I absolutely freakin love ruins, they bloody fascinate me. I love to walk around them and try to imagine what they would have been like back when they were populated, and what the citizens of the ancient cities were like. My around the world trip i got back from 4 months ago pretty much revolved around visiting different archaeological sites.
So, i was just curious to know if i was alone in this fascination of mine. Who else out there loves visiting Ancient sites?? What ones have you seen?? Which are the best??
My list is:
- Rome (Italy)
- Pompeii (Italy)
- Teotihuacan (Mexico)
- Palenque (Mexico)
- Tulum (Mexico)
- Tikal (Guatamala)
- Cusco (dunno if this counts, but there are a lot of Inca walls in the city) (Peru)
- Saw one site in the Valley of the Incas, didn't get to walk through it though (Peru)
- Machu Picchu (Peru)
- 4 or 5 smaller (but equally impressive) ruins on the inca trail (Peru)
- Isla del Sol (Border of Peru and Bolivia)
...i think that's all
Machu Picchu was absolutely bloody amazing (of course). Palenque was awsome. Tikal was probably my favorite though, it's pretty much a heap of massive pyramids right in the middle of the jungle and as you walk amongst the ruins there are monkeys swinging in the trees just above you....it was crazy!!
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