WHS#67
Jerusalem is the holiest city in the world. It's crazy how all of these different religions happen to have some of their holiest sites, among other impressive sites …
Gablabcebu
Philippines \ Member since August 2019
#440 123 39 2
MY RATING SYSTEM 😅
0.5/5.0: A site not worth a visit at all
1.0/5.0: Definite disapproval for WHS status (no OUV in my opinion), but a good experience for visiting
1.5/5.0: Equivocal disapproval for WHS status – I can see the argument for OUV
2.0/5.0: Below-average WHS, but deserving nonetheless (clear OUV demonstrated, in my opinion)
2.5/5.0: What I consider the standard for WHS
3.0/5.0: Above-average WHS
3.5/5.0: What I consider wonders of the world
4.0-4.5/5.0: Higher-tier wonders
5.0/5.0: A truly complete, authentic, and top-tier WHS
*Rankings drop with severe threats to integrity and authenticity of sites, especially when these negatively affect my visiting experience.
Recent Visits
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About GabLabCebu
- Member since
- August 2019
- Country of Origin
- Philippines
Visits
- Rank
- #440
- WHS
- 123
- Tentative Sites
- 39
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 103
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Te Wahipounamu 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Petra 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Dinosaur Provincial Park 4.5
- Kathmandu Valley 4.5
- Pyramids (Memphis) 4.5
- Grand Canyon 4.5
- Redwood 4.5
- Kii Mountain Range 4.5
- Kraków 4.5
- Iguacu 4.5
- Cordoba 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4.0
- Ancient Kyoto 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Quito 4.0
- Nubian Monuments 4.0
- Caves of Maresha and Bet Guvrin 4.0
- Seville 4.0
- Granada 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4.0
- Gyeongju 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Wadi Rum 3.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3.5
- Cuzco 3.5
- Himeji-jo 3.5
- Ancient Nara 3.5
- Wulingyuan 3.5
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 3.5
- Acropolis 3.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.5
- Dubrovnik 3.5
- Versailles 3.5
- Biblical Tells 3.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.5
- Yosemite National Park 3.5
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 3.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 3.5
- Salamanca 3.5
- Sintra 3.5
- Budapest 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Chitwan National Park 3.0
- Belem 3.0
- Brasilia 3.0
- Everglades 3.0
- Arequipa 3.0
- Haeinsa Temple 3.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.0
- Nasca Lines 3.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.0
- Baroque Churches 3.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 3.0
- Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 3.0
- Old City of Acre 3.0
- Macao 3.0
- Jeju 3.0
- Preah Vihear Temple 3.0
- Trang An 3.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 3.0
- Baekje Historic Areas 2.5
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 2.5
- Thang Long 2.5
- Vienna 2.5
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 2.5
- Bethlehem 2.5
- Rabat 2.5
- Koh Ker 2.5
- Kotor 2.5
- Namhansanseong 2.5
- Grand Canal 2.5
- Itsukushima Shrine 2.5
- Masada 2.5
- Ayutthaya 2.5
- Greater Blue Mountains 2.5
- Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats 2.5
- Cambodian Memorial Sites 2.5
- Melaka and George Town 2.5
- Yen Tu 2.5
- Canal du Midi 2.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 2.0
- Bryggen 2.0
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 2.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 2.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 2.0
- Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 2.0
- Saint Catherine Area 2.0
- Sucre 2.0
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.0
- Lumbini 2.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 2.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 2.0
- Genbaku Dome 2.0
- Warsaw 2.0
- Lima 2.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 2.0
- Gaya Tumuli 2.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 1.5
- Paseo del Prado and Buen Retiro 1.5
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 1.5
- Seowon, Neo-Confucian Academies 1.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 1.5
- Sydney Opera House 1.5
- Rio de Janeiro 1.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.0
- Nice 1.0
- Baptism Site "Bethany Beyond the Jordan" 1.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Walled City of Manila
- Kitanglad and Kalatungan Mountain Ranges
- Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park
- Butuan Archeological Sites
- Early Synagogues in the Galilee
- Cal Orck’o
- Chiang Mai
- Panauti
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension)
- Timna
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area
- Pombaline Lisbon
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape
- QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of Dead Sea Scrolls
- Auckland Volcanic Fields
- Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
- Bet She'an
- Jerusalem
- Sacred Titicaca Lake
- Makhteshim Country
- Jerash Archaeological City
- Civil Rights Movement Sites
- Sea of Galilee
- Central Park
- Waters and seabed of Fiordland
- El Nido-Taytay Protected Area
- Lake Titicaca
- Phnom Kulen
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- Aguas Livres Aqueduct
- Towns and Landscape Taal Volcano and Caldera Lake
- Tilaurakot-Kapilavastu
- Amalienborg and its district
- Ein Karem
- Caesarea
- Arbel
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles
- Ancient Greek Theatres
- Egyptian Museum
- Wanuskewin
- 123 42
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- Zones
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Reviews by GabLabCebu
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Bethlehem (Inscribed)
Bethlehem
WHS#65
I visited Bethlehem in May 2018 on a day trip from Jerusalem. Its Church of the Nativity is one of the holiest sites of Christianity in the world, …
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GabLabCebu
01/11/19
Macao (Inscribed)
Macao
WHS#68
Macao is a true melting pot between the east and west. Everything, from its architecture of Baroque churches alongside Chinese temples to its road signs in Cantonese and …
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GabLabCebu
30/10/19
Ayutthaya (Inscribed)
Ayutthaya
WHS#69
Just over an hour north of Bangkok lie the ruins of what was once the biggest city in the world - Ayutthaya. I got the opportunity for a …
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GabLabCebu
25/10/19
Wulingyuan (Inscribed)
Wulingyuan
WHS#72
In June 2019, I joined a big group package tour for the first time with my family to Zhangjiajie. We spent 2 days exploring the Wulingyuan area and …
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GabLabCebu
21/10/19
Pharaonic temples in Upper Eg… (On tentative list)
Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt
Egypt, being one of the greatest ancient civilizations in the world, is quite underrepresented on the list of WHS for just how much impressive remains are left today, and that …
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GabLabCebu
19/10/19
Grand Canal (Inscribed)
Grand Canal
WHS#73
Canals are a rather frequent, maybe a tad overrepresented, subject for WHS. After all, don't they all somewhat follow the same concept? Sure, maybe one is older, another …
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GabLabCebu
18/10/19
Classical Gardens of Suzhou (Inscribed)
Classical Gardens of Suzhou
WHS#74
China is one of those civilizations that has its own distinct spin on everything. Behind the flagship palaces, religions, languages, and designs hide the gardens. Chinese gardens, much …
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GabLabCebu
17/10/19
Jeju (Inscribed)
Jeju
WHS#2
In April 2012, My family and I joined a cruise from Shanghai to Tokyo. Our first stop was Jeju, where we took a half-day tour of the island. …
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GabLabCebu
16/10/19
Rice Terraces of the Philippi… (Inscribed)
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
WHS#71
In the Philippines, you grow up hearing about them; seeing pictures of them; memorizing them for your Social Studies or Araling Panlipunan quiz; even having them in your …
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GabLabCebu
14/10/19
Baroque Churches (Inscribed)
Baroque Churches
WHS#70
Here in the Philippines, colonial churches are the pinnacle of heritage architecture. The vast majority of cities and towns are completely composed of buildings that did not exist …
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GabLabCebu
11/10/19
Sea of Galilee (On tentative list)
Sea of Galilee
My dad had always had this question about the Bible: Why is it that the Sea of Galilee, being a relatively small lake, have such violent storms for Jesus to …
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GabLabCebu
07/10/19
Grand Canyon (Inscribed)
Grand Canyon
WHS#1
My very first WHS visit came from a trip to the West Coast of the USA way back when in 2008. It's so long ago that I can't …
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GabLabCebu
05/10/19
Bet She'an (On tentative list)
Bet She'an
Israel is bulging with Roman ruins. You can find them everywhere, whether you're in the heart of Jerusalem, in the deserts by the Dead Sea or Makhtesh Ramon, by the …
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GabLabCebu
04/10/19
Makhteshim Country (On tentative list)
Makhteshim Country
Erosion sites are a tricky topic. How unique or impressive must one be to have its own OUV? This is the question I ask when considering the makhteshim. I visited …
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GabLabCebu
03/10/19
QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery o… (On tentative list)
QUMRAN: Caves and Monastery of Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are indeed one of the great written archaeological finds of the past century. I visited the Shrine of the Book in the Israel Museum where reproductions …
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GabLabCebu
02/10/19
Cal Orck’o (On tentative list)
Cal Orck’o
I visited Parque Cretacico from Sucre back in April 2016. The park is quite touristic and kiddy, with nothing much of value, but it has binoculars and a great view …
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GabLabCebu
01/10/19
Timna (On tentative list)
Timna
I visited Timna Park back in May 2018, a few days after all the flash floods in the Negev. The park is a little detour when driving north from Eilat, …
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GabLabCebu
30/09/19
Chiang Mai (Nominated)
Chiang Mai
Chiang Mai is such a rich city. I don't mean this economically, but culturally. The Lanna nation, although they speak the same language as the rest of Thailand, seems almost …
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GabLabCebu
28/09/19
Auckland Volcanic Fields (On tentative list)
Auckland Volcanic Fields
Auckland is quite a unique city geologically, being situated in the midst of a volcanic field. As a geology enthusiast, I find that non-erosion geological features are quite underrated on …
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GabLabCebu
27/09/19
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