It would be easy to think that once a location becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site that such an honor is irrevocable. UNESCO, however, recently shocked the world by proving that they can just as easily remove a site from the list as they can add one. And why would they do ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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UNESCO delists a World Heritage Site
It would be easy to think that once a location becomes a UNESCO World Heritage Site that such an honor is irrevocable. UNESCO, however, recently shocked the world by proving that they can just as easily remove a site from the list as they can add one. And why would they do ...Where On Earth? Week 23: Oman
Well done to moody75 for the winning answer of Oman. To be precise it's standing at the top of the Jebel Shams mountain range loooking into the Wadi Ghul canyon. Wadi Ghul rivals Peru's Colca Canyon and is about as unknown.
It looks incredibly isolated but when you get ...Name That Hat: Oman
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Thanks to all who posted answers for the inaugural Name That Hat. The winner was Moody75 who correctly guessed Oman. The name of the hat is a kumma, not "Steve" as the oddly named oddsocks opined. This one was bought at the main souk on the Muscat Corniche.
A couple of ...What Makes a Good Travel Guide?
On October 4 the excellent British travel magazine Wanderlust will announce the winner of their annual guide awards. Named after the late Paul Morrison, one of the founders of Wanderlust, the awards recognise excellence in travel guiding. Bill Bryson and Michael Palin will ...Undiscovered Oman
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It is a wonderful moment in time when undiscovered locales register their first blip on your travel radar.
This happened to me this morning when opening the LA Times and running across this sentence; "Oman is a peaceful wonderland of dramatic gorges, sweeping deserts ...
