Most beautiful countries/places you've ever been to.

jackhammer · 02-19-2010, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

We're only British during wartime.

ROFL. Very hypocritical of us but very true.

The Fascinating Turnip · 02-19-2010, 07:20 PM

Well, not trying to be narcissistic here, but I believe the most beautiful place I've ever been to is the island where I was born.
A little slice of heaven in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
Pictures below

(Sorry for the terrible quality in some of these...I'd share some of the ones I have but they aren't on this computer, so i had to resort to Google.)

FETCHER. · 02-21-2010, 06:51 AM

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Originally Posted by TheCunningStunt

I went to a nice place near Malaga this summer, Belamadina.

That's me near the dock, smashing place.

What about you MB-ers? Any holiday snaps would be nice/google images of the place you went to.

In Africa somewhere? My friends going over to Malaga for charity for 15days to help build houses and give the tribes a better quality of life!

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

It's England to the English and nothing else. Wales, Ireland and Scotland regard themselves separate so we go along with that. I live in England and not Great Britain as far as I'm concerned.

I'd consider that wrong. I don't consider myself separate as England does govern Scotland. I do however consider myself Scottish at the best of times as Scotland is a different country. I just wanted to let you know most people don't actually hold anything against England, well not around here.

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Originally Posted by jackhammer

I might sound cliched and unoriginal but the more I discover of the island I live in, the more I appreciate it's beauty and history.

It's very cliche, but very true. I think I stay in a very beautiful place too. It's an amazing little village with loads of character, I will show you all soon!

Extremely local things to me!
New Lanark

The Falls of the Clyde (river).

Same falls.

Guybrush · 02-21-2010, 07:57 AM

Like others, I think the most beautiful country I've ever been in is my own, Norway .. The most beautiful place I think was Geirangerfjorden, one of the fjords on the west coast. It's such an old and worn down country and down in the fjords, you get warm summer temperatures as the cliffsides are warmed up by the sun while at the mountaintops surrounding the fjords, you have snow year round. Beautiful!

The most beautiful place I've lived myself was up on Svalbard of course. The nicest place I've been to up there is Kongsfjorden, another fjord (we have a lot of them here) which has several large glaciers calving ice into it so you get lots of sea ice there. In summer, they melt until they often end up looking like sculptures bobbing in the quiet arctic water. I used to have a lot of pictures from it, but the computer harddrive they were on completely broke down and I lost all of them.

Instead, here's a bird cliff where I've done some fieldwork!

TheCunningStunt · 02-21-2010, 02:57 PM

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Wow.

right-track · 02-21-2010, 03:04 PM

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Double wow!

Unless someone living in the Austrian alps, or the Andes, posts some pics, that'll take some beating!!!

Zer0 · 02-21-2010, 03:37 PM

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I've always wanted to visit Norway, the landscape there just looks incredible. What would be the best time of the year to visit?

Guybrush · 02-21-2010, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Zero1986

What would be the best time of the year to visit?

For Geirangerfjorden, the summer months june/july are probably a good time. For Svalbard which is way further north, I'd say early to mid april. By mid april, you have the midnight sun and it's still cold so you can go on snowscooter trips and so on. If you get into the real thick glacier landscapes there, all you can see is just snow and ice and a scooter track stretching out to the horizon. If you go for a trip on the sea ice, you get to see some awesome glacier fronts and huge ice formations being pressed up from the ice .. and maybe even some polar bears.

ElephantSack · 02-21-2010, 04:23 PM

Lake Tahoe, California

Emerald Pools, Yuba River, California

The Flatirons, Boulder, Colorado (that's me in the flowery shorts)

Glendalough, Ireland

None of these have anything on Norway, though. Holy shit, tore!

TheCunningStunt · 02-21-2010, 05:46 PM

@ElephantSack
Gotta love the extremely eccentric homosexual holiday shorts

They are a must when you go abroad, I always tend to take my great britain shorts as well, union jack on the bum.

Love how you can spot brits abroad a mile off

02-19-2010, 07:20 PM	#42 (permalink)
The Fascinating Turnip Moper Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 510	Well, not trying to be narcissistic here, but I believe the most beautiful place I've ever been to is the island where I was born. A little slice of heaven in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Pictures below (Sorry for the terrible quality in some of these...I'd share some of the ones I have but they aren't on this computer, so i had to resort to Google.) Attached Thumbnails

02-21-2010, 07:57 AM	#44 (permalink)
Guybrush Juicious Maximus III Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Scabb Island Posts: 6,525	Like others, I think the most beautiful country I've ever been in is my own, Norway .. The most beautiful place I think was Geirangerfjorden, one of the fjords on the west coast. It's such an old and worn down country and down in the fjords, you get warm summer temperatures as the cliffsides are warmed up by the sun while at the mountaintops surrounding the fjords, you have snow year round. Beautiful! The most beautiful place I've lived myself was up on Svalbard of course. The nicest place I've been to up there is Kongsfjorden, another fjord (we have a lot of them here) which has several large glaciers calving ice into it so you get lots of sea ice there. In summer, they melt until they often end up looking like sculptures bobbing in the quiet arctic water. I used to have a lot of pictures from it, but the computer harddrive they were on completely broke down and I lost all of them. Instead, here's a bird cliff where I've done some fieldwork! __________________ Something Completely Different

02-21-2010, 03:37 PM	#47 (permalink)
Zer0 ∞ Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Ireland Posts: 3,792	^ ^ ^ 3E^10 wow! I've always wanted to visit Norway, the landscape there just looks incredible. What would be the best time of the year to visit? __________________ Last FM \| RYM \| The Final Sound

02-21-2010, 04:23 PM	#49 (permalink)
ElephantSack Man vs. Wild Turkey Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: ATX Posts: 948	Lake Tahoe, California Emerald Pools, Yuba River, California The Flatirons, Boulder, Colorado (that's me in the flowery shorts) Glendalough, Ireland None of these have anything on Norway, though. Holy shit, tore! __________________ OF THE SUN

02-21-2010, 02:57 PM	#45 (permalink)
TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	^ Wow.

02-21-2010, 03:04 PM	#46 (permalink)
right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	^ ^ Double wow! Unless someone living in the Austrian alps, or the Andes, posts some pics, that'll take some beating!!!

02-21-2010, 05:46 PM	#50 (permalink)
TheCunningStunt love will tear you apart Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Manchester, UK. Posts: 5,107	@ElephantSack Gotta love the extremely eccentric homosexual holiday shorts They are a must when you go abroad, I always tend to take my great britain shorts as well, union jack on the bum. Love how you can spot brits abroad a mile off