Profile Emilia Bautista King

I became aware of World Heritage Sites in 1996, when I was living in Australia. Any travel plans that I make now almost always have to include a WHS. When my husband and I were planning our honeymoon destination, we considered any place in the Caribbean that had a WHS and so St. Kitts it was! It's annoying that I've been to the Philippines 13 times but have not visited a single WHS there (every trip has been with my parents to see the many, many relatives). I guess I'll have to go a 14th time in the future!

Since there are currently 890 sites, a more realistic goal for me is to see all North American World Heritage sites. I have visited 8 out of Canada's 14 sites, as of 2007. We travelled to all 5 of the province of Alberta's sites in 10 days, which was not easy considering the distance between some of them! As an American, it always surprises me when I meet another American who has not ventured to the beautiful country just north of ours. In the near future, I would also like to visit more European sites so I can catch up with some of you who have seen so many!

Happy and safe traveling to all!


Visited WHS:

  1. Acropolis
  2. Antigua Guatemala
  3. Archaeological Site of Delphi
  4. Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
  5. Brimstone Hill Fortress
  6. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
  7. Chaco Culture
  8. Dinosaur Provincial Park
  9. Everglades
  10. Fraser Island
  11. Grand Canyon
  12. Great Barrier Reef
  13. Greater Blue Mountains
  14. Gros Morne National Park
  15. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump
  16. Independence Hall
  17. Kakadu National Park
  18. Kremlin and Red Square
  19. L'Anse aux Meadows
  20. Monticello
  21. Mtskheta
  22. Olympic National Park
  23. Paris, Banks of the Seine
  24. Pueblo de Taos
  25. Québec
  26. Rideau Canal
  27. Royal Exhibition Building
  28. St. George, Bermuda
  29. St. Petersburg
  30. Statue of Liberty
  31. Sydney Opera House
  32. Tasmanian Wilderness
  33. Te Wahipounamu
  34. Tikal National Park
  35. Tower of London
  36. Uluru
  37. Versailles
  38. Waterton Glacier International Peace Park
  39. Westminster
  40. Wet Tropics of Queensland
  41. Wood Buffalo National Park
  42. Yosemite National Park

Reviewed WHS:

  1. Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park (Australia)
  2. Fraser Island (Australia)
  3. Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh/Naracoorte) (Australia)
  4. Greater Blue Mountains Area (Australia)
  5. Kakadu National Park (Australia)
  6. Royal Exhibition Building and Carlton Gardens (Australia)
  7. Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
  8. Tasmanian Wilderness (Australia)
  9. Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks (Canada)
  10. Gros Morne National Park (Canada)
  11. L'Anse aux Meadows National Historic Site (Canada)
  12. Dinosaur Provincial Park (Canada)
  13. Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump (Canada)
  14. Wood Buffalo National Park (Canada)
  15. Palace and Park of Versailles (France)
  16. Paris, Banks of the Seine (France)
  17. Historical Monuments of Mtskheta (Georgia)
  18. Archaeological Site of Delphi (Greece)
  19. Acropolis, Athens (Greece)
  20. Tikal National Park (Guatemala)
  21. Antigua Guatemala (Guatemala)
  22. Te Wahipounamu - South West New Zealand (New Zealand)
  23. Kremlin and Red Square, Moscow (Russia)
  24. Historic Centre of Saint Petersburg and Related Groups of Monuments (Russia)
  25. Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park (Saint Kitts and Nevis)
  26. Tower of London (UK)
  27. The Historic Town of St George and Related Fortifications, Bermuda (UK)
  28. Olympic National Park (USA)
  29. Waterton Glacier International Peace Park (USA)
  30. Statue of Liberty (USA)
  31. Yosemite National Park (USA)
  32. Grand Canyon National Park (USA)
  33. Chaco Culture (USA)
  34. Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (USA)
  35. Everglades National Park (USA)
  36. Pueblo de Taos (USA)
  37. Independence Hall (USA)