Boj Profile
Boj completed his Masters in Geography, Urban and Regional Planning at the Peking University in China. His specialization is National Park Management and World Heritage Studies.
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Mount Hamiguitan (Extension) - Pujada Bay (T)
Boj Egypt - 21-Nov-24
The Pujada Bay Protected Area consists of a mangrove park (Guang-guang), a peninsula shaped like a "Sleeping Dinosaur," a few islands and dive sites - all within the jurisdiction of Mati City, the capital of Davao Oriental province. Overlooking the bay is the mighty Mt. Hamiguitan (see attached photo).
In 2020, it was declared one of the Most Beautiful Bays in the World (MBBW); and what's more impressive is that this alluring landscape/seascape is located within an urbanized area, not in the usual isolated regions away from the towns and cities.
Read OnNorth Sinai archaeological Sites Zone (T)
Boj Egypt - 21-Nov-24
This tentative property's selling point is still unclear and will not likely be pursued as an active nomination in the coming years.
However, I wanted to share this travel log to preserve fragments of memory during our weeklong mission between El-Arish and Rafah, at the border between Sinai, Egypt and the Gaza Strip, in November 2023. The photo shows El-Arish Castle ruins, in a condition that would later still be improved.
In the six years I lived in Egypt, I never imagined I would be able to visit any one of the North Sinai archaeological sites. The whole North Sinai Governorate is labeled a "no-go zone" due to security concerns. But strange circumstances last year allowed me and my team to be given special permit to stay in El-Arish City.
Read OnMelka Kunture and Balchit
Boj Egypt - 14-Jan-23
Visited Melka Kunture archaeological site in January 2023 - a quick day trip from Addis Ababa.
The site has an interesting museum exhibiting Ethiopia's rich archaeological heritage. Melka Kunture boasts for recording 1.7 million years of continuous prehistoric human occupation, apart from its rich lithic, flora and fauna fossil records (Photo is from the dig site with in-situ artefacts).
Travelers can arrange a visit to Melka Kunture with a trip to Tiya (a UNESCO World Heritage Site) and Adadi Mariam Rock Church, the only known rock-hewn church outside of Lalibela.
Read OnLower Valley of the Omo
Boj Egypt - 10-Jan-23
Visited first week of January 2023.
Before arranging this visit, I consulted a number of tour operators, checked blogs, travel tips to figure out how to arrive at the "supposed" core/heritage zone of the property. I managed to reach Omorate, the southernmost point (of my trip) in the area, where I visited Dassanech village and attempted to walk further west, hoping to at least get a glimpse of those mysterious land formations.
Did I manage to visit the property? 50/50 - perhaps in the future, a more definitive map defining core & buffer zones will decide whether I (and many other travelers) did manage to tick off the site. Did I have fun visiting the area? Very much so. The visit to the villages (Karo, Morsi, Hamer and Konso) is the highlight of travel to Ethiopia's southern region
Read OnLe complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthage (T)
Boj Egypt - 07-Jan-23
In December 2022, my brother and I went south of Tunis to visit Zaghouan, along with Uthina and Zriba Olya, an abandoned Berber mountain village. On the way to Zaghouan town, one could stop by and visit portions of the aqueduct.
The property has OUV potential, given its claim to be one of the longest aqueducts ever built in the Roman empire - 132km from the Zaghouan sacred spring and temple (pictured here) to Carthage, using the natural contours and topography of the landscape. The properties however need significant restoration.
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- Boj
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- Proposal
- Batanes Cultural Landscape, Chocolate Hills, Mayon Volcano Natural Park & Galleon Sites
Recently Visited WHS
- Update 21.11.24
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10 Countries Complete
Algeria . Cyprus . Egypt . Eritrea . Ghana . Laos . Rwanda . Singapore . Sudan . United Arab Emirates .Reviewed WHS
- Melka Kunture and Balchit
- Lower Valley of the Omo
- Saint Catherine Area
- Hyrcanian Forests
- Tassili n'Ajjer
- Sambor Prei Kuk
- Novodevichy Convent
- Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings
- Hani Rice Terraces
- Lenggong Valley
- Singapore Botanic Gardens
- Primeval Beech Forests
- Ancient Tea Plantations of Pu'er
- Mount Hamiguitan
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
- Mount Wutai
- Yin Xu
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
- Royal Joseon Tombs
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen
- Budapest
- Hollókö
- Vigan
- Baroque Churches
- Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha
- Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries
- Imperial Tombs
- Huangshan
- Fujian Tulou
Visited TWHS
- Abydos, city of pilgrimage of the Pharaohs (T)
- Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (T)
- Alexandria, ancient remains and the new library (T)
- Ancient Residences in Shanxi and Shaanxi Provinces (T)
- Apo Reef Natural Park (T)
- Archaeological Sites of the Ancient Shu State: Site at Jinsha and Joint Tombs of Boat- shaped Coffins in Chengdu City, S (T)
- Balaton Uplands Cultural Landscape (T)
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (T)
- Bird Migration Routes (T)
- Butuan Archeological Sites (T)
- Casablanca, Ville du XXème siécle, carrefour d'influences (T)
- Centre historique de Saida (T)
- Chinese Section of the Silk Road (T)
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (T)
- City Walls of the Ming and Qing Dynasties (T)
- Colonial Urban Plan and Fortifications of the Walled City of Manila (T)
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area (T)
- Dahab (T)
- Dahshour archaeological area (T)
- Delhi - A Heritage City (T)
- Desert Wadis (T)
- Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo's Home-Study Museum (T)
- Egyptian Museum in Cairo (T)
- El Fayoum (T)
- El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (T)
- Former M-13 prison/ Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum (former S-21)/ Choeung Ek Genocidal Centre (former Execution Site of S-21) (T)
- Gebel Qatrani Area, Lake Qaroun Nature Reserve (T)
- Great Desert Landscapes (T)
- Hala Sultan Tekke and the Larnaka Salt Lake Complex (T)
- Historic quarters and monuments of Rosetta/Rachid (T)
- Jerash Archaeological City (Ancient Meeting Place of East and West) (T)
- Kakum National Park (T)
- Kharga Oasis and the Small Southern Oases (T)
- Kitanglad and Kalatungan Mountain Ranges: Sacred Sites of Bukidnon (T)
- L'Aeropostale (T)
- Lac Abbeh (T)
- Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthage (T)
- Le Lac Assal (T)
- Le Parc National de la forêt du Day (T)
- Le paysage urbain historique de la ville de Djibouti et ses bâtiments spécifiques (T)
- Les Îles Moucha et Maskali (T)
- Les Mausolées Royaux de Numidie, de la Maurétanie et les monuments funéraires pré-islamiques (Algeria) (T)
- Mayon Volcano Natural Park (T)
- Minia (T)
- Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary (Extension) - Pujada Bay (T)
- Mountain Chains (T)
- Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park (T)
- Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (T)
- Mt. Pulag National Park (T)
- Necropolises of Middle Egypt, from the Middle Empire to the Roman period (T)
- North Sinai archaeological Sites Zone (T)
- Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park (T)
- Nzulezu Stilt Settlement (T)
- Oasis of Fayoum, hydraulic remains and ancient cultural landscapes (T)
- Pharaon Island (T)
- Pharaonic temples in Upper Egypt from the Ptolemaic and Roman periods (T)
- Prehistoric Sites of the Cagayan Valley Basin (T)
- Ras al-Qalaat promontory / Ras Al Natour promontory / Ras el-Mlelih Promontory (T)
- Ras Mohammed (T)
- Route of Magellan (T)
- Rutho Monastery (T)
- Silk Road Sites in India (T)
- Siwa archaeological area (T)
- Southern and Smaller Oases, the Western Desert (T)
- Surakhany, Atashgyakh (Fire - worshippers, temple - museum at Surakhany) (T)
- Temple of Hator built by Ramses III (T)
- Temples, Shrines and other structures of Ancient Kamakura (T)
- The Ancient Waterfront Towns in the South of Yangtze River (T)
- The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions (T)
- The Chinese Section of the Silk Roads (T)
- The Historic Towns and Landscape of Taal Volcano and its Caldera Lake (T)
- The monasteries of the Arab Desert and Wadi Natrun (T)
- The Old Town of Jakarta (T)
- The Sugar Cultural Landscape of Negros and Panay Islands (T)
- The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun Point (T)
- Troodos, Mt.Olympus (T)
- Trowulan (T)
- Two citadels in Sinai from the Saladin period (Al-Gundi and Phataoh's island) (T)
- Village de Sidi Bou Saïd : Harmonie architecturale et spirituelle en Méditerranée (T)
- Wooden Structures of Liao Dynasty - Wooden Pagoda of Yingxian County, Main Hall of Fengguo Monastery of Yixian County (T)
- Wudalianchi Scenic Spots (T)
Reviewed TWHS
- Mount Hamiguitan (Extension) - Pujada Bay (T)
- North Sinai archaeological Sites Zone (T)
- Le complexe hydraulique romain de Zaghouan-Carthage (T)
- Bird Migration Routes (T)
- The Caspian Shore Defensive Constructions (T)
- Southern and Smaller Oases, the Western Desert (T)
- Great Desert Landscapes (T)
- Lac Abbeh (T)
- Desert Wadis (T)
- Prehistoric Sites of the Cagayan Valley Basin (T)
- Oasis of Fayoum (T)
- Siwa archaeological area (T)
- Mt. Pulag National Park (T)
- Northern Sierra Madre Natural Park (T)
- Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (T)
- Butuan Archeological Sites (T)
- The Tabon Cave Complex and all of Lipuun Point (T)
- El Nido-Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area (T)
- Kabayan Mummy Burial Caves (T)
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument (T)
- Mayon Volcano Natural Park (T)
- Apo Reef Natural Park (T)
- Towns and Landscape of Taal Volcano and its Caldera Lake (T)
- Spanish Colonial Fortifications of the Philippines (T)
- Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park (T)
- Petroglyphs and Petrographs of the Philippines (T)
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension) (T)
Top 50 Missing Sites
- Bagan
- City of Herat
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area
- Dzongs of Bhutan
- El Nido Taytay Managed Resource Protected Area
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Frank Gehry
- Infrastructure of the Industrial Revolution in Britain
- Lake Titicaca
- Major Buildings of Frank Lloyd Wright
- Mecca, Kaaba
- Panama Canal
- Plain of Jars / Sites Mégalithiques de la province de Xieng Khouang
- Railways of the Andes
- Rainforests of Polynesia
- Silk Roads
- Suez Canal
- Tana Toraja Cultural Landscape
- The Grand Canal
- Transiberian Railway
- Varanasi