We mentioned a while back a pretty cool contest by the makers of Chivas Regal Scotch Whisky wherein they offered several lucky souls $100,000 and the opportunity to travel the world. The winners would globetrot and then send back their notes, photos and such on the various places they felt were the best in the world. The idea was to find "the best that life has to offer". One assumes each leg of the journey involved quaffing Chivas...not that there's anything wrong with that.

According to the listing at the time, said adventurers "must be curious, intelligent, with strong writing skills and a sense of the world around them". If that doesn't describe a gadling reader, I don't know what does.

Well, the winners appear to be two people named Bill and Dana, and they offer their thoughts on these best places at the site here. So what are their findings? Well, here's a sample to make you extra-special jealous:

• Celebrate a Burns Night
• United Kingdom Harrods & The London Eye United Kingdom
• Art in the Italian Sky, Italy Florence, Italy
• Chasing the Ghosts of Venice, Italy
• Biking to the Dead Sea, Jordan
• Camping in the Wadi Rum, Jordan

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