Where is the most beautiful and inspiring place you have ever visited? To me the Grand Canyon in Arizona is tied with the Redwood Forest in Northern California. The canyon really messes with your brain in trying to grasp the size of this place for about a couple hours.
The Redwoods and the size and height of those trees is mind boggling. 300 ft +. It is actually hard to see how tall they are because of all the limbs that block your view, but if you ever do find one that has fallen and walk it's length, you now know how unbelievable they are.
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Can't argue against the great stands of redwoods in No. California; truly astonishing. But for my money, the great southwest desert, especially at night, is the most awe inspiring place on Earth.
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I agree with you on Grand Canyon, amazing place and its history. I usually find beauty and charm in specific places such as Grand Central Station in New York and a ferry tour around Manhattan, the parks in London, Stockholm archipelago, all of which make me happy.
@moonbus Yes I know those night sky's as I lived in Phoenix for eight years. I felt like you could reach out and touch them. Then at up at Sedona to see the views from their little airport's restaurant was beautiful.
@galveston75 saidSwedes in general, I believe, like to travel and I have especially enjoyed my visits to England and America.
@Torunn You've been around. Awesome.
@galveston75 saidThe second most awe-inspiring place I've visited was the Big Island of Hawaii. I hiked across the active volcano, Kīlauea, about two days before it erupted (this was in the 1970s); lava then covered the road I had hiked in on, but on the day, you could walk right up to the edge of the maw, hang your head over and look down into the fire pit, with sulfur fumes wafting up. There were no guard rails or forest rangers to shew people away. All along the flank of the mountain there were fissures spewing hot gasses. Makes you feel small. Like looking up at the stars in the desert.
@moonbus Yes I know those night sky's as I lived in Phoenix for eight years. I felt like you could reach out and touch them. Then at up at Sedona to see the views from their little airport's restaurant was beautiful.
@Torunn saidYes there is a huge amount to see here. But I'd love to travel to Europe and Africa... And I did live in Hawaii for a short time. Dad was in the Navy at Pearl Harbor, but, I have no memory of it as I was only 2 years old. Darn it..Lol.
Swedes in general, I believe, like to travel and I have especially enjoyed my visits to England and America.
@moonbus saidWow what an awesome hike. That had to be the hike of a lifetime.
The second most awe-inspiring place I've visited was the Big Island of Hawaii. I hiked across the active volcano, Kīlauea, about two days before it erupted (this was in the 1970s); lava then covered the road I had hiked in on, but on the day, you could walk right up to the edge of the maw, hang your head over and look down into the fire pit, with sulfur fumes wafting up. Ther ...[text shortened]... were fissures spewing hot gasses. Makes you feel small. Like looking up at the stars in the desert.
@Ghost-of-a-Duke saidI'd like to visit Japan and other countries there but I'm just not a fan of the food. But I would have to guess there are many American restaurants to check out.
Kyoto, the religious capital of Japan. Beautiful shrines, cherry blossom etc.
@galveston75 saidJapanese cuisine is very much a mixed bag. I love what they do with vegetables, and tempura. I’m not keen on eating a fish which could kill you if it’s not prepared correctly.
I'd like to visit Japan and other countries there but I'm just not a fan of the food. But I would have to guess there are many American restaurants to check out.
I was fortunate enough to be able to visit the Grand Canyon about 8 years and took a helicopter ride over it (which was a little scary itself); it was stunningly epic but difficult to gauge the scale and size as there was little to calibrate against. Where we stood it was something like 8 miles to the opposite rim and a mile to the bottom where the green Colorado River looked like a stream. A long but interesting drive up from Phoenix.
@galveston75 saidTough question. Man-made I'd go with Angkor Wat, the way the sunrise reflects the buildings off the lake beside is mesmerizing. The pyramids in Giza were nice as well around sunset.
Where is the most beautiful and inspiring place you have ever visited?
Natural, during the goechala trek in India we had a day to get used to the high altitude, plan was to get up round 3/4am to trek up a mountain in the darkness to watch the sunrise. When we got to the top dawn was beginning, below us was a sea of clouds and above the mountains of the Himalayas. By the time the sun appeared it was completely clear, blue sky above us, clouds below. An amazing sight. A day or two later at the highest point of the trek my bottle of water froze in my days as I was walking, crazy.
It really depends of the weather though, been in the middle of the Andes in Peru during snow which wasn't so fun.
@Torunn saidMet a lot of Swedes in Peru and India but not so much in SE Asia.
Swedes in general, I believe, like to travel and I have especially enjoyed my visits to England and America.