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Me: That's the most amazing place I've ever seen!
N: I agree! But check it out, if that's the most amazing thing we've ever seen, we must be somehow changed. We're not the same people we were before we saw that.
Plea to readers: Will you forgive me while I veer into the sentimental and throw around my travel cred for a minute or two? I'm still coming down off the high of Southeast Asia, still sorting photos, and I'm not really over it yet. Thank you. Now...
While I was sorting our pics of Angkor, the above mentioned amazing place, I had a fit of travel nostalgia. I was thinking about how earlier this year I saw a cloud of yellow tang all facing the same direction, having a buffet feast on coral - that was in Hawaii's Kaleakakua Bay, an incredible place to go snorkeling. Two winters back I walked through the plazas of Venice as they filled up with costumed participants for Carnival. That blew my freakin' mind. On our last big road trip, we stood on the rocks at Moraine Lake in the Canadian Rockies, stunned into silence by the natural beauty and turquoise glass surface of the lake, the majesty of the black rock peaks and glaciers reaching for the sky... And Angkor Wat? Well, the superlatives run out. It might be the most amazing place I've ever seen. My heart was in my throat the entire time, in spite of the crowds, dust, heat, touts, noise... the beauty Angkor temples transcend all the messy things that are happening around the foundations and left me open mouthed with wonder.
That's what travel brings us - amazement. At the color, the smell, the light, the wonder of the unknown. It's probably why I love to travel, though there are so many other good reasons. I was flipping through my mental slides of amazing places and wondering, what's the most amazing place/thing you've been/done in your travels and what was it that was so transforming?
Sam's Travels says Antarctica.
After a couple of attempts to put it in words, I found I don´t have the words that adequately describe it. We can just say, it was the most amazing place I have ever been and I hope it stays that way.
Sundays in Kenya says it's someplace called Lamu.
Lamu town consists of 2 main roads, donkeys, and Islamic people and it is amazing! I had some great seafood, played with some donkeys and met amazing people.
Aussie Aussie Aussie says Australia's Fraser Island.
I totally fell in love with the place, and think it's the most amazing place I've been to so far. I was absolutely astounded by the whole eco-diversity of the island. Where else does the rainforest grow out of sand dunes or is there sand with hundreds of different hues of colour? Add to that beautiful freshwater lakes and amazing wildlife and you've got one of what I believe to be the most fascinating places I'll ever visit.
Katie says it's Rome. (Lots of people say it's Rome. I haven't been to Rome, dammit.)
To the left you could see the Colosseum, to the right were ruins, and directly in from with Palatine Hill. It was amazing! We wandered over to the Trevi fountain and got gilato. We sat and ate it in front of the fountain. After that we went to the cheap food district Matis pointed out. There we found an international bookstore. I could not have been happier.
Barb says Machu Picchu (another place I haven't been).
It blew my mind and took my breath away, there is definitely a mystique about the place that you feel when you are there. The mist and cloud blowing across the mountain tops certainly added to it.
But enough about me. What about YOU? What's the most amazing place you've ever been and why?
Pam blogs about travel and other adventures at Nerd's Eye View. She's an amazement junkie.
