"I SAID I LIKE IT HERE, CAN I STAY?"
Okay, I had a dream last night that I made this list of the wonders of the world and checked everything off of it, having seen it all. I did a little Googling, and realized I, doy, have a long way to go.
The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World
- The Great Pyramid of Giza
- The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
- The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
- The Statue of Zeus at Olympia
- The Mausoleum at Halicarnassus
- The Colossus of Rhodes
- The Pharos of Alexandria
- Stonehenge
- The Colosseum
- The Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
- The Great Wall of China
- The Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
- The Hagia Sophia
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Mount Everest
- The Great Barrier Reef
- The Grand Canyon
- Victoria Falls
- The Harbor of Rio de Janeiro
- Paricutin Volcano
- The Northern Lights
- Palau
- The Belize Barrier Reef
- The Galapagos Islands
- The Northern Red Sea
- Lake Baikal
- The Great Barrier Reef
- The Deep Sea Vents
- The Empire State Building
- The Itaipú Dam
- The CN Tower
- The Panama Canal
- The Channel Tunnel
- The North Sea Protection Works
- The Golden Gate Bridge
- Angel Falls
- The Bay of Fundy
- Iguaçú Falls
- Krakatoa Island
- Mount Fuji
- Mount Kilimanjaro
- Niagara Falls
- The Clock Tower (Big Ben)
- Eiffel Tower
- The Gateway Arch
- The Aswan High Dam
- Hoover Dam
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial
- The Petronas Towers
- Abu Simbel Temple
- Angkor Wat
- Taj Mahal
- Mont Saint-Michel
- The Moai Statues
- The Parthenon
- The Shwedagon Pagoda
9 comments:
Count me in if you plan a trip to the Galapagos or Stonehenge. :-D
(my own personal count is embarassing, though I do have a photo of my best friend in front of the pyramids)
I've seen very few of those wonders myself. I live in London, so Big Ben is nearby, and I've seen the Eiffel Tower on a couple of trips to Paris.
I really wanted to see Mt Fuji, on my trip to Japan, I even went on a day trip in the Hakone region where it is situated, but the view was obscured by a lot of fog.
I visited the Empire State Building on a short trip to New York, and the Golden Gate bridge in San Francisco.
Your list has reminded me of all the other places I want to visit. I'd love to go on a trip to check them all out.
I love your sense of adventure. I have been to 23 of the spots. As an avid scuba diver I was sorry I only had been to one; the northern Red Sea. Check out my most recent post on some of my travels.
Schwartzy turned me on to your site. Sorry I will miss your performance on my trip to Chi-town; I'll be there the 17-19 Aug. I will keep you in mind for next time.
All I do is travel and I have seen many on your lists. 23
They missed the mighty and gigantic, 8th century Kailasa Temple at Ellora,India (Cave 16)
The size of the Parthenon, but not built, carved out of the living rock!
Here's a recent addition:
http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=633&L=0
I've been to Big Ben, and really close to Stonehenge, Niagra Falls, and the Empire State Building and Statue of Liberty, but not close enough. I'm working on my list.
But doesn't Racine, WI ("the Hamptons of the Midwest") count? And what about Sheboygon, WI? I mean come on...Johnsonville Bratwurst!
Did you just say "doy"? As in "no doy"?
Woah. Here I was using "boss" last week in a post and you're throwin' out the "doys." I think I love you! ;-)
One of the things that can, if I let it, drive me crazy is the knowledge of how many places I have NOT seen in my life. I was looking at the book 1,000 Places To Visit Before You Die the other day, and it made me really sad. I felt poorly-traveled.
talia - "...I've been to Big Ben..."
Is he really big?, or is this an Urban myth like that Tommie Lee guy?
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