THAILAND

Phetchaburi

 

Phetchaburi is a town in southern Thailand, capital of the Phetchaburi Province. In Thai, Phetchaburi means city of diamonds. Phra Nakhon Khiri is a historical park located on a hill overlooking the city. The whole complex was built as a summer palace by King Mongkut, with construction finished in 1860.

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Yao Hilltribe Child

They live in the mountainous regions of the parts of the Northern Thailand, in Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam. The people are traditionally migrated people, an ethnic minority group. They can be recognized for the unique and colorful costumes, which they wear every day. Yao women are noted for their magnificient cross-stitch embroidery, which richly decorates the clothing of every member of the family. The costume of the women is very distinctive, with a long black jacket with lapels of bright scarlet wool. Loose trousers in intricate designs are worn and a similarly embroidered black turban. Yao silversmiths produce lovely silver jewelry of high quality. The Yao have a written religion based on medieval chinese taoism, although in recent years there have been many converts to christianity and buddhism. They are very peaceful and friendly, who pride themselves on cleanliness and honour and they are called the "businessmen" among the hilltribes.  

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Painting in the Emerald Buddha

 

 

The Wat Phra Kaew is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist templein Thailand. Wat Phra Kaewl is surrounded on four sides by gallery. The gallery is noted for its murals painting the entire Ramakian. The verses telling the story of the painting are inscribed on marble slabs imbedded on the four sides of each pillar supporting the gallery roof. There are 4,984 verses altogether.

 

 

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Farmer

 

The agriculture of Thailand may be traced through historical, scientific, and social aspects which produced modern Thailand's unique approach to agriculture.

 

 

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Giant Guardians

 

 

 

The Wat Phra Kaew, in English Temple of the Emerald Buddha, is regarded as the most sacred Buddhist temple in Thailand. The entrance is guarded by a pair of yakshis (mythical giants – 5 metres (16 ft) high statues). They are mythical beings of Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain mythology.

 

 

 

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RUSSIA - MAP CARDS

Stamps of Russia - Lighthouses of the White Sea

The northwestern corner of Russia lies on the Barents Sea, an arm of the Arctic Ocean. The broad, eastward-pointing Kola Peninsula (Kolskiy Poluostrov) separates the Barents Sea from the nearly-enclosed White Sea, which extends southward more than 500 km. There are many lighthouses along these Arctic waterways, including more than a few nineteenth century towers built under the tsars. These lighthouses are surely among the most poorly known in the world. Russian lighthouses are owned and operated by the Russian Navy, although some of them have civilian keepers.

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CANADA - CITYVIEWS

Winnipeg

One of the finest neo-classical structures in the world, the Legislative Building is the seat of government for the Province fo Manitoba. The exterior is built of local limestone and the dome is crowned by the famous statue of Golden Boy 250 ft. above the ground. The spacious park surrounding the building is lavishly landscaped and contains many statues of historic and cultural interest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Toronto

The red-brick Gooderham Building (commonly referred to as the Flatiron Building) is a historic landmark of Toronto, Ontario, Canada located at 49 Wellington Street East. Completed in 1892, it was an early example of a prominent flatiron building. The Gooderham Building is the focal point of one of Toronto's most iconic vistas: looking west down Front Street towards the building's prominent rounded corner, framed on the sides by the heritage commercial blocks along Front Street, and with the skyscrapers of the Financial District towering in the background. The building has a Romanesque cornice and frieze above the arched windows on the 4th floor. The main entrance located on Wellington Street makes use of a French Gothic archway. The foundation is made of sandstone. The steep copper roof has eight gable dormers: four on the south facade and four on the north facade.

 

 

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USA - CARTOONS

Disney Pixar - UP

Up is a 2009 American 3D computer-animated comedy-adventure film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and directed by Pete Docter. The film centers on an elderly widower named Carl Fredricksen (voiced by Edward Asner) and an earnest young Wilderness Explorer named Russell (Jordan Nagai). By tying thousands of balloons to his home, 78-year-old Carl sets out to fulfill his lifelong dream to see the wilds of South America and to complete a promise made to his lifelong love.

 

 

 

 

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FRANCE - SEASON'S GREETINGS

Joyeux Noël

A beautiful postcard showing the Eiffel Tower, sent from the USA.

 

 

 

Beautiful stamps.

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RUSSIA - SEASON'S GREETINGS

Happy New Year

A painting by Vladimir Zarubin.

 

 

 

 

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SPAIN - OTHERS

Hórreo Asturiano

An hórreo is a typical granary from the nothwest of the Iberian Peninsula (mainly Galicia and Asturias), built in wood or stone, raised from the ground by pillars ending in flat stones to avoid the access of rodents. Ventilation is allowed by the slits in its walls. There are two main types of hórreo, rectangular-shaped, the more extended, usually found in Galicia and coastal areas of Asturias; and square-shaped hórreos from Asturias, León, western Cantabria and eastern Galicia.

 

 

 

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