It's a large world after all.

The Times Online recently listed the 25 best spots to see around the world. And now I've got the travel bug again. I've been to only 3 of these so far (and very close to 2 more.) Why do we only get 2 weeks vacation in the US?

The 25 Wonders of the World

1 Salt flats of Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia

2 Uluru or Ayers Rock, Australia

3 Pyramids at Giza, Egypt

4 Drifting down the Amazon

5Fairy chimneys� and caves of Cappadocia, Turkey

6 Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

7 Petra, the city carved from stone in the Jordanian desert

8 Machu Picchu, Peru

9 Sagrada Familia, Gaud�s masterpiece in Barcelona

10 Perito Moreno glacier, Patagonia

11 Sistine Chapel, Rome

12 Trekking in the Himalayas

13 Angkor Wat, Cambodia

14 The canals and palaces of Venice

15 Taking a camel train across the Sahara

16 Great Wall of China

17 Victoria Falls, Zambia and Zimbabwe

18 Paddling in the Barrier Reef, Belize

19 Taj Mahal, India

20 Maya ruins of Mexico and Guatemala

21 Stone giants of Easter Island

22 Grand Mosque, Djenn�, Mali

23 The temptations of Las Vegas

24 Forbidden City, China

25 Itaip�, the world�s biggest dam, Paraguay and Brazil

 

How many have you seen? Tell me all about them! What's worth doing and what's not?

 


Posted by heydomsar
2007-05-07

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