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Instead of building a massive bridge, we load hundreds of heavy vehicles onto a flat-bottomed vessel and slowly putter across the water. It is a wildly…
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Driving across Norway requires stopping at the edge of cliffs and waiting for a boat. The ferries are baked directly into the road network, forcing impatient…
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While they look like massive party ships, these vessels are just practical overnight buses for exhausted travelers. You board in one country, sleep in a tiny…
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Navigating between England and France means weaving a passenger boat through an absurd amount of international marine traffic. Commuters just sit inside,…
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When the Aswan High Dam drowned the historic region of Nubia under a colossal artificial lake, millennia-old land trade routes vanished overnight. The…
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Instead of dealing with border traffic, commuters just hop on a high-speed boat that blasts across the Rio de la Plata. It is a shockingly fast international…
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