January 19, 2014
China - Tang Dynasty
This one was sent by Liyuan! Her hometown is Qingdao, a beautiful seaside city. The postcard shows a painted clay sculpture from the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD), an imperial dynasty of China, whose capital was Chang'an (present-day Xi'an), which at the time was the most populous city in the world, it's generally regarded as a high point in Chinese civilization, a golden age of cosmopolitan culture; this dynasty was largely a period of progress and stability.
Hungary - BKV
I've received this postcard from Szabina (from Starring You, an amzing page of Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Starring-you/444654255588784). It shows a suburban railtype of MIXa No. 831 of BKV (in english, Budapest Transport Company) at the station National Theatre on May 9th 2012.
Philippines - Boracay
I've received this one from Roel! It shows Boracay, a small island in the Philippines, 315 km south of Manila; its beach is amazing, a wonderful place, the number 1 beach destination in the Asia and it has already been considered, in 2012, the best island in the world. According him, what he most like about Boracay shores are its white sand as soft as talcum powder and cool to the feet when under the scorching heat of the sun.
Czech Republic - Prague
I've received this postcard from Veronika! It shows Praha (in czech, where she was born), capital of Czech Republic, specifically showing the St. Nicholas Church (a baroque church in Lesser Town, a district of Prague, one of its most historic regions) and the Vltava River (the longest river in the country, with 435 km long).
Malaysia - Petronas Towers
This postcard was sent by Sufi! It shows the Petronas Twin Towers (in malay Menara Petronas), a twin skyscraper in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia's capital, which were the tallest buildings in the world from 1998 to 2004, but they remain as the tallest twin buildings; the towers have 452m, with 88 floors and, today, they're the sixth building tallest in the world. The towers feature a skybridge between the two towers on 41st and 42nd floors.
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