Smithsonian magazine came up with a list of several places everyone should see before they die. I've never even heard of Pagan or Iguazu Falls, but now I want to go there in the worst way. Anyone ever been there? I was happy to see that 3 of these items I can see here in the US. There would be no excuse for me not to. Portals into the Past – Mesa Verde – Pompeii – Tikal – Petra Feats of Engineering – Pyramids of Giza – Taj Mahal – Easter Island – The Great Wall A Matter of Timing – Aurora Borealis – Serengeti – Iguazu Falls – Machu Picchu Triumphs of Vision – The Louvre – Zen Garden of Kyoto – Uffizi Gallery – Fallingwater Scale New Heights – Yangtze River – Antarctica – Mount Kilimanjaro – Grand Canyon In the Presence of Gods – Pagan – Parthenon – Angkor Wat – Ephesus Here Today, Gone Tomorrow? – Venice – Amazon Rain Forest – Great Barrier Reef – Galápagos Islands
Those would be great places to visit if everyone had the time and money. However in todays world that's not possible for the majority of people so they, as I , use the internet to view those places. Many of them have web cams to see them in real time or at least links to them. Here's just one example of where I go to visit online because I can't get to all thses places in my lifetime but am happy that this is available to me at least. http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/museum.htm http://www.coudal.com/moom.php http://www.museumstuff.com/ I do hope that you can visit the ones that interest you, see you there! Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
oooooo, cosmic! Thank you!!! I also wonder how safe it is to visit some of those places, what with the worlds political climate and all.
The Middle East is filled with historic and beautiful places Krak de Chevallies is an ancient Crusader Castle in Syria and is great, I've been there! It's one of the top tourist attractions Petra, as you said Beirut Tripoli Damascus, first city in history Cairo
No their weakass government can't do shit without our help But it's a nice city......just avoid the occasional gunfire!Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Istanbul/Constantinople would be nice to visit. Moskva (Moscow) as well! Canadian Wilderness Shanghai
Canadian wilderness...hmmm, I guess being to the Tetons and Glacier Natl Park are good enough for me. I tell everyone to go to Thermopolis WY. The redwoods in Northern CA are amazing as well. I've never been to the Grand Canyon, but have never really been that interested. I've read that somewhere in the UK there are whirlpools in the ocean. I'd like to see those.
dang those are beautiful! Whatever you want to say about god, you have to admit he has great architects.
The floating palace of Udaipur Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Any Mughal architecture in India, like this, the Buland Darwaza at Fatehpur Sikhri Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image!
pfft....... http://www.syriait.net/photos/uncategorized/krak_des__chevaliers.JPG http://www.theodora.com/wfb/photos/syria/beach_resort_lattakia_syria_photo_gov.jpg http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1335/561484575_e1b126258d.jpg hell yea. http://www.syriait.net/photos/uncategorized/homs_skyline.JPG that's more like it
Wow.......a bunch of primitive huts on the water Where is bora bora? Anyway, nobody's mentioned Dubai yet
Have you considered the Andamans? Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! Same place, different angle: Please Register or Log in to view the hidden image! http://www.flickr.com/photos/visbeek/676019986/ More http://www.flickr.com/photos/boaz/220428174/
Shimla - India Three Gorges Dam - China Rice Terraces of the Cordilleras - Philipines Yucatan Sinkholes - Mexico Crater Lake - Oregon / USA Angkor - Cambodia Chichen-Itza - Mexico Niagra Falls - USA/Canada New York City - USA
I've been to Pompeii, it's massive....when you look at photos and read about it you'd think it was a couple of streets, but it's HUGE and they haven't even finished unearthing it yet. All the rude Roman graffiti is still on the walls too. They have casts of the dead townspeople which is pretty fucked up, plus if you're out there for the day you can go up Vesuvius, which is awe inspiring but smells of farts.
