dubai_phil Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 As the book, so the thread. Inspired by SuperMikey's thread We've all travelled somewhere, sometime and will have one place that sticks in the mind as being OMG. Let's try and keep it sensible, (yeah I know as Saints fans, Plymouth Away/Orient in the Day Wembley 76) but somewhere that still exists physically that one of us could go and visit tomorrow, whether to impress a GF or your Mum, Sort of more a legacy for those who keep asking for where to go advice. Was it somewhere like the cliff-top at Tintagel? A view over Skye from a particular pub after a rain-storm? A perfect New Forest Pub with a perfect summer evening watching a game of cricket with a perfect pint? A sunset over the Indian Ocean? or even somewhere exotic like The London Eye? For me? Petra in Jordan climbing to the top sipping a cold tinny as the sunset while looking over the River Jordan. (I did spoil it last time by singing Swing Low up there but hey, had to be done)
Jonnyboy Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 (edited) There are probably 1,000,001 places that are absolutely amazing but it depends on your frame of mind when you happen to experience them as to whether they give an OMG memory. They wouldnt necessarily really apply to anyone else. Edited 27 May, 2011 by Jonnyboy
Crab Lungs Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 Pattaya, purely so you can be repulsed and enjoy the other 1000 places even more!
Colinjb Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 The main viewing point from the walls of Mdina, Malta. There is something quite special about basically being able to see the whole of a nation from one point. Beautiful. Also, while you are there, check out the Mnajdra, Hagar Qim and Ggantija neolithic temples. They are the oldest free standing man made structures (3500 BC) in the world. It's the first evidence of complex human civilization spreading from Africa, quite humbling.
View From The Top Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 Bora Bora in the Society Islands. Everything a Pacific Island should be. The view of Venice from the number 82 Vaporetto. The top of the Empire State building. British Columbia. Norwegian Fjords.
View From The Top Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 The Cape of Good Hope, with Table Mountain rising above the cloud, from the sea.
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 Sunset on the beach at Arorangi, Rarotonga. Paradise.
dune Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 Myra rock tombs were impressive, but prefered the sunken city at Kekova a few miles away.
SuperMikey Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 Mount Vesuvius is a must-see as well. Incredible to imagine the events that happened there all those years ago.
Guest Dark Sotonic Mills Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 Not intending to die, So far so good. You're on to a loser there, I'm afraid.
dubai_phil Posted 27 May, 2011 Author Posted 27 May, 2011 Krak des Chevaliers. My favourite crusader castle. Interesting drive up there. Did you stop in Homs or come in from Lattakia?
Jonnyboy Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 Bora Bora in the Society Islands. Everything a Pacific Island should be. The view of Venice from the number 82 Vaporetto. The top of the Empire State building. British Columbia. Norwegian Fjords. even in the mens toilets?
Lighthouse Posted 27 May, 2011 Posted 27 May, 2011 Few of my favourites - Grand Canyon (and the town of Sedona, which is to the South) - Tallinn, Estonia. Beautiful City - One of the lakes in Northern Italy - Pripyat (ghost city near Chernobyl) Want to go next Easter, it's like nowhere on Earth. - San Diego. Awesome City - New York City
Hamilton Saint Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 The acropolis in Athens Salisbury Cathedral Niagara Falls Central Park in NYC Trafalgar Square Notre Dame Cathedral (Paris)
1976_Child Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 On a crisp winter's day - not a cloud in the sky! - standing atop Tennyson Down looking out across the Channel. One of the most perfect settings in the world.
skintsaint Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 think Teotihuacan was impressive for me when I went...even more so than the Chichen Itza. Machu Pichu also was great at sunrise.
saint lard Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 (edited) The top of the CCN tower,Toronto. Niagra falls. Empire state building. Ground Zero,just a few months after 9/11. The popes palace in Avignon. Pont du gard. Antibes. Nimes. Edited 28 May, 2011 by saint lard
SNSUN Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 I'm not well travelled, but I did enjoy drinking at a bar by the beach at Camp de Mar at sunset, jumping the waves age 14 at Manly beach, singing at the Albert Hall, Notre Dame and Sydney Opera House (amongst others) and, in this country, taking the Heights of Abraham up Matlock Bath. Oh, and SMS. :-)
pedg Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 Half Dome at Yosemite The beach road from LA to San Francisco Bryce Canyon Monument Valley (pref camping at sunset after a thunderstorm)
Chez Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 I preferred actually climbing the Nohoch Mul pyramid in Coba to only looking at Chichen Itza. Halong Bay sunset is something else. Motorcycling over the High van pass takes some beating.
Thedelldays Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 of all these exotic places.. I want to go to france to the war memorials....
bridge too far Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 Meteora (mainland Greece) Stromboli - Aeolian Islands - at night as the volcano erupts Delphi Canal du Midi (probably THE most relaxing place on earth)
Turkish Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 (edited) Ngorogoro Crater - tanzania The Serengetti Positano Edited 28 May, 2011 by Turkish
revolution saint Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 Mare Tranquillitatis, although the atmosphere ain't great.
View From The Top Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 of all these exotic places.. I want to go to france to the war memorials.... I go to France/Belguim on a regular basis to explore the old battlefields of both WW1 & WW2. Start of with Ypres and the 1917 Passchendaele frontlines and then take in the Dunkirk fighting retreat on the way back. Of course, Normandy offers plenty but I found following the path of the Hampshires both very rewarding and very moving (My son wants to do the same with the South Staffs regiment). I've "adopted" a grave in the main commonwelth cemetery in Bayeaux of an unknown British sailor, KIA 6th June 1944 and have been visiting his grave, in a very bizarre way hoping that he knows he's still remembered as his parents/wife/kids would have never have visited him, for over 20 years.
Wes Tender Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 The Neapolitan Riviera probably has more tourist sights than anywhere else on Earth. Naples, Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi, Capri, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Vesuvious, Ischia, etc. Positano is my favourite. Also Italian places like Venice, Rome, Sienna, Florence, Taormina, the Lakes, all great. Vancouver. Hong Kong. North Thailand. New England, especially Maine.
dune Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 Interesting drive up there. Did you stop in Homs or come in from Lattakia? Never been, but would like to visit Syria. Not sure of how safe the place is though especially now.
dubai_phil Posted 28 May, 2011 Author Posted 28 May, 2011 Never been, but would like to visit Syria. Not sure of how safe the place is though especially now. Was possibly one of the last great "have a bit of an adventure" places to visit around the Med. Think of it as Turkey without the tourists, but it is still very different for a non-seasoned traveller and a must to have a good guide/tour or friend up there to take you round. The old town in Damascus at night is full of bars & Restaurants Palmyra is just amazing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmyra Alleppo Old Town & Citadel for Crusader History buffs is a World Heritage site The Water Wheels in Hama make you stop & think as well having been built by the Romans http://www.travelblog.org/Photos/8952 But Krac de Chevaliers is a jewel. The location on the hill, the inner buildings still have the Gothic ceilings (similar to Salisbury Cathedral) and there seems to be nobody ever there. I went in analogue camera days found the pics recently will try and stick some up. The Top Gear crew were right. Syria is one hell of a place to go. Just needs to get it's politics sorted out. For organised tours before the Arab Spring it was safer than Denmark (IMHO) today - wouldn't be able to get a visa & would be followed everywhere by men in dark leather jackets in case you were a Journalist on the quiet. Used to go every 6 months or so, just loved the place and the people. Oh & think I mentioned it before. The women......
swannymere Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 The sand dunes and beaches north of Natal (Brasil) in a VW Beach Buggy, simply stunning.
Joneth Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 The top of Angkor Wat during a monsoon rain, and in the same area the floating village on the Tonle Sap lake.
rpb Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 Dubai has a certain appeal - it's supposed to be a desert!
RonManager Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 (edited) Spectacular vistas - but no sky to be seen. Llechwedd Slate Caverns, Gwynedd. When you enter the main workings it is pitch black, then one by one the lights come on to dramatic effect. Corsham, Box Tunnel, Wiltshire. The underground stone quarries and cold war facility. Wolstyn, Poland SS unfinished bunkers. You get to tour them on motor bikes. Severn Tunnel, The underground streams, shafts and other engineering works. The Forth Railway Bridge, Inside the structure. Edited 28 May, 2011 by RonManager
RonManager Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 The Tricorn Centre. I remember being violently sick in there once on the way to a Buzzcocks gig once upon a time. Marvellous.
saint lard Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 Another that sticks in my mind is the amazing 'Dune Du Pyla'.
Islander Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 Another that sticks in my mind is the amazing 'Dune Du Pyla'. Oh yes, it's incredible. And running back down without falling over
dubai_phil Posted 28 May, 2011 Author Posted 28 May, 2011 Lulworth Cove & Durdle Door The view from Isle of Purbeck Golf Course back towards Sandbanks & Bournemouth on a late summer afternoon
rpb Posted 28 May, 2011 Posted 28 May, 2011 The view from Isle of Purbeck Golf Course back towards Sandbanks & Bournemouth on a late summer afternoon Do you mean the nudist beach at Studland?
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