The most naturally beautiful places on earth
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Since it sounds like at least some of the CPains are well traveled, I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and come ask here. What is the most naturally beautiful place in the world? I'm hoping to get some answers based on personal experience and not Google. In my personal opinion, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore are the most beautiful places I've visited. However I'm really looking for naturally beautiful, which kind of excludes Singapore which is an amazingly beautiful CITY. I want to plan a once in a life time trip, but I'm still not sure where I want to go... Thanks!
Egypt - anywhere in the desert at sun-rise. Seychelles - perfect white sand / blue sea combo that goes very well with beer. Grand Canyon - that is one feck of a crack, beats JSOP's Seamstresses. Tihany peninsular - beautiful part of beautiful Lake Balaton. For non-natuaral try Time Square 2a.m. in heavy rain - note the weather and time, it just works so well with the drunks, homeless and druggies. Any wine cellar anywhere when the owners cant see me.
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Since it sounds like at least some of the CPains are well traveled, I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and come ask here. What is the most naturally beautiful place in the world? I'm hoping to get some answers based on personal experience and not Google. In my personal opinion, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore are the most beautiful places I've visited. However I'm really looking for naturally beautiful, which kind of excludes Singapore which is an amazingly beautiful CITY. I want to plan a once in a life time trip, but I'm still not sure where I want to go... Thanks!
I can't claim to be as well-travelled as some of my fellow CPians, but since I moved to Switzerland I've seen some stunning mountain scenery. The Jungfrau region http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfrau[^] has to take the biscuit. The view from the top is breathtaking, and you don't even have to be a mountaineer to see Europe from 3500 metres!! Also good for comedy value as you watch the hundreds of Jap tourists fall asleep on the way up due to oxygen deprivation (you get approx 30% less oxygen than at sea level, at that height). Truly a stunning place, and the surrounding countryside is great for hikes and such as well.
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I can't claim to be as well-travelled as some of my fellow CPians, but since I moved to Switzerland I've seen some stunning mountain scenery. The Jungfrau region http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungfrau[^] has to take the biscuit. The view from the top is breathtaking, and you don't even have to be a mountaineer to see Europe from 3500 metres!! Also good for comedy value as you watch the hundreds of Jap tourists fall asleep on the way up due to oxygen deprivation (you get approx 30% less oxygen than at sea level, at that height). Truly a stunning place, and the surrounding countryside is great for hikes and such as well.
Smokie, this is not 'Nam. This is bowling. There are rules. www.geticeberg.com
So you like mounting the virgin do you? *snicker*
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Cuban beaches!
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Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
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Since it sounds like at least some of the CPains are well traveled, I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and come ask here. What is the most naturally beautiful place in the world? I'm hoping to get some answers based on personal experience and not Google. In my personal opinion, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore are the most beautiful places I've visited. However I'm really looking for naturally beautiful, which kind of excludes Singapore which is an amazingly beautiful CITY. I want to plan a once in a life time trip, but I'm still not sure where I want to go... Thanks!
Yosemite Valley in the winter when the snow is on the ground and it's deserted. A place that makes you breath deeply and go 'Aaahhh.....'. And I'm a Brit...
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Is the spelling right?
Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.
Yes, Beaches in Cuba!
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
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Since it sounds like at least some of the CPains are well traveled, I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and come ask here. What is the most naturally beautiful place in the world? I'm hoping to get some answers based on personal experience and not Google. In my personal opinion, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore are the most beautiful places I've visited. However I'm really looking for naturally beautiful, which kind of excludes Singapore which is an amazingly beautiful CITY. I want to plan a once in a life time trip, but I'm still not sure where I want to go... Thanks!
For the most natural beauty spot, I nominate Linsey De Paul.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Since it sounds like at least some of the CPains are well traveled, I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and come ask here. What is the most naturally beautiful place in the world? I'm hoping to get some answers based on personal experience and not Google. In my personal opinion, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore are the most beautiful places I've visited. However I'm really looking for naturally beautiful, which kind of excludes Singapore which is an amazingly beautiful CITY. I want to plan a once in a life time trip, but I'm still not sure where I want to go... Thanks!
IMHO: #1 - Simien Mountains, Ethiopia #2 - Cairngorms national park, Scotland #3 - Mulligans (front bar), Dublin, Ireland
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Since it sounds like at least some of the CPains are well traveled, I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and come ask here. What is the most naturally beautiful place in the world? I'm hoping to get some answers based on personal experience and not Google. In my personal opinion, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore are the most beautiful places I've visited. However I'm really looking for naturally beautiful, which kind of excludes Singapore which is an amazingly beautiful CITY. I want to plan a once in a life time trip, but I'm still not sure where I want to go... Thanks!
Depends on what you are looking for. The mountains of Switzerland are great, but the Rockies from Colorado to Utah and up into Canada are fantastic. Alaska has lots to see (in the summer). Beaches - Lots of choices, Rio (especially during Carnival when there are multiple forms of natural beauty on display), Caribbean, some parts of Southern Calif (especially Carpentaria just south of Santa Barbara), Thailand and parts western India. Islands - the Greek islands have the clearest water I have ever seen. Changing tree colors in the fall - North East USA. Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Yellowstone etc. are must sees at some point. Waterfalls - Victoria Falls in Africa, Angel Falls in Venezuela, Niagara Falls in Canada/USA Active Volcano’s - Hawaii Underwater - Any of the Pacific Islands Geological forces on Display – Calif to Utah. You can see huge boulders left behind by glaciers, volcanic cones, sediment layers tipped to 45 degrees by shifting tectonic plates or displaced by earthquakes, to sea shell fossils imbedded in the rocks at 5000’ (Rising sea levels!!). And Lots more choices - like the women in ........ Take Your Choice - its a beautiful world and I have not seen a quarter of it yet.
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Since it sounds like at least some of the CPains are well traveled, I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and come ask here. What is the most naturally beautiful place in the world? I'm hoping to get some answers based on personal experience and not Google. In my personal opinion, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore are the most beautiful places I've visited. However I'm really looking for naturally beautiful, which kind of excludes Singapore which is an amazingly beautiful CITY. I want to plan a once in a life time trip, but I'm still not sure where I want to go... Thanks!
I tend to like trees and mountains with trees on them. Western side of the Olympic peninsula in Washington, USA; one of the greenest places on earth since it is a rain forest. The Great Smoky Mountains in eastern Tennessee, USA. Black Forest in Germany. New England in the fall for the changing of the leaves. Actually, there are unbelievably beautiful places all over the world, if you just get a little ways away from a city.
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Yes, Beaches in Cuba!
------------------------------------ "Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food and tyrannize their teachers. I despair for the future." Socrates 400BC
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Since it sounds like at least some of the CPains are well traveled, I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and come ask here. What is the most naturally beautiful place in the world? I'm hoping to get some answers based on personal experience and not Google. In my personal opinion, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore are the most beautiful places I've visited. However I'm really looking for naturally beautiful, which kind of excludes Singapore which is an amazingly beautiful CITY. I want to plan a once in a life time trip, but I'm still not sure where I want to go... Thanks!
Boka Kotorska Bay[^] in Montenegro is the most beautiful place I've been to.
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Since it sounds like at least some of the CPains are well traveled, I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and come ask here. What is the most naturally beautiful place in the world? I'm hoping to get some answers based on personal experience and not Google. In my personal opinion, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore are the most beautiful places I've visited. However I'm really looking for naturally beautiful, which kind of excludes Singapore which is an amazingly beautiful CITY. I want to plan a once in a life time trip, but I'm still not sure where I want to go... Thanks!
Herron Island[^] Simply fantastic place to spend a few quiet days snorkling in warm, waist deep water with sharks and rays, and being fed fantastic food at night. Swimming with Humpbacks in Tonga[^] Beautifully moving experience - and if you're into photography book a photography trip with Darren too. And the accommodation has to be seen to be believed - indoor waterfalls (real ones, not man-made) in the bathroom etc. OK - both watery (and I get terrible sea-sickness) but for that trip-in-a-lifetime tick 'em both!
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For the most natural beauty spot, I nominate Linsey De Paul.
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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It's for comments like this that I named my firstborn 'Henry'. Take five !!
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She'll only hate you when she grows up. Reconsider before it's too late!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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She'll only hate you when she grows up. Reconsider before it's too late!
Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.”
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Herron Island[^] Simply fantastic place to spend a few quiet days snorkling in warm, waist deep water with sharks and rays, and being fed fantastic food at night. Swimming with Humpbacks in Tonga[^] Beautifully moving experience - and if you're into photography book a photography trip with Darren too. And the accommodation has to be seen to be believed - indoor waterfalls (real ones, not man-made) in the bathroom etc. OK - both watery (and I get terrible sea-sickness) but for that trip-in-a-lifetime tick 'em both!
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A colleague of mine, has the worse case of motion sickness I've ever seen. He gets sick so easily it's ridiculous. He's a keen scuba diver though and recently started using patches, I don't know the name, but they exist, that's the important part. If I recall correctly, these patches are placed behind the ear. During a 3-week diving trip to Egypt, using these patches, he had no problem with motion sickness at all.
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A colleague of mine, has the worse case of motion sickness I've ever seen. He gets sick so easily it's ridiculous. He's a keen scuba diver though and recently started using patches, I don't know the name, but they exist, that's the important part. If I recall correctly, these patches are placed behind the ear. During a 3-week diving trip to Egypt, using these patches, he had no problem with motion sickness at all.
I actually tried the 'pressure point' bands when we went to Tonga - spent 10 days out on a boat so needed to try something! I don't believe in all that mumbo jumbo pressure point malarky - but they worked! I lost them on the beach one day - and the next day I was sick as a dog. Borrowed some, and was fine for the rest of the trip!
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Since it sounds like at least some of the CPains are well traveled, I thought I'd take a stab in the dark and come ask here. What is the most naturally beautiful place in the world? I'm hoping to get some answers based on personal experience and not Google. In my personal opinion, Mauritius, Norway and Singapore are the most beautiful places I've visited. However I'm really looking for naturally beautiful, which kind of excludes Singapore which is an amazingly beautiful CITY. I want to plan a once in a life time trip, but I'm still not sure where I want to go... Thanks!
African safari maybe, if you like wildlife. A pretty good travel-destination list: http://www.hillmanwonders.com/[^]
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African safari maybe, if you like wildlife. A pretty good travel-destination list: http://www.hillmanwonders.com/[^]
"For fifty bucks I'd put my face in their soup and blow." - George Costanza
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Thanks Ashley I do love wildlife, and I have been on many Safari's (I live in Africa). By far the best one was touring Botswana. Chobe, Okovango Delta etc, such a wild place! Thanks for the link, already seen some places I'd like to check out!