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1812 CHILE (Antofagasta) - Licancabur volcano
Located on the southernmost part of the border between Chile and Bolivia, just southwest of Laguna Verde in Bolivia, Licancabur (5,916 m), a highly symmetrical stratovolcano, dominates the landscape of...
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1813 NIGERIA - Edo dancers at the palace of Omo N'Oba
Edo is an ethnic group living in a territory located west of the Niger River, between a hilly region in the north and the swamps of the Niger Delta, who speaks a language of the Benue-Congo branch of...
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1814 UNITED STATES (Hawaii) - The statue of Buddha at Lahaina Jodo Mission in...
Once known as Lele, which means "relentless sun" in Hawaiian, Lahaina is a historic town that has been transformed into a Maui hot spot with dozens of art galleries and a variety of unique shops and...
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1815 ROMANIA (Sibiu) - Moşna fortified church
Located to the Târnavelor Plateau, on the Moșna Valley, Moşna (German: Meschen) was attested documentary in 1283 as a free commune in Wine Country, under the name Musyna. The village hearth retains...
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1816 JAPAN (Shikoku) - Pilgrims in Shōdo Island
Located in the Inland Sea of Japan, the Shōdo Island (Island of Small Beans) is a popular destination for domestic tourism, firstly due to its natural features such as the Dobuchi Strait (the world's...
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0425, 1817 MEXICO (Yucatán) - Pre-Hispanic City of Chichen-Itza (UNESCO WHS)
0425 Chichén Itzá - Aerial viewPosted on 21.12.2012, 14.08.2015What postcard would be more apropriate for today, December 21, 2012 (when, according to the mayan calendar, the fourth world reached the...
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1818-1820 PORTUGAL (Santarém) - Convent of Christ in Tomar (UNESCO WHS)
1818 Tomar - The castle of the Knights TemplarTomar lies in the most fertile region of Portugal and is one of country's historical jewels. Under the modern city lies the Roman city of Sellium. After...
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1821 ROMANIA (Suceava) - An old man from Bukovina
I remember like now that I have seen such an old man, dressed in folk costume, in a hot Sunday of July 1987, in a village near Gura Humorului. Was lunchtime and he returned from church, from liturgy....
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1822 SWEDEN (Stockholm) - Vädersolstavlan
Vädersolstavlan (The Sun Dog Painting) is an oil-on-panel painting depicting a halo display observed over Stockholm on April 20, 1535, and was named so after the sun dogs (Swedish: Vädersol, "Weather...
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1823 UNITED STATES (New York) - Lyndhurst mansion in Tarrytown
Tarrytown is a village in the town of Greenburgh, located on the eastern bank of the Hudson River, south of the village of Sleepy Hollow, at about 40km north of midtown Manhattan. Among its points of...
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1824 THAILAND (Bangkok) - Wat Arun in Bangkok
Wat Arun (Wat Arun Ratchawararam Ratchawaramahawihan, "Temple of Dawn") is a Buddhist temple in Bangkok Yai district of Bangkok, on the Thonburi west bank of the Chao Phraya River. The temple derives...
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1047-1051, 1825 UNITED STATES (Hawaii) - Kauai
1047 Kauai - Nā Pali Coast State ParkPosted on 06.04.2014, 15.08.2015Kauai, the oldest and northernmost island in the Hawaiian chain, the fourth largest of the archipelago, was formed by the passage of...
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1826 ITALY (Veneto) - Jesolo Sand Nativity Festival
Jesolo lies north of Venice, between Eraclea and Cavallino-Treporti, being located on an island of sorts, delimited by the rivers Piave and Sile, and an artificial canal called Cavetta. It is a famous...
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1827 UNITED KINGDOM (Turks and Caicos Islands) - Dean and Jojo the Dolphin
JoJo is a male Atlantic Bottlenose Dolphin. Dean and JoJo first met in 1981 during Dean's first visit to the Turks and Caicos Islands. There are only eight dolphins in the world that are known to seek...
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1828 NETHERLANDS (Aruba) - The Old Dutch Windmill
Located near the Palm Beach, right where J.E. Irausquin Blvd makes a jug handle turn near the Aruba Butterfly Farm, this windmill is now a restaurant. It is an authentic Dutch windmill, built in 1804...
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1829 DJIBOUTI - Beaches, mountains, forests, deserts
Situated in the Horn of Africa on the Gulf of Aden and the Bab-el-Mandeb, at the southern entrance to the Red Sea, Djibouti is a small country with a variate geography. Located at 50km from the city of...
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1830 BENIN - A young man from Northern Benin
The majority of Benin's population lives in the south. The population is young, with a life expectancy of 59 years. About 42 African ethnic groups live in this country; these various groups settled in...
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1831 UNITED STATES (Oregon) - The map of State of Oregon
Bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean, on the north by Washington, on the south by California, on the east by Idaho, and on the southeast by Nevada, Oregon, nicknamed Beaver State, has as capital...
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1832 BELIZE - Belize Barrier Reef Reserve System (UNESCO WHS)
The coastal area of Belize is an outstanding natural system consisting of the largest barrier reef in the northern hemisphere, offshore atolls, several hundred sand cays, mangrove forests, coastal...
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1833 ROMANIA (Sibiu) - Hosman fortified church
Located between the cities of Sibiu and Agnita, on the Hârtibaciu Valley, Hosman (German: Holzmengen) is a typical Transylvanian Saxon village, which hiding, as also the neighboring villages, one of...
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