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[starlagurl]

I spent awe day this month (the 9th remember?) with the CREATOR of the day and coincidentally, it was also the first time in my life I saw the Northern Lights.

They danced and turned vibrant shades of green, yellow, even pink and white. It really was something you have to see for yourself. I laid completely awestruck and captivated on a cool rock beside a campfire the entire time.

Just amazing.

Anyone else? Amazing awesome, sights/sounds/experiences?

That's awesome Starla. I felt awe struck overlooking the ancient city of Perge in Turkey. It was a 20 minute hike up to the Acropolis and the panoramic view from the top was amazing. Even though most of the city is still underground, you could see enough to imagine the size and beauty of the city in it's original form.

[findingnine]

You had me at Panoramic View. Absolutely one of the top perks of a hike. Just went to Montreal for the first time last weekend (on the back of a motorcycle aka the ass punisher) and had the second best poutine in town at Patati Patata. A full belly of happiness was the perfect appetizer for a trail be damned approach to going up Mont Royal. (sp?) Looking over the city was a treat for sure.
Plus I did spend some time in the Mountains closer to home again, and the sights and solitude, well worth hours of hiking.

[raniroo]

There has been a few places that have had this effect on me. those being:

Angkor Wat - Cambodia
Falling asleep in Kenya to the sounds of wild elephants roaming around the camp.
Sitting on the edge of Vic Falls in the Angels Armchair - Zambia

[polydemic]

When I was seven years old, my family was in Japan. In Kyoto, we visited the temple of the Dai Butsu (Great Buddha). The gigantic bronze image towered high over me. I remember my father reading off some of the facts from a brochure: "The mouth is one meter wide. Each eye is two meters wide. The nose is three meters long. Each ear is four meters tall. ...." I just stood mesmerized by this massive figure. To this day the scent of a musky incense invokes memories of the temples of Japan.

Also as a child, standing in some of Germany's massive cathedrals left impressive memories with me.

Ten years ago in Fairbanks, Alaska, I went to the Angel Rocks Park. The "Angel Rocks" are granite columns, remaining from eroded volcanos. I climbed one of these columns & looking off to the north and west, saw countless greens hills rolling off into eternity. I was smitten with Alaska & want to live there the rest of my life.