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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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What landmark have you visited that really stands out as a place that inspired you?
Do you live near to one that you see each day and now it's just normal?
Did you go out of your way to visit one and was in awe, or the opposite, you weren't impressed at all?
Where in the world is on your 'must visit' list? Taj Mahal / Emprire State / Table top mountain?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Not a landmark as such, but watching the sunrise at the summit of Kilimanjaro was awe inspiring.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, I was totally underwhelmed when seeing Stonehenge. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I'm walking the Great Wall of china next year, and I would like to see all 7 wonders of the world.
Slightly easier to do will be going to se Stonehenge next spring as well. |
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I've seen the pyramids a few times and was taken aback by how huge they are. More so when you consider how long ago they were built. The encroachment of Cairo however, and the relentless pestering by hawkers shatters the romanticism of them being 'in the middle of the desert' somewhat.
The ancient city of Petra blew me away - I hadn't appreciated its scale before I went and even then only saw a tiny fraction of it. Like so many beautiful historical sites, it's almost unbelievable to think they were built without modern tools or machinery.
I take London's landmarks for granted because I know it so well and it's hard not to get annoyed at tourists getting in the way - and to remember that it might seem awe inspiring to them.
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By (user no longer on site)
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The lava flows of Kilauea on the big island of Hawaii. Walking across the thin crust and being no more than a couple of feet away from molten rock from the core of the earth is just amazing. It really made me appreciate the beauty and majesty of the little rock we all inhabit  |
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By (user no longer on site)
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"Not a landmark as such, but watching the sunrise at the summit of Kilimanjaro was awe inspiring.
At the opposite end of the spectrum, I was totally underwhelmed when seeing Stonehenge. "
I relate to your thoughts on Stonehenge.
I was pleasantly surprised about Vegas. I thought it would look tacky. |
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By (user no longer on site)
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i had the chance to spend a couple of months in kenya in 1977 - i saw a lot and it was much less touristy then than now - as in maybe 3 land rovers all day looking for animals as opposed to 10 convoys of the things every half hour you see on tv - cant pinpoint one thing but coming up close and personal with a charging bull elephant was something i wont ever forget |
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By *rrol.BMan
over a year ago
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San Francisco is incredible. Just wandering around there for a day is well worth it.
Hollywood was tawdry and grimy. I wasn't impressed.
Mount Fuji is gorgeous. Go to Japan!
I preferred Florence to Rome and Venice.
If you ever get the opportunity, go and see the aurora borealis. Even if it is just from a plane window. Beautiful.
One last thing, not really a sight/landmark so much as sheer luck. I was flying into Vancouver airport, the runways jut out into the sea. As we were coming in a whale surfaced and did the whole tail thing. Brilliant  |
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"I've seen the pyramids a few times and was taken aback by how huge they are. More so when you consider how long ago they were built. The encroachment of Cairo however, and the relentless pestering by hawkers shatters the romanticism of them being 'in the middle of the desert' somewhat.
The ancient city of Petra blew me away - I hadn't appreciated its scale before I went and even then only saw a tiny fraction of it. Like so many beautiful historical sites, it's almost unbelievable to think they were built without modern tools or machinery.
I take London's landmarks for granted because I know it so well and it's hard not to get annoyed at tourists getting in the way - and to remember that it might seem awe inspiring to them.
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Westminster fucking bridge. Nightmare. |
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By *eesideMan
over a year ago
margate sumwear by the sea |
"What landmark have you visited that really stands out as a place that inspired you?
Do you live near to one that you see each day and now it's just normal?
Did you go out of your way to visit one and was in awe, or the opposite, you weren't impressed at all?
Where in the world is on your 'must visit' list? Taj Mahal / Emprire State / Table top mountain?
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Nuthing beets the cost  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Victoria Falls was breathtaking the sheer power of Mother Nature in full force ..... and closer to home I found Tintagnel had a chilled peacefull Aura about the place..  |
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I'm a few miles from the Humber bridge, I remember it being built and opening in 1981, I've lived both sides of it, it's an amazing piece of engineering and is World known, and thousands of people cross it daily, but only ever gets bad press recently because of its reputation of being a suicide hotspot. People blaming the structure of the bridge being at fault instead of the mental health support network. |
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By *oyce69Man
over a year ago
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"The Menin gate Ypres Belgium and the commonwealth war graves,brings home to you the sacrifice all those men and women gave for our freedom."
In the same vain, the Canadian memorial at Vimy Ridge an amazing piece of architecture. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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It might not be one the wonders of the world but I think the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc is fascinating with the colours and the water dancing to the enthralling music |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The Menin gate Ypres Belgium and the commonwealth war graves,brings home to you the sacrifice all those men and women gave for our freedom."
thats a great place been there,but the moving place for myself was tyne cott cemetery |
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By *emini ManMan
over a year ago
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The one that springs to mind as not inspiring me in the way I thought it would was Niagara Falls - went with expectations of seeing a true wonder of nature in awe inspiring surroundings and whilst yes it is a wonder of nature to behold, it's completely spoiled by the over commercialisation (surprisingly more on the Canadian than the US side) that has seen a skyline and surroundings of ugly modern hotel and casino buildings develop that totally detract from the view and any pre-conceived ideas of what it would be like. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"The Grand Canyon took my breath away and Hiroshima is very moving. The Taj Mahal not so much when I visited"
That first view of Grand Canyon as you walk up to it is a feeling I'll never forget. I wasn't prepared to how magnificent a hole in to ground could be. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Had helicopter ride into Grand Canyon at had a picnic. Also flew over Hoover Dam. Then back over Las Vegas strip. Awesome"
The Hoover Dam is wonderful, and so was lake Mead |
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"The Grand Canyon took my breath away and Hiroshima is very moving. The Taj Mahal not so much when I visited"
Yeah, the Grand Canyon is pretty awesome. I went with an ex in 1986 and we had a helicopter flight over it as well |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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Hollywood was tawdry and grimy. I wasn't impressed.
If you ever get the opportunity, go and see the aurora borealis. Even if it is just from a plane window. Beautiful.
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Most people I know and spoke to have said the same about Hollywood, and I agreed, apart from a hike up to the Sign, which was good.
And I MUST see the northern lights. Any natural spectacles always draw me in. |
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would love to visit it again sometime soon.
