We're Number Two!

 

Yesterday I wrote about Mexico being ranked as the friendliest country in the world.  Here's another list... Conde Nast Traveler magazine ranked the most beautiful countries in the world.  Now, I don't pay much attention to Conde Nast.  It caters to the upper crust and is too highfalutin for my tastes.  But I was pleased to see that Mexico was ranked as the second most beautiful nation in the world.  The article noted the great variety of landscapes, from deserts to jungles to snow-capped volcanoes and the biodiversity of its flora and fauna.  It mentioned the richness of the country's culture... its festivals, archaeological sites, colonial towns, gastronomy, and handicrafts, and Mexico City, the oldest capital of the Americas.

Here are the top 15 on their list...

  1. Australia

  2, Mexico

  3. Brazil

  4. U.S.A.

  5. China

  6, India

  7. Canada

  8. Indonesia

  9. France

10. Colombia

11. Spain

12. Japan

13. South Africa

14. Thailand

15. Italy