I find it interesting that Australia does not yet have a dedicated mining heritage site inscribed on the World Heritage list. This is surprising given how mining shaped Australia's economic …
Carlo Sarion
Philippines \ Member since January 2019
#290 195 42 1
Traveling to see UNESCO World Heritage Sites is rooted in my love for geography, cultures, and conservation. I'm originally from Manila, Philippines and now live in Wellington, New Zealand. I trained as a biologist, worked in human resources, taught university biology, and now work in policy.
Recent Visits
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10Dec. 30, 2025Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
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10Dec. 29, 2025Australian Fossil Mammal Sites
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01Dec. 28, 2025Australian Cornish Mining Sites: Burra and Moonta
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About Carlo Sarion
- Member since
- January 2019
- Country of Origin
- Philippines
Visits
- Rank
- #290
- WHS
- 195
- Tentative Sites
- 42
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 38
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Te Wahipounamu 5.0
- Bagan 5.0
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 5.0
- Ngorongoro 5.0
- Serengeti 5.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Namib Sand Sea 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Tasmanian Wilderness 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.5
- Cuzco 4.5
- Gunung Mulu 4.5
- Ephesus 4.5
- Great Wall 4.5
- Ancient Kyoto 4.5
- Persepolis 4.5
- Chichen-Itza 4.5
- Teotihuacan 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.5
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Kilimanjaro National Park 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- St. Petersburg 4.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 4.0
- K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) 4.0
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Ouro Preto 4.0
- Kathmandu Valley 4.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Fujisan 4.0
- Luang Prabang 4.0
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 4.0
- San Miguel de Allende 4.0
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Gulf of California 4.0
- Huascaran National Park 4.0
- Tongariro National Park 4.0
- Gondwana Rainforests 3.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 3.5
- Baroque Churches 3.5
- Arequipa 3.5
- Chitwan National Park 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Sigiriya 3.5
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 3.5
- Uxmal 3.5
- Ping Yao 3.5
- Yazd 3.5
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5
- Québec 3.5
- South China Karst 3.5
- Hoi An 3.5
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.5
- Brasilia 3.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.5
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 3.5
- Kii Mountain Range 3.5
- Greater Blue Mountains 3.5
- Rani-ki-Vav 3.5
- Aphrodisias 3.5
- Nikko 3.5
- Anuradhapura 3.5
- Cape Floral Region 3.5
- Guanajuato 3.5
- Humayun's Tomb 3.0
- Sukhothai 3.0
- Polonnaruva 3.0
- Kandy 3.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Himeji-jo 3.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 3.0
- Agra Fort 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Semmering Railway 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Congonhas 3.0
- Diamantina 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Qutb Minar 3.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 3.0
- Summer Palace 3.0
- Temple of Heaven 3.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.0
- Lima 3.0
- Medina of Fez 3.0
- Volubilis 3.0
- Puebla 3.0
- Querétaro 3.0
- Xochicalco 3.0
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 3.0
- Kutna Hora 3.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.0
- Vigan 3.0
- Novodevichy Convent 3.0
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 3.0
- Regensburg 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.0
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 3.0
- Persian Garden 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.0
- Rio de Janeiro 3.0
- Trang An 3.0
- Bolgar 3.0
- Okinoshima Island 3.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 3.0
- Kinabalu Park 2.5
- Beijing Central Axis 2.5
- Kazan Kremlin 2.5
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 2.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2.5
- Monticello 2.5
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 2.5
- Tugendhat Villa 2.5
- Vienna 2.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 2.5
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 2.5
- Tequila 2.5
- Australian Fossil Mammal Sites 2.5
- Jantar Mantar 2.5
- Vat Phou 2.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 2.5
- Camino Real 2.5
- Old Town of Galle 2.5
- Hué 2.5
- Ahmadabad 2.5
- Medina of Tétouan 2.5
- Sydney Opera House 2.5
- Meknes 2.5
- Rabat 2.5
- Sviyazhsk 2.5
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 2.5
- Rideau Canal 2.5
- Persian Caravanserai 2.5
- Imperial Tombs 2.5
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 2.5
- Pasargadae 2.5
- Golestan Palace 2.5
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2.5
- My Son 2.5
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 2.5
- Grand Canal 2.5
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 2.5
- Chavin 2.0
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.0
- Budj Bim Cultural Landscape 2.0
- Melaka and George Town 2.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 2.0
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.0
- Central Highlands 2.0
- Australian Convict Sites 2.0
- Cambodian Memorial Sites 2.0
- Kladruby nad Labem 2.0
- Grand Pré 2.0
- Elephanta Caves 2.0
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.0
- Namhansanseong 2.0
- Yogyakarta 2.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 2.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2.0
- Pampulha 2.0
- Keoladeo National Park 2.0
- Genbaku Dome 2.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 2.0
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.0
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 2.0
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 2.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 2.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.0
- Macao 1.5
- Thang Long 1.5
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 1.5
- The Persian Qanat 1.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.5
- Danube Limes 1.5
- Valongo Wharf 1.0
Tentative Sites
- El Nido-Taytay Protected Area
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
- Etosha Pan
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Hikone-Jo
- That Luang de Vientiane
- Waters and seabed of Fiordland
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- Australian Cornish Mining Sites: Burra and Moonta
- Inle Lake
- Archaeological site of Laodikeia
- Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
- Salt Mines of Maras
- Ellis Island
- Mt. Pulag National Park
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Waitangi Treaty Grounds historic precinct
- Napier Art Deco historic precinct
- 196 19
- Locations
- 3
- Zones
- 0
Reviews by Carlo Sarion
Australian Cornish Mining Sit… (Nominated)
Copper Mining Town of Burra
Workers' Assembly Halls (Nominated)
Victorian Trades Hall
I was particularly keen to write a review of the Victorian Trades Hall as previous reviews have not covered this property in detail. I also think that this serial nomination …
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape (Inscribed)
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape
Budj Bim Cultural Landscape was the final UNESCO World Heritage site I visited in 2025 (visited Dec 2025). We based ourselves in Mount Gambier, about a 1.5-hour drive away from …
Tugendhat Villa (Inscribed)
A Modernist pitstop in Brno
We visited Brno on a sweltering day in July 2025 to catch up with a friend and as a pitstop between Prague and Vienna. Of course, it'd be sacrilegious not …
Ellis Island (On tentative list)
Ellis Island
I visited Ellis Island along with the Statue of Liberty on a fine day in Dec 2024. I felt that it was timely to write a review of Ellis Island, …
Mount Vernon (On tentative list)
Mount Vernon
It just seems appropriate to visit and write a review of Mount Vernon after doing so with Monticello, as both were the residences and plantations of two prominent American presidents …
Monticello (Inscribed)
Monticello
This site was the first of the few UNESCO sites I visited during my trip to the US in Dec 2024. It made for a great stop on my way …
Uxmal (Inscribed)
Uxmal
I visited this site in January 2025, my first for the new year. I had initially planned to check out Labna, Sayil, and Kabah as well, but after all the …
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx (Inscribed)
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
We visited Sitio Roberto Burle Marx in Sep 2022, when Rio was experiencing several days of torrential rain. I had to cancel our first two attempts to visit due to …
Red Fort (Inscribed)
Red Fort
Three reviews out of 400 visitors, with the last review written more than a decade ago… Surely, the Red Fort Complex deserves better, given how important and popular this site …
Jantar Mantar (Inscribed)
Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is an 18th-century observatory built to study the sky with the naked eye (yep, no telescopes). It's a small, accessible, and quite straightforward site to visit, …
Qutb Minar (Inscribed)
Qutb Minar
This complex of mosques, tombs, towers, and other structures was the first site we visited on my “revenge” trip to India in Dec 2023, having missed this back in Dec …
Namib Sand Sea (Inscribed)
Namib Sand Sea
I visited this site in the summer (Dec 2015) as part of an organised tour to Etosha Pan (Etosha NP) and Sossusvlei (Namib-Naukluft NP). This was one of the best …
Tongariro National Park (Inscribed)
Tongariro National Park
Tongariro National Park boasts a couple of records. First, it is the first national park in New Zealand and one of the oldest national parks in the world. Second, it …
Baha'i House of Worship at Ne… (On tentative list)
Baha'i House of Worship at New Delhi
Despite having flu that was worsened by the awful smog, I decided to visit the Lotus Temple on the morning of our last day in Delhi in December 2023. I …
Humayun's Tomb (Inscribed)
Humayun's Tomb
My visit to Delhi in Dec 2023 was part of my mission of retracing my steps back in 2013, when I first travelled to India and missed visiting Humayun's Tomb …
Elephanta Caves (Inscribed)
Elephanta Caves
The previous reviews pretty much described what to expect from a visit to the Elephanta Caves, a collection of rock-cut cave temples dedicated to Shiva. Here are some observations and …
Sites of Saytagrah, India's n… (On tentative list)
Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
First TWHS review of 2024? If so, yay! :D
I did not give much attention to this TWHS simply because it was overshadowed by all other outstanding WHS and …
Ahmadabad (Inscribed)
Ahmadabad
Immediately after visiting the dusty cities that make up the Golden Triangle (Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur), arriving in Ahmedabad seemed to be a breath of fresh air, literally and figuratively. …
Salt Mines of Maras (On tentative list)
Salt Mines of Maras
We decided to move to Urumbamba after a week-long stay in Cusco during our trip to Valle Sagrado in August 2022. We thought that this was a good base to …