The new 7 wonders!

The list of new 7 wonders of the world was recently released. Aren't you excited? Obviously I'm not a world traveller, and missed the previous seven wonders, but I'd sure like to get a glimpse of some of these new ones some day.

They are as follows: The statue of Christ Redeemer in Brazil, Macchu Picchu in Peru, the pyramid in Mexico called "Chicken Itza" , the Great Wall of China, Petra in Jordan, the Roman Colosseum, and the Taj Mahal. Add to that of course, one of the original 7 wonders, the pyramids of Giza (the only surviving original wonders of the world).

What happened to the other 6 original wonders? Well that's a discussion for another day.

However, here's a bit more information on the new class. The statue of Christ Redeemer overlooks Rio de Janeiro in Brazil and apparently weighs 1,000 tonnes. The muscle it must have taken to get that up the mountain is unimagineable. The Great Wall of China is the longest man-made structure in the world and some always believed that the great wall could be seen from space. This is true to some extent in that you can see many man-made objects from a low orbit, however, many thousands of miles in space you can't see anything discernable. For more information on the Great Wall of China, please visit http://www.travelchinaguide.com/

Petra is actually an ancient city in Jordan famous for its' water tunnels and rock carvings, while Macchu Picchu is an extraordinary ancient city built on top of a mountain in the Andes 9,000 feet above sea level. How the Incas ever moved the huge stones up the mountain is a mystery to me. Visit http://www.sacredsites.com/ for more detail and some beautiful pictures of this mountain city.

I think everyone must be familiar with the Taj Mahal in India and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt. If you are interested in learning more about these beautiful ancient wonders, simply type any of the names into your web browser and you'll be delighted to find many interesting and worthy websites that will satisy your craving for geography and history. Check out http://www.atlastours.net/ and of course http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ for an awesome slideshow, detailed reports and wallpaper for your computer desktop. Travel the world right now, without ever leaving home! Happy surfing.