50 places you must see before you die...

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Nov 8th, 2002, 07:48 AM

Dominic

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50 places you must see before you die...

The BBC has conducted an internet poll (20 000 people) for a tv programme. Its just been published. Nothing very surprising however a little depressing perhaps. The top 10 are "dominated by structures celebrating man's religion and his ability to gamble, build large cities and make cartoon mice." Top Ten

BR>1/ Grand canyon 2/ Great barrier reef 3/ Walt Disney World, Florida 4/ South Island, New Zealand 5/ Cape Town 6/ Golden Temple, Amritsar 7/ Las Vegas 8/ Sydney 9/ New York 10/ Taj Mahal Intersting none in Europe in the top ten... none in the UK in entire top 50. Maybe UK and Europe are seen as a bit parochial by the voters. Thoughts anyone?

Nov 8th, 2002, 07:52 AM

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I would have to add the Great Wall of China to that list.

Nov 8th, 2002, 07:57 AM

xxx

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3 of the top 10 are in the Australia/New Zealand area. Either I've been missing something, or this study ain't very representative...

Nov 8th, 2002, 07:59 AM

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GW of C comes in at number 20. Please excuse typos, typing lists is boring! 11/ Lake Louise, Canada 12/ Uluru (Ayers Rock) 13/ Chichen Itza 14/ Machu Picchu 15/Niagara Falls 16/ Petra 17/ Pyramids 18/ Venice 19/ Maldives 20/ Great Wall Of China 21/ Victoria Falls 22/Hong Kong 23/ Yosemite 24/ Hawaii 25/ North Island, NZ 26/ Iguacu Falls 27/ Paris 28/ Alaska 29/ Angkor Wat 30/ Mt Everest

Nov 8th, 2002, 08:04 AM

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31/ Rio De Janeiro 32/ masai Mara 33/ Galapagos Islands 34/ Luxor 35/ Rome 36/San Fransisco 37/ Barcelona 38/ Dubai 39/ Singapore 40/ La Digue, Seychelles 41/ Sri Lanka 42/ Bangkok 43/ Barbados 44/ Iceland 45/ Terracotta Army, Xian 46/ Matterhorn 47/ Angel Falls 48/ Abu Simbel 49/ Bali (poll conducted April this year) 50/ Bora Bora

Nov 8th, 2002, 08:08 AM

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I made my list about 20 years ago and am happy to report that I have now seen most of them. I still have some notable exceptions---New Zealand, Patagonia, South Africa, the fjords of Norway. They share the same constraint--too far to travel on my bum back.

Nov 8th, 2002, 08:22 AM

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Can only conclude that most of the 20 000 voters were British who would pick far away destinations, not UK or even Europe. A similar poll in the US would probably have opposite results.

Nov 8th, 2002, 08:32 AM

kate

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Can I put in a vote for the Ice Hotel, Sweden?

Nov 8th, 2002, 08:38 AM

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The top 10 are "dominated by structures celebrating man's religion and his ability to gamble, build large cities and make cartoon mice." I dont think that's a fair statement. Those categories put together equal only 4 out of 10. That leaves 6 out of 10 as natural wonders. Even with the above-mentioned categories added together they don't "dominate" the top ten.

Nov 8th, 2002, 08:40 AM

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having spent considerable time in NZ, to say north or south island is a bit like saying US. Rather large places, and topographically, major varieties of landscape, wildlife, etc. And you omitted Stewart Island, any reason? Time for some realistic research, and then a realistic list.

Nov 8th, 2002, 08:43 AM

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I would like to add the Gobi Desert in Mongolia - it's breathtaking!

Nov 8th, 2002, 08:54 AM

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Amy

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I wouldn't have Niagara Falls rated that high, and certainly not above Victoria Falls, Everest and the Pyramids!

Nov 8th, 2002, 09:05 AM

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orgy7

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damn I'm pathetic I've only been too 12 of these sites, but I'm going too cut and paste this list they have some really interesting sites I tend too forget about.. cool poste Dominic..

Nov 8th, 2002, 03:02 PM

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Nov 8th, 2002, 05:52 PM

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John G

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I have seen the Great Wall of China, the Parthenon, Mt. Everest, Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat, the warriors of Xian, Fatima, St. Basil's, the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the Louvre, and the Ganges. All I want to see now are: 1. Auschwitz 2. Sydney Harbour 3. Buenos Aires 4. Vietnam 5. Jerusalem

Nov 8th, 2002, 07:06 PM

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I wondered if this would lead to lists of our own personal wishes... In alphabetic order, and undoubtedly not very well though out... 1. Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2. Hawaii 3. Mexico, not sure where - - to capture the true "essence" of 4. Perigord/Dordogne 5. Rio de Janeiro 6. Scotland 7. St Petersburg and probably other parts of Russia 8. Vienna/Czech Republic/Poland 9. Villa Feltrinelli or any other hotel that is really worth over $1000 a night and not in alphabetic order - - and not likely to happen - - but... earth, from orbit, at least for 24 hours or so... Best wish(ing)... Rex