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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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Agglomération Aného Glidji (T)
Christravelblog Netherlands - 10-May-23
Aného-glidji was added to the tentative UNESCO list of Togo back in 2021 so, why not make a visit. Even if it wasn’t added it’s a nice day trip from Lomé along the coast towards Benin. The area is most famous for the remains of German colonial time as they had their capital there until it moved to Lomé. The buildings do need a lot of renovations, but it was interesting to see this European colonial architecture there. After checking out most of the structures I picked up a local guide to visit a Voodoo sanctuary. I did a Voodoo ceremony which as interesting to experience. This was all unplanned as you cannot just go to these sanctuaries as a foreigner. I was lucky with a local. The sacred forest however was off limits and I could only see the entrance.
Read OnGreniers en série des grottes de Nok, Mamproug, Kouba et Bagou (T)
Christravelblog Netherlands - 10-May-23
Another suprise in Togo! From the 4 places of the TWHS Nok is most easily reached and the largest. At the time of my visit (late 2022) the northern parts of Togo, close to Burkina Faso, are not 100% safe. It's safe on the main roads, but my driver and local guide in the north advised against staying overnight there to not attract attention.
In the north of Togo, towards the border with Burkina Faso, the landscaped changes drastically
Read OnSites de la métallurgie ancienne du fer de Bassar (T)
Christravelblog Netherlands - 10-May-23
Yes this is for me a TWHS that has a good chance of inscribing. I loved it. Getting to Bassar is kind of out of the way, even in a small country as Togo. The easiest is to get there is from Sokodé (which is almost a day from Lomé). Visit and go through norther route to Kara to visit the only WHS and more TWHS. Make sure to leave around 9-10AM so you will be in Kara in the late afternoon. In the north of Togo there are plenty of police/military checkpoints which can slow you down. Going from Sokodé you also go through the Parc national Fazao-Malfakassa (allthough at the tip) but enough to tick it off, not to see elephants though.
Read OnKoutammakou
Christravelblog Netherlands - 10-May-23
Koutammakou, the land of the Batammariba, is currently the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Togo. If you are interested in local culture and ethnicities, visiting Koutammakou should be on your Togo travel itinerary. The site can be easily reached as a day trip from Kara via Kandé, which is a 2.5-hour drive one way. This day trip was the highlight of my Togo road trip itinerary. I left Kara at around 8:30 AM and arrived at the entrance at 10:00 AM. There is a small fee that must be paid, and you must be accompanied by a local guide. It is important to respect the local Tamberma people and their traditional way of life.
Read OnRachid 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
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Recently Visited WHS
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Visited WHS
Rating StatsBaalbek 5Hoi An 5Iguacu 5Kraków 5My Son 5Nikko 5Shibam 5Wadi Rum 5Amiens Cathedral 4.5Bellinzone 4.5Dubrovnik 4.5Everglades 4.5Fujian Tulou 4.5Gwynedd Castles 4.5Hatra 4.5Huanglong 4.5Los Glaciares 4.5Mogao Caves 4.5Old City of Acre 4.5Rapa Nui 4.5Rila Monastery 4.5Salamanca 4.5San Gimignano 4.5Siena 4.5Tallinn 4.5Trang An 4.5Tugendhat Villa 4.5Urbino 4.5Uxmal 4.5Arequipa 4Assisi 4Babylon 4Bryggen 4Byblos 4Gyeongju 4Hué 4Kaesong 4Kairouan 4Kerkuane 4Kernavė 4Modena 4Ping Yao 4Potosi 4Samarra 4Sigiriya 4Sucre 4Trogir 4Vilnius 4Abbey of St Gall 3.5Anjar 3.5Ashur 3.5Carthage 3.5Choirokoitia 3.5Congonhas 3.5Cuenca 3.5El Escurial 3.5Elvas 3.5Fagus Factory 3.5Gaya Tumuli 3.5Koh Ker 3.5Kutna Hora 3.5Litomysl Castle 3.5Luang Prabang 3.5Mount Taishan 3.5Pienza 3.5Prambanan 3.5Provins 3.5Qadisha Valley 3.5Reims 3.5Schokland 3.5Stećci 3.5Trebic 3.5Aranjuez 3Caceres 3Corfu 3Dengfeng 3Ferrara 3Genoa 3Kulangsu 3Kyiv 3Le Morne 3Lima 3Masada 3Mérida 3Orange 3Paphos 3Pearling 3Qalhat 3Saltaire 3Split 3Telc 3Tiwanaku 3Vézelay 3Yin Xu 3Atapuerca 2.5Bardejov Town 2.5Cuzco 2.5ShUM Sites 2.5Tyre 2.5Villa d'Este 2.5Al Ain 2Corvey 2Ivrea 2Kandy 2Nancy 2Pampulha 2Panamá 2Tarraco 2As-Salt 1.5Biblical Tells 1.5Nice 1.5Rhodes 1.5Sian Ka'an 1.5Reviewed WHS
Visited TWHS
- Agglomération Aného Glidji (T)
- Agioi Varnavas and Ilarion at Peristerona (Five-domed churches) (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)
- Beng Malea Temple (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 of Panagia Aggeloktisti (T)
- Church of Panayia Chrysokourdaliotissa, Kourdali (extension to (T)
- Church St. George (Sv Gjorgji) Kurbinovo (T)
- Citadel of Alessandria (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)
- Coral Stone Mosques of Maldives (T)
- Creswell Crags (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)
- Domaine de Fontainebleau : château, jardins, parc et forêt (T)
- Dunhuang Yardangs (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Ensemble of Alvaro Siza's Architecture Works in Portugal (T)
- Fishpond Network in the Trebon Basin (T)
- Former M-13 prison/ Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (former S-21)/ Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (former Execution Site of S-21) (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)
- Hala Sultan Tekke and the Larnaka Salt Lake Complex (T)
- Hamad Town Tumuli Moundfield (T)
- Hawar Islands Reserve (T)
- Head Office and Garden of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (T)
- Historic zone of Basseterre (T)
- Historical city of Izamal (Izamal, Mayan continuity in an Historical City) (T)
- Historical Features of the Tigris River in Baghdad Rusafa, which extends from the school Al-Mustansiriya to the Abbasid (T)
- Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
- Historical Relics in Pyongyang (T)
- Historical theatres of the Marche Region (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)
- Khor Al-Adaid natural reserve (T)
- Khor Dubai (T)
- Kirkuk Citadel (T)
- Knights Fortifications around the Harbours of Malta (T)
- Kuressaare Fortress (T)
- L’ancienne ville de Tripoli (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)
- Lalish Temple (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 roças de Monte Café, Agua-lzé e Sundy de São Tomé e Príncipe (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)
- Les villes antiques de la Narbonnaise et leur territoire: Nimes, Arles, Glanum, aqueducs, via Domitia (T)
- Les villes bastionnées des Pays-Bas du nord-ouest de l'Europe (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)
- Nippur (T)
- Nzulezu Stilt Settlement (T)
- Oeam Village (T)
- Old City of Mosul (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)
- Phnom Kulen: Archeological Site/Ancient Site of Mahendraparvata (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)
- Seruwila to Sri Pada (Sacred Foot Print Shrine), Ancient pilgrim route along the Mahaweli river in Sri Lanka (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 Ancient City of Nineveh (T)
- The ancient complex of Preah Khan Kompong Svay (T)
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar (T)
- The Central Axis of Beijing (including Beihai) (T)
- The Coastal Lomas System of Peru (T)
- The Cultural Landscape of Dhayah (T)
- The cultural landscape of the Benedictine settlements in medieval Italy (T)
- The Djavolja Varos (Devil's Town) Natural Landmark (T)
- The Fortress of Al-Ukhaidar (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 Marble Basin of Carrara (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 rural settlement of Fikardou (T)
- The Scotland District of Barbados (T)
- The Silver Route (T)
- The Site of Angkor Borei and Phnom Da (T)
- The Site of Thilkifl (T)
- The Tara National Park with the Drina River Canyon (T)
- The Twin Monastery of Wearmouth Jarrow (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)
- Troodos, Mt.Olympus (T)
- Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Solomon Islands (T)
- Umm al-Jimal (T)
- Upo Wetland (T)
- Valle Calchaquí (T)
- Velebit Mountain (T)
- Via Francigena in Italy (T)
- Victoria Lines Fortifications (T)
- Vila Viçosa (T)
- Village souterrain d'Agongointo-Zoungoudo (T)
- Volterra: Historical City and Cultural Landscape (T)
- Wadi Al-Salam Cemetery in Najaf (T)
- Wadi Wurayah National Park (T)
- Wasit (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
- Agglomération Aného Glidji (T)
- Greniers en série des grottes de Nok, Mamproug, Kouba et Bagou (T)
- Sites de la métallurgie ancienne du fer de Bassar (T)
- 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)