We visited Brno on a sweltering day in July 2025 to catch up with a friend and as a pitstop between Prague and Vienna. Of course, it'd be sacrilegious not …
Carlo Sarion
Philippines \ Member since January 2019
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Traveling to see UNESCO World Heritage Sites is rooted in my love for geography, cultures, and conservation. I'm originally from the Manila, Philippines and now live in Wellington, New Zealand. I trained as a biologist, worked in human resources, taught university biology, and now work in policy.
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10July 26, 2025Regensburg
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10July 25, 2025Water Management System of Augsburg
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10July 24, 2025Salzburg
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About Carlo Sarion
- Member since
- January 2019
- Country of Origin
- Philippines
Visits
- Rank
- #288
- WHS
- 192
- Tentative Sites
- 39
Website Participation
- Reviews
- 35
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Ratings
Ratings
World Heritage Sites
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 5.0
- Great Barrier Reef 5.0
- Te Wahipounamu 5.0
- Machu Picchu 5.0
- Iguazu National Park 5.0
- Ancient Thebes 5.0
- Persepolis 5.0
- Serengeti 5.0
- Bagan 5.0
- Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5.0
- Namib Sand Sea 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Ngorongoro 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Pyramids (Memphis) 5.0
- Göreme NP and Cappadocia 5.0
- Iguacu 5.0
- Gunung Mulu 4.5
- Cuzco 4.5
- Great Wall 4.5
- Prague 4.5
- Ephesus 4.5
- Mexico City and Xochimilco 4.5
- Istanbul 4.5
- Ancient Kyoto 4.5
- Auschwitz Birkenau 4.5
- Teotihuacan 4.5
- Chichen-Itza 4.5
- Schönbrunn 4.0
- Luang Prabang 4.0
- Fatehpur Sikri 4.0
- Tongariro National Park 4.0
- Kilimanjaro National Park 4.0
- Borobudur 4.0
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 4.0
- Medina of Marrakesh 4.0
- Kraków 4.0
- Fujisan 4.0
- Kremlin and Red Square 4.0
- Gulf of California 4.0
- Imperial Palace 4.0
- K’gari (formerly Fraser Island) 4.0
- Ouro Preto 4.0
- Ancient Nara 4.0
- Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor 4.0
- Kathmandu Valley 4.0
- St. Petersburg 4.0
- San Miguel de Allende 4.0
- Huascaran National Park 4.0
- Historic Cairo 4.0
- Wet Tropics of Queensland 4.0
- Kii Mountain Range 3.5
- South China Karst 3.5
- Bali Subak system 3.5
- Trinity Sergius Lavra 3.5
- Gondwana Rainforests 3.5
- Chitwan National Park 3.5
- Sukhothai 3.5
- Prambanan 3.5
- Brasilia 3.5
- Anuradhapura 3.5
- Nikko 3.5
- Yazd 3.5
- Cape Floral Region 3.5
- Hoi An 3.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 3.5
- Sigiriya 3.5
- Uxmal 3.5
- Oaxaca and Monte Alban 3.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 3.5
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 3.5
- Aphrodisias 3.5
- Hierapolis-Pamukkale 3.5
- Arequipa 3.5
- Ping Yao 3.5
- Québec 3.5
- Greater Blue Mountains 3.5
- Rani-ki-Vav 3.5
- Guanajuato 3.5
- Volubilis 3.0
- Vat Phou 3.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.0
- White Monuments of Vladimir and Suzdal 3.0
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.0
- Persian Garden 3.0
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 3.0
- Bolgar 3.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 3.0
- Kandy 3.0
- Novodevichy Convent 3.0
- Polonnaruva 3.0
- Horyu-ji Area 3.0
- Agra Fort 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Himeji-jo 3.0
- Querétaro 3.0
- Puebla 3.0
- Caves of Yagul and Mitla 3.0
- Xochicalco 3.0
- Okinoshima Island 3.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 3.0
- Trang An 3.0
- Medina of Fez 3.0
- Itsukushima Shrine 3.0
- Ayutthaya 3.0
- Diamantina 3.0
- Bom Jesus do Congonhas 3.0
- Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3.0
- Summer Palace 3.0
- Temple of Heaven 3.0
- Lima 3.0
- Old Town Lunenburg 3.0
- Rio de Janeiro 3.0
- Paraty and Ilha Grande 3.0
- Qutb Minar 3.0
- Humayun's Tomb 3.0
- Vigan 3.0
- Vienna 3.0
- Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 2.5
- Sites of Japan's Meiji Industrial Revolution 2.5
- Sviyazhsk 2.5
- Sydney Opera House 2.5
- Camino Real 2.5
- Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2.5
- Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 2.5
- Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 2.5
- Hué 2.5
- Old Town of Galle 2.5
- Stone Town of Zanzibar 2.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 2.5
- Hidden Christian Sites in the Nagasaki Region 2.5
- Medina of Tétouan 2.5
- Golestan Palace 2.5
- Baroque Churches 2.5
- Tugendhat Villa 2.5
- Pasargadae 2.5
- Rabat 2.5
- Kinabalu Park 2.5
- Silk Roads: Chang'an-Tianshan Corridor 2.5
- Imperial Tombs 2.5
- Meknes 2.5
- Tequila 2.5
- Kazan Kremlin 2.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 2.5
- Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 2.5
- Grand Canal 2.5
- Persian Caravanserai 2.5
- Rideau Canal 2.5
- Ahmadabad 2.5
- My Son 2.5
- Jantar Mantar 2.5
- Popocatepetl monasteries 2.0
- Australian Convict Sites 2.0
- Tomioka Silk Mill 2.0
- Namhansanseong 2.0
- Luis Barragán House and Studio 2.0
- Royal Joseon Tombs 2.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 2.0
- Central Highlands 2.0
- Yogyakarta 2.0
- Keoladeo National Park 2.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 2.0
- Church of the Ascension, Kolomenskoye 2.0
- Elephanta Caves 2.0
- Chavin 2.0
- Genbaku Dome 2.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 2.0
- Melaka and George Town 2.0
- Grand Pré 2.0
- Pampulha 2.0
- Thang Long 1.5
- Macao 1.5
- The Persian Qanat 1.5
- Mozu-Furuichi Kofun 1.5
- Royal Exhibition Building 1.5
- Valongo Wharf 1.0
Tentative Sites
- Ellis Island
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
- Etosha Pan
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Hikone-Jo
- That Luang de Vientiane
- Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
- Salt Mines of Maras
- El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area
- Mt. Pulag National Park
- Inle Lake
- Waters and seabed of Fiordland
- Archaeological site of Laodikeia
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum
- Waitangi Treaty Grounds historic precinct
- Napier Art Deco historic precinct
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Reviews by Carlo Sarion


Ellis Island (On tentative list)
Ellis Island
I visited Ellis Island along with the Statue of Liberty on a fine day in Dec 2024. I felt that it was timely to write a review of Ellis Island, …

Mount Vernon (On tentative list)
Mount Vernon
It just seems appropriate to visit and write a review of Mount Vernon after doing so with Monticello, as both were the residences and plantations of two prominent American presidents …

Monticello (Inscribed)
Monticello
This site was the first of the few UNESCO sites I visited during my trip to the US in Dec 2024. It made for a great stop on my way …

Uxmal (Inscribed)
Uxmal
I visited this site in January 2025, my first for the new year. I had initially planned to check out Labna, Sayil, and Kabah as well, but after all the …

Sítio Roberto Burle Marx (Inscribed)
Sítio Roberto Burle Marx
We visited Sitio Roberto Burle Marx in Sep 2022, when Rio was experiencing several days of torrential rain. I had to cancel our first two attempts to visit due to …

Red Fort (Inscribed)
Red Fort
Three reviews out of 400 visitors, with the last review written more than a decade ago… Surely, the Red Fort Complex deserves better, given how important and popular this site …

Jantar Mantar (Inscribed)
Jantar Mantar
Jantar Mantar in Jaipur is an 18th-century observatory built to study the sky with the naked eye (yep, no telescopes). It's a small, accessible, and quite straightforward site to visit, …

Qutb Minar (Inscribed)
Qutb Minar
This complex of mosques, tombs, towers, and other structures was the first site we visited on my “revenge” trip to India in Dec 2023, having missed this back in Dec …

Namib Sand Sea (Inscribed)
Namib Sand Sea
I visited this site in the summer (Dec 2015) as part of an organised tour to Etosha Pan (Etosha NP) and Sossusvlei (Namib-Naukluft NP). This was one of the best …

Tongariro National Park (Inscribed)
Tongariro National Park
Tongariro National Park boasts a couple of records. First, it is the first national park in New Zealand and one of the oldest national parks in the world. Second, it …

Bahá'í House of Worship at Ne… (On tentative list)
Bahá'í House of Worship at New Delhi
Despite having flu that was worsened by the awful smog, I decided to visit the Lotus Temple on the morning of our last day in Delhi in December 2023. I …

Humayun's Tomb (Inscribed)
Humayun's Tomb
My visit to Delhi in Dec 2023 was part of my mission of retracing my steps back in 2013, when I first travelled to India and missed visiting Humayun's Tomb …

Elephanta Caves (Inscribed)
Elephanta Caves
The previous reviews pretty much described what to expect from a visit to the Elephanta Caves, a collection of rock-cut cave temples dedicated to Shiva. Here are some observations and …

Sites of Saytagrah, India's n… (On tentative list)
Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
First TWHS review of 2024? If so, yay! :D
I did not give much attention to this TWHS simply because it was overshadowed by all other outstanding WHS and …

Ahmadabad (Inscribed)
Ahmadabad
Immediately after visiting the dusty cities that make up the Golden Triangle (Delhi, Agra, and Jaipur), arriving in Ahmedabad seemed to be a breath of fresh air, literally and figuratively. …

Salt Mines of Maras (On tentative list)
Salt Mines of Maras
We decided to move to Urumbamba after a week-long stay in Cusco during our trip to Valle Sagrado in August 2022. We thought that this was a good base to …

Rural Temples of Cusco (On tentative list)
Rural Temples of Cusco
One of our day trips from Cusco was spent visiting Valle Sur, located southeast of Cusco, with the intent of hopping between churches and archaeological sites. Said churches belong to …

K’gari (formerly Fraser Islan… (Inscribed)
K’gari (formerly Fraser Island)
K'gari (Butchulla for Fraser Island) is undoubtedly as exceptional as it could be. It satisfies 3 of the 4 natural criteria, and the increased recognition of Butchulla people as …

Waitangi Treaty Grounds histo… (On tentative list)
Waitangi Treaty Grounds historic precinct
The Treaty of Waitangi was signed in 1840 at what is now called Te Pitowhenua Waitangi Treaty Grounds, perhaps Aotearoa New Zealand’s most important historical site. How the principles of …