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Favourite Ancient Sites and Monuments

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downundergal Premium account Joined: Jun 02 Points: 12936 Posts: 221 Posted: 2003-08-21 01:15:00    Hi all, One of my passions when travelling is visiting ancient monuments and sites. I thought I would kick this discussion off listing my top 5 favourites along with my top 5 wishlist. This so tough because this is not counting the various castles etc from the middle ages. Top 5 favourites: 1. Machu Picchu - Peru. Without a doubt the most amazing of all. 2. Palenque in Mexico. 3. Teoteohuacan - near Mexico City 4. Chitchen Itza - in Mexico 5. Colosseum in Rome 6. Acropolis in Athens 7. Stonehenge in England Sorry I couldn't stop at 5. Top 5 Wish List: 1. Angkor Wat in Cambodia 2. Tikal in Guatemala 3. Pyramids in Egypt 4. Ephesus in Turkey 5. Taj Mahal in India What are yours? I know there are loads more. Cheers, Kerrie [ This Message was edited by: downundergal on 2003-08-21 01:18 ] --- Where to next? Reply    Reply with quote    Contact downundergal   bear495 Joined: May 03 Points: 8634 Posts: 177 Posted: 2003-08-21 15:47:00    Kerrie, I really enjoyed some of the same that you have mentioned. Most of my experiences have been with the Mayan culture, however. Here is my list: 1. Macchu Picchu (Peru) (Inca) 2. Uxmal (Mexico - Yucatan) 3. Tikal (Guatemala) 4. Chichen Itza (Mexico - Yucatan) 5. Palenque (Mexico - Chiappas) 6. Cahokia Mounds (United States - Illinois) (Mississipian, or Illini tribes) It would be great to visit some of the other places that you mentioned in your wish list, especially some of the places in Egypt. Russ --- "Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag." Alexander Solzhenitsyn Reply    Reply with quote    Contact bear495   daniserralta Premium account Joined: Aug 02 Points: 11491 Posts: 124 Posted: 2003-08-22 01:03:00    Hi Kerrie! Yeah! I love ancient sites too. My list: 1. Angkor (Cambodia) 2. Machuppichu 3. Forbidden City (Beijing) 4. The great wall of China. 5. Terracota soldiers (Xi'An) 6. Sacsayhuaman. (Cusco) 7. Akropolis of Athens. 8. Ephesus (Turkey) 9. Hagia Sophia and the blue mosque. (Istambul) 10. Sagrada Familia. Barcelona!!! ;) Wish list: 1. The pyramids and almost all Egypt. 2. Stonehenge. 3. Mexico (Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza ...) 4. India (Taj Majal, Benares, ...) 5. Japan (Imperial palace at Kyoto) 6. The ancient great zimbabwe ruins. 7. The Moais at the Easter island. 8. Timbuktu 9. Potala palace. 10. Petra. (Jordania) A 10 names list is enough but there are really much more to see. I will!! Dani! --- The journey is the reward. -- Tao saying Reply    Reply with quote    Contact daniserralta   kcheepv Joined: Jan 03 Points: 3137 Posts: 34 Posted: 2003-09-21 05:28:00    Great stuff here already! Hopefully my list will continue to grow. 1. Angkor Wat 2. Borabudur (Indonesia) 3. Prambanan (Indonesia) 4. Ayuthaya (Thailand) 5. Beng Mealea (Cambodia) 6. Sambor Prei Kuk (Cambodia) 7. Chichen Itza 8. Tonle Bati (Cambodia) 9. Tulum (Mexico) 10. Not there yet? sorry Wish List 1. Manchu Picchu 2. Pyramids in Egypt 3. Mayan ruins in Guatemala 4. Sukhothai (Thailand) 5. Ruins in Sri Lanka Reply    Reply with quote    Contact kcheepv   marianne Premium account Joined: Sep 03 Points: 20248 Posts: 349 Posted: 2003-09-21 09:44:00    An impressive list. I have put some of the site on my one-day-to-go-to list: The best I ever saw was: the ruined city of Palmyra in Syria These are the next best: Petra (Jordan) Borobudur (Indonesia) Ephesus (Turkey) Cartago (Tunisia) And many more but I stop at five. --- “I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” Robert Louis Stevenson Reply    Reply with quote    Contact marianne