Eighth wonder of the world

Posted by Aylee

August 10, 2006

The Palm TrilogyÂ areÂ three sets of man-made islands, each set in the shape of a palm treeÂ off theÂ coast of Dubai.Â

The Palm Trilogy

An engineering marvel, when completed The Palm will increase Dubaiâ€™s shoreline by a total of 520 kms and will include over 100 luxury hotels, 10,000 exclusive residential beachside villas, 5,000 shoreline apartments, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities, health spas, cinemas and extensive dive sites.

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Now addingÂ to myÂ ”must visit” list.Â Not only do I get to seeÂ ~~possibly the~~ anotherÂ eighth wonder of the world, I get to visit some of my relatives too who live there.Â I just heard it’s expensive to get there tho.Â Wait, $817 round-trip this fall?Â Not bad.

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2 Comments

Akala ko yung Banaue Rice Terraces yung eighth wonder

Comment by Mic on August 11, 2006 @ 1:49 am

I thought so too… but apparently there’s no real 8th wonder of the world. There are several including Banaue that are labeled as such. Here’s what I found from Wikipedia:

“”Eighth Wonder of the World” is a term sometimes used to describe things in comparison to the Seven Wonders of the World”

And here’s the link to a list of things labeled “eighth wonder of the world”: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eighth_Wond......._the_World

I guess there will be no 9th huh? I rephrased my sentence to “another eighth wonder of the world”