Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero Profile
Cultural heritage worker and tourism consultant from the Philippines. Largely based in Paoay, Ilocos Norte which has its own UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paoay church - Baroque Churches of the Philippines). Writes for BusinessMirror & Asia Times, and teaches university courses on global tourism and world cultures. A member of ICOMOS.
Interests: Cultural Tourism, Cultural Thematic Studies, Heritage Site Management, Textile Collection & Curation, Philippine Gastronomy.
Email: bjeg2000@gmail.com | Instagram: theberntraveler
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Kulangsu
Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero The Philippines - 13-Jun-25

Going to Gulangyu is very straight-forward: a bus to the International Ferry Terminal, then a smooth 20-minute boat ride to the island. If one decides to leave the island after 6PM as my friend and I did, the ferries for tourists then operate at the Piano Ferry Terminal, making the return trip shorter (it also makes it easier to go to Zhongzhan Road next, another top tourist attraction of Xiamen). Before going to Gulangyu, I made a mental note on the buildings that Els failed to see as I curiously wanted to check them out. Upon exiting Sanqiutian Ferry Terminal, the imposing neo-Classical former building of the American Consulate (1930) greets you
Read OnQuanzhou
Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero The Philippines - 11-Jun-25

I recently came from a trip to Fujian where I stayed in Quanzhou for four days. This allowed me to visit 16 component sites leaving only the farthest six out. Taking the recommendation of earlier reviews, I checked out the wind-praying inscriptions at Jiurishan upon arriving at the railway station. An AAAAA tourist attraction, the site is equipped with a luggage storage facility, which makes such arrangement convenient. Officially, Jiurishan is considered as the very starting point of the Maritime Silk Road. So, it was good to start here
Read OnGrand Canal
Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero The Philippines - 11-May-25

During my visit in early 2014, I was not aware of the Grand Canal nomination despite it gaining inscription later that year. But visiting Suzhou and going out of the railway station already allows a fair glimpse into this massive engineering marvel deserving of many superlatives. The canal stretch fronting the railway station is already quite visually pleasing as it is backdropped by massive Pingmen Gate and a nearby smaller water gate; this section of old city wall was rebuilt in 2012. The old city's Ring Canal is part of the Suzhou Section of Jiangnan Canal, and true to its function it is still being used by far-reaching cargo boats and barges that are vital for commerce and transportation as well as by tourist boats that can go to the more popular scenic areas.
Read OnVaranasi (T)
Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero The Philippines - 12-Nov-24

Varanasi deserves a place in the list and it surprises me that no one has reviewed it yet. Being one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, which remains to be a most central place of worship as the holiest place in Hinduism, its history and value to the world cannot be understated. It is also considered sacred in Buddhism and Jainism. Being historic is one thing, and being iconic is another -- the cityscape of Varanasi is easily one of the most recognizable. While it is easy to be critical about the site as to whether it is clean or not, the judgment, in my opinion, plays little to nothing to the cultural value it offers
Read OnWadden Sea
Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero The Philippines - 24-Oct-24

After visiting the lovely old town of Franeker for the Eisinga Planetarium, my friend and I went back to Leeuwarden to embark on what was probably the craziest bike ride I have done so far. In the end, we cycled nearly 50-kms in total -- yes, on the regular thin-wheeled Dutch bike one can rent out at the stations-- to get to Zwarte Haan and back. I'm not sure if there could have been buses to get us there and back, but we never encountered any on the way. Also, I found the bike journey across rural Friesland rather enjoyable, something I never experienced in the more modern corners of the country. The journey was probably even more memorable than the destination itself, which in this case was the Wadden Sea
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- Hampi, Venice, Bauhaus, Namib Sand Sea, Angkor, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
- Proposal
- Galleon Trade Route, San Sebastian Basilica Minore - Manila, Old Bangkok, South African Mission Stations
Recently Visited WHS
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Cambodia . Holy See . Laos . Lesotho . Morocco . Myanmar . Namibia . Singapore . Sri Lanka . United Arab Emirates . Viet Nam .Visited WHS
Rating StatsAngkor 5Hampi 5Sanchi 5Sigiriya 5Aachen Cathedral 4.5Bagan 4.5Baroque Churches 4.5Borobudur 4.5Chola Temples 4.5Ellora Caves 4.5Gyeongju 4.5Pattadakal 4.5Persepolis 4.5Plain of Jars 4.5Quanzhou 4.5Verona 4.5Bamberg 4Hoi An 4Meknes 4Prague 4Rome 4Shushtar 4Trang An 4Yazd 4Agra Fort 3.5Ahmadabad 3.5Fujian Tulou 3.5Golestan Palace 3.5Haeinsa Temple 3.5Holasovice 3.5Hué 3.5Kinderdijk 3.5Kutna Hora 3.5Masada 3.5Masjed-e Jâme' 3.5Mazagan 3.5Messel Pit 3.5My Son 3.5Potsdam 3.5Prambanan 3.5Rabat 3.5Speyer Cathedral 3.5Sukhothai 3.5Tabriz Bazaar 3.5Vat Phou 3.5Vigan 3.5Volubilis 3.5Western Ghats 3.5Al Ain 3Kandy 3Koh Ker 3Kulangsu 3Macao 3Red Fort 3Salzburg 3Susa 3Bisotun 2.5Gaya Tumuli 2.5Humayun's Tomb 2.5Kinabalu Park 2.5Lenggong Valley 2.5Luther Memorials 2.5Namhansanseong 2.5Old City of Acre 2.5Pasargadae 2.5ShUM Sites 2.5Si Thep 2.5Sinharaja Forest 2.5Van Nellefabriek 2.5Wadden Sea 2.5Reviewed WHS
- Kulangsu
- Quanzhou
- Grand Canal
- Wadden Sea
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles
- Mapungubwe
- Persian Caravanserai
- Mazagan
- Medina of Tétouan
- Koh Ker
- Angkor
- Sambor Prei Kuk
- Si Thep
- Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites
- Plain of Jars
- Phu Phrabat
- Kaeng Krachan Forest
- Shushtar
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings
- Fatehpur Sikri
- Bauhaus Sites
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai
- Anuradhapura
- Sanchi
- Persian Garden
- The Persian Qanat
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty
- Cape Floral Region
- Sukhothai
- Richtersveld
- Prambanan
- Melaka and George Town
- Lenggong Valley
- Sangiran Early Man Site
- Ayutthaya
- Macao
- Etruscan Necropolises
- Gunung Mulu
- Angkor
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
- Kinabalu Park
- Baroque Churches
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
- Vigan
Visited TWHS
- Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal (T)
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadow and marsh landscapes (T)
- Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath (T)
- Ancient cities of Upper Myanmar : Innwa, Amarapura, Sagaing, Mingun, Mandalay (T)
- Apo Reef Natural Park (T)
- Arasbaran Protected Area (T)
- Art and Architecture in the Prehistory of Sardinia. The domus de janas. (T)
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (T)
- Benguela Current Marine Ecosystem Sites (T)
- Brandberg National Monument Area (T)
- Caesarea (T)
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang : Hangyangdoseong Capital City Wall, Bukhansanseong Mountain Fortress and Tangchundaeseong Defense Wall (T)
- Casablanca, Ville du XXème siécle, carrefour d'influences (T)
- Chinese Section of the Silk Road (T)
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (T)
- City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (T)
- Colonial Urban Plan and Fortifications of the Walled City of Manila (T)
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (T)
- Corregidor Island and Historic Fortifications of Manila Bay (T)
- Delhi - A Heritage City (T)
- Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee (T)
- El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (T)
- Etosha Pan (T)
- Evolution of Temple Architecture - Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal (T)
- Fishriver Canyon (T)
- Former M-13 prison/ Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (former S-21)/ Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (former Execution Site of S-21) (T)
- Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge (T)
- Iconic Riverfront of the Historic City of Varanasi (T)
- Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India (T)
- Industrial Heritage of textile in the central Plateau of Iran (T)
- Jame' (Congregational) Mosque of Esfahan (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
- Kaboud Mosque (T)
- Kerman Historical-Cultural Structure (T)
- Khor Dubai (T)
- Khorramabad Valley (T)
- Le centre historique de Tétouan (T)
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy) (T)
- Long-lived trees of Iran (T)
- Mattanchery Palace, Ernakulam, Kerala (T)
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape (T)
- Monastery of St. Amenaprkich (New Julfa Vank) (T)
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun (T)
- Mountain Railways of India (Extension) (T)
- Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park (T)
- Mt. Soraksan Nature Reserve (T)
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab (T)
- Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park (T)
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia (T)
- Olympic Park Munich (T)
- Parc naturel de Talassemtane (T)
- Persepolis and other relevant buildings (T)
- Prehistoric Sites of the Cagayan Valley Basin (T)
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras (Extension) (T)
- Semarang Old Town (T)
- Serial nomination for Ashokan Edict sites along the Mauryan Routes (T)
- Serial Nomination of Maratha Military Architecture in Maharashtra (T)
- Serial Nomination of Tehrans Modern Architectural Heritage (T)
- Seruwila to Sri Pada (Sacred Foot Print Shrine), Ancient pilgrim route along the Mahaweli river in Sri Lanka (T)
- Shush (T)
- Shwedagon Pagoda on Singuttara Hill (T)
- Silk Road Sites in India (T)
- Silk Route (Also as Silk Road) (T)
- Sites of Saytagrah (T)
- Succulent Karoo Protected Areas (Namibia) (T)
- Sulcis Iglesiente (T)
- Sun Temple, Modhera and its adjoining monuments (T)
- Sungai Buloh Leprosarium (T)
- Tape Sialk (T)
- Taq-e Bostan (T)
- That Luang de Vientiane (T)
- The Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand (T)
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli (T)
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar (T)
- The Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple, Bhojpur (T)
- The Chinese Section of the Silk Roads (T)
- The Collection of Historical Bridges (T)
- The Historic Towns and Landscape of Taal Volcano and its Caldera Lake (T)
- The Historical City of Maybod (T)
- The Historical Village of Abyaneh (T)
- The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan (T)
- The Land Below the Wind: Spice Trade Route on XIII-XVIII AD (T)
- The Old Town of Jakarta (T)
- The Padang Civic Ensemble (T)
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran (T)
- The Sugar Cultural Landscape of Negros and Panay Islands (T)
- The Television Tower Stuttgart. Archetype and symbol of modern mass communication (T)
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble of Fars Province (T)
- Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatra – Significant Boundary Modification (T)
- University of Tehran (T)
- Vali-e Asr Street (T)
- Via Francigena in Italy (T)
- Welwitschia Plains (T)
- Wooden Monasteries of Konbaung Period : Ohn Don, Sala, Pakhangyi, Pakhannge, Legaing, Sagu, Shwe-Kyaung (Mandalay) (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- Varanasi (T)
- Domus de janas (T)
- The Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple (T)
- Sun Temple, Modhera (T)
- Olympic Park Munich (T)
- Long-lived trees of Iran (T)
- The Old Town of Jakarta (T)
- Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom movement (T)
- The Historical City of Maybod (T)
- Neolithic Shell Midden Sites (T)
- San Sebastian Church (T)
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (T)
- Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines (T)