BBC's 50 Places to Visit Before You Die

David · Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Posts: 162

Which Ones Have You Visited?
1 The Grand Canyon USA
2 Great Barrier Reef Australia
3 Florida USA
4 South Island New Zealand
5 Cape Town South Africa
6 Golden Temple India
7 Las Vegas USA
8 Sydney Australia
9 New York USA
10 Taj Mahal India
11 Canadian Rockies Canada
12 Uluru Australia
13 Chichen Itza Mexico
14 Machu Picchu Peru
15 Niagara Falls Canada / USA
16 Petra Jordan
17 The Pyramids Egypt
18 Venice Italy
19 Maldives Maldives
20 Great Wall China
21 Victoria Falls Zambia / Zimbabwe
22 Hong Kong Hong Kong
23 Yosemite National Park USA
24 Hawaii USA
25 Auckland New Zealand
26 Iguassu Falls Argentina / Brazil
27 Paris France
28 Alaska USA
29 Angkor Wat Cambodia
30 Himalayas Nepal / Tibet
31 Rio de Janeiro Brazil
32 Masai Mara Kenya
33 Galapagos Islands Ecuador
34 Luxor Egypt
35 Rome Italy
36 San Francisco USA
37 Barcelona Spain
38 Dubai Arab Emirates
39 Singapore Singapore
40 La Digue Seychelles
41 Sri Lanka Sri Lanka
42 Bangkok Thailand
43 Barbados Barbados
44 Iceland Iceland
45 Terracotta Army China
46 Zermatt Switzerland
47 Angel Falls Venezuela
48 Abu Simbel Egypt
49 Bali Indonesia
50 French Polynesia French Polynesia

I've only been to #1 and #3. The Grand Canyon was truly phenomenal and hope to see it again one day.

Laura · Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 446 Location: San Francisco

Fun list! My sister-in-law gave me abook, "1,001 places to see before you die" for Christmas. Let's see, from your list I've visited:

Florida
South Island, New Zealand
Las Vegas
New York
Great Wall of China
Hong Kong
Yosemite
Hawaii
Auckland, New Zealand
Paris, France
Alaska
Angkor Wat, Cambodia
San Francisco, USA (I live there!!!!!!)
Barcelona, Spain
Bangkok, Thailand
Terracotta Army, China (it's near the city of Xi'an)

My husband has been to the above, except for Hong Kong and the Terracotta army, plus:

The Grand Canyon
Golden Temple, India
Singapore
Sri Lanka

I was actually supposed to be in India right now, then going on to Sri Lanka, but when the tsunami hit I decided to donate the money I would have spent on my plane ticket to the Red Cross. Hubby-san and I are talking about going to Sri Lanka near the end of this year, though. He has a friend in Columbo, and we want to do our part to stimulate the return of the tourism economy.

staticfate · Joined: 10 Feb 2005 Posts: 11 Location: Edmonton, Canada

The Canadian Rockies are absolutely amazing in winter or summer!! I live really close so we often go there to ski/snowboard and hike or camp. Its beautiful and there are tonnes of animals and lots to do, id highly recocmend it!

other than that ive only been to Vegas, Barcelona, Florida and Paris so far!!

Jonathan · Joined: 05 Apr 2004 Posts: 185

Hmmm, let's see....

The Grand Canyon, USA
Florida, USA
Las Vegas, USA
New York, USA
Niagara Falls, Canada / USA
The Pyramids, Egypt
Venice, Italy
Hawaii, USA
Luxor, Egypt
Rome, Italy
San Francisco, USA
Abu Simbel, Egypt

cocodrilo · Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 494 Location: Western Japan

Grand Canyon
Florida
Las Vegas
Taj Mahal
Hong Kong
Yosemite
Hawaii
San Francisco
Singapore
Bangkok
Barbados

cl5814 · Joined: 21 Jun 2004 Posts: 9

I have been to

The Grand Canyon USA
Florida USA
Cape Town South Africa
Las Vegas USA
New York USA
Niagara Falls Canada / USA
Venice Italy
Paris France
Alaska USA
San Francisco USA

David · Joined: 04 Apr 2004 Posts: 162

Quote: Fun list! My sister-in-law gave me abook, "1,001 places to see before you die" for Christmas.

This was actually what I was searching for on Google when I found the BBC list. I saw the book in the store, and thought about buying it so that I could use it as a resource to start topics, but decided against it at the time.

I have also been to San Francisco (which is a long way off from Atlanta).

Laura · Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 446 Location: San Francisco

You can get that book on the usual book selling web sites...Barnes and Noble, Amazon, Powell's....

When I first got it I leafed through the book and put a big check mark next to each place I'd been to. There's a whole lot out there for me to go see! I managed to knock off a couple of them last month when I went to China and Hong Kong, though (Hangzhou's West Lake, riding the Star Ferry from Hong Kong Island to Kowloon).

cocodrilo · Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 494 Location: Western Japan

Would anyone know under what criteria BBC decided to choose those places? They certainly left off a lot of very historically & culturally unique places.

Laura · Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 446 Location: San Francisco

Yeah, I was kind of suprised by their list, too. The list was decided by 20,000 viewers of their "Holiday" program.

cocodrilo · Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 494 Location: Western Japan

I was like "Maldives?" A totally man-made, all-inclusive ultimate resort on a secluded chain of islands. Great place for a honeymoon, maybe, but it's not on my list of places to go. Need to be more World Heritage Sites. R & R is cool, but there is so much rich history & culture ou there to see!

Laura · Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 446 Location: San Francisco

Yeah, that's kind of how I felt about seeing Las Vegas on the list...but now that we know it's more of a "favorite vacation ideas" list it makes more sense. Like, I love going on cruises with my mom, and personally think everyone should try one once for the heck of it, but it's not up there with the UNESCO World Heritage list. Although it can be: Mom & I are combining the two in an upcoming trip. Our cruise stops at a World Heritage site in the Caribbean :)

cocodrilo · Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 494 Location: Western Japan

Laura wrote: Our cruise stops at a World Heritage site in the Caribbean :) That sounds really nice! Both my parents(going their own ways as they are divorced) LOVE cruises, and I have only been on one once, to the Caribbean. Which line are you using?

Laura · Joined: 16 May 2004 Posts: 446 Location: San Francisco

We're doing Celebrity this time. Our strategy is to wait until about 6-8 weeks before when we want to go, and then look around and see where the deals are. It's worked well for us.