101 Whoa, an actual commenting reader! I wasn't sure that there were any. One of my acquaintances in Winnipeg told me that there's very little U.S. tourist activity in the city anymore because the border crossings have become too much of a hassle. Unfortunately I think too many Americans have never stepped outside their own boundaries, and are so myopic that they don't care about the experiences people have to go through when doing so. Whoa, an actual commenting reader! I wasn't sure that there were any.

One of my acquaintances in Winnipeg told me that there's very little U.S. tourist activity in the city anymore because the border crossings have become too much of a hassle. Unfortunately I think too many Americans have never stepped outside their own boundaries, and are so myopic that they don't care about the experiences people have to go through when doing so.

]]> By: Paul http://www.andrewturnbull.net/log/?p=574&cpage=1#comment-100 Paul Sun, 25 Oct 2015 01:12:40 +0000 http://www.andrewturnbull.net/log/?p=574#comment-100 Totally concur. Utterly ridiculous what you have to go through to come back to your OWN country. When I returned at the NY crossing, it was ridiculous (But not even close to as invasive as yours). Going into Canada - 20 minutes (I had a carnet, so I had to register that). Coming back into the US - 2 hours. My recent trip to Poland - going through Canada, Germany and Poland - maybe 20 minutes in Canada, 10 in Germany and no time in Poland (granted, I was already in the EU). Coming back - 10 minutes in Germany, 10 minutes in Canada and then through US customs - about 2 hours. Totally concur. Utterly ridiculous what you have to go through to come back to your OWN country. When I returned at the NY crossing, it was ridiculous (But not even close to as invasive as yours). Going into Canada - 20 minutes (I had a carnet, so I had to register that). Coming back into the US - 2 hours. My recent trip to Poland - going through Canada, Germany and Poland - maybe 20 minutes in Canada, 10 in Germany and no time in Poland (granted, I was already in the EU). Coming back - 10 minutes in Germany, 10 minutes in Canada and then through US customs - about 2 hours.

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