World Heritage Site – Town of Luang Prabang Arriving by Water When the boat docks in Luang Prabang—depending on the[…]
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Category: World Heritage
World Heritage Sites
“The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) seeks to encourage the identification, protection and preservation of cultural and natural heritage around the world considered to be of outstanding value to humanity. This is embodied in an international treaty called the Convention concerning the Protection of the World Cultural and Natural Heritage, adopted by UNESCO in 1972.”
UNESCO World Heritage List
Autumn in Kyoto
World Heritage Site: Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto 30 Minutes from Kyoto Twice during my stay in Osaka, I headed[…]
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Mad Dash Across Japan Day 7: Itsukushima-jinja and Kintai-kyō
World Heritage Site: Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Miyajima (宮島) The previous afternoon, I booked another rental car online at the Hiroshima[…]
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Mad Dash Across Japan Day 6: Afternoon in Hiroshima
World Heritage Site Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park (広島平和記念公園) As soon as I arrived in Hiroshima, I dropped my bag off[…]
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Mad Dash Across Japan Day 6: Morning Visit to Himeji Castle
World Heritage Site – Himeji-jo Himeji (姫路) I woke up in yet another new city and after showering, packing my[…]
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Mad Dash Across Japan Day 2: To the hills! But first, a temple
World Heritage Site – Historic Villages of Shirakawa-go and Gokayama Takaoka (高岡市) We woke up and had a traditional Japanese[…]
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A Weekend Wandering Kyoto
A short weekend trip by Shinkansen from Tokyo to Kyoto.
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Hangzhou Side-Trip
HSR to Hangzhou ON a whim, we decided to take a trip to Hangzhou about a day before our flight[…]
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On the High Speed Train Up to Beijing
Glaciar Perito Moreno
World Heritage Site The day I walked on a glacier.
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