wouldn't it be cool if you could drive from anywhere above the equator, to any other country above the equator? Or take a train? No airplane needed

Called the Trans-Eurasian Belt Development (TEPR), the ambitious project was proposed by Russian Railways head Vladimir Yakunin earlier this month, according to CNN

http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2015/11/russian-superhighway-seeks-to-link-new-york-and-london/