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Chris combines business and leisure travel in an efficient luxury way. With ultimate goals to visited all continents, countries and UNESCO sites and finally go to space one day.
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Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli
Christravelblog Netherlands - 21-Feb-23
Tripoli is Lebanon’s second largest city and a Tripoli day trip is worth it if you're in Lebanon. It’s a completely different world compared to Beirut. I left Beirut around 08:30 and was in Tripoli at 10:00. I visited both the International Fair and also Tripoli Old Town, both worth it!
Oscar Niemeyer designed the Rachid Karami International Fair in the late sixties for the World Fair in 1976. The fair ground was never finished as the civil war broke out in 1975. Today all the concrete structures are still there and not damaged by the war
Read OnTiwanaku
Christravelblog Netherlands - 26-Dec-22
Tiwanaku is an easy day trip from La Paz. It takes approximate 2 hours by car from La Paz to Tiwanaku. I highly recommend to either hire a car yourself drive or take other private transport. A car with driver should not cost more as 80 USD for the day. Personally, I prefer to go private as I have more flexibility to stop at places where I want to make a photo or just look around. It takes approximate 2-3 hours to explore the archeological remains of Tiwanaku, an hour for the two museums and another hour for the nearby Pumapunku excavations. I left my hotel in La Paz at 9:30AM and was back well before dinner time, which is late in Bolivia.
Read OnLa ville de Porto-Novo: quartiers anciens et Palais Royal (T)
Christravelblog Netherlands - 20-Nov-22
Porto-Novo is the capital of Benin, but all government and trade is in Cotonou. Porto-Novo is all about colonial heritage, both from the French Colonial Empire and Colonial Portugal. I recommend having your private driver drop you at the botanical gardens and make your way from there, passing all places of interest, and finish at the house of the Nine-head monster.
After exploring the Botanical Gardens first go to the central square with the statue of King Toffa I
Read OnMedina of Sousse
Christravelblog Netherlands - 20-Nov-22
The Medina of Sousse is a beautiful example of a walled ancient city core (a medina) which characteristics are the narrow streets. There are beautiful, mainly blue with some yellow, coloured houses which reminded me a bit of the Spanish colonial houses I saw in Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Completely different of course but somehow it reminded me.
I visited the archaeological museum first because it has the famous mosaic with the Medusa head
Read OnW-Arly-Pendjari Complex
Christravelblog Netherlands - 20-Nov-22
I visited Pendjari National Park during my 2-week Benin itinerary. I stayed for 1 night in the luxury lodge inside the park. This way I could do an afternoon safari and an early morning safari.
It’s the only park in West Africa now that is suitable for a great game safari. The park is located about 50-60 kilometers north of Natitingou and borders Burkina Faso. It’s inscribed as a transborder UNESCO World Heritage Site together with Arly National Park (Burkina Faso) and W National Park (Niger) as the W-Arly-Pendjari Complex. Its total area is 2755 square kilometers and is home to a lot of wildlife.
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Visited WHS
Rating StatsBaalbek 5Hoi An 5Iguacu 5My Son 5Nikko 5Shibam 5Bellinzone 4.5Dubrovnik 4.5Everglades 4.5Fujian Tulou 4.5Huanglong 4.5Los Glaciares 4.5Mogao Caves 4.5Old City of Acre 4.5Rapa Nui 4.5San Gimignano 4.5Siena 4.5Tallinn 4.5Trang An 4.5Tugendhat Villa 4.5Urbino 4.5Uxmal 4.5Arequipa 4Byblos 4Gyeongju 4Hué 4Kaesong 4Kairouan 4Kerkuane 4Kernavė 4Modena 4Ping Yao 4Potosi 4Sucre 4Trogir 4Vilnius 4Abbey of St Gall 3.5Anjar 3.5Carthage 3.5Congonhas 3.5Cuenca 3.5El Escurial 3.5Elvas 3.5Fagus Factory 3.5Kutna Hora 3.5Litomysl Castle 3.5Luang Prabang 3.5Mount Taishan 3.5Pienza 3.5Prambanan 3.5Qadisha Valley 3.5Schokland 3.5Stećci 3.5Trebic 3.5Caceres 3Corfu 3Dengfeng 3Kulangsu 3Le Morne 3Lima 3Pearling 3Qalhat 3Split 3Telc 3Tiwanaku 3Yin Xu 3Atapuerca 2.5Cuzco 2.5ShUM Sites 2.5Tyre 2.5Al Ain 2Corvey 2Pampulha 2Panamá 2Tarraco 2As-Salt 1.5Biblical Tells 1.5Nice 1.5Sian Ka'an 1.5Reviewed WHS
Visited TWHS
- Agglomération Aného Glidji (T)
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct (T)
- Aire naturelle protégée de Djalélo (T)
- Aire naturelle terrestre protégée d'Assamo (T)
- Al Bidya Mosque (T)
- Al Qastal (Settlement) (T)
- Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library (T)
- Amalienborg and its district (T)
- Archaeo-astronomical Site Kokino (T)
- Archaeological Complex of Toro Muerto (T)
- Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panamá City (T)
- Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de Montevideo (T)
- Awali oil settlement (T)
- Azraq (T)
- Baltic Klint (T)
- Banwari Trace Archaeological Site (T)
- Baquedano Street (T)
- Barbar Temple (T)
- Baroque Temples of Collao (T)
- Black River Gorges National Park (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- Buenos Aires – La Plata: Two capitals of the Culture of Modernity, Eclecticism and Immigration (T)
- Bulwarked Fortifications (T)
- Bulwarked Frontier Fortifications (T)
- Caesarea (T)
- Cal Orck'o: Footprints of time (T)
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang : Hangyangdoseong Capital City Wall, Bukhansanseong Mountain Fortress and Tangchundaeseong Defense Wall (T)
- Caricin Grad - Iustiniana Prima, archaeological site (T)
- Cathédrale de Saint-Denis (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Chinese Section of the Silk Road (T)
- Church St. George (Sv Gjorgji) Kurbinovo (T)
- Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (T)
- Cittadella (Victoria - Gozo) (T)
- City of Charlestown (T)
- City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (T)
- Coastal Cliffs (T)
- Cultural Landscape of Bisya & Salut and its Archaeological Remains (T)
- Daegokcheon Stream Petroglyphs (T)
- Dali Chanshan Mountain and Erhai Lake Scenic Spot (T)
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of Split (extension) (T)
- Dunhuang Yardangs (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Ensemble of Alvaro Siza's Architecture Works in Portugal (T)
- Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin (T)
- Gaya Tumuli (T)
- Greniers en série des grottes de Nok, Mamproug, Kouba et Bagou (T)
- Group of Mozarabic buildings on the Iberian Peninsula (T)
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System (T)
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago (T)
- Hamad Town Tumuli Moundfield (T)
- Hawar Islands Reserve (T)
- Head Office and Garden of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (T)
- Historic Centre of Guimarães and Couros Zone (extension) (T)
- Historic zone of Basseterre (T)
- Historical City Centre of Yogyakarta (T)
- Historical city of Izamal (Izamal, Mayan continuity in an Historical City) (T)
- Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
- Historical Relics in Pyongyang (T)
- Historical-town planning ensemble of Ston (T)
- Hua Shan Scenic Area (T)
- Huong Son Complex of Natural Beauty and Historical Monuments (T)
- Imeong Conservation Area (T)
- Insular area and bay of Colonia del Sacramento (T)
- Jerash Archaeological City (Ancient Meeting Place of East and West) (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
- Kakum National Park (T)
- Kaunas 1919-1939: The Capital Inspired by the Modern Movement (T)
- Khor Al-Adaid natural reserve (T)
- Khor Dubai (T)
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
- Kuressaare Fortress (T)
- La Brea Pitch Lake (T)
- La Rambla (promenade maritime) de la Cité de Montevideo (T)
- La ville de Porto-Novo: quartiers anciens et Palais Royal (T)
- Lac Abbeh (T)
- Lake Titicaca (T)
- Lapita Pottery Archaeological Sites (T)
- Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthage (T)
- Le Lac Assal (T)
- Le Palais de Justice de Bruxelles (T)
- Le Parc National de la forêt du Day (T)
- Le paysage urbain historique de la ville de Djibouti et ses bâtiments spécifiques (T)
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Monaco) (T)
- Les Gravures Rupestre d'Abourma (T)
- Les Îles Moucha et Maskali (T)
- Les paysages naturels de la région d'Obock (T)
- Les témoignages matériels de la construction de l’État des Pyrénées : la Co-principauté d’Andorre (A) (T)
- Les tombes de la Basse Selca (T)
- Les Tumulus (Awellos) (T)
- Maltese Catacomb Complexes (T)
- Manama, City of Trade, Multiculturalism and Religious Coexistence (T)
- Markovi Kuli (T)
- Mdina (Citta Vecchia) (T)
- Médina de Sfax (T)
- Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
- Mt. Kumgang and the Historical Relics in and around the Mountain (T)
- Mt. Myohyang and the Relics in and around the Mountain (T)
- Mt. Sara National Park (T)
- Nasca Aqueducts (T)
- Nzulezu Stilt Settlement (T)
- Oeam Village (T)
- Old Synagogue and Mikveh in Erfurt - Testimonies of everyday life, religion and town history between change and continuity (T)
- Ouballang ra Ngebedech (Ngebedech Terraces) (T)
- Paleontological Sites of Pisco and Camana Basins (T)
- Paper Mill at Velké Losiny (T)
- Parc national Fazao-Malfakassa (T)
- Pella (Modern Tabaqat Fahil) (T)
- Peruvian Central Railway (T)
- Pombaline Lisbon (T)
- Pont sur la gorge du Salgina (T)
- Primošten Vineyards (T)
- Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site (T)
- Qasr Al-Mushatta (T)
- Qasr Bshir (a Roman Castellum) (T)
- Qawra/Dwejra (T)
- Rade de Marseille (T)
- Ras al Had Turtle Reserve and the Heritage Site of Ras al Jinz (T)
- Renaissance Houses at Slavonice (T)
- Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan (T)
- Roman Ways. Itineraries of the Roman Empire (T)
- Romanesque Cultural Enclave in the North of Castile-Leon and the South of Cantabria (T)
- Rouen : ensemble urbain à pans de bois, cathédrale, église Saint-Ouen, église Saint Maclou (T)
- Route of Magellan (T)
- Rural Temples of Cusco (T)
- Saar Heritage Park (T)
- Salt Mines of Maras (T)
- San Francisco Church and Convent (T)
- San Pedro de Atacama (T)
- Sharjah: the Gate to Trucial States (T)
- Shaubak Castle (Montreal) (T)
- Shimal (T)
- Sites de la métallurgie ancienne du fer de Bassar (T)
- Sites marquants de la Route de l’Esclave au Bénin (T)
- Tet el Bad (Stone Coffin) (T)
- The Ancient Capitals of the Kingdom of Tonga (T)
- The Central Axis of Beijing (including Beihai) (T)
- The Coastal Lomas System of Peru (T)
- The Cultural Landscape of Dhayah (T)
- The Djavolja Varos (Devil's Town) Natural Landmark (T)
- The forts of Rostaq and al-Hazm (T)
- The historic town of Korcula (T)
- The Industrial Heritage of Barbados: The Story of Sugar and Rum (T)
- The Maritime Heritage of Dragør Old Town and Harbour - A ‘skipper-town’ from the era of the great tall ships in the 18th and 19th centuries (T)
- The Old Town of Jakarta (T)
- The pearl trading town of Jazirat Al-Hamra (T)
- The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (T)
- The Scotland District of Barbados (T)
- The Silver Route (T)
- The Tara National Park with the Drina River Canyon (T)
- The Yen Tu Complex of Monuments and Landscapes (T)
- Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve (T)
- Trading town of Julfar (T)
- Trakai Historical National Park (T)
- Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Solomon Islands (T)
- Umm al-Jimal (T)
- Upo Wetland (T)
- Valle Calchaquí (T)
- Velebit Mountain (T)
- Victoria Lines Fortifications (T)
- Viking Age Ring Fortresses (T)
- Vila Viçosa (T)
- Village souterrain d'Agongointo-Zoungoudo (T)
- Volterra: Historical City and Cultural Landscape (T)
- Wadi Wurayah National Park (T)
- Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Production (T)
- Wooded meadows (Laelatu, Kalli-Nedrema, Mäepea, Allika, Tagamoisa, Loode, Koiva, Halliste) (T)
- Yalong, Tibet (T)
- Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites (T)
- Zadar - Episcopal complex (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- La ville de Porto-Novo: quartiers anciens et Palais Royal (T)
- Les Tumulus (Awellos) (T)
- Les Gravures Rupestre d'Abourma (T)
- Wadi Wurayah National Park (T)
- Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve (T)
- La Brea Pitch Lake (T)
- Banwari Trace Archaeological Site (T)
- Markovi Kuli (T)
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- Médina de Sfax (T)
- The Ancient Capitals of the Kingdom of Tonga (T)
- Lapita Pottery Archaeological Sites (T)
- Yapese Disk Money Regional Sites (T)
- Ensemble du site naturel de la Vallee du Nahr Ibrahim (T)
- Nzulezu Stilt Settlement (T)
- Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site (T)