** MUST SEE BEFORE DIE **



This page is the 21 Oct 2003 edition of this page.

Broadcast on BBC1TV 0n 10 November 2002 - this programme showed the results of the BIG POLL!!

Earlier in 2002, there was a poll of over 20000 members of the public to find the FIFTY top places that they deemed ESSENTIAL to see before they died. Now that my "FIFTY Countries Total" has been EXCEEDED, I thought that it would be interesting to compare my ACTUAL visits with the ordered general WISH-LIST!! --- Traditionally, in REVERSE ORDER!!

In this edition, I comment on those 'NOT yet' seen and assess the possibility of a FUTURE visit there! 
Order     Place    Country             First Seen	Comments
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50  Bora Bora    French Polynesia	Not yet		Hot and infested
49  Bali         Indonesia		Not yet		'Dangerous'/infested
48  Abu Simbel   Egypt			1996		
47  Angel Falls  Venezuela		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
46  Matterhorn   Switzerland		1983
45  Terracota Army   China		2001
44  Iceland      Iceland		Many times
43  Barbados     West Indies		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
42  Bangkok      Thailand		1998
41  Sri Lanka    Sri Lanja		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
40  La Digue     Seychelles		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
39  Raffles Hotel Singapore		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
38  Dubai        Dubai			Not yet		Don't fancy it
37  Barcelona    Spain			1980
36  SanFrancisco USA			1966
35  Rome         Italy			1980
34  Luxor        Egypt			1996
33  Galapagos    Ecuador		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
32  Masai Mara   Kenya			Not yet		Too Equatorial!
31  Rio de Janeiro Brazil		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
30  Mount Everest  Himalayas		Not yet		Altitude and Heat!
29  Angkor Wat   Cambodia		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
28  Alaska       USA			2002
27  Paris        France			1971
26  Iguacu Falls Brazil/Arg		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
25  North Island New Zealand		Not yet		SOUNDS NICE!!
24  Hawaii       USA			Not yet		Too Equatorial!
23  Yosemite     USA			Not yet		SOUNDS NICE!!
22  Hong Kong    China			2001
21  Victoria Falls Zimbabwe		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
20  Great Wall   China			2001
19  Maldives     Indian Ocean		Not yet		Too Equatorial!
18  Venice       Italy			1980
17  Pyramids     Egypt			1996
16  Petra        Jordan			Not yet		Too Equatorial!
15  Niagara      Canada			1998
14  Machu Picchu Peru			2001
13  Chichen Itza Mexico			Not yet		Too Equatorial!
12  Uluru        Australia		1998
11  Lake Louise  Canadian Rockies	1995
10  Taj Mahal    India			Not yet		Too Equatorial!
9   New York     USA			1966
8   Sydney       Australia		1998
7   Las Vegas    USA			2002
6   Amritsar     India			Not yet		Too Equatorial!
5   TableMountain(C.T) South Africa	Not yet		UNDECIDED
4   South Island    New Zealand		Not yet		SOUNDS NICE

          AND NOW    "THE TOP THREE"

3   DISNEY WORLD        Florida		1997
2   GREAT BARRIER REEF  Australia	1998
1   GRAND CANYON        USA		1998
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So that leaves me with THIS PLANET virtually completed!! There remain, however, THREE that 'SOUND NICE', but most rejected on 'temperature grounds' according to my 'TRAVEL Philosophy' described elsewhere!

However, having done my ULTIMATE voyage in December 2002 (Antarctica via Patagonia) I have virtually ceased my explorations. However - because of the vast amounts of NOTES taken over the decades, you won't really notice this as my travelogues continue to be written-up!! (Limited ONLY by the 'size' as specified at the end of the Growth Page )


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