Welcome to the third World Heritage Site newsletter

This edition covers August, September and October 2004. Good holiday months. So a lot of new WHS reviews have been added to the website.

More visited sites
For me personally my 4-week-trip to Brazil was the highlight of this period. I really liked the old mining towns in Minas Gerais, like Ouro Preto (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/ouropreto.html), Congonhas (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/sanctuaryofbomjesus.html) and Diamantina (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/diamantina.html). After that, the strange capital Brasilia (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/brasilia.html) was my next stop. Did I like it? Hmmm. It does some strange things with your imagination though: I kept comparing it to Bucharest after an atomic bomb. Or maybe that was because I had a fever after too much airco and too much heat (36 degrees C). Finally, Brazil's natural highlights were on my agenda: the bird-infested Pantanal (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/pantanal.html) and both sides of the Iguacu Falls (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/iguazu.html and http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/iguacunationalpark.html).

Additions by visitors
Site reviews by visitors keep streaming in. Some of these dedicated WHS spotters have presented themselves at the Community page (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/community.php). Two of them I'd like to thank especially for their contributions. First, Christer Sundberg, for his many original reviews of (among others) sites in Sweden like Birka and Hovgarden (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/birkahovgarden.html). He also managed to visit the Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/flintminesspiennes.html), the test you have to pass in becoming a real WHS spotter.
And also Ian Cade for his reviews (with pics!) of Tunisia, like the Medina of Tunis (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/tunis.html) and Carthage (http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/carthage.html).



Thatīs it for this edition
Els
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