10 things you "have to see"

I'm always getting told - "you have to see xxxx" - most times I've followed someones advice I have been impressed, so here's a chance to get my own back. This is my list in order of most impressive sights or things that moved me the most - things I've seen - not want to sees - that's a longer list 😊

• Tikal, Guatemala
• Yosemite Valley, California, USA - viewed from Half Dome
• Milford Sound, New Zealand
• Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA
• Prague, Czech Republic
• Bryce Canyon, Utah, USA
• Sydney Harbour, Australia - at night, bridge, opera house etc
• Teotihuacan, Mexico
• Auschwitz, Poland

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In no particular order:

Machu Pichu, Agua Calientes, Peru
The Great Wall, Beijing,China
The Grand Canyon, Arizona USA
The Matterhorn, Zermatt, Switzerland
The Golden Gate Bridge at Sunset, San Francisco, USA
The Colosseum, Rome, Italy
The Wailing Wall, Jeruselem, Israel (all of the city is amazing)
So far only 8 stand out as must see can't wait to find the other 2 and then start replacing these ten with ten more.
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The Icefields Parkway in BC, Canada. Reply to this

Ok our 10 must sees mostly from our 16 month travels so far, in no particular order:

• Angkor Wat - Cambodia (no pic as we did this before we started our 'proper' travelling!)
• Macchu Picchu - Peru
• Iguazu Falls - Argentina
• Great Wall - China
• Tiger Leaping Gorge - China
• Halong Bay - Vietnam
• Borobudur temple - Java, Indonesia
• Mount Bromo - Java, Indonesia (no pic as we haven't published this blog yet!)
• Cruising on a slow boat to Laos - Laos (ok not technically a must see, but the scenery is fab)
• Salar de Uyuni - Bolivia

These will probably be replaced with more as we keep travelling though!








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Well, it was tough to choose only ten, but here it goes - in no particular order:

• Chichén Itzá - Yucatán, Mexico
• Colosseum - Rome, Italy
• Duomo (Basílica di Santa Maria del Fiore) - Firenze/Florence, Italy
• Gondola ride - Venezia/Venice, Italy
• Loire Valley - France
• Musée D'Órsay - Paris, France
• Palace of Westminster - London, England
• Iguaçu Falls - Brazil and Argentina
• The view from Christ the Redeemer - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Porcos and Sancho Bay - Fernando de Noronha, Brazil

Note: My photos from Europe were taken from a non digital camera. Scanning them is in my to do list 😊




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Ah, can't wait untill I can add my own list to these. Right now all I can give yoe are:

• the golden pavilion - Kyoto, Japan
• Tokyo Tower - Tokyo, Japan
• Snow monkeys - All over Nagano (and probably rest of northern Japan), Japan
• The New York bar - Nishi-Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
• Anywhere in Japan during end of march - beginning of april where there are cherry trees.
• rest of Japan.

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Some of the cool places I've seen are:

Cinque Terra - Italy
Edinburgh City - Scotland
Annapurna Circuit - Nepal
Road to Leh - Ladakh, India
Angkor area - Siem Reap, Cambodia
Pai - Thailand
Sydney Harbour - Australia
Coron Island Lake - Philippines
Singapore (at night on junk boat trip)
Halong Bay - Vietnam

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What a question.......

St. Basils Cathedral, Kremlin and Red Square (come on they count as one)
Wild Indian Rhinos and Elephants in Asia
The Himalayas
Varanasi, India
The Northern lights on Lake Superior (Madeline Island Wisconsin)
The Andaman Sea (India or Thailand)
Panama Canal
Paris at night
Jerusalem
Petra, Jordan
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Just 10!!!
I dont know if I could limit it that much but here is a selection.
1. I would certainly like to see the Taj Mahal when I am in India next December.
2. I will also see the Ganges river when I am in India next December.
3. Everybody who visits Dublin should hang out at Bewleys cafe on Grafton Street.
4. Everybody who visits London should hang out at Convent Garden.
5. Everyone who visits Toronto should have a drink at the top of the CN tower.
6. Everyone who visits Berlin should have a drink in the bar at the top of the TV tower while watching the sun go down.
7. Everyone who visits Thailand should spend a day hanging out on the Khao San Road in Bangkok.
8. Everyone who visits Bangkok should ride up and down the river on the passenger boats.
9. Everyone should visit Esfahan in Iran since it is known as the jewel of the Middle East.
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gosh... that's a tough one. Randomly...

1. Auyuittuq NP, Baffin Island, Nunavut
2. Stromboli, Aeolian Islands, Italy
3. the streets of Chelsea, London, UK
4. The temples in Kyoto
5. The Simpson Desert, Australia
6. The Lesotho Highlands and the Drakensberg - Lesotho and South Africa
7. Glacier Bay, Alaska - USA
8. Tha Patagonian Channels of Chile
9. The Medicean Chapels, with the statues of Michelangelo, Florence
10. The Upper Kali Gandaki Valley, between the Annapurna and the Dhaulagiri

Gosh, how do I add the images?

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