Zoë Sheng Profile
I'm Zoë.
Recent Reviews Zoë Sheng
Migratory Bird Sanctuaries
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 04-Oct-19
There was some confusion about where the places are until I checked the official map, and even now there is confusion. China news outlets reported the Dafeng Milu Nature Reserve to be included but actually it is not. There is an interesting history about that deer park (deer got eaten to extinction!!) and you do get to see many, many birds there but I am very sure it is not part of the inscription. My friend's family owns an eco lodge in a similar forest reserve in Jiangsu and you see many birds there of this caliber but they are obviously also not inscribed. To add to this, the entire "Yancheng Coast" is a bird paradise including several islands that are famous birdwatching destinations
Read OnBreiðafjörður Nature Reserve (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 30-Sep-19
First off, I really like the Breiðafjörður Nature Reserve but you will see why I don't rate it highly soon.
I took the Viking Sushi Cruise from Stykkishólmur a couple of hours north of Reykjavík. It started ~10am and was quite full even on a windy and slightly rainy day. The main draw of this cruise is that it takes you to some of the nearby islands (I forget their names) for bird-watching and catches a net of clams. They even provide soy sauce and wasabi! There was also enough for everyone so it was probably worth the money.
Read OnTaihang Mountain (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 27-Sep-19
The Taihang mountain range stretches from Shijiazhuang in the north to the Luoyang in the south covering three provinces (Hebei, Shaanxi, Henan). It's famous yellow mountains will remind you of Huangshan if you have been there. The geology is similar I suppose. The bold inscription attempt is for geology and in fact there are many UNESCO geoparks in this mountain range already, as well as several unique species that live here that you wouldn't see as a tourist and are probably not seen by the inspection team when they come either. You get to see macaques though...
Read OnHima a rock art site in Najran (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 27-Sep-19
It is hard to figure out where these rock art sites really are. The only place I found was the Hima wells area and nearby the well was one, fenced off, with a sign stating tourist visits should be arranged with some phone number. Well, too bad. I noticed there is an opening to the right of that place and it was clearly used by others before. Not much climbing required. I don't want to promote breaking rules, especially in the KSA where you can get into deeeeeeep problems for doing this, but it is the only easy way to actually see them close up. Okay so you don't need to break the law if you have binoculars or a zoom lens
Read OnAires volcaniques et forestières de la Martinique (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian in NZ - 27-Sep-19
I'm typically biased towards nature site but this one is really nice and worth a visit. An hour's drive from FdF at the most through beautiful scenery already (although the roads can be narrow yet in good condition) you arrive at the parking lot for Mount/Montagne Pelée. The lookout is nice too but the mountain is obviously what you came for - yes, ignore that ugly power station at the start of the hike /cough cough.
The hike is roughly 6-7km depending where you actually go
Read OnProfile Data
- Name
- Zoë Sheng
- Country
- Chinese-Canadian in NZ
- Most Impressive
- Abu Simbel, Ilulissat Icefjord
- Proposal
- Mariana Trench
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 05.10.19
-
Visited WHS
Rating StatsCalakmul 5Petra 5Potosi 5Rapa Nui 5Huanglong 4.5Shirakami-Sanchi 4.5Shiretoko 4.5Victoria Falls 4.5Al-Hijr 4Baalbek 4Bagan 4Fujisan 4Le Morne 4Pergamon 4Red Fort 4Redwood 4Sanchi 4Uluru 4Agra Fort 3.5Alto Douro 3.5Delos 3.5Dong Phayayen 3.5Garajonay 3.5Golestan Palace 3.5Hiraizumi 3.5Jeju 3.5Kinabalu Park 3.5Koguryo Kingdom 3.5Las Medulas 3.5Longmen Grottoes 3.5Mistaken Point 3.5Mogao Caves 3.5Mount Hamiguitan 3.5Pico Island 3.5Pimachiowin Aki 3.5Potala Palace 3.5Québec 3.5Rideau Canal 3.5Sucre 3.5Vall de Boi 3.5Wadi Rum 3.5Albi 3Bisotun 3Hampi 3Ivrea 3Kujataa 3My Son 3Mystras 3Orange 3Pompei 3Sigiriya 3Vat Phou 3Vegaøyan 3Yazd 3Ajanta Caves 2.5Anuradhapura 2.5Banska Stiavnica 2.5Byblos 2.5Carlsbad Caverns 2.5Castel del Monte 2.5Fujian Tulou 2.5Gelati Monastery 2.5Grand Pré 2.5Hollókö 2.5Koguryo Tombs 2.5Kulangsu 2.5Lut Desert 2.5Lübeck 2.5Mahabalipuram 2.5Mount Taishan 2.5Mount Wutai 2.5Mtskheta 2.5Nan Madol 2.5Naples 2.5Old Rauma 2.5Palenque 2.5Pattadakal 2.5Persian Garden 2.5Ping Yao 2.5Qinghai Hoh Xil 2.5Reims 2.5Røros 2.5Sian Ka'an 2.5Taputapuātea 2.5Tierradentro 2.5Tiwanaku 2.5Trang An 2.5Willemstad 2.5Yungang Grottoes 2.5Al Ain 2Anjar 2Bagerhat 2Camagüey 2Lima 2Paquimé 2Pearling 2Provins 2Shushtar 2Susa 2Troy 2Tyre 2Vigan 2Zamosc 2Bahla Fort 1.5Ban Chiang 1.5Campeche 1.5Chaco Culture 1.5Cienfuegos 1.5Gammelstad 1.5Gonbad-e Qâbus 1.5Historic Jeddah 1.5Ibiza 1.5Island of Patmos 1.5Kaesong 1.5Levuka 1.5Maymand 1.5Nalanda 1.5Namhansanseong 1.5Quedlinburg 1.5Robben Island 1.5Rock Art of Alta 1.5Surtsey 1.5Tabriz Bazaar 1.5Tsodilo 1.5Wudang Mountains 1.5Dengfeng 1Gyeongju 1Qalhat 1Aapravasi Ghat 0.5Abu Mena 0.5Al-Ahsa Oasis 0.5Battir 0.5Hortobágy 0.5Kuk 0.5Lumbini 0.5Luther Memorials 0.5Mir Castle 0.5Peking Man Site 0.5Sammallahdenmäki 0.5Sheki 0.5Taos Pueblo 0.5Valparaiso 0.5Yin Xu 0.5Reviewed WHS
- Migratory Bird Sanctuaries
- Chiribiquete National Park
- Vegaøyan
- Antigua Naval Dockyard
- Mistaken Point
- Pimachiowin Aki
- Aasivissuit - Nipisat
- Ilulissat Icefjord
- Paris, Banks of the Seine
- Fagus Factory
- Mount Wutai
- Lumbini
- Al-Hijr
- Tarnowskie Góry Lead-Silver Mine
- Koguryo Kingdom
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil
- Susa
- Robben Island
- Fossil Hominid Sites
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains
- Hyrcanian Forests
- Takht-e Soleyman
- Ancient Thebes
- Lake Malawi
- Gonbad-e Qâbus
- Abu Mena
- Maymand
- Pasargadae
- Qinghai Hoh Xil
- Rock Art in the Hail Region
- Qalhat
- Champaner-Pavagadh
- Petra
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
- Xidi and Hongcun
- Al-Ahsa Oasis
- Khangchendzonga National Park
- Nalanda
- Manas Wildlife Sanctuary
- Chengjiang Fossil Site
- Alto Douro
- Hubei Shennongjia
- Struve Geodetic Arc
- Plain of Jars
- Zuojiang Huashan Rock Art
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region
- Chief Roi Mata's Domain
- Gunung Mulu
- Liangzhu Archaeological Site
- Sigiriya
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution
- First Coffee Plantations
- Yakushima
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Papahanaumokuakea
- Mount Hamiguitan
- Medina Azahara
- Kladruby nad Labem
- Fanjingshan
- Okinoshima Island
- Mount Wuyi
Visited TWHS
Reviewed TWHS
- Breiðafjörður Nature Reserve (T)
- Taihang Mountain (T)
- Hima a rock art site in Najran (T)
- Aires volcaniques et forestières de la Martinique (T)
- Phare de Cordouan (T)
- Ancienne chocolaterie Menier à Noisiel (T)
- Baquedano Street (T)
- Moravian Church Settlements (T)
- Bonaire Marine Park (T)
- Archaeological and Historical National Park of Pueblo Viejo, La Vega (T)
- City Hall, Georgetown (T)
- St.Georges Anglican Cathedral (T)
- Rock Art of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (T)
- Mývatn and Laxá (T)
- City of Azúa de Compostela (T)
- Parque Nacional Jaragua (T)
- Arte Rupestre Prehispanico en Republica Dominicana (T)
- Historic zone of Basseterre (T)
- Primeros Ingenios Coloniales Azucareros de América (T)
- The Glorious Kakatiya Temples and Gateways (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Sitio Arqueológico de la Villa La Isabela (T)
- Seville Heritage Park (T)
- White Sands National Monument (T)
- Bradyseism in the Flegrea Area (T)
- Minoan Palatial Centres (Knossos, Phaistos, Malia, Zakros, Kydonia) (T)
- Colchis Wetlands and Forests (T)
- Großglockner High Alpine Road / Großglockner Hochalpenstraße (T)
- Archipelago of la Maddalena and Islands of Bocche di Bonifacio (T)
- Greek Archaeological ensemble in Empúries, l'Escala, Girona (T)
- Priorat-Montsant-Siurana paysage agricole de la montagne méditerranéenne (T)
- Sites funéraires et mémoriels de la Première Guerre mondiale (Front Ouest) (Belgium) (T)
- The Neanderthal fossil sites of Wallonia (T)
- Hôpital Notre-Dame à La Rose - Lessines (T)
- Çanakkale (Dardanelles) and Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Battles Zones in the First World War (T)
- Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious authorities (Punakha Dzong, Wangdue Phodrang Dzong, Paro Dzong, Trongsa Dzong and Dagana Dzong) (T)
- Early Farmsteads of the Cape Winelands (T)
- Ramagrama, the relic stupa of Lord Buddha (T)
- The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun (T)
- Voormalige Nazorgkolonie en Sanatorium Zonnestraal (T)
- Sungai Buloh Leprosarium (T)
- The Hadrianic city of Italica (T)
- Huangguoshu Scenic Area (T)
- The Natural-Historical Landscape of Izeh (T)
- The Cultural Landscape of the Central Region in the Emirate of Sharjah (T)
- Sacred Sites associated with Phajo Drugom Zhigpo and his descendants (T)
- Augustow Canal (T)
- Sultan Bayezid II Complex: A Center of Medical Treatment (T)
- Aizanoi Antique City (T)
- Phra That Phanom, its related historic buildings and associated landscape (T)
- Ayvalık Industrial Landscape (T)
- Historic quarters and monuments of Rosetta/Rachid (T)
- Wooden Structures of Liao Dynasty - Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County, Main Hall of Fengguo Monastery of Yixian County (T)
- ShuDao (T)
- Ngwenya Mines (T)
- Welwitschia Plains (T)
- Human Rights, Liberation Struggle and Reconciliation: Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites (T)
- Yıldız Palace Complex (T)
- Nuruosmaniye Complex (T)
- al Dimaniyyat Islands Nature Reserve (T)
- Alisadr Cave (T)
- Trans-Iranian Railway (T)
- Seljuk Caravanserais on the route from Denizli to Dogubeyazit (T)
- Hamoun Lake (T)
- Ras al Had Turtle Reserve and the Heritage Site of Ras al Jinz (T)
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran (T)
- Persian Caravanserai (T)
- The Collection of Historical Bridges (T)
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble of Fars Province (T)
- Zozan (T)
- Salt Domes of Iran (T)
- Asbads (windmill) of Iran (T)
- Group of Monuments at Mandu, Madhya Pradesh (T)
- Royal Manas National Park (RMNP) (T)
- Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (T)
- Al Bidya Mosque (T)
- Evolution of Temple Architecture - Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal (T)
- Ekamra Kshetra - The Temple City, Bhubaneswar (T)
- Ancient Ruin of Drukgyel Dzong (T)
- Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India (T)
- Worship wooden architecture (17th -18th centuries) in Polesye (T)
- Tr’ondëk-Klondike (T)
- Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge (T)
- Mining Historical Heritage (T)
- Mediterranean Wind Mills (T)
- Pharaon Island (T)
- Fagaloa Bay - Uafato Tiavea Conservation Zone (T)
- Ring of cenotes of Chicxulub Crater, Yucatan (T)
- Yukon Ice Patches (T)
- Limes Romanus - The Roman antique monuments on the Middle Danube (T)
- Prehistoric Cave Sites in Maros-Pangkep (T)
- Gaya Tumuli (T)
- The Ipolytartnóc Fossils (T)
- Kangjingun Kiln Sites (T)
- Ras Mohammed (T)
- Valle Salado de Añana (T)
- Qinghai Lake (T)
- The Wine in Iberia (T)
- Monastery of Santa María de La Rábida and the Columbus Memorial Places in Huelva (T)
- Amami-Oshima Island, Tokunoshima Island, the northern part of Okinawa Island and Iriomote Island (T)
- The Ancient Waterfront Towns in the South of Yangtze River (T)
- Vertical Vegetation Landscape and Volcanic Landscape in Changbai Mountain (T)
- SanFangQiXiang (T)
- Žatec – the Hops Town (T)
- Maijishan Scenic Spots (T)
- Kvetera Church (T)
- The Dunejec River Gorge in the Pieniny Mountains (T)
- Salterns (T)
- The Four Sacred Mountains as an Extension of Mt. Taishan (T)
- Ancient Porcelain Kiln Site in China: The Yue-Kiln Site at Shanglin Lake (T)
- The President Coolidge (T)
- Jinfushan Scenic Spot (T)
- Marine Protected Areas of American Samoa (T)
- The Complex of Yen Tu Monuments and Landscape (T)
- The Djavolja Varos (Devil's Town) Natural Landmark (T)
- Baiheliang Ancient Hydrological Inscription (T)
- Asuka-Fujiwara : Archaeological sites of Japan's Ancient Capitals and Related Properties (T)
- Stone Buddhas and Pagodas at Hwasun Unjusa Temple (T)
- Hua Shan Scenic Area (T)
- The Sado complex of heritage mines, primarily gold mines (T)
- The Alligator Sinensis Nature Reserve (T)
- Sites of Hongshan Culture: The Niuheliang Archaeological Site, the Hongshanhou Archaeological Site, and Weijiawopu Archa (T)