50 places to see before you die

Thanks to emd, I found out about the BBC's list of 50 places to see before you die.

Recreated here, along with some comments and/or the year I was there.

  1. The Grand Canyon
  2. Great Barrier Reef
  3. Florida
    (2001) During a Nortel trip. We flew into Miami then drove through the Everglades to the east coast.
  4. South Island
  5. Cape Town
  6. Golden Temple
  7. Las Vegas
  8. Sydney
  9. New York
    (2001) Easter - Kate, Alix, Matt, Melisa. Didn't go up the Twin Towers
  10. Taj Mahal
  11. Canadian Rockies
    Numerous times. Most recently, in 2003 when dropping Greg off in Calgary. We went to Banff one evening and swam in the hot springs.
  12. Uluru
  13. Chichen Itza - Mexico
  14. Machu Picchu - Peru
  15. Niagara Falls
    (2001) Thanksgiving - a great wine tour with Kate.
  16. Petra - Jordan
  17. The Pyramids - Egypt
  18. Venice
    Kate loved Venice when she went in 1999.
  19. Maldives
    First of the South Pacific entries. Supposed to be awesome for sailing adventures.
  20. Great Wall of China
  21. Victoria Falls - Zimbabwe
  22. Hong Kong
    (1993) Class Afloat. We were docked in Kowloon.
  23. Yosemite National Park
  24. Hawaii
    (1993) Class Afloat, once to Hilo, once to Honolulu. Hilo was cool and laid back. Honolulu is way too commercial/American.
  25. Auckland - New Zealand
    (1993) Class Afloat. Almost flew home from here. Don't really remember much.
  26. Iguassu Falls
  27. Paris
    (1991) Stayed with a family that had 10 children.
  28. Alaska
  29. Angkor Wat - Cambodia
  30. Himalayas - Nepal
  31. Rio de Janeiro - Brazil
  32. Masai Mara - Kenya
  33. Galapagos Islands - Ecuador
    (1993) Class Afloat. It's all about the wildlife. Even managed to go diving with Hammerhead sharks.
  34. Luxor - Egypt
  35. Rome
  36. San Francisco
    (1994) Class Afloat. Flew home from here. Also had a quick tour of Napa thanks to the Quanes
  37. Barcelona
    (1991) Slept at the train station. Headed back out of Spain the next day.
  38. Dubai
  39. Singapore
    (1993) Class Afloat. Almost went to Malaysia on a bus. Got lost on lots of buses. Soaked in torrential rains. Went to Toys R' Us and Hard Rock Cafe. Little India was cool.
  40. La Digue - Seychelles
  41. Sri Lanka
  42. Bangkok
  43. Barbados
  44. Iceland
  45. Terracotta Army - China
  46. Zermatt - Switzerland
  47. Angel Falls - Venezuela
  48. Abu Simbel - Egypt
  49. Bali
    (1993) Class Afloat. Awesome. Monkey Temple. The Ambassador and drunkenness at the Four Seasons. Waaaay too many street vendors. Indonesian "Bintang" beer at the Swensen's ice cream parlour.
  50. French Polynesia
    (1993) Class Afloat. Incredible mix of Melanesian and French culture. Baguette, red wine, and palm trees.

Comments

Chicago?

Chicago???? This is only considered the most architecutual city in the USA, Wrigley Field, Wrigley Buidling, Tribune Tower. It is all here.

Jerusalem

You should definitely add Jerusalem to your list. It is a city of such overwhelming complexity and significance to human history and civilization! A visit to the Holy City and perhaps the Holyland is a must to every human being!

Great stuff, you should add

Great stuff, you should add Vancouver, canada on the list since it's been the most beautiful city I've ever seen.

Hi looks great! I´ve been

Hi

looks great! I´ve been to Vegas, San Francisco, Florida, New Cork, Paris, Hawai, Grand Canyon and Iguasú Falls. Each of them has its own appeal, travelling is wonderful!!!! You should add Perito Moreno Glaciar in Argentina.

 

 

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hi

hi folks,

you sholud see istanbul.. please add istanbul on your personal list.

kindly regards

selin

Hi everyone, I think you

Hi everyone, I think you have never seen Istanbul, because if you had Istanbul definitely should be on this list.

Hi everyone, I think you

Hi everyone, I think you have never seen Istanbul, because if you had Istanbul definitely should be on this list. The bosphorus and the history of Istanbul is amazing. You can find everything you want in there.

Barbados

Its cool that Barbados is on the list! Everybody needs to come to Barbados at least once in a lifetime! Great beaches,good rum,lots of liming in the Gap.....

comments

hello, what is this??? have u ever been to nepal?, i guess not...............

anyway,its very sad to write here that i have not gone to anyplaces above mentioned eccept i had watched Rio de jenerio and dubai in Bollywood movies............and i have a strong enthusiasm to visit some of the places like great barrier reef, grand canyon, Pyramid and great wall of china....................

and i guess Mansarobar lake might be one of the places to see....

ishwor

hi huyz on those 50 place i h

hi huyz on those 50 place i have only been to golen temple (INDIA) and TAJ MAHAL. ITHEY ARE ABSOLOUTELY GREAT.

you should have been to

you should have been to nepal. It is much better than india and the himalayas, the people, the culture will leave you amazed.

50 places to see before you die

hi, I know lots of these, visited some of them, & eager to know about the others as much as I'm eager to let everyone know about other magnificent places that might not be well known, like the White Desert,Siwa Oasis, the Crystalline Mountain,  the Sun Lake,Ras Mohammed & Fjord bay in Egypt.  Cappadocia , Olympos, Yanartas, Ephesus  & Pammukale in Turkey & finally the Ice Hotel in Sweden, I hope everyone would be able to visit such wonderful places.

Mayda

I want to know...

I want to know... has anybody ever been to Australia? is it fun? what about it? is there any thing to do? i don't know anything about it traveling wise but i heard it is beautiful and i am seriously considering... Please inform...

50 places to see before you die

United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi and Dubai ) , Lebanon ( Beirut ) , Tunisia and Malaysia , is a great Places ...     Rabie ( Saudi Arabia )

wot about stapleford (notting

wot about stapleford (nottingham if you havent heard of it)

I do not agree totally.

Even though I know a lot of places listed above, every person on earth should travel to Europe. Visit Spain, Portugal (beautiful) Greece (Santorini Island) and Austria. You will be amazed with the culture and history of those countries...

Frank

Traveling to Europe

Europe is very nice

I will be traveling in October..and this will be my third time this year. Do you know of nice places to sightsee in Germany? I'm looking for something I might have missed outside of the shopping and museums.

I will be visiting Koln,Dusseldorf, and a couple days in

the Netherlands. ....so if you know of anything interesting

in these areas I would love the know.

Thanks for any suggestions you might have.

...and I Red Light District is very interesting.

...it's exactly like I seen it on the travel channel

very kool

Cool

i agree with frank a tour of

i agree with frank a tour of europe is amazing i went on a cruise and saw rome, venice, pompa, which was awsome and french coast line, barcelona which has really unique buildings and athens- so cool , i liked the cruise because you didn't have so many hotels to pay for and make reservations and there other fun activities while your going to your new destinations it was a lot of fun and you got to see all these really neet places of europe

50 PLACES TO SEE...

I AGREE WITH YOU IN SO MANY. . . ESPECIALLY MIAMI BEING NUMBER 2 (I TRAVEL THERE EVERY YEAR) BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER COUNTRIES IN EUROPE? I AM FROM PORTUGAL (SUCH A SMAL COUNTRY) BUT WITH SO MANY MUSEUMS, CASTLES AND MORE THAN ANYTHING. . . WALK ALONG THE DOURO RIVER AND TASTE THE OPORTO WINE, THE BEST IN THE WORLD...

Hard to see...

Actually, it doesn't have a date next to it, it just says "Numerous times". I know, it's hard to see...

rio

what a place! i was supposed to go into the favelas but there was a gang war going on at the time

What was the gang war like?

What was the gang war like? Did you see it up close? I have seen the movie 'City of God' in which a hurrendous drug-related gang war takes place throughout the entire film, and was wondering how realistic it really was. I would love to go to Rio De Janeiro- the whole culture and atmosphere fascinates me! Please reply to me about you experiences in Rio.

 Victoria

CAPE TOWN RULES!!!

wtf? Cape Town should be no 1!!! Way before Florida!!! Tis the most beautiful place in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ABSOLUTELY CAPE TOWN RULES

i must agree with sara,cape town does rule,diverse cultures,different languages, people are always friendly unlike those freaks in florida, but as you know america always comes on top everywhere,'its just how they prefer it' not the world

Are you for real?

So many of you agreeing that Capetown is a nice place...Personally, I have never cared much for South Africa.  If you want a real taste of the continent try out Tanzania or a country that has a little more to it than racisim and oppression.

Rio

I fell in love with Rio while attending this years carnival!!! A MUST see!!!

I loved cape town

With so many different cultures and languages, table mountain wasn't the only great thing about Cape Town

I live in Capetown and i wann

I live in Capetown and i wanna travel the world, but i have no destination (person to stay with)

50 places to see

hi, i also watched world's best 50 places to see before you die today but i had to wait until next week to know the rest.

now i found your page and i knew the rest, thank you :)

cherry, bangkok