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Goodbye from me

Suicide on the train tracks!

Due to a new job and changing circumstances I am no longer able to honour my commitments to 7W7D so it’s time for me to say goodbye. Working for this project has been a real privilege. From the moment I met Chi-chi at a careers fair I recognised her passion for this epic challenge, but little did [...]

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Charmed Forces

Photo Credit The U.S. Army

As a ‘civvy’ I have to admit that it’s extremely rare that I interact with service personnel, but November has been an unusual month in that respect; Working for #7W7D has led me to various online forums, blogs, twitter accounts and even a radio show all associated with the Armed Forces. Whilst publicising Chi-chi’s recent [...]

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It’s Time for Community Service

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Friends, fans and followers we think we work pretty hard here at 7 Wonders in 7 Days HQ. We toil over Twitter and blog our fingers to the bone all in an effort to raise £777,000 for 7 fantastic causes. Up to now we have worked hard to amass and engage a community; that’s you! [...]

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Transport Links (& Two-Timing Twitter)

Bus

Following a fruitless search on the Twittersphere for information on transport links to each of the Wonders, I decided to take a leaf out of our Travel Companions’ book and broaden my horizons. Twitter has swiftly become my one-stop site for information gathering on all things 7 Wonders in 7 Days. I’m delighted with that. [...]

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Truly Wonderful Tweets VI – The Taj Mahal

The Taj Mahal

To end this series of real-time Twitter searches for the very latest information on our 7 Wonders of the World it’s time for a short feature on the Taj Mahal, Karen’s destination. I hadn’t realised just how problematic this would be. I mean there is only one Taj Mahal isn’t there? Only one that is [...]

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Truly Wonderful Tweets V – The Great Wall of China

Great Wall

Having already taken in 4 of the new 7 Wonders of the World in our real-time search result Twitter study it is now time to see what The Great Wall of China’s visitors, admirers, tour-guides et al have served up for us in the last 24 hours. If the 7 Wonders in 7 Days project [...]

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Truly Wonderful Tweets IV – Christ The Redeemer

Christ the Redeemer

The Christ The Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro is next up in our series of real-time twitter searches concerning our 7 Wonders. This one starts off particularly well thanks to @glauberdorotheu who posted a spectacular video of Fernando Salis’s projections on the stunning 40-metre high, 635-tonne monument! Clearly it’s a great project that slightly [...]

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Truly Wonderful Tweets II – Machu Picchu

Machu Picchu

@Mikeincusco provides us with the starting point for today’s look at what the world’s tweeters are saying about Machu Picchu. Mike tweeted a great link to the Guardian’s travel awards 2010 which reveals new ways to experience the world’s greatest attractions. ‘Experiencing’ a Wonder is all well and good, but I don’t see anyone in [...]

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Truly Wonderful Tweets – Chichen Itza

Chichen-Itza-Castillo-Seen-From-East

Our project has sent frissons of excitement through the twittersphere with its plans to criss-cross the globe to see all of the 7 Wonders in just 7 days. Each of our travel companions has blogged and tweeted enthusiastically about his or her preparations, expectations, hopes and fears and as such we have created a huge [...]

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Positivity Reigns Supreme

backpacker

While moving the departure date from 17/10/10 to July 2011 means our flights, wonders and dreams may be further away, the project is nevertheless still a reality,

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