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Almost exactly 4 years ago when I was moving to Saudi Arabia, a friend and a former colleague of mine gave me a book at the airport as a farewell gift. The book is entitled “100 Most Beautiful Cities of the World: A journey across five continents”. I couldn’t quite work out the wisdom in giving me that book because, I mean come on, I was moving to Saudi Arabia, okay? ;-D Anyways never mind about that... am glad to say that I have been using it as a reference for my travels for a bit now :-)
The book basically lists down what the author believes to be 100 most beautiful cities in the world, complete with colourful photos and informative text about them. The list might be a bit contentious to some but here it is:
Europe
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North America
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South America
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Asia
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Australia
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Africa
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| 01. Lisbon 02. Porto 03. Madrid 04. Cordoba 05. Seville 06. Granada 07. Barcelona 08. Paris 09. Lyon 10. Nice 11. Rome 12. Florence 13. Venice 14. Bologna 15. Dubrovnik 16. Athens 17. Istanbul 18. Brussels 19. Bruges 20. Antwerp 21. Amsterdam 22. Berlin 23. Lubeck 24. Hamburg 25. Munich 26. Dresden 27. Zurich 28. Berne 29. Vienna 30. Salzburg 31. Prague 32. Karlsbad 33. Bratislava 34. Budapest 35. Warsaw 36. Krakow 37. Gdansk 38. Tallinn 39. St. Petersburg 40. Moscow 41. Dublin 42. London 43. Oxford 44. Edinburgh 45. Oslo 46. Copenhagen 47. Stockholm 48. Helsinki | 49. New York 50. Washington DC 51. Chicago 52. New Orleans 53. San Diego 54. San Francisco 55. Vancouver 56. Toronto | 57. Mexico City 58. Havana 59. Quito 60. Lima 61. La Paz 62. Valparaiso 63. Rio 64. Montevideo 65. Buenos Aires | 66. Jerusalem 67. Amman 68. Damascus 69. Baghdad 70. San'a' 71. Aden 72. Dubai 73. Tehran 74. Isfahan 75. Samarkand 76. Lahore 77. Delhi 78. Kathmandu 79. Lhasa 80. Yangoon 81. Bangkok 82. Saigon 83. Kuala Lumpur 84. Singapore 85. Hong Kong 86. Shanghai 87. Beijing 88. Seoul 89. Tokyo 90. Kyoto | 91. Sydney 92. Melbourne | 93. Marrakech 94. Fes 95. Tunis 96. Cairo 97. Aswan 98. Abidjan 99. Durban 100. Cape Town |
So how do you fare? How many of these cities have you been to? What's the percentage like? Which city or cities you love best? Which city or cities that are not in the list but you believe should be up there as well? Which one would be the destination of your next dream holiday? Go on, share it with the rest of us here :-)
P.S: By the way, does anyone notice anything amiss about the list above?
P.S: By the way, does anyone notice anything amiss about the list above?
Komentar saya..
ReplyDelete1. Hmmm one of my favourite city not in the list! QUEENSTOWN, NZ..So yes, something is wrong with the list! How could he miss Queenstown? is he nuts?? hehehehe (sapa la author tu ye)
2. Out of 100 cities listed above, i've only been to 11 cities je..hmmm kesian..and it means i have to travel more often la kot..kan?
3. Cities i love most are Kyoto, Amsterdam, Queenstown, and Jaipur. Dont asked me why, i just love them so much that i want to revisit again and again and again ;p
4. Hmm this is the toughest question to answer, but i would love to go to Cape Town or eastern african countries like Kenya/Tanzania, for the great migration, cewahhhh.. (tapi takda telezoon lagi... emm mcm mana? ;s) and also to Andalucia (Granada & Cordoba) for the islamic heritage in Spain, hmm actually i've more to say on this, but i rather to keep it to myself, nanti u pening nk baca panjang2 list i tu..heheheh
Wahhh panjangnya komentar... semangat... haha!
Delete1. Yup, I noticed that too, NZ cities are missing from the list. But since I haven't had the chance to visit NZ, I crossed my mind that the author might think it's NZ's countryside that is beautiful, and not its cities...
2. 11 cities is not bad... but yes, definitely a good excuse to travel more often. Not that I think you'd need any excuse to travel, haha!
3. Of the 4 cities that you mentioned, I have only been to Amsterdam and Jaipur. It's hard to pick and choose which cities to go back to because I certainly wouldn't mind going back to any of them. There are however a few cities which I have been to at least twice or more, and they include Paris, Rome, Istanbul, Brussels, Brugges, Amsterdam, London, Edinburgh, Amman, Damascus and Dubai ;-D
4. Yup, I'd love to cover more of Africa & the South America as well. Perhaps in 2013 or 2014? (Telezoom boleh pinjam, haha!) Andalucia is totally awesome! You should include Seville as well, apart from Madrid, Toledo & Barcelona.
for me islamabad is first
ReplyDeleteJohannersburg Cape town and durban should be there. I am not from South Africa but its the most better place in Africa in terms of many things compared to African countries.
ReplyDeleteAla, baru 3 cities. haha.
ReplyDeleteSo, what's amiss with the list? *Just curious to know if BlueEwoke is right or there is something else we didn't notice...
3 cities? Bertabahlah abang Khai, hahaha! Tak apa, boleh jadi excuse to travel more.
DeleteYeah, NZ is missing.
It is a great list you did very well job.
ReplyDeleteI've been to 53 of them. I'm curious as to what constitute "beautiful" to make it into the list.
ReplyDeleteNice! You passed! Haha! Not sure how the author defined 'beautiful' but do you disagree with the list esp. based on the 53 cities that you've been to? Any other cities that you think should be in the top 100 but not?
Delete17 je....alahaiiii
ReplyDeleteTak apa... slow and steady, eheh! ;)
Delete21 je. Sedih. Haha...
ReplyDeleteOkay dah tu. Boleh guna sebagai alasan utk travel banyak lagi ;)
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