The "Actual" Top 100 places to see before you die!

[scaredeycat]

I'd settle for just one - a round of golf at Augusta National.
Can't see it ever happening, unfortunately (doesn't have reciprocal playing rights with Royal Hobart).

 

[seanpodge]

Places I've been:

1. Harbin in January. As awesome as it looks on the TV. The whole city becomes a winter wonderland.
2. Giant's Causeway, Northern Ireland. Pretty spectacular, if a little cold.
3. Berlin. The epicentre of 20th century geopolitical history. Now with Ostalgie-chic.

Places I want to go to:

1. Restaurant car, Trans Siberian Railway.
2. Petra, Jordan.
3. Pyongyang.

 

[casanovawa]

Places i've been
1. Macchu Picchu
2. Hagia Sophia/Blue Mosque - Istanbul
3. Jerusalem Old City

Honourable mentions - Rome, Paris, Victoria Falls, Florence, Berlin, Christ the Redeemer in Rio, Iguassu Falls, Grand Canyon, Pyramids, Meteora, Athens (ok i better stop!!)

Wanting to go:
1. Petra
2. Taj Mahal
3. Great Wall of China
4. Ngorongoro Crater/Seren Geti/Mt Kilimajaro - Tanzania
5. Aurora Borealis

 

[JohnM]

I think you all need to look beyond the simple ¨where¨, and contemplate the ¨how¨. Have been to Macchu Pichu, and it was good, but a mate and I plan to return there in style. There is a 4 day trek you can do which culminates in the grand entrance to the Macchu site at dawn via the Sun Gate. Sounds OK, but we plan to do that trek sitting in people-borne carriages like the ancients used to do. Carried by maidens in native bikinis. That is something to aim for.

Oooooohhh, that sounds MUCH NICER than the train I went on .

 

[JohnM]

Been to a good proportion of what's been listed.

It's hard, but probably top 3 (as in exceeded expectations) been to:

Grand Canyon
Macchu Picchu
Yellowstone NP

On bucket list:

Kimberley coast cruise (coming up in 2.5 weeks - woo hoo!).
Gorillas in Rwanda
Antarctica

 

[Alanslegal]

Pretty cool thread

1. Santorini, Greek Islands, for the world's best sunsets.
2. Venice, Italy ..... the canals, pretty cool
3. Pamplona, Spain, for the annual Bull Run* (we went in 2010 and it was the best time of our lives, also it was World Cup 2010 semi final where Spain def. Germany 1-0 and the little Spanish town went wild).

* rightly or wrongly about the cruelty to the bulls, it was loads of fun regardless.

 

[TonyHancock]

Masai Mara
Canadian Rockies
Soweto

...no I'm not being a smarta*#e with Soweto. It was the late 90's when I was there and it is an extraordinary place. Beautiful homes next to hundreds of shacks made from discarded rubbish. A constant reminder of human kind's failings and but also a demonstration of hope.

 

[notzac]

Hard for me to narrow it down to three without duplicating anything, but of the places I've been:

1. Havana, Cuba - amazing Spanish architecture (mostly falling apart), truly excellent mojitos and music everywhere. Get in before it changes too much more!

2. Rosslyn Chapel, Scotland - incredibly detailed stonework; spent an hour there and could have easily spent longer. Sadly, photography is no longer allowed inside the chapel. Was used in the filming of the Da Vinci Code.

3. Highway 1 / Hearst Castle, California, United States - truly breathtaking drive and the castle is phenomenal. There are several tours of the castle - do as many as you can!

 

[tuapekastar]

Places seen:

Alaska Coast from ship -white mountains rising 15000 feet from the sea...awesome
Mt Cook (NZ) rising into the sky from 40 km at other end of Lake Pukaki
The Caldera at Santorini from my hotel room balcony...so blue and breathtaking

To see:

Antarctica...followed by numerous others.

 

[JohnM]

Masai Mara
Canadian Rockies
Soweto

...no I'm not being a smarta*#e with Soweto. It was the late 90's when I was there and it is an extraordinary place. Beautiful homes next to hundreds of shacks made from discarded rubbish. A constant reminder of human kind's failings and but also a demonstration of hope.

Don't fret - the S Africa Lonely Planet guide puts Soweto down as a must-do.

 

[munitalP]

I have a facebook app which is the "top 100 places etc..."


This got me thinking as to the makeup of the list. Here on AFF we have touched on this before, but what I would like to do is compile a real travellers (collective) top 100 places to see before you die.


I would like to ask the AFF community to nominate 3 (only 3 please) places that should be on the T100 and your reasons why. Please feel free to nominate somewhere that's already nominated - this will allow the list to be ordered.


Can I impose one rule please - if you feel the need to bag anyone's post, flame them for their choice or anything else similar, go to the playground and open a new thread, don't do it here. Let's see if we can keep on topic

thanks

 

[Bundy Bear]

A lot of places that I would like to go to.
My top 3 as I am thinking natural not man made.
1. Great Barrier Reef
2. Uluru
3. Grand Canyon

 

[munitalP]

Updated:

	Natural		Web Link
Mentions
5	Grand Canyon		Grand Canyon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
4	Uluru		Uluru - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	Nimbin		Nimbin, New South Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	Kakadu		Kakadu National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	Everest North face		Tibet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Halong Bay		Ha Long Bay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Li River		Li River (Guangxi) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Fiordland		Fiordland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Daintree Rainforest		Daintree Rainforest - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Southern Ca		Southern California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Lord Howe Island		Lord Howe Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	El Questro		El Questro Wilderness Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	North western coastline		North West Coastal Highway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Galapagos Islands		Galápagos Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Iguazu Falls		Iguazu Falls - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Twelve Apostles		The Twelve Apostles (Victoria) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Boracay Islands		Boracay - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Bhutan		Bhutan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Kimberley Coast		Kimberley (Western Australia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Norway to view the Aurora Borealis		Aurora (astronomy) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Ross Ice Shelf		Ross Ice Shelf - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Serengeti National Park		Serengeti National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	West MacDonnell Ranges		MacDonnell Ranges - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	The Grampians, Victoria		Grampians National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Blue Mountains		Blue Mountains (New South Wales) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Torres del Paine National Park		Torres del Paine National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Antarctic Penninsula		Antarctic Peninsula - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Giant's Causeway		Giant's Causeway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Canadian Rockies		Canadian Rockies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Mt Cook		Aoraki / Mount Cook - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	The Caldera at Santorini		Santorini caldera - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Great Barrier Reef		Great Barrier Reef - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Santorini, Greek Islands		Santorini - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Yellowstone NP		Yellowstone National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
	Cities/Countries
Mentions
4	New York		New York City - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
4	Machu Picchu		Machu Picchu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	Times Square		Times Square - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	Vegas		Las Vegas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	HARBIN CHINA		Harbin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	Alaska		Alaska - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Nizhny, Russia - Fly a MIG31		http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nizhny,_Republic_of_Bashkortostan
1	St. Maarten		Sint Maarten - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Catalunya		Catalonia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Galway		Galway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	HKG skyline		Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	San Francisco.		San Francisco - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Dubrovnik Old Town		Dubrovnik - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Dharamshala		Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Boudhanath (the great Stupa)		Boudhanath - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Hawaii		Hawaii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Iceland		Iceland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Churchill,Canada		Churchill, Manitoba - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Angkor Wat - Cambodia		Angkor Wat - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Alhambra - Granada		Alhambra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	La Sagrada Familia - Barcelona		Sagrada Família - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	London		London - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Florence		Florence - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Berlin		Berlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Pamplona		Pamplona - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Masai Mara		Maasai Mara - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Soweto		Soweto - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Havana, Cuba		Havana - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Hagia Sophia/Blue Mosque - Istanbul		Mosaic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Jerusalem Old City		Old City (Jerusalem) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Venice		Venice - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
	Man made
Mentions
2	Great Wall of China		Great Wall of China - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	Terracotta Warriors		Terracotta Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	Louvre, Paris		Musée du Louvre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	HOOVER DAM		Hoover Dam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	African Game park		Borakalalo Game Reserve - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2	Pyramids		Pyramid - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	TAIPEI 101		Taipei 101 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Dive on the Titanic		RMS Titanic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Temple of Heaven		Temple of Heaven - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Kennedy Space Centre		Kennedy Space Center - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Taj Mahal		Taj Mahal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	National Mall, Washington DC		National Mall - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Wright Patterson Air force Museum		National Museum of the United States Air Force - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Channel Tunnel		Channel Tunnel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Eiffel Tower		Eiffel Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Karnak Temple		Karnak - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	National Museum Aleppo		National Museum of Aleppo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Tomb of Abraham, Hebron		Hebron - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Rock Bar - Bali
1	Augusta National		Augusta National Golf Club - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Rosslyn Chapel		Rosslyn Chapel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
1	Highway 1 / Hearst Castle CA		California State Route 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Warks]

I guess the top of my long list would have to be places I'd love to re-visit before I croak. I must say it's going to be much harder afterwards that's for sure.

1. Lord Howe Island
2. Petra, Jordan
3. Mountains of the Moon (Ruwenzori) Uganda

Of my not yet visited list
1. Angkor Wat
2. Yucatan (pyramids)
3. Iguassu Falls (although Vic Falls in full flood I'd see again)

 

[rbakker]

Top 3 of where I've been:
1. Antarctica
2. North Korea
3. Ice Hotel (Sweden)

My top 3 to do:
1. Ecuador
2. Easter Island
3. Monkey Mia

Thanks for the list. We intend to do a "gap year" in 2014 and see as much as we can. Picking up some ideas here.

 

[JohnM]

Top 3 of where I've been:
1. Antarctica
2. North Korea
3. Ice Hotel (Sweden)

My top 3 to do:
1. Ecuador
2. Easter Island
3. Monkey Mia

Thanks for the list. We intend to do a "gap year" in 2014 and see as much as we can. Picking up some ideas here.

Wow, N Korea - tell us more!

Easter Island - interesting but allow only about two nights. It can be included in a DONEx in and out of Santiago as it's considered part of domestic S America.

Monkey Mia - cool. Make sure you stop to kick the shells at the shell beach on the drive in - it's stunning.

 

[rbakker]

Well since you asked:
google north korea travelogue bakker (I'm not allowed to post links yet)
(sorry about the photo quality)
I can recommend NK, it's unlike anywhere else (except perhaps 1950s Russia).

Thanks for the tips on Monkey Mia and Easter Island.
Please keep those top 3s coming!

cheers

 

[winston]

3 of my dream destinations/trips

1) Palau: kayaking around the rock islands and snorkelling jellyfish lake
2) Antarctica- nature cruise via Maquarie Island
3) Trans-Siberian railway

 

[k_sheep]

3 of my dream destinations/trips

1) Palau: kayaking around the rock islands and snorkelling jellyfish lake
2) Antarctica- nature cruise via Maquarie Island
3) Trans-Siberian railway

:shock: are you reading my future bookings? I'm doing all 3 within the next 8 months!

On topic ...
1/ Tallinn, Estonia.
2/ Luang Prabang, Laos
3/ Palau Tioman, Malaysia

 

[danunder1]

My first post..ok here goes - and bear in mind I've been to these places:
1) Leptis Magna - bout 100

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..as I was saying...
1) Leptis Magna - 'bout 100km east of Tripoli (the one in Libya). Google it.. not too many know it exists.
2) Petra, south of Amman in Jordan - the sight of the Treasury as one rounds the bend at the bottom of a 1km descent, unforgettable.
3) My old business friend's apartment in Tehran, where he'll bring you black market caviar, taken that day from a sturgeon in The Caspian, and served with butter and chopped onions on his wife's unbelievably fantastic, home made bread. Anyone going to Tehran - yeah, I know, I know - but introductions guaranteed...

And re the pyramids, they're not all the same, as I'm sure many know - you go inside one, and you descend. You go in another, and you go up.

Cheers, beers to all...