The New Seven Wonders of the World

The votes are in and according to over a hundred million voters, I’ve only been to one of the New Seven Wonders of the World.

What better date could there be than 7/07/07 to announce the new seven?

Millions of voters flooded the New Seven Wonders website to have their say on the most remarkable places on earth. Yesterday the results were announced in a lavish ceremony in Portugal. The international show included award presentation appearances by Hilary Swank, Ben Kingsley, Bipasha Basu, Cristiano Ronaldo, Neil Armstrong and Bertrand Piccard. Guests were also treated to performances by Chaka Khan, Jennifer Lopez, Jose Carreras, Alessandro Safina, Joaquín Cortés, and Dulce Pontes.

The winners were the Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer, Peru’s Machu Picchu, Mexico’s Chichen Itza pyramid, The Colosseum in Rome and India’s Taj Mahal. Some of the finalists to miss out were the Eiffel Tower, the Statue of Liberty, Stonehenge and Australia’s own Sydney Opera House.

I’ve been to the Taj Mahal twice so at least I can say I’ve seen and touched one of the wonders. I visited the Taj for the first time in 2003 and then again on a rainy day in 2005. If the Sydney Opera House had made it through I could have claimed two of the seven.

How about you? Have you been to any of the New Seven Wonders of the World? Do you agree with the official results? What wonder would you like to have seen in the final seven?

Posted by Rodney Olsen

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