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[starlagurl]

Martin and I were inspired to post the 10 best things about our country or region, after seeing a similar post about Austria, so here's mine for Ontario:

1. Niagara Falls (itself, not the city)
2. Toronto (the city, not the CN Tower)
3. Ottawa (the canal system, not Parliament)
4. Algonquin Park (amazing camping)
5. Canada's Wonderland
6. Wasaga Beach
7. The Bruce Trail (along the Niagara Escarpment)
8. Skating outside on the pond in the winter
9. Any beach or watersports on the Great Lakes
10. Any vineyards and microbreweries in southern Ontario

[sianeth]

Wellllllllll, my views on England... my opinion is evidently clouded by an affinity for the old Roman cities:

1. London town (specifically, go up to Primose Hill at night and look down over the lights of the city - awesome)
2. Lake District
3. Peak District
4. Yorkshire Dales
5. Bath (slightly biased, but beautiful!)
6. Stonehenge
7. York
8. Chester
9. Oxford
10. The moors and beaches of Cornwall

[starlagurl]

Nice, one day...one day...

[mmbcross]

How about it chaps?

10 best places to visit in your country or state/province/department/parish/or whatever

10 best places to visit in Florida, not necessarily in this order:
Disney World (No comment!)
Florida Keys and Key West (The stunningly beautiful overseas highway)
Sanibel and Captiva Islands (Shell collector's dream)
The Everglades (Largest National Park in the USA)
Miami and Miami Beach (South beach, and all that!)
Kennedy Space Centre (Try to visit during a satellite launch)
St. Augustine (Oldest continuously occupied European settlement in North America)
Pensacola Naval Air Museum (Considered the world's best)
Palm Beach (Richest enclave in North America)
Panhandle Beaches (consistently rated as the country's best)

The picks by starlagurl and sianeth are pretty awesome. Sianeth, I imagine you live in Bath. My sister lived in Pewsey and we went there often. I've been to Toronto and Ottawa, but I must admit I am missing quite a few of the ten wonders of Ontario.

Here's a challenge: Can you find ten wonders in Saskatchewan? To my knowledge they only have three!

[ScottWoz]

Nice list Sianeth..

[starlagurl]

I can do Saskatchewan! Dare me?

Also, I would DEFINITELY put the Florida Keys at the top of that list. Soooooo wonderful.

[sianeth]

Sianeth, I imagine you live in Bath. My sister lived in Pewsey and we went there often.

I have indeed lived in Bath for three years - moving out at the end of July though, sad times! My grandparents lived in Pewsey... small world, nice little place though!

I loved the white sand beaches in Panama City in Florida, and of course Disney/Universal/Busch Gardens etc.

And any list for Canada should just have beaver tails on it

[starlagurl]

Ewwwwww beaver tails and poutine...my favourite... *blech*

[inasia2008]

Sianeth, I imagine you live in Bath. My sister lived in Pewsey and we went there often.

I have indeed lived in Bath for three years - moving out at the end of July though, sad times! My grandparents lived in Pewsey... small world, nice little place though!

I loved the white sand beaches in Panama City in Florida, and of course Disney/Universal/Busch Gardens etc.

And any list for Canada should just have beaver tails on it

I love Bath, its a gorgeous place! I stayed in what used to be an old Brewery in Bath a few years back and visited the Roman Baths etc. so nice, I love the West Country of England, especially Cornwall, and I also lived in Harrogate in North Yorkshire for a bit, and Cambridge! Been all over...

[inasia2008]

The 10 best things/places I love about my country (England not Japan) are:-

1) London, for its whole old/new mixture of architecture, its history and amazing mixture of cultures.
2) Scones, clotted cream and jam
3) Earl Grey Tea
4) The West Country (basically all of it)
5) Marks & Spencer Food Dept.
6) The National Rugby Team
7) Red Buses and Telephone Boxes (few and far between now)
8) The British Pound
9) Oxford Street for Shopping
10) Cambridge

[starlagurl]

Wow, that list is very different from Sian's

[travelmonster]

Mine would prolly be:

(in no particular order)

Cornwall
New Forest & Dorset
London
Cambridge
Peak District
Lake District
York
Chester
Stone Henge
Stratford Upon Avon

[sianeth]

I've never been to Cambridge (properly) and all I get is biased opinions from both my brothers at Oxford Uni... whats it like? Better than Oxford?

[travelmonster]

They are both beautiful, but I've just had some wonderful sunny days in Cambridge, punting down the river, strolling around looking at all the old buildings and it has THE biggest bookshop i've ever seen there - no word of a lie, I reckon you could spend a day in it!!!

(and wow! to both your brothers being at Oxford Uni!!)

[sianeth]

Cool - I will go, one day soon, but its just a bit of a pain to get to from where I am! I've heard alot of good things about punting aswell (and a lot of things about people falling in!)

[shazlex]

My 10 favourite things to do on the East Coast of Australia (from North to South)

1. Jungle Surfing at Cape Tribulation
2. Snorkeling the Great Barrier Reef
3. Cruising Whitsunday Islands
4. Gold Coast Theme Parks
5. Climbing Sydney Harbour Bridge
6. Skiing in the Victorian Alps
7. Rafting down the King River
8. Traveling the Great Ocean Road
9. Shopping in Melbourne
10.Port Arthur Ghost Tour

[starlagurl]

Ohhhhh sounds great...one day I will go to Australia too. Australia is actually higher on my list than the UK, sorry Sian!

[travelmonster]

UK is ber-yeut-iful!!!

You just haffta know where to go!!

[sianeth]

Ohhhhh sounds great...one day I will go to Australia too. Australia is actually higher on my list than the UK, sorry Sian!

Don't worry, Australia is a lot higher on mine than the UK! You have your priorities right

I will chip in on the East Coast of Oz, because I love it and I can't resist:

1. 4 WD and Camping on Fraser Island (HOW did you miss this off!)
2. Sailing the Whitsundays
3. Beaches and Hiking on Magnetic Island
4. Great Ocean Road
5. Diving the SS Yongala (off Ayr)
6. Diving the Barrier Reef
7. Jervis Bay
8. Manly and the Northern Beaches
9. Skiing Thredbo
10. Melbourne cafe culture (and the MCG of course!)

And my favourite thing in the history of time...
The Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra :D

[inasia2008]

Anywhere is higher on my list than the UK right now...