retrieve postcards ? Those crazy 3x5 piece of composition board that boast beach scenes or fertile bozo in Speedos with such witty captions as “ Floridaaaaahhhhhhh ! ” Before you could immediately charge a 10 - 2nd ikon of yourself with a fruity drink to anyone in the existence , postcard were how you made them envious of your external escapades . Sometimes , if you stick really crazy , you ’d write something on the back , broadly in a humblebrag nervure .
In 1997 , we send 3 billion of them . Last year that number send away to 838 million , and theBelize Tourism Boardthinks that ’s pretty pitiful .
So in celebration of World Post Day ( yes , there ’s a World Post Day ) they ’re capture people back in the drug abuse of send these personalized howdy . From now until November 9th , every single person who sends the Belize Tourism Board a handwriting - written post card from their hometown will get one post back from a local Belizean . And one lucky person will win a stumble for two to Belize . Yep , a spare trip to a tropical heaven and all you ’ve acquire ta do is find a tourism - well-disposed post card ofDowntown Fresno .
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The mailing-card can say anything you like , fromdefending your tremendous hometownto divvy up some interesting facts . Then a mitt - choose local will return your postal card with a annotation about his or her country of origin , like the one they scribbled out and emailed to us …
To participate , all you ’ve get ta do is put $ 1.15 worth of postage stamp on a post card of your city and send it to :
Belize Tourism BoardAttn : World Post DayP.O. , Box 325Belize City , Belize
Belize Tourism Board
… with a retort destination , of course . Then just sit back and wait to learn some fun facts about a country you just google to see where it was . And if you happen to pull ahead , do n’t leave to send us an tempting impression and witty caption from whatever beach you end up on .
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