#47: Second postcard from Argentina

Aconcagua

Football, plane and Eleodora Marenco stamps

Received from Rubén from San Juan. Please check out his blog here.

Argentina was the first country to adopt fingerprinting as a method of identification.

#17: Second postcard from French Guiana

Views of French Guiana

Rabbit stamp

Received from Cheryll from Paramaribo, Suriname.

French Guiana is home to Ariane, an important space centre.

#114: Third, fourth and fifth postcard from Colombia

Bogotá

Santa Marta

Cartagena

Received from Mariana from Bogotá in an envelope with a US with a label on (I won't bother uploading that).

Colombia has the world's largest bird diversity.

#131: Second postcard from Uruguay

Horses

Cowboy stamp

Received from Mariana from Montevideo.

Uruguay is a Guaraní word meaning "river of painted birds".

#114: Second postcard from Colombia

Bogotá

Cultural stamp

Received from Melisa from Bogotá.

The biggest killer in Colombia is the Coquí frog.

#19: Third cover from Guyana

Muhamad Ali, year of the snake and football stamps

Received from the nice people at Postcardlocker. I've ordered three times from them.

Guyana was host to the largest ever cult mass suicide.

#180: Second postcard from the Falkland Islands

Cathedral and the Whalebone Arch

Southern Right Whale Dolphin, Minke Whale and penguin stamps

Arranged by Shurbani from Shah Alam, Malaysia. Please check out his blog here.

The only regular scheduled flights to the Falkland Islands are from Santiago, Chile.

#180: Third postcard from the Falkland Islands

The five penguins of the Falkland Islands

Whale, sea cucumber and referendum stamps

Received from Anna and Allison from Stanley.

The Falkland Islands are home to the southernmost cathedral in the world.

#180: First postcard from the Falkland Islands

King penguins

Gentoo penguin stamp

Received from Sarah from Stanley.

The Falkland Islands are east of the Southern Argentina.

#42: Third postcard from Suriname

Map and views of Suriname

Bird and frog stamps

Received from Cheryll from Paramaribo.

Suriname was a British colony, but was traded with the Netherlands for New York, United States.

#171: First postcard from Paraguay

Palace of the Lopez

Commemorative stamps

Received from Jimena from Misiones, Argentina.

Paraguay is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest.

#170: First postcard from Peru

Lima

Landscape stamp

Received from Marcelo from Lima.

Peru is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east byBrazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean.

#142: Third postcard from Chile

Wiphala

Aviation and wood-carving stamps

Received from Hernán from Santiago. Please check out his blog here.

Chile has the lowest divorce rate globally.

#130: Second postcard from Bolivia

A young Bolivian girl

Tree, flower and Tupak Katari stamps

Received from Marce from La Paz. Marce runs a tour and expedition company, check out the Facebook page here.

La Paz, situated at an altitude of 3,630 metres, is the highest administrative capital city in the world.

#142: Second postcard from Chile

Chiloe

School of Public Health stamp

Received from Camile from Santiago.

Chile extends 2,653 miles (not including its Antarctic claim), and yet it only averages 110 miles from east to west.

#142: First postcard from Chile

The flag of Chile

School of Public Health stamp

Received from Camile from Santiago.

Chile borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far south.

#6: First cover from Brazil

Trumpet, sailing ships and scooter stamps

Received from Ana Regina from Santana.

Brazilian women attained the right to vote in 1931, before women in Switzerland, France, Italy.

#131: First postcard from Uruguay

Carnival

Commemorative stamps

Received from Mariana from Montevideo in an envelope.

Uruguay is bordered by Argentina to its west and Brazil to its north and east, with the Atlantic Ocean to the south and southeast.

#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.