Election: The New 7 Wonders Of The World

[LaoPo]

It's fun...which 7 would YOU choose ?

Welcome to the election of the New 7 Wonders of the World

Final decision will be made on 07-07-07 in Lisbon/Portugal.

http://www.new7wonders.com/index.php?id=315

LaoPo

[farangconnection]

I chose

Stonehenge

Neuerschwanstein

Petra

Eiffel Tower

Statue of Liberty

Kremlin

Farang Connection, Surin.

[cdnvic]

Great Wall of China

Stonehenge

Apollo 11

Panama Canal

Hydrogen Bomb

Channel Tunnel

Trans-Siberian Railway

[lazeeboy]

Great Wall of China

Stonehenge

Apollo 11

Panama Canal

Hydrogen Bomb

Channel Tunnel

Trans-Siberian Railway

kahtoys have to be in there some where

[Phil Conners]

The Internet

Stonehenge

Neuerschwanstein

Petra

The Pyramids of Giza

Easter Island Statues

Panama Canal

[technocracy]

My first question is what the hel_l are the Statue of Liberty, Christ the Redeemer, the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney Opera House doing on that list???

None of them cause and particular WONDER in my mind!

Personally I think the Lions Rock in Sigiriya Sri Lanka should be on that list.

Of what there is in no particular order...

Giza Pyramids

Angkor Wat (even though they are trying there hardest to turn it into some kind of amusement park!)

Stonehenge

Petra

Taj Mahal

Acropolis

Great Wall of China

[tropo]

My first question is what the hel_l are the Statue of Liberty, Christ the Redeemer, the Eiffel Tower and the Sydney Opera House doing on that list???

None of them cause and particular WONDER in my mind!

Personally I think the Lions Rock in Sigiriya Sri Lanka should be on that list.

Of what there is in no particular order...

Giza Pyramids

Angkor Wat (even though they are trying there hardest to turn it into some kind of amusement park!)

Stonehenge

Petra

Taj Mahal

Acropolis

Great Wall of China

Just 5 that IMO should definitely be on the list:

In no particular order:

Angkor Wat

Stonehenge

Great Wall of China

Giza pyramids

Easter Island Statues

and one I didn't see on the list and not yet completed:

Burj Dubai, which may exceed 1km in height.

Edited June 10, 2007 by tropo

[Rinrada]

Most of this lot are OLD wonders of the World and if a vote on new Iconic Structures is taken then surely there should be an historical time element ...say 200-500 years.....

anyway mine would be :

Tower Bridge :London

Empire State :New York.

Golden Gate : San Francisco.

Sydney Habour Opera House : Auz

New Kong Kong Airport at C lap K.:Hong Kong.

Maglev Train into Shanghai from Pudong:China

Christ the Mountain ( corcovado) :Rio.

and.......

Liberty......... New York...

[tropo]

Most of this lot are OLD wonders of the World and if a vote on new Iconic Structures is taken then surely there should be an historical time element ...say 200-500 years.....

anyway mine would be :

Tower Bridge :London

Empire State :New York.

Golden Gate : San Francisco.

Sydney Habour Opera House : Auz

New Kong Kong Airport at C lap K.:Hong Kong.

Maglev Train into Shanghai from Pudong:China

Christ the Mountain ( corcovado) :Rio.

and.......

Liberty......... New York...

You're talking mainly about big constructions. Surely you'd have to include the Channel Tunnel in there.

[Rinrada]

Wernt the Old ones jerry built as well... ..anyway cant see the channel tunnel from outer space

[Tilokarat]

I found the choices to be limited, and some of them to be silly. Why aren't the pyramids listed as a choice? What about Pagan, Burma, Wat Haripunchaiya in Lamphun? Maple Leaf Gardens? Yankee Stadium? Old Trafford? Anyway, I voted for Angkor, Stonehenge, the Acropolis, Easter Island and three others that I have forgotten already.

[tropo]

I found the choices to be limited, and some of them to be silly. Why aren't the pyramids listed as a choice? What about Pagan, Burma, Wat Haripunchaiya in Lamphun? Maple Leaf Gardens? Yankee Stadium? Old Trafford? Anyway, I voted for Angkor, Stonehenge, the Acropolis, Easter Island and three others that I have forgotten already.

The pyramids are listed.... Pyramid of Giza is the largest of them all. You have a point as this pyramid is on the original "Seven Wonders of the World" list, so it's hardly new.

[Totster]

My list

1. Stonehenge
   
2. Machu Picchu
   
3. Great Wall of China
   
4. Ankor
   
5. Colloseum
   

Totster

[farangconnection]

Old Trafford?

:D

O.K. if we're going to be silly, lets include Stamford Bridge, Headingly, The Oval, Anfield, Minster Recreation Ground (Thanet), The Crucible & Lakeside.

P.S. I suppose I did start the silly ones, but then again any Pub or Bar used to be a wonder of the World to me.

[farangconnection]

By the way, I just got all the info through, and you can't really vote unless you give them info about you, and they send you holiday info etc. Another gimmick I fear.

[adjan jb]

Suwanaphoom Airport

CM Night Safari

[soundman]

Seven Wonders of the modern age.

Internet.

Computer.

Airbus A380.

Atomic Energy.

Channel Tunnel.

Anti Biotics.

Suwannahpumi Airport.

(Guiness Record for the largest amount of corruption for any single mega-project on the planet)

Soundman.

[tropo]

Suwannahpumi Airport.

(Guiness Record for the largest amount of corruption for any single mega-project on the planet)

Get out of here! No kidding?

[LaoPo]

THE NEW 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD

The New7Wonders organization is happy to announce the following 7 candidates have been elected to represent global heritage throughout history:

Chichén Itzá, Mexico

Christ Redeemer, Brazil

The Great Wall, China

Machu Picchu, Peru

Petra, Jordan

The Roman Colloseum, Italy

The Taj Mahal, India

It is said that more than 100 million people voted.

LaoPo

[Momo8]

I can't find a link to find out which ones were nominated that missed out! What are the Seven Wonders of Thailand?

[LaoPo]

I can't find a link to find out which ones were nominated that missed out! What are the Seven Wonders of Thailand?

The link is in post #1.

I'm not able to paste/copy at this moment...sorry for that, otherwise I would have done it.

7wonders of Thailand.....hmmm...that would make an intersting topic. Why don't you post it ?

LaoPo

[Momo8]

Nope I can't connect to that link comes up as error page.

[LaoPo]

Nope I can't connect to that link comes up as error page.

It opens fine with me.

Maybe you can try this:

http://www.new7wonders.com/

LaoPo

[tropo]

IMO 'Christ the Redeemer' is not a wonder of the world by a long shot. It's incredible that this was placed above real wonders like 'Angkor Wat' and Stonehenge and many others. For what reason is it considered a wonder? Sure it's a well-known monument, but a wonder?

I wonder (pardon the pun) why the Terracotta Army in China didn't make the wonder list. They only discovered it in 1974 so it wasn't on the original 7 wonders list, but hardly anything can top it IMO.

[Old Croc]

IMO 'Christ the Redeemer' is not a wonder of the world by a long shot. It's incredible that this was placed above real wonders like 'Angkor Wat' and Stonehenge and many others. For what reason is it considered a wonder? Sure it's a well-known monument, but a wonder?

I wonder (pardon the pun) why the Terracotta Army in China didn't make the wonder list. They only discovered it in 1974 so it wasn't on the original 7 wonders list, but hardly anything can top it IMO.

Agree with you, except I would place the Easter Island statues ahead of Stonehenge.