For many travellers, political borders separating countries are nothing but imaginary lines in the sand. If the desire to travel characteristically takes over, no amount of a red tape can stop a true traveller from finding the means to  jump on a plane,  jump in a bus,  get on a boat, or perhaps even travel by train to get to the destination with they’ve identified  as the next place they’d love to visit.

However, the realities of the world we live in are such that we have to jump through all manner of hoops just to visit the next interesting destination we’ve identified to explore. If you do not require a visa which you would have to pay for then there are some other measures which are put in place to make for somewhat of an administrative nightmare for you to have to go through, just so that you can visit a country which is not of your birth.

So if we are ever going to have a borderless world then we are very long way from that, as things stand, currently.

More regional trade blocs are definitely popping up, most of  which are modelled around the European Union zone. Still, it doesn’t quite constitute borderless travel, because at the end of the day every single state seeks to protect its own citizens first.

A different reality seems to exist with immediate neighbouring countries, for example even though some economic sanctions have been placed on countries such as Zimbabwe, the domestic relations between the Zimbabwean citizens and South Africans seemed to bypass all of those sanctions. There are many nuances which citizens of immediate neighbouring countries can speak of which will utterly blow the minds of anybody who is from  someplace a little further from any of those borders.

If we take our focus to countries such as the United States of America then things tend to get a little bit more ridiculous. Stand with one foot in one state and the other foot in the another state and something which you could be engaged in will be illegal in one of the states while it is perfectly legal in the other one. So technically speaking one half of your body could be arrested while the other one is perfectly free to  take full advantage of the no deposit bonuses you’re using to try your luck on some online casino, in the case of the activity you’re engaged in being online betting.

Yeah different laws apply to different states. This sort of ridiculousness tends to become amplified across international borders, which is something that brings into view one of the main reasons why people love to travel.  If you’re a 420-friendly type of person then a destination such as Amsterdam in the Netherlands would definitely be a favourite.

If you would love to try your luck on some slot machines and you’re a Chinese citizen for example, a boat ride into Macao will suddenly render your pastime of gambling legal. You wouldn’t even be allowed to bet online in that case, legally…

So until we do indeed have a borderless world, which is not likely to happen in our lifetime, the next best thing is to enjoy all that the world has to offer, online, if you can’t make your way to the destination physically.