Hong Kong.

HONG KONG :

 I like this colourful card that has just shown up in my mailbox..  A postcard from Hong Kong from a great Postcrosser.. Thank you Katie for all the great stamps..and the way they are attatched..great ...so much of the card is the stamps and their cancellation..along with the kind message.Xie Xie..Katie..

The card shows the Tsing Ma Bridge  Lantau link..that links the city to the Airport..The Tsing Ma Bridge is the worlds longest combined road and rail suspension Bridge.. ,it is designed to withstand 3oo km / hr cyclonic winds and carries six lanes of traffic on the upper deck and two more lanes below for use in extremely bad weather. The main span is 1,377 meters.The total length of the 160,000 km suspension cable wire is enough to circle the world four times.. The new Airport opened on the 6th July 1998.
Posted Hong kong 03 November : Arrived Sydney 17 November : Traveled7,372 kilometers in 13 days.

Sri Lanka

 Koggala.: SRI LANKA.

 What a lovely card showing the fisherman of Koggala on their stilts  these wooden stilts are embedded into the ocean floor and then other poles are tied to them enabling these fishermen to precariously sit and fish...These are found in Koggala and along the southern Coast of Sri Lanka a wonderful sillouette in the sunset..Thank you Dini for sending this card for me on your recent travels here.. Arrived Sydney on the 11th November 2015...Thank you Dini..

Germany

Nurenburg : GERMANY.:

 A lovely card showing the Christmas scene Christkindlesmarkt. Thank you for this lovely card Shelley sounds like the snowball fight was fun...but cold also...thanks for sharing your time on your journey and sending me this card.. Visit here in Nurenbuerg :28 - 29  Decemeber 2014.

Sri Lanka..

Galle : SRI LANKA.:

A lovely Multi view card from a good friend in Sri Lanka arrived o Friday..Thank you so much Dini for thinking of me on your travels to Gallle..I am disappointed that I missed this destination..so much to see !!!
 This colourful card shows  multi views of the various sites to be seen here in Galle..including Galle Fort., The Lighthouse , The Archway in Galle Fort , The Clocktower and the Dutch Reformed Church.

South Africa

SOUTH AFRICA.

Pretoria.:  SOUTH AFRICA.
 What a nice surprise today in my mailbox...a "Greetings from" card from a friend in South Africa..I really like this series of cards with their facts and figures..I am collecting as many as I can from Country of origin.
 Thank you so much Leone for sending this card for me..
 Posted Pretoria : 29 October 2015 Arrived Sydney 14 November : Traveled 15 days.

"GREETINGS From"... SOUTH AFRICA
SOUTH AFRICA : covers a land area of 1,221,037 KL2.:  The Capital City is Pretoria.:
POPULATION.: of South Africa is 54, 956,900.inhabitants.
SYMBOL of South Africa is The Springbok.. The famous South African rugby team carries this name.
CAPITALS: South Africa has 3 Capitals :CAPE TOWN :( Legislative: ) PRETORIA: ( Administrative ),
and BLOEMFONTEIN ( Judicial ).
WINE :  ROUTE 62 , South Africa's Cape Winelands have around 560 wineries and over 4,400 primary producers.Included in Th e Cape Winelands region is Route 62 The longest wine route in the world.
FAMOUS SOUTH AFRICANS :include Nelson Mandella , Charlize Theron , Dave Matthews , and John Maxwell Coetzee
SHIPWRECKS : There are more than 2,000 shipwrecks dating back at least 500 years off the South African coastline.
FALLS :The Tugela Falls is the second highest falls in the world where the water tumbles down 948 Meters.
WILD NATURE:  South Africa has  Deserts , Mountains , Escarpments , Plateaus , Grasslands ,  Bush ,  Wetlands and Sub-Tropical forrests that support its many and varied forms of wildlife.
POSTCROSSING.: There are over 1600 post crossing members in South Africa.

Australia.

RECENT RELEASE   "FIRST DAY ISSUE MAXI CARDS    "ANIMALS IN WAR"   100 YEARS.


Top Left::CAMELS: Training for Camel Corps.1916:      Top right  HORSES: Australian Light Horse WW I


Bottom left: MULES: Signaler pack Mule.France 1918.   Bottom Right DOGS: Explosion detection dog.
                                                                                        Uruzgan Province Afghanistan..

Sri Lanka

MARTIN WICKRAMASINGHE ( AUTHOR )

200 YEAR OLD ANCESTRAL HOME OF  MARTIN WICKRAMASINGHE

THE LIVING ROOM OF THE HOUSE

 Today I received these cards of the  prominent
 Sri Lankan Author Martin Wickramasinghe. (1890-1976 ) showing the author himself on the beach in Koggala  along with a card of his 200 year old ancestral house where he was born on 29th May 1890..He grew up in Sri Lanka in a place called Koggala and  Wickramasinghe was noted for his writings on the life and culture of the Sri Lankan peoples. ..The books were also translated into various languages..
.Thank you Dini for sending these cards from your visit here..