Wednesday 16 December 2015

Germany-Hotel Atlantic


Hotel Atlantic was opened in 1909. Since 1957 this grand luxury hotel on the shores of Alster Lake has belonged to the chain Kempinski, and is one of Leading Hotels in the World.
In 1997, parts of the James Bond movie "Tomorrow Never Dies" were filmed in this hotel.
The beautiful card was sent by Andrews who works in Criminal Police in Hamburg.

Distance: 7,381 km
Travel time: 30 days

Thursday 10 December 2015

Postcard from Belarus.


First card  from Belarus sent by Natalya
Distance: 7,043 km
Travel time: 12 days



ONE OF MY FIRST UNESCO ( WHS ) CARD, FROM PHILIPPINES.

                                      One of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.

The Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park (PPSRNP) is one of the most important protected areas of the Philippines. It features a spectacular limestone or karst landscape with one of the most complex cave systems. It contains an 8.2 km long underground river that flows directly to the sea.



“Fight of the the  Century” -Biggest challenge to Filipino Boxing ring icon -"People's Champ"- Manny Pacquiao against the undefeated American Floyd Mayweather Jr but the latter won the bout.Thank you Jan Cerdan  for first ever UNESCO card from Philippines and beautiful limited edition stamp.

Monday 7 December 2015

Postcard from Japan.


Depiction from 300 year old Japanese drama-"A  picture of floating world".Thank you Maloca for the beautiful card with special Oriental Zodiac stamp.
Distance: 5,798 km
Travel time: 17 days