Comments on: Gateway to the Americas http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/09/22/gateway-to-the-americas/ Why bother seeing the world for real? Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:37:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Peter http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/09/22/gateway-to-the-americas/comment-page-1/#comment-202023 Peter Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:30:50 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2532#comment-202023 My wife and I walked over the Gateway to the Americas bridge a few days ago. We were on vacation in San Antonio and decided to make a short side trip to see Mexico. We used one of the parking lots on the Laredo side and walked over the bridge. While it's cool to be able to walk into another country, Nuevo Laredo wasn't a very nice place, we'll leave it at that. My wife and I walked over the Gateway to the Americas bridge a few days ago. We were on vacation in San Antonio and decided to make a short side trip to see Mexico. We used one of the parking lots on the Laredo side and walked over the bridge. While it’s cool to be able to walk into another country, Nuevo Laredo wasn’t a very nice place, we’ll leave it at that.

]]> By: cookie monster http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/09/22/gateway-to-the-americas/comment-page-1/#comment-202022 cookie monster Mon, 22 Sep 2008 23:45:18 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2532#comment-202022 This wouldnt be some Mexicans trying to enter the US of A by another way would it? http://googlesightseeing.com/maps?p=&c=&t=k&hl=en&ll=27.575091,-99.52277&z=18 This wouldnt be some Mexicans trying to enter the US of A by another way would it?

Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth

]]> By: Jonathan http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/09/22/gateway-to-the-americas/comment-page-1/#comment-202021 Jonathan Mon, 22 Sep 2008 20:08:13 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2532#comment-202021 In case anyone else is having a feeling of déjà vu, the bridges haven't been featured before as such, but the "monster flag" near one of them featured three years ago: http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/14/laredo-monster-flag/ Happily the flag is still visible on the Google map! In case anyone else is having a feeling of déjà vu, the bridges haven’t been featured before as such, but the “monster flag” near one of them featured three years ago:
http://googlesightseeing.com/2005/09/14/laredo-monster-flag/

Happily the flag is still visible on the Google map!

]]> By: Alex http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/09/22/gateway-to-the-americas/comment-page-1/#comment-202020 Alex Mon, 22 Sep 2008 19:59:50 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2532#comment-202020 @Timothy - I agree, "Gateway to the Americas" is a misleading term, but hey - it wasn't me that named it "The <strong>Gateway to the Americas</strong> International Bridge"! As for how many cross in either direction, well it doesn't seem that the City of Laredo publish that information, or I would have included it. One wonders if there might be a slight discrepancy in the tally of people returning back to Mexico of course... @Timothy – I agree, “Gateway to the Americas” is a misleading term, but hey – it wasn’t me that named it “The Gateway to the Americas International Bridge”!

As for how many cross in either direction, well it doesn’t seem that the City of Laredo publish that information, or I would have included it. One wonders if there might be a slight discrepancy in the tally of people returning back to Mexico of course…

]]> By: Keith T. http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/09/22/gateway-to-the-americas/comment-page-1/#comment-202019 Keith T. Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:31:00 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2532#comment-202019 It's a fair statement to say U.S. border controls are tighter than Mexico border controls. But I think it's also a fair statement to say that there's more demand to enter the U.S. than there is to enter Mexico. Since satellite photos seem to be during daytime we would see the inbound traffic rather than the evening outbound traffic. It’s a fair statement to say U.S. border controls are tighter than Mexico border controls.

But I think it’s also a fair statement to say that there’s more demand to enter the U.S. than there is to enter Mexico. Since satellite photos seem to be during daytime we would see the inbound traffic rather than the evening outbound traffic.

]]> By: Timothy http://googlesightseeing.com/2008/09/22/gateway-to-the-americas/comment-page-1/#comment-202017 Timothy Mon, 22 Sep 2008 14:16:24 +0000 http://googlesightseeing.com/?p=2532#comment-202017 I would have assumed that "Gateway to the Americas" meant "gateway to the rest of the american countries" not "Gateway to the US" as implied by the post. You also dont tell us how much traffic is in each direction, which would be interesting. The long queues may be due to stricter boarder controls in one direction as well as sheer volume. I have been through a number of boarders where one country is far stricter than the other and as a result creates long queues. I would have assumed that “Gateway to the Americas” meant “gateway to the rest of the american countries” not “Gateway to the US” as implied by the post.
You also dont tell us how much traffic is in each direction, which would be interesting. The long queues may be due to stricter boarder controls in one direction as well as sheer volume. I have been through a number of boarders where one country is far stricter than the other and as a result creates long queues.

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