Vietnam

VIETNAM

Saigon : VIETNAM.:

All of a sudden I am receiving a lot of these great Greetings from cards from my friends..!! so good as have waited a long time for some.. I collect these cards and really like them with all their relevant information or "cheat sheets " as they are called..The are all posted from their countries of origin..makes them special..
Posted Saigon :17 January 2016: arrived 28 January: 2016 Traveled 11 days.Thank you Trang for this.Cam on.!! ALSO  the new Chinese Lunar New Year " Year of the Monkey" stamp release..

GREETINGS FROM: Vietnam.:
VIETNAM : Covers an area of 332,698 KM2 and is located in South East Asia.:
POPULATION of Vietnam is 90, 630,000
TRANSPORT : Motorcycles make up to 90 % of vehicles on the road in Vietnam.
CAVE: The So Doong cave in Vietnam is the largest cave in the world and inside is a large fast flowing subterranean river.
FAMOUS VIETNAMESE : include  Ho Chi Min , Bao Dai , Nguyen Du , Ngo Bao Chai.
FOOD : Vietnamese cuisine traditionally comes in five fundamental taste elements .including Spicy (metal ), Sour (wood ),  Bitter ( fire ), Salty ( water ) sweet (earth ).
EXPORTS : Vietnam is the largest exporter of Cashew nuts and black pepper in the world with one third of the global  production. The country is also the second largest exporter of rice after Thailand.
SPORT :TAKRAN is the traditional sport of Vietnam  and si similar to Volleyball
and is played with the feet instead of the hands
HIGHEST :Fansipan Mountain in Vietnam at 3143 Metres and is the highest mountain in Indo china.
POSTCROSSING.: There are over 100 Postcrossers in Vietnam.

Malaysia

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Sabah : MALAYSIA.:

What a lovely colourful card !! These markets are such a wonderful thing to see and also the magic aromas when you walk in take your breath away... This card shows an Indian traders shop in Perak.. I alwyys try and find these shops when travelling as they are such colourful photo opportunities.. Thank you Anny for this swap...I love it !!
Posted: Sabah 12 January 2016 : Arrived Sydney 28 January 2016: traveled  16 days..Xie Xie.. Anny..

Turkey

Izmir : TURKEY.

 Another Greetings from Card arrives from Turkey for me...love these cards.!!.. Thank you so much Sema for thinking of me also the other cards and magnets that you have kindly sent in the package...hugs for you..
 Posted Izmir : 11 Januray 2016 : Arrived Sydney 27 January 2016 : Traveled 16 days..Thank you Sema...

Malaysia.

Kota Kinabalu : SABAH.. MALAYSIA.:

I really like to receive the Postcrossing meet up cards from my various Postcrossing friends.. They are held allover the world and are really lovely to receive.. This card is From a good friend in Malaysia..who has taken the time to send me this card from the recent meeting held on the 218 December 2015 .  Thank you so much Anny and to all those also who have signed the card..Thanks also for the great postmarks on the card.
 Posted  !!!!!!!!!!!no date on card ..Terima Kasih.  Anny..

Turkey

Izmir .: TURKEY.:

 A welcomed surprise card from a good mate in Izmir.. A card showing a local farmer with his flock of many sheep...Thank you so much Sema for the cards also the other card and magnets...so kind Thank you again.
 Posted  Izmer :11 January : Arrived Sydney 27 January : Traveled 16 days..

Serbia

Belgrade : SERBIA.:

A multi view card with various scenes from Serbia..has just arrived from Serbia... and thank you  Ivika for this card.. This is a welcomed card and I don't get to receive many cards from Serbia..Thank you again Ivika. ...love the stamp.!!
 Posted Belgrade : 18 January : Arrived Sydney 28 January: Traveled 10 days: quick delivery !!!

Russia.

Tomsk : SIBERIA ..RUSSIA..

 What a lovely wildlife card showing this Siberian Tiger running through the snow... Thank you for this nice card Yulia.and the beautiful "touch stamps "  I like it..It surely must be very cold where you are there Spasiba
Posted 15 December 2015: Arrives Sydney 27 January 2016: traveled 43 days..

Turkey

TURKEY

Ankara.: TURKEY.:

All of a sudden I am receiving some cards that  I have waited  for quite some time for fellow swappers to send..Today I received my Greetings from" card from Turkey with lots of lovely stamps atatched..Thank you so much Pinar..for this swap.. A lovely card. I love all the information on these cards..
Posted 09 January: Arrived Sydney27 January : Traveled 18 days.Thank you Pinar for this.

"GREETINGS From" TURKEY.:
AREA.: Turkey is a large country covering over 783,562 KM2. and is located in both Europe and Asia.
POPULATION :  of Turkey is 77,695, 904 inhabitants
CAPITAL : The Capital City of Turkey is Ankara.
SYMBOL : A famous symbol of Turkey that is immediately recognisable is "The Whirling Dervishes."
SPORTS : Grease Wrestling is the world's oldest sporting event and is also Turkey's National Sport. The first grease wrestling game was hosted in 1632.
ISTANBUL: is the world's only city that is spanning two continents3% in Europe and 97 % is in Asia.
FAMOUS TURKS : include : Mustafa Kamal Ataturk , Orhan Pamuk , Halil Mutlu ,  Tarkan.
FOOD : Turkish Delight in Turkey is called "Lokum" and is recognised as one of the oldest sweets in the world dating back over 500 years.
OLDEST: City in Turkey is "Catalhoyuk" , signs show settlement therefrom the 7th Century BC.
HIGHEST.The highest mountain in Turkey is really a dormant volcano Mount Ararat and stands at 5166 Mtrs
POSTCROSSING : There are over 6,900 Postcrossers in Turkey..

Slovakia

MY SOUVENIR POSTCARD FROM CIERNY BALOG

WELCOME CIERNY BALOG  VILLAGE.

LOVELY SURA...,READY FOR THE TRAIN JOURNEY

ALL ABOARD THE CITRONELLA EXPRESS.

 The day got off to an early start as we packed up in Tisovec and took the drive to Cierny Balog Village.  I was so looking forward to this day outing on these trains,  Ever organised... Sura had   anticipated  the busy time and  had previously booked our tickets for some of the small train journeys on the really little popular trains that run from the small town village of Cierny Balog. This of course was one of the many wonderful things that Sura had previously organised for our "Postcard Club Meeting"..and was such a dissapointment that it was a no show..
  .Within the small train station in the village there are lots of people mingling around waiting for their train , purchasing tickets , eating in the small cafatertia.. Weof course had no dramas as all was previously booked and was just a matter of picking up the tickets..and waiting to get aboard the "Citronella Express.. A small train with about five passenger cars pulled by a litthe "Puffing Billy "" so exciting... I love trains..!!! Looking around I see many small trains ...steam and diesel locomotives and various types of wagons and carriages...also some flat cars ...This is truly a wonderful set up and is extremely popular with locals and tourists alike. The first train journey took us through the most lovely countryside and I remember such a huge timber milling area with large amounts of logged trees ready for milling or transport.The little engine then takes a siding and we then return to the town after about two hours travelling to and fro,,
 The next train journey also a small steam engine takes us out through the dense local forrests..such beautiful scenery...and what a wonderful day it was.This was such a wonderful train experience..
 Thank you so much Sura..

Cierny Balog .:
 Is a municipality in The Brezno Disitrict of  Central Slovakia.
The village arose after 1882 by the merge of 13 different villages..
 Cierny Balog played an important role during World War II
 as one of the centres of The Anti Nazi Slovak uprising .

TURNING AROUND..

WOODEN CHURCH  FROM THE TRAIN

SUCH LOVELY COUNTRYSIDE

Netherlands

THE NETHERLANDS

Amstrdam: NETHERLANDS.:

 A nice surrpise in the mailbox !! another :Greetings from" card for my collection.. This one from a post card swapper in Amsterdam. These are very informative cards with facts and figures of countries and all cards posted from state of origin. Thank you so much Nikita for this swap..
 Posted  Nieuwegein : 11 January : Arrived Sydney : 25 January. : Traveled 14 days..

"GREETINGS from"  the NETHERLANDS:
AREA : The Netherlands covers an area of 41,526, KM2. with a population of 16,912,640.
CAPITAL CITY : is Amsterdam.
EXPORTS: The Netherlands exports about 1.2 billion tulips a year.
SYMBOLS.. The Netherlands main symbols are: Clogs, windmills and of course Tulips.
BIKES : The Netherlands  has more than 18 million bicycles..more than one per person.
WINDMILLS : There are over 1,000 historic windmills and watermills in the Netherlands.
FAMOUS DUTCH PEOPLE : include Baruch Spinoza, Mata Hari ,Vincent Van Gogh , M C Esher.
BRIDGES : There are 1281 Bridges and 165 Canals in Amsterdam.
SEA : Twenty percent of the area of the Netherlands is below sea level along with 21% of the population.
 POSTCROSSING :  There are over 3,400 Postcrossing members in The Netherlands.

Slovakia.

WHAT A LOVELY BAKERY.! THE SMELL OF FRESHLY BAKED BREAD!!

A LOVELY PIC OF THE CABIN AND THE TRANQUIL SCENE HERE.

TISOVEC.

   

     
                   Sura arrives early for our visit to  her fathers cabin that is located in the mountains in  the small town of Tisovec. The drive is quite long as it is over 200 kilometers from Bratislava..We stop along the way at a marvellous bakery ...here we both have our "Coffee Fix " for the morning and buy some lovely freshly baked hot bread.and of course some sweet cakes !!! (We stop here once again on our return journey for another coffee Fix" and more lovely sweet cakes..)
      Early afternoon sees our arrival in Tisovec and Sura opens up the cabin and organises power, water etc,. This lovely cabin is situated in a very peaceful setting surrounded by all sorts of fruit trees and vegetables in the garden.. I was so taken by the quietness of the location and am sure that if you listened closely you would hear a butterfly fart.!!!
     The forrest air is crisp and the day ( for me) is quite cool After the very hot days that have been prevelant lately in the city od Bratislava..I can't remember when I was in such a quiet location and the absence of sounds is quite overwhelming.. The wonderful host that Sura is.. has also organised a lovely dinner of roast duck and extras..The fresh bread also is superb..So we have a nice chat about travel and whats to be seen and what we have on our agenda for the next day.. This was to be a meeting here of other members of our wonderful postcard club but it was a disapointment to Sura I believe that I was the only one that showed up  for it !! A meeting that had been organised some months before.. but for me this was wonderful and Sura as usual was such a wonderful host..This was a very memorable day to add to the many that I was to have on my visit to Slovakia..The next morning we leave early for the small town of Cierny Balog..another wonderful day that Sura has planned ...( this will be written about in my next post)
Thank you again Sura..you are so wonderfully generous .

NOT A SOUND TO BE HEARD !!

A SUPERB DINNER OF ROAST DUCK ...PLUS.

THE LOVELY SURA..DEEP IN THOUGHT !!!

South Africa.

Johannesburg : SOUTH AFRICA.:

A nice multi view card of some many different faces of local peoples in South Africa,,,such a colourful card  showing various indigenous tribal life .Thank you so much Leone..
 Posted: 06 January : Arrived Sydney 19 January : Traveled 13 days. Thanks again Leone .such a colourful card..

Brazil

Sao Paulo : BRASIL.:

 What a great card...just love cards of Railways Stations..Thank you so much Carol.. This was a surprise card as I didn't know that you had lived here in Sao Paulo.!!..I love this card and it shows the magnificent Main Railways Station  "The Luz  Station " in Sao Paulo..This "Luz Station" is the common name for The Luz station that is located in the Luz neighbourhood of Sao Paulo.The Station is a part of the Metropolitan rail system that is run by the CTPM.
     The Station is most notable for housing The Museum of Portuguese language established in 2006.. The  "Luz "Rail station is located within the complex. The building is  a major monumental landmark ..and was designed and built in Glasgow ( Scotland ) then diss- assembled and transported to Sao Paulo where upon it was rebuilt , and the current building then finished in 1901.
 There was a major fire in 1940,  and in the re building process another floor was added. Then,  with both the " Luz" neighbourhood  and rail transport in decline,  this lead to a big degradation of the Station. However ,  in the 1990's saw construction once again and the station was repaired..  Unfortunately on December the 21st 2015 the Station once again suffered with a major fire  that started in The Potuguese Museum. The fire devistated the Stations main building with the loss of one life.
      Thank you so much Carol for this lovely card. Muchas Gracias..
Posted: 06 January: Sao Paulo : Arrived Sydney 20 January 2016 :. Traveled 14 days.Thank you Carol..

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Australia.

Vincentia : N.S.W.

 I really like these "Did you Know " cards.. They are so informative and always a pleasure to receive..This one was sent from The lovely south coast of New South Wales... Thank you Heather for this card I love it !! card depicts the "Bottlenose Dolphin " and all its relevant information.
Posted18 January : Arrived Sydney 21 January. :Traveled 3 days.. Thank you Heather..

Germany

Berlin: GERMANY.:

A lovely card from a fellow Postcrosser from Berlin.. The card shows a night time scene of The "Christmas Market" in Alexander- Platz in Berlin :This looks to be such a lovely place to see at Christmas time.. A lovely thoughtful card with many Christmas "stickers" on the card Thank you so much.Katrin...This is a replacement card as the first card sent never arrived..
Posted: Berlin 19 December 2015: Arrived Sydney 24 January 2016 : Traveled 36 days,, Danke Katrin.

United States of America

Arizona : USA.:

Thanks Arnold for this nice "cocktail " card showing recipe for the "Arizona Margarita".. nice card and also the many nice stamps that you have also attatched
.Posted10 January : Arrived Sydney 20 January : Traveled 10 days...Thanks Arnold.

Australia

Vincentia : JERVIS BAY : N.S.W.
 
 A nice view card showing a variety of Australian wild flowers..some lovely flowers depicted here with the Eucalyptus , Golden Wattle, Bottlebrush, a Kangaroo Paw also The Sturts Desert Pea..and Wild Orchids..there is always such an amazing variety of so many different wildflowers to be seen,,Thank for this nice card Heather from your recent visit o the south coast of N.S.W.
Posted  Vincentia.:13 January: Arrived Sydney: 18 January: Traveled 5 days..

Malaysia.

Sabah:   MALAYSIAN  BORNEO.:

This is a lovely card Anny.. Thank you so much. You know I like these lovely "bird" cards  so nice!! Xie Xie.
This card shows the Indigo Flycatcher ( Muscicapa Indigo ) found in The Kinabalu Park in Sabah .This is the first World Heritage Site in Malaysia. Terima Kasih:  Thank you..
Posted Sabah: 21 December 2015: Arrived Sydney : 19 January 2016: Traveled 29 days.

Australia.

Jervis Bay : N.S.W.

 A great card from Huskisson  , Jervis Bay in N.S.W.  This card is a multi-view showing some great shots of local Whales breaching the waters of the area. These are sought after scenes that so many try to see..Thank you Heather for sending this card from your recent visit to the south coast of N.S.W.
Posted 13 January: Arrived Sydney: 18 January:  Traveled 5 days :  nice new stamps..