14 April 2014

Post Office Bay

By Movera

Did you know there is a place called Post Office Bay in Floreana Island (Ecuador)?

Since the 19th century whalers kept there a makeshift mail box out of a wooden barrel by a whale hunter named James Colnett. Sailors and whalers drop letters into the barrel, so that mail could be picked up and delivered to their destination by ships on their way home. Cards and letters are still placed in the barrel without any postage by tourists.

3 comments:

  1. M'encanta el concepte! M'inagino els mariners mirant les destinacions de les postals, remenant i potser fins i tot donant-les a la mà, o a la mà d'algú que coneix la família...

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    1. Segur que hi ha molts més llocs així... A Horta (Azores), que era i és parada obligatòria per anar a Amèrica en barca, funcionava un sistema semblant, però més organitzat... N'hauríem de fer un conte!

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    2. Si l'escrius tu, envia-me'l!

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