my favourite places

Discussion in 'Postcards from Planet Earth' started by cerridwen, Jan 29, 2006.

  1. cerridwen

    cerridwen in stitches

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    This forum seemed so lonely with only one post, so I'll add to it.

    I just wanted to make a list of favourite places I've been, although I have no pictures to post.

    Sedona, AZ USA
    Lourdes, France
    Niagara-On-The-Lake, ON Canada

    all were such touristic, spiritual, historical places and loved them all for different yet wonderful reasons...
     
  2. campfire-fly

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    Big Sur, California
    Half Moon Bay and Point Montara, California
    Hungry Horse, Montana and Glacier National Park Montana
    Hermosa Beach, California
    Washington Park - Fidalgo Island - San Juans - Washington State
    Butter Milk Falls - Ithaca New York
    Savannah, Georgia is America's most beautiful city
    Charleston, South Carolina - the cultural center of the southeast
    Any barrier island south of Charleston except Hilton Head
    Humboldt, California
    Weed, California - Mounta Shasta area
    Camptown, Pennsylvania
    Seaside, Oregon
    Portland and Eugene both rock
    Missoula and Bozeman Montana, very kind
     
  3. spiritofthewildernes

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    My favorite places:





    I am heading to Mexico soon but my favorite places so far :

    -Arabian desert, southern Jordan <My favorite location in the world
    -At Tuwaisi, Jordan < My favorite village
    -Rum Village, Jordan < 2nd favorite village
    -Ad Disi, Jordan < 3rd favorite village
    -Qattar (Mountain of Dripping), Arabian desert, Jordan < favorite mountain
    -Spring of clear waters, Qattar < favorite desert mountain spring
    -Ain Qattar, Qattar < 2nd favorite desert mountain spring
    -Amman, Jordan < favorite city
    -Istanbul, Turkey <favorite seaside port city

    -Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada <favorite island
    -Hyde Park, London, UK <favorite city park




     
  4. _chris_

    _chris_ Marxist

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    Corfu in Greece, both the north and the south of the island is beutiful, and the town, well, its just breath taking.
     
  5. Spacer

    Spacer 'Enlighten yourself'

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    The Ghats, Varanasi, India
    Bandipur, Nepal
    La Grand-Place, Brussels, Belgium
    Venice, Italy
    Glendalough, Ireland
    Rishikesh, Uttaranchal, India
    Valldemossa, Mallorca
    Andrássy Boulevard, Budapest, Hungary
    Durbar Sqaure, Kathmandu, Nepal
    Roman Baths, Bath, England
    Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh, India
     
  6. skip

    skip Founder Administrator

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    So many great places! Please post photos!!! This is a forum for photos. Thanks!
     
  7. driftwood_74

    driftwood_74 Level 88

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    Modoc County, California/North Washoe County, Nevada (it's where I first found my inner peace and identity)
    Baja, Mexico (specifically: Punto Cabras)
    Naples Beach, California (its where I recharge my soul)
    Bali, Indonesia
    Hampi, India
    somewhere near Gokarna, India
    Golden Bay, New Zealand
    Cactus, South Australia (there is something about the raw power of the ocean and big man eating sharks at this place)
    Varanasi Ghats, India
    Golden Temple, India
    Transylvania, Romania
    Buchan, Australia
     
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    Spacer 'Enlighten yourself'

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    Another person touched by Varanasi! Cool, it's such an amazing place.
     
  9. driftwood_74

    driftwood_74 Level 88

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    I'd guess that most people who've been there are touched in some deep way. I'm not a very religious person, but I can't help but feel the spirituality of the place and the people. (I'm struggling to find adjectives to describe it).
    I sat all day with a local man, overlooking the burning ghats, discussing many aspects of life and death. Men were washing the mud left from the monsoon floods off of the ghats with fire hoses. After finishing with a section, kids and adults would scour the area looking for gold teeth and jewelry left behind from the cremations. That night I went to a classical Indian music recital. It was my first real exposure to this type of music. I have been hooked ever since. Varanasi is a powerful place.
    I will be sharing the place with my soon-to-be wife next year.
     
  10. kitty79

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    O yeah, me too! (except for the food poisining)
     
  11. bird_migration

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    India is indeed a wonderful place, but my favorite place is still my bed.
     
  12. campfire-fly

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    Glacier Park - Logan Pass - hiking the continential divide to Hidden Lake. The Blackfeet Native Americans knew this as "The world's backbone" for thousands of years. It's very alive in every aspect a human can experience. Glacier Park is the park of National Parks for sure.
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    Bhaktpur, Nepal
    Annapurna mountain range, Nepal
    Srinagar - Leh - Manali journey, India
    Luang Prabang, Lao
    Muang Sing (Trekking to surrounding villages), Lao

    But probably the most awe-inspiring place has to be the Angkor ruins in Cambodia. I'm surprised no ones mentioned it. Even though mass tourism has arrived there it's still a truly magical place. Never felt anything like it. The giant faces carved into the rocks at the Bayon is incredible.
     
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    Yellowstone River - just west of the Missouri and Yellowstone confluence, eastern Montana - The old train and vehicle bridge is now a park with a kick ass walking trail through the old Cartwright Tunnel, the only train tunnel in North Dakota. Been hanging out here lately, nice place this time of year.
     
  15. freakon

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    -parvati valley, the road to pulga, forests and mountains around the place (himalayas)
    -east africa, some rather wild spots
     
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    Spacer 'Enlighten yourself'

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    Parvati is a cool place alright. Here's some photos I took when I was there....

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  17. Peterness

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    Pokhara (nepal)
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    A village in north Laos near the Chinese border.


    A village called Siklis looking at one of the Annapurna mountains (nepal)
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    Overlooking Leh in northern India from the top of a Buddhist monastery.
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    fountains of nay Planet Nayhem!

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    nokogiri-yama in Japan is pretty amazing, as are the surroundings of Fuji-san.
     

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