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opiumteahouse
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Q2 Tell us about a historic site or landmark that has left you speechless. Where is it & why is it so important? #travchat
suzystories
replying to @travchats @travchats A2: The Killing Fields in Cambodia. Indescribably sobering and important to remember and acknowledge #travchat
GarryJGray
A2: #Petra, carved into a canyon in #Jordan. Hidden by its natural fortifications for 600+ yrs, been around since 6… https://t.co/qacwFPwRGv
whatnossyate
replying to @travchats @travchats A2. The Berlin Wall - the stories we were told by our tour guide left chills down my spine. #travchat
RTWBarefoot
RT @suzystories: @travchats A2: The Killing Fields in Cambodia. Indescribably sobering and important to remember and acknowledge #travchat
wheresshellyii
A2: The first time I went to Dachau was probably the first that really had an impact. I'd never been to a place ful… https://t.co/VLsLV0z3U1
SicilianPlaces
A2: The Greek Theatre in Taormina, Sicily, is a striking historical landmark. One of the most memorable aspects of… https://t.co/NZHLheAMYA
seznz
A2 The Eiffel Tower left me speechless. I didn’t love Paris but seeing the Eiffel Tower remains one of my top trave… https://t.co/R2Qakkujoa
TheCastleHunter
A2: The Ring of Brodgar in the Heart of Neolithic Orkney left me speechless. 5,000 years of history reverberate thr… https://t.co/AODsXFh5Rp
Pinkzenjoy
replying to @VicGetaways @VicGetaways A2 China had some spectacular sites that left me speechless. #travchat
aTravelCompanio
TheConstantHost
replying to @travchats @travchats A2 The first Oil well that was discovered in the Middle East (its in Bahrain) - not speechless, but ther… https://t.co/gxnV4WZwhJ
GoaExperience
A2: ours is Hampi in Karnataka, India - definitely some of the most incredible temple ruins we've ever seen!… https://t.co/acSHHOCn67
RTWBarefoot
#travchat A2: it's a good question. I don't have a pic of it to hand, but maybe standing in the main square in Bukhara. So much history.
aardvarksafaris
A2 The Olduvai Gorge Museum is internationally recognized for Louis and Mary Leakey’s famous discoveries of early h… https://t.co/EGwRLJ6dCN
RTWBarefoot
replying to @RTWBarefoot #travchat A2: It's one of those ancient silk road towns, then a city-state on the edge of Russia/Britain, then it was Soviet. So many tales!
SardinianPlaces
A2: The Amer Fort in Jaipur is incredible. We visited it during a tour with our sister company @GoaExperience - the… https://t.co/DwH7ycJNXd
writingtravels
Just trawling through my photos to find an answer for #travchat A2. So many possible answers!
wonesinglestep
replying to @travchats @travchats A2: My Lai in Vietnam. Because it’s a preserved scene that is representative of so many others in a terrible war. #travchat
HHLifestyleTrav
replying to @opiumteahouse @opiumteahouse A2: My husband and I stood agog at the Colosseum for hours. could not stop wondering at it!… https://t.co/s2006KubN5
machouruguayo22
RT @aTravelCompanio: A2 Definitely #Bagan #Myanmar, but also Machu Picchu, Giza #travchat https://t.co/tXptFRwQIj
RTWBarefoot
#travchat A2: Or there's the Aral Sea. https://t.co/PoDbCwn2q8 Modern, sobering, current, history.
TanSuoTravel
replying to @travchats @travchats A2 Tragically we're going to go with a very sad example and say Unit 731 in northeastern China's Heilong… https://t.co/evaH07GVYS
TheWanderLyz
replying to @opiumteahouse @opiumteahouse A2 A museum in Cebu, some of the old buildings in Sydney. It's just so wonderful reading all the stu… https://t.co/IB4gvoj4UI
masalaboxtravel
replying to @VicGetaways @VicGetaways A2 #travChat I was recently at the Bridge over river Kwai at Kanchanaburi, #Thailand-… https://t.co/aurATpcRIi
writingtravels
A2. I think I've settled for Linlithgow Palace - a beautifully preserved ruin with stories in the walls. #travchat
beeayeanoowhy
replying to @travchats @travchats A2. Lots and lots. Palaces, forts, caves, monasteries and minarets in India are filled with amazing stor… https://t.co/CZbHNn21Xp
DoroLef
A2 Berlin, so sad, the whole town is sad. But too many Germans are in their way to repeat the same stuff. #travchat
TravelProCobham
A2 Have always been mesmerised by Venice and how it became a melting pot of cultures from its unique position as a… https://t.co/Inz3eotTZx
GlobalGrapevine
replying to @travchats @travchats A2 Probably when I visited Stonehenge many years ago when it was a place to inhabit and touch and absorb… https://t.co/V88kZ7hkNP
findinganeish
replying to @opiumteahouse @opiumteahouse A2. Prague Castle is more of a complex than a fortification. It’s impossible to fit it into a single… https://t.co/0OP7mKPmfi
masalaboxtravel
A2 #TravChat Oh my God. So many of us sharing about the bad times from history! And humans don't seem to learn much from it.
sl2016_sl
replying to @DoroLef @DoroLef A2. Sooo many places have left me speechless! One particular favourite is the Dendera complex in Egypt.… https://t.co/v3cTiTkeF7
RTWBarefoot
RT @masalaboxtravel: @VicGetaways A2 #travChat I was recently at the Bridge over river Kwai at Kanchanaburi, #Thailand- https://t.co/FRq1tW…
Pura_Aventura
A2 The ancient arabic fortress of La Alhambra in Andalusia (Southern Spain) is probably one of them! In my opinion,… https://t.co/bH2PhihxAQ
StreetFoodUK
RT @DoroLef: A2 Berlin, so sad, the whole town is sad. But too many Germans are in their way to repeat the same stuff. #travchat
TheCastleHunter
RT @writingtravels: A2. I think I've settled for Linlithgow Palace - a beautifully preserved ruin with stories in the walls. #travchat http…
beeayeanoowhy
replying to @beeayeanoowhy @travchats A2.It's in Ladakh region but these people doesn't have Ladakhi features, because they were in Pakistan,… https://t.co/L52jwxjwx1
TamboTravel
A2. Bit biased, but we love Machu Picchu in #Peru. We've visited it dozens of times, still we find something new ev… https://t.co/WLvQixyXQ3
Polymathically
replying to @travchats @travchats A2: The Vatican. The scale, artistry, influence on the world, and sheer amount of events that place has… https://t.co/sRpcu26GJO
gavdah
replying to @opiumteahouse @opiumteahouse A2: Every year I go to the Cropredy music festival. The site was the place of a famous battle 'The B… https://t.co/6liu3a25v5
junkkDNA
replying to @travchats @travchats A2. Ad Deir "the monastery", a beautiful example of Nabataean classical style architecture, is according… https://t.co/jdZwWcuI2V
TheTrawheeler
replying to @travchats @travchats A2: Sagrada Familia in Barcelona left me speechless. It is unique and the symbol of the city, while its… https://t.co/SfXg5m2G7J
tTravelGypsies_
replying to @travchats @travchats A2 Pompeii is a sight that leaves you speechless. The way it was preserved by volcanic ash thousands of… https://t.co/UiFGE3MiHy
Go2Africa
A2 kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa is filled with very moving #battlefields where you can walk the trenches that sold… https://t.co/gYOopSzV1h
mckinlay_liz
RT @writingtravels: A2. I think I've settled for Linlithgow Palace - a beautifully preserved ruin with stories in the walls. #travchat http…