Tuesday, December 27, 2011

Mulanje

Mount Mulanje is a large mountain with surrounding geologic features that are pretty neat to look at. The views from the surrounding valleys and such look very worthwhile.

Monday, December 26, 2011

Bohemia

By this I mean, in particular, any of the beautifully built and colored cities of the Czech Republic. It would be extremely difficult to narrow down one specific city that stands out, because they are all quite romantic. Prague, Pilsen, Most, Carlsbad (especially Karlovy Vary! perhaps my final decision after all), Cheb, and so may others appear to be all amazing. A chance to visit any of these picturesque cities would be a privilege.

Kantara Castle

There is apparently a fairly good number of castles on the island of Cyprus. One of these, Kantara Castle, caught my attention by its position on quite a stunning mountain range. The view from this Crusades-era structure appears to be magnificent.

Friday, December 23, 2011

Guilin

The karst hills of Guilin in Guangxi are some of those famous huge tall hills/mountains you see in some portrayals of Chinese scenery and culture. Seeing them in real life would be much better than those images in our restaurants. There's also the Reed Flute Cave, which is interestingly lit up with lots of different colors.

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Time Travel

Basically, visiting places on the map that involve interesting points of time zones.
  • the Afghanistan-China border, which is also the border of very distant time zones

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

McMurdo Station

McMurdo Station is Antarctica's largest, I believe, so depending on your definitions, it's the largest city in Antarctica. There might not be a whole lot to do here, but whatever there is to do would definitely be cool to do in Antarctica.

Mount Everest

No way I want to climb that thing. Far too dangerous. But, I surely would like to see it in all its enormity.

Sydney

The Opera House and the Harbour Bridge are the two places I generally think of in Sydney. There surely is plenty to see there in addition.

London

There are plenty of things I'd hope to see in London. Of course, a few touristy places like Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, the Eye, Westminster Abbey, the O2, and Tower Bridge. Probably more to see there as well, which I'll probably decide once there's actually an opportunity. Oh yeah, the Royal Observatory of Greenwich! Neat!

Places in/around London to check out:

  • Big Ben
  • Buckingham Palace
  • The London Eye
  • Westminster Abbey
  • the O2
  • Tower Bridge
  • the Shard
  • Globe Theatre
  • Royal Observatory of Greenwich
  • British Museum

Rome

I'm not Catholic, but the buildings and gardens in the Vatican City look like a very interesting place to visit. Much history has taken place there, and possibly a lot more is to take place there.

Update: changed this entry from "Vatican City" to "Rome" because wow so much Rome. this includes vatican city too i guess, as well as the ancient forum, some fountains, some steps from roman holiday, the pantheon, italian government stuff, and other roman stuff. interesting and neat stuff :D

Kingdom Center

Riyadh's current tallest skyscraper is the Kingdom Center, one of the most recognizable modern buildings in the world. Its shape is distinguishable as one of Saudi Arabia's symbols of wealth.

Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal in India is quite an amazing building. The grounds of the Taj Mahal seem like a wonderful place to explore and take pictures, and surely there's plenty to do, with it being such a huge tourist destination.

Beijing

Beijing is one of the world's most architecturally impressive cities. The huge structures all over the city and the Chinese experience would be quite a neat thing to see.

Victoria Falls

Victoria Falls is an amazing waterfall set where a large wide river collects into a tiny-by-comparison canyon. The Zambezi River, to be exact, spills over this area between Zambia and Zimbabwe in one of the world's most impressive displays.

Mount Meru

Mount Meru is a volcanic mountain in Tanzania, and it appears quite amazing due to it shape; it appears to be a large conic mountain with a huge volcanic bulge sticking up in the middle of it. Quite a geological oddity, but certainly a fantastic one as well.

Kilimanjaro

I would like to at least get a good view of Africa's highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. Probably wouldn't want to climb it if it was too difficult, but just to se it would probably be really amazing.

Uluru

I would like to go visit Ayers Rock, aka Uluru. It's a pretty popular tourist destination, but that wouldn't stop me since it looks so huge and cool. The nearby Kata Tjura also looks neat.

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Eravikulam

Eravikulam National Park includes Mount Anaimudi, which has color and beauty that stands out among other famous peaks, and an endangered species called the Nilgiri Tahr. It's all quite a pretty area in southern India.