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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Oaxaca and Monte Alban by Clyde

Oaxaca and Monte Alban (Inscribed)

Oaxaca and Monte Alban

I visited this WHS in December 2021 before and after a very long drive full of hairpins to Oaxaca's far-away beaches. This WHS is practically 2 WHS in 1, yet …

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve by Clyde

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere R… (Inscribed)

Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve

I visited this WHS just before New Year's Eve 2021 using Ocampo as my base. Already on the highway coming from Morelia there were signs to slow down due to …

San Miguel de Allende by Clyde

San Miguel de Allende (Inscribed)

San Miguel de Allende

I visited this WHS in January 2022 and spent 3 days here. It is certainly one of the most famous colonial towns in Mexico and it attracts lots of expats …

Las Pozas, Xilitla by Clyde

Las Pozas, Xilitla (On tentative list)

Las Pozas, Xilitla

I visited this tWHS in January 2022 as a convenient stopover between the Sierra Gorda missions WHS and the Otumba/Zempoala components of the Padre Tembleque WHS.

For starters, the …

Tequila by Clyde

Tequila (Inscribed)

Tequila

I visited this WHS in January 2022 on two separate legs of my Mexico road, before and after visiting the Islas Marietas, marked by the loss of my camera due …

Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada by Clyde

Great City of Chicomostoc-La … (On tentative list)

Great City of Chicomostoc-La Quemada

I visited this tentative WHS in January 2022. The site had just reopened (only Fridays till Sundays) after being closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the local administration and …

Tlacotalpan by Clyde

Tlacotalpan (Inscribed)

Tlacotalpan

I visited this WHS in December 2021. After a long drive from Tehuacan via a very high altitude winding highway/mountain pass near Mexico's highest mountain Citlaltepetl or Pico de Orizaba …

Zacatecas by Clyde

Zacatecas (Inscribed)

Zacatecas

I visited this WHS in January 2022. As my 550th visited WHS, it will always have a special place in my memories, but my experience was further enhanced by meeting …

Xochicalco by Clyde

Xochicalco (Inscribed)

Xochicalco

I visited this WHS in December 2021. After we were forced to change plans and sleep in a motel close to Xochicalco instead of Cuernevaca, we woke up early to …

Puebla by Clyde

Puebla (Inscribed)

Puebla

I visited this WHS in December 2021. Puebla is the fourth largest city in Mexico after Mexico City, Monterrey, and Guadalajara, so it is always going to seem crowded when …

Querétaro by Clyde

Querétaro (Inscribed)

Querétaro

I visited this WHS in January 2022. Querétaro (note the accent on the second e for the correct pronunciation!) main peculiarity among the inscribed colonial towns or cities of Mexico …

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum by Clyde

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo'… (On tentative list)

Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum

I visited this tWHS in January 2022. I had already visited the interesting but most touristy place in Mexico City that is Frida Kahlo's Casa Azul as well as the …

Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle by Clyde

Chapultepec Woods, Hill and C… (On tentative list)

Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle

I visited this tWHS on several occasions in December 2021 and January 2022. It is Mexico City's equivalent of NYC's Central Park, but it really is huge with a number …

Caves of Yagul and Mitla by Clyde

Caves of Yagul and Mitla (Inscribed)

Caves of Yagul and Mitla

I visited this WHS in December 2021. Getting there and back to Oaxaca is quite straightforward, unless there are some of the recurring demonstrations blocking off the roads to and …

Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda by Clyde

Franciscan Missions in the Si… (Inscribed)

Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda

I visited all 5 Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda in January 2022 by rental car. By departing early from Queretaro, we managed to avoid most of the heavy buses, …

Morelia by Clyde

Morelia (Inscribed)

Morelia

I visited this WHS in January 2022. Of all the inscribed colonial cities and towns I visited, Morelia was the one I found least interesting and the easiest to cover …

Gulf of California by Clyde

Gulf of California (Inscribed)

Gulf of California

I visited this WHS in January 2022 focusing on the Islas Marietas National Park. Depending on the tide and weather conditions, the boat tour companies with the most expensive …

Guanajuato by Clyde

Guanajuato (Inscribed)

Guanajuato

I visited this WHS in December 2021 and January 2022. I must confess that it was the most pleasant surprise during my Mexico road trip. While Mexico City has already …

Hospicio Cabañas by Clyde

Hospicio Cabañas (Inscribed)

Hospicio Cabañas

I visited this WHS in January 2022. The whole area in front of the entrance to Hospicio Cabañas is a modern jewellery trading center and would have serious issues for …

Popocatepetl monasteries by Clyde

Popocatepetl monasteries (Inscribed)

Popocatepetl monasteries

I visited this WHS in December 2021 focusing on three locations offering some of the best interior murals and exterior architectural details: namely Atlatlahucan, Tepotzlan and Cuernevaca.

Coming from …

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