Rwanda

Sent by Nicole fom Kigali, Rwanda.

St. Vincent and The Grenadines - Union Island

Union. The Grenadines.

Sent by Union Island Tourist Office.

Union Island is part of the nation of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. It has a surface of 9 square kilometres (3.5 sq mi) and lies about 200 km (120 miles) west-southwest of Barbados within view of the islands of Carriacou and the mainland of Grenada, which lies directly south (read further).

France - Perpignan

The Castillet, the old city gate, remains of the fortifications that protected Perpignan.

Sent by Marion from Perpignan, France.

The Castillet (locally [kəstiˈʎet] or Castellet in Standard Catalan, meaning small castle) is an ancient fortification and city gate located in Perpignan (Pyrénées-Orientales, France). Today, this monument, a strong symbol of the city, has become a museum: Museu Català de les Arts i Tradicions Populars (Catalan Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions) (read further).

Russia - Rimskaya

 

Metro station Rimskaya

Sent by Olesya from Russia.

Rimskaya (Russian: Римская) is a Moscow Metro station in the Tagansky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow. It is on the Lyublinsko-Dmitrovskaya Line, between Chkalovskaya and Krestyanskaya Zastava stations (read further).

Russia - Tula Oblast - Metallistov Street

 

View of Metallistov pedestrian street in the historical center of Tula town, Russia

Sent by Iachenka from Tula, Russia.

Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur - Map Card

The most popular tourism spot and road map of Kuala Lumpur.

Sent by myself from the heart of Kuala Lumpur

Mongolia - Gobi Desert

Mongolia
Gobi Desert

Sent by myself during my travel to Mongolia in July this year.

The Gobi Desert (Mongolian: Говь, ᠭᠣᠪᠢ, /ˈɡoʊbi/; Chinese: 戈壁; pinyin: gēbì) is a large, cold desert and grassland region located in northern China and southern Mongolia. It is the sixth largest desert in the world. The name of the desert comes from the Mongolian word Gobi, used to refer to all of the waterless regions in the Mongolian Plateau; in Chinese, Gobi is used to refer to rocky, semi-deserts such as the Gobi itself rather than sandy deserts (read further).

Mongolia - Greetings From Mongolia

Harsh but often beautiful : the desert

Sent by myself during my travel to Mongolia in July this year.

Mongolia

Mongolia.

Sent by myself during my travel to Mongolia in July this year

Russia - Saint Petersburg - Palace Bridge

Saint Petersburg

Palace Bridge

Sent by myself during my travel to Saint Petersburg in July this year.

Palace Bridge (Russian: Дворцо́вый мост, Dvortsoviy Most), a road- and foot-traffic bascule bridge, spans the Neva River in Saint Petersburg between Palace Square and Vasilievsky Island. Like every other Neva bridge (except for Big Obukhovsky Bridge), it is drawn by night, making foot travel between various parts of the city virtually impossible. The bascule span was designed by an American firm, the Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridge Company, and built by the French firm Société de Construction des Batignolles between 1912 and 1916 (read further).

Russia - Saint Petersburg - The Peter and Paul Fortress

Saint Petersburg
The Peter and Paul Fortress

Sent by myself during my travel to Saint Petersburg in July this year.

The Peterhof Palace (Russian: Петерго́ф, romanized: Petergóf, IPA: [pʲɪtʲɪrˈɡof]; an emulation of German "Peterhof", meaning "Pieter's Court") is a series of palaces and gardens located in Petergof, Saint Petersburg, Russia, commissioned by Peter the Great as a direct response to the Palace of Versailles by Louis XIV of France (read further).

Russia - Saint Petersburg - With Love From Saint Petersburg

Views of Saint Petersburg

Sent by myself during my travel to Saint Petersburg in July this year.

Russia - Saint Petersburg - Singer Company House

Saint Petersburg
Singer Company House

Sent by myself during my travel to Saint Petersburg in July this year.

Singer House (Russian: Дом компании «Зингер»), also widely known as the House of the Book (Russian: Дом книги), is a historic building in Saint Petersburg, Russia. It is located at the intersection of Nevsky Prospekt and the Griboyedov Canal, directly opposite the Kazan Cathedral. It is recognized as a historical landmark and has official status as an object of Russian cultural heritage (read further).

Russia - Moscow

 

City view of Moscow

Sent by myself during my travel to Moscow in July this year.

Russia - Moscow - Manege Square

 

MOSCOW
City Panorama
View of the Manege Square

Sent by myself during my travel to Moscow in July this year.

Manezhnaya (Russian: Манежная площадь, IPA: [mɐˈnʲeʐnəjə ˈploɕːɪtʲ], lit. 'Manege Square') is a pedestrian open space in the Tverskoy District, at the heart of Moscow. It is bound by the Hotel Moskva to the east, the State Historical Museum and the Alexander Garden to the south, the Moscow Manege to the west, and the 18th-century headquarters of the Moscow State University to the north (read further).

Russia - Moscow - House of The Government of the Russian Federation

MOSCOW. House of The Government of the Russian Federation

Sent by myself during my travel to Moscow in July this year.

The White House, officially The House of the Government of the Russian Federation, Russian: Дом Правительства Российской Федерации, romanized: Dom pravitelstva Rossiyskoi Federatsii), also known as the Russian White House and previously known as the House of Soviets of Russia, is a government building in Moscow. It stands on the Krasnopresnenskaya Embankment. The building serves as the primary office of the government of Russia and is the official workplace of the Russian Prime Minister (read further).

Russia - Kazan - Kazan Nights

 

Kazan Nights

Sent by myself during my visit to Kazan in July this year.

Russia - Kazan - The Kazan Kremlin

 

The Kazan Kremlin. The gun court complex.

Sent by myself during my visit to Kazan in July this year.

This is the 3rd postcard featuring The Kazan Kremlin. The other two are here and here.

Indonesia - Komodo National Park (3)

 

Taman Nasional Komodo 
Labuan Bajo/East Nusa Tenggara
Indonesia

Sent by myself during my trip to Labuan Bajo in Flores Island back in September.

Now I have 3 postcards of Komodo National Park. My other two are here and here.

Indonesia - Komodo National Park (2)

 

Taman Nasional Komodo 
Labuan Bajo/East Nusa Tenggara
Indonesia

Sent by myself during my trip to Labuan Bajo in Flores Island back in September.

 AFTER MORE THAN 10 YEARS, I AM RE-STARTING THE BLOG. LET'S SWAP.

Colombia - Bogotá

Bogotá, Colombia.
Panorama, Monserrate, statue by sculptor Fernando Botero.

Sent by Eduardo from Bogotá, Colombia.

Bogotá, formally Bogotá, Capital District (Spanish: Bogotá, Distrito Capital), from 1991 to 2000 called Santafé de Bogotá, is the capital and largest city of Colombia. It is also designated by the national constitution as the capital of the department of Cundinamarca, though the city of Bogotá now comprises an independent capital district, and no longer belongs administratively to Cundinamarca. Bogotá is the most populous city in the country, with 6,778,691 inhabitants as of 2005. According to estimations the population would have risen to 7,363,782 by 2010. Bogotá and its metropolitan area, which includes municipalities such as Chía, Cota, Soacha, Cajicá and La Calera, had a population of around 8 million in 2010 (read further)

St. Kitts and Nevis - Basseterre

Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.

Sent by Monika from Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.

Basseterre /bæsˈtɛər/, estimated population 15,500 in 2000, is the capital of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis in the West Indies. Geographically, the Basseterre port is located on the south western coast of Saint Kitts Island, and it is one of the chief commercial depots of the Leeward Islands. The city lies within the parish of Saint George Basseterre and the southern part of the parish of Saint Peter Basseterre. (read further)

Niger - Lances Toubou

Republic of Niger
Lances Toubou

Sent by Abdoul-Karim from Gaya in Niger.

Armenia - Khor Virap

Khor Virap XVII c.

Sent by Emma and Staff from Yerevan, Armenia.

The Khor Virap (Armenian: Խոր Վիրապ, meaning deep pit or "deep well") is an Armenian Apostolic Church monastery located in the Ararat valley in Armenia, near the border with Turkey, about 8 kilometres (5.0 mi) south of Artashat, Ararat Province. The monastery was host to a theological seminary and was the residence of Armenian Catholicos. (read further)