Most beautiful country in the world...possibly
Sep 4th, 2017, 06:04 AM
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Most beautiful country in the world...possibly
According to this poll
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/s...atiful-country
Possibly not today though as it's been tipping it down since this morning.
https://www.theguardian.com/travel/s...atiful-country
Possibly not today though as it's been tipping it down since this morning.
Sep 4th, 2017, 08:04 AM
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Nowhere.
Absolutely, nowhere is as spectacularly beautiful as the ******* of ******* ******* Bay in Thailand. Very difficult to get to but once you've made it it's like "The Beach" before Hollywood destroyed Koh Phi Phi.
Coming in a close second are the ********* cays in The Bahamas.
Third is ************ in Mozambique.
All these places have been redacted as all are totally undiscovered and I intend to keep it that way.
Access to all is by private yacht only.
This from a Scot who doesn't buy The Guardian.
Absolutely, nowhere is as spectacularly beautiful as the ******* of ******* ******* Bay in Thailand. Very difficult to get to but once you've made it it's like "The Beach" before Hollywood destroyed Koh Phi Phi.
Coming in a close second are the ********* cays in The Bahamas.
Third is ************ in Mozambique.
All these places have been redacted as all are totally undiscovered and I intend to keep it that way.
Access to all is by private yacht only.
This from a Scot who doesn't buy The Guardian.
Sep 4th, 2017, 08:07 AM
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Actually, on a sunny day last May, it was 26oC, we were sat on the NW beach of Iona eating ice creams and watching dolphins swim by.
I said it was the most beautiful place on Earth.
I'll say anything to keep the peace in a marriage.
God spawned me in Scotland, I've been spending the last 48 years trying to get out.
I said it was the most beautiful place on Earth.
I'll say anything to keep the peace in a marriage.
God spawned me in Scotland, I've been spending the last 48 years trying to get out.
Sep 4th, 2017, 10:13 AM
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bC apart from the fact that we share the same view on marriage I have a question.
Is Scotland technically a country ?
For a Belgian it sound like saying Wallonia is a country.
If so Wallonia us the most beautiful place on earth.
But I nearly managed to get away. Waterloo is so invaded by foreigners (British being in the lead) that it doesn't look like Wallonia anymore.
So much for living like a local ;-)
Is Scotland technically a country ?
For a Belgian it sound like saying Wallonia is a country.
If so Wallonia us the most beautiful place on earth.
But I nearly managed to get away. Waterloo is so invaded by foreigners (British being in the lead) that it doesn't look like Wallonia anymore.
So much for living like a local ;-)
Sep 4th, 2017, 11:42 AM
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For a Belgian it sound like saying Wallonia is a country.>
does it have its own government and autonomy from Belgian central government in many matters? Its own banknotes (though based on British Pound)?
does it have its own government and autonomy from Belgian central government in many matters? Its own banknotes (though based on British Pound)?
Sep 4th, 2017, 12:22 PM
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Most beautiful is obviously subjective - yeh Scotland has rugged beauty but I find Switzerland or France more 'beautiful' as to what I see as beauty - pastoral farms -rolling hills - cute small towns and mountains too.
To some Scotland can indeed be bleak and to others that is beauty.
To some Scotland can indeed be bleak and to others that is beauty.
Sep 4th, 2017, 12:34 PM
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does it have its own government and autonomy from Belgian central government in many matters? Its own banknotes (though based on British Pound)?
Yes, 2 governments actually : one for the region, one for the community. We are pragmatic we use Euros - you think we should do wallons euros ?
Yes, 2 governments actually : one for the region, one for the community. We are pragmatic we use Euros - you think we should do wallons euros ?
Sep 4th, 2017, 04:24 PM
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I'm sorry, I just don't get it. I truly do not mean to be insulting to the Scotch members of the Forum, but beauty is surely in the eye of the beholder.
When my eye views the main photos of the link all I see is bleak desolation. In some of them you cannot see one tree, shrub, bush, or even blade of grass. None of those are apparently able to survive in that harsh environment. If it were not for the (frigid) water in the photos one could be looking at the surface of the moon.
Not beautiful, except in an alpine sense, IMHO.
When my eye views the main photos of the link all I see is bleak desolation. In some of them you cannot see one tree, shrub, bush, or even blade of grass. None of those are apparently able to survive in that harsh environment. If it were not for the (frigid) water in the photos one could be looking at the surface of the moon.
Not beautiful, except in an alpine sense, IMHO.
