#193: Second postcard from Tanzania

Ngorongoro Crater

Marine parks stamps

Received from Steve from Tanzania with the help of Mike from Tilburg, the Netherlands. Please check out Mike's blog here.

Tanzania is a portmanteau of Tanganyika and Zanzibar.

#193: First postcard from Tanzania

Oldonyo Lengai

Endangered species of the world stamps

Received from Steve from Tanzania with the help of Mike from Tilburg, the Netherlands. Please check out Mike's blog here.

Tanzania is bordered by Kenya and Uganda to the north; Rwanda, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; and Zambia, Malawi and Mozambique to the south.

#181: Third postcard from Rwanda

Bukavu, South Democratic Republic of Congo

Art and market stamps

Received from Kinley from Cyangugu.

Rwanda is the most heavily populated country in Africa.

#181: Second postcard from Rwanda

Gorilla

Basket-weaving stamp

Received from Deo from Rwanda.

Rwanda is also known as the Land of a Thousand Hills.

#181: First postcard from Rwanda

Kahuzi-Biega National Park

People stamps

Received from Kinley from Cyangugu.

Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

#29: Second cover from Kenya

Coffee, pawpaw and groundnut stamps

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Received from Jonathan from Kitengela.

Professor Maathai was the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, in 2004.

#29: First cover from Kenya

Coconut and groundnut stamps

Back

Received from Jonathan from Kitengela.

The ethnic groups in Kenya include Kikuyu, Luhya, Luo, Kalenjin, Kamba Kisii, Meru.

#29: First postcard from Kenya

African safari

Paw paw and coffee stamps

Received from Heidi from Nairobi. Please check out her blog here.

Kenya borders the Indian Ocean to its south-east, Tanzania to its south, Uganda to its west, South Sudan to its north-west, Ethiopia to its north and Somalia to its north-east.