Christravelblog

Netherlands \ Member since April 2018

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Chris combines business and leisure travel in an efficient luxury way. With ultimate goals to visited all continents, countries and UNESCO sites and finally go to space one day.

Chris shares his adventures on Chris Travel Blog / CTB Global.

Check out my website: http://www.christravelblog.com

Recent Visits
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    June 26, 2025
    La Lonja de la Seda, Mudejar Architecture of Aragon, Palmeral of Elche, Rock Art of …
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    June 7, 2025
    Archaeological Site of Delphi, Daphni, Hosios Loukas and Nea Moni of Chios, Epidaurus, Meteora, Mycenae …
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    May 14, 2025
    Cidade Velha
Top 10 Missing
  1. Galapagos Islands 4.62
  2. Victoria Falls 4.48
  3. Tikal National Park 4.46
  4. Bagan 4.44
  5. Serengeti 4.41
  6. Uluru 4.40
  7. Ancient Thebes 4.39
  8. Pompei 4.38
  9. Persepolis 4.37
  10. Samarkand 4.36

About Christravelblog

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Reviews by Christravelblog

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Sardis by Christravelblog

Sardis (Nominated)

Sardis

Sardis is nominated for 2025 inscription. I think it should be as there isn't much Lydia related material on the list and the city played a key role and of …

Orkhon Valley by Christravelblog

Orkhon Valley (Inscribed)

Orkhon Valley

VISIT: LATE NOVEMBER 2023

Orkhon Valley has been covered a couple of times in reviews but never in winter. I made a combined visit with the Deer Stones at …

Deer Stone Monuments by Christravelblog

Deer Stone Monuments (Inscribed)

Deer Stone Monuments

VISIT: LATE NOVEMBER 2023

Mongolia in winter? It was not my initial plan, but when my business trip to Beijing got rescheduled from early October to late November, I …

Agglomération Aného Glidji  by Christravelblog

Agglomération Aného Glidji (On tentative list)

Agglomération Aného Glidji

Aného-glidji was added to the tentative UNESCO list of Togo back in 2021 so, why not make a visit. Even if it wasn’t added it’s a nice day trip from …

Greniers en série des grottes de Nok, Mamproug, Ko by Christravelblog

Grottes de Nok, Mamproug, Kou… (On tentative list)

Grottes de Nok, Mamproug, Kouba et Bagou

Another suprise in Togo! From the 4 places of the TWHS Nok is most easily reached and the largest. At the time of my visit (late 2022) the northern parts …

Sites de la métallurgie ancienne du fer de Bassar by Christravelblog

Sites de la métallurgie ancie… (On tentative list)

Sites de la métallurgie ancienne du fer de Bassar

Yes this is for me a TWHS that has a good chance of inscribing. I loved it. Getting to Bassar is kind of out of the way, even in a …

Koutammakou by Christravelblog

Koutammakou (Inscribed)

Koutammakou

Koutammakou, the land of the Batammariba, is currently the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Togo. If you are interested in local culture and ethnicities, visiting Koutammakou should be on …

Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli by Christravelblog

Rachid Karami International F… (Inscribed)

Rachid Karami International Fair-Tripoli

Tripoli is Lebanon’s second largest city and a Tripoli day trip is worth it if you're in Lebanon. It’s a completely different world compared to Beirut. I left Beirut around …

Tiwanaku by Christravelblog

Tiwanaku (Inscribed)

Tiwanaku

Tiwanaku is an easy day trip from La Paz. It takes approximate 2 hours by car from La Paz to Tiwanaku. I highly recommend to either hire a car yourself …

La ville de Porto-Novo by Christravelblog

La ville de Porto-Novo (On tentative list)

La ville de Porto-Novo

Porto-Novo is the capital of Benin, but all government and trade is in Cotonou. Porto-Novo is all about colonial heritage, both from the French Colonial Empire and Colonial Portugal. I …

Medina of Sousse by Christravelblog

Medina of Sousse (Inscribed)

Medina of Sousse

The Medina of Sousse is a beautiful example of a walled ancient city core (a medina) which characteristics are the narrow streets. There are beautiful, mainly blue with some yellow, …

W-Arly-Pendjari Complex by Christravelblog

W-Arly-Pendjari Complex (Inscribed)

W-Arly-Pendjari Complex

I visited Pendjari National Park during my 2-week Benin itinerary. I stayed for 1 night in the luxury lodge inside the park. This way I could do an afternoon safari …

Huanglong by Christravelblog

Huanglong (Inscribed)

Huanglong

Huanglong is a real fairy tale landscape with autumn leaves, frozen waterfalls and ponds colored blue through yellow make Huanglong a surreal place. I visited in 2018 after a business …

Shibam by Christravelblog

Shibam (Inscribed)

Shibam

In November 2022, finally I was able to visit Yemen Mainland. Just Hadramout though, but that's were Shibam is. Will advise on logistics below.

It was around 10AM when …

Les Tumulus (Awellos) by Christravelblog

Les Tumulus (Awellos) (On tentative list)

Les Tumulus (Awellos)

It's impossible to make a huge review about these Tumulus. There are a lot in Djibouti. I'm not sure if these should be inscribed. I think not. But there are …

Les Gravures Rupestre d'Abourma by Christravelblog

Les Gravures Rupestre d'Abour… (On tentative list)

Les Gravures Rupestre d'Abourma

In my quest to visit every country and having Djibouti on my radar since childhood (no clue why, I have this with a few countries) I had no choice to …

Royal Palaces of Abomey by Christravelblog

Royal Palaces of Abomey (Inscribed)

Royal Palaces of Abomey

The Royal Palaces of Abomey certainly were a highlight of my road trip in Benin. I did read about the "no photo" policy but with the help of a few …

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Wadi Wurayah (Nominated)

Wadi Wurayah

I tried to visit the Wadi during my UAE trip late december. It was more a family leisure trip as ticking off WHS/TWHS but of course I (mostly without family) …

Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve by Christravelblog

Tobago Main Ridge Forest Rese… (On tentative list)

Tobago Main Ridge Forest Reserve

Ticking of WHS is one thing for me but also ticking of countries (I love lists) and with direct flights on KLM from Amsterdam to Trinidad & Tobago I just …

La Brea Pitch Lake by Christravelblog

La Brea Pitch Lake (On tentative list)

La Brea Pitch Lake

Ticking of WHS is one thing for me but also ticking of countries (I love lists) and with direct flights on KLM from Amsterdam to Trinidad & Tobago I just …

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