Ammon Watkins

Member since November 2018

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Air traffic controller from Canada. Spent the better part of my 20's traveling around the world after finishing my bachelor degree. Made a friend on the road that suggested I look into the WH list if I didnt know what to visit somewhere. Excellent advice! Unfortunately got into the WHS thing a little too late to maximize my potential visits. I wont make that mistake again! Now my goal is to visit every country and as many WHS as i reasonably can and I'm rarely disappointed.

My travel experience is varied but has mostly ranged in the budget to extreme budget category which has made things very interesting at times. With a limited time and budget and to balance other interests I am more prone to skipping out on the less known natural WHS. 

I still try to take holidays and visit new sites a few times a year, with an itinerary and prioritization that befuddles all, including the mrs. 

Fun trivia: I proposed to my wife in the Rock Islands WHS in Palau. I married her in the Waterton/Glacier NP WHS in Canada :)

My most impressive site: So many to choose

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    Kernavė, Modernist Kaunas, Struve Geodetic Arc
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    Białowieża Forest, Mir Castle, Nesvizh
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    May 6, 2025
    Leptis Magna, Sabratha
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About Ammon Watkins

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Reviews by Ammon Watkins

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Campeche by Ammon Watkins

Campeche (Inscribed)

Campeche

As a quick stopover between other destinations in the Yucatan, Campeche feels like a quiet, safe provincial city but as a WHS destination, Campeche is relatively uninspiring. As previously mentioned, …

Calakmul by Ammon Watkins

Calakmul (Inscribed)

Calakmul

For such a remote site, Calakmul was surprisingly easy to get to. I had considered leaving it off our itinerary at one point thinking that it would be too time …

Palenque by Ammon Watkins

Palenque (Inscribed)

Palenque

Maybe it was the perfect weather or the howler monkeys or the thousands of butterflies, but Palenque ended up unexpectedly being our favourite Mayan site on this trip and second …

Antigua Guatemala by Ammon Watkins

Antigua Guatemala (Inscribed)

Antigua Guatemala

Compared to other colonial towns in Central America (and quite possibly the whole new world) Antigua has no equal. We arrived at night and the first impression was of how …

Copán by Ammon Watkins

Copán (Inscribed)

Copán

Honduras has a reputation that is enough to scare off most visitors from making a lengthy visit. Fortunately Copan Ruinas is very close to the Guatemalan border and is easily …

Chalchuapa by Ammon Watkins

Chalchuapa (On tentative list)

Chalchuapa

We visited part of this TWHS in the afternoon after visiting Joya de Ceren before returning back to Santa Ana. There are 3 separate zones in town of differing historical …

Joya de Ceren by Ammon Watkins

Joya de Ceren (Inscribed)

Joya de Ceren

After some problems and delays in Nicaragua we found ourselves having to scale back our plans through El Salvador. Fortunately there is only one WHS to visit and it remained …

Panamá by Ammon Watkins

Panamá (Inscribed)

Panamá

Of the 2 parts of this WHS I enjoyed the ruins of Panama Viejo more than the neighbourhood of Casco Viejo. We easily covered both sites in a day. The …

Portobelo-San Lorenzo by Ammon Watkins

Portobelo-San Lorenzo (Inscribed)

Portobelo-San Lorenzo

We visited Portobelo July 2019 as an easy day trip from Panama City on public transit. There is actually very little to add to the previous reviews as it is …

Cartagena by Ammon Watkins

Cartagena (Inscribed)

Cartagena

After reading many travel reviews on Cartagena suggesting that less time is better (cost, crowds and hassle were frequently mentioned) we only gave ourselves one full day to see the …

Santa Cruz de Mompox by Ammon Watkins

Santa Cruz de Mompox (Inscribed)

Santa Cruz de Mompox

Although Mompox was an important and prosperous port upriver from Cartagena, it was never very large. It hasn't really grown and has a very relaxed and lethargic atmosphere. It's no …

Lower Basin of the Chicamocha River by Ammon Watkins

Lower Basin of the Chicamocha… (Removed from tentat…)

Lower Basin of the Chicamocha River

Continuing north, it took us half a day to get to San Gil from Villa de Leyva. San Gil, is the most touristic town in the area and makes the …

South of Ricaurte Province by Ammon Watkins

South of Ricaurte Province (On tentative list)

South of Ricaurte Province

A pretty broad name but perhaps the only one that makes sense for a TWHS whose only real unifying feature is the location. Reading up on the description it sounds …

University City of Bogotá by Roman Bruehwiler

University City of Bogotá (On tentative list)

University City of Bogotá

This site is only about a 20 minute walk away from Bogota's other TWHS, the Virgilio Barco library so in less than half an hour we stood at the gates …

The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona by Ammon Watkins

The architectural legacy of R… (On tentative list)

The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona

Unfortunately our only chance to visit this library was on a rainy holiday and it was not open. Maybe a better appreciation of the architectural achievements can be gained from …

Coffee Cultural Landscape by Ammon Watkins

Coffee Cultural Landscape (Inscribed)

Coffee Cultural Landscape

We finally made it to a WHS my wife was more excited about than I was. I knew we would pass through this WHS somewhere along the road between Armenia …

Tierradentro by Ammon Watkins

Tierradentro (Inscribed)

Tierradentro

2 days after visiting San Agustin we found ourselves hiking along the much quieter and muddier trails between the sites in Tierradentro. We didn't mind though as Tierradentro is much …

Catholic Doctrine Temples by Ammon Watkins

Catholic Doctrine Temples (On tentative list)

Catholic Doctrine Temples

With a similar colonial history to the rest of Latin America (Spanish/Portuguese conquest and almost immediate establishment of Catholic missions to "convert the heathens") it seems natural that Colombia would …

Puente de Occidente (Western Bridge) by Ammon Watkins

Puente de Occidente (Western … (On tentative list)

Puente de Occidente (Western Bridge)

For a site that isn't particularly hard to visit, it is surprising how few foreign tourists make it out to see this bridge. The bridge itself is about 5km outside …

San Agustín by Els Slots

San Agustín (Inscribed)

San Agustín

We were happy to reach San Agustin at the end of our bumpy 5 hr ride from Popayan. The town of San Agustin itself is nothing to get too excited …

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