November 28, 2004: Headlines: COS - Niger: Wonders: Chicago Tribune: RPCV Heather Hogan says the cliffs outside of Filingue, Niger.are a natural wonder
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November 28, 2004: Headlines: COS - Niger: Wonders: Chicago Tribune: RPCV Heather Hogan says the cliffs outside of Filingue, Niger.are a natural wonder
RPCV Heather Hogan says the cliffs outside of Filingue, Niger.are a natural wonder
RPCV Heather Hogan says the cliffs outside of Filingue, Niger.are a natural wonder
Our reader choice: Let the table talk begin
By Randy Curwen
Travel editor
Published November 28, 2004
There were no rules and, officially, no contest in our search for the 8th Wonders. But we did promise to give someone "something nice from the Travel section" for taking part.
That "something nice" is a copy of National Geographic's brand new "Atlas of the World" (a $165 value) that is, by the way, the Eighth (get it?) Edition. Plus dinner with Tribune Travel staff members at a suitably worldly and exotic restaurant in Chicago of the winner's choosing.
Somewhat by chance and somewhat by choice, I picked as the winner the submission that follows, not because I agreed with it, but because I enjoyed the reader's opinionated joy in telling us what she thought of our choices and hers.
Unbeknownst to me, the Travel writer who wrote many of the Wonders stories also had read the letter--and fired off a friendly but spirited defense of one of his (and our) favorite Wonders.
So let's hear first from our winner, Heather Hogan of Manteno
Point: The Wonders we missed
[Natural] The cliffs outside of Filingue, Niger. Actually the cliffs run from the 15th to the 9th parallel. The ancient river bed is about 10 to 20 kilometers across. The cliffs themselves are higher and more colorful than the Grand Canyon, just for comparison. Probably not on the list in the first place because Niger is an unexplored, unknown, undeveloped country. I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in 1991 in a small village here. I have never seen the Wadi Rum personally, but I would put my wadi up against it any day.
If you want someone to go evaluate places, please say so. My travel bag and passport are getting a bit dusty.
-- Heather Hogan, Manteno
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