Izamal means place of the Itza. According to Mayan mythology Votan sent his son Itzamna to bring civilization. On his death a pyramid and temple were built over his grave …
Don Irwin
Member since January 2019
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I started traveling by living in West Africa for 5 years. When I returned we moved to New Mexico and hiked in all the western national parks.
We started traveling again overseas in 2009. We were convinced to go to Guatemala and realized how much we missed being overseas. We prefer Mexico, and Central and South America. Europe is too crowded.
Most memorable moment at a WHS was listening to an opera singer in the Roman theater at Ephesus. It was very cold and all the hotels hadn't opened in Sulcuk but the singing was beautiful and no one was there.
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About Don Irwin
- Member since
- January 2019
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #262
- WHS
- 206
- Tentative Sites
- 39
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- Reviews
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World Heritage Sites
- Bryggen 5.0
- Olympia 5.0
- Bourges Cathedral 5.0
- Seville 5.0
- Los Glaciares 5.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 5.0
- Granada 5.0
- Uxmal 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Antigua Guatemala 5.0
- Churches of Moldavia 5.0
- Belize Barrier Reef 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Dubrovnik 5.0
- Urbino 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Olympic National Park 5.0
- Djenné 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Chaco Culture 5.0
- Hawaii Volcanoes 5.0
- Cliff of Bandiagara 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- El Escurial 5.0
- Toledo 5.0
- Drottningholm 5.0
- Belem 5.0
- Luang Prabang 5.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- Loire Valley 5.0
- Verona 5.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 5.0
- Boyana Church 5.0
- St. Petersburg 5.0
- Kotor 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 5.0
- Glacier parks 5.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 5.0
- Cuzco 5.0
- Te Wahipounamu 5.0
- Caceres 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 4.0
- Teotihuacan 4.0
- City of Bath 4.0
- Avignon 4.0
- Monticello 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 4.0
- Val di Noto 4.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- Iguazu National Park 4.0
- Valletta 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Villages with Fortified Churches 4.0
- Santiago de Compostela 4.0
- Avila 4.0
- Iguacu 4.0
- Aranjuez 4.0
- Medina of Essaouira 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Malbork Castle 4.0
- Cuenca 4.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Kutna Hora 4.0
- Kathmandu Valley 4.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 4.0
- Naples 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 4.0
- Redwood 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Saint-Emilion 4.0
- Genoa 4.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Kronborg Castle 4.0
- Vienna 3.0
- Quito 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Sukhothai 3.0
- Chitwan National Park 3.0
- Quirigua 3.0
- Cordoba 3.0
- Semmering Railway 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Willemstad 3.0
- Independence Hall 3.0
- Mammoth Cave 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Taos Pueblo 3.0
- Curonian Spit 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Mérida 3.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Alcala de Henares 3.0
- Arequipa 3.0
- Brimstone Hill Fortress 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Stonehenge and Avebury 3.0
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast 3.0
- Acropolis 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.0
- Volubilis 3.0
- Guanajuato 3.0
- Paquimé 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- Querétaro 3.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 3.0
- Campeche 3.0
- Sighisoara 3.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Versailles 3.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 3.0
- Thingvellir 3.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.0
- Sewell Mining Town 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Lagoons of New Caledonia 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Australian Convict Sites 3.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.0
- Bridgetown 3.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.0
- San Antonio Missions 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.0
- Mafra 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.0
- Hopewell 3.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 3.0
- Riga 2.0
- Giant's Causeway 2.0
- Graz 2.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.0
- Old City of Acre 2.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Pitons Management Area 2.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 2.0
- Lübeck 2.0
- Rabat 2.0
- Cahokia Mounds 2.0
- Sydney Opera House 2.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.0
- Split 2.0
- Meknes 2.0
- Medina of Fez 2.0
- Mycenae and Tiryns 2.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 2.0
- Thessalonika 2.0
- Guanacaste 2.0
- Island of Gorée 2.0
- Tower of London 2.0
- Westminster 2.0
- Asante Traditional Buildings 1.5
- Tequila 1.5
- Camino Real 1.0
- Danube Limes 1.0
- Stone Spheres of the Diquís 1.0
- León Cathedral 1.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 1.0
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 1.0
- Mount Carmel Caves 1.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 1.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins NPs
- Historic Town of Alamos
- Lake Titicaca
- Dayton Aviation Sites
- White Sands National Monument
- Historical city of Izamal
- Central Park
- Chutes de la Lobé
- Dzongs
- San Pedro de Atacama
- Historic Town of San Sebastian del Oeste
- Western Area Peninsula National Park
- The Gateway to the Old King's Yards
- Old Fourah Bay College Building
- California Current Conservation Complex
- Big Bend National Park
- Le Parc national de Waza
- Le Lamidat de Rey-Bouba
- The Great House in the Grassfields Chiefdom
- Historic Georgetown
- Petrified Forest National Park
- La Moneda Palace
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Reviews by Don Irwin
Historical city of Izamal (On tentative list)
Historical city of Izamal
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Don Irwin
09/03/19
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Historic Town of Alamos (On tentative list)
Historic Town of Alamos
I love traveling in Mexico so I admit that I am not impartial. We went to Alamos as part of a tour to Copper Canyon. Along the way we spent …
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Don Irwin
25/02/19