Monthly Archives: October 2013

*Places I’ve been to ROCKY MOUNTAINS. Extend about 5,000kms from the Cassiar Mountains near Canada’s border with Alaska to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of northern New Mexico. The highest peak in the Rockies is 4402m Mt Elbert in the … Continue reading →

AUSTRALIA Driest inhabited continent on Earth. 35% of total land area can be classified as desert. UNESCO SITES: 1. Australian Convict Sites 2. Australian Fossil Mammal Sites (Riversleigh, Naracoorte) 3. Fraser Island 4. Gondwana Rainforests of Australia 5. Great Barrier … Continue reading →

ARMENIA Unesco: 1. Cathedral and Churches of Echmiatsin and the Archaeological Site of Zuartnots (Armenian central domed cross-hall type of church) 2. Monasteries of Haghpat and Sanahin (Byzantine monasteries, learning, above the Debet gorge) 3. Monastery of Geghard and the … Continue reading →

HAWAII Natural: 1. Waimea Canyon, Kauai* 2. Hawaiian Waterfalls (Waimea Falls, Rainbow Falls, Kapena Falls, Hanawi Falls) 3. Mauna Kea* 4. Haleakala Crater, Maui* 5. Mount Waialeale, Kauai 6. Lava Tubes, Hawaii* 7. Mount Kilauea, Hawaii* 8. Humpback Migration, Coast … Continue reading →

AFGHANISTAN Unesco: 1. Cultural Landscape and Archaeological Remains of the Bamiyan Valley 2. Minaret and Archaeological Remains of Jam AZERBAIJAN Unesco: 1. Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape 2. Walled City of Baku with Shirvanshah’s Palace and Maiden Tower BANGLADESH Unesco: … Continue reading →

UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITES Started in 1972, this is the foremost international treaty for the protection of major natural and cultural heritage around the world. Today, 936 sites are on the list. Located in 153 countries, they include 725 cultural, … Continue reading →

*Indicates I have visited Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Only the Pyramids of Giza still exist 1. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. 2. The Collossus of Rhodes 3. The Lighthouse at Alexandria 4. Statue of Zeus at Olympia 5. … Continue reading →

By combining data from The Seven Wonders of the World lists, Unesco World Heritage Sites, and 1001 Natural Wonders You Must See Before You Die, the following is a list of all the best things to see in each country … Continue reading →

The Maya calendar is a system of calendars used in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica, and in many modern communities in highland Guatemala and in Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas, Mexico. The essentials of the Maya calendar are based upon a system in common … Continue reading →