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

[MrsTerryPratchett]

Hi

Someone mentioned enjoying this thread so I thought I'd do another one. IIRC you had to post three places and other MNers said if they'd been there. If they hadn't, you won my undying respect.

No impossible places like the inside of a nuclear reactor this time. As small as a pub, as big as a country.

I'll start:

Tikal, Guatemala
Alice Springs, Australia (easy one!)
Jinja, Uganda

GO!

I’ve been on an oil rig too, to a nuclear bunker, the Ythan estuary (loved the seals), found the site of Hitler’s bunker (there is a sign these days), Cincinnati, Fingal’s Cave and Cabo da Roca.

I’ll add:

Cape Agulhas, SA
Lassen Volcanic Park, California
In an airship

Can't quote it as it contains a quote but I have also been to Rongbuk monastery in Shigatse

The very top of the outside of Bath Abbey. By the clock and St Peter - was very high.
The bell tower at York Minster (had to walk along the roof to get there).

Bunratty Castle Co Clare Eire

Donovaly Slovakia, and not to ski.

Back stage at Glastonbury - was crew back in the day.
Silver Command at Glastonbury - licensing team.

I’ve been to Easter Island and Andorra.

Suomenlinna, off the coast of Helsinki, Finland
Ouarzarzate, Morocco
Punakha Dzong, Bhutan

Been to Gilgit
Things which might not exist any more are various archeological sites in Syria.

Tea with the British Ambassador in Paris

Crackofdoom. Like the transport theme. Have visited the PLA control room and went out on one of their boats.

Drove a London bendy bus.

I was in a Catholic Hospital in Lombok, Indonesia, when I got malaria there, it was surreal, with nuns coming in and out.

It wasn't at Glastonbury, it was a small venue where they did a warm-up act before they played at Glastonbury the day after.

Good names.
I went to Zmutt the week before last.

@Cattenberg - have also been to Ouarzarzate, Morocco. Had a stinking cold and got scratched by a feral cat in the desert! I'm sure there were good points too, but that is what stuck in my mind.

I'll try an English one - I've been to the Culbone Stone

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culbone_Stone

I haven't yet, but I shall be in Haguesund, Norway next week!

Rangiroa French Polynesia.

What lies beneath:
The tunnels below the City of Luxembourg;
A fabulous underground bar in a tiny, remote Spanish troglodyte village;
A very old, partially collapsed coal mine in Wales.

Also visited some Ancient Greek catacombs, but the experience was so marred by a very handsy guide that I can't remember anything else about it!

I've been to Fukushima. Not long after the earthquake.

Mai Chau, Vietnam
Cartajima, Spain
Khao Sok, Thailand

Also been to Fingals Cave 😁 Sorry, being annoying reading through all the thread

Oh I thought a lot would have been to that one...

I could list a lot of obscure places in Portugal, but it wouldn't be as much fun...
or maybe...

not so obscure:

Évora Roman Temple (Portugal)
cromeleque dos almendres - megalithic circle in Portugal
Fiesole roman amphitheatre - near Florence

Another one that's been to Mijas.

@TeenToTwenties did you work for Philips?

Jeita grotto- Lebanon
Postojna- Slovenia
Baradine cave- Croatia

I'm not even that into caves, just happen to have been to quite a few😆

My three are

Nornour, Isles of Scilly
Ed Damer, Sudan
Ogasawara islands, Japan