VirtualTourist Member SLLiew
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| Climbing at Franz Joseph Glacier, New Zealand |
|  | POSTCARDS: 216 COUNTRIES NOW, 35 LEFT
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Hong Kong (45 tips)
My hometown is Penang Island in Malaysia.
I have also spent some years in USA and in China. Most of my travels are in Asia covering Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand, Philippines, Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Nepal. My other major visited countries are European countries and New Zealand.
How did it all start?
"I still remember walking to school to the other end of town.. Passing by different shops - gold jewelry , medicinal hall, barber shop, coffee shop and pawn shop. Knowing which house each of my classmates lived in. Sometimes I used the back lane. There were fruits on trees awaiting picking. Little fish and flying dragonflies seen at the river with the occasional tortoise and darting grey heron.
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| Wow. Postcard sent from North Korea by Narviking |
| | Going to Penang Island, I remembered passing by rubber trees, oil palms, combination of coconut trees with pineapples and rice fields with water buffaloes. On the ferry crossing the channel, we would count the red vs white giant jellyfish which danced in propulsion. Naming the country of origin of the sailing vessels and junk ships from all over the world. Then hopping onto a trishaw to Penang Road for cinema movies, shopping and savoring the famous foodstalls.
My first flight was on Pakistan International Airlines from Penang to New York John F Kennedy Airport - to go to school in America . PIA offered the cheapest fare after Sabena Airlines. That flight had numerous stop-overs - Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, layover in Karachi, Abu Dhabi, Cairo, Athens, Frankfurt, Paris and London. It was a great introduction to air travelling and going abroad. I got blocked ear and air sick too."
Hope you will enjoy pouring over my travel pages as much as I have enjoyed writing them. Appreciate your ratings and comments.
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| Beautiful Angkor Wat, Cambodia from Roel (Lunaina) |
| | POSTCARD FROM EVERY COUNTRY
Like many, I may not be able to visit every country on earth. So on January 2006, I set a goal to receive a "real" postcard mailed from every country and territory with the local postage stamp on the postcard.
Wow... there are over 251 countries, territories and remote islands. What a wonderful world we live in and what a challenge to cover all places. Hope to achieve this goal by the end of 2008.
So if you are living or travelling to the following wanted countries, hope you can send me a postcard - you will certainly make my day!
Or if you know someone living or travelling to these countries, could you also request them to send me a postcard to help complete my collection : )
I will be happy to receive any additional postcards from countries that I may already have. Each written postcard and each location is unique.
My postal address:
SL Liew
G-8-4 Taman Bukit Jambul
11900 Penang, MALAYSIA
Thank you in advance. Will be glad to send you postcards too.
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| Marseille, France from Rupanworld. Merci beaucoup. |
| | EUROPE (2 wanted)
Akrotiri and Dhekelia (Cyprus), Kosovo
Additional wanted:
Nagorno-Karabakh (Azerbaijian), Gagauzia, Transniester (Moldova), Abkhazia, Adjara, South Ossetia (Georgia), Svalbard, Jan Mayen (Norway); Shetland, Orkneys (UK); Crimea (Ukraine), Busingen (Germany); Campione d'Italia (Italy), Sakhalin (Russia), Menorca, Ibiza. Formentera. Cabrera Island (Spain); Mount Athos, Mykonos, Paros, Lfkada, Zakynthos, Kefalonia, Alonissos, Skiathos, Rhodes and other islands (Greece)
ASIA (2 wanted)
British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT), Palestine
Additonal wanted: Andaman Island , Nicobar Island (India), Ajman, Al Fujairah, Ras Al Khaimah, Umm Al Qaiwain (UAE)
AMERICAS (4 wanted)
French Southern Antartic Lands(TAAF), Haiti, Saint Barthélemy, Turks & Caicos Islands
Additional:
Bonaire, Saba, Sinti Eustatius (Netherland Antilles); Guantanamo Bay, South Sandwich Island
AFRICA (20 wanted)
Angola, Ascension, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Cote d'Ivoire, DR Congo-Kinshasha, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Liberia, Mauritania, Niger, Sao Tome & Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Western Sahara
Additional wanted: Melilla (Spain), Ceuta (Spain), Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR), Somaliland (Somalia)
OCEANIA (7 wanted)
American Samoa, Kiribati, Nauru, Samoa, Tokelau, Tuvalu, Wallis & Futuna
Additional wanted:
Antartica - Adélie Land (France), Australian Antarctic Territory, Queen Maud (Norway), Antarctic Chilean Territory, Argentine Antarctica, Antartica Great Wall Post Office (China)
Torres Strait Islands (Australia), Chatham (NZ), Bougainville (Papua New Guinea)
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| My first postcard sent from Marshall Islands |
| | THANKS TO ALL VTERS WHO HAVE SENT ME POSTCARDS! As of May 13, 2008, I have received postcards sent from following 216 countries and territories and remote islands - with 35 more to go.
Most recent new countries/territories received are:
192nd - Vanuatu (postmarked July 16, 2007 - 90c/Judz)
193rd - St. Helena (July 14, 2007 - postage stamp 35p/Junella)
194th - Madagascar (July, 2007 - 6,000 Fmg/sent by Sachara)
195th - Dominica (July 16, 2007 - 90 cent/Wendy)
196th - Saint Pierre & Miquelon (July 30, 2007 - 0.95Eu/Olive8)
197th - Saint Lucia (August 7, 2007 - 75c/Edward)
198th - Federation of Micronesia (Sep 04, 2007 - 90c/Chris1275)
199th - Cocos (Keeling) Islands (Sep 14, 2007 - 50c/Iris)
200th - East Timor (Aug 29, 2007 from Dili - 50c/Ruth)
201st - North Korea (Sep 3, 2007 - 140 won/DSwede)
202nd - Mayotte (Sep 27, 2007 - 20g stamp/Aranfati)
203rd - Niue (Oct 4, 2007 - $2/Meshu)
204th - Guam (Oct 23, 2007 - 90 cents/Christine)
205th - St Kitts (Nov 21, 2007 - $1.20/rw-bigfoot)
206th - Maldives (Nov 2007 - Rf 10/BigKnickers1961)
207th - Republic of Congo-Brazzaville (Dec 6, 2007 - 500f/Narviking)
208th - Djibouti (Dec 6, 2007 - 70 FD/Dao)
209th - Solomon Islands (Dec 2007 - $2.90/John)
210th - Nevis (Dec 12, 2007 - $2.40/TheTravelSlut)
211th - Montserrat (Feb 7, 2008 - $2.75)
212th - Grenada (Mar 19, 2008 - $1/Dao)
213th - St. Martin (Mar 2008 - 2 Euro/Da)
214th - Falkland Islands (Feb 22, 2008)
215th - Turkmenistan (Apr 2008 - Orhene)
216th - Marshall Islands (May 2008 - $1.13)
217th -
218th -
219th -
220th -
VT Meet Postcards received:
Baltimore (2006), Perth, London, Santorini, Yemen (2007)
EUROPE (58 received) most recent received
Aaland, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Azores, Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech, Denmark, Estonia, Faroe Islands, France, Finland, Georgia, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Guernsey, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Leichtenstein, Luxembourg, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Madeira, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Cyprus, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City.
Additional received:
Corfu, Crete, Gramvousa, Kos, Naxos, Santorini, Syros (Greece); Mallorca (Spain); Corsica (France), Sicily, Sardinia (Italy); Saaremaa, Hiiumaa (Estonia); Heligoland (Germany); England, Scotland. Wales, Northern Ireland, Outer Hebrides (UK)
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| "Portuguese" Melaka, Malaysia from Azri_Azmi |
| | ASIA (45 received)
Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, China, East Timor, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Macao, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, North Korea, Oman, Pakistan, Philippines, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Turkmenistan, UAE, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen.
Additional received:
Socotra (Yemen); Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah (UAE); Sikkhim, Darjeeling, Kashmir (India); Honshu, Kyushu, Okinawa, Shikoku, Hokkaido (Japan)
AMERICAS (52 received)
Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guyana, Greenland, Grenada, Guatemala, Guadelope, Guyana, Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Mexico, Netherland Antilles, Nevis, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin(France),St. Pierre & Miquelon, St. Vincent & Grenadines, South Georgia, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay, United Nations, USA, US Virgin Islands, Venezuela.
Additional received:
Sinti Marteen, Curacao (Netherland Antilles), Galapagos Island (Ecuador), Easter Island (Chile), Isla of Margarita (Venezuela), Ushuaia (Argentina)
Canada - All 10 Provinces/3 Territories received
Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland & Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward's Island, Quebec, Sasketchewan, The Yukon |
| Comoros, Africa. Thanks to Nora-South_Africa |
| | USA - Washington DC + All 50 States received
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kenctucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Mississippi, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, New Jersey, New York, New Hampshire, North Dakota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virgina, Wisconsin, Wyoming
AFRICA (40 received)
Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Canary Island, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritius, Mayotte, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Ngeria, Republic of Congo-Brazzaville, Reunion, Rwanda, St. Helena, Senegal, Seychelles, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, The Gambia, Togo, Tristan da Cunha, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
OCEANIA (21 received )
Antartica - British Antartica Territory, US Ross Island, NZ Ross Dependency
Australia, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Cook Islands, Federation of Micronesia(Yap), Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Niue, Norfolk Island, Northern Marianas Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Pitcairn Islands, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Vanuatu
Australia - All 8 States received
Tasmania, New South Wales, South Astralia, Western Australia, Northern Terrritory, Queensland, Victoria, Canberra
News Zealand - North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, White Island
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| My first postcard from Turkmenistan sent by Orhene |
| | ONE WORLD, ONE DAY
"One day, one passport, one currency, one language, one world.
Let us enjoy our diversity and differences, enjoy the moment.
Travel today, build our bridges for tomorrow - one world, one day."
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starship Tue May 13, 2008 18:19 UTC
Wow! Your major postcard collection is rapidly being completed. Good thing you started the sub-category collections. | kenHuocj Mon May 12, 2008 12:45 UTC
your postcards collection proving to be most satisfying for global friendship and peace ;-))) | lubama05 Fri May 9, 2008 19:18 UTC
Thank you for your birthday wishes. I'll be having a great weekend: mothersday on sunday and my birthday on monday, also a day off because it is Pentecoste. Sleeping in, breakfast in bed, sons reciting something appropriate they learned in school... | Azri_Azmi Fri May 9, 2008 06:45 UTC
Hi SL, thank you for your beautiful postcard from Penang. I am really proud of it and your postcard is now being placed inside my display cabinet at my main hall. Thanks again SL. |
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