The 7 New World Wonders

After 100 million votes cast via the internet from around the world, the announcement regarding the new, seven man-made wonders of the world was made today (on 7/7/07). Interestingly, the Pyramids of Giza were excluded from the voting after Egyptian officials claimed it was disgraceful that the Pyramids needed to be part of the voting process.

Therefore, there are now officially 7 man-made wonders of the world, plus the Pyramids, which were automatically included among the winners. The world's take on the wonders of the world are as follows:

- The Great Wall of China
- The Roman Colloseum
- India's Taj Mahal
- Jordan's Petra
- Peru's Macchu Picchu
- Brazil's Statue of Christ Redeemer (in Rio)
- Mexico's Chichen Itza
- Egypt's Pyramids

We haven't been to 5 of the above 8 winners! There's so many places to go and so little (vacation) time. Although we were sad that Angkor didn't make it, it's unrealistic to think that 12 million voters in Cambodia would be able to compete with the 1 billion people who voted for the Great Wall and the Taj.

You can read about the winners and the losers at the official website: http://www.new7wonders.com/