The New7Wonders

I know I am very outdated to only post this now…coz the results has already been announced on 07.07.2007 at Lisbon, Portugal.

I am a person who loves to travel to the maximum and I can spend all my available moneis and even advance just to travel and do my favorite hobbies. Anywhere I also feel like going…and of coz cannot exclude below highly voted (>100 millions votes) GREAT places of the world….they are simply WONDERS and you should see it at least ONCE before you are gone from this world or before end of the world come perhaps….

The New7Wonders












1. Great Wall of China
The 4,160-mile barricade running from east to west is the world's longest man-made structure. The construction of the wall took place over hundreds of years, beginning in the seventh century B.C.
--> Been there 2005 i think...but couldnt locate my pic!












2. Petra, Jordan
This ancient city in southwestern Jordan, built on a terrace around Wadi Musa, or Valley of Moses, was the capital of the Arab kingdom of the Nabateans. The city is famous for water tunnels and stone structures carved in the rock.













3. Christ Redeemer Statue, Brazil
The outstretched arms of the 125-foot statue of the Christ the Redeemer overlook Rio de Janeiro from atop 2,343-foot Mount Corcovado.












4. Machu Picchu, Peru
Built by the Incan Empire in the 15th century, Machu Picchu's walls, palaces, temples and dwellings are perched in the clouds at 8,000 feet above sea level in the Andes.













5. Pyramid at Chichen Itza, Mexico
This pyramid was part of a sacred site in an important Mayan center on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Built according to the solar calendar, shadows at the fall and spring equinoxes are said to look like a snake crawling down the steps, similar to the carved serpent at the top.











6. Colosseum, Italy
The 50,000-seat amphitheater in Rome was inaugurated in A.D. 80 and served as the backdrop for thousands of gladiators who dueled to the death.









Yay...I've landed my foot at the Colesseum, Apr2007












7. Taj Mahal, India
The white marble-domed mausoleum in Agra combines Indian, Persian and Islamic styles and was built by a 17th century Mogul emperor for his favorite wife, who died in childbirth.

Apple's score for 7Wonders is 2/7 (28.5%) --> still failed wo.....must gambateh lo~~~~