Frédéric M Profile

Biologist, entomologist, outdoor enthusiast, scuba-diver, birder and traveler from Québec interested in discovering the world and its wonders! I did my first oversea backpacking trip in 2018 following my master and I don't want to stop any time soon. I am mostly interested in ecology, national parks and thus natural WHS, but being a WHS hunter opens my mind to architecture, history of art, urban planning, industrial heritage and the epic history of the World!

Canada Last Update 18.11.24 184 WHS Visited 64 Reviews 184 WHS Rated 76 TWHS Visited

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Paraty and Ilha Grande

Frédéric M Canada - 16-Aug-24

Paraty and Ilha Grande

I visited Paraty and Ilha Grande in March 2024, en route between Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The Costa Verde bus first took me from Rio to Conceição de Jacareí. From there, numerous excursion boats and water taxis leave for Ilha Grande at a frequency and schedule that eluded me. I had to wait just over an hour and a half for mine to fill up and we finally set sail for a short 15-minute crossing. I got off at Abraão, where I spent the night. As the weather was grey and gloomy, I gave up the beach visits and snorkelling excursions in favour of hiking. From the western end of the beach, a path leads to the Cachoeira da Feiticeira waterfall

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Lenggong Valley

Frédéric M Canada - 13-Aug-24

Lenggong Valley

I visited Lenggong Valley in March 2023. In planning my trip, I contacted the guides and resources mentioned in previous reviews on this page. However, given the excessively high cost charged by the only guide who replied to me, I chose to go on my own. So here are the instructions for visiting these caves without a guide, permits or car hire.

I started my day in Georgetown, from where I took the ferry and train to [...]

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Niah Caves

Frédéric M Canada - 04-Aug-24

Niah Caves

In her review, Randi explains that she visited Niah during the same year as Els, so their visits are very similar. In my case, I visited Niah the day after Els' visit! We even had dinner together in Miri and I was able to benefit from her advice following her visit. My account will therefore also be very similar to hers, but my appreciation of the site differs greatly.

Like Els, I travelled to the park by bus. However, unlike her visit, cabs were waiting for tourists at the junction in my case, and a driver found me before I even started looking for him. The return journey was equally straightforward, with a bus waiting at the junction when the driver called by the receptionist dropped me off. After registering, I crossed the river by boat and began my visit to the museum. The museum is informative, but not particularly well presented. There's little structure between the many panels, some are redundant and most seem to have been created by students with no sense of synthesis. Artifacts are unfortunately few and far between

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Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (T)

Frédéric M Canada - 03-Aug-24

Oswaldo Cruz Foundation (T)

On March 21, 2024, while visiting Rio de Janeiro, I received an e-mail from the Canadian Abroad Warning System. It warned me that a major storm would hit Rio the next day, that it was best to stay indoors, and that I should follow the advice of the local authorities. However, it didn't teach me anything, since the Cariocas were on the alert and I had already been warned of the impending arrival of this depression. I had even listened to the news with my host, which was broadcasting hurricane-like images and announcing power outages, flooded villages and missing persons in the southern sectors already hit.

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Seaflower Marine Protected Area (T)

Frédéric M Canada - 30-Jun-24

Seaflower Marine Protected Area (T)

I visited San Andrés Island in February 2024 during my trip to Colombia. I spent four nights there. After the arrival day (from Cartagena), the next three were scheduled for scuba diving. I flied back to the continent to Medellín.

For my first day of scuba diving, following the recommendation of a diver I met in Cartagena, I opted for Sharky Diving

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Frédéric M
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Canada
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Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks, Göreme, Gunung Mulu, Los Glaciares, Machu Picchu, Rome, Tikal

Recently Visited WHS

Update 18.11.24
  • The Prosecco Hills
  • Medici Villas and Gardens
  • Val d'Orcia
  • Etruscan Necropolises
  • Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy
  • Monte San Giorgio
  • Botanical Garden, Padua
  • Pienza
  • Ravenna
  • Ferrara
  • Siena
  • San Gimignano
  • Santa Maria delle Grazie
  • Florence
  • Piazza del Duomo (Pisa)
  • The Porticoes of Bologna
  • Verona
  • Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles
  • Venice and its Lagoon
  • Primeval Beech Forests

    • 11 Countries Complete

    Argentina . Belize . Estonia . Guatemala . Holy See . Latvia . Malaysia . Moldova . Paraguay . Singapore . Uruguay .

    Rating Stats
    Canadian Rocky Mountain Parks 5
    Chichen-Itza 5
    Florence 5
    Galapagos Islands 5
    Gros Morne National Park 5
    Gunung Mulu 5
    Göreme NP and Cappadocia 5
    Huascaran National Park 5
    Iguacu 5
    Iguazu National Park 5
    Istanbul 5
    Komodo National Park 5
    Los Glaciares 5
    Machu Picchu 5
    Mammoth Cave 5
    Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve 5
    Olympic National Park 5
    Palenque 5
    Plitvice Lakes 5
    Pompei 5
    Rome 5
    Skocjan Caves 5
    Teotihuacan 5
    Tikal National Park 5
    Auschwitz Birkenau 4
    Belize Barrier Reef 4
    Borobudur 4
    Budapest 4
    Calakmul 4
    Cartagena 4
    Copán 4
    Cueva de las Manos 4
    Cuzco 4
    Dinosaur Provincial Park 4
    Dorset and East Devon Coast 4
    Dubrovnik 4
    Ephesus 4
    Great Smoky Mountains 4
    Guanajuato 4
    Hierapolis-Pamukkale 4
    Kew Gardens 4
    Kinabalu Park 4
    Kraków 4
    Laurisilva of Madeira 4
    Los Alerces National Park 4
    Mexico City and Xochimilco 4
    Nasca Lines 4
    Oaxaca and Monte Alban 4
    Oporto 4
    Paraty and Ilha Grande 4
    Peninsula Valdes 4
    Piazza del Duomo (Pisa) 4
    Prambanan 4
    Puebla 4
    Québec 4
    Ravenna 4
    Riga 4
    Rio de Janeiro 4
    San Gimignano 4
    Siena 4
    Sintra 4
    Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley 4
    Uxmal 4
    Vatican City 4
    Venice and its Lagoon 4
    Verona 4
    Waterton Glacier International Peace Park 4
    Wieliczka and Bochnia Royal Salt Mines 4
    Works of Antoni Gaudí 4
    Alto Douro 3
    Antigua Guatemala 3
    Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque 3
    Bali Subak system 3
    Belem 3
    Blaenavon Industrial Landscape 3
    Blenheim Palace 3
    Bom Jesus do Monte 3
    Campeche 3
    Canterbury 3
    Caral-Supe 3
    Cathedral of St. James in Sibenik 3
    Caves of Yagul and Mitla 3
    Central Amazon Conservation Complex 3
    Chankillo Archaeoastronomical Complex 3
    Chavin 3
    City of Bath 3
    Convent of Christ in Tomar 3
    Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape 3
    Etruscan Necropolises 3
    Evora 3
    Ferrara 3
    Frank Lloyd Wright Buildings 3
    Fray Bentos 3
    Great Spa Towns of Europe 3
    Guimarães 3
    Hospicio Cabañas 3
    Ischigualasto / Talampaya 3
    Jesuit Block and Estancias of Córdoba 3
    Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus 3
    Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis 3
    Joggins Fossil Cliffs 3
    Kuldiga 3
    Lima 3
    Mafra 3
    Maritime Greenwich 3
    Medici Villas and Gardens 3
    Melaka and George Town 3
    Mistaken Point 3
    Monastery of Alcobaça 3
    Monastery of Batalha 3
    Morelia 3
    Mostar 3
    Naples 3
    Niah Caves 3
    Old Town Lunenburg 3
    Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 3
    Panamá 3
    Plečnik's Ljubljana 3
    Primeval Beech Forests 3
    Qhapaq Ñan 3
    Quebrada de Humahuaca 3
    Quirigua 3
    Quito 3
    San Agustín 3
    San Miguel de Allende 3
    Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca 3
    Santa Maria delle Grazie 3
    Sian Ka'an 3
    Singapore Botanic Gardens 3
    Split 3
    Statue of Liberty 3
    Stonehenge 3
    Tallinn 3
    Tierradentro 3
    Tower of London 3
    Ujung Kulon National Park 3
    University of Coimbra 3
    Villa Adriana (Tivoli) 3
    Westminster 3
    Writing-on-Stone / Áísínai’pi 3
    Xochicalco 3
    Australian Convict Sites 2
    Botanical Garden, Padua 2
    Cahokia Mounds 2
    Camino Real 2
    Central University City Campus of the UNAM 2
    Chan Chan 2
    Church of Atlántida 2
    Coa Valley and Siega Verde 2
    ESMA Site Museum 2
    Grand Pré 2
    Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump 2
    Independence Hall 2
    L'Anse aux Meadows 2
    Lenggong Valley 2
    Luis Barragán House and Studio 2
    Miguasha National Park 2
    Monte San Giorgio 2
    Palau de la Musica Catalana & Hospital de Sant Pau 2
    Pienza 2
    Popocatepetl monasteries 2
    Querétaro 2
    Red Bay Basque Whaling Station 2
    Rideau Canal 2
    Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy 2
    Sangiran Early Man Site 2
    Santa Cruz de Mompox 2
    Sítio Roberto Burle Marx 2
    Tak'alik Ab'aj 2
    Tequila 2
    The Porticoes of Bologna 2
    The Prosecco Hills 2
    Troy 2
    Val d'Orcia 2
    Via Appia 2
    Villa d'Este 2
    Yogyakarta 2
    Coffee Cultural Landscape 1
    Colonia del Sacramento 1
    Struve Geodetic Arc 1
    The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 1
    Trogir 1
    Valongo Wharf 1
    Venetian Works of Defence 1
    1. Aguas Livres Aqueduct (T)
    2. Amazonia Theaters (T)
    3. Anavilhanas Ecological Station (T)
    4. Ancient City of Kaunos (T)
    5. Archaeological Site and Historic Centre of Panamá City (T)
    6. Architecture Moderne du XX siècle de la Ville de Montevideo (T)
    7. Baltic Klint (T)
    8. Brazilian Fortresses Ensemble (T)
    9. Brooklyn Bridge (T)
    10. Çanakkale (Dardanelles) and Gelibolu (Gallipoli) Battles Zones in the First World War (T)
    11. Canal del Dique - Dike Canal (T)
    12. Castle of San Felipe de Lara (T)
    13. Catholic Doctrine Temples (T)
    14. Central Park (T)
    15. Chachapoyas sites of the Utcubamba Valley (T)
    16. Chapultepec Woods, Hill and Castle (T)
    17. Church of Santa Prisca and its Surroundings (T)
    18. City of Tigre and its rowing clubs (T)
    19. Civil Rights Movement Sites (T)
    20. Classical Karst (in Slovene language: Klasicni kras) (T)
    21. Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
    22. Eglise et Monastère de Sao Bento, Rio de Janeiro (T)
    23. Ellis Island (T)
    24. Ensemble of Alvaro Siza's Architecture Works in Portugal (T)
    25. Fuzina Hills in Bohinj (T)
    26. Guano Islands, Islets, and Capes National Reserve System (T)
    27. Head Office and Garden of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (T)
    28. Historic Center of the City of Trujillo (T)
    29. Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
    30. Jewish Cemetery in Sarajevo (T)
    31. Kebun Raya Bogor (T)
    32. Kekova (T)
    33. Kornati and Telašćica (T)
    34. La Rambla (promenade maritime) de la Cité de Montevideo (T)
    35. Levadas of Madeira Island (T)
    36. Los Petenes-Ría Celestún (T)
    37. Montado, Cultural Landscape (T)
    38. Nasca Aqueducts (T)
    39. National Theater of Guatemala (T)
    40. Natural Reserves of Tatras Mountain (T)
    41. Ödön Lechner's independent pre-modern architecture (T)
    42. Oswaldo Cruz Foundation: health, science and culture in Manguinhos (T)
    43. Palais de la Culture, ancien siège du Ministere de l'Education et de la Santé, Rio de Janeiro (T)
    44. Peruvian Central Railway (T)
    45. Pombaline Lisbon (T)
    46. Protected area of Lake Atitlán: multiple use (T)
    47. Puente de Occidente (Western Bridge) (T)
    48. Quartier de Peñarol: la Vieille Ville historique et le paysage industriel ferroviaire (T)
    49. Region Lacan-Tún - Usumacinta (T)
    50. Route of Magellan (T)
    51. Route of the Franciscan Evangelisation (T)
    52. Route of the Peace and National Identity (T)
    53. Route of the to Dominique Evangelisation (T)
    54. Routes of Santiago de Compostela in Portugal (T)
    55. Sarajevo - unique symbol of universal multiculture - continual open city (T)
    56. Seaflower Marine Protected Area (T)
    57. Sistema Ferrocarril Pte. Carlos Antonio Lopez (T)
    58. Sites of Globalization (T)
    59. South of Ricaurte Province (T)
    60. The Aniene valley and Villa Gregoriana in Tivoli (T)
    61. The architectural legacy of Rogelio Salmona: an ethical, political, social and poetic manifesto (T)
    62. The Coastal Lomas System of Peru (T)
    63. The Colonial Transisthmian Route of Panamá (Ruta Colonial Transístmica de Panamá) (T)
    64. The Cultural Landscape of Civita di Bagnoregio (T)
    65. The Historic Centre of Cajamarca (T)
    66. The Marble Basin of Carrara (T)
    67. The Mayan-Olmecan Encounter (T)
    68. The Old Town of Jakarta (T)
    69. The Padang Civic Ensemble (T)
    70. Town of Chichicastenango (T)
    71. Transatlantic Cable Ensemble (C) (T)
    72. University City of Bogotá (T)
    73. Via Francigena in Italy (T)
    74. Villas of the Papal Nobility (T)
    75. Wineries and Vineyards for traditional Pisco Production (T)
    76. Zadar - Episcopal complex (T)

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