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Check out the voting website for the 7 new wonders of the world, they are choosing a new 7... The Pyramids has been taken off the voting list after Egypt kicked up a big fuss, but there are still 20 to choose from, some amazing sights...

The Maoi heads on Easter Island are 25 metres tall, which I can't quite imagine how they would look, awe-inspiring...


www.new7wonders.com

Machu Picchu gets my vote, it looks stunning. Has anyone been there?

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It's not a true poll, the pyramids arn't there, without a doubt the greatest pieces of architecture ever created.



plus, wheres the dome?

Its already one of the 7 wonders of the world?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza)

..these are for news ones.

the other 6 are fake, the pyramids are real, they should be included

not really "new" though is it?

chichen itza is amazing went there a few years back it should be way up there on the list.

Red Square & The Kremlin is the only 1 ive seen in the flesh, very impressive but wouldn't be in my top 7

'Yes but it's only recently we've started seeing it on the television.'

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The Forbidden City in Beijing.  Stunning.

http://www.kinabaloo.com/forbidden_city.html

I have been to macchu piccu, was pretty amazing. Wanted to do the inca trail hike to get there, but was fully booked so had to take a train, lol

Hush now Pab..don't mention trains ..Tikay's online..

You spoke?

Well I'm gonna nominate a WOTW from St Petersburg, Russia.

I could actually mention several from the same City, which must be the World's most fascinating & beautiful City.

But I'll go for the Winter Palace, maybe the finest building of it's type in the world. On one side, the imposing square, and it fronts the River Neva (?) on the other side. Inside, it houses the Hermitage Museum, maybe the world's best Art Gallery.

The Square has a huge obelisk in the centre, carved from solid granite, weighing 700 tons, very very tall & slim. It's free-standing, not fixed at all. it just sits there! One wonders how they got the damn thing upright three centuries ago. Think about THAT, with ropes & pulleys or whatever. Sits on a big plinth, too.

There are some stunning churches, too, & 32 Palaces in total, of which one is a casino, The Taleon Club. ( I got 2nd in their Main Event a few years back, busting one Tony G along the way).

Nevsky Boulevard is long, straight & wide, & features several beautiful bridges. Then there is the Peter & Paul Fortress, there's some story there.

And of course the Train Station, Moscow Station as it's called.......spent a whole day there. Well you have to, eh?

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Truly a stunning place.  More photos here:  http://www.kinabaloo.com/forbidden_city_photo_gallery.html

It just goes on and on, over a mile long and it consists of 800 buildings with 8,886 rooms and covers 720,000 square metres.

As you walk through the place, you can have a portable tape player as a guide talking you through what you are seeing.  Who does the narration for English speakers?  None other than Roger Moore.  Marvellous!

I must say, that does look a bit tidy. The sort of pad I imagine bolt lives in somehow.

the similarities between the stairs leading up to the palace and the stairwell leading up to my block of flats is remarkable