JAPAN / Maiko Girl, KYOTO

SLOVENIA / Ljubljana

A view of the Ljubljana Castle

LIETUVA / Trakai

Trakai castel, 14th c.

TAIWAN / Little Liouciou - Vase Crag

This is famous flower vase crag.

Vase Crag is a coral limestone about nine meters high. Some people called it the guardian of Little Liouciou, which has been heavily visited by domestic and foreign tourists alike. Vase Crag is located at the end of the northeastern side of White Sand Beach next to Basha Harbor. It is only about 300 meters away from the highway circling the island. Vase Crag totally resembles to a vase! Because of the flower clusters and the green grass growing on the top of rock, it appears quite similar to a vase filled with flowers and green leaves. That is how Vase Crag gets its name from.
It is a quite fascinating experience that Vase Crag blends in perfectly with the deep sapphire waters and displays a different kind of charm depending on the time of the day. In the morning, it looks like a shining jewel in the shimmering blue waters; at night, it seems like a guardian watching over the residents on the island.

BRAZIL / Curitiba

Oscar Niemeyer Museum, from Curitiba.

The Oscar Niemeyer Museum (Portuguese: Museu Oscar Niemeyer) is located in the city of Curitiba, in the state of Paraná. It is called The Big Eye or Eye Museum too, due to the design of the building. The museum focuses on the visual arts, architecture and design. For its magnificence, beauty and for the importance of the collection, it represents a cultural institution of international significance.

ITALIA / Campi Salentina

CANADA / Alberta Cree Indian

The Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations/Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although 15,000 live in eastern Quebec.
In the United States, this Algonquian-speaking people lived historically from Lake Superior westward. Today, they live mostly in Montana, where they share a reservation with the Ojibwe (Chippewa).

MONTENEGRO / Kotor, Muo panorama

CANADA / Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia's beautiful coastal regions provide a wealth of captivating natural and Maritime beauty.

Pictured on front: Lunenburg, The Cabot Trail, Peggy's Cove Lighthouse, and Yarmouth Lighthouse.

ENGLAND / Leeds

Whitelock's bar in central Leeds in the 1950s, a favorite haunt of Leeds poets and artists, by Maurice de Sausmarez, first Head of Fine Art in the University.

Postcard from Netherlands

UNITED KINGDOM / Socks and Pants.

 Card from a Maritime Festival. Penzance.  

SWITZERLAND / Mapcard

INDONESIA / Jakarta

Istiqlal Mosque, Jakarta - Asia's largest mosque.

 Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia is the biggest mosque in Southeast Asia, befitting its location in the largest Muslim country in the world (in terms of population). This national mosque of Indonesia was built to commemorate Indonesian independence, as nation's gratitude for Islam's blessings; the independence of Indonesia. Therefore the national mosque of Indonesia was named "Istiqlal", an Arabic word for "Independence".

INDONESIA / Bali

Saraswathi Temple - Ubud

 Located amongst the rice paddies of south central Bali, Ubud is the island's cultural capital, an oasis of art, music, dance and history. Ubud's Pura Taman Saraswati temple, famous for its lotus ponds.
The royal family commissioned this temple and water garden, dedicated to the Hindu goddess of art and learning, at the end of the 19th century. The main shrine is covered in fine carvings, and the bale houses (small pavilions) and giant barong masks.

CANADA / Alberta mapcard