Sunday, January 02, 2000

Eric D'Souza's Top 100

  1. Machu Picchu (Cuzco, Peru)
  2. Bagan (Bagan, Myanmar)
  3. Angkor Wat (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
  4. Moai (Easter Island, Chile)
  5. Monastery (Petra, Jordan)
  6. Tikal (Flores, Guatemala)
  7. Perito Moreno Glacier (El Calafate, Argentina)
  8. Erta Ale (Ethiopia)
  9. Mountain Gorillas (Ruhengeri, Rwanda)
  10. Great Mosque (Djenne, Mali)
  11. Angel Falls (Venezuela)
  12. Abuna Yemata Guh (Tigray, Ethiopia)
  13. Great Wall (Simatai, China)
  14. Taktshang Goemba / Tiger's Nest Monastery (outside Paro, Bhutan)
  15. Palenque (Mexico)
  16. Shwedagon Pagoda (Yangon, Myanmar)
  17. Borobudur (Indonesia)
  18. Salar de Uyuni (Boliva)
  19. Potala Palace (Lhasa, China)
  20. Laguna Verde (Bolivia)
  21. Punakha Dzong (Punakha, Bhutan)
  22. Oval Plaza (Jerash, Jordan)
  23. Bete Giyorgis / Church of Saint George (Lalibela, Ethiopia)
  24. al-Siq (Petra, Jordan)
  25. Tanneries (Fez, Morocco)
  26. Iguazu Falls (Brasil and Argentina)
  27. Friendship Highway at "roof of the world" 5150m (Tibet to Nepal)
  28. Salt mining in Lac Assale (Lac Assale, Ethiopia)
  29. Swayambunath at dawn (Kathmandu, Nepal)
  30. Hermitage Museum (St Petersburg, Russia)
  31. Terracotta Army (Xi'an, China)
  32. Great Pyramid (Giza, Egypt)
  33. Recumbent Buddha in Gal Vihara (Polonnaruwa, Sri Lanka)
  34. Jomsom Trek at Muktinath (Muktinath, Nepal)
  35. Khongoryn Els sand dunes (Gobi Desert, Mongolia)
  36. Plains of the Serengeti (Tanzania)
  37. Las Torres (Torres del Paine National Park, Chile)
  38. Sunset in Mazatlan (Mazatlan, Mexico)
  39. Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
  40. Taj Mahal (Agra, India)
  41. Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ (St Petersburg, Russia)
  42. Prambanan Temples (Indonesia)
  43. Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
  44. Volubilis (outside Meknes, Morocco)
  45. St Basil's Cathedral (Moscow, Russia)
  46. Stonehenge (Amesbury, England)
  47. Nazca Lines (Nazca, Peru)
  48. View of La Paz from the altiplano (La Paz, Bolivia)
  49. Las Lajas Sanctuary (Ipiales, Colombia)
  50. Wailing Wall (Jerusalem, Israel)
  51. Convento de Cristo (Tomar, Portugal)
  52. Copan (Copan Ruinas, Honduras)
  53. Geiser del Tatio (Chile)
  54. Royal Palace (Luang Prabang, Lao)
  55. Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
  56. Deer Cave (Mulu, Malaysia)
  57. The Kremlin (Moscow, Russia)
  58. Snorkeling with Whale Sharks (Djibouti City, Djibouti)
  59. Victoria Falls (Zambia, Zimbabwe)
  60. Bayanzag (Gobi Desert, Mongolia)
  61. Teotihuacan (Mexico City, Mexico)
  62. Valle de la Luna (Atacama Desert, Chile)
  63. Church of St Stephen (Umm ar-Rasas, Jordan)
  64. Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
  65. Wat Pho (Bangkok, Thailand)
  66. Panama Canal (Panama City, Panama)
  67. Chichen Itza (Mexico)
  68. Trollfjord (Lofoten, Norway)
  69. Leaning Tower of PIsa (Pisa, Italy)