Sorry, but here’s another Vietnam card :) But this is special, I promise! I just have to put this particular postcard because of two reasons (well, apart of coming from a hard-to-get country and beautiful landscape).
VMPhuong sent me this huge panoramic card of Ha Long Bay – of of the world’s heritage sites (okay, so that’s the first reason). And I have just learned that in every Vietnamese postcard there’s an amusing legendary story behind it that the wiki has to share, ha ha. Here’s one of Ha Long Bay: Long ago, when the Vietnamese were fighting Chinese invaders, the gods sent a family of dragons to help defend the land. The dragons spit out jewels and jade, which turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, linking together to form a great wall against the invaders. The people kept their land safe and formed what later became the country of Vietnam. After that, dragons were interested in peaceful sightseeing of the Earth and decided to live here. The place where Mother Dragon flew down was named Hạ Long, and the place where the dragon children attended upon their mother was called Bái.
And the second reason is this:
If there’s such thing as imajica’s Guiness record, this would get the title “The Postard Received With Most Stamps Ever”! It’s such an honor to get such notable card full of colorful stamps, and not just usual stamps, but a special set showing a few of Vietnamese 54 ethnic groups. If this card was in regular size, obviously the stamps wouldn’t have fit in! How I wish Malaysian stamps produced in smaller values as well, like, 10sen, so I can put 5 stamps on a card. How do you like it?
