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Many Wonders of the world I have visited in my life time.
United States of America
The Former Twin Towers, N.Y. City
The Empire State Building, N.Y. City
The Statue of Liberty, N.Y. City
Niagara Falls (USA side)(Canadian)
The Gateway Arch
Sierra Madera Crater, Texas
Meteor Crater, Arizona
Mount Rainier National PARK, Washington State
Mount St. Helen National Park. Washington State. The last active Volcano in the US to implode.
The Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California
El Capitan, Yosemite National Park, California
Sequoia National Park, California
Death Valley National Park, California Mohave Desert
Mount Rushmore National Park, key Stone, South Dakota
The Hoover Dam, Colorado River
The Grand Canyon National Park, Colorado State
Yellow stone National Park, Wyoming State.
Brasstown Bald, State of Georgia
Stone Mountain, State of Georgia
Amicola Falls, State of Georgia
Okefenokee Swamp, Georgia
Key West, Florida
Magic Kingdom/Walt Disney world, Florida
El Yunque Rain Forest, Caribbean National Park, P.R.
La Fortaleza, P.R.
The Canadian Rockies, British Columbia, Canada
Glacier National Park, Canada
Saquenay River, Quebec, Canada
Central America
Chichen Itza, Mexico
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
Xochimilcos Floating Gardens , Mexico
Corcovado National Park, Costa Rica
Tortuguero National Park, Costa Rica
Monte verde Cloud forest reserve, Costa Rica
Panama Canal, Republic of Panama
South America
Amazon River Basin, Brazil
Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
Rio de Janeiro harbor, Brazil
Patagonia, Argentina
Europe
Big Ben, UK
Eiffel Tower, France
Alhambra, Spain
El Escorial, Spain
Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany
Colosseum, Italy
The Vatican, italy
The Leaning Pizza Tower, Italy
Delta Works, Netherlands
Middle Asia
The Parthenon, Greece, Unesco world heritage
The Acropolis, Greece, Unesco world heritage
Haghia Sofia, Turkey, Unesco world heritage
Silk Road, Uzbequistan
Africa
Sinai, Egypt, UN Peace Keeping Mission for one year, 1983-1984
Suez Canal, Egypt
The Nile River, EGYPT
Karnak, Egypt
Catacombs of Kom, Alexandria, Egypt
Cairo Citadel, Egypt
Great Pyramides of GIZA, Egypt
Valley of the Pharos, Egypt
Blue Nile, Ethiopia
Lalibela, Ethiopia, Unesco world heritage
Red Sea, Djibouti
Lac Assal, Djibouti
Great Migration, Masai Mara, Kenya
Great Migration, Serengueti, Tanzania
Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Ngorongoro, Tanzania
Middle East
Jerusalem, Israel, Unesco world heritage
Old City of Acre, Israel
Gulf Region
Burj al arab, Dubai
Palm Island, Dubai
Asia
Banue Rice Terraces, Philippines, Unesco world heritage
Historic Town of Vigan, Philippines, Unesco world Heritage
Baroque Churches of the Philippines, Unesco world heritage
Lake Taal and Taal Volcano, Philippines, the smallest and most deadliest volcano in the World.
Thailand
Town of Sukhothai, first capital of Thailand. Unesco world Heritage
Ben Chiang, Archaeological Site. Unesco World Heritage.
And many other places, I have travel but won't consider wonders of the world, but very interesting to witness.
Share with me the places you have visited around the world. Locally and Internationally. Lets try to make this thread a form of world traveler for everyone.
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spicemom said
holy smokes, RP, youmean to ...holy smokes, RP, youmean to say you been to all them places youmentioned??
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
owen said
next time you travel RP, ...next time you travel RP, can you take me with you...i will try really hard to fit in your luggage..
Joan said
Thank you for visiting the ...Thank you for visiting the Philippines :). Bust just a correction pls...It is spelled as Taal lake, Taal volcano without the "h". :P
ohbee wan said
wow been busy travelling RP ...wow been busy travelling RP
been to South Korea, Thailand, UK, France, Switzerland, U.A.E., Hong Kong but never had a chance to roam around, all travels are on a business trip :(
spicemom said
to date have been to 26 ...to date have been to 26 diff countries and still have more to cover before i hang up my boots...lol
life's too short so make the most of it, you only live but once.......
bumblebee said
Amazing.. RP, make a ...Amazing..
RP, make a trip to down under (OZ) and you will never regret it.. so much to explore.
Vegas said
I didn't know the PI was in asia??? ...You can't teach experience...
charansoi11r said
Street 31 Industrial area, ...Street 31 Industrial area, doha :)
dragonfly212 said
Pope, please visit ...Pope, please visit Borobudur temple in central java. check the photos at here: http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/Asia/Indonesia/Java/photo844812.htm
Everybody is right and Everybody is wrong, its depend where you stand
Oryx said
ok RP ...far to many to list but I will stick to 10:
pyramids in Sudan
art deco of Eritrea
Georgia - the real one!
the estuary of Zambeizi in Mozambique
Chiapas in Mexico
Bagan in Burma
Angkor Wat in Cambodia
Transylvannia in Romania
Fijords of Norway
Petra in Jordan
SuperXpat said
Red Pope, please ...Red Pope, please define ''Middle Asia'' for us!
charansoi11r said
Angkor Wat in Cambodia - ...Angkor Wat in Cambodia - You been there. Nice palce right
LAMBORJEEPNEY said
RP ...Thanks for visiting my country.
"Fascinated with Supercars but can’t afford it yet, so I settle down for a humble Jeepney, proudly Philippine made."
bumblebee said
Angkor Wat in Cambodia is ...Angkor Wat in Cambodia is amazing. Also the Bayon, you need at least about 5 days to visit all the Wat.
whoami said
lol no wonders in Qatar? ...lol no wonders in Qatar? Haven't been to the Pearl or seen the inland sea?
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bumblebee said
Pearl? I thought is still ...Pearl? I thought is still under construction?
RED_POPE said
Charansoil, Superexpat, Joan and spicemom ...Charansoil
I miss the opportunity to visit Cambodia, because after I finish touring north Thailand, I decided to visit Bankok, The Royal Palace, Floating Market, China Town and later Phuket ending my tour visiting the James Bond islands.
I'm planning to visit Vietnam or Cambodia.
Maybe If you wish to invite me to your country and you will be my tour guide it will be fine with me. Imagine two semi- locos, heavely doze in distilled spirits in the streets of your country. Lets not forget wearing shorts.
Superexpat
I made the correction, Thak you for the hint.
Joan
Thanks for the correction.
Spicemom
Most of my US travels did accomplished them while in the service, relocating from State to State, East Coast and West Coast. Every State I set my bags on the floor, I always was on the move to do some traveling in the weekends.
My last trip in September was the Philipines for 22 days of fun. I rented a mini diesel Van, got my travel book and pointed to my driver (a policeman) in the map, lets go here! of course petrol and food expenses was on me.
Every time I had my R/-a-t-/R bought me a round trainticket to some strange land. Specially when I was station in Germany. Why stay at home when there is so much to see?
In central America, I was station in the Panama Canal, Costa Rica was across Panama via the Panamerican Highway. I flew for my Honey Moon to Rio de Janeiro during Carnival time. I did visit New Brazilian Capital. The people are very nice but you had to watch carefully for the pick pockets thieves and peddlers.
I used to work for a small telecom company that had some contracts with the Mexican government, I was part of a team, we mostly work in the very South region of Mexico city very close to the Acapulco region for 3 months at a time. We were completly mobile installing there Fiber Optical cables Network.
In Africa, I lived there for four years straight. Imagine to have access for the minimum of a four to eight hour flight to those African majestic places. I did flew from Ethiopia to Thailand, my very first Asian country in my life.
I thought that Buddah was going to kidnap me over there.
I did Flew from Djibouti to Spain for a vacation of 20 days. I did split my time to stop at Ethiopia for 10 days. Nice place but some what depressing because of the poverty and misery. Did took a tour package for Kenya and Tanzania for three weeks. Lots of local flying with those bush hoppers and traveling in car and walking. Later I was assigned to Monbaza and I flew to Zanzibar for a two week R/-a-t-/R.
During my Sinai duty, We had the choice to visit Egypt or Israel. I did both at minimun cost, everything was free because of the UN status duty.
I did miss out the opportunity to work in Greenland or to work permanently in Alaska.
Alexa said
Wow, RP, that is ...Wow, RP, that is amazing!
If you ever visit Malaysia, go to the Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur, it is quite wonderous too, especially during festival time.
(Don't if you are queasy, they put knitting needles through their tongues and cheeks,and other such things!)
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom : the music is nothing, if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann
novita77 said
alexa, that festival call ...alexa, that festival call Thaipusam festival. Wont recommend go near it during the festival because of the human traffic, just watch it on the television.
Alexa said
Yep, Novi, that was ...Yep, Novi, that was it!
I was there,4 in the morning (I know, that fact is hard to believe,lol), but I was accompanied by a police officer, he probaly was more scared than I was!
Crazy stuff that!
It requires wisdom to understand wisdom : the music is nothing, if the audience is deaf.
Walter Lippmann
novita77 said
ooouuch ... that hurt Alexa. ...ooouuch ... that hurt Alexa. lol
whoami said
[AT]bumblebee, you can .../-a-t-/bumblebee, you can still visit some parts.
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wellwish said
Have you not been to India yet? ...Amazing you have been so many places and yet have not had the chance to visit India, visit the Taj Mahal, the rich diversity of people and culture in India, the chance to visit Kerala (God's own country)
I can assure you, you wont be disappointed...
jauntie said
The Garden of Eden, in Iraq ...Which is situated at the point where The Euphrates meets The Tigress. (spelling?)
Now THAT was one strange experience ....
PM said
Actually Jauntie ...Many Biblical Archeologists place the Garden of Eden on the Island of Bahrain.
A life unexamined is not worth living -- Socrates
diamond said
Red Pope, you have a few ...Red Pope, you have a few that are on my list to visit. For me The Great Wall of China was quite an experience...also the site of the Terracota Warriors in Xian
I thoroughly recommend Vietnam...from North to South you can literally see a country change and the sense of history you get is amazing.
Glacier hopping in New Zealand brought tears to my eyes in a spiritual way....the sheer beauty of nature.
Although I have been more times than I can count the Eiffel Tower never ceases to amaze.
www.kiva.org
PM said
My next big trip is going to be to Vietnam ...I have always wanted to go there since the end of the war -- which initiated me as a peace activist. I love Vietnamese culture and food, and I want to see how a country recovers from the devastation of a long war. Plus I have been supporting some projects there and would like to see how I can get more involved.
I have been to a lot of places on Pope's list but would add a few:
Tikal, Guatemala (the largest Mayan Temple complex)
The National Place, Tenochtitlan, and the National Cathedral in Mexico City
Uxmal in the Yucatan (An Amazing Mayan site; and not nearly as crowded as Chichen Itza)
Cholula in Puebla, Mexico (a massive pyramid that has been overgrown and has a Catholic church built on the top)
Bonampak, Chiapas (Mayan site with amazing paintings still presrved)
The Great Barrier Reef of the coast of Belize.
Copan, Honduras (another Mayan site with fabulous temples and relief carvings)
Stonehenge
Bath, England
Salisbury Cathedral, England
Venice!!!!
The Florence Cathedral (the dome was a landmark in architecture and engineering)
The Matterhorn
Lake Geneva and its fountain
Interlaaken, Switzerland (that wonderful, charming town where the two truquoise mountain lakes meet)
Hot Springs in Karlovy-Vary, Czech Republich (the summer place of the Hapsburgs)
Petronas Towers, KL, Malaysia
The Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Bangkok
hmmmmm.......
A life unexamined is not worth living -- Socrates
taliesin said
Sedona, Arizona ...driving up from Phoenix through the desert into red rock country during an eclipse of the moon watching the mountains turn violet. Then on to Grand Canyon at sunrise.
"There's this thing called being so open-minded your brains drop out". - Richard Dawkins
RED_POPE said
PM and everyone else who has participated in this forum. ...PM
Maybe in The future, we will discuss in our Confesion Booth better traveling hints.
Everyone
The Good News is that I'm planning to travel again around July or October time period.
I havent decided yet, which month but I'm trying to save a good chunk of travel money for this occasion.
Everything will be done under a budget.
I still got time for researching those places. I need to established an Organized route of tour, Where to stay and where
to eat, read on Safety traveling tips and try to learn a little bit of the
language and culture.
Of all the places that I'm interested will be:
India.
Vietnam.
Cambodia
Malaysia.
Everyone, once in their lives have their own moments of replication
and mutation. Causing shift changes in their inner thoughts and believes of Peace,
Love and Religion. None is pure or perfect except nature.
Red_Pope
diamond said
some more places I go back ...some more places I go back to...
The Ufizi Gallery, Florence, Italy (jaw-dropping art)
The Vatican Gallery, Rome, Italy (more jaw-dropping art)
Tuscany, Italy in autumn
The Sistine Chapel, Rome, Italy
Hong Kong's bustling markets
Covent Garden, London, England
The London Eye
Sydney Harbour
Edinburgh
Ellis Island Museum, NYC, USA
The British Museum, London, England
Salzburg, Austria (birthplace of Mozart and stunnigly beautiful. Also the Sound of Music was filmed there)
Red Square, Moscow, Russia
have dug out some photo albums and relived some wonderful memories...thanks Red Pope :)
nadt said
India..taj mahal was ...India..taj mahal was fantastic..
china...great wall is an amazing place
Tibet.....very spirtual place...awesome
Thailand.....bangkok..very busy place..
Indonesia....jakarta.....loved the people there....but didnt meet anyone as nice as Novi...she really exceds them all...
Lebanon....amazing place although very war torn...but people are very sociable and lively..considering what they have been through...
Syria.very historical but found it a bit dull...
Australia(melbourne)...lived there all my life..best place on earth(well for me anyway)
Queensland..great barrier reef..amazing place..
Dubai..what a great place..
Qatar....hmm interesting!!!!.
diamond said
yes, the Taj Mahal gets ...yes, the Taj Mahal gets better everytijme...last time I went at sunrise and watched as the marble changed colours slowly...was the only one there (unbelieveably) at that time in the morning...got the photo to prove it!
diamond said
Not exactly a tourist ...Not exactly a tourist destinatin but...the UN HQ, NYC, USA
Everest Base Camp trek (ouch)
The Giant's Causeway, Ireland (extraordinary natural phenomenom)
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RED_POPE said
Diamond girl ...Are you sure, you was not day dreaming?
Jut kidding...
One time, I was camping in Mt.Rainier in Wa. State. I was dreaming that I was drowning, When I did woke up, My Doberman was licking my face, because he wanted to go outside to do his natures call.
Everyone, once in their lives have their own moments of replication
and mutation. Causing shift changes in their inner thoughts and believes of Peace,
Love and Religion. None is pure or perfect except nature.
Red_Pope
novita77 said
"Indonesia....jakarta.....lo ..."Indonesia....jakarta.....loved the people there....but didnt meet anyone as nice as Novi...she really exceds them all..."
----> Just saw your post Nadt. Thank you for the compliment. You make me blushed. lol
diamond said
RP, daydreaming about ...RP, daydreaming about what?
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princess habibah said
mmm nadt I never ...mmm nadt I never thought of Syria as a boring place! Did you try going to Aleppo? Or the moutains outside of dimashq where one can go hiking and visit the ancient tribes still in existance??
I have never really enjoyed the idea of visiting a place on holiday without experiencing the culture and way of life of the people. To immerse myself in their hardships and ease of living and infiltrate the mentalities of the people who live in those societies.
So I only have a wish list of where I would like to socially analyse.
A bedouin tribe where the people live very much the same way they did before oil wealth. (I really just want delicious recipes ;)
A bedouin tribe or village outside of jordon.. (and see petra while I'm at it)
Chinese muslim communities. To see how we as muslims can ease the hardships of these people. (goal is to learn chinese after classical arabic)
To sit with the scholars in Qatar and gulf (So many good scholars) And how rich to experience people who have tried their best to refine Islamic manners. (something I endeavor too InshAllah alahumma ameen)
To visit somalia, sudan and other areas of africa. Perhaps helping to set up some family help organizations. And give dawah.
India because the culture is so rich!
Pakistan because of all the corruption there! I am very interested in learning how people live and function on a day to day basis here. I have heard that one needs to bribe everyone from the tax man to the telephone company. Also I find pakistanis some of the most hospitable in the world. Even more so than arabs. This greate interests me.
LOL I'd love then after all that to go back to America and analyse them! Then the british and europeans! And then the back to the Arabs starting from turkey on over.
I know I know .. very boring and a bit off topic.. I just have not been to so many interesting places as the rest of you! And wanted to put something.
RED_POPE said
Diamond ...The UN building has a unique history, When I was 16, my Mom decided to take the whole family to the UN bldg. I remenber clearly, we had a tour of the whole darn building.
I remenber that same day, we had a tour of the tall ships, park at one of NY docks. The had around 50 tallships from different nationalities, including the USS Constitution. That was fun visiting those wooden sail ships.
Everyone, once in their lives have their own moments of replication
and mutation. Causing shift changes in their inner thoughts and believes of Peace,
Love and Religion. None is pure or perfect except nature.
Red_Pope
RED_POPE said
Diamond girl ...I was joking with you about TAj Mahl palace
Everyone, once in their lives have their own moments of replication
and mutation. Causing shift changes in their inner thoughts and believes of Peace,
Love and Religion. None is pure or perfect except nature.
Red_Pope
diamond said
yes, RP, it is mighty ...yes, RP, UN HQ is mighty impressive, not least because of what has happened there. I work there periodically and it never fails to leave an impression.
The first time I went to the Taj Mahal it was abslutely packed with people. I've tried sunset which is beautiful but sunrise is my favourite time...hardly anyone around.
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nadt said
novi..compliment well ...novi..compliment well desereved..
PH i did go to Aleppo...very historical..i just found the country a bit boring and i mixed with local, turned out we had distan relatives there..but i wouldnt go again...didnt tickle my fancy....
RED_POPE said
diamondgirl ...One of my neighbors worked in India and I saw the pictures of the Taj Majal, very cool pictures. India is in top of my priorities. Lets see how my budget is going to be.
One place that I did visited was Contadora Island of the Coast of Panama, I took my wife there for our first anniversary, while she was pregnant. The ex-sha of Iran lived there in Exile until his death.
For my daughter 18 birthday, Myself and my family decide to join a Cruise ship tour in the Caribbean, we visited Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, St Croix, St Thomas, St. John and The US Virgin Island. That was real nice for 9 days and 8 nights.
Everyone, once in their lives have their own moments of replication
and mutation. Causing shift changes in their inner thoughts and believes of Peace,
Love and Religion. None is pure or perfect except nature.
Red_Pope
diamond said
mmm, Carribean is ...mmm, Carribean is wonderful. That sounds like a great trip you took. for some serious R and R my family have been going to Mustique for years. It's been a while since I've been there though.
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Saddavi said
me lol ...sadd stadium
garrafa stadium
rayyan stadium
qatar stadium
arabi stadium
wakrah stadium
khor staduim
and all the other small clubs with no stadiums (i mean poor clubs)
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RED_POPE said
Saddavi ...That is real cool that you are naming all those stadiums in Doha.
The problem I got with that it is: Why are those stadiums closed most of the time to the public? Why cant we use them for exercising or individually training.
Could you recommend any stadium where I could run or walk a couple of laps for exercise purposes?
Everyone, once in their lives have their own moments of replication
and mutation. Causing shift changes in their inner thoughts and believes of Peace,
Love and Religion. None is pure or perfect except nature.
Red_Pope
charansoi11r said
Red_Pope - There will be a ...Red_Pope - There will be a Family wedding comimg in Oct 2008. So we will br out for 2 weeks. You can stay free in our mountain house surrounded by Waterfalls and Tea Estates. Transport also free. i will give you my Driver for you. Food also free if you can take spicy food. Of course Browm Liquids also free :)
RED_POPE said
Charansoil11r ...I appreciate your invitation. That is so great my brother. I will consider it strongly. You almost got me convince that India is the place to be at, for my next trip.
My stomach is very sencitive to spicy food. It just does not mingle to well with my digestive track at all. But i could eat lots of fruits and drink spirits.
You lost me with Brown liquids, Is it, what I think it is? Licor made of tea? Talk to me about brown water.
Everyone, once in their lives have their own moments of replicationand mutation. Causing shift changes in their inner thoughts and believes of Peace,Love and Religion. None is pure or perfect except nature.
Red_Pope
charansoi11r said
I will give you Liquor made ...I will give you Liquor made out of cocunut ;)
charansoi11r said
Also Liquor made out of ...Also Liquor made out of Sugur Cane :)