Monthly Archives: December 2025

PHILIPPINES – LUZON – GREATER MANILA BAROQUE CHURCHES of the PHILIPPINES WHS COLONIAL URBAN PLAN and FORTIFICATIONS of the WALLED CITY of MANILA Tentative WHS Day 7 Wed Dec 24 Flight. Tacloban to Manila Philippines Air @18:30- 17:30. I took … Continue reading →

PHILIPPINES – MINDANAO SOUTH, CENTRAL (Davao, Koronadal) The Philippines requires you to register at etravel.gov.ph within 72 hours. The form goes on and on. Flights. 41 hours flying and layovers. Wed Dec 17. Lion Air, AMQ to Makassar (UPG) @13:55-14:15. … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – JAVA EAST AND CENTRAL (Surabaya, Semarang) World Heritage Sites BOROBUDUR TEMPLE COMPOUNDS WHS SANGIRAN EARLY MAN SITE WHS SEMARANG OLD TOWN Tentative WHS (30/01/2015) TROWULAN – FORMER CAPITAL CITY OF MAJAPAHIT KINGDOM Tentative WHS (06/10/2009)✏️ Islands Java Madura✏️ … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – JAVA WEST (Bandung, Cirebon) UJUNG KUTON NATIONAL PARK WHS This national park, located in Banten Province in the extreme south-western tip of Java on the Sunda shelf, includes the Ujung Kulon peninsula and several offshore islands and encompasses the … Continue reading →

GENERAL JAVA  GREATER JAKARTA JAVA WEST  JAVA EAST & CENTRAL and YOGYAKARTA  RIAU & ANAMBAS ISLANDS and RANGKA & BELITUNG ISLANDS MALUKU WEST & EAST PAPUA

INDONESIA – BANGKA AND BELITUNG ISLANDS (Pangkal Pinang) BANGKA ISLAND Bangka lies east of Sumatra, the  9th largest island in Indonesia with a population of 1,146,581. Most is lower plains, swamps, small hills, and beaches. It has white pepper fields, many palm trees, … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – WEST PAPUA (Manokwari, Fakfak) Tentative WHS Raja Ampat Islands (0Baliem Valley Trek7/02/2005) The Historic and Marine Landscape of the Banda Islands (30/01/2015) Islands Misool Salawati Waigeo SORONG Airports: Kaimana/Utarom (KNG), Manokwari (MKW), Sorong (SOQ) World of Nature Raja … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – NORTH MALIUKU (Ternate, Tidore, Halmahera) Day 5 Sun Dec 14 Flight Lion Air, PGK to CGK @17:10-18:30. CGK to Ternate @01:15-10:30 +1 Day 6 Mon Dec 15 THE LAND BELOW THE WIND: SPICE TRADE ROUTE XIII-XVIII AD Tentative WHS: … Continue reading →

INDONESIA – NORTH MALUKU (Ternate, Tidore, Halmahera) THE LAND BELOW THE WIND: SPICE TRADE ROUTE XIII-XVIII AD Tentative WHS Pulau Banda, Pulau Ternate, Makassar and Kota Tua. Spices as luxurious commodities have existed for thousands of years BC. Several manuscripts … Continue reading →

JAVA Indonesia – Java West (Bandung, Cirebon) Visited by 1191 Nomads OpenStreetMap, OpenMapTiles, ©NomadMania Maps MapLibre countries’ labels cities’ labels     Error! Filename not specified. Indonesia – Java West (Bandung, Cirebon) First visit in: 2014 Last visit in: 2014 Best visit … Continue reading →