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I was born in Japan, lived most of my life in Los Angeles, CA, but am currently changing country of residence every 3 months within Europe.
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Little Cayman Marine Parks and Protected Areas (T)
Tsunami Japan / USA / Europe - 17-Oct-23
The Pentagon code-named their activities at the Gulf War in the early 1990s "Operation Desert Storm." I code-named my grand tour of the southern half of the USA in summer 1991 "Operation Caribbean Storm," because my ultimate destination of this trip was the Cayman Islands.
What a surprise ... 30 years after my operation Little Cayman is nominated for a WHS!
I visited the Cayman Islands mainly for scuba diving at Little Cayman. The Cayman Islands was (and still is probably) famous among divers for its underwater wall that goes straight down for two thousand meters. What it means is that the Islands are the tops of an steep underwater mountain range.
Read OnGreat Spa Towns of Europe
Tsunami Japan / USA / Europe - 23-Sep-23
Bad Ems
I spent a few hours in Bad Ems on a Friday afternoon in August.
The original Kurhaus, which is now Häcker's Grand Hotel (upper photo), is the most prominent feature of Bad Ems. It has a few drinking fountains on the ground floor, Römerquelle (lower left photo) in front of the hotel and the most importantly a 300-years-old ornate indoor swimming pool, the first swimming pool in Bad Ems. In comparison Ensana Nové Lázně Hotel that dominates the Kurpark in Mariánské Lázně has swimming pools from 1896. These swimming pools are accessible only if you stay at the hotels.
Read OnGreat Spa Towns of Europe
Tsunami Japan / USA / Europe - 05-Sep-23
Bad Kissingen
I had my bathing suit with me, even though I was visiting Bad Kissingen only for 3 hours between trains around noon in late August.
The first thing you might want to know about Bad Kissingen is that it is located in the state of Bavaria, under whose auspices this town has developed.
From the train station I walked north and first came across Wandelhalle. The main feature of this structure is the 90 meter long space (See Hubert's left photo), part of which also dabbles as a concert hall. To the side of this space in Wandelhalle is Brunnenhalle, with Rakoczy Spring, a spa water drinking facility.
Read OnEvaporitic Karst and Caves
Tsunami Japan / USA / Europe - 04-Aug-23
Evaporite karst and caves of Emilia Romagna Region: Messinian Gypsum of Bologna
It was rather difficult to grasp the OUV of this nomination, so I thought there was no better way to recognize it than taking a tour of one of the caves.
The Spipola Cave is one of the two main caves in the core zone of this section of the TWHS. After my two failed attempts to take the tour in June and September 2022, I finally managed to take it in the Sunday morning on May 28, 2023. It was the last day of my 18 days trip through the UK, France and Italy, and indeed I had a flight from Bologna back to Wroclaw, Poland, in that afternoon.
Read OnVézère Valley
Tsunami Japan / USA / Europe - 14-Jun-23
I was back in the Bordeaux area to visit the Cordouan Lighthouse and decided to swing by the Vezere Valley for the third time. The first time was for Lascoux in 2004 and the second time was for Font-de-Gaume in 2009. My initial motivation to go back was to visit the National Museum of Prehistory, as it was closed on the day I visited Font-de-Gaume in 2009.
But then, by staying overnight in Les Eyzies, I managed to visit three more components of this august WHS: Abri de Cro-Magnon, Les Combarelles, and La Madeleine.
Profile Data
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- Tsunami
- Country
- Japan / USA / Europe
- Most Impressive
- Glacier Bay, Mt. Athos, Masada, Skellig Michael
- Proposal
- Jingu, Ise, Japan; Kyoto Imperial Palace, Kyoto, Japan; Chion-In, Kyoto, Japan; Eihei-ji, Fukui, Japan; Kuon-ji, Yamanashi, Japan; Bodai-ji, Aomori, Japan; Bryce Canyon NP, Utah, USA; Arches NP, Utah, USA; Waves, Arizona, USA; Coso Rock Art District, California, USA; Inyo National Forest (White Mountain area), California, USA; Telegraph Ave., Berkeley, California, USA; The Sanctuary of Fortuna Primigenia, Palestrina, Italy; Hisarya, Bulgaria
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 25.02.24
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Visited WHS
Reviewed WHS
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Evaporitic Karst and Caves
- Vézère Valley
- Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik
- Wooden Tserkvas of the Carpathian Region
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France
- Pyrénées - Mont Perdu
- Isole Eolie
- Albi
- Odesa
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Verona
- Dacian Fortresses
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- Kyiv Cathedral and Lavra
- Roșia Montană
- Hal Saflieni Hypogeum
- Painted Churches in the Troödos Region
- Paphos
- Island of Patmos
- Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios
- Temple of Apollo Epicurius at Bassae
- Glacier parks
- Saint-Savin sur Gartempe
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Verla Groundwood and Board Mill
- Schokland
- Great Spa Towns of Europe
- Epidaurus
- Ivrea
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas
- Kotor
- Castel del Monte
- Heritage of Mercury
- Plitvice Lakes
- Stari Ras and Sopocani
- Novgorod
- Luther Memorials
- Stevns Klint
- Hedeby and Danevirke
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine
- Longobards in Italy
- Fujisan
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofungun
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo
- Thracian tomb of Sveshtari
- Srebarna Nature Reserve
- Madara Rider
- Danube Delta
- Churches of Peace
- Champagne
- Reims
- Edinburgh
- Pirin National Park
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak
- Monastery of Horezu
- Forth Bridge
- New Lanark
- Dacian Fortresses
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Val d'Orcia
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Mount Athos
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge
- Neolithic Flint Mines at Spiennes
- Nord-Pas de Calais Mining Basin
- The Four Lifts
- Pontcysyllte Aqueduct and Canal
- Rjukan / Notodden
- Kalwaria Zebrzydowska
- Monte San Giorgio
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
- Dutch Water Defence Lines
- Holasovice
- Bergpark Wilhelmshöhe
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Shirakami-Sanchi
- Fortifications of Vauban
- Fortifications of Vauban
Visited TWHS
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