#201: First postcard from Montserrat

A map of the West Indies

Butterfly stamp

Received from Mark from Brades.

Montserrat is approximately 300 miles east-southeast of Puerto Rico and 30 miles southwest of Antigua.

#33: Second postcard from Puerto Rico

Old San Juan

Flag stamp

Received from Monika from Christ Church, Barbados. Please check out her blog here.

The deepest point of the Atlantic Ocean is Milwaukee Deep in the Puerto Rico Trench, at a depth of 8,605 metres.

#59: Third postcard from the Dominican Republic

Columbus Plaza

Mask stamp

Received from Victor from Caguas, Puerto Rico.

The Dominican Republic is the only country to have the image of the Bible on its flag.

#33: Second postcard from United States Virgin Islands

Saint Thomas

Apple stamp

Received from Monika from Hastings. Please check out her blog here.

The United States Virgin Islands is the only place on U.S soil where drivers drive on the left.

#85: Third postcard from Saint Kitts

Basseterre

Passion fruit stamp

Received from Monika from Hastings. Please check out her blog here.

Sugar was the mainstay of the economy of Saint Kitts and Nevis.

#153: Fourth postcard from the Cayman Islands

Stingrays

Fish stamps

Received from an unknown sender. Please send me a message if you know who the sender is - thanks so much. The postcard is wonderful and I want to thank the sender properly.

Seven Mile Beach in the Cayman Islands is 5.5 miles long.

#188: First postcard from the Turks and Caicos Islands

Porta Coeli Church, Puerto Rico

Shell stamp

Received from Halef from Atlanta, United States.

The Turks and Caicos Islands are southeast of the Bahamas island chain and north of the island of Hispaniola.

#153: Third postcard from the Cayman Islands

Seven Mile Beach

Mathusalem stamp

Received from Maria from Windsor, Canada.

The Cayman Islands are the most popular destination for Atlantic hurricanes.

#165: Third postcard from Barbados

Colours of the evening - Hastings

Saint Patrick's Roman Catholic Church

Received from Melissa from Saint James.

Barbados has the third oldest Parliament in the Commonwealth.

#187: First postcard from Anguilla

Sunset at Sandy Ground

Rose Millicent stamp

Received from Nori from Anguilla. Please check out her blog here.

Anguilla lies east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin.

#165: First cover from Barbados

Banana stamp

Received from Monika from Hastings. Please check out her blog here.

The Barbadian National flower is called the ‘Pride of Barbados’ (Caesalpinia pulcherrima).

#165: Second postcard from Barbados

A typical Barbadian chattel house

Tamarind and Sea Grape stamps

Received from Monika from Hastings. Please check out her blog here.

In Barbados children between 10-17 years are permitted to consume alcohol when accompanied by a parent.

#157: Third postcard from Bonaire

Colours of Bonaire

Handstamp

Received from Diana from Kralendijk with the help of Mike from Tilburg, the Netherlands. Please check out Mike's blog here.

Windsurfing is the unofficial sport of Bonaire.

#153: Second postcard from the Cayman Islands

Hell

Ship stamp

Received from Maria from Windsor, Canada.

The banana orchid is the national flower of the Cayman Islands.

#136: Third postcard from Sint Maarten

Caribbean Princess

Harbour stamp

Received from Monika from Hastings, Barbados. Please check out her blog here.

Sint Maarten occupies the southern portion of the Island of Saint Martin, named by Columbus after Saint Martin of Tours.

#87: Second postcard from Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia

Macabou stamp

Received from Monika from Hastings, Barbados. Please check out her blog here.

Saint Lucia was known as the Island of the Iguanas by the Amerindian Arawak and Carib people.

#184: First postcard from Grenada

Grand Anse Beach

Blue-Winged Macaw

Received from Britney with the help of Monika from Hastings, Barbados.

Grenada is located northwest of Trinidad and Tobago, northeast of Venezuela, and southwest of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.

#157: Second postcard from Bonaire

Sealife

Label

Received from Alice from Edinburgh, United Kingdom.

Bonaire is nicknamed Flamingo Island and is home to a flamingo sanctuary, a breeding ground for 10,000 birds.

#33: First postcard from United States Virgin Islands

Beaches of the Virgin Islands

United States Virgin Islands stamps

Received from Arnold from Bellaire, United States of America.

The United States Virgin Islands are between Puerto Rico and the British Virgin Islands.

#136: Second postcard from Sint Maarten

Map of Saint Martin

Boat stamp

Received from Victor from Caguas, Puerto Rico.

Sint Maarten occupies the southern portion of the Island of Saint Martin, named by Columbus after Saint Martin of Tours.