Over MSN, my good Thai friend, Ja, asked me if I would be interested to join her and her husband’s trip to Lijiang (China). She told me that Lijiang is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites. What is UNESCO World Heritage Site? I quickly did some research mainly to find out more about Lijiang. Too bad, I will be heading to Mount Kinabalu and coincidentally, Park Kinabalu is also one of the 830 World Heritage Sites listed by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization).
I looked at the list of sites and marvelled at the sheer number of wonderful tourist spots that most of us probably won’t be able to cover in our lifetime. I told another friend of mine through MSN that I may wish to work out a route to cover most if not all the sites with the following considerations: budget, shortest route (i.e. optimise travel time), weather conditions (some locations may be best to visit in certain months), and site condition (some sites are more endangered than others so higher priority should be given in the travel plan).
Anyway, back to the list, I am interested to know how much you all have covered. As for me … (probably need to borrow Cynthia’s memory on this as well)
France (3): Palace and Park of Versailles, Roman Theatre and its Surroundings and the “Triumphal Arch” of Orange, Cathedral of Notre-Dame, Paris – Banks of the Seine. Holy See (2): Historic Centre of Rome, Vatican City. India (1): Mamallapuram (July 2008). Indonesia (2): Borobudur Temple Compounds, Prambanan Temple Compounds. Italy (6): Historic Centre of Florence, Piazza del Duomo – Pisa, Venice and its Lagoon, Historic Centre of Siena, Archaeological Area of Pompei, City of Verona. Malaysia (1): Kinabalu Park (end March 2007). UK (1): Old and New Towns of Edinburgh. USA (1): Grand Canyon National Park
I am surprised how many sites I have missed during my 6 years of stay in UK (and I could have visited that one site in Mauritius too during my 77 days stay there!). I guess there is now extra incentive for me to revisit UK. The next destination I pick, I will probably consult this list to see if I can fit some World Heritage Sites into my plan. I strongly recommend you too don’t miss out on this.
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