Ultimate World Landmark Tournament

Purgative

Its a nice waterfall but Stari Most Fantastic place. A place that doesn't disappoint and the photo is pretty true. Lovely place must get back there.

breezy1985

Stari Most is stuck in my head since childhood when my school and schools in Limerick painted little stars and hung them off one of the bridges in town to raise awareness of the plight of Mostar.

I have other personal connections that that place and that war too

JohnGreenFan

Stari Most

Cosmo Kramer

Definitely Stari Most. I love the bridge and city and as I said last night there are better natural and water features in the competition than Dynjandi.

cdeb

Dynjandi

Part of the fun of it is in getting there - it's miles from nowhere along dirt tracks that you're worried you will fall off as you drive along. The first view from across the water of the falls is amazing, and it just grows and grows as you get closer. Then the sheet volume of water when you finally arrive and climb up to it, and finally the view as you look out at where you are.

The bridge is on my must-see list and is great too, but for now I'll stick with the waterfall.

Dynjandi.

Don't see the appeal of the other yoke at all.

Mehaffey1

Stari Most.

Manages to be beautiful in both it's natural setting and man made architecture, a rare occurance

Omackeral

Stari Most advances to the Quarter Final

Omackeral

Pyramids of Giza (Egypt)



VS

Ghengis Khan Statue (Mongolia)

Sawduck

Pyramids of Giza (Egypt)

Necro

Pyramids of Giza (Egypt)

Straight up iconic irrespective of the modern touristy surrounds.

HeidiHeidi

Hmmmm, I think the Pyramids have to get my vote here.


40m (statue) vs 140m (pyramids) - hard to get an idea of the scale of the pyramids from that picture!


Plus, how the fk did they actually build them all the way back then?

Cosmo Kramer

I'm not huge on either to be honest. However, the ruining of the last standing original wonder of the world by commercialisation really does grate with me, so I have to vote for the Genghis Khan Statue.

Tauriel

Pyramids of Giza (Egypt)

cdeb

Yeah, Pyramids for me too. I know if you turn that photo around, you'll see something completely different, but still for scale, and age, and the number of them, they beat the horsey statue for me, even if you can't climb up on them

Pyramids

Pyramids of Giza (Egypt)

Don't care what has been built recently nearby, these are truly deserving of a place in the finals

Purgative

cdeb wrote: »

Yeah, Pyramids for me too. I know if you turn that photo around, you'll see something completely different, but still for scale, and age, and the number of them, they beat the horsey statue for me, even if you can't climb up on them

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

I'm not huge on either to be honest. However, the ruining of the last standing original wonder of the world by commercialisation really does grate with me, so I have to vote for the Genghis Khan Statue.

Yep. These two comments sum up the debate (in my head).



Feck it. For age and scale The Pyramids.

Mehaffey1

Pyramids here please. Just so recognizable worldwide from anyone 5 years old up.

Omackeral

Pyramids of Giza advance to the Quarter Final

Omackeral

Our Lady of the Rocks



VS

Victoria Falls (Zambia)

I know I will be out voted here but one of my favourite places is Kotor Bay and this stands in it, so Our Lady of the Rocks

Necro

Our Lady of the Rocks

I love both but this just seems so picturesque.

Mehaffey1

Our Lady of The Rocks. Looks breathtaking, like it had been designed for an Elder Scrolls game or the like.

Purgative

Great waterfall but Lady of the rocks. Loving setting and a great story (legend)

Tauriel

Our Lady of the Rocks

HeidiHeidi

As much as I love the idea and the location of that church, the sheer scale of the falls (over 1km wide!) gets my vote.


What a natural spectacle!

Sawduck

Victoria Falls they are truly beautiful

Cosmo Kramer

Much as I loved that part of Montenegro, realistically the church on the island is up against a potential overall winner here.

There's very little left that can compete with Victoria Falls for me to be honest.

HeidiHeidi

Cosmo Kramer wrote: »

Much as I loved that part of Montenegro, realistically the church on the island is up against a potential overall winner here.

There's very little left that can compete with Victoria Falls for me to be honest.

Unless some other voters for the falls come along fairly sharpish, they'll be knocked out! :eek: