The Most Amazing Place You've Ever Been

tsurara · Nov 07, 2007, 08:26 PM

Quite a few of us like to travel... even if it's only nearby.

I'm sure quite a few of us have been to places that made our hearts beat just a little bit faster... places that make us feel as though we've gone back in time or stepped into books or movies...

Of all the places you've ever been, which was the most spectacular? The most touching?

What places do you think the rest of us should see at least once in our lifetimes?

*RayMe* · Nov 07, 2007, 08:41 PM

I myself... admit that i live in a dump.. xD but this "dump" is the place you must see... oh yes...

Nothing is perfect they say... but i love it here... but it is getting worse as days pass by.. pollution and moderning the place...cutting down the hills...it would even make you feel itchy after a bath in sea,...

but theres always nice places and beautiful ones left... i hope they wont get tainted too... I would like to hike the penang hill...through this jungle trail...i been in it once.. but did not finish it cause i went to other destination in the woods...

thats a nice place too i went..a damn solitude filled beach...it's damn empty...xD but theres tons of fish

i almost caught a damn blowfish.. *whew* it want to jump on me.. *shivers*

Theres no better place than home...

though i would love to be somewhere else right now xD

Umbriel · Nov 07, 2007, 09:07 PM

Well, I have a few.

I always wanted to go to Disney, and I did about 10 years ago. Now I'm aiming for a shuttle launch. I would love to see one.

I always loved the vacations we took when I was a kid. I loved going to all the historical places. Philadelphia, Plymouth Rock, Baltimore Harbor (Fort McHenry). Williamsburg, etc. I even loved going to Cape May, and seeing the wreckage of the cement ship. I don't know if it's still there. I still remember Rose Cliff Manor. My mother told me she slipped and fell on the marble staircase when she was pregnant with me.

New York was always fun. I loved seeing the Broadway musicals, and all the sites, I had wanted to see The Phantom of the Opera desperately. I loved the original book, and the movies. My Mom and I went with a group to see it in New York. I was just out of school, and ready for anything. We ate at Tavern on the Green, and then went to see it. It was just as amazing as you would think. I loved it!

*divine_punishment* · Nov 07, 2007, 09:15 PM

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Originally Posted by tsurara

Quite a few of us like to travel... even if it's only nearby.

I'm sure quite a few of us have been to places that made our hearts beat just a little bit faster... places that make us feel as though we've gone back in time or stepped into books or movies...

Of all the places you've ever been, which was the most spectacular? The most touching?

What places do you think the rest of us should see at least once in our lifetimes?

The most spectacular place I've ever been would be Assisi, Italy. It was such a quiet, tranquil place. I have never felt so whole in my entire life as when I was there. It had the same roads that were in existence hundreds of years ago. The churches were elegant and the people were charming. Everyone should go there.

Jepray · Nov 07, 2007, 09:35 PM

The rainforest and rice paddies in Indonesia was a breath taking sight, and thats all i see on the hour long drive to my grandparents grave site...and coming from a major city in the US i found the complete lack of sound, except for wild life a little weird. But the forest, and rice paddies and just the area in general was like, well, like a rain forest...and that is a world away from Los Angeles...

aceman67 · Nov 07, 2007, 10:01 PM

Second Beach just outside of Burgeo Newfoundland. Picture sand as soft as powder, and some pretty awesome waves.

tsurara · Nov 07, 2007, 10:13 PM

Mesa Verde National Park - Colorado
Mesa Verde National Park (U.S. National Park Service)

I spent 4 days here when I was 8 years old with my mother and father (my last memory of a "nuclear family" really, they divorced a few years later). It was so eerie and unreal. I remember going on a hike at dusk with my father and finding indian handprints all over the sandstone, a coyote hunting mice, and a cactus in flower... it was just so different from everything I'd ever seen up to that point. Standing totally alone in the middle of the ruins made my imagination run wild. I was writing all sorts of stories in my head. I think that was my first real taste of the magic of travel.

Changdeokgung Palace - Seoul, South Korea
Changdeokgung Palace Complex - UNESCO World Heritage Centre

It's really a shame that this UNESCO world heritage site is only accessable through a strictly limited 1 hour tour guided by corny government officials... because walking through here alone would be so much lovelier than with heavyset French diplomats and snap-happy housewives chattering loudly the entire time. I wanted to wander around this place for hours. It felt like being in the anime Juunikokki... The only up-side is that the gardens and outbuildings have been set aside in a seperate site that can be explored (or loitered in) at leisure. The obscenely friendly student groups everywhere only added to the pleasant atmosphere...

Hase Temple - Kamakura, Japan
Hase Kannon Temple (Hasedera)

My favorite temple in Japan... and one of the quietly saddest places I've ever been. Hase is a temple to the goddess/god of mercy, Kanon with multiple smaller sites devoted to other gods and goddesses, huge gardens, mountain paths, and a cozy little teahouse restaurant serving badass mitarashi dango... but the most riveting part of Hase is the portion devoted to Jizo, the protector of dead children. There are over a thousand Jizo statues at Hase... some older than the hills and overgrown with moss, trailing up the mountainside. Some of the paths up the mountain can be hiked and all along you'll run across broken down, half buried Jizo statues. The Jizo statues are often dressed in the clothing of dead children... gifts in exchange for protecting them in the afterlife. The plaque that holds wishes nearby has hundreds written by mothers on behalf of dead, stillborn or aborted children. The most heartrending are addressed to the children themselves. In Japan, abortion is a rather common form of birth control and it's considered "no big deal"... but here, and only here have I noticed a heavy undercurrent of sadness surrounding that attitude. I'm pro-choice... but if there were ever a place to shake the convictions of even the strongest: it's Hase.

Ritsurin Park - Takamatsu, Japan
Ritsurin Park website

Ritsurin Park is fairly local for me now... an hour away by ferry in the city of Takamatsu (where I work half of the time). In the brutal Shikoku summers, the park is a good 5 degrees cooler than everywhere else in the city... just biking by it is a relief. Inside is every bit of nature you could hope for in a place like this: mountainsides, waterfalls, cherry trees, fish, ducks, herons, egrets, skinks, lotus, irises... and every inch is perfectly groomed and dotted with stone lanterns, unique bridges, working teahouses and pagoda outlooks. It's as beautiful a place to loiter as anyone could ever wish for... and the sheer amount of ice cream and shaved ice sellers make it paradise for the hot and city-worn.

TetsuoShima9 · Nov 08, 2007, 02:31 PM

I haven't been out of the country once, but I did go horseback riding in the Colorado hills. Colorado is a nice and pretty place, my brother used to live there. I love it because it is an escape from the heat in Texas.

Sazzy · Nov 08, 2007, 02:58 PM

For me, the most amazing place I have been to is New York City. As I come from a small town, on an island, even most British people don't even know where it is. Its very different to see all the tall builds around, especially in Times Square. Just seeing the different surrounds makes you feel so small yet its a wonder to see.

I don't often travel much but it was worth going to New York. I really enjoyed being able to walk out of my hotel room, and getting lost trying to find it again after being out all day. It was really an eye opener for me to experience something so new to me and be accepted there. Even if I was afraid to speak because my accent stood out so much, I felt a little insecure.

Hassun · Nov 08, 2007, 03:17 PM

*dark angel swordsman* · Nov 08, 2007, 04:50 PM

Ah, yes...Though some may find it funny, some intrested, My favorite/most amazing was when I went on a School Trip to Quebec. We stayed in the 5 star hotel and everything there was simply perfect. I can't really describe too well, since it would a rant, but the people were so nice [Minus a very rude note on a wall in graffiti] the dining was spectacular, and the sights were breathtaking. Not to mention all the foreign merchandise and whatnot. Brilliant stuff really. This year I may have a chance to go to Europe and France by plane, so I'm looking forwards to that as well.

Nov 07, 2007, 08:26 PM	#1 (permalink)
tsurara anti-semantics Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Shikoku Posts: 1,312 Thanks: 5 Thanked 81 Times in 55 Posts Credits: 61,124	The Most Amazing Place You've Ever Been Quite a few of us like to travel... even if it's only nearby. I'm sure quite a few of us have been to places that made our hearts beat just a little bit faster... places that make us feel as though we've gone back in time or stepped into books or movies... Of all the places you've ever been, which was the most spectacular? The most touching? What places do you think the rest of us should see at least once in our lifetimes? __________________ <-RUNAWAYS-> <-lemonsquares? yay!-> <-Mmrs->
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RayMe 1 )3^^( )N Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Somewhere i would love to leave right now for somewhere better... Posts: 3,601 Thanks: 54 Thanked 26 Times in 23 Posts Credits: 59,148	Re: The Most Amazing Place You've Ever Been I myself... admit that i live in a dump.. xD but this "dump" is the place you must see... oh yes... Nothing is perfect they say... but i love it here... but it is getting worse as days pass by.. pollution and moderning the place...cutting down the hills...it would even make you feel itchy after a bath in sea,... but theres always nice places and beautiful ones left... i hope they wont get tainted too... I would like to hike the penang hill...through this jungle trail...i been in it once.. but did not finish it cause i went to other destination in the woods... thats a nice place too i went..a damn solitude filled beach...it's damn empty...xD but theres tons of fish i almost caught a damn blowfish.. whew it want to jump on me.. shivers Theres no better place than home... though i would love to be somewhere else right now xD __________________ Legion Ketsueki Lives on~!! The best ever Lasura~! >>>myspace<<<
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Umbriel Diamond in the Rough Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Where the frozen tears from the heavens paint everything white. Posts: 361 Thanks: 3 Thanked 14 Times in 13 Posts Credits: 25,408	Re: The Most Amazing Place You've Ever Been Well, I have a few. I always wanted to go to Disney, and I did about 10 years ago. Now I'm aiming for a shuttle launch. I would love to see one. I always loved the vacations we took when I was a kid. I loved going to all the historical places. Philadelphia, Plymouth Rock, Baltimore Harbor (Fort McHenry). Williamsburg, etc. I even loved going to Cape May, and seeing the wreckage of the cement ship. I don't know if it's still there. I still remember Rose Cliff Manor. My mother told me she slipped and fell on the marble staircase when she was pregnant with me. New York was always fun. I loved seeing the Broadway musicals, and all the sites, I had wanted to see The Phantom of the Opera desperately. I loved the original book, and the movies. My Mom and I went with a group to see it in New York. I was just out of school, and ready for anything. We ate at Tavern on the Green, and then went to see it. It was just as amazing as you would think. I loved it! __________________
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Jepray Diamond in the Rough Join Date: May 2007 Location: Torrance, Ca. Posts: 444 Thanks: 1 Thanked 4 Times in 4 Posts Credits: 12,936	Re: The Most Amazing Place You've Ever Been The rainforest and rice paddies in Indonesia was a breath taking sight, and thats all i see on the hour long drive to my grandparents grave site...and coming from a major city in the US i found the complete lack of sound, except for wild life a little weird. But the forest, and rice paddies and just the area in general was like, well, like a rain forest...and that is a world away from Los Angeles... __________________ Don't Panic
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tsurara anti-semantics Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Shikoku Posts: 1,312 Thanks: 5 Thanked 81 Times in 55 Posts Credits: 61,124	Re: The Most Amazing Place You've Ever Been Mesa Verde National Park - Colorado Mesa Verde National Park (U.S. National Park Service) I spent 4 days here when I was 8 years old with my mother and father (my last memory of a "nuclear family" really, they divorced a few years later). It was so eerie and unreal. I remember going on a hike at dusk with my father and finding indian handprints all over the sandstone, a coyote hunting mice, and a cactus in flower... it was just so different from everything I'd ever seen up to that point. Standing totally alone in the middle of the ruins made my imagination run wild. I was writing all sorts of stories in my head. I think that was my first real taste of the magic of travel. Changdeokgung Palace - Seoul, South Korea Changdeokgung Palace Complex - UNESCO World Heritage Centre It's really a shame that this UNESCO world heritage site is only accessable through a strictly limited 1 hour tour guided by corny government officials... because walking through here alone would be so much lovelier than with heavyset French diplomats and snap-happy housewives chattering loudly the entire time. I wanted to wander around this place for hours. It felt like being in the anime Juunikokki... The only up-side is that the gardens and outbuildings have been set aside in a seperate site that can be explored (or loitered in) at leisure. The obscenely friendly student groups everywhere only added to the pleasant atmosphere... Hase Temple - Kamakura, Japan Hase Kannon Temple (Hasedera) My favorite temple in Japan... and one of the quietly saddest places I've ever been. Hase is a temple to the goddess/god of mercy, Kanon with multiple smaller sites devoted to other gods and goddesses, huge gardens, mountain paths, and a cozy little teahouse restaurant serving badass mitarashi dango... but the most riveting part of Hase is the portion devoted to Jizo, the protector of dead children. There are over a thousand Jizo statues at Hase... some older than the hills and overgrown with moss, trailing up the mountainside. Some of the paths up the mountain can be hiked and all along you'll run across broken down, half buried Jizo statues. The Jizo statues are often dressed in the clothing of dead children... gifts in exchange for protecting them in the afterlife. The plaque that holds wishes nearby has hundreds written by mothers on behalf of dead, stillborn or aborted children. The most heartrending are addressed to the children themselves. In Japan, abortion is a rather common form of birth control and it's considered "no big deal"... but here, and only here have I noticed a heavy undercurrent of sadness surrounding that attitude. I'm pro-choice... but if there were ever a place to shake the convictions of even the strongest: it's Hase. Ritsurin Park - Takamatsu, Japan Ritsurin Park website Ritsurin Park is fairly local for me now... an hour away by ferry in the city of Takamatsu (where I work half of the time). In the brutal Shikoku summers, the park is a good 5 degrees cooler than everywhere else in the city... just biking by it is a relief. Inside is every bit of nature you could hope for in a place like this: mountainsides, waterfalls, cherry trees, fish, ducks, herons, egrets, skinks, lotus, irises... and every inch is perfectly groomed and dotted with stone lanterns, unique bridges, working teahouses and pagoda outlooks. It's as beautiful a place to loiter as anyone could ever wish for... and the sheer amount of ice cream and shaved ice sellers make it paradise for the hot and city-worn. __________________ <-RUNAWAYS-> <-lemonsquares? yay!-> <-Mmrs->
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TetsuoShima9 Diamond in the Rough Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: United States Posts: 154 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Credits: 1,567	Re: The Most Amazing Place You've Ever Been I haven't been out of the country once, but I did go horseback riding in the Colorado hills. Colorado is a nice and pretty place, my brother used to live there. I love it because it is an escape from the heat in Texas.
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Sazzy Member of 22 yr old Club Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: In my imagination restricted by British Society! Posts: 1,807 Thanks: 7 Thanked 15 Times in 12 Posts Credits: 33,031	Re: The Most Amazing Place You've Ever Been For me, the most amazing place I have been to is New York City. As I come from a small town, on an island, even most British people don't even know where it is. Its very different to see all the tall builds around, especially in Times Square. Just seeing the different surrounds makes you feel so small yet its a wonder to see. I don't often travel much but it was worth going to New York. I really enjoyed being able to walk out of my hotel room, and getting lost trying to find it again after being out all day. It was really an eye opener for me to experience something so new to me and be accepted there. Even if I was afraid to speak because my accent stood out so much, I felt a little insecure. __________________ FAVOURITE THREADS EXPLAIN why, or risk an infraction. *Will no long use any signatures.. only on forums that appreciate my effort.*
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Hassun shittle Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Pretiacruento Posts: 7,029 Thanks: 0 Thanked 39 Times in 34 Posts Credits: 24,734	Re: The Most Amazing Place You've Ever Been I don't even remember things I visited last Summer. Even though I visited many places I can't remember them clearly at all... Let's see here... Ah yes, a nice place I do remember is Matsuyama. Visited it last year and it was awesome. Visiting this temple Tsurara might know the name of. (Maybe it was all part of the Ishite-ji complex...) http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0646.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0648.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0655.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0666.jpg Then, from behind the temple, getting lost in the hills surrounding the city and seeing freaky Buddhist statues and a school. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0671.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0674.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0675.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0677.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0682.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0683.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0686.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0687.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0684.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0685.jpg And after that heading back into town for a nice relaxing evening at the famous Dōgo Onsen. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0707.jpg http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0715.jpg To finish it off I went shopping for some nice stuff after my bath. http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...y/HPIM0716.jpg I guess it's more like a collection of places but it was awesome nonetheless. __________________ Gorecreeps inc.
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dark angel swordsman God of Destruction Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,839 Thanks: 1 Thanked 5 Times in 3 Posts Credits: 13,221	Re: The Most Amazing Place You've Ever Been Ah, yes...Though some may find it funny, some intrested, My favorite/most amazing was when I went on a School Trip to Quebec. We stayed in the 5 star hotel and everything there was simply perfect. I can't really describe too well, since it would a rant, but the people were so nice [Minus a very rude note on a wall in graffiti] the dining was spectacular, and the sights were breathtaking. Not to mention all the foreign merchandise and whatnot. Brilliant stuff really. This year I may have a chance to go to Europe and France by plane, so I'm looking forwards to that as well. __________________ If you're lucky, I may give you a tiny sliver of my godliness.
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