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Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
Philippines \ Member since May 2012
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Works at the intersection of culture and tourism, with 15 years experience in the field. A member of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts - National Committee on Monuments and Sites (NCMS).
Largely based in Paoay in northern Philippines, which has its own UNESCO World Heritage Site (Paoay church - Baroque Churches of the Philippines) and is not far away from the Historic City of Vigan. Writes for BusinessMirror & Asia Times (travel and culture), and teaches university courses on global tourism and world cultures.
Interests: Cultural Tourism, Cultural Thematic Studies, Heritage Site Management, Southeast Asian Textile Collection & Curation, Philippine Gastronomy.
Email: bjeg2000@gmail.com | Instagram: theberntraveler
Recent Visits
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00Oct. 26, 2025Beijing Ancient Observatory
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10Oct. 25, 2025Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing
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10Oct. 24, 2025Mountain Resort, Chengde
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About Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
- Member since
- May 2012
- Country of Origin
- Philippines
Visits
- Rank
- #249
- WHS
- 216
- Tentative Sites
- 87
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- Reviews
- 63
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World Heritage Sites
- Bagan 5.0
- Aachen Cathedral 5.0
- Rangiri Dambulla Cave Temple 5.0
- Polonnaruva 5.0
- Sigiriya 5.0
- Sanchi 5.0
- Yungang Grottoes 5.0
- Rani-ki-Vav 5.0
- Hampi 5.0
- Gunung Mulu 5.0
- Taj Mahal 5.0
- Angkor 5.0
- Ujung Kulon National Park 5.0
- Plain of Jars 5.0
- Twyfelfontein 5.0
- Persepolis 5.0
- Eisinga Planetarium 5.0
- Bauhaus Sites 5.0
- Quanzhou 5.0
- Namib Sand Sea 5.0
- Temple of Heaven 5.0
- Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras 5.0
- Anuradhapura 5.0
- Classical Gardens of Suzhou 4.5
- Sambor Prei Kuk 4.5
- Su Nuraxi di Barumini 4.5
- Fujian Tulou 4.5
- Padua’s fourteenth-century fresco cycles 4.5
- Verona 4.5
- Gyeongju 4.5
- Mount Wutai 4.5
- Pattadakal 4.5
- Mahabalipuram 4.5
- Preah Vihear Temple 4.5
- Venice and its Lagoon 4.5
- Old City of Jerusalem 4.5
- Mountain Resort, Chengde 4.5
- Borobudur 4.5
- Ellora Caves 4.5
- Great Wall 4.5
- West Lake 4.5
- Chola Temples 4.5
- Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago 4.5
- Yazd 4.5
- Hwaseong Fortress 4.5
- Shushtar 4.0
- Dolomites 4.0
- Tabriz Bazaar 4.0
- Speyer Cathedral 4.0
- Citadel of the Ho Dynasty 4.0
- Sansa, Buddhist Mountain Monasteries 4.0
- Masada 4.0
- Tropical Rainforest Sumatra 4.0
- Maloti-Drakensberg Park 4.0
- Okavango Delta 4.0
- Via Appia 4.0
- Prambanan 4.0
- Sukhothai 4.0
- Armenian Monastic Ensembles 4.0
- Ayutthaya 4.0
- Phu Phrabat 4.0
- Hué 4.0
- Mapungubwe 4.0
- Medina of Tétouan 4.0
- Naumburg Cathedral 4.0
- Wartburg Castle 4.0
- Mount Taishan 4.0
- Villa d'Este 4.0
- Jantar Mantar 4.0
- Qutb Minar 4.0
- Pilgrimage Church of Wies 4.0
- Bamberg 4.0
- Rock Shelters of Bhimbetka 4.0
- Classical Weimar 4.0
- Great Himalayan National Park 4.0
- Mazagan 4.0
- Maulbronn Monastery 4.0
- Richtersveld 4.0
- Würzburg Residence 4.0
- Regensburg 4.0
- Trang An 4.0
- Berlin Modernism Housing Estates 4.0
- Castles of Augustusburg and Falkenlust 4.0
- Mountain Railways of India 4.0
- Vat Phou 4.0
- Holasovice 4.0
- The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier 4.0
- Ksar of Aït Ben Haddou 4.0
- Medina of Fez 4.0
- Meknes 4.0
- Vatican City 4.0
- Central Highlands 4.0
- Tchogha Zanbil 4.0
- Baroque Churches 4.0
- Safi al-Din Ensemble in Ardabil 4.0
- Cape Floral Region 4.0
- Medina of Essaouira 3.5
- Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River 3.5
- Prague 3.5
- Luang Prabang 3.5
- Hoi An 3.5
- Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple 3.5
- The Palaces of King Ludwig II of Bavaria 3.5
- Vicenza and the Palladian Villas 3.5
- Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus 3.5
- Cambodian Memorial Sites 3.5
- Royal Joseon Tombs 3.5
- Meidan Emam, Esfahan 3.5
- Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge 3.5
- Summer Palace 3.5
- Medina of Marrakesh 3.5
- Golestan Palace 3.5
- Keoladeo National Park 3.5
- My Son 3.5
- Haeinsa Temple 3.5
- Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius 3.5
- Messel Pit 3.5
- Masjed-e Jâme' 3.5
- Champaner-Pavagadh 3.5
- Rome 3.5
- Hahoe and Yangdong 3.5
- Old Town of Galle 3.5
- Kinderdijk 3.5
- Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites 3.5
- Kutna Hora 3.5
- Ombilin Coal Mining Heritage of Sawahlunto 3.5
- Peking Man Site 3.5
- Rabat 3.5
- Bali Subak system 3.5
- Elephanta Caves 3.5
- Amsterdam Canal Ring 3.5
- Mahabodhi Temple Complex 3.5
- Vigan 3.5
- Kandy 3.5
- Potsdam 3.5
- Macao 3.5
- Fatehpur Sikri 3.5
- Volubilis 3.5
- Ahmadabad 3.5
- Museumsinsel (Museum Island) 3.5
- Pyu Ancient Cities 3.5
- Agra Fort 3.5
- Hill Forts of Rajasthan 3.5
- Imperial Tombs 3.5
- Melaka and George Town 3.0
- Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of Mumbai 3.0
- iSimangaliso Wetland Park – Maputo NP 3.0
- Susa 3.0
- Gochang, Hwasun, and Ganghwa Dolmen 3.0
- Baekje Historic Areas 3.0
- The Persian Qanat 3.0
- Pasargadae 3.0
- Phong Nha - Ke Bang 3.0
- Robben Island 3.0
- Churches and Convents of Goa 3.0
- Kinabalu Park 3.0
- Old City of Acre 3.0
- Luther Memorials 3.0
- Red Fort 3.0
- Humayun's Tomb 3.0
- Changdeokgung Palace Complex 3.0
- Jongmyo Shrine 3.0
- Persian Garden 3.0
- Singapore Botanic Gardens 3.0
- Frontiers of the Roman Empire 3.0
- Salzburg 3.0
- Danube Limes 3.0
- Barberton Makhonjwa Mountains 3.0
- ǂKhomani Cultural Landscape 3.0
- Si Thep 3.0
- Koh Ker 3.0
- Van Nellefabriek 3.0
- Al Ain 3.0
- Mantua and Sabbioneta 3.0
- Venetian Works of Defence 3.0
- Mathildenhöhe Darmstadt 3.0
- Kulangsu 3.0
- Cologne Cathedral 3.0
- Ban Chiang 3.0
- Abbey and Altenmünster of Lorsch 3.0
- White City of Tel-Aviv 3.0
- Fossil Hominid Sites 3.0
- Imperial Palaces of the Ming and Qing 3.0
- Yogyakarta 3.0
- Domus de janas Sardinia 3.0
- FRIM Selangor 2.5
- Bahá’i Holy Places 2.5
- Lower German Limes 2.5
- Botanical Garden, Padua 2.5
- Persian Caravanserai 2.5
- Jaipur City, Rajasthan 2.5
- Sinharaja Forest 2.5
- Western Ghats 2.5
- Dong Phayayen - Khao Yai 2.5
- Grand Canal 2.5
- Prehistoric Pile Dwellings 2.5
- Thang Long 2.5
- Namhansanseong 2.5
- Garden Kingdom of Dessau-Wörlitz 2.5
- Gaya Tumuli 2.0
- Kaeng Krachan Forest 2.0
- Trans-Iranian Railway 2.0
- The Prehistoric Sites of the Khorramabad Valley 2.0
- Lenggong Valley 2.0
- Beijing Central Axis 2.0
- Hyrcanian Forests 2.0
- Vredefort Dome 2.0
- Bisotun 2.0
- Dutch Water Defence Lines 2.0
- Jewish-Medieval heritage of Erfurt 2.0
- Maratha Military Landscapes 2.0
- ShUM Sites 2.0
- Wadden Sea 1.5
- Water Management System of Augsburg 1.5
- Mount Carmel Caves 1.5
- Sangiran Early Man Site 1.5
Tentative Sites
- The Historical Village of Abyaneh
- Nasqsh-e Rostam and Naqsh-e Rajab
- Silk Road Sites in India
- The Persian House in Central plateau of Iran
- Long-lived trees of Iran
- Etosha Pan
- Welwitschia Plains
- Caesarea
- Iconic Saree Weaving Clusters of India
- Industrial Heritage of textile
- Andaman Sea Nature Reserves of Thailand
- Aire du Dragonnier Ajgal
- Casablanca
- Capital Fortifications of Hanyang
- The Archeological complex of Banteay Chhmar
- Olympic Park Munich
- Nuragic monuments of Sardinia
- Sulcis Iglesiente
- Shwedagon Pagoda
- Sites of Saytagrah, India's non-violent freedom mo
- Aihole-Badami- Pattadakal
- Mayon Volcano Cultural Landscape
- Fishriver Canyon
- Mountain Railways of India (Extension)
- The Historical-Cultural Axis of Fin, Sialk, Kashan
- Tape Sialk
- Baroque Churches of the Philippines (Extension)
- Persepolis and other relevant buildings
- Apo Reef Natural Park
- Brandberg National Monument
- Old Town of Jakarta
- Mt. Iglit-Baco National Park
- Benguela Current
- Monastery of St. Amenaprkich
- Chocolate Hills Natural Monument
- Coron Island Natural Biotic Area
- Succulent Karoo (Namibia)
- Delhi - A Heritage City
- Shush
- Arasbaran
- The Historical City of Maybod
- El Nido-Taytay Protected Area
- The Zandiyeh Ensemble
- University of Tehran
- Kerman
- Tehrans Modern Architectural Heritage
- Mattanchery Palace
- Walled City of Manila
- The Collection of Historical Bridges
- Alpine and pre-alpine meadows
- Kaboud Mosque
- Gombak Selangor Quartz Ridge
- Semarang Old Town
- Les Alpes de la Méditerranée (Italy)
- Corregidor Island and Fortifications of Manila Bay
- Taq-e Bostan
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Reviews by Bernard Joseph Esposo Guerrero
Neolithic Shell Midden Sites (Removed from tentat…)
Neolithic Shell Midden Sites
Several shell middens dot the banks of the Cagayan river. Between the two towns, Lal-lo is more interesting as it was the site of one of the four earliest cities …
Cape Floral Region (Inscribed)
Cape Floral Region
A large part of the satisfaction I got in ticking this site off stems from the fact that not only did I see the three nature reserves that form the …
Sukhothai (Inscribed)
Sukhothai
I went to Sukhothai Historical Park while the wake of the King was still ongoing, hence I was fortunate enough to have visited the sections without having to pay the …
Richtersveld (Inscribed)
Richtersveld
I find it very flattering to be the first one to make a review for Richtersveld. I still wonder why it was not listed as a mixed site (cultural and …
Prambanan (Inscribed)
Prambanan
Prambanan Temple Compounds got inscribed under two criteria: as a masterpiece of human creative genius, and as an outstanding example of an architectural ensemble that represents a significant stage in …
Melaka and George Town (Inscribed)
Melaka and George Town
As much as there isn't much noise being made about George Town, and that unanimous praises are given to Melaka, I was surprised to find out that the former component …
Lenggong Valley (Inscribed)
Lenggong Valley
I was able to visit this site last April 2012, prior to its inscription as a WHS. By that time, I didn't even know that it was in the T-list! …
Sangiran Early Man Site (Inscribed)
Sangiran Early Man Site
The Sangiran Early Man Site may not be as popular a destination as its neighboring W.H.Sites Prambanan and Borobudur. Nevertheless, to be fair, it is a well-maintained museum of great …
Ayutthaya (Inscribed)
Ayutthaya
The challenge posed by this site is to make sense out of the scattered remains of the capital of a former strong Southeast Asian empire. Its complete name Phra Si …
Macao (Inscribed)
Macao
I visited Macao during the cold month of December. Suffice to say that I managed to visit all properties inscribed as its historic monuments. I stayed here for two days …
Etruscan Necropolises (Inscribed)
Etruscan Necropolises
I went to Cerveteri - Necropolis through a bus ride to the town, and a relatively short walk from the terminal to the site. Firsty, these are perhaps the oldest …
Gunung Mulu (Inscribed)
Gunung Mulu
There might be no other "mega" caves system in the world that can compare to the grandness and the diversity that Gunung Mulu can offer. Surprisingly, my 3-day visit there …
Angkor (Inscribed)
Angkor
For some reasons, I appreciated Angkor Wat better in the afternoon - at sunset - than during the popular and obligatory sunrise visit where all tourists to Angkor are expected …
Preah Vihear Temple (Inscribed)
Preah Vihear Temple
When I found out that it was possible to visit the temple on a day trip from Siem Reap, I immediately grabbed the opportunity while the site is again peaceful …
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean … (Inscribed)
Puerto-Princesa Subterranean River
I really enjoyed this place a lot. After all, in general, Palawan as whole is truly a pristine paradise. Getting to the site is already an experience in itself as …
Kinabalu Park (Inscribed)
Kinabalu Park
There are two vantage points where a traveler can see the inscribed area --- the National Park Headquarters, and Poring Hot Springs in Ranau(What people say about Poring Hot Spring …
Baroque Churches (Inscribed)
Baroque Churches
I am fortunate enough to be residing just 3 houses behind Paoay church -considered as the best example of earthquake baroque architecture. I have seen the four churches and each …
Rice Terraces of the Philippi… (Inscribed)
Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras
I just recently came from a trip in Ifugao. I was lucky enough to have been guided by a British friend of mine who owns an inn in Uhaj (overseeing …
Vigan (Inscribed)
Vigan
The reason why many people can't seem to appreciate Vigan is because they just zoom in to Calle Crisologo - forgetting that the the whole town is inscribed as WHS. …