Visit in March 2022
This was the first Site that I visited during my hastily-arranged trip to Mongolia, just after the country had reopened after being closed for the …
Michael Ayers
Member since March 2010
#139 307 27
132 of the sites I have visited I saw during my bicycle tour of the southern continents (02005-02008).
http://www.terminalia.org/tour
A second Grand Tour began in April 2019, though it was disrupted by unanticipated events, a good number of interesting Site visits were made
http://www.terminalia.org/world2
My most impressive site: Can't decide.
My proposal for a new site: Geological Remnants of Ice Age Floods, USA; Spiny Forest Protected Areas, Madagascar; Antarctica (all of it)
Check out my website: http://www.terminalia.org/world2
Recent Visits
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10July 29, 2024Schwerin Residence Ensemble
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01Jan. 1, 2020Western Area Peninsula National Park
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01Jan. 1, 2020Ver-o-Peso
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About Michael Ayers
- First name
- Michael
- Member since
- March 2010
- Country of Origin
- None
Visits
- Rank
- #139
- WHS
- 307
- Tentative Sites
- 27
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 15
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Schwerin Residence Ensemble 5.0
- Redwood 5.0
- Yosemite National Park 5.0
- Yellowstone 5.0
- Lalibela 5.0
- Kilimanjaro National Park 5.0
- Tikal National Park 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 4.5
- Luang Prabang 4.5
- Kakadu National Park 4.5
- San Miguel de Allende 4.0
- Rainforests of the Atsinanana 4.0
- Olympic National Park 4.0
- Nasca Lines 4.0
- Ouro Preto 3.5
- Guanajuato 3.5
- Zacatecas 3.5
- Potala Palace 3.5
- Cueva de las Manos 3.5
- Diamantina 3.5
- Monticello 3.5
- Trinidad and the Valley de los Ingenios 3.5
- Kathmandu Valley 3.5
- Sigiriya 3.5
- Quito 3.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 3.5
- Fraser Island 3.5
- Potosi 3.5
- Cuzco 3.5
- Fasil Ghebbi 3.0
- Goias 2.5
- Puebla 2.5
- Vat Phou 2.5
- Ambohimanga 2.5
- Lumbini 2.5
- Lima 2.0
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Reviews by Michael Ayers
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain (Inscribed)
Great Burkhan Khaldun Mountain
Visit in March 2022.
When I began my second period of long-term travel in 2019, there were a small number of countries that I wanted to visit more than …
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Michael A… 12/04/22
Struve Geodetic Arc (Inscribed)
Struve Geodetic Arc
Visit in July 2020
The Pandemic of 2020 completely demolished any hopes I had of ever attempting to visit any of the European Pile Dwellings locations, and it did …
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Michael A… 14/03/22
Thimlich Ohinga (Inscribed)
Thimlich Ohinga
Visit in January 2021
To partially compensate for being forced to cancel plans for visits to many top-level Sites in 2020 I intended to make visits to a few …
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Michael A… 13/02/21
Rwenzori Mountains (Inscribed)
Rwenzori Mountains
Visit in December, 2020
The post made by Els for this Site is informative and comprehensive, but I will add a short review because, though my visit was also …
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Michael A… 20/01/21
Brazilian Atlantic Islands (Inscribed)
Brazilian Atlantic Islands
Visit January 2020
My short visit to Fernado de Noronha was probably one that I should have skipped, but now that it is in the past I am happy …
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Michael A… 16/01/20
Serra da Capivara (Inscribed)
Serra da Capivara
Visit in November 2019
Sites that have been inscribed primarily to protect important areas containing ancient Rock Art are among my favorite types of sites to visit and it …
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Michael A… 07/12/19
Central Suriname Nature Reser… (Inscribed)
Central Suriname Nature Reserve
Visit in September 2019
As of this writing, there is still only one realistic way to visit this isolated rainforest site. Organized tours to natural sites are often not …
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Michael A… 05/10/19
Aasivissuit - Nipisat (Inscribed)
Aasivissuit - Nipisat
Visit in July 2019
I have only a small amount to add to the two previous reviews.
If you should happen to have your own bicycle in Kangerlussuaq, …
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Michael A… 30/07/19
Surtsey (Inscribed)
Surtsey
Visit in July 2019.
Surtsey is a place that I have been fascinated with for essentially my entire life. In fact, the island and I are almost exactly the …
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Michael A… 25/07/19
Anticosti (Inscribed)
Anticosti
Visit in May 2019
It is my understanding that the nomination of Île d'Anticosti, a large island in the Gulf of St Lawrence, is primarily supported by its being …
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Michael A… 03/06/19
Chaco Culture (Inscribed)
Chaco Culture
Visit in April 2019.
I will add another review for this WHS because I included a stop at Aztec Ruins National Monument, which has not been covered previously. The …
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Michael A… 27/04/19
Coffee Cultural Landscape (Inscribed)
Coffee Cultural Landscape
Visited in February 2019.
Like many members, I am often bewildered when trying to determine exactly what I am supposed to see when visiting a Cultural Landscape site. Colombia's …
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Michael A… 13/03/19
Tayrona and Sierra Nevada de … (On tentative list)
Tayrona and Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta National
Visit in February 2019.
As I understand it, the current iteration of this nomination consists of two National Parks, Parque Nacional Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, and Parque …
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Michael A… 12/03/19
Hawaii Volcanoes (Inscribed)
Hawaii Volcanoes
Visit in May 2018.
It had been a surprisingly long, and often frustrating, ten years since I last had the opportunity to visit a new WHS in person. Only a …
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Michael A… 26/05/18