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Latest news reports about WHS and TWHS:
  • Plans for controversial oil exploration near Gros Morne National Park (20 May)
  • Plan to make Pashupatinath a tourist hub (20 May)
  • Total won’t drill for oil in Virunga (20 May)
  • Mogao Grottoes to limit tourist flows, asking for reservation beforehand (17 May)
  • Belgian flies above Nazca Lines in wingsuit (12 May)
  • Perimeter fence around Great Zimbabwe has been vandalised (12 May)
  • Singapore Botanic Garden to build heritage museum (11 May)
  • Elephant death toll at Dzanga Bai starts to come in (10 May)
  • Elephants butchered in Dzanga-Sangha (09 May)
  • Vehicle bans at Kathmandu Durbar Square ignored (05 May)

    Balkan #2: Bosnia Herzegovina (May 2013)

    The second week of my trip around former Yugoslavia I spent in Bosnia Herzegovina. I found it more lively than Serbia, and especially Mostar and Sarajevo attract quite a lot of western and Turkish tourists. I used these cities as my base for this week, and also visited a couple of TWHS (including the enigmatic Stecaks) and the Bridge of Visegrad.

    . Mostar
    . Mehmed Pasa Sokolovic Bridge



    Balkan #1: Serbia (May 2013)

    Serbia was the first country that I visited on my 3-week Balkan tour. Life looks simple here, where still quite some communist traces remain. Highlights for me were the many Serbian-Orthodox monasteries. They're not as exuberant as let's say the Romanian ones, but they do have their own pecularities which I found interesting to get to know.

    . Stari Ras and Sopocani
    . Studenica Monastery
    . Gamzigrad-Romuliana



    Jelling (April 2013)

    This was a long holiday weekend in Holland, leading up to the last Queen's Day and the inauguration of the new King on April 30. Of course I did not sit and wait around, but drove to Denmark via Hamburg for another WH quest. I managed to pick up my last Danish WHS, the underwhelming Jelling, and three TWHS in both Germany and Denmark: the Viking wall "Dannewerk", the protestant town of Christiansfeld and the early 20th century marvels of Hamburg's harbour area.

    . Jelling



    Your WHS reviews

    Sulaiman-Too
    'Visited during a sunny day in April. The site is located in city Osh not far from the border with Uzbekistan.'
    Posted by Adrian Lakomy, 20-05-2013
     Kew Gardens
    'I have to say that I am extremely skeptical with historic botanical garden, after I have a very disappointing experience with the UNESCO’s listed Orto Botanico of Padua in Italy; as a result, before I decided to include Kew in my plan I had to ask many people who had been to this place to confirm my misrepresentation toward the site.'
    Posted by Frederik Dawson, 20-05-2013
     
    Ironbridge Gorge
    'When my taxi driver pointed me to see the famous Ironbridge, the symbol of the Industrial Revolution, I felt quite underwhelmed with the appearance of the bridge which was very different from my imagination.'
    Posted by Frederik Dawson, 19-05-2013
     Ayutthaya
    'The challenge posed by this site is how to make sense out of the scattered remains of the ancient capital of a former strong Southeast Asian empire.'
    Posted by bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero, 18-05-2013
     
    Stari Grad Plain
    'I took a day trip to Hvar by ferry from Split. The ride takes about 2 hours and is quite pleasant.'
    Posted by Klaus Freisinger, 16-05-2013
     Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
    'Sibenik is very pretty town in a scenic location on the Adriatic Sea. It features a picturesque Old Town, with the main attraction being the Sv.'
    Posted by Klaus Freisinger, 16-05-2013