Sunday, May 29, 2011

Thailand-elephant


The Asian  is the only living species of the genus Elephas and distributed in Southeast Asia from India in the west to Borneo in the east.
Asian elephants are the largest living land animals in Asia.

finland-Stag Red Seer


Deer (singular and plural) are the ruminant mammals forming the family Cervidae.
Species in the Cervidae family include White-tailed deer, Elk, Moose, Red Deer, Reindeer, Roe and Chital.
Male deer of all species, except the Chinese Water deer, and female Reindeer grow and shed new antlers each year.
In this they differ from permanently horned animals such as antelope; these are in the same order as deer and may bear a superficial resemblance.

Autralia


Greta Lovisa Gustafsson (18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990), better known as Greta Garbo, was a noted Swedish actress and recluse. She was a major star in the United States during the silent film era and the Golden Age of Hollywood

Italy


Isola San Giulio or San Giulio Island (Italian: Isola di San Giulio) is an island within Lake Orta in Piedmont, northwestern Italy
. The island is 275 meters long (north/south), and is 140 meters wide (east/west).
The most famous building on the island is the marvellous Basilica of Saint Giulio close to which you can see the monumental old Seminary (1840s). Since 1976 it has been transformed into a Benedictine monastery. T
he little island, just west of the lakeshore village of Orta San Giulio, has very picturesque buildings, and takes its name from a local patron saint (Julius of Novara), who lived in the second half of the fourth century.

Thanks to Rossano for beautiful stamps.

china-AC milan visit Shanhai


Milan is one of the most supported football clubs in Italy, according to research conducted by Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Historically, Milan was supported by the city's working-class and trade unionists,a section of whom were migrants from Southern Italy.
On the other hand, crosstown rivals Internazionale were mainly supported by the more prosperous and typically Milanese middle-class

Indonesia-map



Indonesia contain 18000 islands on the Indonesian archipelage which are devided into 33 provinces.

 Thanks again shinta

Indonesia-Orang Utans


Orang utans are native ,endangered animals from Indonesia.  

They are preserved in Bukit La-wang National park which is located on the Eastern part of Gunung Leuser national park.  One of 3 National Parks in Sumatra Tropical Rainforest
 Heritage ,the newest Unesco whs in Indonesia (2004).
 Thanks shinta.

Portuguese postcard

The postcard show Terceira Angra do Heroismo (UNESCO). The stamp show university and Royal item.