Category: culture

Wonders of the Modern World

Register your vote for the Seven New Wonders of the world.

Following the destruction of the old ones.
An international consortium has set up a website where homo-sapiens can register their approval of 7 new wonders http://www.new7wonders.com/.

Old Wonders:

Proposed Modern Wonders:

  • Angkor Wat(12th century) Cambodia
  • Chichén Itzá (before 800 A.D.) Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
  • Christ Redeemer (1931) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Statues of Easter Island (10th – 16th Century) Easter Island, Chile
  • Machu Picchu (1460-1470), Peru

Amongst others.

Results are due to be announced in Portugal on 07.07.07.

Dabs

Currently staying at the Hilton, Stansted.

Last couple of times I stayed at the Radisson, Stansted. But the food is better at Hilton.

Wine Tower
The Radisson Stansted has like a colossal column, a wine tower, which a girl slides up and down attached to ropes.

Go to my site, www.lonelyplanetexchange.com you’ll find weekend rates might make it worth your while if you’re doing a going to be doing a ‘red eye’.