Going to Gulangyu is very straight-forward: a bus to the International Ferry Terminal, then a smooth 20-minute boat ride to the island. If one decides to leave the island after …
Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
Philippines \ Member since May 2012
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Cultural heritage worker and tourism consultant from the Philippines. Largely based in Paoay, Ilocos Norte which has its own UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paoay church - Baroque Churches of the Philippines). Writes for BusinessMirror & Asia Times, and teaches university courses on global tourism and world cultures. A member of ICOMOS.
Interests: Cultural Tourism, Cultural Thematic Studies, Heritage Site Management, Textile Collection & Curation, Philippine Gastronomy.
Email: bjeg2000@gmail.com | Instagram: theberntraveler
My most impressive site: Hampi, Venice, Bauhaus, Namib Sand Sea, Angkor, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
My proposal for a new site: Galleon Trade Route, San Sebastian Basilica Minore - Manila, Old Bangkok, South African Mission Stations
Recent Visits
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10July 12, 2025FRIM Selangor
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30June 10, 2025Fujian Tulou, Kulangsu, Quanzhou
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10Oct. 22, 2024Vatican City
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About Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
- Member since
- May 2012
- Country of Origin
- Philippines
Visits
- Rank
- #273
- WHS
- 204
- Tentative Sites
- 81
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 61
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Ujung Kulon National Park 5.0
- Sigiriya 5.0
- Bauhaus Sites 5.0
- Hampi 5.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 5.0
- Anuradhapura 5.0
- Sanchi 5.0
- Namib Sand Sea 5.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 5.0
- Rani-ki-Vav 5.0
- Gunung Mulu 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Twyfelfontein 5.0
- Polonnaruva 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 4.5
- Persepolis 4.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 4.5
- Pattadakal 4.5
- Aachen Cathedral 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Chola Temples 4.5
- Plain of Jars 4.5
- Borobudur 4.5
- Gyeongju 4.5
- Verona 4.5
- Quanzhou 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.5
- Baroque Churches 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 4.5
- Bagan 4.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 4.5
- Hoi An 4.0
- Würzburg Residence 4.0
- Central Highlands 4.0
- Shushtar 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Tchogha Zanbil 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Meknes 4.0
- Richtersveld 4.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.0
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 4.0
- Rome 4.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 4.0
- Cape Floral Region 4.0
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 4.0
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra 4.0
- Villa d'Este 4.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 4.0
- Yazd 4.0
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 4.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 4.0
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 4.0
- Mapungubwe 4.0
- Phu Phrabat 4.0
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 4.0
- Sambor Prei Kuk 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Great Himalayan National Park 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Wartburg Castle 4.0
- Qutb Minar 4.0
- Mahabalipuram 4.0
- Via Appia 4.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 4.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 4.0
- Hahoe and Yangdong 4.0
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4.0
- Ayutthaya 4.0
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Sukhothai 3.5
- Speyer Cathedral 3.5
- Agra Fort 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Maulbronn Monastery 3.5
- Messel Pit 3.5
- Mountain Railways of India 3.5
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 3.5
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.5
- Hué 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Haeinsa Temple 3.5
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Holasovice 3.5
- Masada 3.5
- Vat Phou 3.5
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Vigan 3.5
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.5
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.5
- Mazagan 3.5
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.5
- Fujian Tulou 3.5
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 3.5
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 3.5
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 3.5
- Tabriz Bazaar 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.5
- Western Ghats 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.5
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.5
- Ahmadabad 3.5
- Persian Garden 3.0
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Trans-Iranian Railway 3.0
- Robben Island 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 3.0
- Old Town of Galle 3.0
- West Lake 3.0
- Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Luang Prabang 3.0
- Bali Subak system 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Elephanta Caves 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Grand Canal 3.0
- Classical Weimar 3.0
- Susa 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Kandy 3.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- The Persian Qanat 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Kulangsu 3.0
- Yogyakarta 3.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 3.0
- Keoladeo National Park 3.0
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 3.0
- Lower German Limes 3.0
- Macao 3.0
- Regensburg 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Medina of Tétouan 3.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.0
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 2.5
- Hyrcanian Forests 2.5
- Baekje Historic Areas 2.5
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 2.5
- Persian Caravanserai 2.5
- Van Nellefabriek 2.5
- Namhansanseong 2.5
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.5
- Humayun's Tomb 2.5
- Pyu Ancient Cities 2.5
- Pasargadae 2.5
- Luther Memorials 2.5
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 2.5
- Wadden Sea 2.5
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 2.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 2.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.5
- ShUM Sites 2.5
- Gaya Tumuli 2.5
- Kinabalu Park 2.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 2.5
- Sinharaja Forest 2.5
- Old City of Acre 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Si Thep 2.5
- Bisotun 2.5
- Lenggong Valley 2.5
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 2.5
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 2.0
- Danube Limes 2.0
- Thang Long 2.0
- Vredefort Dome 2.0
- Mount Carmel Caves 2.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 2.0
- Sangiran Early Man Site 2.0
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.0
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
Tentative Sites
- The Historical Village of Abyaneh
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
- Silk Road Sites in India
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran
- Long-lived trees of Iran
- Etosha Pan
- Welwitschia Plains
- Caesarea
- Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India
- Industrial Heritage of textile
- Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand
- Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal
- Casablanca
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Olympic Park Munich
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia
- Sulcis Iglesiente
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
- Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape
- Fishriver Canyon
- Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
- The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan
- Tape Sialk
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension)
- Persepolis and other relevant buildings
- Apo Reef Natural Park
- Brandberg National Monument
- Old Town of Jakarta
- Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park
- Benguela Current
- Monastery of St. Amenaprkich
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area
- Succulent Karoo (Namibia)
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Shush
- Arasbaran
- The Historical City of Maybod
- El Nido-Taytay Protected Area
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble
- University of Tehran
- Kerman
- Tehrans Modern Architectural Heritage
- Mattanchery Palace
- Walled City of Manila
- The Collection of Historical Bridges
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadows
- Kaboud Mosque
- Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge
- Semarang Old Town
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy)
- Corregidor Island and Fortifications of Manila Bay
- Taq-e Bostan
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Reviews by Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
Quanzhou (Inscribed)
Quanzhou
I recently came from a trip to Fujian where I stayed in Quanzhou for four days. This allowed me to visit 16 component sites leaving only the farthest six out. …
Grand Canal (Inscribed)
Grand Canal
During my visit in early 2014, I was not aware of the Grand Canal nomination despite it gaining inscription later that year. But visiting Suzhou and going out of the …
Varanasi (On tentative list)
Varanasi
Varanasi deserves a place in the list and it surprises me that no one has reviewed it yet. Being one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, which …
Wadden Sea (Inscribed)
Wadden Sea
After visiting the lovely old town of Franeker for the Eisinga Planetarium, my friend and I went back to Leeuwarden to embark on what was probably the craziest bike ride …
Domus de janas Sardinia (Inscribed)
Domus de janas Sardinia
There seems to be an issue in the use of Domus de Janas in this nomination as some components are strictly not rock-hewn tombs. What Italy seems to be gunning …
The Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple (On tentative list)
The Bhojeshwar Mahadev Temple
Bhojpur Temple, as it is commonly known, is situated between Bhopal and Bhimbetka Rock Shelter. I did not know about this site earlier, but it was recommended by my …
Sun Temple, Modhera (On tentative list)
Sun Temple, Modhera
While I did enjoy more than two hours in Modhera on the way to Rani-Ki-Vav from Amdavad back in 2019, I'm not sure if I am able to grasp what …
Frontiers of the Roman Empire (Inscribed)
Frontiers of the Roman Empire
In driving around southern Germany, I managed to see two components of the Upper Germanic-Rhaetian Limes, dubbed as the longest monument in Europe at 550 kilometers long. The …
Armenian Monastic Ensembles (Inscribed)
Armenian Monastic Ensembles
There seems to be a shared frustration about Dzordzor in the group. I also did not get to see it during my visit. As previous reviewers have already tackled a …
Olympic Park Munich (On tentative list)
Olympic Park Munich
Rather easy to get to from the city center via the U-Bahn, Olympiapark is directly right across the highway from the BMW Welt, and it can be visited together with …
Mapungubwe (Inscribed)
Mapungubwe
Mpungubwe is located far away along the border of South Africa with Botswana and Zimbabwe, and at one of the viewpoints you can see the convergence of the three …
Persian Caravanserai (Inscribed)
Persian Caravanserai
My initial reaction when I finally saw the inscribed properties under Persian Caravanserai was of wonder as to why the beautiful Aminoddoleh Timche in the grand bazaar of Kashan was …
Mazagan (Inscribed)
Mazagan
As was the case for Els, I wasn't expecting much from Mazagan but it turned out to be a very positive visit. Even its evaluation report widely praised it, with …
Medina of Tétouan (Inscribed)
Medina of Tétouan
It was nice to practice the little Spanish that remains in me in this medina. Filipinos certainly find this city of a particular interest as one of our colonial churches …
Koh Ker (Inscribed)
Koh Ker
Koh Ker did not interest me at all in 2012 so I was more than fine to have skipped it when I went to Preah Vihear Temple, despite the former …
Angkor (Inscribed)
Angkor
This is my third visit to Angkor. In my first visit I did the small circuit with a very competent guide who has had been part of many studies and …
Sambor Prei Kuk (Inscribed)
Sambor Prei Kuk
If one spends enough time to carefully explore the area, there are many temples here that have been overgrown by strangling fig trees in ways that do not fail to …
Long-lived trees of Iran (On tentative list)
Long-lived trees of Iran
There is a local legend saying that the cypress in Abarkooh was planted by Zoroaster himself. Cypresses, in general, are considered sacred trees by Iranians. Coming from Yazd, the site …
Si Thep (Inscribed)
Si Thep
I visited Si Thep 2 weeks after its inscription, and it is a telling illustration of the power of the World Heritage tag. Prior to being inscribed, the management shared …