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Have you been to a place no one else has been to? AGAIN!

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MrsTerryPratchett · 10/04/2023 21:10

Did you win the first thread? Do you win the prize (which I believe was my respect and admiration)? If the other thread gets to 1000 come here to claim your prize.

Any more places to claim? I'll start, in honour of Pontins Prestatyn....

Gronant
Rhyl
Holywell

OP posts:
Mumtobabyhavoc · 13/04/2023 16:18

I haven't seen Boracay, nor have I seen Busan. 🤞

SiobhanSharpe · 13/04/2023 16:22

Ok, my new three
Isandlwana, SA (KwaZulu)
Fasano, Puglia
Loubes-Berniac, Dordogne

SiobhanSharpe · 13/04/2023 16:34

@Celticdawn5
I've been to Prickwillow!
took DH there as a treat on his last birthday. He loved it, me ....not so much😅

filka · 13/04/2023 16:38

Shusha, Karabakh (but I do live in Azerbaijan)
Tirana, Albania (in about 1985)
Samarkand, Uzbekistan

nancyglancy · 13/04/2023 16:43

I'm in the queue for an award too as still no claimants for Rectum, Antelope Island, Samye Ling.

WhenisitmyturntobePM · 13/04/2023 16:59

WhenisitmyturntobePM · 10/04/2023 22:32

Mandera on the Somalia border.

Turkana in northern Kenya (looks like the moon and feels as hot as the sun).

Herat in Afghanistan.

Honiara on Solomon Islands.

Cotabato City in Mindanao.

Don’t think anyone has claimed these yet, unless I missed it?

Celticdawn5 · 13/04/2023 17:19

@SiobhanSharpe
yes! Husband enthralled especially as the day we visited they had turned on an engine that is rarely turned on and people had visited especially to see it in action.
I’ll raise you Streatham Old Engine ,Ely.

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MrsTerryPratchett · 13/04/2023 20:04

nancyglancy · 13/04/2023 16:43

I'm in the queue for an award too as still no claimants for Rectum, Antelope Island, Samye Ling.

Praise and respect!!!

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MrsHamlet · 13/04/2023 20:34

@filka I've been to Samarkand. And I'm coming to Azerbaijan this year - very excited!

Jenniferturkington · 13/04/2023 22:24

Plymouth in Montserrat in the eastern Caribbean

JulesJules · 13/04/2023 22:46

HalebiHabibti · 13/04/2023 13:19

Ah, just seen the advice to be more specific - righto.

San Simon monastery, north of Aleppo, in Syria. Also the Citadel and Old Souk in Aleppo (both now sadly rather less structurally intact).

Krak des Chevaliers, Syria
Palmyra, Syria
Jerash, Jordan
The King's Highway, Jordan
The Classic Cars Museum in Sharjah, UAE

Dartmoor Prison museum, Dartmoor, England
Haverfordwest Castle (such as it is), Haverfordwest, Wales
Inside the circle at Stonehenge :)

The only one of these I've been to (alas) is inside the circle at Stonehenge. When I was little, you were allowed to climb all over it 😱

bloodywhitecat · 13/04/2023 22:54

Celticdawn5 · 13/04/2023 17:19

@SiobhanSharpe
yes! Husband enthralled especially as the day we visited they had turned on an engine that is rarely turned on and people had visited especially to see it in action.
I’ll raise you Streatham Old Engine ,Ely.

Been to Stretham Old Engine too.

Ohyeahwaitaminute · 13/04/2023 23:18

Thanks @MrsTerryPratchett 🙃

Toomanylosthours · 14/04/2023 06:39

I think I managed gokyo lakes from the previous thread that no one visited. I'll add
Rognan, Norway
Wagah border (India/ Pakistan)
Ballestas Islands (peru)
Pori, Finland

This thread is digging out some lovely memories.

HalebiHabibti · 14/04/2023 07:44

JulesJules · 13/04/2023 22:46

The only one of these I've been to (alas) is inside the circle at Stonehenge. When I was little, you were allowed to climb all over it 😱

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Yes, I was disgusted to learn recently that the (high) entry price doesn't even get you into the circle any more!!

OhBeAFineGuyKissMe · 14/04/2023 07:53

Mumtobabyhavoc · 13/04/2023 16:18

I haven't seen Boracay, nor have I seen Busan. 🤞

I've been to Busan - have you been to Ulsan?

My contributions

Quba- Azerbaijan
Rinca Island Indonesia
Geoji Island South Korea

nancyglancy · 14/04/2023 08:02

Thank you! No one would want to go to Rectum, it really is the arse end of nowhere 😁

ShanghaiDiva · 14/04/2023 08:55

My contribution:
world’s highest railway from Xining to Lhasa (over 5000m above sea level )
Kashgar in Xinjiang province
Broome in Western Australia

Rainbowdrop22 · 14/04/2023 10:05

Rainbowdrop22 · 10/04/2023 23:46

I’d like to chip in with:

Zongolica , in Veracruz state, Mexico

Kaiping in Guangdong Province, China

Saluda in North Carolina, USA

No one has claimed any of mine yet! Anyone?

Mumtobabyhavoc · 14/04/2023 10:57

@OhBeAFineGuyKissMe Busan only. In summer and weather was hot! 😎

WiseUpJanetWeiss · 14/04/2023 11:48

I love this thread. I can’t believe no-one else has been to the Las Vegas Marriage Licence Bureau though.

SiobhanSharpe · 14/04/2023 13:08

Celticdawn5 · 13/04/2023 17:19

@SiobhanSharpe
yes! Husband enthralled especially as the day we visited they had turned on an engine that is rarely turned on and people had visited especially to see it in action.
I’ll raise you Streatham Old Engine ,Ely.

Thanks @Celticdawn5 I will put that one on the list for his next birthday treat. Ely's not far.

EducatingArti · 14/04/2023 13:10

Noone has claimed Hetty Peglar's Tump or sleeping in a Welsh slate mine yet.

MrsHamlet · 14/04/2023 13:31

The tomato museum in Santorini

Mumtobabyhavoc · 14/04/2023 16:28

@MrsHamlet Santorini, Yes. Tomato museum, no. How about Mykonos, Paros, or Aegina?