Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Journal O Ram

I have a dream to visit the Wonders of the world. The list keeps changing time and again. And surprisingly there are so many variants of the 7 wonders of the world. The ones in bold letters are the ones which I have visited.


The new 7 Wonders of the world.
  • The Pyramid at Chichén Itzá (before 800 A.D.) Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
  • Christ Redeemer (1931) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • The Roman Colosseum (70 - 82 A.D.) Rome, Italy
  • The Taj Mahal (1630 A.D.) Agra, India
  • The Great Wall of China (220 B.C and 1368 - 1644 A.D.) China
  • Petra (9 B.C. - 40 A.D.), Jordan
  • Machu Picchu (1460-1470), Peru

Typically representative of the seven greatest wonders of the Medieval world:

  • Stonehenge
  • Colosseum
  • Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa
  • Great Wall of China
  • Porcelain Tower of Nanjing
  • Hagia Sophia
  • Leaning Tower of Pisa

Other sites included on such lists:

  • Taj Mahal
  • Cairo Citadel
  • Ely Cathedral
  • Cluny Abbey
Seven wonders of ancient world
  • Great Pyramid of Giza
  • Hanging Gardens of Babylon
  • Statue of Zeus at Olympia
  • Temple of Artemis at Ephesus
  • Mausoleum of Maussollos at Halicarnassus
  • Colossus of Rhodes
  • Lighthouse of Alexandria
Seven Natural wonders of the world
  • Grand Canyon
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Harbour of Rio de Janeiro
  • Mount Everest
  • Aurora
  • Parícutin volcano
  • Victoria Falls
Seven wonders of under water world
  • Palau
  • Belize Barrier Reef
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Deep-Sea Vents
  • Galápagos Islands
  • Lake Baikal
  • Northern Red Sea
Seven wonders of industrial world
  • SS Great Eastern
  • Bell Rock Lighthouse
  • Brooklyn Bridge
  • London sewerage system
  • First Transcontinental Railroad
  • Panama Canal
  • Hoover Dam

Man-made travel wonders

  • Giza pyramid complex
  • Great Wall of China
  • Taj Mahal
  • Machu Picchu
  • Bali
  • Angkor Wat
  • Forbidden City
  • Bagan Temples & Pagodas
  • Karnak Temple
  • Teotihuacán

Natural travel wonders

  • Serengeti Migration
  • Galápagos Islands
  • Grand Canyon
  • Iguazu Falls
  • Amazon Rainforest
  • Ngorongoro Crater
  • Great Barrier Reef
  • Victoria Falls
  • Bora Bora
  • Cappadocia

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