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We leave Montevideo on yet another cramped and sweaty bus for the UNESCO World Heritage City of Colonia del Sacremento which is just across the River Plate from Buenos Aires.  This is a beautiful town with a lot of well preserved colonial ...

... After taking some photographs of the sites, I move on to the next world heritage, Mount Fortress. STOP 2 ~ Mount Fortress and Museum of ...

... from which 70 or more freshwater lakes have formed. Between the late 1800’s and 1990, when the site was given World Heritage status, the fertile forests were harvested for timber. There are no roads on the island, only sand tracks and the east-side ...

... are other unidentified deer types at the preserve.    On the way back we stop at the Kawajansa Folk Heritage Museum, a restored 3-storey, rammed earth and timber building which is a traditional farmhouse as it would have been a hundred years ...

... The rainforest in Cape Tribulation meets the Great Barrier Reef at the beach and it is the only place in the world where two World Heritage listed sites are next to eachother (there are 79 in the world and these are 2 of only 19 of them that would ...

... the north bank of the Thu Bon River. As with many of the places we've chosen visit, Hoi An is also a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site. Hoi An is a lot smaller than the other places we've visited & the old quarter is only about 2km by 1km in ...

... , a brand new marina, excellent shopping, traditional bazaars, dining and nightlife alongside its proud cultural and historical heritage. It is famous for its vivacious, friendly and bohemian atmosphere. Intimate seaside cafes with magnificent views of ...

... outside Cairns. It travels 7.5km just above the canopy of pristine tropical rainforest, which is part of the Wet Tropics World Heritage area. To be sat in a gondola skimming along above the treetops of a 120 million year old rainforest was amazing and ...

... .         Wat Phu Champasak is the most important religious building in Laos, gaining world heritage status in    2001. It is believed that they started building between the 6th and 8th centuries and finished ...

... ;   Coca-Cola Museum and Factory – The tour provided insight on Coke’s history, heritage, artifacts, testing / quality assurance / bottling / packaging processes, influences upon pop culture and best television ads of their 450 ...

... but thankfully the part in which we stayed was much better.  We had booked ahead of time into a great little boutique hotel, Heritage Samui. It was on a part of the island called Bo Phut, which surrounded a Fishermans village on a a nice beach dotted ...

... the other DM's we met were leaving soon). But the excellent dive service paled in comparison to the excellent diving. World heritage Sipidan Island is a coral island surrounded by water 800m deep on one side and 2000m on the other. Goes without saying ...

... also very much looking forward to exploring these world-renowned falls of the north.  The Iguazu park is actually a Unesco World Heritage Site and features 275 separate falls in about a 3km stretch ranging from 64m to 82m in height.  The park ...

... our beloved baby girl at the end of the day. After that, we went to see the Goreme open air museum, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and visited many churches that were built into the rocks.  We saw splendid fairy chimneys of various shapes: mushrooms, ...

... like Disneyland, especially at night.  Many of the houses date from the 18th Century and have been virtually rebuilt to achieve world heritage site status.  Although the town was built up in the 15th & 16th Centuries, I doubt if any of those ...

... far too valuable to leave in the hands of a rebel force.  I'm not sure how control was shifted.      With many world heritage sights, Luang Prabang is widely regarded as the gem of Laos.  It draws wealthy and budget travellers alike.  Similar to ...

... just too hot to take a photo but I hope we'll stop on the way down again.    We then entered the World Heritage area of Shark Bay and the unique Shell beach. The whole area is a Nature Reserve which has very salty water which attracts a ...

... . It was willed from generation to generation and eventually fell into disrepair. It is still in the family, but was turned over to Heritage in Wales for refurbishing and continues to be a work in progress.   Near the end of the tour Nicki inquired ...

Hoi An is known for many things - it is a UNESCO World Heritage site, it has some of the best and most unique food in Vietnam, it has beautiful beaches...but my favorite thing is the heaps of cheap tailors willing to make you an entire wardrobe for only a ...