Clyde

Malta \ Member since August 2017

#31 647 229 43

I love travelling to experience different cultures and new places. Apart from the well-known iconic places and landmarks, I love visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites as the list also includes places that are quite off the beaten track or places I would have never visited or even read about.

My favourite WHS are a combination of cultural WHS and spectacular nature WHS. I'm not a fan of industrial WHS or modern architecture WHS but I'm always open to visit to learn something new. Since the last few years I try to cover as many top WHS as possible on the longer trips while I try to cover the remaining European WHS on shorter trips or as road trips.

 

My most impressive site: Rapa Nui, Florence, Venice, Borobodur, Komodo NP, Skellig Michael, Angkor Wat, Pyramids of Giza, Taj Mahal, Petra, Great Wall, Rome, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island, Tasmanian Wilderness, Galapagos, Machu Picchu, Nemrut Dagi, Goreme NP, Teotihuacan, Mexico City, Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserves, Rock Islands

My proposal for a new site: Drift Passes of Rangiroa

Recent Visits
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    May 1, 2025
    Rock Islands
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    April 15, 2025
    Baroque Churches, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, Vigan
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    April 11, 2025
    Mount Hamiguitan
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About Clyde

Member since
August 2017
Country of Origin
Malta
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#31
WHS
647
Tentative Sites
229
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Reviews by Clyde

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Vigan by Clyde

Vigan (Inscribed)

Vigan

I visited this WHS in spring 2025 staying overnight after visiting the inscribed rice terraces. I agree that Vigan is a highlight in a country with not so many historic …

Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras by Clyde

Rice Terraces of the Philippi… (Inscribed)

Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras

I visited 3 locations of this WHS (Batad, Bangaan and Mayoyao) in spring 2025, although I focused mostly on what I think is probably the best and largest location, i.e. …

Mount Hamiguitan by Clyde

Mount Hamiguitan (Inscribed)

Mount Hamiguitan

I visited this WHS in Spring 2025. The big international car rental companies are now available near Davao airport. For the time being (till the airport enlargement works are completed), …

Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River by Clyde

Puerto-Princesa Subterranean … (Inscribed)

Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River

I visited this WHS in Spring 2025. Having read through the quite negative reviews online balancing out the mostly national praise for this site as one of the 7 Wonders …

Erbil Citadel by Clyde

Erbil Citadel (Inscribed)

Erbil Citadel

I visited this Iraqi Kurdistan WHS in September 2024. Up till not long ago, visitors arriving in Iraqi Kurdistan could not visit the rest of Federal Iraq but in 2024 …

Ashur by Clyde

Ashur (Inscribed)

Ashur

I visited this WHS in September 2024 as a long day trip together with Hatra. An early start to the day and a reputable fixer/tour agency with good contacts is …

Hatra by Clyde

Hatra (Inscribed)

Hatra

I visited this WHS in September 2024 after visiting Ashur. I had double checked before my arrival in Iraq and during my visit to make sure everything was in order …

Samarra by Clyde

Samarra (Inscribed)

Samarra

I visited this WHS in September 2024. Samarra lies on the east bank of the Tigris river and it was founded in 836 by the Abbasid caliph al-Mutasim as a …

Babylon by Clyde

Babylon (Inscribed)

Babylon

I visited this WHS in September 2024. Most of this WHS has not been excavated yet, and judging by most of the lame reconstructions above ground and by the iconic …

Ahwar of Southern Iraq by Clyde

Ahwar of Southern Iraq (Inscribed)

Ahwar of Southern Iraq

I visited this mixed WHS in September 2024 covering Ur, Uruk (Warka) and the Ahwar Marshes. Like most of Iraq's archaeological sites, the wealth of artefacts found is much more …

Belize Barrier Reef by Clyde

Belize Barrier Reef (Inscribed)

Belize Barrier Reef

I visited this WHS in Spring 2024 staying close to Half Moon Caye Natural Monument and the Blue Hole Natural Monument. Already getting close to Half Moon Caye, we got …

Tubbataha Reefs by Clyde

Tubbataha Reefs (Inscribed)

Tubbataha Reefs

I visited this WHS in Spring 2025 thanks to a special meet-up (9 pax) organised by Thomas Buechler on a liveaboard catamaran for 2 nights. The Tubbataha Reefs Natural Park …

Antigua Guatemala by Clyde

Antigua Guatemala (Inscribed)

Antigua Guatemala

I visited this WHS in Spring 2024 and spent a couple of nights here, mostly to be able to visit early in the morning and around sunset when it isn't …

Copán by Clyde

Copán (Inscribed)

Copán

I visited this WHS in Spring 2024 as a 2 night 2 day trip excursion from Guatemala. Arriving late in the afternoon as opposed to an early morning border crossing …

Quirigua by Clyde

Quirigua (Inscribed)

Quirigua

I visited this WHS in Spring 2024 as a detour from Antigua Guatemala before heading to Copan, Honduras. It is rightly famous for its superbly carved and preserved sandstone stelae, …

Tak'alik Ab'aj by Clyde

Tak'alik Ab'aj (Inscribed)

Tak'alik Ab'aj

I visited this WHS in Spring 2024 as a day trip from Antigua Guatemala. The day before my visit I was lucky to spot some original stone sculptures on display …

Paquimé by Clyde

Paquimé (Inscribed)

Paquimé

I visited this WHS in spring 2024. I drove to Nuevo Casas Grandes from Hermosillo airport (8 hrs) and apart from a few military checkpoints along the highway where the …

El Pinacate by Clyde

El Pinacate (Inscribed)

El Pinacate

I visited this WHS in spring 2024. At first glance El Pinacate and Gran Desierto de Altar National Biosphere Reserve seems to be made up of two completely different components. …

El Tajin by Clyde

El Tajin (Inscribed)

El Tajin

I visited El Tajin in March 2024 just before the Cumbre Tajin event and after a very near miss during COVID-19 times. All COVID restrictions have been lifted although the …

Evaporitic Karst and Caves by Clyde

Evaporitic Karst and Caves (Inscribed)

Evaporitic Karst and Caves

I visited this WHS in June 2023. Since I visited before inscription I wasn't sure which components would be inscribed or left out, so to be on the safe side …

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