3938 - Sanya, Hainan, Chna

The message on the front, translated from a colleague, reads, "Journey to the vast mountains and seas."

Sanya 三亚市 is a city on the southern tip of Hainan Island. There are just over a million people that call Sanya home. It has a tropical climate and is a popular tourist destination. Yulin Naval Base is located here and is home to the People's Liberation Army Navy ballistic nuclear missle fleet.

Along with Chinese signs, signs in English and Russia are found everywhere. There are over 100 hotels ranging from five stars to locally managed resorts found here.

The Guanyin of Nansh
an 南山海上观音圣像 is found at the top of Nanshan Temple in Sanya. It is 106 metres tall. One side faces the South China Sea. This represents blessing and protection by Guanyin of China and the whole world. Another side depicts Guanyin cradling a sutra in the left hand and gesturing the Vitarka Mudra with the right. The third holds a lotus. It is the 14th tallest statue in the world. It took six years to build and was enshrined in 2005. One hundred and eight monks from various Buddhist groups in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and China, along with tens of thousands of pilgrims were on hand participating in the enshrinement.

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3566 - Bakhmach, Chernihiv, Ukraine

Bakhmach is locarted in northern Ukraine. I'm taking this next paragraph straight out of Wikipedia: During the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 26, 2022, at least 65 units of Russian military equipment moved through Bakhmach, with about a hundred more on the outskirts. Local residents tried to stop the convoy on their own by blocking tank tracks with makeshift objects and convincing Russian soldiers not to move towards Kyiv . One man attempted to climb onto a tank and block the road with his body (he was not hurt). However, the military equipment continued to move, and Russian forces fired several shots into the air. Слава Україні!

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2352 - Cologne (Köln), North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cologne is home to the twelve Romanesque churches. All are Catholic churches and all are found in Altstadt (old town). All were severely damaged during the 262 Allied air raids on Cologne. All twelves have been restored. St. Andreas was consecrated in 974. The crypt of the church as a sarcophagus that dates back to the third century and it holds the remains of St. Albertus Magnus, who died in 1280. St. Apostein was consecrated in the 800s. St. Cecilia was built in the 800s and it the current home of the Schnutgen Museum for Medieval Art. It still holds Catholic Mass on rare occasions. St. Georg's was built near the end of 1000s. It was extensively restored after the Second World War. St. Gerion's was established in 612. St. Kunibert was consecrated in 1247. Cunibert, the 9th Bishop of Cologne, is buried here. St. Maria im Kapital was built between 1040-1065. It was also heavily damaged during the war and restoration was finally completed in 1984. St. Maria Lyskirchem is the ...

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