TOP 5 UNUSUAL WORLD WONDERS
1 Tiger’s Nest Monastery, Bhutan
Clinging to the edge of a 900m cliff, Taktshang Goemba (Tiger’s Nest Monastery) is famous in Bhutan but like so much of the remote kingdom, little-known outside. The monastery is not open to visitors but you can hike to a viewpoint to take in the epic scenery.
2 My Son, Vietnam
Perhaps because so many people travelling down the Vietnamese coast are en route to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, My Son, about an hour from Hoi An, often gets overlooked. Yet it’s an incredible, eerie site of towering temples, covered in jungle creepers.
3.Ek Balam, Mexico
If you want to avoid the coach parties at Chichen Itzá and Uxmal, head for Ek Balam – where wild animals outnumbers tourists. Though much of it is covered in vegetation, you can climb the massive main pyramid.
4. Lalibela rock churches, Ethiopia
The 11 12th-century churches chiselled out of red volcanic rock at Lalibela still hum with the sound of murmured prayer and the shuffle of bare feet.
5. Choquequirao, Peru
With Machu Picchu under threat from tourism, the government is focusing all efforts on developing other sites – the “Lost World” of Kuelap, a pre-Inca walled city in northern Peru, and the mountain-top Inca site of Choquequirao, a three-day hike from the nearest village.
2 My Son, Vietnam
Perhaps because so many people travelling down the Vietnamese coast are en route to Angkor Wat in Cambodia, My Son, about an hour from Hoi An, often gets overlooked. Yet it’s an incredible, eerie site of towering temples, covered in jungle creepers.
3.Ek Balam, Mexico
If you want to avoid the coach parties at Chichen Itzá and Uxmal, head for Ek Balam – where wild animals outnumbers tourists. Though much of it is covered in vegetation, you can climb the massive main pyramid.
4. Lalibela rock churches, Ethiopia
The 11 12th-century churches chiselled out of red volcanic rock at Lalibela still hum with the sound of murmured prayer and the shuffle of bare feet.
5. Choquequirao, Peru
With Machu Picchu under threat from tourism, the government is focusing all efforts on developing other sites – the “Lost World” of Kuelap, a pre-Inca walled city in northern Peru, and the mountain-top Inca site of Choquequirao, a three-day hike from the nearest village.
Pff i hope i will be able to visit them someday
ReplyDeleteSo. Beautiful. Definitely going there sometime in my life
ReplyDeleteAmazing looking places. I would go in a heartbeat.
ReplyDeletelooks awesome
ReplyDeleteLove your blogging work! Keep up the good work you make really good posts!
ReplyDeleteReally hope i get to visit these places someday :)
ReplyDeleteI have been wanting to go to ek balam for a while, they say that food in the town near there is delicious! :D
ReplyDeleteI'd love to visit places like these.
ReplyDeleteThese places truly look amazing, wish I could visit them.
ReplyDeleteCool places, especially the first one :)
ReplyDeleteI really like the Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan. It just shows how amazingly well humans can actually build buildings pretty much anywhere they want! I did not know about this and I thank you for sharing it. I might even visit it one day. :)
ReplyDelete#4, those rock churches are so dope. Great post.
ReplyDeletevery fascinating pictures!
ReplyDeleteI really need to start traveling!
ReplyDeleteThose are some amazing pics. Thanks man.
ReplyDeleteThe Monastery would be neat to stay at.
ReplyDeleteWould like to see some of these in my lifetime
ReplyDeletethe Tiger’s Nest Monastery looks like an amazing place to visit! I wonder how difficult it is to reach..
ReplyDeleteSo wonderful....
ReplyDeleteEy, what are tourists doing to Machu Pikchu? :/
ReplyDeleteFirst pic was amazing...
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many restrictions there are getting to these locations. For example, I know to visit Ethiopia from the states you have to get so many shots, not to mention the paper work.
ReplyDeleteInteresting places!
ReplyDeleteAw man how I would love to lay eyes on any of these places!
ReplyDeleteSiiick!
ReplyDeletewow the first place blows my mind
ReplyDeleteReally good post, like the blog. Def following...
ReplyDeletebeautiful places
ReplyDeleteWhoa, I need to visit that top one. That looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteNice work but could you change the font color to something else other than grey over grey?
ReplyDeletethe first one is so crazy yet beautiful!
ReplyDeletetiger's nest monastery is gorgeous, sucks that its not open to viewers
ReplyDeleteVery neat! You were right. I DO like it!
ReplyDeleteMacchu Picchu is a clear winner here.
ReplyDeleteThis basically tells me that I need to do more traveling. OKAY!
ReplyDelete5 places i need to visit!
ReplyDeleteThat tiger's nest monastery looks insane.
ReplyDeleteVery cool! true wonders!
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