SERBIA - Beograd

Nice card from Sava, thank you.

Belgrade (/ˈbɛlɡreɪd/; Serbian: Београд/Beograd; [beǒɡrad] ( listen); names in other languages) is the capital and largest city of Serbia.

GUERNSEY - Birthday Card - 2014

Thank you Denise for a birthday card on October.

GUERNSEY - Victoria Marina and Town church

The card shows: top right - Visiting yachts, top left - Victoria Marina and Town church, Bottom - Lifeboat and St Peter Port.  Thank you Denise for the nice card.

SURINAME - The SIV Mosque and the Monument: Neve Shalom Synagogue

Thank you Shania for my first card from Suriname.

"The Mosque Keizerstraat is the headquarters of the Lahore Ahmadiyya Movement for the Propagation of Islam in Paramaribo in Suriname, located in the Keizerstraat, adjacent to the Neveh Shalom Synagogue.  The Muslim community of Paramaribo was established in 1929. Its first mosque, a wooden rectangular building with minarets, was completed in 1932. The current mosque was completed in 1984.

"Suriname, officially known as the Republic of Suriname , is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by French Guiana to the east, Guyana to the west and Brazil to the south. Suriname was colonized by the British and the Dutch in the 17th century." WIKI

SCOTLAND- Eilean Donan Castle, Loch Duich, Ross-shire

"Eilean Donan  is a small tidal island where three lochs meet, Loch Duich, Loch Long and Loch Alsh, in the western Highlands of Scotland; since the castle's restoration in the early 20th Century, a footbridge has connected the island to the mainland.

The castle was founded in the thirteenth century, and became a stronghold of the Clan Mackenzie and their allies the Clan Macrae. In the early eighteenth century the Mackenzies' involvement in the Jacobite rebellions led in 1719 to the castle's destruction by government ships. Lieutenant-Colonel John Macrae-Gilstrap's twentieth-century reconstruction of the ruins produced the present buildings."

TANZANIA - Zanzibar

This unwritten card is from Karmen from her recent trip to Zanzibar.  Thanks Karmen for sending this wonderful card.

"Zanzibar (/ˈzænzɨbɑr/) is the semi-autonomous part of Tanzania in East Africa. It is composed of the Zanzibar Archipelago in the Indian Ocean, 25–50 kilometres off the coast of the mainland, and consists of numerous small islands and two large ones: Unguja (the main island, referred to informally as Zanzibar) and Pemba. The capital is Zanzibar City, located on the island of Unguja."

SOUTH KOREA - Gyeong-bok Gung door's Palace

I always love korean historic drama so when I received this card, I surf and find this interesting Gyeongbokgung site. You can read all the interesting fact about the Palace.

Thank you Yijin for the wonderful swap.

VIETNAM - The Bell tower in Thai Vy' Ninh Binh Landscape

Thank you Dinh for my the nice card.

"According to the history, Thai Vy Temple was built during Tran Dynasty (the 13-14th century) follow the internal attack with outside support (noi cong, ngoai quoc) architecture. In front of the temple is Ngoc Well by green stone with clear and full water all the year round. Behind the temple is Cam Son Mountains with rank trees."

SLOVENIA - Map Card

SLOVENIA - Ljubljana

Thank you Karmen!

"Ljubljana is the capital and largest city of Slovenia. Located in the middle of a trade route between the northern Adriatic Sea and the Danube region, it was the historical capital of Carniola,"

SLOVENIA - Lipica

Thank you Karmen for the card.

"Lipica is a village in the Municipality of Sežana in the Littoral region of Slovenia, close to the border with Italy. Lipica is one of the main tourist centers of Slovenia's Karst region and it is known for the Lipica Stud Farm, the origin of the Lipizzan horse."

VIETNAM - (Mother and Son) The Mong people in Sapa

Thank you Dinh for the nice card.

"The Hmong people are one of the largest ethnic minorities (around 900,000 people). They are principally concentrated in the mountainous north of the country and usually live at high altitudes. Different ethnic categories co-exist and can easily be identified by the way they dress and their traditions. The Black Hmongs are best known for their handicraft and their traditional indigo blue dress. Flower Hmongs, on the other hand, wear colorful clothes, and it is not difficult to find them during market days.

Known in China as Miao, which is a term to define all the different ethnic minorities, Hmong people mainly come from southern China. They had to flee from there during the Ming and Qing dynasties, after they rebelled against Chinese imperialism 300 hundred years ago. They eventually found asylum in Thailand, Laos and Vietnam. The Hmong history remains difficult to trace because their tradition is an oral one, but they are still identified as Hmong, thanks to their language, traditions and way of life, which they have succeeded in preserving." Source here

PAKISTAN - Pakistan China Border

UKRAINE - Bicycle

UKRAINE

OREGON - Crater Lake

Crater Lake, was named after the small crater at the top of Wizard Island.  Wizard Island is a cinder cone in the lake that rises 760 feet above the water.

"Crater Lake is a caldera lake in the western United States, located in south-central Oregon. It is the main feature of Crater Lake National Park and is famous for its deep blue color and water clarity. Crater Lake is located in Klamath County, approximately 60 miles (97 km) northwest of the county seat of Klamath Falls, and about 80 miles (130 km) northeast of the city of Medford."

MISSISSIPPI - Mississippi

"Mississippi, is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary and comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi ("Great River"). Jackson is the state capital and largest city, with a population of around 175,000 people. The state overall has a population of around 3 million people."

AUSTRALIA - Central Market

"The Adelaide Central Market is one of Australia's finest fresh produce markets providing a wide range of fresh and multi-cultural products and is also a popular tourist attraction in the heart of Adelaide and is often referred to as the Central Market. The Central Market sells a wide variety of goods, including fuit, vegetables, meat , seafood, cafes, breads and much more. It has a vibrant atmosphere and is one of Adelaide's best-known landmarks. It is also the most visited place in South Australia."

ALAND ISLANDS - Aland Flag

"Åland's original name was in Proto-Norse language *Ahvaland which means "Land of Water". In Swedish, this first developed into Áland and eventually into Åland, literally "river land"—even though rivers are not a prominent feature of Åland's geography. The Finnish name of the island, Ahvenanmaa ("perch land"), is seen to preserve another form of the old name."

A 2012 commemorative stamps were used on the card featuring Visit Aland.

ALAND ISLANDS - Greetings from Aland

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The Åland Islands or Åland is an autonomous, demilitarised, monolingually Swedish-speaking region of Finland that consists of an archipelago lying at the entrance to the Gulf of Bothnia in the Baltic Sea.
Aland is an autonomous island in Finland that has her own parliament, flag and stamp."