7 wonders of the world

http://www.new7wonders.com If you can believe, mankind is banding together (excluding Egypt which is not so happy) to vote on a NEW 7 wonders of the world. Part of the reasoning for starting the new vote is that only 1 of the original ancient wonders, the pyramids in Giza, is still around. The old list was:

Vagabond in Cambodia

The Cambodian sun in April (the hottest month) is a force to be feared! I spent the last of my three day pass exploring around the temples again, this time at the temple where the movie “Tomb Raider” was filmed. It was amazing to see the huge tree roots that had just engulfed these temples [...]

Siem Reap in Cambodia

After a late but nice flight from Chiang Mai -> Bangkok -> Cambodia, I arrived in the tourist town of Siem Reap, closest to the famous Angkor temple ruins. The real name of the city in Cambodia is Siem Reap, which means ‘Siam defeated’ because of the bad blood between Cambodia and Thailand from wars [...]