#89: Fifth postcard from Lesotho

Marakabei

Frog, flower and and football stamps

Received from Hape from Teyateyaneng.

Lesotho produces around 90% of its own electrical power.

#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.

#89: Fourth postcard from Lesotho

The Qiloane Falls

Frog, flower and and football stamps

Received from Hape from Teyateyaneng.

Khoisan hunter-gatherers were the earliest inhabitants of Lesotho.

#53: Third postcard from Belgium

Bruges

Hockey stamp

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

In 2001, Belgium was the only country whose government had more female ministers than male.

#35: Seventh postcard from the Netherlands

Drenthe

Football stamps

Received from Merjim from Agona Swedru, Ghana.

The hole in the centre of a CD was the size of the smallest coin in Europe - a Dutch 10 cent coin.

#92: Third postcard and first cover from Transnistria

Bender Fortress

Vancouver 2010 stamp

Received from Oleg from Tiraspol.

Ninety-one percent of the Transnistrian population adhere to Eastern Orthodox Christianity.

#108: Second postcard from San Marino

First Tower and panorama

Juventus stamps

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

San Marino was neutral for the Second World War, joining the Allies later.

#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.

#70: Second postcard from Greece

Map of Greece

Sailing ship stamp

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

Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north and Turkey to the northeast.

#67: Second postcard from Gibraltar

Rock of Gibraltar

Bird and football stamps

Received from Adriana from Gibraltar.

The dialect spoken in Gibraltar is called Llanito - a mixture of English, Spanish, Genoese and some local words.

#134: Third postcard from Kyrgyzstan

Mausoleums (gumbezs) in Djumgal village and ancient runic Kyrgyz script

Labels and hockey stamp

Received from Alidzhon from Bishkek.

Kyrgyzstan's national day is celebrated on August 31st.

#70: Second postcard from Crete

Agios Nikolaos

Sailing ship stamp

Received from Despina from Heraklion.

Apparently, Crete has the highest ratio of guns per person in the European Union.

#70: First postcard from Crete

Heraklion

Sea-life and sailing ship stamps

Received from Despina from Heraklion.

Crete lies between mainland Greece, Turkey, Libya and Egypt.

#153: First postcard from the Cayman Islands

7 Mile Beach clear water, Cayman Islands

H.R.H. Prince George of Cambridge stamp

Received from Micho from Grand Cayman. Please check out his blog here.

The Cayman Islands are east of Quintana Roo and the Yucatan in Mexico, south of Cuba and west of Jamaica.

#134: Second postcard from Kyrgyzstan

The Chychkan River

FIFA World Cup 2006 stamps

Received from Asel from Bishkek.

Kyrgyzstan has over 88 major mountain ranges, making up about more than 70% of its territory.

#51: Third postcard from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mostar cityscape

Parachuting stamp

Received from Zoran from Mostar. Please check out his blog here.

Bosnia and Herzegovina has three official languages and three different postal administrations. The languages are Bosnian, Serbian and Croatian.

#51: Fourth postcard from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Mostar cityscape

Parachuting stamp

Received from Zoran from Mostar. Please check out his blog here.

BH Pošta is one of three companies responsible for postal service in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

#89: Second postcard from Lesotho

Mahealea Lodge and pony trek Centre

2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa and Bubbling Kassina stamps

Received from Hape from Teyateyaneng.

Lesotho is completely surrounded by its only neighbouring country, South Africa.

#94: Second postcard from Macedonia

Saint John Church

Olympics 1996 stamps

Received from Ana from Skopje. Please check out her blog here.

Macedonia is bordered by Kosovo to the northwest, Serbia to the north, Bulgaria to the east, Greece to the south, and Albania to the west.

#110: Second postcard from Uzbekistan

Bibi Honim naqbarasi

Architecture and bicycling stamps

Received from Shukhrat from Tashkent.

 Uzbekistan borders Kazakhstan and the Aral Sea to the north and northwest, Turkmenistan to the southwest, Tajikistan to the southeast, and Kyrgyzstan to the northeast.