Places

• Taj Mahal:

  • White marble mausoleum in Agra, India
  • Built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal
  • Symbol of eternal love
• Great Wall of China:

  • Series of stone and earthen fortifications in Northern China
  • Built to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire against intrusions by nomadic groups
• Christ the Redeemer Statue:

  • Statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Largest Art Deco statue in the world
  • Constructed between 1622 and 1931
  • Located at the top of Corcovado Mountain
  • 38m high with a 30m statue overlooking Rio de Janeiro
  • Tallest statues in the world with a span from fingertip to fingertip of 28m
  • Small chapel housed in the base
• Machu Picchu:

  • Situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru
  • Built as an estate for the Inca emperor Pachacuti
  • Known as "The Lost City of the Incas"
  • Altitude of about 8000 feet
  • Largest peak in Machu Picchu is called Huayna Picchu, known as "hitching post of the sun"
• Petra “Rose City”:

  • Historic and archaeological city in Jordan
  • Established around the 6th century BC
  • Symbol of Jordan and most visited tourism attraction
  • Carved out of rose-colored stone
• Colosseum:

  • Elliptical amphitheatre in Rome, Italy
  • Largest amphitheatre built in the Roman Empire
  • Built between 70 and 72 AD
  • Used for brutal executions like Christian executions
• Chichen Itza:

  • Second most popular site for visitors to Mexico
  • Located on the Yucatan Peninsula
  • Large city built by the Maya people
  • Thrived from about 600 AD until 1221
  • Meaning "at the mouth of the wall of the ITZA"
• Amazon Rainforest and River:

  • World's largest rainforest
  • Covers 40% of South America
  • Filters and reprocesses carbon dioxide
  • Plays a key role in reducing pollutant levels
• Halong Bay:

  • Popular backpacker destination with limestone karsts and isles
  • Several floating villages where local fishermen live
  • Vietnamese name: Vịnh Hạ Long, meaning “descending dragon bay”
  • Area of around 1,553 km2 with 1,960-2,000 limestone islets
• Jeju Island “Jejudo”:

  • Volcanic island 230km from the southern coast of South Korea
  • Largest volcano is Hallasan
  • Surface area of 1,846 sqkm
  • Largest island 130 km off the coast of the Korean Peninsula
• Iguazu Falls:

  • Located on the border of Argentina and Brazil
  • Made up of 275 cascades
  • One of the world's largest waterfalls, more than 2,700m long
  • Name comes from Guarani or Tupi words "Y" meaning "water" and Ûasú meaning "big"
• Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park:

  • Located 50km north of Puerto Princesa on Palawan Island, Philippines
  • Claims to be the world's longest underground river at 8.2km
  • Also known as Puerto Princesa Underground River
• Komodo Island:

  • One of the 17,508 islands in Indonesia
  • Habitat of the Komodo dragon, the largest lizard on Earth
  • Surface area of 390 square kilometers
  • Human population of over two thousand
• Table Mountain:

  • Flat-topped mountain overlooking Cape Town in South Africa
  • Withstood six million years of erosion
  • Hosts the richest floral kingdom on earth with over 1,470 floral species
  • Level plateau approximately 3 kilometers from side to side
  • Cliffs of the main plateau split by Platteklip Gorge