Uniquely Singapore

Singapore Tourism postcard, one of my favourite cards with a fanciful quote.

This is the start of my "Stairs" theme postcards, you'd be surprised at some of the beautiful cards I have with this theme, more to come later!

 

Thank you Milton for my first ever postcard from Singapore

 

Sent: 24 January 2009



Lanterns of Vietnam

 

Every full moon nights, all electric lights are switched off in the old quarters of Hoi An. When the lanterns are lighted, they create a cozy and amazing atmosphere in the ancient town.

 

It's amazing to know that they continue this tradition,what a magical world it creates!

Sent: 10 April 2013
Received: May -August 2013

Traffic jams

I was so surprise to received this and Cambodia from Nathan, funnily enough sent from Mongolia haha. Thanks so much! Can never thank you enough! And yes the traffic is insane :o scarier than Indonesia!

Sent: ??
Received: 9 April

Cambodia

Angkor Thom Gate

On the road to the Preah Khan Temple

 Preah Khan is a temple at Angkor, Cambodia, built in the 12th century for King Jayavarman VII. It is located northeast of Angkor Thom and just west of the Jayatataka baray,with which it was associated. It was the centre of a substantial organization,with almost 100,000 officials and servants. The temple is flat in design,with a basic plan of successive rectangular galleries around a Buddhist sanctuary complicated by Hindu satellite temples and numerous later additions. Like the nearby Ta Prohm, Preah Khan has been left largely unrestored,with numerous trees and other vegetation growing among the ruins.

 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preah_Khan

Thank you Nathan!

Sent: ??
Received: 9 April 2013

Burma

 

Many thanks to Anya for this beautiful view of Burmese Buddhist temples!

 

Sent: ??

Received: 9 April 2013



Bagan

 Bagan is an ancient city located in the Mandalay Region of Burma(Myanmar). From the 9th to 13th centuries, the city was the capital of the Kingdom of Pagan, the first kingdom to unify the regions that would later constitute modern Myanmar. During the kingdom's height between the 11th and 13th centuries, over 10,000 Buddhist temples, pagodas and monasteries were constructed in the Bagan plains alone, of which the remains of over 2200 temples and pagodas still survive to the present day. Read more here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bagan

Thank you Ethan for the beautiful postcard from Myanmar!

Sent: 12 February 2013
Received: 19 March 2013
Travelled: 35 days

Happy children of Vietnam

Thank Phan Vuong for this beautiful card of happy village children, definitely brings a smile to my face!

 

Sent: 5 March 2013

Received: 12 March 2013

Travelled: 7 days 

Paduang woman

Paduang hill tribe woman.

I once watch a documentary about a woman of this tribe taking of the neck rings off for the first time. Of course throughout the documentary it kept talking about how risky it was and maybe fatal. I thought if that was the case then they probably shouldn't have encouraged her to document a video just for the sake of it. But money is always a great seducer. X rays show that their necks do not actually grow longer but the collarbones are pushed down instead.
Mark of Thailand who sent me this card mentioned that taking of their rings would make their heads flop down due to having no muscles in their necks. A comical vision comes to mind but I have to say that I have my doubts on that.
Thank you Mark for the card :)

Sent: 24 February 2013
Arrived: 7 March 2013
Travelled: 11 days

Thai Elephant

Elephant trekking, Mae Taeng, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

 



Thank you May for this card of a Thai elephant :)

Sent: 10 February 2013
Received: 27 February 2013
Travelled: 17 days

Thai monkeys

Sent by a monkey loving friend from Petchburi province. Thank you Ploy!

 

Sent: 11 February 2013

Received: 20 February 2013

Travelled: 8 days

Bagan, Myanmar

 

Yay my first postcard from Myanmar!

Hahaha thanks to cheeky Nathan for drawing a hot air balloon , I requested for a hot air balloon card from Myanmar as there are balloon tours in Bagan but there aren't any :p

 

Sent: ??

Received: 19 February 2013



Yee Peng

Yee Peng Lantern festival in Chiang Mai.

Thank you Mark for this beautiful card from Thailand !

Sent: 8 February 2013
Received: 18 February 2013
Travelled: 10 days

Water puppets

Thank you to Vuong Phan for this Water Puppetry postcard from Vietnam.

Sent: 23 January 2013,Received: 5th February 2013,Travelled: 13 days

Philippines multiview

Taoist temple, Cebu

Colourful Ati-atihan Festival, Kalibo

Perfectly coned Mayon volcano, Legaspi

 Limestone cliffs of El Nido, Palawan

Amazing marine life of Pescador Island, Cebu

 Boracay Island

Taal Volcano

Rice Terraces around Bontoc

 

Thank you Sheila for this beautiful card from Philippines

 

Sent: 25 January 2013

Received: 31 January 2013

Travelled: 6 days

Penafrancia Festival

Penafrancia Festival, Naga City, Bicol

is held every 3rd Sunday of September in honour of the Virgin of Penafrancia, the Miracuous patron saint of the Bicol Region. A nine-day novena is done in honour of the Virgin. On the ninth day, the image of the Virgin is paraded in a colouful fluvial procession on the Bicol river in downtown Naga. When it reaches the Basilica of Our Lady of Penafrancia, the devotees shout "Viva la Virgen"

 

Thank you Patricia for this festival postcard

 

Sent: 3 January 2013

Received: 16 January 2013

Travelled: 13 days

Wat Srasri

Wat Srasri

Sukothai was a capital of the first kingdom of Thailand. It is representative of the first period of Thai art. The World Heritage Committee inscribed Sukhothai and associated cities on the World Heritage List in 1991.

 

Sent: 8 January 2013

Received: 16 January 2013

Travelled: 8 days

Yao people

 Red Dzao people in Sapa

The Yao nationality (its great majority branch is also known as Mien; Traditional Chinese: 瑤族, Simplified Chinese: 瑶族, Pinyin:Yáo zú; Vietnamese: người Dao) is a government classification for various minorities in China. They form one of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China, where they reside in the mountainous terrain of the southwest and south. They also form one of the 54 ethnic groups officially recognized by Vietnam.
Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yao_people

Thank you Trang!

Sent: 28 December 2012,Received: 10 January 2012,Travelled: 12 days

Hue, Vietnam

 

Kinh thành Huế , The Imperial City in Hue, is a walled fortress and palace in the former capital of Vietnam.

In the early morning hours of January 31, 1968, as part of the Tet Offensive a Division-sized force of North Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong soldiers launched a coordinated attack on Huế seizing most of the city. During the initial phases of the Battle of Hue, due to Huế's religious and cultural status, Allied forces were ordered not to bomb or shell the city, for fear of destroying the historic structures; but as casualties mounted in the house-to-house fighting these restrictions were progressively lifted and the fighting caused substantial damage to the Imperial City. Out of 160 buildings only 10 major sites remain because of the battle, such as the Thái Hòa and Cần Thanh temples, Thế Miếu, and Hiển Lâm Các. The city was made a UNESCO site in 1993. The buildings that still remain are being restored and preserved. The latest and so far the largest restoration project is planned to conclude in 2015.
Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial_City,_Hu%E1%BA%BF

 

Thank you Trang for this historical card

Sent: 5 November 2012

Received: 12 November 2012

Travelled: 7 days