Randi Thomsen Profile
Together with Svein, we travel around the world to explore and enjoy new WHS, countries, culture and great food. In 2010 we become WHS travellers, when we started planning our trips in order to visit WHS.
Hunting for WHS makes us go off the beaten tracks and brings us to new and exciting places, trying to understand the OUV. Travel is more than seeing new places, it’s about learning history, new culture and enjoy excotic food and drinks.
Recent Reviews Randi Thomsen
Sian Ka'an
Randi Thomsen Norway - 05-Feb-24
There are several reviews from this site, but the focus is on daytrips from Tulum. We opted for “the long drive” and an overnight stay at “the end” – at Punta Allen. This turned out to be a great choice. Our plan for the two weeks in Mexico included several dirt roads for instance this one, thus we rented a high clearance car.
The drive from Tulum to Punta Allen turned out to be an interesting one
Read OnThe Archaeological Heritage of Niah National Park’s Caves Complex, Sarawak, Malaysia (T)
Randi Thomsen Norway - 05-Feb-24
Having visited the Niah Caves complex same year as Els we have almost “the same story” although with a few differences. The similarities were the Borneo Cultures Museum in Kuching, the Mulu site, the short river crossing with the 3 km hike om the slippery walkway before reaching the Traders Cave and the Great cave, but then some differences.
We rented a car at Miri airport round noon and arrive the visitor center at 1:15
Read OnYakushima
Randi Thomsen Norway - 05-Feb-24
Having spent the last three weeks travelling “mainland Japan” we arrived Yakushima mid July 2023. The same means of transport (ferry) as everybody else took us from Kagoshima to Miyanoura Port and we started the visit by renting a small car at the harbour.
We drove immediately towards the Yakasugi Museum close to Anbo harbour. We had already decided that we wanted to do the long hike to Jomon Sugi the next day. At the bus stop close by there was a small kiosk that sold tickets for the hike.
Read OnGusuku of Ryukyu
Randi Thomsen Norway - 12-Nov-23
Visit June2023. It seems that most visitors of this site only visit the elements around Naha, the southern part of the Okinawa Island. Our Okinawa stay was three nights, and we visited all nine elements of this site. We picked up our rental car at the airport and drove immediately up to the northern part of the island. As we first visited the subtropical rainforests in the northern part of Okinawa (WHS), we approached these Gusukus of Ryukyu from north (or northeast).
The northernmost Gusuku is Nakijin-jô naturally became our first visit
Read OnHire Benkal, Megalithic Site (T)
Randi Thomsen Norway - 10-Jan-23
Visit December 2022 together with Philipp Peterer. On our way from Pattadakal to Hampi, we decided to check out this new tent site. So far no one in the community had been here. Not very popular among Indians either. We didn't meet a single person during our two-hour visit to site.
The first step was to figure out how to get there. Google maps is not to be trusted on this
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- Randi Thomsen
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- Norway
- Most Impressive
- There are so many impressive places in the world. I have a special feeling for Natural WHS like Galapagos, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon and Norwegian Fjords, but places like Machu Picchu, Angkor Wat and Rome is impressive
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 25.02.24
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Visited WHS
Rating StatsAngkor 5Petra 5Pompei 5Rome 5Baalbek 4.5Cordoba 4.5Florence 4.5Gunung Mulu 4.5Mana Pools 4.5Namib Sand Sea 4.5Ngorongoro 4.5Nubian Monuments 4.5Palenque 4.5Plitvice Lakes 4.5Redwood 4.5Serengeti 4.5Sigiriya 4.5Taj Mahal 4.5Anjar 4Brugge 4Budapest 4Butrint 4Calakmul 4Carthage 4Elvas 4Ephesus 4Fujisan 4Granada 4Hampi 4Hué 4Istanbul 4Mystras 4Nikko 4Ping Yao 4Prague 4Ravenna 4Toledo 4Uxmal 4Vienna 4Wadi Rum 4Aachen Cathedral 3.5Altamira Cave 3.5Alto Douro 3.5Amiens Cathedral 3.5Aphrodisias 3.5Assisi 3.5Bamberg 3.5Brú na Bóinne 3.5Caral-Supe 3.5Carlsbad Caverns 3.5Cesky Krumlov 3.5Champagne 3.5Chan Chan 3.5Classical Weimar 3.5Cuzco 3.5Edinburgh 3.5El Pinacate 3.5El Tajin 3.5Garajonay 3.5Hoi An 3.5Humayun's Tomb 3.5Khami Ruins 3.5Kraków 3.5Lake District 3.5Laponian Area 3.5Loire Valley 3.5Luang Prabang 3.5Matera 3.5Medina of Fez 3.5Mount Etna 3.5My Son 3.5Naples 3.5Nasca Lines 3.5Olympia 3.5Oporto 3.5Paphos 3.5Pattadakal 3.5Pergamon 3.5Plain of Jars 3.5Potsdam 3.5Quito 3.5Quseir Amra 3.5Québec 3.5Rani-ki-Vav 3.5Riga 3.5Salzburg 3.5Segovia 3.5Selimiye Mosque 3.5Shirakami-Sanchi 3.5Shiretoko 3.5Siena 3.5Sighisoara 3.5Sinharaja Forest 3.5Sintra 3.5Stonehenge 3.5Surtsey 3.5Syracuse 3.5Temple of Heaven 3.5The Four Lifts 3.5Tiwanaku 3.5Tsodilo 3.5Tugendhat Villa 3.5Tyre 3.5Vat Phou 3.5Vegaøyan 3.5Villa d'Este 3.5Vizcaya Bridge 3.5Albi 3Arequipa 3Avignon 3Belem 3Belfries 3Burgundy 3Byblos 3Chavin 3Cuenca 3Genoa 3Graz 3Kairouan 3Kandy 3Koh Ker 3Kotor 3Le Havre 3Lima 3Lyon 3Lübeck 3Morelia 3Mostar 3Mérida 3Nessebar 3Orange 3Paquimé 3Pienza 3Puebla 3Rabat 3Reims 3Røros 3Seville 3Split 3Stećci 3Tequila 3Torun 3Trang An 3Trier 3Trogir 3Verona 3Vilnius 3Visby 3Abbey of St Gall 2.5Aquileia 2.5Aranjuez 2.5Arles 2.5As-Salt 2.5Atapuerca 2.5Avila 2.5Ayutthaya 2.5Bahla Fort 2.5Bardejov Town 2.5Bauhaus Sites 2.5Blenheim Palace 2.5Bordeaux 2.5Boyana Church 2.5Bryggen 2.5Caceres 2.5Cahokia Mounds 2.5Canal du Midi 2.5Centennial Hall 2.5Cienfuegos 2.5Curonian Spit 2.5Dong Phayayen 2.5Drottningholm 2.5El Escurial 2.5Elephanta Caves 2.5Evora 2.5Ferrara 2.5Gammelstad 2.5Giant's Causeway 2.5Gwynedd Castles 2.5Hollókö 2.5Hospicio Cabañas 2.5Ibiza 2.5Jelling 2.5Kerkuane 2.5Kondoa 2.5Kronborg Castle 2.5Litomysl Castle 2.5Luther Memorials 2.5Mafra 2.5Mammoth Cave 2.5Mazagan 2.5Medina of Sousse 2.5Medina of Tunis 2.5Meknes 2.5Mir Castle 2.5Modena 2.5Modernist Kaunas 2.5Muskauer Park 2.5Nancy 2.5Nesvizh 2.5Nice 2.5Poverty Point 2.5Provins 2.5Qalhat 2.5Querétaro 2.5Red Fort 2.5Regensburg 2.5Reichenau 2.5Saltaire 2.5Sammallahdenmäki 2.5Stari Grad Plain 2.5Tallinn 2.5Tarraco 2.5Telc 2.5Trebic 2.5Troy 2.5Urbino 2.5Valletta 2.5Vredefort Dome 2.5Vézelay 2.5Warsaw 2.5Wartburg Castle 2.5Western Ghats 2.5Xanthos-Letoon 2.5Zamość 2.5Al Ain 2Campeche 2Djerba 2Ivrea 2Kuldiga 2Corvey 1.5Crespi d'Adda 1.5Danube Limes 1.5Grand Pré 1.5Kernavė 1.5New Lanark 1.5Pearling 1.5Reviewed WHS
- Sian Ka'an
- Yakushima
- Gusuku of Ryukyu
- Dholavira: A Harappan City
- Chongoni Rock Art
- Lake Malawi
- Talayotic Menorca
- Vat Phou
- Preah Vihear Temple
- Vatnajökull National Park
- Angkor
- Victoria Falls
- Tsodilo
- Paquimé
- Gros Morne National Park
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
- Mistaken Point
- Wood Buffalo National Park
Visited TWHS
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