Clyde

Member since August 2017

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I love travelling to experience different cultures and new places. Apart from the well-known iconic places and landmarks, I love visiting UNESCO World Heritage Sites as the list also includes places that are quite off the beaten track or places I would have never visited or even read about.

My favourite WHS are a combination of cultural WHS and spectacular nature WHS. I'm not a fan of industrial WHS or modern architecture WHS but I'm always open to visit to learn something new. Since the last few years I try to cover as many top WHS as possible on the longer trips while I try to cover the remaining European WHS on shorter trips or as road trips.

 

My most impressive site: Rapa Nui, Florence, Venice, Borobodur, Komodo NP, Skellig Michael, Angkor Wat, Pyramids of Giza, Taj Mahal, Petra, Great Wall, Rome, Chichen Itza, Tikal, Samarkand, Bukhara, Khiva, Khoja Ahmed Yasawi, Great Barrier Reef, Fraser Island, Tasmanian Wilderness, Galapagos, Machu Picchu, Nemrut Dagi, Goreme NP, Teotihuacan, Mexico City, Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserves, Rock Islands

My proposal for a new site: Drift Passes of Rangiroa

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    Rock Islands
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    April 15, 2025
    Baroque Churches, Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras, Vigan
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    April 11, 2025
    Mount Hamiguitan
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About Clyde

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Reviews by Clyde

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Wooden Churches of Maramures by Clyde

Wooden Churches of Maramures (Inscribed)

Wooden Churches of Maramures

I visited all 8 locations of this WHS in 2023. Unlike the Painted Churches of Moldavia, the 8 locations are not that easy to cover as a loop. I used …

Churches of Moldavia by Clyde

Churches of Moldavia (Inscribed)

Churches of Moldavia

I visited all 8 components of this WHS by car in 2023 and if you have the time all are worth a visit for their interior as well as their …

Danube Delta by Clyde

Danube Delta (Inscribed)

Danube Delta

I visited this WHS using Tulcea as my base for a couple of days. I took a private tour with one of the several companies, with a certified birder/guide on …

Villages with Fortified Churches by Clyde

Villages with Fortified Churc… (Inscribed)

Villages with Fortified Churches

I visited all locations of this WHS by car except the one in Darjiu using Sibiu and Brasov as my bases. Although most of these villages with fortified churches were …

Sighisoara by Clyde

Sighisoara (Inscribed)

Sighisoara

I visited this WHS as a day trip from Sibiu. When planning my road trip in Romania I was undecided whether to use Sighisoara or Sibiu as my base for …

Roșia Montană by Clyde

Roșia Montană (Inscribed)

Roșia Montană

I visited this WHS by car in 2023. To make sure not to miss out, this WHS requires an advance booking by calling at least a number of days before: …

Monastery of Horezu by Clyde

Monastery of Horezu (Inscribed)

Monastery of Horezu

I visited this WHS in 2023 as a half day trip together with the 2 nearby culas (tWHS). Knowing that the site was free of charge, I obeyed the sign …

Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu by Clyde

Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble … (Inscribed)

Brâncusi Monumental Ensemble of Târgu Jiu

I visited this tWHS during my roadtrip around Romania. It can easily be combined with a visit to one of the nearby cula (although they might not be the most …

Les « coules » de Petite Valachie by Clyde

Les « coules » de Petite Vala… (On tentative list)

Les « coules » de Petite Valachie

I visited 3 "coules" or culas while driving around Romania. From the little information about this rural tWHS and based on the photos from other reviewers, I was going to …

Dacian Fortresses by Clyde

Dacian Fortresses (Inscribed)

Dacian Fortresses

After doing some research online (and trying to avoid dirt roads as much as possible), I decided to visit what seems like the most complete and representative location of the …

Sheki by Clyde

Sheki (Inscribed)

Sheki

I visited this WHS in 2023 and it really is worthwhile destination when visiting Azerbaijan. Located in the north of Azerbaijan, Sheki is so deeply hidden in the mountain valley …

Walled City of Baku by Clyde

Walled City of Baku (Inscribed)

Walled City of Baku

I visited this WHS in 2023 shortly after the Formula 1 Grand Prix organised around the Walled City of Baku. The metal/concrete protection on the fortified walls was still there …

Gobustan Rock Art by Clyde

Gobustan Rock Art (Inscribed)

Gobustan Rock Art

I visited this WHS in 2023. After a quick visit of the few original remains at the small visitor centre a few metres away, geared mainly to entertain the the …

Funerary and memory sites of the First World War by Clyde

Funerary and memory sites of … (Inscribed)

Funerary and memory sites of the First World War

I visited several minor Belgian locations and cemeteries of this tWHS over the past years and in May 2023 I focused mainly on the French locations around the Ossuary of …

The mausoleum of Nakhichevan by Clyde

The mausoleum of Nakhichevan (On tentative list)

The mausoleum of Nakhichevan

I visited all 4 locations of this tWHS in 2023. Nakhchivan is a landlocked exclave and autonomous region of Azerbaijan and only reachable by a cheap plane from Baku Domestic …

Hyrcanian Forests by Clyde

Hyrcanian Forests (Inscribed)

Hyrcanian Forests

I visited the Azeri location closest to Xanbulan in 2023, knowing that this tWHS has great potential of being an easy extension to the already inscribed Iranian WHS this year …

Lok-Batan Mud Cone by Clyde

Lok-Batan Mud Cone (On tentative list)

Lok-Batan Mud Cone

I visited this tWHS on the way to the Gobustan Rock Art WHS. Even though there is no mobile signal around, and there is a police checkpoint just before reaching …

The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions by Clyde

The Caspian Shore Defensive C… (On tentative list)

The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions

I visited this tWHS in 2023 focusing mainly on the 4 locations in the Absheron peninsula closest to Baku, namely Mardakan, Ramana, Nardaran and Sabayil. The other 4 locations are …

Pitons Management Area by Clyde

Pitons Management Area (Inscribed)

Pitons Management Area

I visited this WHS in January 2023 as our last minute honeymoon getaway. Saint Lucia has no tWHS and "only" this WHS, but it really is a special WHS and …

Bridgetown by Clyde

Bridgetown (Inscribed)

Bridgetown

I visited this WHS in January 2023. I wasn't expecting much but for one of my first Caribbean WHS, overall I was pleasantly surprised. Apart from the passage of time, …

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