Thursday, January 29, 2009

Bermuda Postcard


I was so happy to receive a postcard from Bermuda.

Officially, the Bermuda Islands or the Somers Isles is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean.

Bermuda is very susceptible to hurricanes. Its position along the Gulf Stream means that it is often directly in the path of hurricanes recurving in the westerlies, although they have usually begun to weaken as they approach the island. It is often affected by these hurricanes, although the island's small size means that direct landfalls are rare.


The only source of fresh water in Bermuda is rainfall, which is collected on roofs and catchments (or drawn from underground lenses) and stored in tanks. Each dwelling usually has at least one of these tanks forming part of its foundation.


~ Wikipedia


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Monday, January 26, 2009

Belarus

~ from Wikipedia

Belarus is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered by Russia to the north and east, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the north.

Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno (Hrodna), Gomel (Homiel), Mahilyow (Mahiloŭ) and Vitebsk (Viciebsk).


Belarus is landlocked, relatively flat, and contains large tracts of marshy land.According to a 2005 estimate by the United Nations, 40% of Belarus is covered by forests. Many streams and 11,000 lakes are found in Belarus.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Bahrain International Circuit


The most expensive postcard that I ever bought.

Yes... it's cost me BD1.5 (i.e about RM 15) per postcard.

The brown one is a piece of wood.
The Bahrain F1 tower is hand painted by Al Areesh.


Monday, January 12, 2009

Ancient Egyptian A.B.C.....


My second postcard from Egypt.

Thank you to Siew Meng to bring this wonderful postcard back.


Sunday, January 11, 2009

Map Card of Austria


Thank you to Anita to send me this Map PostCard from Austria.

She is from city Graz which is show in south-east of the Map Postcard.
Graz is the capital city of the province "Steiermark" ( Styria ).
It is the second largest city in Austria after Vienna.

Graz has a long tradition as a student city:
* FH Joanneum
* Graz University of Technology
* Medical University of Graz
* University of Graz
* University of Leoben
* University of Music and Dramatic Arts Graz



Saturday, January 10, 2009

Milano, Italy



Milan (Italian: Milano; Western Lombard: Milan) is the second largest city of Italy, located in the plains of Lombardy. It is the capital in the Province of Milan.

Milan is renowned as one of the world capitals of design and fashion.

The grand Milan Cathedral is shown on the left.




Thursday, January 1, 2009

Chiangmai, Thailand


My first postcard from Chiangmai, Thailand.
Thailand is well known for rich in it's oriental cultural.