Joel On The Road

Member since August 2017

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One of the few token Australians. Back to work after six years of full-time travelling, eagerly anticipating the day we can continue the journey!

I don't sound like Crocodile Hunter, even though he was my friend's uncle's neighbour.

Check out my website: http://www.worldheritagejourney.com

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  6. Ani 3.48
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Reviews by Joel on the Road

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Sidi Bou Saïd (Nominated)

Sidi Bou Saïd

The dossier for Sidi Bou Said speaks glowingly of an important Mediterranean hilltop town, with palaces and big houses and important religious shrines and so on. The reality (at least …

Keep reading Joel on t… 26/05/25
Djerba by Randi Thomsen

Djerba (Inscribed)

Djerba

Djerba is a cultural landscape that reflects how local people survived and thrived on a harsh desert island. The dossier and the inscription criteria speak of overcoming the unique challenges …

Keep reading Joel on t… 22/05/25
Yin Xu by Joel on the Road

Yin Xu (Inscribed)

Yin Xu

I’m generally wary of sites in the “something important happened here, but is no longer actually here” category, but Yin Xu was a pleasant surprise. As Els noted in her …

Keep reading Joel on t… 19/10/24
Ping Yao by Joel on the Road

Ping Yao (Inscribed)

Ping Yao

Ping Yao is a beautiful and well-preserved old city, located in China’s Shanxi province. It was an important centre of trade, commerce, and political power for centuries, mainly during the …

Keep reading Joel on t… 21/09/24
Longmen Grottoes by Joel on the Road

Longmen Grottoes (Inscribed)

Longmen Grottoes

Longmen Grottoes is a large collection of Buddhist carvings into caves and grottoes, in a kilometre-long series of cliffs above the Yi River. There are several thousand caves and grottoes …

Keep reading Joel on t… 19/09/24
Murujuga Cultural Landscape by Joel on the Road

Murujuga Cultural Landscape (Nominated)

Murujuga Cultural Landscape

I'm going to put it out there right at the start of this review: the Murujuga Cultural Landscape is one of the most impressive collections of petroglyphs (rock carvings) I've …

Keep reading Joel on t… 10/09/22
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx by Joel on the Road

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx (Inscribed)

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx

As you travel through Brazil's World Heritage sites, the name Roberto Burle Marx keeps on popping up. Almost as much as Oscar Niemeyer! A world-renowned garden designer, landscape architect, botanist, …

Keep reading Joel on t… 05/09/22
ESMA Site Museum by Joel on the Road

ESMA Site Museum (Inscribed)

ESMA Site Museum

ESMA, the ESpacio MemoriA y Derechos Humanos (Human Rights and Memorial Space), belongs to a difficult category of Site. Like Auschwitz, Hiroshima, and the proposed sites of genocide memorial in …

Keep reading Joel on t… 09/08/22
Ujung Kulon National Park by Joel on the Road

Ujung Kulon National Park (Inscribed)

Ujung Kulon National Park

We visited the Anak Krakatau area in July 2018, and it seems much has changed since Clyde's review below. We accessed the site via the same method: a private 3 …

Keep reading Joel on t… 03/08/19
Phu Phrabat by Els Slots

Phu Phrabat (Inscribed)

Phu Phrabat

We visited Phuphrabat on a day trip from Udon Thani using a driver sourced via our hotel. It can comfortably be visited in a single day trip along with nearby …

Keep reading Joel on t… 27/07/19
Archaeological site of Philippi by Joel on the Road

Archaeological site of Philip… (Inscribed)

Archaeological site of Philippi

First things first: there is far less to see here than at most other ancient sites in Greece. The ruins are just that: ruins, and aside from the theatre, not …

Keep reading Joel on t… 04/07/19
Kakadu National Park by Joel on the Road

Kakadu National Park (Inscribed)

Kakadu National Park

In my opinion, Kakadu National Park is one of Australia's most impressive sites. Home to ancient culture, gorgeous natural scenery, and a colossal variety of plants and animals, there's a …

Keep reading Joel on t… 03/07/19
Hill Forts of Rajasthan by Carlo Sarion

Hill Forts of Rajasthan (Inscribed)

Hill Forts of Rajasthan

Although this site covers six different forts, we were a bit short on time and opted for the easiest one to visit the Amber Fort just outside of Jaipur. It's …

Keep reading Joel on t… 20/06/19
Rani-ki-Vav by Carlo Sarion

Rani-ki-Vav (Inscribed)

Rani-ki-Vav

This is a fantastic, hidden gem of India. Stepwells are large, flat wells that were once quite common in this part of India, and the Queen's Stepwell here is one …

Keep reading Joel on t… 19/06/19
Ahmadabad by Solivagant

Ahmadabad (Inscribed)

Ahmadabad

As other reviewers have noted, Ahmedabad is very much not a tourist city. It's hot, dusty and chaotic - even by Indian standards. We spent three days here in February …

Keep reading Joel on t… 18/06/19
Central Highlands by Joel on the Road

Central Highlands (Inscribed)

Central Highlands

As an Australian, I'm completely fine with all manner of poisonous insects, bugs, spiders, and other creepy crawlies. They just don't bother me that much. Leeches, however - they bother …

Keep reading Joel on t… 26/01/19
Monastery of Horezu by Els Slots

Monastery of Horezu (Inscribed)

Monastery of Horezu

Horezu was our first visit in Romania, and our first encounter with an Orthodox monastery since focusing full-time on World Heritage sites. It's quite an enjoyable site - the walls …

Keep reading Joel on t… 17/11/18
Verla Groundwood and Board Mill by Els Slots

Verla Groundwood and Board Mi… (Inscribed)

Verla Groundwood and Board Mill

This was the second site we visited on our tour through Finland. Generally speaking I've quite enjoyed industrial Heritage sites like those in Germany and England, and I quite enjoyed …

Keep reading Joel on t… 25/09/18
Petäjävesi Old Church by Els Slots

Petäjävesi Old Church (Inscribed)

Petäjävesi Old Church

We visited Petäjävesi on an overcast day in early July, as part of our tour around southern and central Finland. This really is a very small site, just the church …

Keep reading Joel on t… 24/09/18
Sammallahdenmäki by Hubert

Sammallahdenmäki (Inscribed)

Sammallahdenmäki

This was our last site visit in Finland. We visited in the late afternoon after spending most of the day wandering around nearby Rauma, and only spent a couple of …
Keep reading Joel on t… 22/09/18
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