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Postcard Travel: Delta Says Hi from Argentina

Who says email killed the written postcard? We just got this one from Jacob over at the official Delta blog, Under the Wing. He hopped on a cruise from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso but found a minute to drop us a line, which is really cool.

Among the stops Jacob made were Montevideo (in Uruguay) and Puerto Madryn in Southern Argentina. And along the way, he passed through the Chilean fjords, where the Amazing Race made a stop last season.

On the front of the postcard is the Obelisk of Buenos Aires. The modern monument was built to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the city in 1936. You'll find it at the intersection of Nueve de Julio Avenue and Corrientes Avenue in downtown BA.

Post-click, the front of our postcard and the Obelisk, Google mapped.

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Aussie Big Things Turn Stamp-Sized

We can't get enough of ridiculous Australian big things. And soon, if you're holidaying in Oz and want to send a postcard home, you can help immortalize your favorite Big Thing by using a postage stamp.

National postal agency Australia Post has seen it fit to make the Big Things small. New designs painted by the ultra-cool Reg Mombassa feature the Big Banana, the Big Pineapple and the Big Golden Guitar, among others. But our personal fave, the Big Potato (the one that more closely resembles dinosaur poop), hasn't made it onto a stamp. We're not happy. Big Things postage stamps are due out June 5, so listen up, Australia Post: we want the Big Potato stamp. Please.

[Photo: SMH]

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Rio's Saucy Postcards Over

Apparently Rio thinks its postcards that tourists buy in stands along Ipanema and Copacabana are too racy. The photos of women scantily clad in bikinis that are sent home every year have been banned by the state assembly. The governor hasn't ratified the ban yet, but many say that the images contribute to the city's image of cheap sex and prostitution.

Um, ok, we totally see where they're coming from, but wouldn't this mean a ban on Brazilian bathing suits also? After traveling to Rio this year, we noticed that um, the postcards, they don't lie. It wouldn't take much for a tourist to whip out a camera...

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·   Sexy postcards won't have stamp of approval? [Reuters]