SABAH - The Tip of Borneo

Yippee.. my first card from Malaysia..Thanks to Caroline, Tenom.

"Tanjung Simpang Mengayau or Tanjung Simpang Mangazou, also known as Tip of Borneo in English is the northernmost tip of Borneo located in the district of Kudat, in the state of Sabah, Malaysia. The tip marks the meeting point of the South China Sea and Sulu Sea."

USA

Thanks to Kate for the card.

FRANCE - Recette De Bretagne

Thanks for postcrosser Aline for the card.

NETHERLANDS - Windmill

Thanks to Kelly for the card.

UTAH - DIXIE National Forest

"Dixie National Forest is a United States National Forest in Utah with headquarters in Cedar City. It occupies almost two million acres (8,000 km²) and stretches for about 170 miles (270 km) across southern Utah. The largest national forest in Utah, it straddles the divide between the Great Basin and the Colorado River."

COLOMBIA - Penon, Guatape

This card from Monica shows Penon, Guatape. She even stick some coin on the card as you could see it! Thank you Monica for the coin and my Colombia first card.

"La Piedra Del Peñol (Spanish for "The Rock of Guatapé"), also known as El Peñol Stone or simply La Piedra, is a monolithic formation located at the town and municipality of Guatapé in Antioquia, Colombia."

USA - Fruit Crate Label

Thanks to Ami for the birthday wishes card.

CANADA - Mississauga

Thank you Aliona for the nice card.

"Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It lies on the shores of Lake Ontario, located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area which is in the west of Toronto. The city has a population of 713,443 as of the Canada 2011 Census, and is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality." WIKI

URUGUAY - Colonia del Sacramento

Colonia del Sacramento; (formerly the Portuguese Colónia do Sacramento) is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and capital of the Colonia Department. It has a population of around 27,000. It is renowned for its historic quarter, a UNESCO World Heritage Site."

RUSSIA - L.N.Tolstoi with family at the tea table in the park

"Leo Tolstoy (Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, or Count, [1] Russian Лев Николаевич Толстой b. August 28 ( sv ) / September 9 ( sn ) in 1828 , Yasnaya Polyana - d. November 7 ( sv ) / November 20 ( sn ) in 1910 , Lev Tolstoy ) was a Russian writer . Leo Tolstoy is considered one of the most important novelists of the world. [2] Together with Fyodor Dostoevsky , Tolstoy is one of the chief writers of the period known as the golden age of Russian literature (begun in 1820 with the first works of Pushkin , and completed in 1880 with the latest works of Dostoevsky)."

GUERNSEY - View of St Peter Port

"Saint Peter Port is the capital of Guernsey as well as the main port. The population in 2001 was 16,488. In Guernésiais and in French, historically the official language of Guernsey, the name of the town and its surrounding parish is St Pierre Port. The "port" distinguishes this parish from Saint Pierre Du Bois. As well as being a parish, St. Peter Port is a small town consisting mostly of steep narrow streets and steps on the overlooking slopes.

It is known that a trading post/town has existed here since before Roman times, the pre-Christian name of which has not survived into the modern era."

CHINA - The Liulichang Culture Street

Thank you Liu Ying for the nice card.

"The Liulichang (simplified Chinese: 琉璃厂; traditional Chinese: 琉璃廠; pinyin: Liúlíchǎng) is a famous district in down-town Beijing that is known for a series of traditional Chinese stone dwellings housing selling various craftwork, artistry, and antiques. It is one of Beijing's traditional old quarters."

AUSTRALIA - c 1890, Perth

Thank you Zaraeira for the card.

RUSSIA - Autumn Field

Thanks to Mikhail for the card.

UK - Cawl

Thanks to Claire for the recipe card.

BENIN - Daily life

I received this card for the interpal friend in Benin. Its shows some of the daily view of the city.

"Benin (French: Bénin, formerly Dahomey), officially the Republic of Benin, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Togo to the west, by Nigeria to the east and by Burkina Faso and Niger to the north. Benin is a tropical, sub-Saharan nation, highly dependent on agriculture, with substantial employment and income arising from subsistence farming.  The official language of Benin is French. However, indigenous languages such as Fon and Yoruba are commonly spoken."

ALASKA - Seward

"Seward is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,016."

RUSSIA - Flower

Thanks to postcrosser Svetlana for the card.

TAIWAN - Owl

Thanks to postcrosser Shinhui for the card.

CUBA - El Capitolio

"El Capitolio, or National Capitol Building in Havana, Cuba, was the seat of government in Cuba until after the Cuban Revolution in 1959, and is now home to the Cuban Academy of Sciences. "El Capitolio" has a size of 681 by 300ft. Its design and name recall the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., but it is only superficially similar. Completed in 1929, it was the tallest building in Havana until the 1950s and houses the world's third largest indoor statue."

COSTA RICA - Keel Billed Toucan

Thank you Geanina for the beautiful card.

"The keel-billed toucan (Ramphastos sulfuratus), also known as sulfur-breasted toucan or rainbow-billed toucan, is a colorful Latin American member of the toucan family."

INDONESIA - Pontianak

"Pontianak is the capital of the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan. It is a large trading port city on the island of Borneo.  It is located almost precisely on the equator, hence it is widely known as Kota Khatulistiwa (Equator City)."

COSTA RICA - Volcanoes

Thank you Geanina for the nice card.

"Costa Rica is home a great number of volcanoes – there are six active volcanoes and another 61 dormant or extinct ones. For the past fifty years, Arenal was the country’s most active volcano. Although it entered into a resting phase in 2010 – meaning that its eruptions have taken pause for the time being – Arenal still is one of the country’s best-known and most-visited volcanoes. There are, however, many other volcanoes that are worth exploring. Most are caldera volcanoes, whose craters are filled with water and rising steam. The following list recognizes Costa Rica’s most notable volcanoes." Source: here

FAROE ISLANDS/FOROYAR - Atlantic Airways, Vagar

My first card from Faroe Islands!  The card shows a view of the western Island of Vagar, one of the biggest of the Archipelogo. Where the main airport is  (the only one where planes can land). Thank you Elena for the stunning card.

"Vágar (Danish: Vågø) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the large islands. With a size of 178 square kilometres (69 square miles) (about 70 sq. miles), it ranks number three, behind Streymoy and Eysturoy. The Vagar island shape is very distinct, since it resembles a dog's head."

GERMANY - Semperoper, Desden

"The Semperoper is the opera house of the Sächsische Staatsoper Dresden (Saxon State Opera) and the concert hall of the Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden (Saxon State Orchestra). It is also home to the Semperoper ballet.

The opera house was originally built by the architect Gottfried Semper in 1841. After a devastating fire in 1869, the opera house was rebuilt, partly again by Semper, and completed in 1878. "