A large part of the satisfaction I got in ticking this site off stems from the fact that not only did I see the three nature reserves that form the …
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
Sukhothai (Inscribed)
Sukhothai
I went to Sukhothai Historical Park while the wake of the King was still ongoing, hence I was fortunate enough to have visited the sections without having to pay the …
Richtersveld (Inscribed)
Richtersveld
I find it very flattering to be the first one to make a review for Richtersveld. I still wonder why it was not listed as a mixed site (cultural and …
Prambanan (Inscribed)
Prambanan
Prambanan Temple Compounds got inscribed under two criteria: as a masterpiece of human creative genius, and as an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble that represents a significant stage in …
Melaka and George Town (Inscribed)
Melaka and George Town
As much as there isn't much noise being made about George Town, and that unanimous praises are given to Melaka, I was surprised to find out that the former component …
Lenggong Valley (Inscribed)
Lenggong Valley
I was able to visit this site last April 2012, prior to its inscription as a WHS. By that time, I didn't even know that it was in the T-list! …
Sangiran Early Man Site (Inscribed)
Sangiran Early Man Site
The Sangiran Early Man Site may not be as popular a destination as its neighboring W.H.Sites Prambanan and Borobudur. Nevertheless, to be fair, it is a well-maintained museum of great …
Ayutthaya (Inscribed)
Ayutthaya
The challenge posed by this site is to make sense out of the scattered remains of the capital of a former strong Southeast Asian empire. Its complete name Phra Si …
Macao (Inscribed)
Macao
I visited Macao during the cold month of December. Suffice to say that I managed to visit all properties inscribed as its historic monuments. I stayed here for two days …
Etruscan Necropolises (Inscribed)
Etruscan Necropolises
I went to Cerveteri - Necropolis through a bus ride to the town, and a relatively short walk from the terminal to the site. Firsty, these are perhaps the oldest …
Gunung Mulu (Inscribed)
Gunung Mulu
There might be no other "mega" caves system in the world that can compare to the grandness and the diversity that Gunung Mulu can offer. Surprisingly, my 3-day visit there …
Angkor (Inscribed)
Angkor
For some reasons, I appreciated Angkor Wat better in the afternoon - at sunset - than during the popular and obligatory sunrise visit where all tourists to Angkor are expected …
Preah Vihear Temple (Inscribed)
Preah Vihear Temple
When I found out that it was possible to visit the temple on a day trip from Siem Reap, I immediately grabbed the opportunity while the site is again peaceful …
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean … (Inscribed)
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
I really enjoyed this place a lot. After all, in general, Palawan as whole is truly a pristine paradise. Getting to the site is already an experience in itself as …
Kinabalu Park (Inscribed)
Kinabalu Park
There are two vantage points where a traveler can see the inscribed area --- the National Park Headquarters, and Poring Hot Springs in Ranau(What people say about Poring Hot Spring …
Baroque Churches (Inscribed)
Baroque Churches
I am fortunate enough to be residing just 3 houses behind Paoay church -considered as the best example of earthquake baroque architecture. I have seen the four churches and each …
Rice Terraces of the Philippi… (Inscribed)
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
I just recently came from a trip in Ifugao. I was lucky enough to have been guided by a British friend of mine who owns an inn in Uhaj (overseeing …
Vigan (Inscribed)
Vigan
The reason why many people can't seem to appreciate Vigan is because they just zoom in to Calle Crisologo - forgetting that the the whole town is inscribed as WHS. …
Petroglyphs and Petrographs o… (Removed from tentat…)
Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines
Considered as the oldest known art work in the Philippines,the Angono Petroglyphs are dated back to 3000BC. The drawings - 127 identified - are carved out from a rock shelter …
Chocolate Hills Natural Monum… (On tentative list)
Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
Definitely a must-see. I went here last November 2011. The Chocolate Hills are truly a world wonder. This hills are actually coral limestone-karst domes, believed to be underwater millions of …