Alex Goh Profile
My interest in travel, history, cultural and photography get me to many fascinating places.
My moment of pride was in April 2017 when I completed the Grand Slam of all 55 UNESCO Heritage sites in Malaysia (4), Singapore (1) and China (50). This has since been updated to 57 with the inclusion of Qinghai Hoh Xil and Gulangsu to the prestigious list in July 2017.
I look forward to sharing adventures and stories with like minded folks in this community and together, promote the values of UNESCO in preserving our shared heritage for the future generations.
Recent Reviews Alex Goh
Ancient Tea Plantations of Pu'er
Alex Goh Malaysia - 29-Dec-24
From my base at Kunming, it’s a 1 hour flight to the south-west town of Lancang close to the Myanmar border to get to Jingmai Mountain for the Ancient Pu’er tea plantation. For some reasons, both my flights to and from Lancang were delayed 2-3 hours. This seems to be the routine occurrence as I was told by my Lancang driver that it was due to airline trying to sell some last minute tickets. The Lancang airport is small with only 2-3 flights a days. Upon arrival, it’s easy to make arrangements with the airport taxis for a 5-6 hrs drive/tour of world heritage Jingmai Mountain to marvel at the ancestors of Pu’er tea plantation
Read OnVal d'Orcia
Alex Goh Malaysia - 01-Apr-23
We visited the Val d’Orcia region as part of our 40th wedding anniversary Italy heritage hunting adventure. I consider this a WHS within a WHS as we planned to hit Val d’Orcia together with Pienza. Started our visit at Montepulciano and after considering various transport options (including renting an electric bicycle to walking) decided to take a cab instead. The journey of about 10km took us through the Val d’Orcia region and I caught the signage that is a ‘must stop’ for us heritage hunters
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- Name
- Alex Goh
- Country
- Malaysia
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Recently Visited WHS
- Update 08.01.25
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Visited WHS
Rating StatsAssisi 5Gyeongju 5Siena 5Villa d'Este 4.5Corfu 4Nalanda 4Pompei 4Ravenna 4Vat Phou 4Everglades 3.5Fanjingshan 3.5Ferrara 3.5Luang Prabang 3.5Modena 3.5Pienza 3.5San Gimignano 3.5Wudang Mountains 3.5Yogyakarta 3.5Koguryo Kingdom 2.5Reviewed WHS
Visited TWHS
- Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath (T)
- Big Bend National Park (T)
- Brooklyn Bridge (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Fenghuang Ancient City (T)
- Former M-13 prison/ Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (former S-21)/ Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (former Execution Site of S-21) (T)
- FRIM Selangor Forest Park (T)
- Gdansk - Town of Memory and Freedom (T)
- Hainan Tropical Rainforest and the Traditional Settlement of Li Ethnic Group (T)
- Hiraizumi - Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (extension) (T)
- Hua Shan Scenic Area (T)
- Huangguoshu Scenic Area (T)
- Iconic Riverfront of the Historic City of Varanasi (T)
- Jinggangshan--North Wuyishan (Extension of Mount Wuyi) (T)
- Karez Wells (T)
- Maijishan Scenic Spots (T)
- Monuments, Sites and Cultural Landscape of Chiang Mai, Capital of Lanna (T)
- National Park (Taman Negara) of Peninsular Malaysia (T)
- Qinghai Lake (T)
- SanFangQiXiang (T)
- Scenic and historic area of Sacred Mountains and Lakes (T)
- Shwedagon Pagoda on Singuttara Hill (T)
- Slender West Lake and Historic Urban Area in Yangzhou (T)
- Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (T)
- The Ancient Waterfront Towns in the South of Yangtze River (T)
- The Four Sacred Mountains as an Extension of Mt. Taishan (T)
- The Lijiang River Scenic Zone at Guilin (T)
- The Padang Civic Ensemble (T)
- Western Xia Imperial Tombs (T)
- Wudalianchi Scenic Spots (T)
- Yandang Mountain (T)
- Yangtze Gorges Scenic Spot (T)
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