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My 50 places to see before I die

This list was orginally put together by the BBC. Here's my version

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solochess
Chicago

A good set of places to visit

A great list, but like all lists, lots of great places have been left out.

Sep 03, 2006, 07:25AM PDT
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george1p
California

Good place to learn Shaolin kung fu in China and visit

These lists are really nice to see.If you go China,I much recommend shaolin temple kung fu school to learn kung fu in china with real shaolin monks.

Oct 20, 2011, 01:55AM PDT
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hanspersson
Linköping

It seems that they made an effort to avoid picking lots of European stuff and being accused of bias, and did this to the extent that Europe is underrepresented instead…

Mar 22, 2007, 06:25AM PDT
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rangutan
München

Only 6/50 European

I find the this far more a representation of the world than http://www.listsofbests.com/list/8602 which is 8/50 USA and even worse the “American” 50/50 USA list which exludes the rest of the region at http://www.listsofbests.com/list/17832

RR :-(

Mar 25, 2007, 03:56PM PDT
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LouBar
Stockport

Places were picked by viewers of a BBC program

The places were actually selected by BBC viewers not the BBC itself.

Viewers of the Travel Program which was braodcast on BBC1 were asked to contact the BBC and reveal their choice of 50 places to see before you die.

All the replies were gathered together to make up this list which brings together all the viewer responses of the top 5o most popular places.

Jul 26, 2007, 09:17AM PDT
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treacs
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I don’t think people were avoiding Europe, it’s just that we Brits like to travel (all those dodgy historical connections – family or otherwise), and long-haul destinations are popular. I guess it’s more that people take their neighbouring countries in the rest of Europe for granted – we’re so familiar with the best that Europe has to offer that we don’t think it worth remarking on as everyone in the UK knows about it. The longer haul destinations will always somehow seem more ‘exotic’ and impressive, as the cultural differences are greater (whilst many Brits don’t think of themselves as ‘European’, the truth is we share a common history and culture, and are in fact closer to the rest of Europe than connections to the US (politically at least) might suggest.

Dec 16, 2007, 11:08AM PST
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ritarhiannon
Georgina

#50?

where’s number 50?

Jan 17, 2008, 12:30PM PST
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Ninja Neko
Antwerp (district)

List restored

I restored the places on the list (Vegas and the Canyon were missing) and corrected the order or places. The about.com source link did no longer work so I removed it. I used the following sources: site 1

& site 2, these lists are identical.

Please don’t change this list again, create your own version if you disagree with the order or places.

Apr 15, 2008, 02:32AM PDT
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salamndtron
0 places

Place I wanna Go to before I die

http://www.petergreenberg.com/2008/06/12/great-lesser-known-unesco-world-heritage-sites/

I really wanna go here it looks pretty

Jun 13, 2008, 08:26AM PDT
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boldsparrow
55 places

Not the only ones.

I could list loads of places that should be added, but this list is in no way saying these are the only places you should see before you die. Just some.

Jun 11, 2009, 11:00PM PDT
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the_roggy
Mechelen

Nice!

Nice list. Indeed few European destinations, but this is normal for a European “judge” I think…

Jun 23, 2010, 01:12PM PDT
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Ninja Neko
Antwerp (district)

Tried to fix this again...

So I tried to fix the list after it was tampered with again (Nilesh added Jaipur which is not on the BBC list) but must have hit the wrong button because the list is locked now… and incorrect :(

Jul 19, 2010, 10:47AM PDT
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Joe Goldberg
Seattle

Fixed

I just fixed it. Thanks for the heads-up.

Jul 21, 2010, 10:54AM PDT
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Ninja Neko
Antwerp (district)

Tried to fix this again...

So I tried to fix the list after it was tampered with again (Nilesh added Jaipur which is not on the BBC list) but must have hit the wrong button because the list is locked now… and incorrect :(

Jul 19, 2010, 10:47AM PDT
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Ninja Neko
Antwerp (district)

Tried to fix this again...

So I tried to fix the list after it was tampered with again (Nilesh added Jaipur which is not on the BBC list) but must have hit the wrong button because the list is locked now… and incorrect :(