*** WATER SPLASHING ***
Mermaid Phantom: It's actually not that bad at all!
Little Sister: COOOOOLD!!!
Mermaid Phantom: It's not that bad!
Dad: At first it's a little cold
Mermaid Phantom: You get used to it.
Mermaid Phantom: NO BOAT! Don't get in there!
Mermaid Phantom: Get away!
It is a beautiful day in Lake Michigan
and...
we were going to take my big Silicone Mermaid tail out, but today I'm just taking the Fin Fun Mermaid Tail out.
It is loooovely! ♥
*** Happy music playing ***
Mermaid Phantom: I would like to know
where is your favorite spot to take your tail
for a swim?
Comment below and let me know!
And if you don't have a fabric mermaid tail yet, please check the description box.
I will link you to places that will help you become a mermaid! ♥
"Boating with the family is the best!"
"Maybe Sparda will get to come along next time?"
"Fins crossed!!!"
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Part 1 3 ¡Sonó Sonó Tite Curet! Subtitled by J Haase - Duration: 32:53.
Flag, wave...
wave, wave, wave Flag, wave
when my Flag waves, I feel great pride
I wave it in every way I can and the wind will help me
feel how it waves with its "borinqueanidad"
wave, wave, wave Flag wave
when my Flag waves, I feel great pride
come over here so you can see it shine sensationally
it is the most cherished medal that I can show to the world
wave, wave, wave Flag wave
when my Flag waves, I feel great pride
From Puerto Rico is the idea, and furthermore...la la la
Text: A social song is also a love theme that discovers the emotional conflicts in a society which castrates our love, or at least attempts to do so - Tite Curet
Isadora, because you were pampered by the world
Because you marked a pattern in your way of dancing
with admiration, with affection
and with respect, we want to give you
this simple homage
I know you disliked that I planted my flag
since what I say,
attention you singer, it gets repeated everywhere
Latin town, from whatever city
It is now time, for unity
The time has rung to shake hands
as protection
Latin town, from whatever neighbourhood
From whatever city
Just like a root, my presence remained
I know that your life was once commanded by reason
but it could not escape yesterday
your heart
Your love is yesterday's newspaper
His songs marked an era in Puerto Rican music
and today, after a legal dispute of over 15 years
almost 700 songs from Tite Curet Alonso can now be heard on the radio
with this Special, Tite Curet Alonso makes history again
and radio hosts warn that this is only the beginning
chorus: "this is guaguanco, this is guaguanco"
How was Tite?
Like Ismael used to say
a cool black guy
good person, he had an endless sense of humour
good Puerto Rican, good brother, intelligent, creative
not average
And it was daily that Tite would come here with his notepad and sit down
and at some point he would disappear and head to the office
then he would be back with a song just written for the person that was waiting
I wasn't aware he was a writer, I knew he was a showbiz journalist
But then when he began releasing them... all those monstruosities!
man was a genius
the sense, it was town feeling
Once he went to look for me in Wapa
he said, "listen, there is a girl in Cuba people call Lupe La Loca"
who would have thought that 8 years later
La Lupe would be singing Tite's songs and have such great popularity
The top hits that Tite gave to Fania were almost always special order for the artist
because he knew all the artists he would size them up accordingly
to their own style and everything else
Roses, roses, nonetheless roses
Fundación Ismael Rivera, Villa Palmeras, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Nonetheless roses for the one who forgot me
Better bring a bouquet of roses filled with spring and colour
Nonetheless roses for the one who forgot me
Better bring a bouquet of roses filled with spring and colour
Even though weariness, difference and forgetfulness
fall on what once was lived, at the end, like the curtains
I bring a bouquet, a bouquet of pretty flowers
of scented colours, for the one who forgot me
Nonetheless roses for the one who forgot me
a woman is a flower, with passion thorns
(chorus) Roses, roses, nonetheless roses
(chorus)
I don't care if they wither, I'll send her pretty flowers anyway I can
(chorus)
Nonetheless, nonetheless roses, that black girl has flavour
(chorus)
No, no, no...I will keep on sending her roses
(chorus)
(chorus)
Hey Roberto, look at that thing
(chorus)
Hey Tite this is for you, thank you...Roberto and Jerry
We are in El Quenepo now, and this reminds me
of everyday life, the usual reunion among us musicians
this corner was for the musicians, over there the phone company
further away the gossipers and in that little chair over there is where Catalino Curet sat down
there is where many things happened, many stories
one of which has to do with this gentleman here, what happened?
what happened was simple, remember that afternoon I came to tell you
Hey Robe, this and that is happening to me with Fania, with Jerry Masucci
they want me to record with some other musicians, to hell with that I want to record with mine!
I want to record with the ones from La Libre
but Fania wanted an All Star Orchestra for me
meanwhile I was telling you all this,
Don Catalino Curet Alonso was with his pencil writing and writing
and when I finished my lament he also finished the song and gave it to you
once you handed it to Papo Lucca it became part of history
Concepcion's Lament, history
there is many laments around
also The Goodbye Guaguanco, some other of his writings that people found hurting
Cheo's Lament!
but that was Catalino Curet Alonso,
tremendous human being
tremendous person, tremendous composer and tremendous friend
Barrio San Agustin del Sur, Caracas, Venezuela
Hot buns, buns filled with chicken, get your buns!
This is our village's lament
told by a man: Concepcion
As if everything was missing in his life
Concepcion! Raise your sight to the sky
As if the the world was falling upon him
Concepcion! Spoke out his grief
He would say: "I got kids to support" (bis)
Even though I am from the bottom class, what does that have to do with it
I have the same right to life
Even though I am from the bottom class, what does that have to do with it
I have the same right to life
It is so much work to find what to work for
It is so much work to have no work
It is so much work to find what to work for
It is so much work to have no work
it's not easy
but go for it my friend
As if everything was missing in his life
Concepcion! Raise your sight to the sky
As if the world was falling upon him
Concepcion! Spoke out his grief
(chorus) Concepcion! Raise your sight to the sky
He goes around yelling " I got kids to support!"
30 years have gone by
since Concepcion first lamented
governments have changed, fashion has changed
but the situation is the same
(chorus)
It's enough I can't take it anymore
please God help me
my kids are crying from hunger
Show me the light to save them, I beg you
(chorus)
I don't want my kid to be a bum, no way my Lord
Despite my mistakes let him overcome all resentments so he can live better than me
(chorus)
looking for solutions
Concepcion! It is not difficult to fall but rather to rise up quickly
I know that you will make it my friend, go for it!
(chorus)
On top of ignorance and governmental populism
there goes Concepcion completely faithful waiting for coffee to rain from the sky
(chorus)
Homage to Tite Curet, a writer with an infinite pen
so you enjoy it in heaven with all the salseros
dedicated to you by Trina Medina from Venezuela
(chorus)
Thanks don Tite for this legacy of stories
for music, the Caribbean and towns worldwide
Amen
Ruben Blades: "I wanna call to stage a great friend of mine who happens to be around: Tite Curet Alonso"
"Let's give a round of applause to one of the best composers in the Caribbean, if not the best"
"Don Tite Curet Alonso"
My intent was for people to know Tite
This man you see here, he was who composed "Las caras lindas",
he wrote "La tirana", "Anacaona", all this songs, people did not know Tite
I met Tite in Venezuela in 1993
Ruben Blades was here for the 2nd Latin American Music Festival
I was given the chance to open up the show for him in the Poliedro
For many reasons Tite loved my work that night
He connected with my Mom, who is also a singer, backstage
We all went back to my place
And the great surprise for me was that before he left back to Puerto Rico
He shows up at my house with a cassette that had 4 songs he had composed specially for me
Written by Tite Curet!
(chorus) Camilo Manriquez died, deep in the plantation, mate
Deep in the plantation, mate, people are nothing but shadows
(chorus)
Camilo the Indian died, beaten up by his landlord
(chorus)
It is very difficult to bring together in one show two stars of the magnitude of Trina Medina and Ruben Blades
Tonight is a memorable night
I believe we can all feel proud of being present here
In this act that is rigorously true, rigorously valuable and unforgettable at the same time
Tite's songs are hits and remain in people's memory
Because they talk about their own stories
Poor people are everywhere,
Spiteful women are everywhere,
"Mason Johns" are everywhere, without out them there would be no houses
So when people listen to this songs, on top of the cool arrangements,
and that it goes deep into your bones
You start feeling like, oh hey, that is not the life of "The Tyrant" , that's the life of Trina Medina
I mean I was also beaten up, I was also mistreated
Mr. "John Mason" thinks well look at all the houses I built
He walks by and goes into the shopping centre and maybe tells his son
"You know what, I placed those blocks over there!"
Thanks to that, because if it reaches your soul and you are able to identify with it then you own it
So Tite's songs stop belonging to him when the world concludes: "This is my story , this is mine"
Calle Nueva Palma, Barrio Tastalleres, Santurce, Puerto Rico
For me Guaguanco is like dawn
Is sadness that makes me want to smile
every morning,
Is what comes from the hood and reaches the soul
what gets filtered through the heart
what becomes a crazy feeling in our veins
what makes me throb out of emotion
For me, Guaguanco is all of that (bis)
It is more than a brunnette shaking
her hips as if they were a revolution
it goes further than a drumbeat
and even love seems to me like Guaguanco
For me Guaguanco is like dawn
because it sparked like a light inside the soul
it is a true driving force
it is the cadence that brings me happiness (bis)
(chorus) This is Guaguanco, this is Guaguanco
I asked Cheo for permission and he asked Coco
(chorus)
The echo of a drumbeat in Venezuela kept on beating until dawn
(chorus)
Since you asked me for salsa, salsa is what I deliver
(chorus)
(chorus)
(chorus)
Hey! Here is a gathering on the summit just like Tite once dreamed it
(chorus)
Tite Curet's mom was a teacher
from the popular and cultured world
he was going to develop a special sensitivity
that he was able to express in a time when the country underwent important changes
He moved during his early childhood from Guayabas to Santurce
and this context is important
because Santurce had the quality, in the one hand, of a strong tradition of free black men
and at an artistic level there was the "Bomba"
and at the same time it was the meeting point of all Puerto Rico
Tite's migration happens together with a great migration of puerto ricans to Santurce
to the point that Santurce had the largest population increase during the first 50 years of the 20th century
becoming the country's most important urban centre
a meeting point for people from out of town and those who had already developed a crab culture
and that enriched the traditional "bomba" with country "trova", "boleros" from all places
Santurce was the example of what was later going to happen in the following decades
With all Latin Americans in New York
and what was happening in other Latin American cities during the migration of people from out of town into them
Tite's daily experiences in Barrio Obrero in Santurce
would pick up all the different manifestations and expressions of what was then Puerto Rico
so the world of music joins the world of literature and together develop into very wordy songs
that maintain however a rhythmic and danceable richness
such are the songs of Bobby Capo and Tite Curet Alonso
Villa Santurce, El Barrio, New York
(chorus) Cucubano, Cucubano! I am the star of the night on the mountains as well as on the plains
Goes down the hill and then up, goes up the hill and then down
Velvet of the night where I am the green stitch (bis)
(chorus) Cucubano...
You will find my shine that shines
And my light like a seed
A velvet of hope so humble that it humiliates you (bis)
And you'll notice, that I break the night
where I go I am the light that amazes you
Walk my way to that tomorrow you are calling upon (bis)
(chorus) Cucubano...
And I am the green moon in the darkness
He who sees me will always remember me
A miracle of the savanna and of the sovereign summit (bis)
(Chorus) Cucubano....
And I am fleeting, straightforward a traveler
A blink, lightly transient
The unforgettable spark, the sun of a heated good bye (bis)
(chorus) On the mountain!
From the mountain I come my brother
(chorus) On the plain!
Following the light that shines from el Cucubano
(chorus) On the mountain!
I sing to Tite Curet because he is a good Borincano
Yerbabuena sings for you my brother
Look how the Cucubano's light shines
From the mountain to the plains
I would like to bring you the first trovador child that approached me
and I approached him: Luis Daniel Colon!
You've recorded before we recorded together, right?
"Yes, yes" How was that recording?
"It was a recording with Ismael Miranda, where Don Tite gave the chance to record with Ismael"
Don Tite eh? "Yes, Don Tite" And Don Tite is the composer of this song we are about to sing
The Trovador Child
"What you tell me singing is what I'll do from now on"
"I'll always be thankful trovando into the future"
And I'll be listening to you, I bless you Luis Daniel
"Till forever my good friend"
Good bye my trovador son
And from humbleness grow love
and God will sing with you!
Tite, you always write the last words of the program
this time there is a special feeling on those words and I would like you to share them with me, you agree?
"I dare to do it, the risk is yours"
As I get to know it better, I feel my land grows
and inside of me a certain love duplicates
your picturesque flavour
so Boricua, day and night
Seasons with sympathy an adorable condiment
The enchanted moment of walking by my land (bis)
Mountains of greenness
Smooth crest hills
Incomparable forests
And people of pure smile
Valleys of ripe fruit
Towns, calmness, cheerfulness
Wherever there is the Puerto Rican normal happiness
To feel like I own it, I visit my land (bis)
It is the wide view
the motherly terrain
the green therapy
Poem, colour and drama
And my sight pours into the tropical poetry
Puerto Rican harmony
ours like the "ay bendito" (oh holy)
It happens to be good and nice to get to know my land (bis)
Deep land there is a path of caring hospitality
Open nature offers a healthy lifestyle
And in my soul a noble matter awakens
And a race that guides me to know beauty
Of how such a precious stamp distinguishes my land (bis)
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Assalamu Alaikum!
Walaikum Assalam!
How was your day my son?
It was very good Baba!
How about yours?
It was good too!
Now are you ready for the story of another Prophet today?
Yes Baba!
Good!
Insha Allah!
Today I will tell you the story of Prophet Isa (as)
Who was He Baba?
The importance of Isa (as) is apparent from the status assigned to Him.
He was the last messenger and Prophet before Prophet Muhammad (saaw).
He was also the last messenger of Bani Israel.
Allah had bestowed a special favor on the family of Isa (as)
by mentioning his name 25 times!!
His mother's name is mentioned 31 times as well!
Masha Allah! That is amazing!
Please tell me his story Baba!
I'm so excited!
Alright, now listen carefully
Bismillah!
The story of Prophet Isa (as)
In the story of Prophet Zachariah (as),
we saw how the Prophet became the guardian of Maryam(as)
Maryam (as) was the daughter of Prophet Imran (as).
Zachariah took care of this little girl,
and He built a separate room for her in the temple.
As Maryam (as) grew up,
she spent her time in devotion to Allah (swt).
The Prophet visited her daily to see her needs, and it continued for many years!
The Prophet taught and guided Her.
Maryam (as) grew to be a devotee of Allah(swt), glorifying Him day and night.
One day, Maryam (as) was praying in her room as usual.
It was then that an angel appeared before Her, in the form of a man!
Maryam (as) was terrified, thinking that this man was here to harm her!
And she shouted
"I seek refuge with Allah from you, if you do fear Allah"
Then the angel said
"I am only a messenger of your Lord to you.
I was sent to give you a pious child, who is pure from sins"
She had calmed down by now,
and She asked the angel
"How can I have a son, when no man has touched me?"
"That is very easy for Allah.
Allah will make Him a sign for the people,
and an indication of the power of Allah(swt)!
The angel's visit made Her very tensed,
which increased as days passed by.
How could She give birth to a child without having a husband?
After a few months, she could not bear the mental strain any longer.
Burdened with a heavy womb, she left the city
not knowing where to go.
Maryam (as) had not gone far,
when she was suddenly overtaken by the pains of childbirth!
She sat down against the dry palm tree,
and it was here that she gave birth to a son!
When Maryam (as) looked at her new born baby, she was hurt.
How could she bring him into this world without a father?
She exclaimed
"I wish I had died before this happened, and just vanished"
Suddenly, she heard the voice of an angel!
"Grieve not!" the voice said!
"Allah has placed a small river under you,
and shake the trunk of this tree,
from which ripe dates will fall.
Eat and drink, and regain the strength you have lost.
What you see is the power of Allah(swt)!
Maryam (as) drank water from the river,
and ate the ripe dates.
For a while, She was comforted by Allah's miracle!
After some time, she stood up and decided to return to the city.
However, Her fears also returned
"What was she going to tell the people?" she thought
It was then that another miracle happened.
Her baby, born just a few hours ago, started to speak!
The baby said
"If you meet any person,
just tell them that You have vowed to fast for Allah today,
and that You will not speak to anyone!"
With this miracle, Maryam (as) felt at ease, and walked toward the city.
As She had expected, her arrival in the city with a newborn baby in her arms,
aroused curiosity of the people!
"This is a terrible sin you have committed" They scolded her
But She kept her calm.
She put her fingers on her lips,
gesturing that she cant talk, and pointed to her child.
The people were angry.
"How can we speak to a newborn baby?"
But the people were surprised when the child began to speak.
The child spoke slowly and clearly
"I am Allah's servant.
Allah has given me the book, and made me a prophet.
Allah has made me dutiful towards she who gave birth to me.
Peace unto me the day I was born,
the day I die, and the day I shall be raised alive!"
The people just stood there, watching the child speak, in wonder!
They realized that the child was unique,
and that it was Allah's will.
Of course, there were some who regarded the baby's speech as a strange trick.
But at least Maryam (as) could now stay in the city without being harassed.
It is said the Yusuf,
the carpenter was greatly surprised when he heard the story of Maryam (as).
"Can a tree grow without a seed?" He asked her.
"Yes" She replied
"The One which Allah created for the first time, grew without a seed"
Then he asked her again
"Is it possible to bear a child without a male partner?"
"Yes" Maryam (as) replied.
"Allah created Adham, without a male or a female"
As Isa(as) grew, his prophecy skills began to increase too!
He could tell his friends what they were going to eat for supper,
and what they had hidden and where.
When he was twelve years old, He accompanied his mother to Jerusalem.
When they arrived at the temple, Isa (as) wandered into the temple leaving his mother
The young prophet wandered into a room
where people were listening to the lectures of priests.
Even though the audience were full of adults,
the prophet was not afraid to sit with them.
After listening to them for some time,
He stood up and started asking questions.
The learned priests were disturbed by the questions he asked,
for they were unable to answer them.
The priests tried to silence him
but the Prophet ignored them,
he continued to ask questions and expressed his opinion
Isa(as) got so involved in this exchange that he completely forgot his mother.
In the meantime, Maryam (as) went home,
thinking that her son might have gone back,
with their relatives or friends.
But as soon as she reached home,
she realized that her son was not there!
So she ran to the city to find him!
She searched for many hours, and finally found her son,
sitting among the learned and debating with them!
Maryam (as) got very angry with him,
as she was worried so much.
But the young prophet calmed her saying that he lost track of time
while he was debating with the priests.
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君の名は。 / Kimi no Na Wa. / Your Name. - Unboxing - Duration: 4:19.
So what's up guys? My name is Pledge of Chaos and today I'm going to show you
(not really an unboxing because I've had it for a few days)
the Blu-Ray Special Edition of Kimi no Na Wa. (Your Name.)
Director: Makoto Shinkai. Art Director: Masashi Ando.
Character Design: Masayoshi Tanaka. Music performed by RADWIMPS. Main Cast: Ryunosuke Kamiki & Mone Kamishiraishi
Here's the back of the box. ... Now to the special items.
The movie came with some stickers.
There's some promotional and warning(?) stuff
Then there's another thing that explains in Japanese what the movie disc is for
and what the first and second special features's discs are for.
Oh and there's a picture of everything there too.
There's a also a page keeper in the form of a cinema roll
Also a special book which includes a Q&A with music group (I think)
pictures and character concept art.
It's all in Japanese though, so yeah...
I'm doing it fast because I've been trying to record it a few times and it always failed so that's why I'm doing it quick.
There we have the movie disc and the special features' discs.
The movie is only in Japanese and the subtitles are in Japanese, English and simplified Chinese.
So if you don't know Japanese, English or Chinese... you are kind of fucked.
That is the Blu-Ray special edition. There is also the 4K collector's edition
which comes with the movie disc and four special features' discs.
For a total of five discs.
I bought it from J-List and the link to the site will be down below.
The Blue-Ray and 4K editions will also be down below.
And no - this is not a sponsored video.
It's just something I thought would be fun to do.
I think that's all for now guys. I'll see you later in the next video. Cya!
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Top 10 Craziest Post Offices on Earth and Beyond - Duration: 12:21.
Going to the post office can be one of the most mundane—and dreaded—items on your
to-do list.
But if you've ever had the chance to visit any of the outposts below, you know that not
all post offices are boring.
Here are 10 crazy post offices that make mail delivery seem exciting…
10.
Peach Springs and Supai, AZ
The post office in Peach Springs, Arizona isn't much to look at—just a squat yellow
brick building that seems about the right size for a town with a population of just
over 1,000 residents.
The physical facility is unremarkable, except for one unusual feature—the only walk-in
freezer found in a post office in the continental US.
Why does it need this?
The Peach Springs post office has a very unusual mission—delivering mail to the bottom of
the Grand Canyon–and that cargo includes a lot of perishable groceries.
The tiny town of Supai, populated by a few hundred members of the Havasupai tribal nation,
sits at the bottom of the Grand Canyon.
Supai has its own tiny post office, and residents and tourists are rely on the USPS to deliver
all the provisions that aren't otherwise available at the bottom of the canyon.
So, after the mail makes the 70-mile trip to the canyon rim from Peach Springs, how
does it get down to Supai?
Helicopter transport is expensive and unreliable, as choppers can't fly during periods of
high winds.
Enter the "mule train," a caravan of up to 50 horses and mules, guided by intrepid
riders, carrying up to 200 pounds each of mail and packages that make the 8-mile trek
down to the base of the canyon and then eventually back up, carrying outgoing mail and trash.
At least 2 mule trains are operating at any given time, so the mules, horses, and riders
are able to rest overnight in the village before making the return trip back up the
next day.
Mail sent from Supai bears a special postmark, indicating that it traveled by mule train
to reach its destination.
Despite the inherent difficulty of the journey and the extreme conditions faced by riders
and mules, scheduled mail delivery has only been skipped twice since 1999.
9.
Inside the Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower holds a lot of history within its iconic frame, which was originally constructed
for the entrance to the 1889 World's Fair in Paris.
It also holds shops, restaurants, a champagne bar, a conference room, a replica of Gustave
Eiffel's original office at the top of the tower, and one more surprising facility: a
post office, which is found on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower's south pillar.
While this post office may seem to be a present-day concession to tourists, the Eiffel Tower has
had a post office since it has been open to the public (it was, after all, built for an
exposition designed to attract visitors from around the world).
The original post office was situated at the top of the tower, where, after riding an elevator,
fairgoers could mail postcards from more than 900 feet above ground.
Postmarks from the original post office read "Sommet de la Tour Eiffel" (Summit of
the Eiffel Tower), or, for less intrepid tourists, after the ground floor post office was added,
"1er Etage de la Tour Eiffel" (First floor of the Eiffel Tower) while the contemporary
Eiffel Tower post office offers a more generic postmark, which doesn't specify its less
exalted present-day location within the tower.
8.
Mount Everest Base Camp, Nepal
With post offices closing by the hundreds across the globe—including in the US, the
UK, South Africa, and Germany—you may find yourself
complaining about the inconvenient "trek" to a more distant post office or having to
contend with more-limited operating hours in your local branch.
However, one post office can put issues of accessibility and availability in perspective—the
China Post office located in the Mount Everest Base Camp.
The post office, which is actually more of a post tent, has been present (seasonally)
at the Everest Base Camp since 2008.
Sitting at 5,300 meters, it's purported to be the world's highest post office.
However, because of the extreme weather conditions at this altitude, the post office has a rather
short operating window—from late April to August each year, when conditions permit a
temporary road to open up from base camp to the town of Tingri.
This remote outpost operates from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. during those months, not including
a noontime break for the post office's three workers (apparently, there is no altitude
at which postal workers will not adhere to their break schedules).
There is a markup on the usual postcard rate to compensate for the challenges in transporting
mail from the top of the world to its destination—as of 2016, the post office charged about $1.45
USD to mail a postcard to the UK, whereas elsewhere in Nepal, mailing a postcard would
cost about $0.30 USD.
7.
Underwater (in Vanuatu)
Vanuatu, an island nation in the South Pacific, faces a potentially grim future as the result
of climate change, with some experts suggesting much of the archipelago could eventually be
submerged because of rising sea levels.
However, there is one facility in Vanuatu that is already (deliberately) submerged beneath
the tides—the world's only underwater post office, located within Vanuatu's Hideaway
Marine Sanctuary.
The post office sits about 10 feet below the surface on the ocean floor.
Opening hours are posted on a nearby beach and a special flag is hoisted to float on
the surface when the postal workers (wearing scuba equipment) are staffing the post office.
The post office has been open since 2003 and several Vanuatu Post staff members received
open water dive training to be able to man the location.
Divers or snorklers are able to mail special waterproof postcards at the underwater outpost
(if snorklers can't dive down to the post office, staff members will help get the postcard
down to the ocean floor).
Because the postcards can't be cancelled using traditional ink, Vanuatu Post developed
a special embossing device to cancel the postcards.
6.
Aogashima Island, Japan (…on an active volcano)
Why would you put a post office on an active volcano?
Even Vanuatu Post (yes, Vanuatu is apparently at the epicenter of postal innovation), only
put a postal box on the crater of Mt. Yasur, where visitors can mail letters steps away
from molten magma spewing into the air.
However, on Japan's Aogashima Island, there's really nowhere else to put a post office—the
island is a volcano (actually 4 overlapping calderas).
The population of the isolated island, less than 200 people, are served by a
tiny post office which transmits mail to and from mainland Japan (Tokyo is about 200 miles
to the south of the island).
Life on the island can be described as "sleepy," with residents (mainly farmers and fishermen)
enjoying the slow pace of island life, the beauty, and volcanic hot springs that comprise
the island.
However, the volcano is still considered active.
The last time the volcano erupted (in 1785), about half the island's inhabitants perished,
though modern-day inhabitants have the benefit of a volcano alert system that has been operated
by the Japan Meteorological Agency since 2007.
As of 2017, no alerts have been issued for the island, meaning that Aogoshima's population,
and its tiny post office, have had no cause to consider moving away from their volcanic
outpost.
5.
Ny-Alesund, Norway
Ny-Alesund is the world's northernmost civilian settlement—an unincorporated town on a peninsula,
home to more than 10 scientific research stations that draw scientists from around the world,
30 year-round residents, and as many 120 residents during the summer.
It is also the site of the world's northernmost post office.
Whereas the town's origins are related to mining and expeditions to the North Pole,
today, the town's activity is largely driven by research and tourism.
Given that the town now enjoys fiberoptic internet connections to the rest of the world,
Ny-Alesund's tiny post office exists largely to serve tourists, who arrive at the town
via cruise ship.
Ny-Alesund has long served as a base for expeditions to the North Pole and, given that it is the
most proximate post office to Santa Claus' North Pole workshop, you might expect that
the post office is busy processing letters to Santa from children across the globe.
However, Santa's mail does not pass through Ny-Alesund.
Instead, that flood of Christmas correspondence is handled by the United States Post Office
in North Pole, Alaska.
4.
J.W.
Westcott II, Marine Post Office
Even as the US Postal Service makes cutbacks, at least one US post office has found a way
to stay afloat…
literally.
The J.W.
Westcott II, a 45-foot mail boat that serves freighters traversing the Detroit River, is
the nation's (and likely the world's) only floating post office.
The J.W.
Westcott Company of Detroit has been conveying messages between merchant sailors, who are
often aboard ship for months at a time, and their loved ones since 1874.
Mail delivery began in 1895 and the boat has been a registered post office since 1948.
The company motto is "mail in the pail," which literally described how the mail, even
today, is often hoisted aboard freighters using a rope and a bucket.
The J.W.
Westcott II even has its own zip code—48222—and mail delivered to the freighters is to be
addressed:
Vessel Name Marine Post Office
Detroit, MI 48222
Like many post offices, the J.W.
Westcott has seen a decline in mail volume, as email enables families and friends to stay
in touch more immediately, even aboard ship.
However, the company, which also delivers for UPS and FedEx, reports that it has seen
an increase in package delivery.
The company's contract with the USPS runs to 2021, and the company's owner sees a
long future for his floating post office, pointing out that he has diversified into
personnel transportation and that drone technology may never be cost-effective enough to compete
in the delivery of low-value bulky goods like paper towels.
3.
The Washington Park and Zoo Railway at the Portland Zoo
Today, the idea of a post office on a train may seem like a quirky novelty, and it doesn't
help that the only railway left in the US that offers mail service and its own authorized
postal cancellation, was originally planned as a "kiddy train" at the zoo and was
sited to serve Oregon's 1959 Centennial Celebration.
But while "mail by rail" now seems like an anachronism, it was once the gold standard
for express mail delivery in the United States.
From 1862 to 1977, the Railway Post Office (RPO) operated postal cars, which offered
mail sorting and cancellation on trains that crisscrossed the country, operating on 794
routes at its peak.
However, as mail sorting became an automated task, it was increasingly moved to and from
large regional processing centers by truck.
While the Washington Park and Zoo Railway offers the only postal car operating in the
US on a regular basis, another mail car recently rolled again.
The 40th anniversary of the last RPO rail train was celebrated on May 6, 2017 (which
is National Train Day, in case you didn't mark your calendar), with the Northern Pacific
#1102, its RPO car (one of only two known to still be in working order) and postmark
coming out of retirement for a one-day commemorative mail run.
2.
Penguin Post Office, Antarctica
One continent's most popular tourist attraction is its post office.
If you guessed Antarctica, which, despite its abundance of natural beauty, has few other
tourist facilities to compete with its tiny post office, you're right!
The so-called "Penguin Post Office" is located on the Antarctic Penninsula at Port
Lockroy, Antarctica, making it the world's most southerly post office.
The post office, which is operated by the UK Heritage Trust on behalf of the government,
is open for less than 5 months a year (during the Antarctic summer from November to May).
Who uses the post office?
While Port Lockroy has thousands of residents, most of them are penguins, so the 70,000 post
cards that are sent annually from the office come mostly from the 18,000 or so tourists
who arrive every year via cruise ship.
Manning a post office at the bottom of the world, a role that pays $1,700 a month, and
involves, as one member of the four-person team staffing the post office put it, "being
confined to an island the size of a football pitch," may not seem like everyone's cup
of tea.
Nonetheless, hundreds of applicants have vied for a spot in recent years, perhaps inspired
by documentaries on the Penguin Post Office that aired on the BBC and PBS.
1.
China Post Space Office aboard the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft, 213 miles above Earth
The final post office on our list is out of this world—literally.
Established in 2011, the "China Post Space Office," has two outposts—one on the ground
of mission control at the Beijing Aerospace Command and one more than 200 miles above
the Earth in the Shenzhou-8 spacecraft.
The post office even has its own zipcode—901001—and a special postmark that reads "Beijing"
and "Space" in simplified Chinese.
Mail will be processed through the terrestrial branch, but emails can be routed through a
computer aboard the unmanned spacecraft before returning to Earth to be printed out for commemorative
mail.
While this roundabout virtual space mail may be exciting only to true space aficionados,
officials have indicated that future iterations will allow the public to send letters to astronauts
and/or allow physical mail to be transported to space before returning to Earth for delivery.
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