Your Seven Wonders of the World

[Zorra]

I just went to the pyramids in Sudan which are (apparently) older than those in Egypt but a lot smaller - there are also no tourists whatsoever so you get a special feeling like you're the only person to have ever seen them. I thought they were amazing

 

[isitme]

st james park

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

st james park

 

[chilango]

I just went to the pyramids in Sudan which are (apparently) older than those in Egypt but a lot smaller - there are also no tourists whatsoever so you get a special feeling like you're the only person to have ever seen them. I thought they were amazing

I've been there!!!

Absolutely amazing!

Did you get the little kids appearing from miles away selling you crap model pyramids?

They would easily be in my 7 wonders.

 

[chilango]

My 7 places that have blown me away when I saw them

1) Grand Canyon
Obvious but still awesome.

2) Pyramids at Meroe, Sudan (see above)

3) Monument Valley (see above)

4) Las Vegas

5) Cichin Itza, Mexico

6) Great Wall of China

7) = Denali National Park
= Spitzbergen
= Arches National Park
= Bryce Canyon National Park
= Downtown NYC

 

[Zorra]

I've been there!!!

Absolutely amazing!

Did you get the little kids appearing from miles away selling you crap model pyramids?

They would easily be in my 7 wonders.

Nope, but these are the ones near Kareema, not the ones near Shendi (where the Italian camp it etc) They are still aces tho!

 

[chilango]

Nope, but these are the ones near Kareema, not the ones near Shendi (where the Italian camp it etc) They are still aces tho!

Theres two Meroes iirc correctly.

Mine were near Shendi yeah. Look damn similar though!

Found some ruined palace in the desert near there too.

Wasn't such a good idea to hitch there and back from Shendi though....

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

In terms of places I've been to...

That view from the Park over Florence

View of Nanda Devi ("Highest mountain in the British Empire") From Naini Tal

The Taj

Czesky Krumlov. How people only go to Prague and never visit this gem is beyond me

Lijiang old town

Yangshuo

 

[upsidedownwalrus]

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[phildwyer]

Can't believe no-one's said Machu Picchu yet!

 

[Space Girl]

for me:

egypt - mainly karmac temple but basically the country itself has so much to see and do

the three gorges - even though it was not as impressive as I thought it would be it was still a dream of mine to go and I am glad I did before it was dammed

Coba - mayan temple

New york - just everything about it but mainly the view from my hotel room which was on the 41st floor

 

[Space Girl]

es vedre - ibiza

machu picchu - not been yet but I will go soon

sri lanka - both sigera rock fortress and adams peak

 

[Bang to Rights]

The 7 most wonderful sights I’ve seen:

1). Taj Mahal
2). Angkor Thom
3). Norwegian Fjords
4). The town of Goslar
5). The Royal Palace of Bangkok
6). Victoria Falls
7). The pyramids at Giza

I still haven’t yet seen the mosaic mosques of Uzbekistan or Machu Pichu.

 

[chilango]

Coba - mayan temple

My fave mayan ruins.

I liked being able to tour the site on a bike and the lake full of crocodiles. Some of whom would lie on shore about 20ft from the bar. Coba most definately

 

[Space Girl]

it was amazing but climbing it in flipflops was not a good idea and when I finally got to nearly the top and I turned around I nearly bloody died, getting down was not fun or ladylike either, my OH went up and down it like a mountain goat the fucker!

we got the men to cycle us through as we had young kids with us, it was really magical, we didn't see any crocs in the lake but we did see lots of tarantulas crossing the roads

 

[Structaural]

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Coba - mayan temple

'bin there, tis wicked.

For me it's Tulum, Mexico:

Would love to go to Machu Pitchu one day...

 

[Space Girl]

tulum for me was not all that, maybe it was because it was just way too hot and there was nowhere to hide from the sun despite getting there when it opened - I much preferred the jungle scene of coba - the drive to coba was great too

did you go to xel-ha when you were there?

 

[chilango]

Did you stay in Coba?

Spent 3 nights there. Very, very, very quiet. Just us, some beers and the crocs.



I didn't go to Xel-ha. Whilst in Tulum really couldn't be bothered to go very far tbh.

I'd recomend Valladolid and Merida as good places to stay in the region too.



The cenotes are pretty cool too. Went to quite a few. Cave snorkelling is

 

[chilango]

 

[Space Girl]

we stayed just outside tulum and loved it, we hired a car for a week and did all the usual tourist sites - the kids really loved it and we all long to go back there, we didn't do any cenote swimming as the children were too scared and young, we did however find a crack in the seabed where the fresh underground water came up into the sea, that was really amazing

xel-ha was amazing and it's one place I highly recommend - I definitely would spend another day there

 

[soulman]

Not really sure about NYC. It seems to be lacking something.

Loving the Mayan temples though.

So many places to go, so many people to meet

 

[phildwyer]

Not really sure about NYC. It seems to be lacking something.

What?

 

[soulman]

What?

Like most big cities I've visited I felt it lacked a sense of community. If you live in these cities I guess you find a place for yourself in them, but they really don't do it for me.

 

[phildwyer]

Like most big cities I've visited I felt it lacked a sense of community. If you live in these cities I guess you find a place for yourself in them, but they really don't do it for me.

I lived in NYC for ten years. It's a collection of small communities, but I can see how you might miss that if you're just visiting.

 

[soulman]

es vedre - ibiza

Ibiza is lovely but I've seen more lovely sights island hopping in Greece.

sri lanka - both sigera rock fortress and adams peak

Wow now that's something I'd like to see for myself

 

[Space Girl]

but there is something really magical about that island

as for sri lanka - sigera is amazing and the climb is easy but adam's peak - ok going up but coming down - eek

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Jesus, imagine if you ran out of milk. Is there a budgins near by?