Comments on: 5 man-made wonders in danger of disappearing

By: Timescapes “Death is the Road to Awe”

Timescapes “Death is the Road to Awe” — Mon, 24 May 2010 19:21:45 +0000

[...] by water and wind, these formations are anything but. In the coming millennia they will crumble and fall away, only to be replaced by new formations that will, hopefully, inspire and awe some distant, future [...]

By: The Angkor Temple Experience

The Angkor Temple Experience — Thu, 20 May 2010 22:11:43 +0000

[...] out the sunrise then rushing to every temple flapping in the back of a rickshaw is no way to see the beauties of Angkor. With this major tourist attraction comes a massive community and culture of vendors and children [...]

By: XtremXpert

XtremXpert — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:46:39 +0000

Thanks, I want to write more and I’ll definitely keep traveling.

By: Ryukyu Mike

Ryukyu Mike — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:28:49 +0000

Xtrem,
Great seeing you here and you brought up some valid points about the tourism industry and its impact on the environment, cultures and landmarks around the world. Hope to see more of your work, real soon. Next, I hafta go Stumble, Tweet, Digg and whatever other magic I can find. Keep travelin’ and writin’; you’ll go places !

Cheers,
Mike

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:20:37 +0000

When I traveled to Venice last year it was under about a foot of water – the city had flooded to the point that one man went wakeboarding through Piazza San Marco. There was a definite sense of looming doom amongst the Venetians.

I guess I need to bump the other four sites up my bucket list before they’re all gone!

By: XtremXpert

XtremXpert — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:20:28 +0000

I want to think that not all travelers or tourists have a negative impact to these places. For example if you visit The Great Wall of China, you don’t need to carve your name(nobody will recognize you there:p). For Angkor Wat, the increasing number of hotels is the problem, I don’t travel with a lot of money so I wo’t sleep in a hotel. With many places, the problem is all tourists go in the same place.

By: Webmistress

Webmistress — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 04:59:47 +0000

Conflicted. I would love to see these sites, but part of the decay is from the tourism industry. How do you justify being part of the problem?

By: XtremXpert

XtremXpert — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:33:47 +0000

I wonder:p how I can change my bio, because I left home 5 weeks ago for my ‘long term adventure’.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 21:51:56 +0000

Beautiful. Thanks for bringing these up!