Izamal means place of the Itza. According to Mayan mythology Votan sent his son Itzamna to bring civilization. On his death a pyramid and temple were built over his grave …
Don Irwin
Member since January 2019
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I started traveling by living in West Africa for 5 years. When I returned we moved to New Mexico and hiked in all the western national parks.
We started traveling again overseas in 2009. We were convinced to go to Guatemala and realized how much we missed being overseas. We prefer Mexico, and Central and South America. Europe is too crowded.
Most memorable moment at a WHS was listening to an opera singer in the Roman theater at Ephesus. It was very cold and all the hotels hadn't opened in Sulcuk but the singing was beautiful and no one was there.
Recent Visits
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06Jan. 1, 2020Big Bend National Park, California Current Conservation Complex, Dayton Aviation Sites, Petrified Forest National Park, …
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03Jan. 1, 2020Old Fourah Bay College Building, The Gateway to the Old King's Yards, Western Area Peninsula …
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02Jan. 1, 2020Lake Atitlán, Town of Chichicastenango
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About Don Irwin
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- Don
- Member since
- January 2019
- Country of Origin
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Visits
- Rank
- #270
- WHS
- 198
- Tentative Sites
- 36
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- Reviews
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World Heritage Sites
- Kotor 5.0
- Hawaii Volcanoes 5.0
- Toledo 5.0
- Olympic National Park 5.0
- Djenné 5.0
- Caceres 5.0
- Rapa Nui 5.0
- St. Petersburg 5.0
- Drottningholm 5.0
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 5.0
- Works of Antoni Gaudí 5.0
- Grand Canyon 5.0
- Granada 5.0
- Olympia 5.0
- Antigua Guatemala 5.0
- El Escurial 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Uxmal 5.0
- Mesa Verde 5.0
- Paris, Banks of the Seine 5.0
- Rome 5.0
- Churches of Moldavia 5.0
- Chaco Culture 5.0
- Vatican City 5.0
- Venice and its Lagoon 5.0
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Dubrovnik 5.0
- Belem 5.0
- Florence 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- West Norwegian Fjords 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Istanbul 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Te Wahipounamu 5.0
- Luang Prabang 5.0
- Boyana Church 5.0
- Seville 5.0
- Urbino 5.0
- Los Glaciares 5.0
- Mont-Saint-Michel 5.0
- Verona 5.0
- Loire Valley 5.0
- Botanical Garden, Padua 5.0
- Cuzco 5.0
- Bourges Cathedral 5.0
- Cliff of Bandiagara 5.0
- Pompei 5.0
- Belize Barrier Reef 5.0
- Bryggen 5.0
- Glacier parks 5.0
- Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 5.0
- Naples 4.0
- Portovenere, Cinque Terre, and the Islands 4.0
- Valletta 4.0
- Kronborg Castle 4.0
- Cuenca 4.0
- Segovia 4.0
- Tallinn 4.0
- Sintra 4.0
- Rila Monastery 4.0
- Ephesus 4.0
- La Lonja de la Seda 4.0
- Malbork Castle 4.0
- Villages with Fortified Churches 4.0
- Archaeological Site of Delphi 4.0
- Medina of Essaouira 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Kutna Hora 4.0
- Prague 4.0
- Kathmandu Valley 4.0
- La Fortaleza and San Juan 4.0
- Spissky Hrad and Levoca 4.0
- Avignon 4.0
- Carlsbad Caverns 4.0
- Teotihuacan 4.0
- Monticello 4.0
- Great Smoky Mountains 4.0
- Redwood 4.0
- Avila 4.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4.0
- Saint-Emilion 4.0
- Santiago de Compostela 4.0
- Chichen-Itza 4.0
- City of Bath 4.0
- Aranjuez 4.0
- Iguazu National Park 4.0
- Meteora 4.0
- Québec 4.0
- Town Hall and Roland, Bremen 4.0
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 4.0
- Genoa 4.0
- Iguacu 4.0
- Val di Noto 4.0
- Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 4.0
- Mafra 3.0
- Acropolis 3.0
- Paquimé 3.0
- Sewell Mining Town 3.0
- Alcala de Henares 3.0
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.0
- Arequipa 3.0
- Australian Convict Sites 3.0
- Belfries 3.0
- Bordeaux 3.0
- Bridgetown 3.0
- Brimstone Hill Fortress 3.0
- Campeche 3.0
- Cartagena 3.0
- Chitwan National Park 3.0
- Cordoba 3.0
- Corfu 3.0
- Curonian Spit 3.0
- Lagoons of New Caledonia 3.0
- Forts and Castles Gold Coast 3.0
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3.0
- Qhapaq Ñan 3.0
- Quirigua 3.0
- Quito 3.0
- Taos Pueblo 3.0
- Willemstad 3.0
- San Antonio Missions 3.0
- Mérida 3.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 3.0
- Route of Santiago de Compostela 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Etruscan Necropolises 3.0
- Independence Hall 3.0
- Plantin-Moretus Museum 3.0
- Stonehenge 3.0
- Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 3.0
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.0
- Statue of Liberty 3.0
- Versailles 3.0
- Dorset and East Devon Coast 3.0
- Sighisoara 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Sambor Prei Kuk 3.0
- Sukhothai 3.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 3.0
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3.0
- Mammoth Cave 3.0
- Hospicio Cabañas 3.0
- Morelia 3.0
- Querétaro 3.0
- San Miguel de Allende 3.0
- Guanajuato 3.0
- Hopewell 3.0
- Banska Stiavnica 3.0
- Semmering Railway 3.0
- Vatnajökull National Park 3.0
- Vienna 3.0
- Wachau Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Schönbrunn 3.0
- Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France 3.0
- Thingvellir 3.0
- Great Spa Towns of Europe 3.0
- Volubilis 3.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.0
- Island of Gorée 2.0
- Graz 2.0
- Riga 2.0
- Pitons Management Area 2.0
- Lübeck 2.0
- Giant's Causeway 2.0
- Jelling 2.0
- Thessalonika 2.0
- Stralsund and Wismar 2.0
- Meknes 2.0
- Cahokia Mounds 2.0
- Rabat 2.0
- Sydney Opera House 2.0
- Fertö/Neusiedlersee 2.0
- Mycenae and Tiryns 2.0
- Old City of Acre 2.0
- Guanacaste 2.0
- Thracian tomb of Kazanlak 2.0
- Rock-hewn Churches of Ivanovo 2.0
- Tower of London 2.0
- Primeval Beech Forests 2.0
- Westminster 2.0
- Medina of Fez 2.0
- Colonia del Sacramento 2.0
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 2.0
- Split 2.0
- Asante Traditional Buildings 1.5
- Tequila 1.5
- Mount Carmel Caves 1.0
- Antigua Naval Dockyard 1.0
- Danube Limes 1.0
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 1.0
- Camino Real 1.0
- Stone Spheres of the Diquís 1.0
- León Cathedral 1.0
- Bahá’i Holy Places 1.0
- Speicherstadt and Kontorhaus District 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Torres del Paine and Bernardo O'Higgins National P
- Historic Town of Alamos
- Lake Titicaca
- Dayton Aviation Sites
- White Sands National Monument
- Historical city of Izamal
- Central Park
- Le Paysage culturel des chutes de la Lobé
- Dzongs: the centre of temporal and religious autho
- San Pedro de Atacama
- Historic Town of San Sebastian del Oeste
- Western Area Peninsula National Park
- The Gateway to the Old King's Yards
- Old Fourah Bay College Building
- California Current Conservation Complex
- Big Bend National Park
- Le Parc national de Waza
- Le Lamidat de Rey-Bouba
- La Grande Case dans la Chefferie traditionnelle de
- Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna
- Historic Georgetown
- Minoan Palatial Centres
- Petrified Forest National Park
- La Moneda Palace
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Reviews by Don Irwin

Historical city of Izamal (On tentative list)
Historical city of Izamal

Historic Town of Alamos (On tentative list)
Historic Town of Alamos
I love traveling in Mexico so I admit that I am not impartial. We went to Alamos as part of a tour to Copper Canyon. Along the way we spent …