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Trang An
GabLabCebu Philippines - 27-Jan-25
Trang An, just two hours out of Hanoi, seems a world away from it. I was equally excited to visit Trang An as I was Ha Long Bay when I planned our family vacation to Vietnam in January 2025. On a long day trip from Ha Long, we climbed up Hang Mua, had a lunch of fried corn and goat stir fry among other local specialties, and took a boat tour of the Trang An complex before catching the sunset at the Ho Dynasty Citadel. I must say that a tour of the Ninh Binh area would definitely be a highlight for any trip to Vietnam. It’s extremely scenic and enjoyable. But what about the WHS that is Trang An?
Read OnThang Long
GabLabCebu Philippines - 25-Jan-25
Thang Long is surely far from being the most popular WHS here. As I planned my January 2025 trip to northern Vietnam, I fully expected it to be close to the bottom of my rankings. Barely anything remains from its 11th century state that is often stated as the basis of its OUV, right? Yes, all that can be seen from that period are artifacts from the archaeological digs, and even then, the majority come from the 13th-14th centuries. Most of what remains are indeed recent Nguyen and French additions. While Nguyen structures may pale in comparison to Hue, the little gates and pavilions are distinct and beautiful royal constructions still exemplary for the period as a whole
Read OnDinosaur Provincial Park
GabLabCebu Philippines - 25-Jan-25
Dinosaurs have been an interest of mine since childhood. Little me would memorize every single species I could find in the books and their family, size, and modern-day locality. But I don’t think any of that could prepare me for stumbling upon and being able to hold hadrosaur vertebrae while trekking across the Albertan badlands. On one hand, I do think that fossil locales of every geological period are all somewhat equally valuable; as fossils become newer, they tend to be more complex and “impressive” whereas age in itself is already impressive, and fossils from different eras all help us to understand the history of our complex world and paint a picture of what life was like at any given point in geological history
Read OnWriting-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
GabLabCebu Philippines - 09-Jan-25
I guess this may just be the perspective of someone who was unable to go on a guided tour here (due to scheduling, so try to be here in the morning), but I found Writing-on-Stone to be not too outstanding of a cultural WHS, but just deserving enough. Without the tour, one can only really observe the rock art by walking the Hoodoo Trail. Even then, spotting a glyph is challenging, even with the guidebook telling you exactly what to look out for. There were a couple that I couldn't see no matter how much I stared at every inch of the rock face. I'll echo the thought of Frédéric that Stop 7 was the clearest example on the trail, and the only one I can still remember vividly months later other than the battle scene
Read OnCanadian Rocky Mountain Parks
GabLabCebu Philippines - 09-Jan-25
In July 2024, I took 5 days to experience the Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks. Travel by car is definitely the optimal way to get around here, with many excursions on foot, maybe a few on boat, and one on the Ice Explorer (more on that later). While I wanted to be thorough, I would have been the only one keen on hiking in my group, so I was unable to go on any long hikes. Still, we made the most of our time by visiting all 5 parks accessible by road: Mount Robson, Jasper, Banff, Yoho, and Kootenay.
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- Most Impressive
- Te Wahipounamu, Canadian Rockies, Yellowstone, Ancient Thebes
- Proposal
- Baroque Churches of Southern Cebu, Dalaguete Range and Chocolate Hills: Karst Landscapes of the Visayas, San Sebastian Church (Manila), Historic Town of Jimenez (Misamis Occ.), Taroko National Park (Taiwan), Great Basin National Park (USA),
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Rating StatsAngkor 5Petra 5Rome 5Cordoba 4.5Grand Canyon 4.5Iguacu 4.5Kraków 4.5Redwood 4.5Granada 4Gyeongju 4Prague 4Quito 4Seville 4Acropolis 3.5Ancient Nara 3.5Biblical Tells 3.5Cuzco 3.5Dubrovnik 3.5Himeji-jo 3.5Salamanca 3.5Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5Sintra 3.5Versailles 3.5Wadi Rum 3.5Wulingyuan 3.5Arequipa 3Belem 3Brasilia 3Budapest 3Jeju 3Macao 3Trang An 3Ayutthaya 2.5Bethlehem 2.5Grand Canal 2.5Jongmyo Shrine 2.5Koh Ker 2.5Kotor 2.5Masada 2.5Namhansanseong 2.5Rabat 2.5Thang Long 2.5Vienna 2.5Bryggen 2Lima 2Sucre 2Warsaw 2Rio de Janeiro 1.5Nice 1Reviewed WHS
- Trang An
- Thang Long
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Gyeongju
- Sambor Prei Kuk
- Namhansanseong
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Hahoe and Yangdong
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies
- Baekje Historic Areas
- Gaya Tumuli
- Ancient Thebes
- Cuzco
- Sucre
- Rio de Janeiro
- Brasilia
- Iguacu
- Seville
- Salamanca
- Medina of Marrakesh
- Rabat
- Nubian Monuments
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan"
- Te Wahipounamu
- Pyramids (Memphis)
- Wadi Rum
- Ancient Kyoto
- Petra
- Horyu-ji Area
- Ancient Nara
- Historic Cairo
- Himeji-jo
- Genbaku Dome
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun
- Kii Mountain Range
- Saint Catherine Area
- White City of Tel-Aviv
- Biblical Tells
- Old City of Acre
- Bahá’i Holy Places
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin
- Masada
- Old City of Jerusalem
- Bethlehem
- Macao
- Ayutthaya
- Wulingyuan
- Grand Canal
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou
- Jeju
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
- Baroque Churches
- Grand Canyon
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
Visited TWHS
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct (T)
- Amalienborg and its district (T)
- Ancient Greek Theatres (T)
- Arbel (arbel, nebe shueb, horns of hittim) (T)
- Auckland Volcanic Fields (T)
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (T)
- Bet She'an (T)
- Butuan Archeological Sites (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)
- Central Park (T)
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (T)
- Colonial Urban Plan and Fortifications of the Walled City of Manila (T)
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (T)
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee (T)
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
- Ein Karem, a village and its cultural landscape (T)
- El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (T)
- Former M-13 prison/ Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (former S-21)/ Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (former Execution Site of S-21) (T)
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System (T)
- Jerash Archaeological City (Ancient Meeting Place of East and West) (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
- Kitanglad and Kalatungan Mountain Ranges: Sacred Sites of Bukidnon (T)
- Lake Titicaca (T)
- Makhteshim Country (T)
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape (T)
- Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
- Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (T)
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (T)
- Phnom Kulen: Archeological Site/Ancient Site of Mahendraparvata (T)
- Pombaline Lisbon (T)
- QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (T)
- Sacred Titicaca Lake (T)
- Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites (T)
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (T)
- The Historic Towns and Landscape of Taal Volcano and its Caldera Lake (T)
- The Yen Tu Complex of Monuments and Landscapes (T)
- Timna (T)
- Wanuskewin (T)
- Waters and seabed of Fiordland (Te Moana O Atawhenua) (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- Kitanglad and Kalatungan Mountain Ranges (T)
- Wanuskewin (T)
- Former M-13 prison/ Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum / Choeung Ek (T)
- Phnom Kulen (T)
- Lake Titicaca (T)
- El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (T)
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt (T)
- Sea of Galilee (T)
- Bet She'an (T)
- Makhteshim Country (T)
- QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of the Dead Sea Scrolls (T)
- Cal Orck'o: Footprints of time (T)
- Timna (T)
- Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
- Auckland Volcanic Fields (T)
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System (T)
- Arbel (T)
- Ein Karem (T)
- Sacred Titicaca Lake (T)
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct (T)
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (T)
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela: Routes in Portugal (T)
- Jerash Archaeological City (T)
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape (T)
- Caesarea (T)
- Ancient Greek Theatres (T)
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
- Pombaline Lisbon (T)
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee (T)
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (T)
- Waters and seabed of Fiordland (Te Moana O Atawhenua) (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
- Route of Magellan. First around the World (T)
- Amalienborg and its district (T)
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (T)