New Zealand

Received from: New Zealand
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: July 2015
Distance: 17555 km
Time of travelling: 14 days

New Zealand has a modern, prosperous and developed market economy with an estimated gross domestic product (GDP) at purchasing power parity (PPP) per capita of roughly NZ$47,784. The currency is the New Zealand dollar, informally known as the "Kiwi dollar"; it also circulates in the Cook Islands, Niue, Tokelau, and the Pitcairn Islands. New Zealand was ranked sixth in the 2013 Human Development Index, fourth in the The Heritage Foundation's 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, and 13th in INSEAD's 2012 Global Innovation Index.

Beijing

Received from: China
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: January 2015
Distance: 6705 km
Time of travelling: 88 days

Taipei

Received from: Taiwan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: November 2014
Distance: 8335 km
Time of travelling: 39 days

Crete

Received from: Greece
Category: from a friend
Date: July 2015

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, and the fifth-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica. Crete and a number of surrounding islands and islets constitute the region of Crete, one of the 13 top-level administrative units of Greece. The capital and the largest city is Heraklion. As of 2011, the region had a population of 623,065.

Suzhou

Received from: China
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: January 2015
Distance: 6705 km
Time of travelling: 88 days

The Classical Gardens of Suzhou are a group of gardens in Suzhou region, Jiangsu province which have been added to the UNESCO World Heritage List. Spanning a period of almost one thousand years, from the Northern Song to the late Qing dynasties (11th-19th century), these gardens, most of them built by scholars, standardized many of the key features of classical Chinese garden design with constructed landscapes mimicking natural scenery of rocks, hills and rivers with strategically located pavilions and pagodas.

Russian Federation

Received from: Russia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: November 2014
Distance: 1251 km
Time of travelling: 30 days

Ohio

Received from: the USA
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2014
Distance: 6862 km
Time of travelling: 9 days

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern United States. Ohio is the 34th largest (by area), the 7th most populous, and the 10th most densely populated of the 50 United States. The state's capital and largest city is Columbus. Ohio is historically known as the "Buckeye State" (relating to the Ohio buckeye tree) and Ohioans are also known as "Buckeyes".

Maiori

Received from: Italy
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2014
Distance: 2071 km
Time of travelling: 3 days

Maiori is a town and comune on the Amalfi coast in the province of Salerno (Campania, Italy). It has been a popular tourist resort since Roman times, with the longest unbroken stretch of beach on the Amalfi coastline.

Changhua

Received from: Taiwan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: November 2014
Distance: 8519 km
Time of travelling: 24 days

Changhua, officially known as Changhua City, is a county-controlled city and the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan. For many centuries the site was home to a settlement of Babuza people, a coastal tribe of Taiwanese aborigines. Changhua city is ranked first by population among county-controlled cities. Historically, Changhua city was a base for the Hans when they invaded Taiwan and to defend from the Taiwanese aborigines, a fortress built out of bamboo was made. Thus Changhua has earned its name as "Bamboo Town".

Ukraine

Received from: Ukraine
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2014
Distance: 1866 km
Time of travelling: 10 days

National traditional costumes of various parts of Ukraine :)

Saint Petersburg

Received from: Russia
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: January 2015
Distance: 690 km
Time of travelling: 33 days

Stockholm

Received from: Sweden
Category: from family
Date: June 2015

Japan

Received from: Japan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: October 2014
Distance: 7486 km
Time of travelling: 16 days

Manilla

Received from: Philippines
Category: from a friend
Date: June 2015

Gulangyu Island

Received from: China
Category: Scandinavia vs World tag
Date: December 2014

Kulangsu is an island off the coast of Amoy city, Fujian province in southern China, about 2 km2 (0.77 sq mi) in area. It is home to about 20,000 people and is a domestic tourist destination. The only vehicles permitted are small electric buggies and electric government service vehicles.

Cape Peninsula

Received from: South Africa
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: November 2014
Distance: 10338 km
Time of travelling: 44 days

The Cape Peninsula is a generally rocky peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean at the south-western extremity of the African continent. At the southern end of the peninsula are Cape Point and the Cape of Good Hope. On the northern end is Table Mountain, overlooking Cape Town, South Africa. The peninsula is 52 km long from Mouille point in the north to Cape Point in the south.

Taiwan

Received from: Taiwan
Category: Postcrossing - official card
Date: January 2015
Distance: 8354 km
Time of travelling: 16 days