Frédéric M Profile
Biologist, entomologist, outdoor enthusiast, scuba-diver, birder and traveler from Québec interested in discovering the world and its wonders! I did my first oversea backpacking trip in 2018 following my master and I don't want to stop any time soon. I am mostly interested in ecology, national parks and thus natural WHS, but being a WHS hunter opens my mind to architecture, history of art, urban planning, industrial heritage and the epic history of the World!
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Paraty and Ilha Grande
Frédéric M Canada - 16-Aug-24
I visited Paraty and Ilha Grande in March 2024, en route between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The Costa Verde bus first took me from Rio to Conceição de Jacareí. From there, numerous excursion boats and water taxis leave for Ilha Grande at a frequency and schedule that eluded me. I had to wait just over an hour and a half for mine to fill up and we finally set sail for a short 15-minute crossing. I got off at Abraão, where I spent the night. As the weather was grey and gloomy, I gave up the beach visits and snorkelling excursions in favour of hiking. From the western end of the beach, a path leads to the Cachoeira da Feiticeira waterfall
Read OnLenggong Valley
Frédéric M Canada - 13-Aug-24
I visited Lenggong Valley in March 2023. In planning my trip, I contacted the guides and resources mentioned in previous reviews on this page. However, given the excessively high cost charged by the only guide who replied to me, I chose to go on my own. So here are the instructions for visiting these caves without a guide, permits or car hire.
I started my day in Georgetown, from where I took the ferry and train to [...]
Read OnNiah Caves
Frédéric M Canada - 04-Aug-24
In her review, Randi explains that she visited Niah during the same year as Els, so their visits are very similar. In my case, I visited Niah the day after Els' visit! We even had dinner together in Miri and I was able to benefit from her advice following her visit. My account will therefore also be very similar to hers, but my appreciation of the site differs greatly.
Like Els, I travelled to the park by bus. However, unlike her visit, cabs were waiting for tourists at the junction in my case, and a driver found me before I even started looking for him. The return journey was equally straightforward, with a bus waiting at the junction when the driver called by the receptionist dropped me off. After registering, I crossed the river by boat and began my visit to the museum. The museum is informative, but not particularly well presented. There's little structure between the many panels, some are redundant and most seem to have been created by students with no sense of synthesis. Artifacts are unfortunately few and far between
Read OnOswaldo Cruz Foundation (T)
Frédéric M Canada - 03-Aug-24
On March 21, 2024, while visiting Rio de Janeiro, I received an e-mail from the Canadian Abroad Warning System. It warned me that a major storm would hit Rio the next day, that it was best to stay indoors, and that I should follow the advice of the local authorities. However, it didn't teach me anything, since the Cariocas were on the alert and I had already been warned of the impending arrival of this depression. I had even listened to the news with my host, which was broadcasting hurricane-like images and announcing power outages, flooded villages and missing persons in the southern sectors already hit.
Read OnSeaflower Marine Protected Area (T)
Frédéric M Canada - 30-Jun-24
I visited San Andrés Island in February 2024 during my trip to Colombia. I spent four nights there. After the arrival day (from Cartagena), the next three were scheduled for scuba diving. I flied back to the continent to Medellín.
For my first day of scuba diving, following the recommendation of a diver I met in Cartagena, I opted for Sharky Diving
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- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"
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- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Wadi Al-Hitan
- Saint Catherine Area
- Abu Mena
- Historic Cairo
- Nubian Monuments
- Ancient Thebes
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- Paraty and Ilha Grande
- Lenggong Valley
- Niah Caves
- Central Amazon Conservation Complex
- Cueva de las Manos
- Yogyakarta
- Tak'alik Ab'aj
- ESMA Site Museum
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
- Kinabalu Park
- Bali Subak system
- Ischigualasto / Talampaya
- Ujung Kulon National Park
- Church of Atlántida
- Fray Bentos
- Quebrada de Humahuaca
- Los Alerces National Park
- Quirigua
- Copán
- Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
- Caral-Supe
- Villa d'Este
- Villa Adriana (Tivoli)
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
- Nasca Lines
- Galapagos Islands
- Guanajuato
- Luis Barragán House and Studio
- Puebla
- Troy
- Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve
- Popocatepetl monasteries
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban
- Rideau Canal
- Hospicio Cabañas
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque
- Xochicalco
- Chan Chan
- Huascaran National Park
- Grand Pré
- Chavin
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
- Mexico City and Xochimilco
- Querétaro
- San Miguel de Allende
- Morelia
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla
- Tikal National Park
- Ephesus
- Belize Barrier Reef
- Tequila
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley
Visited TWHS
- Abydos, city of pilgrimage of the Pharaohs (T)
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct (T)
- Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library (T)
- Amazonia Theaters (T)
- Anavilhanas Ecological Station (T)
- Ancient City of Kaunos (T)
- Aqaba Marine Reserve (T)
- Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panamá City (T)
- Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de Montevideo (T)
- Azraq (T)
- Baltic Klint (T)
- Bird Migration Routes (T)
- Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- Çanakkale (Dardanelles) and Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Battles Zones in the First World War (T)
- Canal del Dique - Dike Canal (T)
- Castle of San Felipe de Lara (T)
- Catholic Doctrine Temples (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Chachapoyas sites of the Utcubamba Valley (T)
- Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (T)
- Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings (T)
- City of Tigre and its rowing clubs (T)
- Civil Rights Movement Sites (T)
- Classical Karst (in Slovene language: Klasicni kras) (T)
- Dahab (T)
- Dahshour archaeological area (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento, Rio de Janeiro (T)
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
- El Fayoum (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Ensemble of Alvaro Siza's Architecture Works in Portugal (T)
- Fuzina Hills in Bohinj (T)
- Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaroun Nature Reserve (T)
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System (T)
- Head Office and Garden of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (T)
- Historic Center of the City of Trujillo (T)
- Jerash Archaeological City (Ancient Meeting Place of East and West) (T)
- Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo (T)
- Kebun Raya Bogor (T)
- Kekova (T)
- Kornati and Telašćica (T)
- La Rambla (promenade maritime) de la Cité de Montevideo (T)
- Levadas of Madeira Island (T)
- Los Petenes-Ría Celestún (T)
- Nasca Aqueducts (T)
- National Theater of Guatemala (T)
- Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (T)
- Oasis of Fayoum, hydraulic remains and ancient cultural landscapes (T)
- Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture (T)
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation: health, science and culture in Manguinhos (T)
- Palais de la Culture, ancien siège du Ministere de l'Education et de la Santé, Rio de Janeiro (T)
- Peruvian Central Railway (T)
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (T)
- Pombaline Lisbon (T)
- Protected area of Lake Atitlán: multiple use (T)
- Puente de Occidente (Western Bridge) (T)
- Quartier de Peñarol: la Vieille Ville historique et le paysage industriel ferroviaire (T)
- Raoudha nilometre in Cairo (T)
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta (T)
- Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation (T)
- Route of the Peace and National Identity (T)
- Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation (T)
- Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city (T)
- Seaflower Marine Protected Area (T)
- Sistema Ferrocarril Pte. Carlos Antonio Lopez (T)
- South of Ricaurte Province (T)
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III (T)
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli (T)
- The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona: an ethical, political, social and poetic manifesto (T)
- The Coastal Lomas System of Peru (T)
- The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Ruta Colonial Transístmica de Panamá) (T)
- The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio (T)
- The Historic Centre of Cajamarca (T)
- The Marble Basin of Carrara (T)
- The Mayan-Olmecan Encounter (T)
- The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun (T)
- The Old Town of Jakarta (T)
- The Padang Civic Ensemble (T)
- Town of Chichicastenango (T)
- Transatlantic Cable Ensemble (C) (T)
- University City of Bogotá (T)
- Via Francigena in Italy (T)
- Villas of the Papal Nobility (T)
- Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Production (T)
- Zadar - Episcopal complex (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (T)
- Seaflower Marine Protected Area (T)
- Los Petenes-Ría Celestún (T)
- Castle of San Felipe de Lara (T)
- The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli (T)
- Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta (T)
- Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo (T)
- The Coastal Lomas System of Peru (T)
- Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Production (T)
- Kornati National Park and Telašćica Nature Park (T)