Okay, I'm going to start my new thread now, the one showcasing beautiful cultural heritage sites in countries that our so-called president decided are "shithole" countries. That's the only time I will use that despicable racist term in this thread.

The first cultural heritage site we're going to see is in Haiti. I picked Haiti for the first heritage site because they were discussing Haiti in the meeting when Trump first used that disgusting term. So we're visiting.........

the National History Park, which includes the Citadel, Sans Souci Palace & Ramiers. This monument dates from the 1800's after Haiti had gained its independence. In the next installments I will go into more detail on the buildings listed above.

Tonight we're visiting Citadelle Laferrière, also know simply as The Citadel, in the the National History Park of Haiti. It's an early 19th century fortress. Haitian revolutionary leader Henri Christophe had it built & it was very important to the defence of the newly......

independent country of Haiti against potential reprisal attacks by the French.

We're still in Haiti & today's site is the Sans-Souci Palace, the royal residence of Henry I (Henri Christophe) located in the National History Park. It was built between 1810-1813. A earthquake in 1842 destroyed much of the palace and it was never rebuilt.

I can't seem to find much information on what the word Ramiers is referring to in my first post in this thread, so tomorrow we will be visiting a different country. I need to think up a name for this thread. Anyone have any suggestions? I don't want to use that despicable phrase.

We're jumping over the Atlantic to the African continent tonight, to visit the Tsodilo Hills in Botswana. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site with over 4500 rock paintings dating back thousands of years. Some are believed to date as far back as 24,000 years.

We're visiting the capital of Botswana tonight to see the Three Dikgosi Monument. It has three 18 ft tall (5.4 meters) bronze statues of three dikgosi (chiefs) who were important to the independence of Botswana.

For tonight's addition to my thread we're visiting Chobe National Park in Botswana. It's Botswana's first national park, its most biologically diverse park and its third largest park after Central Kalahari Game Reserve and Gemsbok National Park.

We're bouncing back over the ocean today to go visit another country that 45 has insulted quite a bit. The beautiful country of Mexico, specifically where my husband and I spent our honeymoon so many years ago, the Yucatan peninsula.I'm actually going to do 4 cities in this post.

First up, the city we flew into and out of on our honeymoon, Merida, Mexico. It's a beautiful city with beautiful and very friendly people. We rented a Volkswagen bus and proceeded to drive in a big circle through the peninsula to visit the Mayan ruins.

Next up, Uxmal, one of the first ancient Mayan cities we visited. It includes the amazing Pyramid of the Magician. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The next major ancient city we visited was Chichen Itza. It includes the famous pyramid El Castillo(also known as the Temple of Kulkulcan).At the right time of the year the sun causes a shadow to appear to "crawl" down the sides of the steps of the pyramid. We weren't there then.

And the last major site we visited before heading back to Merida was the amazing Tulum on the Caribbean Sea. One of my favorite buildings there is the Temple of the Frescoes, which is of course painted with frescoes inside.

I'll add a few more for Mexico from some other areas later. I wanted to do a few extra ones for the Yucatan as I have such lovely memories from our honeymoon there.

We're going to a place I would love to be able to really visit tonight, the amazing Teotihuacan. It's the largest pre-Columbian city in Mexico. It has 3 famous pyramids, the Pyramid of the Sun, the Pyramid of the Moon & the Temple of the Feathered Serpent, in that order below.

Continuing our visit to Mexico we're visiting two sites, San Lorenzo Tenochtitlán (not the Tenochtitlan where Mexico City now is) & La Venta. The original names of the cities are not known. These were 2 Olmec cities. The Olmec were the first major civilization in Mexico.........

and the name Olmec is a Nahuatl word, which is actually the language of the Aztecs and means "rubber people," so we also don't know what they called themselves. They're probably most well known for the colossal stone heads they carved.

And we're off to our final destination in Mexico tonight. This site is a little different, it's the Monarch Butterfly Biosphere Reserve about 62 miles northwest of Mexico City. It's a World Heritage Site & millions of butterflies live here from October through March. Most of.....

the Monarch Butterflies from eastern North America migrate down to spend the winter in the Reserve.

We're jumping back across the Atlantic to Kenya this evening. We're visiting Lamu Old Town, it is Kenya's oldest continually inhabited town and is one of the original Swahili settlements along coastal East Africa, believed to have been established in 1370. It has hosted major....

Muslim religious festivals and is a center for studies of Islamic and Swahili cultures. It is a UNESCO World Heritage City.

I should probably put on this thread,like I did on my Iranian Cultural Heritage one,that none of the pictures I'm using on this thread are mine,I am getting them all off Google.Not trying to profit off of them,just showing beautiful cultural heritage of countries 45 has insulted.