Hi Mike,

;-) I don't understand it either, but then that's why it's a bug ...

I count countries on three lists:

1. UN List: United Nations member states - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

2. Travelers Century Club: The Travelers' Century Club

3. Charles Veley's List: Most Traveled People - Where Have you Been?

Thank you for your wonderful description of this nightmare border. Your first paragraph gives a good account:
"
The Kaliningrad-Poland border
It's a living nightmare. I got through in under two hours. In order to do this I rode, slowly and uncomfortably, down a thin road collapsing under the weight of parked cars. I wish I'd counted them but there can't have been less than 400. There could easily have been twice that number. I wish I'd had the guts to take pictures but -- my bleedin' heart Western liberal mentality -- I don't take pictures of the plight of others just for the sake of it. 'Plight' is not too strong a word. These people - Russians and Poles - must take two or three *days* to cross the border. They were sleeping. Eating packed food. Dozing. Standing in small groups talking. Staring off into space. I rode past one man having a loud, sweary argument - with himself. Alcohol may have been involved. I rolled along the road beside them. Some smiled, some waved, some ignored me. I hardly knew where to look.
..."

Now imagine, you are jumping that queue on foot, searching for a ride, and it's raining and grey.

Have fun in Albania !

(... where they have overcome their Soviet legacy as compared to Kaliningrad and Transnistria).