7 Wonders

Landmarks all over the world attract people of all ages to visit. The Swiss corporation New7Wonders Foundation, the group that creates the "7 Wonders of the World," announced the winners after 7 years of campaigning and 100 million votes received. The world’s first-ever global vote was announced on July 7, 2007 (07.07.07) in Lisbon, Portugal. The show at the “Estadio da Luz,” (the stadium of light), was in front of an audience of 50,000 people and millions of television viewers throughout the world. The seven wonders below were the ones chosen out of the hundreds that were nominated. The Wonders of the World are constantly being updated. The newest list of 7 wonders will change in 2011.

Wonder
Great Wall of China, China


Petra, Jordan


Christ the Redeemer,Brazil


Machu Picchu, Peru


Chichen Itza, Mexico


Roman Colosseum, Italy


Taj Mahal, India


Great Pyramid (Honorary Candidate), Egypt



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Africa

The continent of Africa provides so much to do for any vacation or business trip. The various activities make it a wondrous place to travel. Safaris are a popular tourist attraction, as well as camel trekks. If I visited Africa, I know would make sure to do both.





In 2010, the World Cup games will be held in South Africa and attract not only soccer fans but also other people who want to enjoy the experience.


There are 54 countries in Africa, including the island groups and the Western Sahara. So, each place to visit offers different stuff to do... the possibilities are endless.

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Flying

Wherever my travels take me, there are certain things that I want to accomplish while I am out and about. One activity I definitely plan on doing in my life is sky diving. I'm actually going to put the tickets to go on this years Christmas list.

Keeping up with the in-the-air activities... I also want to take a ride on a hot air balloon. It would be a cool opportunity to be able to sight see from the aerial angle.

I also plan to zip line, also called, "flying fox," which a pulley is suspended on a cable put on an inline and using gravity, you traverse to the bottom of the incline. A lot of jungles in Costa Rica and South America offering zip lining. It looks like a really fun experience.

Through creating this, I've realized I might not be a land person after all because all of these actives involved being off the ground.
The great part about a lot of the places I want to travel to, offer these things to do. If not, they have other fun things to do which I am interested in trying.

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Greece

The place I want to travel to most is Greece. Everything about this country is so fascinating that I want to not only travel there, but live there for a while and submerge myself in the culture. So, I plan to study abroad for the next academic year in Athens.

I will have a rich cultural experience in the birthplace of Western civilization.

There is so much to see and learn in Greece at any given time. The history throughout the country is something I look forward to learning about in the future.

The school has so much to offer, including a scuba diving program for which you receive physical education credits for.

Obviously, I love to travel so I will take advantage of the fact I will be in Europe and on weekends I plan to see the Greek Islands travel throughout other countries over Christmas break. As of now, I am counting down the days until I leave for my excursion!

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