25 Places to visit before you die

If you are anything like me, making a list is a source of comfort and joy, the notion of categorising, noting down, thinking and deciding and then joy of joys being able to tick off my list the things that I have done.

Such a process is easy when we are considering shopping or tasks of the day, but so much harder, and yet so much more fun when we consider the places we wish to visit or the things we want to do before it is too late.                               

With such in mind it is a continued source of regret that I did not fly on Concorde and whilst my trip on the AirBus A380 was exhilarating, I fear it does not match what I would have imagined the experience of Concorde would have been.

In our ever changing world perhaps we should all seize the moment, take the opportunities when offered and not just have a list, but actually get to see some of these things. Thus, we at afterabc have decided to create our own list of 25 places to visit before we die; it is of course entirely subjective others could with good justification create an entirely different list and we will I am sure be continually expanding and adding. Soon perhaps we will be writing of 100 things and then 500, however, here is a list of our top 25.  Not as this stage perhaps in order of priority as certainly all are fabulous. Our list will hopefully become a source of information but hopefully perhaps also a source of inspiration:

1. Great Wall of China - China

2. The Great Pyramids of Giza - Cairo, Egypt

3. Grand Canyon National Park - Arizona, USA

4. Empire State Building  - New York, USA

5. Formula 1 Race - Korea

6. Great Barrier Reef  - Queensland, Australia

7. The Polar Bears - Arctic

8. Terracotta Army - Xian, Shaanxi Province, China

9. Machu Picchu - Urubamba Valley, Peru

10. Eiffel Tower- Paris, France

11. Coliseum - Rome, Italy

12. Casino Square - Monte Carlo, Monaco

13. Taj Mahal - Delhi, India

14. Lake Tahoe - Nevada/California, USA 

15. Tower of London - London, England

16. St Mark's Square - Venice, Italy

17. Tokyo Tower - Tokyo, Japan

18. The Peninsula  - Hong Kong

19. Burj Al Arab - Jumeirah, Dubai

20. Brandenburg Gate - Berlin, Germany

21. Big Five Safari - Okavango Delta, Botswana

22. Niagara Falls - Ontario, Canada/USA border

23. New Orleans - Louisiana, USA

24. Queen Mary 2 Voyage.

25. Virgin Galactic - Edge of Space

Over the course of the next few weeks afterabc shall seek to describe each of the above and we welcome your comments and your further suggestions.

Happy visiting my fellow list makers.

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take but by the places and moments that take our breath away" - Anonymous.

January 5, 2010  |  Article Posted By: afterabc admin , London
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