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Anne Aug 12th, 2002 06:15 AM

Heaven on Earth?
 
Is there a heaven on Earth? If there would be, which place would it be? <BR><BR>Inside the States: Monument Valley<BR>Outside the States: Torres del Paines (Chile)

helen Aug 12th, 2002 06:40 AM

Inside the states: Jackson Lake, Signal Mountain, and the Grand Teton National Park.<BR><BR>Outside the states: Jungfrau near Interlaken in Switzerland.<BR>

nancy Aug 12th, 2002 10:58 PM

Inside: Smokies<BR>Outside: Crete

janis Aug 12th, 2002 11:12 PM

Inside - Yosemite Valley on a frosty early spring morning<BR><BR>outside - sitting on a white sand beach on the Isle of Mull off the west coast of Scotland

Liam Aug 13th, 2002 04:52 AM

in the US - Carmel/Monterey, California<BR><BR>outside the US - Amalfi Coast

john Aug 13th, 2002 10:40 PM

IN: New York<BR>OUT: AMSTERDAM

diane Aug 13th, 2002 10:49 PM

In the U.S. - Rocky Mountain National Park<BR><BR>Outside - Murren or Wengen, Switzerland

Wen Aug 14th, 2002 07:17 AM

In- Little Palm Island on Little Torch Key<BR>Out- Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia

Mystery Aug 15th, 2002 01:39 AM

IN - Niagara Falls<BR>OUT - Brittany (France)

Sting_fan Aug 15th, 2002 11:04 PM

Never been to the States.<BR>Outside: Bagan in Myanmar

ruth Aug 16th, 2002 03:40 AM

In U.S. - so many, Cades Cove in the Smokies,Gay Head marthas Vineyard,Big Sur, Death Valley (for absolute quiet),the wilderness in the Nortn West, Yosemite in the winter.<BR>Outside - Capetown,South Africa

Esteban Aug 19th, 2002 12:37 AM

My favorite in US is: New Mexico<BR>Outside us: the roughnes of patagonia

Maurice Nov 11th, 2002 01:17 AM

inside: Yosemite<BR>outside: Yangshuo in China. if you have not been there, go now!

x Nov 11th, 2002 04:23 AM

!!!!!!!!CADES COVE?????!!!!!!!!!!

Austin Nov 11th, 2002 06:30 AM

Yes, x, that is correct. Ruth mentioned Cades Cove. If you can imagine. What nerve!

Nancy Nov 11th, 2002 07:35 AM

There can only be one heaven on earth and Bora Bora wins hands down!

cali Nov 11th, 2002 08:52 AM

Inside the States: Yosemite (the whole Sierra Nevada for that matter)<BR>Outside: Cabo San Lucas (before it got so built up and touristy)<BR>

lskdj Nov 11th, 2002 10:17 AM

Its not anywhere, it just is......

Pam Nov 11th, 2002 01:28 PM

In US:The Keeper's House on Isle au Haut,Maine eating lobster<BR><BR>Outside the US:Paris

nina Nov 11th, 2002 01:35 PM

In U.S. Taking a little boat out to Coatue on Nantucket and having a Beach Picnic.<BR><BR>Outside U.S. Phi Phi islands off the coast of Phuket, Thailand.

Debi Nov 11th, 2002 01:35 PM

In the US - Sedona, Arizonea<BR><BR>Outside the US - I agree with Nancy - Bora Bora

Pete Nov 11th, 2002 01:43 PM

Hmmmmm----<BR><BR>IN:Probably Yosemite and northeast Ca.<BR><BR>OUT: New Zealand

selfish Nov 11th, 2002 02:20 PM

Nancy &amp; Debi, re BB FP, if you want it to stay that way, sssshhhhhh.......

maceo Nov 13th, 2002 01:25 AM

Bora Bora is boring, beautiful but boring.<BR><BR>OUTside is for sure: amsterdam

Nancy Nov 13th, 2002 07:57 AM

We were in Bora Bora for 9 days as part of our honeymoon and were not bored for one minute. True, there is not a lot to do there, but we made good use of our time and loved it. I guess Bora Bora is not for everyone.<BR><BR>I would like to add that Anguilla runs a close second to Bora Bora. It is a deserty island, but the beaches, the food and the people are by far the best of any Caribbean Island I have been to.<BR><BR>As far as heaven on earth in the US, anywhere I am with my husband especially if there is a beach and water!

gc Nov 13th, 2002 08:04 AM

The top of a snow capped mountain in the winter, or next to my pool with my wife and kids in the summer.

bluefan Nov 13th, 2002 11:47 PM

maceo, I'm sorry to hear that you found Bora Bora to be boring although I found it to be quite the opposite (a place filled with nature's wonders both above and below water). I'm sure there's many others who would find beautiful locales relatively devoid of tourist crowds quite boring. It might be hell for them, but it's heaven for a quite a few of us. Heaven (perfection) may even appear boring for restless souls, so maybe there's a reason for the alternative.<BR><BR>Perchance your idea of heaven would be a locale teeming with activity, excitement and decadence like Las Vegas or Cancun, but for many of us we would consider them hell for a variety of reasons.<BR><BR>Anyways, sorry if you feel like I'm preaching, but I just wanted to rebutt your criticism of others' notion of heaven on earth, Bora Bora, as being boring. One could apply that same term to many of the other choices of heaven on earth, but I'm sure it doesn't diminish the picture of beauty, peace and serenity they capture in our minds.

TJ Nov 14th, 2002 10:54 PM

VICTORIA FALLS!!!

Johnlw Nov 15th, 2002 04:16 AM

In the US, my family and house first, then being rich in New York City, or poor in Hawaii.<BR><BR>Outside the US, the Austrian Alps in springtime.

topping Nov 26th, 2002 12:01 AM

Topping

Mountain Nov 26th, 2002 06:15 AM

Inside the US - my mountain top farm in the middle of WV<BR><BR>Outside the US - London and Aruba

Austin Nov 26th, 2002 09:42 AM

Mountain Mama, are you sure that your farm in West Virginia wouldn't be 'Almost Heaven'on Earth?<BR><BR>What kind of name is that for a town, anyway?

Jim Ash Nov 27th, 2002 02:46 PM

Kauai, Hawaii. The north shore is the most jaw-dropping part, but the whole island is picturesque.


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