How many have you seen?
Date : Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Time : 8:20 AM
Came across this list of World's Top 100 Wonders @ HillmanWonders
- Pyramid of Egypt
- Great Wall of China
- Taj Mahal India
- Serengeti Migration Kenya/Tanzania
- Galapagos Islands Ecuador
- Grand Canyon USA
- Machu Picchu Peru
- Iguazu Falls Argentina/Brazil (checked)
- Bali Indonesia
- Amazon Rain Forest Brazil/Peru
- Ngorongoro Crater Tanzania
- Great Barrier Reef Australia
- Angkor Wat Cambodia
- Victoria Falls Zambia & Zimbabwe
- Forbidden City China
- Bagan Myanmar
- Karnak Temple Egypt
- Teotihuacan Mexico
- Banaue Rice Terraces Philippines
- Bora Bora French Polynesia
- Acropolis & its Parthenon Greece
- Potala Palace at Lhasa China
- Jerusalem Old City Israel
- Qin Terra Cotta Warriors China
- Chichen Itza Mexico
- Petra Jordan
- Nile River Cruise Egypt
- Easter Island Chile
- Cappadocia Turkey
- Colosseum of Rome Italy
- Fjords of Norway
- St Peter's Basilica Vatican City
- Egyptian Museum Egypt
- Borobudur Indonesia
- Valley of the Kings Egypt
- Hong Kong Harborscape China
- Sistine Chapel Vatican City
- Alhambra Spain
- Louvre Museum France (checked)
- Canals of Venice Italy
- Versailles France
- Carlsbad Caverns USA
- Mecca Saudi Arabia
- Kathmandu Valley Nepal
- Metropolitan Museum of Art USA
- Mt. Everest China & Nepal
- Antarctic Cruise Multinational
- Temple Emerald Buddha Thailand (checked)
- Hagia Sofia Turkey
- Pompeii Italy
- Kashmir Valley India
- Prague Old Town Czech Republic
- Golden Temple India
- Amalfi Coast & Drive Italy
- Meenakshi India
- Chartres Cathedral France
- Mezquita of Cordoba Spain
- Damascus Old City / Umayyad Syria
- Dubrovnik Croatia
- Uffizi Gallery Italy
- Rio Panoramic Views Brazil (checked)
- Golden Pavilion Japan
- Delphi Greece
- St. Basil's Cathedral Russia
- Abu Simbel Egypt
- St. Mark's Basilica/Campanile Italy
- Florence Cityscape Italy
- Kremlin Russia
- Varanasi & the Ganges India
- Li River Cruise China
- Shwedagon Stupa Myanmar
- Sahara Desert Multinational
- Leaning Tower of Pisa Italy
- Baalbek Lebanon
- Mont-St-Michel France
- Topkapi Palace Turkey
- Carnival in Rio Brazil
- Stonehenge England
- Angel Falls Venezuela
- Yellowstone USA
- Santorini Greece
- Petronas Twin Towers Malaysia
- Matterhorn Switzerland
- New York Skyline USA
- Marrakesh Morocco
- Eiffel Tower France (checked)
- Ladakh India
- Niagara Falls Canada & USA
- British Museum England
- Burj Al Arab Dubai, UAE
- Yangtze River Cruise China
- Yosemite USA
- Ayers Rock Australia
- Hermitage Museum Russia
- Chambord Chateau France
- Lijiang / Shangri-La China
- Neuschwanstein Castle Germany
- Banff National Park Canada
- San Francisco USA
- Portofino Italy
Only a pathetic 5!!!! I still got a long way to accomplish my 'wonders' list. How abt you??
Labels: Out of the Box, Sheepish Breakaway
Also 5 for me. I hope to cover more this year.
Me five too.
Why nothing from Singapore, heehee.
7. Machu Picchu Peru (Too bad u miss e chance to go there)
8. Iguazu Falls Argentina/Brazil
39. Louvre Museum France
61. Rio Panoramic Views Brazil
82. Petronas Twin Towers Msia
How nice if I can plan for holiday this year, but quite unlikely.
At least I saw 11. Must work harder, earn more Vit M to see the rest. hehe...
Tigerfish and PP,
looks like we all gotta earns more $$$ like EastCoastLife and plan some time for traveling. I luv traveling, it helps yo recharge our mind, and brings us some new ideas everytime we visits a new place. Dunt u agree.
EastCoastLife,
wah.. 11 arr!! how i envious.
Hehe.. wish u earns more extra $$$ in ur stock then can go to more place =) I can tag along and be ur 'kah kia' anytime.
Woah Zee..u force me to go and invest in stocks big time so I can go to these places man..keke..
but I think these places are all I went to...
- Bali Indonesia
- Grand Canyon USA
- Metropolitan Museum of Art USA
- Yellowstone USA
- Yosemite USA
- New York Skyline USA
- San Francisco USA
Still a looooong way for me man..sigh!
Zee Zee faster find a rich man, marry him and you can quit being a messenger.Then you can travel around the world and go shopping everyday. Haha.
I think I went to about at least 15 of them, most of which I covered during my Europe trip many many moons ago. Of course, I would love to visit those fabulous places that Pauline and you visited! My only Asian experience was Angkor Wat in Cambodia and boy was it impressive! I must admit that even though I am in the heritage business, I haven't had the time to see and enjoy a lot of these heritage sites. Too busy working!! Sigh.....
Wah.. not bad sia,Jason. at least u been to more places than i m.
hey strike toto oso can lar..
Haha. how i wish too, Bill!
However i think instead of counting on man, i think its betta to hv my own $$$ hehe...no need ask for money from the man and feel guilty of brushing his card. =P teach me more tips to get richer!!
cool insider,
wah.. u r the cahmpion so far. ECL onli been to 11 places. Actually if one do not hv time to travel further, one can always find new places to visit in his own country. I kinda like the excursion u & ur family had during the weekends/free time: botanical garden, fort canning, the goat farm and so on.. These are the places that i wanna visit too when i go back, =)
Zee, it is easy to be rich if you are a Singaporean.
1.)Do not buy a car.
2.)Live in a HDB flat but make sure the mortgage loan is from HDB. HDB will not take back your flat even if you cannot pay your monthly mortgage.By taking back your flat, it defeats their mission of providing homes for every Singaporean. Do not every fall into the trap of mortgaging your flat to the bank. This will conveniently allow HDB to wash their hands off you. The bank do not own you a living, they will seize your flat once you cannot pay. As far as I know, HDB offers the best interest-rate mortgage.
3.)Save 10% of your income and put into stocks and properties. Avoid putting all your money into the bank. You will only make the bank richer. LOL. The main reason is because interest rate from bank cannot outperform inflation rate.
4.)Never give up finding a rich man to marry. LOL.
5.)The above-mentioned is easier said than done. LOL.
Bill, absolutely agree on ur 5th point!! Mm.. looks like i gotta start hunting for golden toroise now. =P
Wendy, i shall be there one day.. save money first.
Been to 5. How about the Mulu Caves in Sarawak? Biggest and longest caves in the world.
Hey Bernard, sad to say even thou i m a M'sian i hvn really been to much places in M'sia. There r soo many interesting natural sceneries which i had missed. Really gotta catch more and contribute to M'sia tourism.
Don't forget #101: 台北101!!!
Sad to say, I've only got two. One actually because I'm sure for me the Petronas Towers don't count!
i'm not any better:-
36.Hong Kong Harborscape China
48.Temple Emerald Buddha Thailand
82.Petronas Twin Towers Malaysia
90.Burj Al Arab Dubai, UAE
Near Misses:-
a) Egypt (missed this country by a few hours as management decided to send someone else instead of me)
b) Bali Indonesia (cancelled this holiday trip in the last minute)
c) Great Barrier Reef Australia (was at Gold Coast but didn't go for the Reef trip due to insufficient time)
Frank, i had heard soo much abt Taipei 101, a shopper's paradise on earth. Always wanting to visit TW, but i think i need to loose 10kg b4 i go so tat i can indulge in all the good foods there without worrying for the extra pounds.
Hi Hui Sen, welcome!!
Haha.. oh yeah.. becoz u stay near by isnt it?
Johhny, Aiya.. wat a miss! Eqypt is a place i wish to set foot on too.
SO u not going back to Sudan animore i guess?
ZZ, glad I've covered quite a portion of your list during my backpacking days :) But I would gladly be where you are right now!
1. Pyramid of Egypt
2. Bali Indonesia
3. Karnak Temple Egypt
4. Banaue Rice Terraces Philippines
5. Acropolis & its Parthenon Greece
6. Jerusalem Old City Israel
7. Petra Jordan
8. Nile River Cruise Egypt
9. Cappadocia Turkey
10. Colosseum of Rome Italy
11. St Peter's Basilica Vatican City
12. Egyptian Museum Egypt
13. Valley of the Kings Egypt
14. Hong Kong Harborscape China
15. Sistine Chapel Vatican City
16. Louvre Museum France
17. Temple Emerald Buddha Thailand
18. Hagia Sofia Turkey
19. Pompeii Italy
20. Uffizi Gallery Italy
21. Delphi Greece
22. Abu Simbel Egypt
23. St. Mark's Basilica/Campanile Italy
24. Florence Cityscape Italy
25. Sahara Desert Multinational
26. Leaning Tower of Pisa Italy
27. Topkapi Palace Turkey
28. Santorini Greece
29. Petronas Twin Towers Malaysia
30. Eiffel Tower France
31. Yangtze River Cruise China
Wow.. Miss Loi, a good 31!
U r the backacking queen. but i do envious & admire those of opt for backpacking, esp gal. Did u go for a travel-ard-e-world-in-eighty-day kinda of trip? I m impressed!! really impressed, and makes me sooo gonna plan for a breakaway immediately!!
Juz wondering, izzit becoz ur job allows u to plan for ur time-off easier than us the 'da-gong-zai'?
Hehe not really lah - happens the majority of the places on your list was covered in one big trip I had upon Uni grad.
I think as a tutor these days, my normal working days (7/week) are definitely more than you. Just that I get to take longer breaks during school hols that's all.
But you're in the part of the world that few of us would ever get a chance to go - do treasure your time there (which I think you are judging from what's written here) :)
Guess u went for an Europe backpack then.
Yupe, reckon tat, its too far from where our home are. and u bet, I m enjoying my days here. =)
Zeee, well.. travel everywhere. In or out of Malaysia doesn't matter :-)
Yupe, agreed! As long as i get to travel, haha.
