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Take a Tour Have you ever thought of visiting all the seven wonders of the earth ? We think you did not. So, we planned to take you to the place where you can only dream of going. Come … See … Enjoy …

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Take a Tour Have you ever thought of visiting all the seven wonders of the earth ?We think you did not. So, we planned to take you to the place where you can only dream of going.

Come … See … Enjoy …

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The Journey Begins :While deciding the new Seven Wonders, more than 100 million votes were casted through internet and telephone.The decisions unveiled on 07-07-2007 at 07 : 07 am.There were 20 contestants out of which the top Seven have been awarded as the NEW SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD.

1. Acropolis (Athens)2. Alhambra (Spain)3. Angkor Wat

(Combodia)4. Eiffel Tower (France)5. Hagia Sophia (Turkey)6. Kiyomizu-dera (Japan)7. Moai (Chile)8. Red Square (Russia)9. Neuschwanstein (Germany)10. Statue of Liberty (USA)

11.Stonehenge(UK)12. Opera House (Sydney)13. Timbuktu (Mali)14. Chichen Itza (Mexico)15. Christ the Redeemer (Brazil)16. Colosseum (Italy)17. Great Wall (Chaina)18. Machu Picchu (Peru)19. Petra (Jordan)20. Taj Mahal (India)

The Finalists were :

But as promised, we will take you through only our Final Seven Heroes….Lets start and enjoy ………………

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First Day : On the very first day of our journey we landed to Mexico to see Chichen Itza.

The Maya name "Chichen Itza" means "At the mouth of the well of the Itza."

Chichen Itza is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site built by the Maya civilization located in the northern center of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Yucatán state, present-day Mexico.

The site contains many fine stone buildings in various states of preservation, and many have been restored. The buildings are connected by a dense network of formerly paved roads, called sacbeob. Archaeologists have found almost 100 sacbeob crisscrossing the site, and extending in all directions from the city

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Second Day : From Mexico to Brazil… Christ the Redeemer ……

Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.

The statue stands 30 metres (98 ft) wide and 38 metres (120 ft) tall with its pedestal.

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Third Day : Now we came to Italy to have a look at the Colosseum …

The Colosseum or Roman Coliseum is an elliptical amphitheatre in the center of the city of Rome, Italy, the largest ever built in the Roman Empire.

Colosseum could accommodate 87,000 people.

The Colosseum was used to host gladiatorial shows as well as a variety of other events.

It has been estimated that about 500,000 people and over a million wild animals died in the Colosseum games.

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Fourth Day : From Europe to Asia now… The Great Wall of China…

The Great Wall of China is a series of stone and earthen fortifications in China, built, rebuilt, and maintained between the 5th century BC and the 16th century to protect the northern borders of the Chinese Empire.

Before the use of bricks, the Great Wall was mainly built from stones and wood.

It has been estimated that somewhere in the range of 2 to 3 million Chinese died as part of the centuries-long project of building the wall.

The Great Wall stretches over approximately 6,400 km (4,000 miles).

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Fifth Day : Now we are in Peru to take a glance of Machu Picchu…

Machu Picchu is situated on a mountain ridge above the Urubamba Valley in Peru.

Machu Picchu was built in the classical Inca style, with polished dry-stone walls. Its primary buildings are the Intihuatana, the Temple of the Sun, and the Room of the Three Windows.

Machu Picchu was constructed around 1462, at the height of the Inca Empire. It was abandoned less than 100 years later. It is likely that most of its inhabitants were wiped out by smallpox

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Sixth Day : Back to Jordan … Here lies the Ancient City Petra…

Petra is an archaeological site in Jordan, lying on the slope of Mount Hor.

It is renowned for its rock-cut architecture.

Evidence suggests that settlements had begun in and around there in the Eighteenth Dynasty of Egypt.

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Last Day : Back to our own TAJ MAHAL.. NO need to name the country…

The Taj Mahal is a mausoleum located in Agra, India, built by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

This is the finest example of Mughal architecture.

The focus of the Taj Mahal is the white marble tomb, which stands on a square plinth consisting of a symmetrical building with an iwan, an arch-shaped doorway, topped by a large dome. Like most Mughal tombs, basic elements are Persian in origin.

As one enters through Taj Mahal Gate, the calligraphy reads "O Soul, thou art at rest. Return to the Lord at peace with Him, and He at peace with you."

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So… We ended up our tour here … But before going back lets oncetake a look at the oldest existing Wonder of the World…It’s the Giza Pyramid Complex. Situated in Egypt.

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So finally our tour comes to an end. Hope you enjoyed it and will remember it for a long time…

Thank You