Mihai Dascalu Profile
Retired physician, moved from Romania to US in 1997, trying to visit as many WHS as possible. Grateful to ELS and this community for providing such valuable information
Recent Reviews Mihai Dascalu
Mission Ruins of Venn's Town (T)
Mihai Dascalu Romania - 27-Feb-24
We just visited a few hours ago on February 27, 2024. We asked for a taxi at the reception of our hotel in Victoria, it was going to be a lot of money, 600 rupees just to get there so the receptionist called a friend who was willing to take us there for 400. It was a nice ride of 20 minutes once we got out of the afternoon traffic. When we got there we noticed that they now have a lot of signs, a gate, a schedule (they close at 5 pm!). There is an admission fee, we could pay by credit card. 100 Seychelles Rupees, which is just over $7 today, per person. Our driver was curious so he got in for free
Read OnSGang Gwaay
Mihai Dascalu Romania - 01-Oct-23
We visited on July 25, 2023. Following the information shared by Jay T. (thank you so much). We took a four day tour with Moresby Explorers and reached SG̱ang Gwaay in the afternoon of the second day. We were lucky to have a watchman present at the site, he even sang to us a couple songs on a traditional drum. He made good jokes but he was also defensive and sometimes aggressive (and he admitted to it). He contradicted himself sometimes and admitted that he didn't know much of how things worked in the Haida society (because nobody really knows to this day).
Read OnSacred Ensembles of the Hoysala
Mihai Dascalu Romania - 01-Oct-23
I visited Keshava Temple in January 2012, during a 15 months round the world trip with our 3 children. We spent 4 nights in Mysore and from there it was an easy trip to Keshava Temple. I got there because of a picture I have seen years ago on wikipedia. I thought it was amazing and I am very happy that it is now selected as a WHS. At the time I wrote in our blog:
"My temple! A picture seen somewhere on the internet a few years ago became a destination in itself.Kesava temple was built in the 12th century and is a prime example of Hoysala architecture. What is that? Hoysala was another empire and civilization, between the 10th and 14th century, before all the other ones that we learned about. It had three main centers, and Somnathapur (or Somanathapura) was one of them. Just 45 minutes from Mysore, it was a quick, easy ride. A little temple, the one from my picture, is awaiting it's visitors on a laid back, quiet Sunday morning. We spent two entire hours going in and around it. It is different from everything we've seen so far
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- Name
- Mihai Dascalu
- Country
- Romania
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Recently Visited WHS
- Update 05.09.24
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- Kew Gardens
- Maritime Greenwich
- Canterbury
- Roșia Montană
- Amsterdam Canal Ring
- Rietveld Schröderhuis
- Moravian Church Settlements
Visited WHS
Rating StatsAngkor 5Arequipa 5Belem 5Bryggen 5Cuzco 5Delos 5El Tajin 5Elvas 5Evora 5Florence 5Hampi 5Iguacu 5Istanbul 5Macao 5Meteora 5Naples 5Nikko 5Olympia 5Oporto 5Pompei 5Potsdam 5Prague 5Rapa Nui 5Red Fort 5Uluru 5Verona 5Vienna 5Alto Douro 4.5Amiens Cathedral 4.5Boyana Church 4.5Cordoba 4.5Epidaurus 4.5Everglades 4.5Puebla 4.5Rome 4.5Stonehenge 4.5Toledo 4.5Budapest 4Fujisan 4Lima 4Morelia 4Nessebar 4Reims 4Sintra 4Camino Real 3.5Canterbury 3.5Genbaku Dome 3.5Monticello 3.5Nancy 3.5Provins 3.5Querétaro 3.5SGang Gwaay 3.5Schönbrunn 3.5Seville 3.5El Escurial 2.5Kew Gardens 2.5Québec 2Belfries 1.5Reviewed WHS
Visited TWHS
- Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi (T)
- Big Bend National Park (T)
- Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Philippopolis, Roman Province of Thrace (T)
- Central Balkan National Park (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Ceský ráj (Czech Paradise) Rock Cities (T)
- Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte (T)
- Cité de Carcassonne et ses châteaux sentinelles de montagne (T)
- Delhi - A Heritage City (T)
- Domaine de Fontainebleau : château, jardins, parc et forêt (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Eglises byzantines et post-byzantines de Curtea de Arges (T)
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Le Monastère de Neamt (T)
- Le noyau historique de la ville d'Alba Julia (T)
- Les « coules » de Petite Valachie (T)
- Minoan Palatial Centres (T)
- Mission Ruins of Venn's Town (T)
- Necropolises of Middle Egypt, from the Middle Empire to the Roman period (T)
- Petrified Forest National Park (T)
- Pietrosul Rodnei (sommet de montagne) (T)
- Pobiti Kamani Natural Monument (T)
- San Pedro de Atacama (T)
- The Ancient Plovdiv (T)
- The ancient town of Nicopolis ad Istrum (T)
- The Bachkovo Monastery (T)
- The Historic Centre of Sibiu and its Ensemble of Squares (T)
- The Roussensky Lom National Park (T)
- Thingvellir National Park (T)
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National Parks, Region of Magallanes (T)
- Two neolithic dwellings with their interior and household furnishings and utensils completely preserved. (T)
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park (T)
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