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Mt. Myohyang and the Relics in and around the Mountain (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 05-Mar-21

I wasn't aware I had visited this tentative site until the other review showed the picture of the temple and mentioned the exhibition hall. I would think the North Koreans want to inscribe the area due to the exhibition hall but then I read it is mainly about the mountains and the temples in the area. The reason I say this is because every tour will visit this hall and it is a huge propaganda piece. It is common for countries to do diplomatic gift exchanges, your own country will have a bulk load of gifts stored somewhere, but the DPRK makes a museum out of it and claim that they got these gifts because "they love us so much" and "they want to be our friends" (real quotes from the guides). You go figure.
Read OnVarazdin (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 23-Feb-21

There is a lot and lot of history about Varaždin, but my reasoning for not recommending to inscribe this is because it's mainly regional interest and very much like other towns already on the world heritage list. It is definitely a worthy visit for a variety of reasons. The castle (pictured) is not that great but very popular. The Prassinsky-Sermage Palace is perhaps unique design, the old town in general is, like many old towns, a leisurely walk on cobble streets. Then you get the medieval churches and walls thrown in as a bonus for those who haven't seen enough in Europe already. Which is more or less my point as before: it's all sort of a mash-up of other European towns from various time periods, well preserved for sure, but nothing special enough to be considered WHS
Read OnLubenice (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 23-Feb-21

Lubenice is a tiny village on the island of Cres, accessible by ferry only. Cres is also the name of the only town with restaurants and hotels where I met my Croatian BFF, who crazy enough thought it was a good idea to open up a vegetarian restaurant on the island. I don't know if she ever completed her dream but the reason I say it's crazy is because the island (and probably many islands in the area) are famous for delicious sheep meat (also olive oil). The sheep eat the healthy herbs and grass on the island and turn extra delicious - not that I tried.
Read OnVjetrenica cave (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 19-Feb-21

You may be thinking: "yet another cave?! Caves are boring!" Well, you are right! After visiting many caves for art, rock formations, it does become boring. However, this cave is famous for having a huge amount of troglobite (refereed to by the official document as "troglobionates" which I assume is incorrect), animals that live in the darkness. The caves feature prominently olms common in caves in this area of the world. These aquatic salamanders have adapted to live in the dark and feed on small crustaceans, insects and snails. You may now be thinking that you never see these when you visit and the water puddles at the front of the cave look so clean, that's because they only live well beyond what visitors get to access.
Read OnYangtze Gorges Scenic Spot (T)
Zoë Sheng Chinese-Canadian - 05-Feb-21

I'm shocked to see nobody has written something about the Three Gorges before now. After trying to read the official description I'm confused about what they deem special about the place - and that taking a cruise onboard the Changjiang (Long river) one would hardly be exposed to any of these. Anyhow, here is my travel report.
The cruise started from Chongqing and stops at the dam. From there you can take a plane out. Before the connections were very bad but I think it has been improved since then. The cruise takes 2 nights and 3 days. On the way you have optional excursions and one only pays for entrance tickets the temples etc, not for taking part in anything - of course each cruise is different but my point is that you get to see some cultural parts on the trip but apart from "beautiful scenery" there isn't much of animals or plants you can identify on the journey. My cruise ship also usually offers an extra boat trip to a smaller gorge but the weather conditions were not favorable enough. Sad
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Rating StatsAngkor 5Calakmul 5Florence 5Petra 5Potosi 5Rapa Nui 5Rome 5Vicenza 5Dolomites 4.5Dubrovnik 4.5Ephesus 4.5Everglades 4.5Giant's Causeway 4.5Granada 4.5Great Wall 4.5Ha Long Bay 4.5Huanglong 4.5Shirakami-Sanchi 4.5Shiretoko 4.5Sintra 4.5Teotihuacan 4.5Tugendhat Villa 4.5Victoria Falls 4.5Al-Hijr 4Baalbek 4Bagan 4Brugge 4Budapest 4Cordoba 4Cuzco 4Fujisan 4Istanbul 4Kotor 4L'viv 4Le Morne 4Matera 4Meteora 4Paphos 4Pergamon 4Prague 4Red Fort 4Redwood 4Sanchi 4Segovia 4Seville 4Uluru 4Verona 4Aachen Cathedral 3.5Agra Fort 3.5Alto Douro 3.5Avignon 3.5Ayutthaya 3.5Bordeaux 3.5Butrint 3.5Chichen-Itza 3.5Copan 3.5Delos 3.5Dong Phayayen 3.5Ferrara 3.5Fontainebleau 3.5Garajonay 3.5Golestan Palace 3.5Haeinsa Temple 3.5Hiraizumi 3.5Hué 3.5Imperial Palace 3.5Jeju 3.5Kinabalu Park 3.5Koguryo Kingdom 3.5Las Medulas 3.5Longmen Grottoes 3.5Mistaken Point 3.5Mogao Caves 3.5Mount Etna 3.5Mount Hamiguitan 3.5Mérida 3.5Nikko 3.5Pico Island 3.5Pimachiowin Aki 3.5Potala Palace 3.5Québec 3.5Ravenna 3.5Rhodes 3.5Rideau Canal 3.5Shark Bay 3.5Siena 3.5Skocjan Caves 3.5Sucre 3.5Taxila 3.5Telc 3.5Thingvellir 3.5Uxmal 3.5Vall de Boi 3.5Valletta 3.5Vienna 3.5Wadi Rum 3.5Warsaw 3.5Westminster 3.5Albi 3Arequipa 3Assisi 3Avila 3Bamberg 3Belem 3Belfries 3Bisotun 3Bryggen 3Corfu 3El Tajin 3Elvas 3Hampi 3Hoi An 3Ivrea 3Kujataa 3Kyiv 3Morelia 3My Son 3Mystras 3Olympia 3Oporto 3Orange 3Pienza 3Pompei 3Puebla 3Riga 3Sigiriya 3Split 3Tallinn 3Tarraco 3Toledo 3Urbino 3Vat Phou 3Vegaøyan 3Vilnius 3Yazd 3Ajanta Caves 2.5Anuradhapura 2.5Banska Stiavnica 2.5Blenheim Palace 2.5Boyana Church 2.5Byblos 2.5Carlsbad Caverns 2.5Castel del Monte 2.5Chaîne des Puys 2.5Cuenca 2.5Curonian Spit 2.5Fujian Tulou 2.5Gelati Monastery 2.5Grand Pré 2.5Hollókö 2.5Ironbridge Gorge 2.5Karlskrona 2.5Koguryo Tombs 2.5Kulangsu 2.5Luang Prabang 2.5Lut Desert 2.5Lyon 2.5Lübeck 2.5Mahabalipuram 2.5Medina Azahara 2.5Mount Taishan 2.5Mount Wutai 2.5Mtskheta 2.5Nan Madol 2.5Nancy 2.5Naples 2.5Nesvizh 2.5Old Rauma 2.5Palenque 2.5Pattadakal 2.5Persian Garden 2.5Ping Yao 2.5Potsdam 2.5Qinghai Hoh Xil 2.5Querétaro 2.5Reims 2.5Rohtas Fort 2.5Røros 2.5Salamanca 2.5Salzburg 2.5Sian Ka'an 2.5Syracuse 2.5Takht-i-Bahi 2.5Taputapuātea 2.5Tiwanaku 2.5Torun 2.5Trang An 2.5Visby 2.5Vlkolinec 2.5Willemstad 2.5Yungang Grottoes 2.5Úbeda and Baeza 2.5Al Ain 2Anjar 2Aquileia 2Aranjuez 2Arles 2Bagerhat 2Caceres 2Camagüey 2Corvey 2Cracow 2Dengfeng 2Evora 2Genoa 2Graz 2Kandy 2Le Havre 2Lima 2Macao 2Modena 2Mostar 2Paquimé 2Pearling 2Provins 2Quirigua 2Shushtar 2Susa 2Trebic 2Trier 2Trogir 2Troy 2Tyre 2Vigan 2Vézelay 2Zamosc 2Bahla Fort 1.5Ban Chiang 1.5Burgundy 1.5Campeche 1.5Centennial Hall 1.5Chaco Culture 1.5Champagne 1.5Cienfuegos 1.5Gammelstad 1.5Gonbad-e Qâbus 1.5Historic Jeddah 1.5Holasovice 1.5Ibiza 1.5Imperial Tombs 1.5Island of Patmos 1.5Jelling 1.5Kaesong 1.5Kernavë 1.5Lake District 1.5Levuka 1.5León Cathedral 1.5Liverpool 1.5Maymand 1.5Nalanda 1.5Namhansanseong 1.5Panamá 1.5Quedlinburg 1.5Robben Island 1.5Rock Art of Alta 1.5Stećci 1.5Surtsey 1.5Tabriz Bazaar 1.5Tsodilo 1.5Wudang Mountains 1.5Zacatecas 1.5Zollverein 1.5Gyeongju 1Qalhat 1Tequila 1Aapravasi Ghat 0.5Abu Mena 0.5Al-Ahsa Oasis 0.5Battir 0.5Beemster Polder 0.5Hortobágy 0.5Kuk 0.5Lumbini 0.5Luther Memorials 0.5Mir Castle 0.5Peking Man Site 0.5Sammallahdenmäki 0.5Schokland 0.5Sheki 0.5Stari Grad Plain 0.5Taos Pueblo 0.5Valparaiso 0.5Yin Xu 0.5Reviewed WHS
- Willemstad
- Belize Barrier Reef
- Ruins of León Viejo
- Coiba National Park
- Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda
- Teotihuacan
- Archipiélago de Revillagigedo
- Chan Chan
- Sucre
- Tierradentro
- Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape
- Kakadu National Park
- Taxila
- 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
- Mt. Myohyang and the Relics in and around the Mountain (T)
- Varazdin (T)
- Lubenice (T)
- Vjetrenica cave (T)
- Yangtze Gorges Scenic Spot (T)
- Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (T)
- Diaolou Buildings and Villages for Tibetan and Qiang Ethnic Groups (T)
- Moler landscapes of the Liim Fiord (T)
- Fenghuang Ancient City (T)
- Reef System in the Cuban Caribbean (T)
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
- National Schools of Art, Cubanacan (T)
- Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (extension) (T)
- Imperial Kiln Sites of Jingdezhen (T)
- Nanxi River (T)
- Yandang Mountain (T)
- The concept of the lenticular historical town core of Kosice City (T)
- Historic Monuments and Sites of Ancient Quanzhou (Zayton) (T)
- Poyang Nature Reserve (T)
- Miao Nationality Villages in Southeast Guizhou Province (T)
- Archaeological Sites of the Ancient Shu State: Site at Jinsha and Joint Tombs of Boat- shaped Coffins in Chengdu City, S (T)
- Dong Villages (T)
- Haitan Scenic Spots (T)
- Guizhou Triassic Fossil Sites (T)
- Lingqu Canal (T)
- Mountain-top Hotel and Television Transmitter Ještěd (T)
- Protected area of Lake Atitlán: multiple use (T)
- Tak'alik Ab'aj National Park (T)
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum (T)
- Town of Chichicastenango (T)
- The Cuenca Mirador (T)
- Bawomataluo Site (T)
- Tianzhushan (T)
- Volcan Masaya National Park (T)
- Las Pozas, Xilitla (T)
- Historic Center of the Port City of Odessa (T)
- Paper Mill at Velké Losiny (T)
- Eise Eisinga Planetarium (T)
- Virgilio Barco Library (T)
- Plantations in West Curacao (T)
- Auckland Volcanic Fields (T)
- The Episcopal See of Egara and its pictorial decoration (5th-8th centuries) (T)
- Talayotic Culture of Minorca (T)
- Salt Mines of Maras (T)
- Tatacoa Desert (T)
- 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 (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)
- Mandu (T)
- Royal Manas National Park (RMNP) (T)
- Monuments and Forts of the Deccan Sultanate (T)
- Al Bidya Mosque (T)
- 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 Yen Tu Complex of Monuments and Landscapes (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)