#53: Second postcard from Belgium

The case of the sunflower

General Alcazar and Nestor stamps

Received from Johan from Overijse. Please check out his blog here.

I absolutely love Tintin. This postcard brought back good memories of getting Tintin books out of the library and reading them on the bus home, even though I got car-sick.

#17: First postcard from Guadeloupe

Map of Guadeloupe

Marianne and cartoon stamps

Received from Olga from Petit Bourg. See the postcard I sent her in return here.

Guadeloupe's nearest neighbours are Montserrat and Antigua and Barbuda to the northwest and north and Dominica to the south.

#19: Second cover from Guyana

Jimmy Carter, Walt Disney and Caribbean Festival of Arts 2008 stamps

Received from the nice people at Postcardlocker in Guyana. I've ordered twice from them - great service, choice and price (plus you get Guyanese stamps on the package).

Guyana is Amerindian for "land of many waters".

#19: First cover from Guyana

Will & Kate, King William and Walt Disney stamps

Received from the nice people at Postcardlocker in Guyana. I've ordered twice from them - great service, choice and price (plus you get Guyanese stamps on the package).

Arthur Chung, the first president of Guyana, was the first ethnically Chinese head of state of a non-Asian country.

#38: Third postcard from Poland

Views of Wroclaw

Man holding paper in front of face stamp

Received from Kinga from Wroclaw through the "Starring You" project. Check it out and participate to get nice cards like this from around the world.

Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Russia and Lithuania to the north.

#17: First postcard from French Guiana

Fruits of French Guiana

Cartoon stamps

Received from Balwan from Kourou.

French Guiana borders Brazil to the east and south, and Suriname to the west.

#44: Third postcard from Taiwan

Kavalan

Flower stamp

Received from Momo from Taiwan through the Postcrossing website.

Taiwan's neighboring states include the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east and northeast, and the Philippines to the south.

#8: First postcard from Belarus

Cartoon

Rabbit stamps

Received from Paul from Belarus through the Postcrossing website.

Belarus is bordered by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest.