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Xanthos-Letoon
J_neveryes Canada - 15-Mar-25
Less visited sites of a lesser known ancient civilization, Letoon and Xanthos are more intriguing than they appear at a first glance. For those visiting the Turquoise Coast of Turkiye, Letoon and Xanthos combine to make a worthwhile day trip.
Letoon
I based myself in Fethiye, which is a small city with good amenities. From its bus station, I easily found a minibus to Kumluova village and let the driver know that I wished to visit Letoon. From where he dropped me off, it was an easy 900 metres walk to the ancient sanctuary. Letoon appeared to me to be well-cared for and had a modern administrative and ticket office on-site. I was the sole visitor for most of my visit.
Read OnPetra
J_neveryes Canada - 12-May-24
Considering the fame and rave reviews of Petra, this review will focus on the lesser known aspects of visiting this magnificent ancient city, rather than convincing the reader to visit it.
Alternative Entrance via Little Petra
Although back entrance/trail to Petra has existed for a while now, it has only been very recently that it has become more conveniently accessible. If you are visiting Petra for two or more days, I strongly recommend using the back trail on one of those days.
Read OnGlacier parks
J_neveryes Canada - 04-Mar-24
"One to two hours, my ass!" I grumbled about the young Parks Canada ranger who had told me that Thechàl Dhâl (Sheep Mountain) Route was just an hour or two additional hike from the end of the Sheep Creek Trail. I huffed and puffed as I had to stop every 20 steps or so up the mountain in order to catch my breath. "I better see some freakin' Dall sheep on this mountain," I angrily muttered to myself as I slowly made myself upward.
Getting to Kluane National Park, Yukon, Canada
Read OnOld Town of Lijiang
J_neveryes Canada - 29-Feb-24
Memories are fickle beasts. When I look at my photos from my 2019 trip to Lijiang, I see that it was a beautiful city with intriguing narrow water channels and narrower streets. However, what I remember - at least on an emotional level - is that Lijiang was an old town that once had a soul, but it is now a fiction, a mere pretty setting for a sanitized version of Chinese history. Lijiang is not a city; it is a souvenir shop.
There are other cities in the world that long ago pushed [...]
Read OnPirin National Park
J_neveryes Canada - 26-Feb-24
Selective Background
Despite being declared a national park in 1962 and an UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1983, this biodiverse hotspot was under attack by its own government in 2017. The Bulgarian government planned to open up 66% and 48% of Pirin National Park's area to construction (for example, ski resorts) and logging respectively. The Association of Parks in Bulgaria and other environmental organizations sued the government, and the Bulgaria's Supreme Administrative Court suspended the constructions and logging in 2020.
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Rating StatsAngkor 5Petra 5Rome 5Split 5Arequipa 4.5City of Bath 4.5Cuzco 4.5Great Wall 4.5Istanbul 4.5Masada 4.5Prague 4.5Vienna 4.5Cordoba 4Ephesus 4Evora 4Florence 4Granada 4Iguacu 4Seville 4Tallinn 4Toledo 4Vilnius 4Wadi Rum 4Cesky Krumlov 3.5Dubrovnik 3.5El Escurial 3.5Gyeongju 3.5Humayun's Tomb 3.5Jantar Mantar 3.5Jeju 3.5Kutna Hora 3.5Old City of Acre 3.5Potosi 3.5Quito 3.5Québec 3.5Red Fort 3.5Riga 3.5Salzburg 3.5Schönbrunn 3.5Sintra 3.5Stonehenge 3.5Thingvellir 3.5Trier 3.5Vatican City 3.5Via Appia 3.5Volubilis 3.5Warsaw 3.5Wartburg Castle 3.5Wulingyuan 3.5Belem 3Kuldiga 3Mostar 3Sucre 3Tiwanaku 3Boyana Church 2.5Hiraizumi 2.5Lima 2.5Rabat 2.5Grand Pré 1.5Danube Limes 0.5Reviewed WHS
- Xanthos-Letoon
- Petra
- Glacier parks
- Old Town of Lijiang
- Grand Pré
- Pirin National Park
- Tiwanaku
- Santa Ana de los Rios de Cuenca
- Gros Morne National Park
- Potosi
- Sucre
- Dinosaur Provincial Park
- L'Anse aux Meadows
- Jesuit Missions of Trinidad and Jesus
- Jesuit Missions of the Guaranis
- Hebron/Al-Khalil Old Town
- Coffee Cultural Landscape
- Three parallel rivers of Yunnan
- Wulingyuan
- Hiraizumi
- Red Bay Basque Whaling Station
- Kuldiga
- Wood Buffalo National Park
- Nahanni National Park
- Memorial Sites of Genocide
- Tr’ondëk-Klondike
- Churches of Chiloé
Visited TWHS
- Archaeological site of Laodikeia (T)
- Azraq (T)
- Bishop's Basilica and Late-Antique Mosaics of Philippopolis, Roman Province of Thrace (T)
- Casablanca, Ville du XXème siécle, carrefour d'influences (T)
- Central Balkan National Park (T)
- Central Park (T)
- Dana Biosphere Reserve (T)
- Delhi - A Heritage City (T)
- Diocletian's Palace and the Historical Nucleus of Split (extension) (T)
- Dreams in Stone - the palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria: Neuschwanstein, Linderhof and Herrenchiemsee (T)
- Early Chicago Skyscrapers (T)
- Ellis Island (T)
- Gadara (Modern Um Qeis or Qays) (T)
- Historical Lisbon, Global City (T)
- Jerash Archaeological City (Ancient Meeting Place of East and West) (T)
- Jerusalem (T)
- Kuressaare Fortress (T)
- Lake Titicaca (T)
- Moulay Idriss Zerhoun (T)
- Sea of Galilee & its Ancient Sites (T)
- Shaubak Castle (Montreal) (T)
- The Ancient Plovdiv (T)
- The Bachkovo Monastery (T)
- The Galilee Journeys of Jesus & the Apostles (T)
- The Lijiang River Scenic Zone at Guilin (T)
- The Roussensky Lom National Park (T)
- Thingvellir National Park (T)
- VIKING MONUMENTS AND SITES / Thingvellir National Park (T)
- Workers’ Assembly Halls (Argentina) (T)
- Zadar - Episcopal complex (T)
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