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Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 02-Sep-19
Vega island by itself is a lovely hiking spot for fresh air, some history, flora and fauna spotting. The main issue is that the ferry to the island is expensive enough to turn away potential visitors. There are many places along the coast that have the same scenery without that pricey crossing. The main draw is the eider duck and you have probably read that the ducks aren't easily spotted on the island. In fact they mainly come here during nesting season (April) and during that time visitors are not welcome. Hotels are closed and the locals don't like a silly tourists scaring the ducks away. Every house, every barn, every boat and even wheelbarrow become potential nests for the female eider, forming the connection between ducks and humans it has received world heritage status for
Read OnMoravian Church Settlements (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 28-Aug-19
When I went to Bethlehem, USA (Pennsylvania) this summer I wasn't sure what to expect. A colonial quarter from the 18th century. There is a parking lot right next to the "entrance" below the bridge. Everything is free. The houses are in decent condition but can only be seen from the outside as far as I know. Maybe there are special days to visit them. It is nice to see how the buildings form a village: a dye house, butchery and so on. Those, however, are very often found in Europe and in fact this site is aiming as a transnational extension to Christiansfeld in Denmark. Having the same over in the States is unfortunately nowhere near special in my opinion, and I don't find that unique enough
Read OnBonaire Marine Park (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 26-Aug-19
Bonaire is a huge marine park. Everything from the shore, technically the high-water mark, to the 60m mark is part of the park including Klein Bonaire island. Bonaire is also diver's paradise. There are almost 100 dive sites, almost all are shore entry, they are accessible and marked by yellow rocks and have (or should have) dive information posted at location.
The usual thing to do is to bring all your gear, rent a pickup, sign up for an unlimited air package with one of the copious dive shops (I swear every fifth building is one) and just dive on your own, well, with a buddy preferably. No need to pay extra for a dive guide, boat transfer is optional unless you dive around Klein Bonaire. If you go diving at the northern tip, Washington Slagbaai NP, you need a 4WD.
Read OnArchaeological and Historical National Park of Pueblo Viejo, La Vega (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 21-Aug-19
It's me again with a review of the Dominican Republic's rubbish tentative sites. Today we have Ruinas De La Vega Vieja and once again I want to point out that this is on the way from Santiago to Santo Domingo and not a huge detour. Google map is currently wrong and leads you behind the ruins so don't follow the icon for the Ruinas but instead for Fortaleza de la Concepción. Why the name change I don't know, see more in a minute. There is definitely nothing at the icon and it perhaps stands for the general area that holds more than the fort.
Read OnCity Hall, Georgetown (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 16-Aug-19
I will again briefly mention that Guyana is currently not very safe to visit. There isn't a war but plenty of criminals. In the area around a rather beautiful building you may get your phone or purse stolen so show no wealth as you walk around the blocks. "Welcome to City Hall" sounds inviting but the gates are locked. One gate in the back was open (I surely didn't enter the alley at the east side!) yet it felt wrong to just waltz inside to take closeup pictures. I also don't think it's really necessary. The building is falling apart, it doesn't look safe to visit inside, and I think the best part is visible from the road. Nice tower, an info pane (other buildings have that too), cute spiral staircase and totally "haunted house" written all over
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- Most Impressive
- Abu Simbel, Ilulissat Icefjord
- Proposal
- Mariana Trench
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 12.09.19
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Visited WHS
Rating StatsCalakmul 5Petra 5Potosi 5Huanglong 4.5Shirakami-Sanchi 4.5Shiretoko 4.5Victoria Falls 4.5Al-Hijr 4Baalbek 4Bagan 4Fujisan 4Le Morne 4Pergamon 4Red Fort 4Redwood 4Sanchi 4Agra Fort 3.5Alto Douro 3.5Delos 3.5Dong Phayayen 3.5Garajonay 3.5Golestan Palace 3.5Hiraizumi 3.5Jeju 3.5Kinabalu Park 3.5Koguryo Kingdom 3.5Las Medulas 3.5Longmen Grottoes 3.5Mistaken Point 3.5Mogao Caves 3.5Mount Hamiguitan 3.5Pico Island 3.5Pimachiowin Aki 3.5Potala Palace 3.5Québec 3.5Rideau Canal 3.5Sucre 3.5Vall de Boi 3.5Wadi Rum 3.5Albi 3Bisotun 3Hampi 3Ivrea 3Kujataa 3My Son 3Mystras 3Orange 3Pompei 3Sigiriya 3Vat Phou 3Vegaøyan 3Ajanta Caves 2.5Banska Stiavnica 2.5Byblos 2.5Carlsbad Caverns 2.5Castel del Monte 2.5Fujian Tulou 2.5Gelati Monastery 2.5Grand Pré 2.5Hollókö 2.5Koguryo Tombs 2.5Kulangsu 2.5Lut Desert 2.5Lübeck 2.5Mahabalipuram 2.5Mount Taishan 2.5Mount Wutai 2.5Nan Madol 2.5Naples 2.5Old Rauma 2.5Palenque 2.5Pattadakal 2.5Persian Garden 2.5Ping Yao 2.5Qinghai Hoh Xil 2.5Reims 2.5Røros 2.5Sian Ka'an 2.5Taputapuātea 2.5Tierradentro 2.5Tiwanaku 2.5Trang An 2.5Willemstad 2.5Yungang Grottoes 2.5Al Ain 2Anjar 2Bagerhat 2Camagüey 2Lima 2Paquimé 2Pearling 2Provins 2Shushtar 2Susa 2Troy 2Tyre 2Vigan 2Bahla Fort 1.5Ban Chiang 1.5Campeche 1.5Chaco Culture 1.5Cienfuegos 1.5Gammelstad 1.5Gonbad-e Qâbus 1.5Historic Jeddah 1.5Ibiza 1.5Island of Patmos 1.5Kaesong 1.5Levuka 1.5Maymand 1.5Nalanda 1.5Namhansanseong 1.5Quedlinburg 1.5Robben Island 1.5Rock Art of Alta 1.5Surtsey 1.5Tabriz Bazaar 1.5Tsodilo 1.5Wudang Mountains 1.5Dengfeng 1Qalhat 1Aapravasi Ghat 0.5Abu Mena 0.5Al-Ahsa Oasis 0.5Battir 0.5Hortobágy 0.5Kuk 0.5Lumbini 0.5Luther Memorials 0.5Peking Man Site 0.5Sammallahdenmäki 0.5Sheki 0.5Valparaiso 0.5Yin Xu 0.5Reviewed WHS
- Vegaøyan
- Antigua Naval Dockyard
- Mistaken Point
- Pimachiowin Aki
- Aasivissuit - Nipisat
- Ilulissat Icefjord
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Fagus Factory
- Mount Wutai
- Lumbini
- Al-Hijr
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver Mine
- Koguryo Kingdom
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil
- Susa
- Robben Island
- Fossil Hominid Sites
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
- Hyrcanian Forests
- Takht-e Soleyman
- Ancient Thebes
- Lake Malawi
- Gonbad-e Qâbus
- Abu Mena
- Maymand
- Pasargadae
- Qinghai Hoh Xil
- Rock Art in the Hail Region
- Qalhat
- Champaner-Pavagadh
- Petra
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
- Xidi and Hongcun
- Al-Ahsa Oasis
- Khangchendzonga National Park
- Nalanda
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Chengjiang Fossil Site
- Alto Douro
- Hubei Shennongjia
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Plain of Jars
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
- Chief Roi Mata's Domain
- Gunung Mulu
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site
- Sigiriya
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution
- First Coffee Plantations
- Yakushima
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Papahanaumokuakea
- Mount Hamiguitan
- Medina Azahara
- Kladruby nad Labem
- Fanjingshan
- Okinoshima Island
- Mount Wuyi
Visited TWHS
Reviewed TWHS
- Moravian Church Settlements (T)
- Bonaire Marine Park (T)
- Archaeological and Historical National Park of Pueblo Viejo, La Vega (T)
- City Hall, Georgetown (T)
- St.Georges Anglican Cathedral (T)
- Rock Art of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (T)
- Mývatn and Laxá (T)
- City of Azúa de Compostela (T)
- Parque Nacional Jaragua (T)
- Arte Rupestre Prehispanico en Republica Dominicana (T)
- Historic zone of Basseterre (T)
- Primeros Ingenios Coloniales Azucareros de América (T)
- The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Sitio Arqueológico de la Villa La Isabela (T)
- Seville Heritage Park (T)
- White Sands National Monument (T)
- Bradyseism in the Flegrea Area (T)
- Minoan Palatial Centres (Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Kydonia) (T)
- Colchis Wetlands and Forests (T)
- Großglockner High Alpine Road / Großglockner Hochalpenstraße (T)
- Archipelago of la Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio (T)
- Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries, l'Escala, Girona (T)
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana paysage agricole de la montagne méditerranéenne (T)
- Sites funéraires et mémoriels de la Première Guerre mondiale (Front Ouest) (Belgium) (T)
- The Neanderthal fossil sites of Wallonia (T)
- Hôpital Notre-Dame à La Rose - Lessines (T)
- Çanakkale (Dardanelles) and Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Battles Zones in the First World War (T)
- Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious authorities (Punakha Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Paro Dzong, Trongsa Dzong and Dagana Dzong) (T)
- Early Farmsteads of the Cape Winelands (T)
- Ramagrama, the relic stupa of Lord Buddha (T)
- The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun (T)
- Voormalige Nazorgkolonie en Sanatorium Zonnestraal (T)
- Sungai Buloh Leprosarium (T)
- The Hadrianic city of Italica (T)
- Huangguoshu Scenic Area (T)
- The Natural-Historical Landscape of Izeh (T)
- The Cultural Landscape of the Central Region in the Emirate of Sharjah (T)
- Sacred Sites associated with Phajo Drugom Zhigpo and his descendants (T)
- Augustow Canal (T)
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex: A Center of Medical Treatment (T)
- Aizanoi Antique City (T)
- Phra That Phanom, its related historic buildings and associated landscape (T)
- Ayvalık Industrial Landscape (T)
- Historic quarters and monuments of Rosetta/Rachid (T)
- Wooden Structures of Liao Dynasty - Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County, Main Hall of Fengguo Monastery of Yixian County (T)
- ShuDao (T)
- Ngwenya Mines (T)
- Welwitschia Plains (T)
- Human Rights, Liberation Struggle and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (T)
- Yıldız Palace Complex (T)
- Nuruosmaniye Complex (T)
- al Dimaniyyat Islands Nature Reserve (T)
- Alisadr Cave (T)
- Trans-Iranian Railway (T)
- Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit (T)
- Hamoun Lake (T)
- Ras al Had Turtle Reserve and the Heritage Site of Ras al Jinz (T)
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran (T)
- Persian Caravanserai (T)
- The Collection of Historical Bridges (T)
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble of Fars Province (T)
- Zozan (T)
- Salt Domes of Iran (T)
- Asbads (windmill) of Iran (T)
- Group of Monuments at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh (T)
- Royal Manas National Park (RMNP) (T)
- Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (T)
- Al Bidya Mosque (T)
- Evolution of Temple Architecture - Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal (T)
- Ekamra Kshetra - The Temple City, Bhubaneswar (T)
- Ancient Ruin of Drukgyel Dzong (T)
- Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India (T)
- Worship wooden architecture (17th -18th centuries) in Polesye (T)
- Tr’ondëk-Klondike (T)
- Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge (T)
- Mining Historical Heritage (T)
- Mediterranean Wind Mills (T)
- Pharaon Island (T)
- Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone (T)
- Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan (T)
- Yukon Ice Patches (T)
- Limes Romanus - The Roman antique monuments on the Middle Danube (T)
- Prehistoric Cave Sites in Maros-Pangkep (T)
- Gaya Tumuli (T)
- The Ipolytartnóc Fossils (T)
- Kangjingun Kiln Sites (T)
- Ras Mohammed (T)
- Valle Salado de Añana (T)
- Qinghai Lake (T)
- The Wine in Iberia (T)
- Monastery of Santa María de La Rábida and the Columbus Memorial Places in Huelva (T)
- Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island (T)
- The Ancient Waterfront Towns in the South of Yangtze River (T)
- Vertical Vegetation Landscape and Volcanic Landscape in Changbai Mountain (T)
- SanFangQiXiang (T)
- Žatec – the Hops Town (T)
- Maijishan Scenic Spots (T)
- Kvetera Church (T)
- The Dunejec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains (T)
- Salterns (T)
- The Four Sacred Mountains as an Extension of Mt. Taishan (T)
- Ancient Porcelain Kiln Site in China: The Yue-Kiln Site at Shanglin Lake (T)
- The President Coolidge (T)
- Jinfushan Scenic Spot (T)
- Marine Protected Areas of American Samoa (T)
- The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscape (T)
- The Djavolja Varos (Devil's Town) Natural Landmark (T)
- Baiheliang Ancient Hydrological Inscription (T)
- Asuka-Fujiwara : Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (T)
- Stone Buddhas and Pagodas at Hwasun Unjusa Temple (T)
- Hua Shan Scenic Area (T)
- The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines (T)
- The Alligator Sinensis Nature Reserve (T)
- Sites of Hongshan Culture: The Niuheliang Archaeological Site, the Hongshanhou Archaeological Site, and Weijiawopu Archa (T)