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Bordeaux
Dennis Nicklaus - 13-Mar-25
While the Basilica of St. Michael might be the most notable monument of Bordeaux, the most memorable part of our stay was an excellent bicycle tour that we took. On our own, we probably wouldn't have dared attempting bike riding in the center of such a big city, but the guide knew the perfect route on lesser-used streets and bike paths. Walking around on our own, we had seen the basilica and some other grand monuments, but the bike tour took us to some other interesting parts, such as the ruins of the roman amphitheater and the unconventional Darwin shopping hall across the river from the main downtown area
Read OnRegion Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta (T)
Dennis Nicklaus - 24-Feb-25
This site includes two of my favorite Maya ruins of Yaxchilan and Bonampak -- two very unique sites among the many Maya ruins I have visited.
Yaxchilan
You reach the site by a 45 minute boat ride down the Usumacinta River, which is the border between Mexico and Guatemala here, and kind of a fun experience by itself. Once you arrive at Yaxchilan, you enter the site proper through the small Labyrinth building. Moss-covered stones are everywhere, contributing to the jungle atmosphere of these ruins. The Great Plaza has a large number of structures, ball courts, and stelae. The stelae still have very visible hieroglyphics on them. Stele 11 is a particularly noteworthy one. It's considered one of the best examples of sculptural monuments, carved during the reign of King Bird Jaguar IV (752-772 AD), it now rests on the ground in the Great Plaza, but it survived an earlier failed attempt to move it to Mexico City
Read OnHistorical city of Izamal (T)
Dennis Nicklaus - 24-Feb-25
Izamal is worth a visit for two primary reasons: Kinich Kak Moo -- ruins of an enormous Maya pyramid, and the convent of San Antonio de Padua. It's otherwise a nice enough small city to stop by, and there are remants of a few other Maya structures scattered through the town center. We drove in, and guided by Google Maps to Kinich Kak Moo, started looking for a parking space. We were soon amazed to discover that the block we were driving around was the huge temple itself. It's base measures roughly 200 x 180 meters. It's not a full on pyramid going up from those dimensions now, but there is still a pretty significant temple in the center of the broad raised tableau that you can ascend.
Read OnTiwanaku
Dennis Nicklaus - 05-Jun-24
There's just enough left of the Tiwanaku site that I was able to get a decent appreciation for this ancient culture. The museums are very well done, featuring several impressive stone sculptures. The highlight of the museums is the Bennett Monolith, an amazing 7-meter tall statue in excellent condition after over 2000 years. It survived the Spanish by being buried until rediscovered in the 1930s. Out in the main site, we started our tour at the Akapana Pyramid which gives a nice overview of the site. While the Sun Gate on the Kalasasaya courtyard is probably the most famous artifact here, I really liked the semi-subterranean temple. This sunken area is where the Bennett Monolith was found
Read OnLake Titicaca (T)
Dennis Nicklaus - 29-May-24
I visited the beautiful Lake Titicaca from both the Peruvian and the Bolivian sides. From Puno, Peru, I took an excursion out to see the Uros floating islands. While they are unique, these islands constructed out of reeds seem to have mostly devolved into platforms for little floating markets. At least the one I visited seemed to be supported by the resident family selling touristy souvenirs and cloth weavings. All things that I'm sure they bought wholesale and are just reselling and providing us visitors a way to thank them for letting us tour their little island. And I got the impression that's how most of the tours work, just to different little islands. I guess you're kind of sunk if you aren't lucky enough to attract a tour boat to your island
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Rating StatsReviewed WHS
- Bordeaux
- Tiwanaku
- Arequipa
- Nasca Lines
- Robben Island
- Caral-Supe
- Verona
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
- Vézère Valley
- Olympic National Park
- Socotra Archipelago
- Chichen-Itza
- Lalibela
- Bwindi Impenetrable National Park
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
- Fortified City of Carcassonne
- Palenque
- Tikal National Park
- Rapa Nui
- Rock Islands
- Nan Madol
- Taputapuātea
Visited TWHS
- Ancient Greek Theatres (T)
- Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panamá City (T)
- Bet She'an (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- Caesarea (T)
- Cara Sucia / El Imposible (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Centre ancien de Sarlat (T)
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (T)
- Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (T)
- City of York: historic urban core (T)
- Dayton Aviation Sites (T)
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of Split (extension) (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System (T)
- Hikone-Jo (castle) (T)
- Historical city of Izamal (Izamal, Mayan continuity in an Historical City) (T)
- Imeong Conservation Area (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
- Lake Titicaca (T)
- Los Petenes-Ría Celestún (T)
- Massif du Mont Blanc (T)
- Minoan Palatial Centres (T)
- Nasca Aqueducts (T)
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (T)
- Protected area of Lake Atitlán: multiple use (T)
- QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (T)
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta (T)
- Sacred Titicaca Lake (T)
- Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites (T)
- Shaubak Castle (Montreal) (T)
- The Bodrum Castle (T)
- The Crusader Fortresses (T)
- The Dunejec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains (T)
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (T)
- The Karlstejn Castle (T)
- The Royal Sites of Ireland: Cashel, Dún Ailinne, Hill of Uisneach, Rathcroghan Complex, and Tara Complex (T)
- Thingvellir National Park (T)
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National Parks, Region of Magallanes (T)
- Town of Chichicastenango (T)
- University City of Bogotá (T)
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park (T)
- White Sands National Monument (T)
- Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Production (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta (T)
- Historical city of Izamal (T)
- Lake Titicaca (T)
- Nasca Aqueducts (T)
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National Parks (T)
- Cara Sucia / El Imposible (T)
- Ciudad Perdida (T)
- Imeong Conservation Area (T)
- Shaubak Castle (T)
- Town of Chichicastenango (T)
- Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (T)