Several shell middens dot the banks of the Cagayan river. Between the two towns, Lal-lo is more interesting as it was the site of one of the four earliest cities …
Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
Philippines \ Member since May 2012
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Cultural heritage worker and tourism consultant from the Philippines. Largely based in Paoay, Ilocos Norte which has its own UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paoay church - Baroque Churches of the Philippines). Writes for BusinessMirror & Asia Times, and teaches university courses on global tourism and world cultures.
A member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts - National Committee on Monuments and Sites (NCMS).
Interests: Cultural Tourism, Cultural Thematic Studies, Heritage Site Management, Southeast Asian Textile Collection & Curation, Philippine Gastronomy.
Email: bjeg2000@gmail.com | Instagram: theberntraveler
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About Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
- Member since
- May 2012
- Country of Origin
- Philippines
Visits
- Rank
- #246
- WHS
- 216
- Tentative Sites
- 81
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 62
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World Heritage Sites
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Namib Sand Sea 5.0
- Gunung Mulu 5.0
- Rani-ki-Vav 5.0
- Anuradhapura 5.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 5.0
- Hampi 5.0
- Polonnaruva 5.0
- Sigiriya 5.0
- Bauhaus Sites 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 5.0
- Sanchi 5.0
- Ujung Kulon National Park 5.0
- Twyfelfontein 5.0
- Quanzhou 4.5
- Persepolis 4.5
- Borobudur 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Aachen Cathedral 4.5
- Gyeongju 4.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.5
- Plain of Jars 4.5
- Verona 4.5
- Pattadakal 4.5
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 4.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 4.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Baroque Churches 4.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 4.5
- Bagan 4.5
- Chola Temples 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 4.0
- Sambor Prei Kuk 4.0
- Yazd 4.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 4.0
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 4.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 4.0
- Richtersveld 4.0
- Würzburg Residence 4.0
- Mapungubwe 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 4.0
- Via Appia 4.0
- Tchogha Zanbil 4.0
- Phu Phrabat 4.0
- Ayutthaya 4.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Mahabalipuram 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Meknes 4.0
- Cape Floral Region 4.0
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra 4.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 4.0
- Rome 4.0
- Great Himalayan National Park 4.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Shushtar 4.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 4.0
- Wartburg Castle 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Central Highlands 4.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 4.0
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- Hoi An 4.0
- Qutb Minar 4.0
- Villa d'Este 4.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 4.0
- Fujian Tulou 3.5
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 3.5
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.5
- Mazagan 3.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Haeinsa Temple 3.5
- Western Ghats 3.5
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.5
- Vigan 3.5
- Ahmadabad 3.5
- Mountain Railways of India 3.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.5
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.5
- Tabriz Bazaar 3.5
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Messel Pit 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Sukhothai 3.5
- Hué 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Agra Fort 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Vat Phou 3.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 3.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Holasovice 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.5
- Kulangsu 3.0
- Susa 3.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 3.0
- The Persian Qanat 3.0
- Robben Island 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Keoladeo National Park 3.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Elephanta Caves 3.0
- Kandy 3.0
- West Lake 3.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.0
- Classical Weimar 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Regensburg 3.0
- Macao 3.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Trans-Iranian Railway 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.0
- Luang Prabang 3.0
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Yogyakarta 3.0
- Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Medina of Tétouan 3.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Lower German Limes 3.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Persian Garden 3.0
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 2.5
- Pasargadae 2.5
- Gaya Tumuli 2.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 2.5
- Persian Caravanserai 2.5
- Si Thep 2.5
- Pyu Ancient Cities 2.5
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 2.5
- Baekje Historic Areas 2.5
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 2.5
- Bisotun 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 2.5
- Lenggong Valley 2.5
- Wadden Sea 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Humayun's Tomb 2.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.5
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Namhansanseong 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Old City of Acre 2.5
- Kinabalu Park 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Hyrcanian Forests 2.5
- Sinharaja Forest 2.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 2.0
- Thang Long 2.0
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.0
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.0
- Vredefort Dome 2.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 2.0
- Danube Limes 2.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.0
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
Tentative Sites
- The Historical Village of Abyaneh
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
- Silk Road Sites in India
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran
- Long-lived trees of Iran
- Etosha Pan
- Welwitschia Plains
- Caesarea
- Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India
- Industrial Heritage of textile
- Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand
- Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal
- Casablanca
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Olympic Park Munich
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia
- Sulcis Iglesiente
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
- Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape
- Fishriver Canyon
- Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
- The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan
- Tape Sialk
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension)
- Persepolis and other relevant buildings
- Apo Reef Natural Park
- Brandberg National Monument
- Old Town of Jakarta
- Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park
- Benguela Current
- Monastery of St. Amenaprkich
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area
- Succulent Karoo (Namibia)
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Shush
- Arasbaran
- The Historical City of Maybod
- El Nido-Taytay Protected Area
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble
- University of Tehran
- Kerman
- Tehrans Modern Architectural Heritage
- Mattanchery Palace
- Walled City of Manila
- The Collection of Historical Bridges
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadows
- Kaboud Mosque
- Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge
- Semarang Old Town
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy)
- Corregidor Island and Fortifications of Manila Bay
- Taq-e Bostan
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Reviews by Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
Neolithic Shell Midden Sites (Removed from tentat…)
Neolithic Shell Midden Sites
Cape Floral Region (Inscribed)
Cape Floral Region
A large part of the satisfaction I got in ticking this site off stems from the fact that not only did I see the three nature reserves that form the …
Sukhothai (Inscribed)
Sukhothai
I went to Sukhothai Historical Park while the wake of the King was still ongoing, hence I was fortunate enough to have visited the sections without having to pay the …
Richtersveld (Inscribed)
Richtersveld
I find it very flattering to be the first one to make a review for Richtersveld. I still wonder why it was not listed as a mixed site (cultural and …
Prambanan (Inscribed)
Prambanan
Prambanan Temple Compounds got inscribed under two criteria: as a masterpiece of human creative genius, and as an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble that represents a significant stage in …
Melaka and George Town (Inscribed)
Melaka and George Town
As much as there isn't much noise being made about George Town, and that unanimous praises are given to Melaka, I was surprised to find out that the former component …
Lenggong Valley (Inscribed)
Lenggong Valley
I was able to visit this site last April 2012, prior to its inscription as a WHS. By that time, I didn't even know that it was in the T-list! …
Sangiran Early Man Site (Inscribed)
Sangiran Early Man Site
The Sangiran Early Man Site may not be as popular a destination as its neighboring W.H.Sites Prambanan and Borobudur. Nevertheless, to be fair, it is a well-maintained museum of great …
Ayutthaya (Inscribed)
Ayutthaya
The challenge posed by this site is to make sense out of the scattered remains of the capital of a former strong Southeast Asian empire. Its complete name Phra Si …
Macao (Inscribed)
Macao
I visited Macao during the cold month of December. Suffice to say that I managed to visit all properties inscribed as its historic monuments. I stayed here for two days …
Etruscan Necropolises (Inscribed)
Etruscan Necropolises
I went to Cerveteri - Necropolis through a bus ride to the town, and a relatively short walk from the terminal to the site. Firsty, these are perhaps the oldest …
Gunung Mulu (Inscribed)
Gunung Mulu
There might be no other "mega" caves system in the world that can compare to the grandness and the diversity that Gunung Mulu can offer. Surprisingly, my 3-day visit there …
Angkor (Inscribed)
Angkor
For some reasons, I appreciated Angkor Wat better in the afternoon - at sunset - than during the popular and obligatory sunrise visit where all tourists to Angkor are expected …
Preah Vihear Temple (Inscribed)
Preah Vihear Temple
When I found out that it was possible to visit the temple on a day trip from Siem Reap, I immediately grabbed the opportunity while the site is again peaceful …
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean … (Inscribed)
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
I really enjoyed this place a lot. After all, in general, Palawan as whole is truly a pristine paradise. Getting to the site is already an experience in itself as …
Kinabalu Park (Inscribed)
Kinabalu Park
There are two vantage points where a traveler can see the inscribed area --- the National Park Headquarters, and Poring Hot Springs in Ranau(What people say about Poring Hot Spring …
Baroque Churches (Inscribed)
Baroque Churches
I am fortunate enough to be residing just 3 houses behind Paoay church -considered as the best example of earthquake baroque architecture. I have seen the four churches and each …
Rice Terraces of the Philippi… (Inscribed)
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
I just recently came from a trip in Ifugao. I was lucky enough to have been guided by a British friend of mine who owns an inn in Uhaj (overseeing …
Vigan (Inscribed)
Vigan
The reason why many people can't seem to appreciate Vigan is because they just zoom in to Calle Crisologo - forgetting that the the whole town is inscribed as WHS. …
Chocolate Hills Natural Monum… (On tentative list)
Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
Definitely a must-see. I went here last November 2011. The Chocolate Hills are truly a world wonder. This hills are actually coral limestone-karst domes, believed to be underwater millions of …